BACKING THE TEAM

Football songs, mass-meetings, marches to practice, and support of the team on the field are among the strongest forces for college democracy. College spirit has a meaning deeper than its manifestations, and the good fellowshop of a college may be judged by the way it backs its teams.

In its support of teams and coaches, the student body, though larger than ever before, has been even more loyal than in the past. Nearly every undergraduate. marched to Norwich station at 5.30 in the morning to cheer the team leaving for Princeton. No special train was provided to carry Dartmouth supporters to the game until Thursday, when Melvin O. Adams '71 graciously offered the necessary guarantee. About 470 made the trip on two days' notice. A special train in two sections took practically the whole College to Boston for the Harvard game.

The coaching of an undergraduate body to do its part well is no small undertaking and Cheerleader Paul deserves much credit for bis success in that direction.

The most gratifying incident of the season of 1911 was the attitude of Dartmouth. in regard to the Princeton field-goal decision. Stands and coaches accepted the ruling without a protest. New York newspapers were profuse in their praise and the Daily Princetonian gallantly printed an editorial headed "A Victory for Dartmouth," which read in part:

"We cannot honestly say that we regret having won the game. But we do regret very much that we could not win the game as a game should be won, and we again make acknowledgment of one of the best exhibitions of sportsmanship that we have seen for some time. And this is, incidentally, not only our own personal opinion, but the opinion of the whole Princeton undergraduate body."