THE BARRETT CUP

John Barrett, Dartmouth '89, Director of the Pan-American Union, sprung a surprise upon the Dartmouth Commencement by sending a magnificent solid silver cup, two feet high, designed by Tiffany and held as an honor roll for men graduating from the College. Upon the cup each year will be engraved the name of the member of the graduating class who represents the highest degree of all-round achievement during his college course.

This gift of Mr. Barrett is a most welcome addition to the list of prizes now offered by the College to its students. The winning of this cup will undoubtedly be considered by the undergraduate body, as is the award of the Grimes General Improvement Prize at present, to be one of the greatest honors a senior can achieve.

With the cup Mr. Barrett sent the following characteristic telegram explaining his unique gift.

Washington, D. C., June 22, 1913 President Nichols,

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. Dear President Nichols:

Friday there was expressed to you from New York by my orders, in an appropriate ornamental case, a specially designed large silver cup, which I have great honor and pleasure to present to the College and student body to be known as the Ail-Round Achievement Cup and Prize. Upon the face of this cup, commencing with the class of 1914, are to be engraved, as a roll of honor, the names of those men, one in each graduating class, who, having completed the four years' course, show, in the opinion of the faculty and student body expressed in a vote cast about one month before graduation, the greatest degree of all-round achievement, taking into consideration character, scholarship, physical development and ath- letic skill, personal popularity, and practical usefulness as a man among men. As a tangible prize and permanent possession for the winner, I shall give each year an appropriately designed medal bearing his name, that of the College and class, and the words "for all-round achievement". The first award will be made in June, 1914, when my class of '89 celebrates its twenty-fifth reunion. The exact terms and conditions of competition and award will be determined this fall in a conference of yourself, representatives of the students, and myself. I directed the cup, which has just been completed by Tiffany's best designer, to be shipped to you now, so that it may be on view at this Commencement, and awaken interest among students and visitors in the first award next year. In a letter mailed today I shall confirm this telegram, and send photographs of the cup and medal.

With affectionate best wishes for the prosperity of the College, I remain,

Yours, loyally to Dartmouth,