BILLY SUNDAY AT DARTMOUTH

The Dartmouth in its issue for January 11, says regarding Billy Sunday's visit to Hanover: "No single event in the history of the present college generation has aroused more vital interest throughout the College community than Billy Sunday's visit to Hanover last Monday." It is decidedly true that Mr. Sunday's visit to Hanover was a notable event in the history of the college and that in the memory of those resident in Hanover for the past fifteen years no event has so appealed to the surrounding community. Probably not since the olden days when the campus was fenced and the countryside came in to attend commencement has Hanover seen such a crowd. Soon after eleven a. m., on Monday, January 8, people began to arrive by train, by automobile, by sleigh, by barge, and by sled. An hour later a continuous stream was pouring into the gymnasium, where it is estimated 5000 people heard the noted evangelist. Seats were provided for the ladies, and the men numbering over 2000 stood for an hour as Billy Sunday delivered his sermon, "Be Strong and Show Yourself a Man." As Mr. Sunday had an unusual audience combining in 'it people from the neighboring farms, residents, of the Connecticut Valley towns, citizens of Hanover, faculty, and undergraduates, his task in the afternoon was difficult and he did not thrill his hearers as. in the evening.

At the service in the evening for men only held in W jbster Hall, at which the Hall was packed, Mr. Sunday gave his famous sermon, "When Chickens Come Home to Roost." As he expounded the single standard of morality and stressed the evils of drinking, he held his audience from the very first. He illustrated his remarks most graphically and dramatically by experiences taken from the lives of his former baseball associates. At the close of his talk when he asked those to come forward who wished to lead a pure clean life over half of the audience crowded up the aisles to shake his hand.

Great credit is due Mr. Gray Knapp, Secretary of the college and Mr. Wallace M. Ross, Secretary of the Dartmouth Christian Association, for their efforts in getting Mr. Sunday to come to Hanover and for the way in which plans for the day were carried out.