Stanford Special

Plans for the coast-to-coast special train which will take Dartmouth rooters to the Stanford game at Palo Alto on November 26 indicate that all sorts of alumni and railroad history will be made by the roundtriP tour conceived and planned by Bob MacPhail '28 and Sykes Hardy '27. The 'Unerary of the all-expense trip was recently mailed to more than 17,000 alumni of the College.

Two novel ideas in connection with the trip involve a giant alumni pow-wow on the Pacific coast at the time of the Stanford game and, secondly, the train itself. Under the chairmanship of Guy P. Wallick '23t, efforts are being made to coordinate the California, Oregon and Washington alumni associations into one big unit for the purpose of making the occasion the greatest in Dartmouth history on the West Coast. It is expected that the largest gathering of Dartmouth people ever to assemble on the Pacific coast will be in San Francisco for two days.

The Dartmouth-Stanford Special Train itself will have four claims to fame. It will be the first transcontinental special ever to run from coast to coast in connection with an eastern team playing in the far west. It will be the first to have a daily showing of motion pictures, the first to include a hostess and registered nurse, and the first to provide a dance and recreation car. In addition, the Special will include a solarium and observation car from one of the nation's crack trains. The schedule of the Special will be adapted later to the plans of the Pacific Coast Pow-Wow Committee.

Two days will be spent in Palo Alto and San Francisco, two in Los Angeles and Hollywood, and one at the Grand Canyon. A special Hollywood program will include a fashion show for the ladies of the party. In the east, the Special is being sponsored by the Dartmouth Club of New York. The Stanford Alumni Association is also cooperating and lending every effort to bring back to Palo Alto aboard the Special as many graduates as possible.