Twenty Five Years Ago ...

FORMER SECRETARY of the College, Ernest M. Hopkins '01 and Miss Celia Stone, former secretary to the President, were married by Dr. William J. Tucker on February 2 at Dr. Tucker's home. A luncheon was served at the home of Prof. Homer Eaton Keyes.

Harvard won the hockey game at the Boston Arena by a score of 12 to 1 and then the Dartmouth team came back strong to beat Mass. Aggies (victors over Yale) 4 to o, but lost to Cornell 5 to 1 in a rough contest at the Arena, and Cornell won the Intercollegiate Hockey Championship "Kelly" Wells picked by Fred Hoey on All-Star intercollegiate team.

Paul Harmon '13 lowered the college onemile indoor track record from 4.33 to 4.29V5 in the trials for the trip for the B. A. A. meet E. K. Hall '92 presented three silver cups, Irving French 'Ol four, Joseph W. Gannon '99 two, and Samuel L. Powers '74 two silver cups for track athletics. The cups were awards for various improvements in the sport and for first and second places in point winning in several events At the B. A. A. meet Harmon finished third to Kiviat, Irish-American A. C. and Hedlund, Brooklyn Gym. The relay team, Duffie, Palmer, Seidler and Hall, lost to M. I. T.; Willey and O'Connor won their heats in the 40-yard handicap. . ... At the Madison Square Athletic Carnival in New York Ashton '13 took first in the 440-yard novice, Marceau '14 third in the handicap mile, Buck '13 second in the pole vault and third in the broad jump, Harmon fourth in the Baxter Cup mile. Points: Yale 11, Dartmouth 10, Penn 8, etc At a meeting of the Athletic Council Coach Harry Hillman was reengaged for three years.

The Outing Club carnival opened with "David Garrick" by the Dramatic Club in Webster Hall on February 10. At the conclusion of the performance the first Outing Club dance was held in College Hall. The "dance consisted of twenty-five members, and the music was furnished by an orchestra composed of College students." The second annual winter meet "attracted a crowd of more than 800 spectators on Faculty Pond." T. Cobb '12 won the 100-yard and 200-yard dashes on skis, the senior ski jump with 52 feet 3 inches, and took second place in the ski cross country race. F. H. Harris '11 took second place for honors in the ski events, while J. L. Day '14 and W. T. Jones '12 shared laurels in the snowshoe races. The 1913 and 1914 teams tied as winners of the class snowshoe relay race. T. Cobb '12, Carl Shumway '13, and F. H. Harris '1 finished the furlong ski race in that order. The novice jump was won by W. H. Weston '11 and the junior event by young Jack Bowler. As stated above, the hockey team won the game with Mass. Aggies.

President Nichols made a tour of the eastern alumni associations, speaking at Providence, Boston, Washington, Concord, Worcester, Maiden, New York City, and Philadelphia.

The Junior Prom committee announced that there would be no Society Circus this year The trustees of the college voted to fit up Bissell Hall, the old gym, for the use of the Thayer School and appropriated $15,000 for the purpose The Lyman H. Howe motion pictures were presented in Webster Hall for the benefit of the Christian Association The second Dartmouth concert in Webster Hall was given by Miss Florence Hinkle, soprano, and Mr. Carl Webster, cello soloist.

The candidates for assistant managerships were elected by the class of 1913 in H. Chandler Hall and later, as part of their first work, spent two hours shoveling off Faculty Pond Williams defeated Dartmouth 25 to 19 in the last home basketball game. The game was lively and interesting.

President Nichols was the speaker at a Saturday evening smoke talk and held the closest attention of a crowded Commons in an informal discussion of college problems, the financial needs of the College, the elective system, and Dartmouth democracy.

The freshman basketball team won its first game with Vermont Academy 88 to 6 with Borden, Pierce, Snow, Lowden, Margeson, Young, Hogsett, McAllaster, Sissen, and McCullough playing for 1914 The Alumni: Ricker, Lang, C. Gibson, Brady, and McGrail; met the Varsity: Winship, Hedges, Mullen, W. Gibson, Mensel, and Ryan, and were defeated 35 to 17 The freshmen also beat the Cushing team 26 to 14 and Andover 25 to 10 but lost to Dean 24 to 20. The frosh then took M. I. T. 64 to 14, Andover 27-15, and closed a most successful season by winning from Williston 30 to 22. The Varsity lost its last home game to Williams 25 to 19 but took the Tufts team 27-19 and M. I. T. 38-8.

A Dartmouth club was organized at Wellesley with a membership of 27. Officers were elected with Miss Katherine Paul, president. A reporter from The Dartmouth, who interviewed the officers, was unable to ascertain the purpose of the club

"Major" Pelton took over the old popcorn and peanut stand formerly run by his brother, the late "Tony." The Major was the second oldest janitor in the service of the college The return of John Spaghetti with his genial smile and basket of plaster casts was awaited with interest.

The senior class elected as permanent officers: James M. Irwin, president; Stanley G. Eaton, vice president; Joshua B. Clarke, secretary; Leon F. Lovejoy, treasurer; J. E. Ingersoll was chosen marshal, J. J. Conroy, assistant marshal; and B. K. Ayer, floor director of the Commencement Ball.

Doc Bowler, carrying out his assertion that the training of a successful football team was a training of twelve months, began with a squad of fifty men, boxing three times a week on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday afternoons Tom Keady announced his retirement from the Dartmouth coaching staff at the end of the year and it was rumored that he would coach baseball at Wesleyan The football schedule for 1911 was announced with ten games: Norwich, Mass. State, Bowdoin, Colby, Holy Cross, Williams, Vermont, Amherst, Princeton, and Harvard.

In the Triangular Debating League, Brown, Dartmouth, and Williams, the affirmative team, A. K. Lowell '13, K. F. Clark '11, C. E. Snow '12, and P. E. Martin '12, alternate, met Williams in Webster Hall. While the negative team, R. B. Barnhardt '11, D. B. O'Connor '12, G. M. Morris '11, and H. G. Mosier '12, alternate, met Brown at Providence. The debate, RESOLVED, That inAmerican Municipalities of over 25,000 inhabitants a tax on therental value of land (exclusive of improvements) be substituted forthe general property tax.