DARTMOUTH PILED up a big score against Amherst in a game marred by fumbling and penalties. Sixty to nothing was the score and the powerful offensive play of the backfield, the feature of the game. Dave Morey '13 was the individual star The Freshmen beat Cushing 21 to 7 in a loosely played game William J. Randall '96, guard; Fred F. Jennings '00, end; Charles J. Boyle '01, end; Edward D. Rich '09, fullback; Francis A. Brady '10, quarterback and end; and Sturgis Pishon '10, quarterback arrived in Hanover to put finishing touches on the team for the Cornell and Harvard games.
Gov. Robert P. Bass of N. H. addressed the Progressives at a Roosevelt Rally. Prof. George Ray Wicker and Hon. Frank A. Musgrove, Speaker of the House, were the other speakers.
Over a heavy, soggy course the cross country team competed for the Boston Alumni Class Trophy and 1915 won with 45 points. Paul S. Harmon 'l3, however, led the field home, but only four 1913 men finished. Trials for the varsity team designated P. S. Harmon 'l3, H. T. Ball 'l3, F. R. Marceau 'l4, A. S. Bull 'l5, W. R. R. Granger Jr. 'l5, E. B. Merrill 'l5, S. D. Rose 'l3 and J. L. Day 'l4. The freshman team was composed of C. F. Durgin, C. D. Cary, L. Y. Granger, L. F. Pfingstag, E. C. Riley, J. M. Burke, R. A. Pease and C. M. Clarke.
Election Day showed Hanover strongly for Teddy Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, although the Progressive Party triumphed neither in New Hampshire nor nationally. Prof. Edwin J. Bartlett and Perley R. Bugbee were elected to the state legislature. Woodrow Wilson carried the state by a 1,781 plurality.
The Trustees voted to build a dormitory on the Hitchcock Estate and an apartment house for the faculty on East Wheelock St.
The Freshmen elected A. M. Telfer, Pres., L. G. Perkins, Vice Pres., P. O. Soutar, Sec., W. R. York, Treas. and Richard Parkhurst to represent the class on the executive committee of the College Club. The meeting was conducted by K. H. Fulmer, W. Wilkins and W. H. Mason for Palaeopitus.
Dr. Tucker headed as president a new non-partisan organization in the state, The Good Government Club.
Dartmouth defeated Cornell at Ithaca 24 to o in the last game before the Harvard Game. Touchdowns were made by Whitney, Snow and Loudon and Englehorn kicked the goals as well as a goal from placement The Freshmen and Dean battled to a 7-7 tie, marked with rough play on both sides. Both teams scored on forward passes. Goldthwaite made the Dartmouth touchdown.
The musical clubs under the leadership of Leon Scott and George McClary stopped at Concord, N. H., for a concert on their way to the joint Harvard and Dartmouth annual concert at Jordan Hall The playing of a five piece orchestra at Commons was so successful Perry Fairfield stated it would continue in the future.
"No honorable defeats" and "nothing short of victory" at the stadium were the theme of the talks by Dean Laycock, Coach Cavanaugh and Captain Ray Bennett at the football mass meeting the night before the team left. Saturday Charlie Brickley on four trials for field goals booted one over the bar and Harvard 3, Dartmouth o was the score at the end of the game. Bill Gibson 'l3 at centre played a strong defensive game. Hogsett was the best end, Englehorn at left tackle was the outstanding linesman of either side and Llewellyn and Ghee ran the team well A direct wire from the Stadium to San Francisco took the game play by play to the Pacific Coast Alumni.
Dartmouth won the cross country race; Taber of Brown was first to finish followed by Ball, Harmon, Marceau, Day and Granger in that order. Brown was ad, M. I. T. 3d with Amherst, Williams, Holy Cross and Worcester Polytech in that order Harvard took all 6 golf matches from Capt. Cully Welsh's team.
. . . . The Freshmen C. C. won at Andover with Pennsylvania 2d, Harvard 3d. Cornell, Yale, Worcester Academy, Andover and Exeter also ran C. F. Durgin was elected Capt. of the team. Harry A. Wells 'lO was chosen Supt. of Bldgs. to succeed Ed. Hunter 'O1
Mrs. Barr, coach of the Dramatic Club returned to Hanover to rehearse the cast for "She Stoops To Conquer." .... The fraternities were assigned nights for open house, 110 refreshments of any kind to be served Work was commenced on the new water trough at the corner of the campus replacing the former trough presented sented by Mrs. C. F. Richardson years ago. The first basketball practice under the direction of Capt. Wm. M. Gibson 'l3 and Coach John M. Mullen 'll brought forth five men from last year's team and Brownell 'l4 and Winship 'l5. The schedule had 12 games between December 19th and March Ist.
Twenty men answered Capt. Bill Mason's call for hockey candidates. These included six "D" men: Mason, Bigelow, Taylor and Schulte all 'l3 and Dellinger and Johnson 'l4. Most promising of last year's freshmen were Tuck, Wanamaker and Donahue.
W. T. "Moose" Englehorn 'l4 was elected captain of the football team The Cross Country team took 3d in the Intercollegiate run held at Ithaca. Harvard won and ad honors went to Cornell. . . . . The Interfraternity bowling contest started as did the freshman gym classes on Nov. 30th. —WARDE WILKINS 'l3.
CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM—FALL OF 1912