DARTMOUTH SPIRIT

Several years ago Dr. Balliet, who had been giving a course of lectures at the Dartmouth Medical College, gave me an illustration of the Dartmouth spirit that explains to a large extent the strength and popularity of the college. Dr. Balliet never attended Dartmouth but he was much impressed by the love and loyalty of its graduates.

He said, "I met a graduate of Dartmouth in Hanover last summer. He had stopped over for a day while his wife and daughter went on to the White Mountains. I noticed that he did not leave the village the next day nor for several days following. He spent his time walking about the village, looking over the college buildings, sitting upon the porch of the Commons, absorbed in deep thought, I ventured to ask him why he had changed his plans and when he was to meet his wife and daughter. He replied:

" 'We planned a trip East this summer—one week in the White mountains, one week at Bar Harbor, and one week in Canada. My wife and daughter have had their week in the White Mountains and I must join them tomorrow as they leave for Maine. I expected to remain here but a day, but I could not get away. There is a fascination about this old college town that is more appealing to me than all the White Mountains ever discovered. I have been living over my four years' course here and have been held spellbound by the memories of college days. I love every building, every tree, every nook and corner. I am exceedingly reluctant to leave.'

"This incident," said Dr. Balliet, "explains to me the remarkable loyalty to the college, called Dartmouth Spirit."