CAMPUS NOTES

After defeating the freshman basketball five, 1920 was forced to render up interclass basketball honors for the year to 1918, who had previously put 1919 out of the running. The interclass games were a big drawing card, bigger possibly than the varsity playing, and were hard fought. Rau, would have been captain of the varsity had he played basketball this year, led the senior team, and his clever basket shooting was in a large measure responsible for his five's victory. The sophomores had Deane, Sample, Johnson and Ainsworth, all varsity men, but could only get the small end of a 35 to 19 score.

Music-loving Hanover was given a treat this month by another concert on the College Club program. The artists were Raymond Havens, and Philip Greeley Clapp, who presented a series of duets, played on two pianos. Mr. Havens, who has appeared in Hanover before, was given a reception.

C. W. Carvell '18, president of the Christian Association, won the Barge Oratory Medal, speaking on the subject of "A Basis for the New America," and J. E. McDonough '18, who chose as his subject, "Will You Co-operate or Will You Obstruct?", was awarded honorable mention. Six members of the senior class took part in the contest, and their speeches, all of which were on subjects connected with the war, were judged jointly by a committee of five members of the faculty and by the audience. The winning speaker dealt with the need of changes in the educational system of America. Beside the winners, other speakers were C. F. Echterbecker, H. Huang, W. H. Bemis, and R. W. Weston.

At the close of the 1918 initiation season, 213 members of the freshman class had been initiated into the 19 fraternities represented at Dartmouth. This is a little over 57 per cent of the class. Of the fraternities, Beta Theta Pi leads with the largest delegation—17 men. Sigma Chi is second with 16, while Alpha Delta Phi and Delta Tau Delta have 14 freshmen each.

Prospects for this year's tennis team are fairly- bright. R. R. Larmon 19 recently appointed captain was the college champion of two years ago, and he will have to back him up all of the four men who reached the semi-finals in last fall s tournament. A schedule is being arranged which includes a tournament with Harvard May 3.

D. F. Shea. '18 was elected permanent captain of the track team following his provisional appointment by the Athletic Council some time ago. Shea, who is a veteran of the squad, has shown up exceptionally well this year m practice, and in the inter-class meets. He has displayed particular ability in a number of events, including the 120-yard high hurdles, 220-yard low hurdles, shot put and the discus. He has been entered by Coach Hillman in the Penn Relay Carnival for the pentathlon event.

"Good Gracious Annabelle," Clare Kummer's farce comedy which the Dramatic Association presented on April 5 and 6, was a decided success, and refleeted considerable credit on that association. Allen '19 and Fleming '21 starred in their respective roles of Annabels Leigh and George Wimbledon.

H. D. Gray '19 was elected to head the Christian Association for the coming year in the recent elections of that body. The newly elected president held the position of treasurer before that time, and had always been an active member of the organization. He is by virtue of his office a member of Palaeopitus for next year. F. W. Alden '19 was chosen as vice-president and H. L. Childs '19 and E. S. Leonard '20 were chosen secretary and treasurer. At the same time an amendment was adopted for the Association constitution to do away with the present system of marked ballots.

The Non-Athletic Council has authorized the production of the musical comedy, "Heave To," written by W. A. Janssen '21 and T. O. Groves '18. It was originally planned to put this show on at Carnival time, but with the cancelling of all activities for this event, the show was temporarily put on the shelf. It is now being renovated, however, and will .be staged by the incoming directorate of the Dramatic Association for the Commencement show.

The Athletic Council has announced that W. H. McCarter '19, now manager of baseball, will manage the 1918 football team, and that C. M. Sears, Jr. '19, manager of track at present, will take the managership of baseball.

The Dartmouth Chess Team defeated the Tufts, tied the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and took defeat at the hands of Harvard, on its spring Boston trip. The following six men under the leadership of A. L. Strout '18 made up the team: Noveck '20 Richter '20, Noyes '21 Pollard '21 Smith '21,

A series of lectures on "The French Revolution and English Literature" were delivered before the college under the auspices of the French Department by Monsieur Cestre, a noted professor of the University of Bordeaux. Although the lectures were in French they drew large audiences of undergraduates and members of the faculty.

The seniors held their usual election of class preferences the middle of April. A slight preference was registered for the Phi Beta Kappa key over the "D", and "Men of Dartmouth" received three more votes than the present "Dartmouth Song." Prominent items on the menu of favorites included Douglas Fairbanks, Norma Talmadge, the New York Times, and Professor Phillips of the Economics Department. H. P. Hood 2nd of Somerville, Mass., was chosen as the best all-round man and A. N. Blandin, Bath, New Hampshire, was chosen as the most popular man.

Dr. Allan MacBossie, pastor of St. Andrew's Methodist Episcopal church in New York city gave four addresses in Hanover the latter part of March. Among these was the Six-40-Five address on "My Boy in the War."

The April Bema and Jack O'Lantern were respectively creditable sheets. The former featured the Dartmouth Dramatic Association and the baseball team. The latter was a "Practical Joke Number" and among other features, included a theatrical review, and a series of pictures, "Flashes in Flanders", taken by S. B. Jones '18.