GRADUS AD PARNASSUM

• The Month

GEORGE PARMLY DAY, Yale '97, the treasurer of Yale University, and the great great great great grandson of Elizabeth Wheelock, sister of Eleazar, who was himself a graduate of Yale College in 1733, has made a contribution to Dartmouth that is at once impressive, useful, and mighty pleasant. Mr. Day has written three verses of a new Dartmouth song, "The Wearers of the Green," to be sung to the old Irish tune, "The Wearing ofthe Green." This lively addition to the College's songs will be given its baptismal performance at the Dartmouth Night exercises to be held in Webster Hall on Friday evening, February 14.

The words and music of the new song are published on another page in this issue of the MAGAZINE, first, to pay tribute to the distinguished addition to the songs of the College which it is and, second, to make it available to the 6,000 readers of this Dartmouth magazine to enable them to "try it on their piano." We recommend that you get the whole family, if you have a family, to join in. The lilt and swing of the music is familiar and the smooth flow of happily chosen verses is delightful. When alumni gather in near and distant places, to observe Dartmouth Night on the 14th they will find Mr. Day's new song in a prominent place on the program of those celebrations.

IN SETTING the "Rededication of Dartmouth Hall," as the keynote for Dartmouth Night ceremonies this year, a particular historical significance will be prominent in the program. A formal dedicatory ceremony will be held in the assembly room of the new Dartmouth Hall in the afternoon. On that historic spot where the first building of Dr. Wheelock's wilderness school was erected, President Angell of Yale will assist President Hopkins in a rededication of the very heart and center of the College. And Bishop Dallas, a graduate of Yale in the class of 1904, will offer the prayer of dedication. A few hours later, when alumni gather at meetings of more than 70 clubs and associations throughout this country, and abroad, undergraduates and faculty will meet in Webster Hall to hear the President of Yale as the principal guest and speaker.

A high spot of the program will be the debut of Mr. Day's song, to be introduced by the glee club. Reference was made earlier to the fact of Mr. Day's direct relationship to the founder of Dartmouth, and to their common allegiance to Yale College as their Alma Mater. It is especially appropriate that the ancient ties between Yale and Dartmouth should be recalled and renewed on the occasion of Dartmouth Night later this month, an occasion that will be a significant one in Dartmouth history.

Up UNTIL this past fall it would not have been so easy to acknowledge the great indebtedness of Dartmouth to Yale. Now, however, all Dartmouth men will admit, either privately or publicly, that Yale is Dartmouth's mother and that there are some other things about Yale which qualify her for fame and distinction!

How DID IT happen that a graduate of Yale has written a song for Dartmouth? Mr. Day was reflecting on the fine swing to the old Irish tune, which Mrs. Day had sung one evening for their own amusement. In traveling for the University Mr. Day found himself composing lines now and again, with the thought in mind that "TheWearing of the Green" should be adopted by Dartmouth. "Somewhat to my surprise," he writes "I returned to New Haven with pencilled notes for such a Dartmouth song." "The Wearers of the Green" is the third new song in as many years to be introduced for the first time at Dartmouth Night exercises. The others were: "DartmouthChallenge Song," last year, words by President Hopkins and music by E. H. Plumb '29; and "TheWind Is on the Mountain," two years ago, words by Judge W. P. Stafford, hon. 1901, and music by Philip E. Everett '18.

Many Dartmouth men are, in common with a host of other Americans, admirers of the writings and sketches of the late Clarence Day, author of "Life with Father" and other notable contributions to humane letters. He was a graduate of Yale in '96 and a brother of George Parmly Day. His death on December 28 was a loss to the literature of the country.

FROM THE Physicians' Bulletin comes the following story, relayed to us by George Van Ness Dearborn '90: "President Wheelock of Dartmouth College attended a lecture given by Nathan Smith when that heroic figure occupied the chair of medicine at Hanover. The lecture was several hours long and concluded just in time for evening prayers, upon which occasion President Wheelock prayed: '0 Lord, we thank Thee for the oxygen gas, and we thank Thee for the hydrogen gas, and for all the other gases; and Lord, we thank Thee for the cerebrum, and the cerebellum, and the medulla oblongata.' "

LIFE IN HANOVER, as a member of the official corps of the College, is usually associated with some form of idyllic existence. The busy tempo of student life, the constantly recurring peaks of excitement, the intellectual background of a college community, and the great variety in seasons of the year in this North Country combine to give the resident a very pleasant, if strenuous, life. But the joy of association with the College in its great purposes is frequently hushed by death, by the passing of someone whose life has been so closely intertwined with that of Dartmouth that the two are inseparable. The personal pain of Natt Emerson's untimely death has hardly lessened in the intervening weeks. When Al Priddy '15 went so suddenly those who are intimately connected with the College could sense a sagging in the strong alumni supports which literally are its foundations.

