FRESHMEN LOSE PICTURE

"Weak-kneed class spirit which so closely verged on the well-known ochre streak that comparisons are dangerous for the good name of the class of 1924" gave the freshman picture contest to the sophomores. "1924 quit for all practical purposes." Thus The Dartmouth characterized the annual battle.

The freshmen had a plan of campaign known only to some twenty-five or fifty men. When the majority of these leaders had been captured the rest of the class virtually quit. They returned to Hanover and many when captured signed a pledge not to take any further part, As one man said: "After spending one night in the woods I didn't care whether we got the picture or not, so I came home and went to bed."

It is true that some freshmen, becoming disgusted with the leaders, made a desperate eleventh-hour attempt to get the picture in Hanover, an attempt which, although foiled, left "a shred of self-respect to the fame of 1924." However, the fact" remains that the freshmen lost, mainly because they didn't so much as half try.

The time this year was from 3 p. m. Friday to midnight Saturday. Two hundred and eighty freshmen without officers had to be in the picture, which had to be taken within the township. The use of autos was prohibited. A final rule was that "all freshmen who received notice from the office at mid-semester that they were down in two or more studies were forbidden to take part in the picture and would not count as part of the required number."