"ATHLETICS AT DARTMOUTH" AN ATTRACTIVE VOLUME
"Athletics at Dartmouth," a history and a book of records of the various athletic teams of the College is one of the most interesting and most attractive of recent Dartmouth publications. The work which was undertaken some time ago by H. G. Pender, Graduate Manager, and written by him with the assistance of R. F. McPartlin, Jr. '20, was issued last month through the offices of the Athletic Council.
Taking up each undergraduate sport in the order of its formal installation at Dartmouth, Mr. Pender has sketched in an interesting vein the history of intercollegiate competition by Dartmouth teams. Perhaps nowhere else is the growth in size and in importance of Dartmouth throughout the last half century more clearly indicated than in this history which follows athletics at Dartmouth from the days of more or less informal schedules, with the teams of the smaller New England colleges offering the sternest competition, to the present day of elaborate schedules and competition on equal terms with the largest institutions in the country. The vicissitudes of the various sports in their period of development at Dartmouth, the triumphs and reverses of Dartmouth teams have been told in a straight-forward, matterof-fact style. There are interesting photographs of teams and contests which figure prominently in any history of Dartmouth athletics, and there are the records of all Dartmouth teams and a list of the "D" men who have made up these teams. It is not to be expected, of course, that errors may not be found in this summary containing team records and team rosters,. The efficient system which characterizes the work of athletic councils today was often lacking in the earlier years and it would be strange if during a period of fifty years omissions had not occurred and errors been constantly avoided. Nevertheless, the present publication should prove immensely valuable to the "fans" who are anxious to have whatever records may be available and it cannot help but prove valuable as well as interesting to all Dartmouth men who have any desire to be informed as to the College's athletic history.
The book was printed by the Vermont Printing Co., of Brattleboro, Vt., to whom no small amount of praise is due for its attractive qualities of make-up. It may be ordered through the Athletic Council, The College Book Store, or The Dartmouth Book Store, at the advertised price of $5.00.
