About Twenty-Five Years Ago
THE IDES OF MARCH, and the Senior Societies, Sphinx, Casque and Gauntlet and Dragon published the elections The editors of The Agora announced the discontinuance of that paper, not due to a change of opinion as to the possible field of usefulness but they found their constituency not prepared to accept and make use of it. Subscribers received the balance due on their subscription paid in . ... The Hanover Purifier appeared.
Coach Keady made a cut in the baseball squad and the team received a decided blow when Dave Morey '13 left college, but the pitching outlook looked brighter when his return to college was announced on March 11. The squad: Pitchers—Ekstrom 'l2, Gammons 'l2, Elcock 'l2, Stevens 'll, Davis 'll, Morey 'l3, Barends 'l3, Olsen 'l3; Catchers—Alden 'l3, Pfau 'l3, Nolen 'l3, Steen 'l2; First Base—Donahue 'l3, Bennett 'l3, Gooding '11; Second BaseKennedy 'l2, Goodrich 'l2, Twitchell 'l3, Nutt 'l3; Third BaseRollins 'l2, Putnam 'l2, Luhman 'l3; Shortstop—Conroy 'll, Richardson '1 x; Outfield—Captain Emerson 'll, Sugatt 'l2, Bill Mason 'l3, Coggins 'll, Hoban 'l2, Byrnes 'll.
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Rabbi of the New Synagogue of New York City was the speaker at the Smoke Talk in College Hall on the 4th. His subject was "Civic Religion" and his speech compelling and powerful.
The basketball team won the Williams game but lost to Wesleyan, that year's champions, at Middletown 27-10, and the season was over. It was not an entire success but "considering the schedule the quintet deserved credit"—-five victories and six defeats. Five men were awarded a basketball "D": Captain Mullen, Mensel, Jones, Winship, and Hedges. Other men, who, although did not receive emblems, did able work were Gibson, Hoban, and Ryan. . . . . Freshman 1914 numerals were awarded Captain Snow, Margeson, Sisson, Hogsett, and Borden.
The Dartmouth debating teams defeated Williams but lost to Brown. Debaters made eligible for election to Delta Sigma Rho by reason of the debate were R. B. Barnhardt 'll, D. B. O'Connor 'l2 and A. K. Lowell 'is The Debating Union held a meeting in the room of Mr. J. M. O'Neill of the English Department and elected C. E. Snow 'l2 president and D. B. O'Connor 'l2 manager The Rollins prizes competition held in A Dartmouth and after considerable deliberation the judges awarded first prize to C. C. Meleney 'l3, second to Wright Burrell 'l4, third to A. K. Lowell 'l2, and fourth to E. G. Home 'is.
The first interclass meet to be held in the new gym to compete for the cups offered by certain alumni was won by 1913 with 51 points. Nineteen fourteen was second with ag points, 1911 third with 13, and 1912 captured 10 points. Carl Buck 'l3 was the individual star with Jake Enwright 'l3 a good second Cups in addition to those listed last month were presented by C. G. Mc- Davitt 'OO, James S. Smith 'oi, and D. B. Rich 'OO The second interclass meet held a week later was won by 1914 with 41 points; 1913, 39; 1911, 22; and 1915, 5. The interclass relay was the feature event won by 1914; 1911, 2nd and 1913, 3rd The third meet was again won by igi3*and 'll, 'l4 and 'l2 followed in that order. The inter-fraternity relay races featured this meet. DKE—J. E. Ingersoll, C. H. Sugatt, Harold Ingersoll, and C. H. F. O'Connor won the first heat and KKK—A. G. Willey, H. Haywood, H. P. Gardner, and Joe Dolan easily won the second heat. Finals were delayed for a week. A new event, the 75-yard dash, was introduced and Russell 'll, Wilkins 'l3, and Willey 'l4 finished the finals first, second, and third In the fourth meet, won by 1914, KKK won the inter-fraternity relay finals, Psi U, DKE, and Sigma Chi followed in that order. Noyes with a 15-yard handicap in the half mile furnished the surprise of the afternoon.
Nearly 50 representatives of the Dartmouth Secretaries Association met on March 10 and 11. The 5:30 Friday roll call and short business session was held in the Tuck School library followed by a dinner in College Hal. C. C. Merrill '94 spoke on "The Duties and the Opportunity of the Secretary" and President Nichols "The College and the Relations of Its Alumni"; "Faculty Work from the Inside" by Prof. C. F. Richardson; "The Organization of a Department" by Prof. E. J. Bartlett made up the program. The business session continued on Saturday morning.
