About 25 Years Ago

ON JUNE 4th the Class of 1913 had its last recitations in Dartmouth College and exams began the next day.

Holy Cross found Matt Hallett for six runs in the sixth inning and easily won g.2 In the freshman game Worcester Academy scored its twelfth consecutive victory when it won 3 to a. Bartlett, for the green yearlings, pitched a consistent game, striking out seven men.

The retiring Palaeopitus announced the election of five men, J. V. Blythe, R. N. Hogsett, E. P. Junkins, P. W. Loudon and W. B. Slater to supplement the six members elected by the class: J. L. Day, W. T. Englehorn, the new president, H. K. Hallett, H. A. Koelsch Jr., L. K. Little and R. H. Trott, the new secretary. Ted Marriner, editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth, was invited to be present, without vote, at its meetings the coming year. Karl Fulmer, Secretary of Palaeopitus, announced changes in future membership. Six of the members will be ex-officio: managers of the football, baseball and track teams, the football captain, the editor-in-chief of TheDartmouth and the president of the Dartmouth Christian Association. The other five members will be elected from the junior class.

K. O. Olson '14 was chosen captain of the 1913-14 track team and H. W. Webber 'l4 was elected captain of the tennis team. . . . . J. H. Babcock 'l4 was appointed head cheerleader and E. N. Giles 'l4, holder of the college golf championship, was elected captain of the golf team.

Dartmouth defeated Vermont 2 to 1 in a twelve inning pitchers' battle between Morey and Malcolm Theta Delta Chi won. the interfraternity tennis championship by defeating KKK.

President Ernest Fox Nichols spoke at the last vesper chapel service on June 8th.

Marshalls for the Wet Down ceremonies were: 1913, R. L. Bennett; 1914, W. T. Englehorn; 1915, C. L. Wanamaker; 1916, C. A. Pudrith. Tuesday, June 11th, saw the traditional Sing-Out in Chapel at five o clock and the Wet Down which started at seven. The public initiation of Palaeopitus was held at the Old Pine. From there the procession of undergraduates, in order of seniority and headed by the band, made the rounds of the college buildings, including stops at the homes of President Nichols and President-Emeritus William Jewett fucker. Dr. Tucker spoke a few words of farewell to the first class to have entered and graduated under the new regime. Find your places in the world; no, make your places." .... On the return to the Campus for the Wet Down the seniors and juniors availed themselves of their privilege of drinking from Eleazar Wheelock's fabulous barrel of rum. The sophomores, by a mixture of strategy and force, staved off the efforts of 1916 to overturn the keg until a few drinks had been procured. . . . . The gauntlet at the Senior Fence was run with the usual number of bruises from senior canes and junior belts. Clarence C. Meleney made the address bestowing the fence upon the Class of 1914 and J. P. Margeson Jr. responded for his class. 1916 then added a new event by burning their freshman caps .... a banquet for 1913 was tendered by the Trustees. Pres. Nichols, Dean Emerson, Mr. Parkhurst, Dr. Gile, Harold McAllister and Wright Hugus spoke.

Last exams were over! Was the degree to be received from the hand of President Nichols? Wait until June 25th.

A. li. Lowell '13 was awarded the Barge Medal and C. E. Whitney '15, first prize in the Class of 1866 competition, with W. C. Gilbert 'l4, second The Athletic Council assigned managerial positions to nine juniors: football, John U. Loomis; baseball, Richard W. Redfield; track, Everett J. Graves; basketball, Isaac W. Carpenter Jr.; hockey, George E. Dyke; freshman football, Charles R. Taplin; freshman baseball, Donald S. Page; freshman track, R. C. Bigelow; varsity tennis, Carrol A. Parnell.

The Alumni and families of the Senior Class began to arrive on June 21st, Saturday.

Rev. H. S. Coffin of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, delivered the Baccalaureate in the College Church. . . . . Class Day Exercises on Monday were observed with impressive dignity. Harold C. McAllister, president of the Class, welcomed President Nichols before Dartmouth Hall, E. V. K. Willson delivered the formal address to the President. The Class Oration was by C. C. Meleney. Robert W. Barstow gave the address to the Old Chapel and all proceeded to the Bema where R. K. Stone, "attired as was Sam Occom, when he matriculated," delivered the Sachem Oration. The Class Poem, composed by Roswell J. Powers, was read by A. K. Lowell. Fred M. Gannon delivered the address to the Old Pine and the ceremonies closed with the singing of the Class Ode, written by George Steele.

"The Golden Isle" was well received by the Commencement audience. E. V. K. Willson 'l5, G. H. Tilton Jr. 'l4, S. P. Tuck 'l3, J. J. Scarry 'l3, K. D. Tucker, W. P. Costello and C. M. Clacys were

splendid. J. W. Rogers "executed a semioriental dance with considerable grace and abandon."

Amherst was defeated 3 to 2 in a closely contested game. Bennett made a timely single and sent Wanamaker cantering home from third in the eighth for the winning run. Red Loudon had made a home run in the first inning and drove in a tally in the seventh Paul Witmer "Red" Loudon '14 was elected captain of the next year's ball club.

The Glee and Mandolin Clubs gave a concert, a marked success, in Webster Hall. This concert opened with Wilkinson's stirring football song "When the Green Goes Forth to Battle."

Wednesday, the 25th, degrees were conferred on 214 members of the class of 1913. David E. Adams delivered the salutatory on "College and the Social Conscience." Charles D. Waterman spoke on "Bergson and the New Freedom," E. V. K. Willson delivered an exposition on "The Panama Canal Tolls" and George Steele told "Some Tendencies in Contemporary Poetry." H. C. McAllister spoke on "American Syndicalism" and H. D. Abbott, valedictorian, spoke on "The Function of the Technically Trained Man as a Citizen." Alexander Graham Bell, Dean Walter T. Sumner '9B and Edwin D. Mead were among those to receive honorary degrees The Commencement Ball, with W. L. Davis as floor director, brought the Commencement to an end.

It has been a great pleasure to hunt up details and pictures to review with you the undergraduate years. With our Commencement (how could it be 25 years ago?) we leave you to continue your life in the alumni group we joined that June day in 1913. "Thanks for listening."

RALPH STONE GAVE THE SACHEM ORATION AT THE BEMA