Professor "Bobby" Fletcher had lived a remarkably full life. If the poignant sorrow of an untimely death is not felt in the passing of an old gentleman of 88, there is, nonetheless, the grief of many men whose inspiration he was. The Thayer School has lost its first teacher and director. The alumni, members of the Thayer Society of Civil Engineers, have lost much more than that. For "Old Bobby" was a true friend and a constant challenge to the better doing of greater things. The editors also record the passing of Judge William S. Dana '71 with regret. He was the long-time secretary of his class and the oldest member of the Secretaries Association, publisher of this magazine.

THERE IS NO intention to devote excess space in these pages of rambling comment to the musical interests of the College but due appreciation must be expressed to two alumni whose interest along this line has prompted them to submit suggestions for new songs. Their contributions will be found in the department of "Correspondence" in this issue. A green badge ofmerit to them, by name: CHARLES S. MCDANIEL '13, and MICHAEL CHOUKAS '27.

THE TREMENDOUS growth of interest in skiing in many sections of the country gives rise to queries about the future of the sport. The statement has been made that skiing is now on a comparable basis of popularity with the great American games of baseball, tennis, golf, and some others. The validity of such a statement is certainly open to question. Is skiing perhaps a fad? Could the zooming interest of its popularity stand a few successive winters of poor snow conditions? Will skiing ever attract and hold people in great numbers—those whose remoteness from snow fields makes week-end trips expensive and inconvenient?

The skiing season throughout the northern section of the country, except for high mountain altitudes is at best short. It would be rather silly for anyone to have confidence in any opinion regarding the future of the sport, even a year or two from now. Dartmouth has been very instrumental in building the popularity of winter sports on a sound basis. It is a healthy basis that we are interested in preserving and building on in the future. Whether or not the great metropolitan department stores will be featuring Borax ski slides and complete outfits at $4.99 a few years from now is open to question. On the other hand, it seems fairly safe to assume that skiing as a college sport and for a large group of older enthusiasts will continue to flourish in a sane and permanent manner in the future as it has in recent years.

BUT THERE IS no place for skepticism in a New Hampshire village when a great mid-winter blizzard is followed by sparkling days of glorious ski weather. Here is no question of faddism. The Outing Club's new ski tramway hauls skiers to the top of a towering hill where the skier shoves off with the valley floor far below him and the breath-taking descent brings a thrill that the flying figure on wings of hickory can never forget. Of such experiences are the true enthusiasts made, and there are hundreds of them in Hanover and an increasing number throughout the country. The present boom in ski clothing and gadgets will help the sport. But the healthy growth will continue, as it has been founded in the past, on the discovery by individuals of the joys of mastering, at least to a degree, the fine art of good ski technique.

WHEN DARTMOUTH'S five representatives in the Winter Olympic Games enter into competition at Garmisch-Partenkirchen this month they will be maintaining an unbroken tradition of the College. For Dartmouth has had at least one man on every U. S. Winter Olympic team. In 1924 John Carleton '22 was a team member and four years later Charles N. Proctor '2B wore the red, white, and blue uniform. Jack Shea '34 and Douglas N. Everett '26 were members of the U. S. team at Lake Placid four years ago. The Games this month will have five Dartmouth men enrolled in competition: Messrs. Washburn, Durrance, Hunter, Chivers, and Spain, the last named being a member of the hockey team. The skiing delegation is truly the cream of the crop developed by the genius of Coach Otto Schniebs. And no mention of Olympic competition could be complete without including the name of Prof. Charles A. Proctor '00, whose contributions to the guiding and control of amateur skiing, both Olympic and collegiate, have been a major factor in this country's greatly increased prestige in winter sports.

DICK DURRANCE is bound to be the center of interest among the Americans at Garmisch. His home is in Florida, a fact which makes one all the more conscious of admiration for his tremendous prowess on skis. But thejoker in this story is, of course, that he was sent to Germany in his 'teens and there, in the village of Garmisch, he received most of his schooling preparatory for college and he mastered the fine art of skiing. His ability seems phenomenal to the skier who proceeds cautiously down slopes through a series of stem turns and tentative "christies." Let us hope that it also impresses the throng at the Winter Games and particularly some of his opponents!

