Dartmouth Christian Association

As a direct result of the success of the Jefferson trip the Christian Association has undertaken a new branch of work by sending delegates to the ous small preparatory schools in the neighborhood. Colby Academy and Kimball Union Academy have both been visited. In both places the attempt was made to show that to be a Christian man does not mean to be a recluse, but to be an "all-round" man, a man who stands for the best and noblest things in life. The methods used were the giving of talks on the life in Dartmouth with emphasis upon the Christian side of it; the singing of popular songs by a quartet, to dismiss any qualms about the meetings being entirely evangelical; and by good, healthy, natural conduct towards the preparatory school boys.

At Colby conditions were most favorable for the undertaking. The leading men in the school are also the leaders in the Christian Association, and consequently the school was ready to listen earnestly to what the delegates had to say. One point that seemed to score a victory for the workers was the fact that they formed a basketball team which thoroughly trounced a town team. The men who went to Colby were: H. S. Trask, C. E. Francis, S. A. Clark, T. D. Cunningham, C. C. Meleney, J. M. Crowell, and S. A. Fuller.

At Kimball Union Academy the proposition was more difficult. Yet something of the spirit of the school and of the effect of the older college men upon it may be judged from the following incident. One of the K. U. A. students remarked that he had expected to see a troop of missionaries of the long-faced type appear. "But," he said, "when I smelt tobacco on one of you and saw your bunch, why I knew you were all right." The school as a whole was greatly moved by the entire campaign. The following men composed the K. U. A. group: H. E. Meleney, S. K. I ekes, P. E. Martin, M. D. Pomeroy, S. S. Larmon, and H. M. Cooper.

At. the Nashua Conference, Febru-10-12, the result of the two campaigns was set forth. K. U. A. sent six as delegates, and Colby twenty. Nine men went down from Dartmouth; J. E. Irgersoll, C. A. Pfau, S. K. Backus, A. K. Skinner, H. W. Cooper, F. A. Cushman, H. T. Ball, C. E. Francis, and H. E. Meleney.

Aside from its influence upon the life of the schools, this deputation work of the Christian Association bids fair to react beneficially upon the College m the fact that it is serving to convince the more serious-minded of the preparatory school students that there is a place at Dartmouth for the Christian man, and that within the College he may be certain of finding the companionship of vigorous and manly men who yet cherish the right ideals.