About Twenty-Five Years Ago

COLLEGE OPENED Sept. 23 per usual .... with new President, Ernest Fox Nichols, who promptly told sophomore class (1918) that hazing must stop "the penalty for this offense may be permanent separation from College." .... football hopes ran high (as they generally do at Hanover in early fall, and this present 1934 season being no exception) .... led by All-American guard, Capt. Clarke Tobin '10, and coached by Walter Lillard 'O5, assisted by Bill Randall '96, Tom Keady 'O5 and Joe Brusse 'O9 with "Bush" Kingsford '9B and Trainer Dole ("Doc" Bowler being on sabbatical feave) in charge of physical attentions .... the club took Mass. Aggies, 22-0, got unexpectedly tied by Vermont, 0-0, beat Bowdoin, 15-0, and before 3,000 people, the largest crowd ever witnessing a football game in Hanover, trimtped Williams decisively, 18-0 .... those seeing action in the games were: le, Daley, Palmer, Halstead; It, Sherwin, Johnson; lg, Tobin; c, Dingle, Thompson, Palmer, Needham; rg, Farnum, Whitmore; rt, Lang,Needham; re, Bankart, Elcock, Dodge; qb, Brady, Pishon; lhb, Ingersoll, Hyde, Lovejoy, Dudley, Smith; rhb, Ryan, Steward; fb, Marks, Dudley, Drummond .... visiting Alumni coaches included Charlie Boyle 'Ol, Jack O'Connor 'O2, Jim Donnelly 'O5, "Wife" Jennings 'OO. Charlie Whelan 'Ol.

Under Leader Pease 'n and Manager Cooper 'lO the band got away to a flying start at the football games .... membership: 'lO, Finn, Greenwood, Kelley; 'll, Pease, Rose, Harris, Marden, H. W. Pease, Robinson; 'l2, Marden (H. W.), Miller, Tyler, Roby, Cleaves, Bellows, Kimball; 'l3, Oliver, Mason, Sawyer, Maloney .... President Nichols and Prof. Burton represented Dartmouth at inauguration of President Lowell at Harvard—"Dutch" Schildmiller 'O9 coaching Univ. of Maine; John Glaze 'OB, Exeter; Jess Hawley 'O9, Andover; College Choir comprised of: 'lO, Coleman, Cooper, Golde, Gordon, Gonyer, Knox, Lyon, Meredith, Meleney, Nay, Peck, Price, Rainey, Sherman, Sisson, T. A. Smith, W. D. Steward, Tobin, L. M. Williams, Warren, Winship; 'll, Ayers, Backus, Burtt, Cheney, Clark, Donovan, Burell, Hall, Johnson, Keeler, Keough, Knapp, Pounds, Reilly, Sherwin, Warren, Walker, Waterbury; 'l2, Allen, Bullard, Chase, Clark, Dorward, Francis, Frothingham, Hoban, Locke, Mosier, Poole, Ryan, Snow, White, Walsh, Van Dyne; 'l3, Brennock, Crenner, Forsaith, Gaffey, Pfau; "Harmony" Morse well pleased with his selections but still needing some first tenors .... the singers, well pleased with their elections and opportunity to pick up some hours for graduation, promised great volume and exceptional tone .... Harry Wellman 'O7, Supervisor of Dormitories, resigned to accept position with Boston Chamber of Commerce, Art Bedell 'O9 taking his place .... Mart Hannon, ex 'lO, representing L. P. Hollander, visited town .... Dartmouth Gun Club organized with Ken Phillips 'lO, Pres.; Fred Harris 'll, Vice-Pres.; Bill Weston 'll, Sec'y; "Babe" Post 'll, Treas.; committeemen included J. H. Burns 'u, R. M. Fisher 'l3, Lee White 'l2, H. P. Jackson 'lO, H. J. Vail 'l3, T. W. Jenness 'lO, Brad Patten 'll, J. R. Hatch 'l3 ... . "Gilsey" O'Neill's heavyatmosphered Pool Emporium in basement of College Hall equipped with new balls and cues ....

Inauguration of President Ernest Fox Nichols brought most notable academic gathering in history of Dartmouth to Hanover .... it included Ambassador James Bryce, Ex-President Eliot of Harvard; Presidents Lowell of Harvard, Angell of Michigan, Hadley of Yale, Woodrow Wilson of Princeton, Butler of Columbia, Faunce of Brown, Buckham of Vermont, Schurman of Cornell, Hyde of Bowdoin, Finley of New York, VanHise of Wisconsin, Maclaurin of M. I. T., Thomas of Middlebury, Davis of Chicago Theological . . . . Cornerstone of New Gym laid after inauguration ceremonies .... Secretary E. M. Hopkins was Hanover's busiest man during those days .... Tom Keady was appointed by the Athletic Council to fill the newly created position of Director of Athletics, a step in the "correlation of the coaching departments and preservation of experience gained from successive coaches" . . . . "well-meant criticism and helpful suggestions were welcomed."

It looks as though alumni were going tobe increasingly active this fall . ... alarge number visited Hanover during thesummer months .... the new footballregime is attracting attention but by nostretch of the imagination should we belike the Boston alumnus who was reportedas willing to make the wild bet that Dartmouth would win every game this fall.... that's expecting too much . . . .this column's immediate desire is to takeadvantage of this activity to obtain unusualsingle photos, snapshots, group pictures,anecdotes and items of interest. Everythingis welcome.

Larry Grisiuold 'oS says "To me theMAGAZINE is the only place where membersof the classes which were in College together can renew contacts of the old days. ... I can't imagine anyone calling himself a former resident of Hanover and notsubscribing."

1908 Baseball Club Front row, left to right: Leonard '10, Conroy '11, Emerson '11, O'Shea '08. Middle row: Mitchell '10, Hobart '08, Capt. Glaze '08, Schildmiller '09, Langdell '10. Back row: Ass't Mgr. Mason '09, Severance '08, Brady '10, Chadbourne 'lO, Eaton 'll, Mgr. Cooper '08.