The Changing Season
EVEN THOUGH THE fall season has been unusually mild in Hanover it is still a fact that November is November. For undergraduates the peak of the football season passes with the great weekend exoduses (or exodi) to Boston and New Haven. There is a general return to closer scrutiny of "the books" and more self-examination as to whether the amount of work being done will yield the desired returns at the end of the semester. Just at this time other attractions begin to compete with football for the plaudits of the crowd, signalling the coming of winter and the renewal of interest in things indoors.
Such an event was the Kreisler concert early last month. The old master drew the largest audience ever to hear a concert in the College. The magic of his name packed Webster Hall to the doors and roof, and filled the stage, as the hall has seldom been filled on any occasion.
Just a few evenings later the Players put on two excellent performances of the popular comedy hit "Merrily We Roll Along," doing a fine job and attracting nearly capacity audiences. The open season for lectures is on and several of more than usual attractiveness are scheduled for the next few weeks. The appearance of Douglas S. Freeman, h1935, biographer of Robert E. Lee, on the Guernsey Center Moore Foundation promises a series of lectures of scholarly content and general interest.
ALL THE MORE, as one attends plays or lectures or concerts or movies, does the conviction grow that the provision of an adequate theater and auditorium is a great and present need of the College. Perhaps it is not the greatest need—the discussion of that fine point will not be developed here. Dartmouth needs funds for general uses in its endowment reserves, and she needs better facilities for student dining rooms. But up near the top of the list must be placed the need for modern equipment to take full advantage of, and give satisfaction to, the craving of the Hanover populace and its visitors for entertainment —whether it be serious or of a lighter nature.
