"Dartmouth College News"

Released to Alumni

"Dartmouth College News," films of Dartmouth events and personalities, sponsored by the Dartmouth Secretaries' Association, will be shown for the first time at the Second National Dartmouth Pow Wow at Chicago, November 23 and 24, when Dartmouth plays Northwestern. After the Dartmouth alumni at the Pow Wow see the movies they will be routed across the country to be used by twenty-two alumni associations and clubs at their weekly luncheons. By the time the two 400-ft. reels return to Hanover another film will be ready for showing. This will likewise be sent to the various groups of Dartmouth graduates scattered throughout the country. It is planned, during the year, to issue at least four of these news reels, all of which will be seen by a large number of the 13,169 living alumni of the College.

The first issue of "Dartmouth College News" is featured by movies of President and Mrs. Ernest M. Hopkins and their daughter Ann, and football throughout the season from the first practice early in September up to the Cornell game at Ithaca, November 17. Views of the new Baker Memorial Library, of the dedication of the building June 16 when Newton D. Baker delivered the dedicatory address, of the Commencement procession in June, and of the opening of College this fall with Delta Alpha and the class rush have all been completely filmed for the alumni. The film begins with Carnival of last year showing ski jumping, hockey, ski and snowshoe races, and fair guests with their escorts. The Dartmouth class and association secretaries who are sponsoring the new movie service are shown at their annual meeting in Hanover, May 4 and 5. Then follow several shots of the installation of the 15 bells in the library tower, with|the big bell—"Vox Clamantis in Deserto"—weighing 5,500 pounds, going up 200 feet in the air.

Among the prominent Dartmouth personalities caught by the camera, in addition to President and Mrs. Hopkins and their daughter, are H. B. Thayer '79, college trustee and chairman of the trustees' committee on the Dartmouth plant; H. C. Edgerton 'O6, treasurer of the College; J. Fredrick Larson, college architect; George F. Baker, Jr., son of the donor of the library; Newton D. Baker, who was awarded an honorary degree in June and who delivered the address dedicating the library; Prof. Charles N. Haskins, chairman of the faculty committee on the library; Prof. N. L. Goodrich, college librarian; H. R. Heneage 'O7, Supervisor of Athletics; Coach Jess Hawley 'O9, and his assistants; S. C. Hazelton 'O9, coach of the freshman football team, and his helpers; Tom Dent, coach of soccer; Dr. James A. Spalding of the class of 1866, honorary Litt. D., and one of the oldest living graduates of the College; Lewis Parkhurst, senior member of the Dartmouth board of trustees; Eugene F. Clark 'Ol, secretary of the College and Commencement marshal; and Senator George Moses '9O, holder of the honorary LL.D. from Dartmouth. Movies of other Dartmouth trustees; honorary degree recipients at the last Commencement; members of the faculty; and the senior class with Myles Lane '2B, marshal, are included in the film. It is expected that during the year it will be possible to film all those connected with the College, including faculty and undergraduates, whose work is of particular interest and significance to the alumni.

Individual members of the football team and the Norwich, Columbia, Harvard, and Brown games have also been filmed.

All of the "Dartmouth College News" releases will use the 16mm. film which has made possible "home movies." They may be shown by an amateur operator with one of the universally used 16mm. projectors. Although especially adapted for showing before small groups, as in homes, by using a telescope projector lens, the reels are practical for much larger gatherings. It is expected that more than 600 alumni will attend the first showing of the Dartmouth films in Chicago. Sidney C. Hayward '26, assistant to the President, is directing the movie service. He is assisted by Charles G. Engstrom of the sophomore class.

Dartmouth is one of the pioneers among colleges taking advantage of the movies as a medium for furnishing alumni with information about their Alma Mater and giving graduates the latest developments and news of their College. Assisted by the Dartmouth Players, college dramatic society, the "Dartmouth College News" plans to produce a filmtfrom a scenario depicting a year's life in Hanover, acted'entirely by students.

In response to many requests which have already been made by individual alumni who are anxious to secure "Dartmouth College News" releases for private showings in their homes, plans are being made for meeting this demand at a small rental fee when the films have made the rounds and have been exhibited before the alumni associations and clubs.

Clippings from the first "Dartmouth College News" releases: left, President Ernest M.Hopkins and Mr. Lewis Parkhurst, senior member of the Board of Trustees, converse infront of Parkhurst Hall. Right, a forward pass play in the Harvard game. Marsters,on the extreme right, has received the ball from the center and is waiting for the runners to godown the fieldforthe pass. The other backs defend against the on-coming Harvard forwards.