A FORGOTTEN BATTLE

A letter to the editor of the MAGAZINE from Edwin A. Bayley '85 contains information that will be of interest to those of the alumni whose memories go back to the days of rivalry between Dartmouth and Norwich. Mr. Bayley writes:

"A few days ago I ran across an item in a copy of a very old newspaper, which referred to Dartmouth College students of that date, which I thought might be of interest to you and to the readers of some of our College publi- cations, if you thought best to use it. The paper was The American Republic, published simultaneously at 44 & 45 Arcade, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and 91 Washington Street, Boston, Vol. I, Number 1, Saturday, May 19, 1855. 'A journal for the fireside and the counting-room.' The following is the reference to the students of Dartmouth College:

" 'The students at Dartmouth College and those of the Military Academy at Norwich, Vermont, on the other side of the Connecticut, had a fight lately in which pistols and knives were used. The soldier boys were badly whipped.'

"You may regard the foregoing as too blood-curdling, but in view of the great war now in progress, it may not seem quite so bad."