When We Were Freshmen
TUNE, THE MONTH of baseball, track, hums, Sing Out and Wet Down, finals and Commencement.
Pfau, Bennett and Morey made the three runs in the game won from the unbeaten Lawrence Academy baseball team at the oval 3 to i. Morey and Alden made a combination hard to beat The game with Vermont second team was the last of the season.
Dean Emerson called a meeting in A Dartmouth and explain a the electives for the following fall. He offered individual advice his office A Commencement Special with "excellent train service between Boston and Hanover for the benefit of the guests of the senior class and the Alumni" on Saturday, June 25th was announced. $5.75 for the round trip and a "Dartmouth Dinner" at $1.00 in the dining car The last concert of the College Orchestra was given in Webster Hall with H. M. Wells as principal violinist.....Robbie Kaplan back for old clothes and Dave Adams at 1 No. Park St. paid cash for secondhand furniture.
Ted Davis and Ros Powers elected to the Jack-O'-Lantern Board and Al Dessau and Karl Fulmer elected to The Dartmouth Board
At the Trustee's Meeting the announcement was made of a sift to the College of $50,000 for an administration building by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Parkhurst in memory of their son, Wilder L. Parkhurts....the resignations accepted was that from Mr. E M. Hopkins as Secretary of the College, who left the secretaryship to accept a business position with the Western Electric Co.
The Sing Out and Wet Down were held on June 17th. Three platforms were erected, one for the speeches, one for the band and one for the keg. After the speeches the procession of students headed by the band, started the customary route to visit President Nichols and Ex-President Tucker. On the return to the keg- the classes drank in order. When the Sophomores started, the Freshmen rushed the Class of 1912 and tipped over the keg.
Carl Pfau was cheer leader for 1913 and Bennett and Barends Assistant Marshalls to Marshall Tobin.
Final exams ended a grand year in Hanover and in spite of the eagerness of all to leave for home there was in mind the satisfaction of knowing the return in the fall was ahead.
Track Team Casualties Doc Wyman, Nat Ambrose, Pete Seidler, Crust Buck
