Dartmouth Club of Worcester

About three weeks before the Harvard game, the Harvard Club of Worcester through two of its representatives phoned Parker Trowbridge, Howard Booth, Ralph Duffy, and myself and asked for a hearing. We went to the proposed meeting place, fully armed and completely in the dark as to what this precedent-breaking occasion might mean. Evidently a few of the wiser ones decided that a joint pow-wow before the Dartmouth-Harvard game might not be a bad idea. When it was suggested that the meeting be a series of contests between representatives of Harvard and representatives of Dartmouth, we thought even better of it.

Thursday night before the Harvard- Dartmouth game, various committees for liquid and solid refreshments, tickets, contests, etc. were chosen and the Quinsigamond Boat Club picked as the scene. A joint notice went to all members of both clubs, and approximately 72 reservations were received. Dartmouth had two more than Harvard, much to the surprise of the Cambridge camp.

. Following a very excellent meal and opening cheers led by Ben Hill, two judges were chosen, one representing Harvard and one representing Dartmouth, with Howard Cos wee the Green judge. Everything from spelling matches to push-ups from the floor were included. In the latter event Roy Blanchard's hands refused to function after thirty-one and all the Harvard representative had to do was to make it thirty-two. On the balloon bursting contest, however, Dartmouth was a little more fortunate. Just as the opposing sides were making selections, the Republican candidate for mayor, a very strong Harvard man, walked in on the party. His nomination for this event coincided with his entrance. Gordon Butler was upholding the Dartmouth side and had his balloon about four-fifths blown up before the mayor could get the air into his at all. It was discovered in the end, however, that the balloon given to the mayor had a small hole in it. The score, although turning out finally to be nothing to nothing, ranged all the way from ten to ten to sixty-six to sixty-six, the judges showing no partiality whatever, regardless of the outcome of each event.

Secretary.