Connecticut Flood

High and dry on Hanover plateau, the College was only slightly affected by the flood waters which swept down the Connecticut River valley on March 17 and throughout the ensuing week. The disruption of rail and highway traffic through- out New Hampshire isolated Hanover to some extent and halted incoming and out- going mail for several days, but limited telephone and telegraph service was maintained continuously and even the New York papers got through, by way of Rutland, to keep the community informed of the disastrous events throughout New England and the Atlantic seaboard states.

The flood excitement of November, 1927, was duplicated as students and faculty members followed developments closely, and as the customary wild rumors swirled about the campus day after day. The high- water marks of the 1927 flood were surpassed everywhere about Hanover, with the Ledyard bridge, the West Lebanon bridge, and Wilder Dam attracting great throngs daily as the nearest danger spots. The swollen waters of the Connecticut River came up to the steelwork on the new Ledyard bridge, closing the structure to vehicular traffic and necessitating the dumping of tons of sand above each of the two piers of the bridge. The West Lebanon bridge with- stood days of pounding by the Connecticut waters but was badly ripped up in efforts to dislodge debris and ice jams.

Although Dartmouth itself was untouched by the flood, many students engaged in relief work, and Dean Neidlinger announced to Red Cross officials that the entire student body stood ready to help in the work of rehabilitation if aid was needed.

Valuable service was rendered to the college community by The Dartmouth, which provided up-to-the-minute reports on local and nearby flood conditions, and which supplemented its regular morning editions with bulletins posted on the window of Storrs' Bookstore.

Through the disruption of mail service and the lack of electrical power at the Vermont Printing Company in Brattleboro, this issue of the MAGAZINE will probably appear a few days late.