THE NEXT PRESIDENT," with a question mark after the phrase, is now a subject of great interest throughout the world. Will it be Mr. Roosevelt again? Or the unknown Republican candidate? It was something more than four years ago that the editors of this magazine gave expression to the thought of many Dartmouth men, and others, that their own President Hopkins could measure up to the requisite qualifications for the presidency of the United States. It was not uncommon to run across the same comment on editorial pages of the press. In reply to a specific inquiry from the editors of the Boston Herald Mr. Hopkins said that he could not and would not be interested in any formal proposals of such a nature, were they made.

What had been a matter of considerable speculation in New England, and to some extent in other parts of the country, thus became simply a question for academic discussion. But now, four years later, and in the midst of frantic searching for a Republican candidate, the press is again mentioning Mr. Hopkins as the recognized leader of this northeastern section of the country; as one whose abilities and accomplishments are well-recognized throughout the nation; as one whose inspiration and wisdom could fire the Party with new courage and idealism. To such approaches as have been made, however, he again expresses conviction that his job at Dartmouth is the one he prizes more than any position in the country, and that nothing of which he has any knowledge could tempt him away from Hanover.

ALTHOUGH DOUBTLESS this is the L final answer to those who have for years urged Mr. Hopkins to take a high position in public life, the discussibn will no doubt continue as to his peculiar fitness for government service. It is equal to any man's ambition to be the president of Dartmouth College. And it is heartening to alumni to know that the man who has guided and created the New Dartmouth is so keenly aware of the great obligations and satisfactions of the work. But the very fact of the College's success under Mr. Hopkins makes it inevitable that his admirers, for many years to come, will wonder if perhaps he is not the equal of any of his contemporaries.

THE EDITORS are happy to announce to readers of this magazine that Dean E. Gordon Bill will contribute an article to these pages next month describing the trend of educational policy throughout the country and particularly at Dartmouth toward greater emphasis on required courses for the integration and correlation of academic work. Through a recent vote of the Dartmouth faculty a required course, to be known as Social Science 1 and 2 will begin next fall with the class of 1940. A somewhat more advanced course, Social Science 3 and 4, will be offered for the first time in 1937-38 and will be open to upperclassmen who are not majors in any department of the Social Sciences. It is an interesting development in educational policy that the survey course is being recognized more and more as a very desirable, if not an essential, prerequisite to graduation and life in the world outside of colleges.

ALTHOUGH OUR congratulations go L to Hobart College on its new president, Dartmouth must be allowed its hour of mourning in the loss of Prof. William A. Eddy. Probably the College could not hope that Mr. Eddy's administrative talents would remain unobserved by other institutions. To an increasing degree in recent years has his rare versatility been put to work for the advantage of one or another group, organization, or committee. With it all his popularity as a teacher, in the department of English, has increased to the point where he has been selected by the seniors as the "favorite professor." The respect of associates among the faculty and other officers of the College is additional proof, if any were needed, of his standing in Hanover.

Here is a man who is a scholar in his own right and who has proven himself to be an inspiring and human teacher and a good administrator. He is decidedly liberal in his thinking. His keen wit has been a blessing in many a Dartmouth committee meeting. He is an addition to any community privileged to have him in association with it. No less an addition to Geneva will be Mrs. Eddy. If the wife of the president of a college should be a charming hostess, a friendly "first lady" of the town, and a vivacious worker and supporter of the institution, then Hobart is blessed with a fortunate combination of these and other equally admirable qualifications in President Eddy's wife. The four children complete a family group which is delightful in every way.

Dartmouth has successfully concealed Bill Eddy's talents for as long as could be expected-at last we are found out and he is sought out! He will leave Hanover this summer bearing to his new calling the high confidence and good wishes of many Dartmouth friends.

THE COVER this month is from a photograph made by Ralph Sanborn '17 up at the "Dartmouth Mountain"—Moosilauke. The view of the peak was taken at a point on the entrance trail to the old Ravine Camp of the Outing Club, just at the height of land separating the new C.C.C. highway from the Baker River watershed. A matter of interest to all out-of-door enthusiasts among alumni is the appointment of Mr. Norman Stevenson '05 to the position of director of fund-raising activities for Dartmouth-at-Moosilauke. Mrs. Natt W. Emerson is his sister. It is fine to have Mr. Stevenson in charge of carrying through the inspired plans which Natt Emerson's vision and great interest had so largely created.

—THE EDITOR.

Cabin Scene—Published at the Risk of Nostalgia

The Village of Hanover from the Very Top of Batch Hill on a Midwinter Day Various landmarks are the snow-covered stadium and alumni gymnasium at the left, heating plant stack and Dartmouth Hall, center, Baker Library tower at right. The Vermont hills in the background are those behind Norwich.