FOLLOWING THE BIG GREEN TEAMS

THE ATHLETIC YEAR which is now drawing to its close has been unusually full of major developments. A complete turnover in Dartmouth's football regime was of course the highlight of the past nine months, and in connection with this the College was treated to its first sight of honest-to-goodness spring practice. The advent of Herb Gill and the restoration of Dartmouth to the Eastern intercollegiate hockey pinnacle featured an otherwise drab winter season, and spring no sooner arrived than a Big Green crew took to the waters of Lake Mascoma. A plutocratic note was injected into the picture by the formation of a polo team, and the Dartmouth Corinthian Yacht Club sailed blithely along at the head of Eastern colleges. Although budgets were slashed to the bone, a number of minor varsity sports and nearly all freshman sports somehow cooked up schedules and went ahead to compile creditable records. Tennis and golf are enjoying highly successful seasons at the present writing; the gym team has provided a national rope-climbing champion; and the freshman baseball team seems headed for an undefeated record. The track team came back from the South with flying colors, and basketball and baseball have held their own in stiff league competition. And while intercollegiate sports have been flourishing on all fronts, the intramural program has undergone its annual expansion and now boasts a new record of 90 per cent participation in informal sports by Dartmouth students.

Veteran Twirier Bob Miller, senior pitcher, who has borne the brunt of mound duty against Dartmouth's league opponents this spring.