UNDERGRADUATE CHAIR

By all the rules of precedent and tradition, the first gurglings of the year from this department should have to do with the thump of the pigskin, the crash of line meeting line and the thunder of youthful feet upon the greensward of Memorial Field. It seems hardly fitting, however, that we should let this opportunity pass without making a mention of the glorious Commencement of the Class of 1933. Probably the most noteworthy event was the holding of the commencement exercises themselves in the idyllic setting of the Bema rather than in the cramped and outmoded quarters of Webster Hall. That the graduation equipment which the Bema housed was fittingly dedicated before the actual official ceremony, is a relatively unknown, but, to us, a rather significant sidelight. The occasion was the presentation of a trenchant and timely satire upon political conventions which was given by several members of the graduating class and a handful of friends of Dartmouth at six o'clock in the morning under the watchful eye of the caretaker. The piece, unfortunately, came to a rather abrupt end due to the unannounced arrival of several members of the college family, prominent among whom were Messrs. Gooding and Bray. Several tribes of "giants of other and better days" were back for their reunions and made their presence felt by trying to tear down all the dormitories which remained standing at the conclusion of the college year.