STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTE TO CANAAN RELIEF

When a short time ago a disastrous fire almost completely destroyed the village of Canaan, N. H., about twenty miles from Hanover, Dartmouth undergraduates and faculty members as well as the townspeople of Hanover were among the first to proffer financial assistance to the stricken community. Contributions taken at the local churches . and at an undergraduate mass meeting and in chapel made up a sum which grew from somewhat over $600 to nearly $1000 donated by Dartmouth undergraduates. Members of the faculty and townspeople who made contributions through the Office of the President gave in addition a total of approximately $3OO for relief. A large quantity of clothing was also contributed. The assistance of the college and of the college community was gratefully acknowledged by officials in charge of relief work at Canaan, who stated that the prompt action in giving practical relief was of great aid in helping the village quickly to recover from the most serious effects of the disaster.