CAMPUS NOTES

As a part of the war-training program of the college, Captain Keene and Lieutenant Pickett are directing a special class in military science. Captain Keene was at Dartmouth last spring but Lieutenant Pickett is new to the college. He comes from the U. S. 101st Engineers. Beside the work with this special class, the freshmen are all taking compulsorv drill three hours a week. They are being given the school of the soldier and of the squad, and will later be instructed in the more technical side of modern warfare. Trenches, bayonets and bombs will form a large part of this work when the companies get under way.

At the very beginning of the year "Wallie" Ross '09 who has been graduate secretary of the Dartmouth Christian Association, took his leave for Newark, New Jersey. There he will specialize in social work. His place in Hanover will be filled by R. J. Richardson '09 of Chicago. The Christian Association carried on its annual campaign about this time and had unusual success in raising almost $1000 toward its $1500 budget which the Association had set as necessary to carry on the year's work.

Shortly after the opening of college The Dartmouth began to look around to see what backing it would have if it continued its regular form. A vigorous advertising campaign was carried on, and by the second week enough subscriptions had been obtained to keep up the three-times-a-week policy. In line with this policy the Bema and the Jacko'-Lantern decided to continue publication. The Bema was fortunate in having its editor return to college, but for both of the other publications new heads had to be elected. A. C. Gottschaldt '18, editor-elect of The Dartmouth was in Plattsburg and H. P. Hood 2nd '18 was made his successor; R. H. Rhodes '18 was elected to take the place made vacant on the Jacko when G. R. Hull '18 was called into the signal corps.

The managerships of athletics were also in bad shape and necessitated that certain junior assistants become acting managers. As it now stands, H. P. Hood 2nd '18 is manager of football, W. H. McCarter '19 of baseball, M. A. Norton '19 of track and cross country, C. M. Sears, Jr. '19 of basketball, and C. S. Caswell '19 of hockey. The competition for assistant managers was begun in the fall instead of the spring so that these men might have assistants as soon as possible. An election was held in which 25 men from the sophomore class were chosen.

At the meeting Dartmouth Night the following Phi Beta Kappa elections were announced: 1917— R. B. Buxton; 1918 —F. J. Clahane, R. Fish, H. S. Glendening, A. F. Tohnson, T. W. Proctor, G. P. St. Clair, L. F. Seiler and R. P. White.

Fall track had a rather precarious existence and about the first of October Coach Hillman announced the necessity of cancelling the fall interclass meet because of the few men out for the events. The explanation for this lack of interest is probably to be found in the number of men out for football and the freshmen engaged in drill. As it did not seem practicable to obtain excuses for the latter from their three hours a week, the meet was given up. It is planned, however, to hold some form of winter interclass indoor meet. The cross-country men so far, however, have shown unusual interest and will take part in the intercollegiate race to be held in Van Courtland Park, New York City, November 24.

In baseball the juniors triumphed in the interclass series. In the freshman-sophomore series the first year men won .twice and as a result met 1919. The juniors won 5-4, but only after a hard game.

Palaeopitus helped the library in its campaign to gather books for soldiers. Books were gathered from all the dormitories in college and will be shipped from the local library to France and to training camps in the United States.