Twelve members of the Outing Club nearly accomplished the ascent of Mt. Washington. One member, C. T. Jones 'll, did keep on after the party turned back and with a guest at the Ravine House reached the summit. Fred Harris went higher on skiis than any previous scaler of Mt. Washington Harris twice broke the College ski-jumping record in the championship contest, jumping 60 feet the first day and 61 feet the second. R. C. Hastings 'l4 was the only other entry The night before Election Day seven members of the club spent the night in the cabin at the foot of Moose Mt. and on Tuesday were joined for a steak dinner by twelve members of the faculty after they had voted at Etna.
"College elects Swede Hanover's next Mayor." Promptly at four on March 17, as usual, the annual election was held. A Swede with Irish blood, Needham, was elected unanimously, and the procession in celebration "formed on Central Square and marched around the Commons and Public Gardens, whence they returned to the plaza in front of College Hall." Field Marshall Ingersoll, followed by the City Band, headed the parade. "The tail piece of the imposing array was the barauche of the Mayor, drawn by one of the most noble specimens of the equine race, and containing Mayor Swede Needham, his robust wife, Bolivar, nee Sherwin, and Let George Dewey Morris, an ambitious Swede from the west." From the balcony of College Hall the Mayor acknowledged the cheers of the throng that greeted the appearance of the party. After delivering his address in a few short words, Count Chantecleer de Lines of Paris, France spoke eloquently in French; the Ghost of Jake Bond appeared; Morris, the Swede, spoke; Holdman from the Sahara Desert introduced himself and retired and Doctor O'Connor of Oirland explained that the Mayor, in spite of appearance, was entirely Oirish and a Democrat. Lugubuous songs from Moonfaced Scannon closed the celebration.
H. M. "Skeet" Tibbetts, Registrar, published his annual warning or invitation to students occupying rooms in the College buildings who wished to retain their rooms the next year to call in person at his office The Glider of the Aero Club with George Hitchcock 'l2, as birdman, for the first time soared gracefully from the earth in a trial held on the golf links. The rise and descent, however, was sufficient to smash the new front elevator and to upset the aviator. Flights would have been more successful if the one who borrowed the new skiis fashioned for the glider had returned them to the Aero Club R. E. Whitney 'l2 and F. H. Cushman 'l3 formed a boys' club at Etna and 25 boys were enrolled. These boys were given instructions in athletics, educational work, Bible study, and social activities. Coach Hillman, Fred Harris, and others talked at the meetings The Freshman Mandolin Club, created to play between dances at the prom, was chosen Rooms in New Hampshire Hall to be furnished with chiffonier, bedstead, and springs and the rent increased five dollars for each student The 300 th anniversary of the publication of the St. James version of the English Bible was observed by the College at the Chapel service. Dr. Francis Brown '7O, President of the Union Theological Seminary and a trustee of the College, was the speaker.
At a meeting of the Trustees held in Concord, N. H. on March 18 the honorary title of President Emeritus was granted to William Jewett Tucker, D.D., LL.D. to date from July 15, 1909 The resignation of Frank Asbury Sherman '7O as professor of Mathematics was accepted Prof. Charles F. Richardson "clothes pin" declined the request of the trustees that he continue his connections with the College as a regular member of the faculty.
"Kelly" Wells elected Captain of the 1912 hockey seven and E. E. Mensel was chosen Captain of the 1912 basketball quintet. . . . . Clarke Tobin appointed football coach at Tufts College for three years Doc Bowler presented some 300 men in the gym in the first gymnastic exhibition ever given at Dartmouth. Advanced mat work and tumbling was shown by Cleaves, Ickes, and Geller 'l2; Myers and Wright 'l3; Snow, Colby, Davidson, Thurman, Harvey, and Hogsett 'l4 The greatest athletic event of the century perpetrated within the walls of the gym, the basketball clash between the Scribes and the Humorists resulted in the team from the Jack-O-Lantern being overwhelmed by The Dartmouth team in a one-sided game, 12-9.
Arthur Delroy took a packed Webster Hall into the realms of the psychic and devoted the major part of the time to description of the fake methods of unscrupulous hypnotists, palmists, spirit writers, and mind readers.
A Dartmouth Cosmopolitan Club was formed at the instigation of Kiyo A. Inui, the Japanese orator, who had spoken in A Dart, on "The East versus the West" in a most interesting lecture. And a busy, interesting month ended.
Election of the Mayor of Hanover, March 17, 1911 Bolivar, nee Sherwin, the Mayor's wife, Swede Needham, His Honor the Mayor, George Morris, Standing.
