Twelve Months in Review

TYPICAL YEAR IN HANOVER PROVIDES GREAT VARIETY OF EVENTSFOR UNDERGRADUATES, FACULTY AND ALUMNI OF THE COLLEGE

A SINGLE college year in Hanover brings forth an amazing variety L. Of academic and extra-curriculum happenings. The following review of the twelve months from last March up to the present time touches upon only the highlights, but it will indicate with a fair degree of accuracy what is involved for undergraduates, alumni, and officers of the College during a trip through the calendar at modern Dartmouth.

MARCH

The first week-end of the month found students joining with the townspeople to put across the fourth annual North Country Fair for the benefit of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. "Swing-Dime," run by the Dartmouth fraternities, was a big hit President Hopkins addressed a record throng of 750 at the annual New York alumni dinner at the Commodore on the 9th Following the Main Street fire of February 8, the Trustees announced plans for a new Georgian business block to replace the Collegeowned buildings just south of the Hanover Inn Dr. Heinrich Bruening, former chancellor of Germany, presented the annual Guernsey Center Moore Foundation lectures, on the subject of "The Antagonism Between Totalitarian and Democratic Principles." .... The English Department announced drastic revision of the Major requirements for the Class of 1939 and succeeding classes, offering five fields of concentration from which the student can make his choice: Drama, Fiction, American Literature, English Classics, and Modern Literature. .... Marian Ander- son, Negro contralto, closed the 1936-37 Concert Series with a stirring recital William R. Gray 'O4, dean of Tuck School and a life trustee of the College, died at Dick's House on March 31, after an illness of many months. His death ended 32 consecutive years as teacher and administrator at Dartmouth.

In the realm of sport, Dick Durrance won the national amateur and national open skiing championships at Sun Valley, with Walter Prager finishing second in the open event The basketball and hockey teams made strong finishes to win second places in their respective leagues, the court team finishing behind Pennsylvania and the ice team behind Harvard. .... Harry Hillman's track team enjoyed a revival of success by winning the annual Quadrangular Meet and finishing fourth in the Intercollegiates. Jack Donovan took his place in the long line of famous Dartmouth hurdlers by capturing the intercollegiate crown.

APRIL

The Board of Trustees met for its annual spring session and elected Victor M. Cutter 'O3 and Dr. John F. Gile 'l6 life trustees. Herluf V. Olsen '22 was named dean of Tuck School and 17 members of the faculty received promotions, ten of them to full professorships. .... President Hopkins left after the meeting for a two-weeks tour to alumni centers in the far west, speaking at Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle Dartmouth's 1937 Alumni Fund campaign officially got under way on the 17th with the mailing of the Fund Committee's initial pamphlet to some 17,000 alumni The president of the Interfraternity Council reported considerable progress in the program to revitalize social life in the fraternities The Dartmouth Speech Clinic reported that only 20 to 40 per cent of the student body could speak well enough to be regularly intelligible, and outlined the methods of correction which it is making available to undergraduates. .... United States Senator Copeland of New York brought the Supreme Court issue to the Dartmouth campus with a public lecture in Webster Hall Felix Morley made a three-day visit, under the auspices of the Division of the Social Sciences, to discuss the Press and the pub- lic Six senior fellows and the Class of 1926 Fellow were named from the junior class New seats in Webster Hall and remodeling of the first-floor exterior of the Hanover Inn were major plant changes.

Eddie Jeremiah '3O, coach of the Boston Olympic hockey team for two years, was named coach of varsity and freshman hockey at Dartmouth Jeff Tesreau's ball club opened its season with a 5-3 victory over Pennsylvania The Dartmouth Rowing Club sponsored the rebirth of crew at Dartmouth, and defeated Williams on the Connecticut in the first intercollegiate crew race ever held at Hanover.

