Song Prize Awarded

A prize of $30 has been awarded jointly to Wallace C. Fisher '37, of Minneapolis, and Charles P. Livermore '38, of Rochester, N. Y., for the best verses submitted in the Undergraduate Song Contest. Their words for "John Ledyard" were selected by a committee of Prof. Maurice F. Longhurst, Prof. Franklin McDuffee '21, and Charles E. Widmayer '30.

Since no music was accepted along with the words, the plan of introducing a new Dartmouth song at the Dartmouth Night exercises on February 26 was dropped by the committee. It is expected that music for the verses will be provided by some student, alumnus, or member of the Music Department.

The winning verses by Fisher and Livermore are as follows:

JOHN LED YARD I Oh the bravest brave of the Wah Hoo Wahs Was a regular freshman fellow. He wasn't content with the bowl and the pipe And the beech and the birch and the bellow; He was tired of the teaching and he didn't like the preaching; He preferred his Indians heathen, So he sailed away on a bright spring day At the start of the week-end season.

Chorus John Ledyard was a man of great ambition. John Ledyard broke all scholarly tradition. In a pine canoe he bade adieu to his studious friends at college And he made his name at the rugged game of a vagabond's quest for knowledge.

II Oh the bravest brave of the Wah Hoo Wahs Was a regular freshman fellow. He cut down a pine of dimensions fine And he scraped it all out hollow. With regrets to Eleazar for his dubious behavior And a bear skin to cover any sliver, With no compunction he left for the Junction Down the Connecticut River.

III Oh the bravest brave of the Wah Hoo Wahs Was a regular freshman fellow. He gave some hope to the pea-green mope Who'd much prefer to follow The southern road to the Hamp abode Of the famous Smith girls' college. But he must be sure that the only lure Is an ardent love for Knowledge.