Within These Walls
EACH YEAR IN every college activity there arrives that crucial moment when the senior managers leave and new men take over their responsibilities. In the undergraduate body there is a feeling of apprehension, as to whether or not the newcomers can duplicate the amassed confidence left by the out-going men. Each year there is that same feeling about the football team before the season commences.
The trial, as to the capability, reliability, and efficiency of the sophomore managers in the Intramural Department arrived with swimming. It really turned out to be one of the best run and most spirited meets of the season, with the Sigma Chis winning easily but with the other entries hotly contesting for second and third places. It was those latter positions that made up the real contest for the fraternities because the Sigma Chis easily demonstrated their superiority.
The squash tournament was also won by Sigma Chi. The winning of these two contests put the fraternity in second place in the point standings. The Dekes are first, due to their wins earlier in the season and their consistency in always garnering a satisfying number of points in all contests.
The true test of a fraternity arrives when it is called upon to enter—and do well inthe many diversified activities offered by the Department of Intramurals and also those outside it, such as dramatics, debates, and the hum. A man is not socially rounded if he has prowess only in games of strength and physical activity. He must have certain mental faculties which enable him to do things logically, and with a degree of fineness—so too must the fraternity. These principles are so prevalent in practice that the Department wishes to attempt in the future a plan which will allow a greater diversification of activities. This means the creating of athletic and nonathletic factions, so to speak, within the Department.
The plan is yet embryonic—but it will, if accepted, mark a milestone in the history and trends of the Department of Intramurals.
Ranking fraternities in the point standings to date are Delta Kappa Epsilon, 141; Sigma Chi, 135; Kappa Kappa Kappa, 125; "Phi Gamma Delta, 118.5; Beta Theta Pi, 117.6; Phi Delta Theta, 106.3; Zeta Psi, 106.1; Chi Phi, 105.4; Psi Upsilon, 104.4; and Gamma Delta Chi, 103.7.
In the dormitory standings South Mass leads with 125.7 points. Other ranking dorms are Upper Gile, 1x4.9; Lower New Hampshire, 108.7; Upper Mass, 98; Fayerweather, 96; and Hitchcock, 95.2.
Two VIEWS OF DARTMOUTH UNDERGRADUATES AT WORK IN THE COMPARATIVE ANATOMY CLASSES OF PROF. WILLIM W. BALLARD '28 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY. PROFESSOR BALLARD IS SHOWN LECTURING IN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT.