MAY

The 33rd annual meeting of the Dartmouth Secretaries Association was held in Hanover on the first week-end, with 100 class and club leaders in attendance. Owen A. Hoban '99 of Gardner, Mass., was elected president for 1937-38 Dartmouth was willed $350,000 by the late Albert O. Brown '7B, former Governor of New Hampshire and a trustee of the College from 1911 to 1931 The Barrett Cup for 1937 was awarded to Donald C. McKinlay '37 of Chicago, secretary-chairman of his class Benny Goodman's band provided swing music for a jam of students at the Green Key Prom Four new members were elected to the Alumni Council, including Dr. Thomas A. Foster 'lO of Portland, Me.; Dr. Thomas D. Cunningham 'l3 of Denver, Colo.; Warde Wilkins 'l3 of Boston; and John E. Foster '23 of New York City For the first time in the history of the College, co-presidents of the senior class were elected when Gordon P. Bennett '37 and Joseph W. Kiernan '37 received exactly the same number of votes in the annual spring election. .... Cramer Fellowships for graduate study in genetics and the other sciences were awarded to five seniors and alumni of the College.

By virtue of six straight wins, the Green baseball team took a commanding lead in the Eastern Intercollegiate League Spring football closed with a full-game scrimmage on sodden Chase Field Harvard upset Dartmouth in their annual dual track meet The Dartmouth crew won its second home race on the Connecticut by defeating Boston University in a close finish.

JUNE

At Dartmouth's 168 th Commencement, President Hopkins awarded the Bachelor of Arts degree to 493 seniors, the largest class in the history of the College, and also conferred honorary degrees upon 13 prominent men, including Admiral Byrd, Governor Murphy of New Hampshire, President Dodds of Princeton, President Neilson of Smith, and President-elect Day 'O5 of Cornell The Board of Trustees at its annual June meeting elected William J. Minsch 'O7 of Montclair, N. J., an Alumni Trustee of the College, and also ratified the appointment of ten new men to the faculty At the Commencement meetings of alumni groups, Richard E. Pritchard 'l4 of New Britain, Conn., was reelected president of the Alumni Council and John A. Clark 'OB of New York City was elected president of the General Alumni Association

Reuning alumni numbered approximately 800, with the Class of 1933 leading with 184 men Dartmouth's first Alumni College was held the week after Commencement, with some of the College's most popular professors participating in the program of ten informal lectures which made up the novel "Hanover Holiday." In his report on the first year of Dartmouth's new health service, Dean Neidlinger disclosed that the program was highly successful, a total of 9,366 outpatient visits, or approximately 50 a day, having been made to Dick's House during 1936-37, in sharp contrast to the average of ten students a day who visited the infirmary in 1935-36 when students were charged for each visit.

The 1937 Alumni Fund campaign closed on June 30, with contributions totaling 1106,847.16 from 7,942 alumni—a new, alltime record for number of contributors. The total sum was 97 per cent of the objective of $llO,OOO. It prevented a deficit of $79,540.22 for the year 1936-37 and provided $21,571.17 toward the unfinanced balance on Dartmouth Hall. The 7,942 alumni who contributed represented 72 per cent of the living graduates of the College, one per cent less than the peaks of 1926 and 1927.

SUMMER

Workmen were busy during the summer recess erecting Thayer Hall, the new upperclass dining center, and the Lang Building, the new Main Street business block named after Hanover's first merchant prince Construction also went forward on two new fraternity houses, the Gamma Delta Chi house on North Main and the Phi Gamma Delta house on West Wheelock The Dartmouth faculty suffered two great losses in the deaths of Prof. Ralph D. Beetle, teacher of mathematics since 1907, and of Prof. Frank E. Brown, a member of the public speaking department since 1921 Four stu dent deaths, three by automobile accidents and one by drowning, also took place. ... The scholastic report for the year 1936-37 showed 385 men, or 16 per cent of the undergraduate body, on the honor roll with at least 3.0 Dartmouth sent two delegations of skiers to New Zealand and Chile. Dick Durrance and the Bradley brothers led the New Zealand invasion, Durrance adding to his laurels with first place in an international downhill race. In the Chilean competition, the American team, led by Warren Chivers '3B, scored a sweep in the downhill and took four of the first five places in the slalom.

