THE OLD DARTMOUTH DESTROYED BY FIRE FEB. 18, 1904

IT IS NOW TWENTY-FIVE YEARS SINCE THAT EVENTFUL MORNING WHEN DARTMOUTH HALL WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. IT SEEMED A VERITABLE DISASTER THEN, FOR TO MANY DARTMOUTH MEN THE OLD HALL WAS THE GREAT SYMBOL OF THE LIFE OF THE COLLEGE, ITS LINK WITH COLONIAL DAYS, ITS STORE HOUSE OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITION AND CULTURE OF THE PAST. BUT THE COLLEGE WAS EVEN THEN UPON THE THRESHOLD OF A NEW LIFE AND THE QUARTER OF A CBNTTJRY SINCE THE PASSING OF THE OLD BUILDING HAS BEEN PULL OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENT.