About Twenty-Five Years Ago
VIVISECTION" STARTED April. Prof. F. S. Lee of Columbia spoke at the last Smoker in College Hall and called the term an unfortunate one given by those opposed to science. It should be called animal experimentation.
The last indoor track meet of the season drew a large crowd to see 1913 win over 1914 by five points, 1913, 1914, 351/3' 1911. 34; i6y§ Ray Bennett, giant first baseman, sprained his ankle in the practice for the southern trip during the Easter vacation.
At the sophomore class meeting, called on April 3, accusations of stealing hats, rubbers, and coats at the freshman reception were heard. Homer Eaton Keyes lost a twenty-dollar hat College closed on April 6 for the Easter vacation. Gordon Ferrie Hull conducted Chapel exercises and Harmony Morse played "Home Sweet Home" on the organ.
With the opening of College the baseball team returned from its southern trip, where it won but 3 of its 8 contests. It took Colum- bia 2-0, South Orange Field Club 9-7, and West Point 1-0, losing to Eastern College, Cornell, Penn State, Princeton, and Penn. Donahue '13 proved to be the most brilliant performer in the field, Gammons '12 and Morey '13 were the most prominent twirlers and Steen '12 outclassed Alden '13 behind the bat. Luhman '13 found a permanent berth at center field.
The Prom Show title was changed to "The Summer Bachelors" and "The Spring- time Maid," a song by Rud '14 and Ewing '13 was added to the musical numbers. The first scene was laid on the Maine Coast and the second in Hanover Joe Beer '14 put in the trough by the sophomores. Chisholm '13 and Sides '13 put in the trough by the freshmen "The Dartmouth Strollers" gave their entertainment under the management of A. H. Hough in Gates' Opera House at the June and "after the Concert there was a Dartmouth Hop."
Bowdoin opened the baseball season by losing to the varsity 4-2 in the first game and by easily taking the second 9-2. The varsity showing was creditable the first afternoon. The Oval was bog-like and a scorching sun on the second day did not help matters much Dartmouth won a one-sided contest with Mass. Aggies 9-2. For three innings the game was interesting from a spectators point of view, but the rest of the game brought forth no excitement. Capt. Chuck Emerson was the feature of the game with two three baggers and two singles in four times up.
The track team left for the Penn Relay Carnival at Philadelphia. The freshman relay team, Olsen, Haywood, O'Connor, and Dolan running in that order, led by a good margin at every quarter and finished 30 yards in the lead, winning the freshman relay championship of America. Penn was 2nd and Columbia 3d. Tilley won the hammer throw with a heave of 143 feet 8½ inches, and took fourth in the discus
The training table for the team was started by Coach Hillman with 23 men on it. Sixty-eight members of the musical clubs returned from their spring tour. Concerts followed by dances were given at Albany, Brooklyn, Long Branch, N. Y., and North- ampton, Mass. The violin and piano trio, Blanchard '13, Lewis '13, and Jacobus '12; and the Ickes '12 and Geller '12, popular novelty duet "received much applause everywhere." Wm. S. Pounds '11 was leader of the Glee Club and George T. Leach 'n, leader of the Mandolin Club Class Hums were started at the end of the month and continued every Tuesday and Friday evenings during the rest of the year. The classes took their usual places, Seniors at the Fence, Juniors on the steps of Dartmouth, Sophomores at Webster Hall, and Freshmen in front of the old gym.
April 29 the Senior caps and gowns appeared and had to be worn at Chapel on the following morning. Work with the gouges on the Senior canes progressed rapidly and more or less artistically, carvings resulted as usual. Spring certainly had arrived.
Graduate Manager of Athletics George A. "Jerry" Graves