SEPTEMBER

Dartmouth opened its 169 th academic year on September 23, with an enrollment of 2,442 men. The freshman class of 683 hailed from 38 states, the District of Columbia and five foreign lands, and contained the record total of 92 sons of Dartmouth alumni President Hopkins repeated the informal type of convocation address which he had introduced the previous year and presented a straightforward talk on the social changes of the College and the aims of the liberal college Thayer Hall, named in honor of the late Henry B. Thayer '79, was officially opened with the serving of supper in the Cafeteria on the 20th The new tuition rate of $450 went into effect .... 20 new men began their duties as members of the faculty Financial reports for the previous year disclosed that the Alumni Fund had enabled the College to balance its books, and that the Athletic Council had posted a surplus of nearly $25,000 J. Willcox Brown '37 was named general manager of the Outing Club, succeeding Dan Hatch '2B The College assumed supervision of the Green Book with the aim of publishing the pictorial directory much earlier and at less cost The fourth football season under Earl Blaik opened on the 25th with a 39-0 victory over Bates.

OCTOBER

President Hopkins announced the appointment of a special committee of alumni, undergraduates and administrative officers to study the organization and procedures of the publications and to make recommendations for their improved management Dartmouth inaugurated the first major effort by an American college to develop the art of movie-script writing when President Hopkins announced that, through the cooperation of Walter Wanger 'l5, instruction in script-writing would be given in the upperclass writing courses of the English Department The Dartmouth chapter of Phi Beta Kappa celebrated its 150 th anniversary with impressive ceremonies, headed by a public meeting at which Alexis Carrel delivered the Phi Beta Kappa address Walter B. Humphrey 'l4, well-known artist, was commissioned to decorate the walls of the Thayer Hall rathskeller with a series of murals depicting the song, "Eleazar Wheelock." .... In promotion of its informal gift and endowment program, the Alumni Council published two booklets setting forth the aims and tangible needs of the College 451 members of the sophomore class were pledged to Dartmouth's 22 fraternities at the close of a ten-day rushing period Nugget raids were outlawed by the administration after a particularly violent battle, and Delta Alpha, on the ropes, was saved by Palaeopitus with the offer to take more active charge of the traditional affair in the future The Board of Trustees met for its annual fall meeting and took up routine matters, principally the budget for the new academic year Donald L. Barr 'lB of Garden City, N. Y., was appointed Assistant Treasurer of the College as investment counsel The Faculty Committee on the Library reported increased circulation of books and the acquisition of 16,496 volumes, raising the Baker Library total to 434,695 volumes. .... The Big Green eleven, conceded only a fair season when college opened, amazed everyone by defeating Harvard, 20-2, and by being tied by Yale, 9-9, when a last-ditch pass scored for the Blue Earlier victories were scored at the expense of Brown, Amherst and Springfield.

NOVEMBER

Football ruled the month Dartmouth finished its season undefeated after victories over Princeton and Columbia and a tie with Cornell Rose Bowl talk was heard in Hanover and elsewhere until Director of Athletics McCarter halted all surmises with the statement that it would be impossible for the Indians to play a post-season game Fall House Parties were held successfully, with 733 guests present at the various fraternity parties Bob MacLeod of Glen Ellyn, 111., was elected 1938 football captain and varsity letters were awarded to 20 men at the close of the gridiron season. .... Schedules for the next two seasons were released, listing the traditional op- ponents, plus Stanford, St. Lawrence and Dickinson as new opponents for 1938, and Navy, Lafayette and Hampden-Sydney for 1939 Armistice Day exercises brought the question of war to the fore- front in undergraduate and faculty discus- sion The Players presented BoyMeets Girl as their first major production of the year, while the Experimental Theatre announced an ambitious program of lesser productions.

DECEMBER

The Interdormitory Council took the initiative in urging social rooms in the dormitories so that members of all four classes could have some of the social advantages now available only in the fraternity houses. The administration agreed to cooperate for a trial period President Hopkins and state and railroad dignitaries participated in the gala ceremony which opened the new Boston and Maine station in White River Junction, while rockets boomed and Bob MacLeod got off a 15-yard punt in his effort to kick the station key into the river The three upper classes marched to the polls to elect their officers A Speakers' Bureau was established with the coopera- tion of Palaeopitus, and a surprising num- ber of students came forward anxious to speak before clubs and civic groups The National Symphony Orchestra opened the 1937-38 Concert Series During the Christmas recess the Dartmouth A and B ski teams swept their meets at Sun Val- ley and Lake Placid, the A team at Sun Valley defeating the University of Wash- ington in a dual meet even though Dick Durrance was forced outBof competition with a bad ankle President and Mrs. Hopkins announced the engagement of their daughter, Ann, to John C. Merrill '37 of South Pasadena, Calif.

JANUARY

Three new social rooms were started in Fayerweather, Streeter and Wheeler Halls. . . . . Aldous Huxley's lecture filled the big lecture room in Dartmouth Hall Plans were announced for the second "Hanover Holiday" for alumni the week after Commencement The Divi- sion of the Sciences appointed an under- graduate committee to study the proposal of a science survey course and to make other suggestions with regard to the science curriculum Plans for a bigger and better* Nugget were announced Kirsten Flagstad brought forth cries of "Bravo!" in her Webster Hall song recital. .... President Hopkins announced that Paul Sample 'ao, celebrated American artist, would join the Dartmouth faculty next fall as "Artist in Residence" and would provide informal instruction for students interested in creative art

Plans were announced for a forum on pub- lic affairs to be held with Cornell and Pennsylvania at Ithaca this spring The basketball and hockey teams opened their respective league campaigns, the court team with great success by defeating Harvard, Cornell, Yale and Penn in a row, to lead the league Everything gave way to final examinations on the 27th.

FEBRUARY

Despite lack of snow, the 28th Dartmouth Winter Carnival was carried through as planned, and a record throng of 1300 fair guests had the customary "wonderful time." The Green ski team, by making a perfect score of 500 points, established its supremacy over the best collegiate skiers of Germany, Norway, Canada and this country, while the hockey team went to the head of the Quadrangular League with a surprising 3-2 victory over Harvard, and the basketball team took undisputed lead in its league with a 44-38 win over Princeton. .... President Hopkins spoke at the. annual Boston alumni dinner at the Copley Plaza on the 9th. . . . . Dartmouth Night was set for March 3d The annual Dartmouth Alumni Carnival opened on the 18th and extended through George Washington's Birthday. .... The total number of living alumni was announced as 17,962 Senator Burton K. Wheeler lectured to the College on "The Fundamentals of Democratic Institutions," and Commander Donald B. MacMillan paid a two-day visit to the campus, lecturing on his Arctic explorations. .... The Music Department opened its annual series of Sunday afternoon musicales.

NEW ALUMNI TRUSTEE William J. Minsch '07 of New York, whowas elected Alumni Trustee of the Collegeduring the past year. He heads the specialgifts and endowment program which theAlumni Council is carrying out at thepresent time.

CENTRAL DETAII, OF THE THAYER HALL "ELEAZAR WHEELOCK. MURALS" WHICH WALTER B. HUMPHREY '14 HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED TO PAINT IN THE RATHSKELLER OF THE NEW UPPERGLASS DINING HALL

BoB MACLEOD, CAPTAIN-ELECT OF THE 1939 FOOTBALL TEAM, SHOWN ON HIS WAY TO THE TOUCHDOWN WHICH FIGURED PROMINENTLY IN THE THRILLING 9-9 TIE WITH YALE LAST FALL

LATE WILLIAM R. GRAY '04Beloved dean of Tuck School and Trusteeof the College, who died last March after aprolonged illness.

DARTMOUTH BENEFACTOR The late Albert O. Brown '78, former Governor of New Hampshire and Trustee ofthe College from 1911 to 1931, who leftDartmouth College the sum of $250,000and the residue of an estate expected toprovide an additional substantial sum.

Director of the News Service