Letters

Reply to Charges

TO THE EDITOR: While not especially aroused over the matter, I fail to see exactly where an opinionated theme-corrector such as our dear brother, Clifford H. Hart '21, gets either off or on, trying to discredit an article of mine in the AmericanLegion Monthly in the Letters Department of DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE.

I respect his rights to his opinion, even if his expression of same is a pointless bleat, but, like all the minor muckers and chair dusters for Comrade Rugg, he can't debate upon the issues, but has to try to whittle down his versus with a little belittling. That's mostly, probably, because there are no issues.

The man's letter is unacceptable, either as a collegian or an American. If he wants to carry Rugg's bath towel, that's his privilege, but when he starts sneering at the colleges referred to in my original article, written for an entirely different publication, he disqualifies himself. His conclusions about football are ridiculous, and his misinterpretation of my original paragraphs concerning football and education either stupid or deliberate.

The best answer to the fairness or vice versa of that original article is that it's four months old now. In addition to the regular circulation of the magazine which is more than a million,. 50,000 reprints were made of it by the Legion authorities and mailed to every publicist, editor and public figure in America. And until this pale disciple lifted his quavering treble, there has been no complaint concerning either its facts or its conclusions.

The facts in that original piece still- stand. This guy hasn't even dented them. My advice to him is to content himself with the parochial problems of the Long Island jungles and keep his bill out of battles that are none of his business.

The Boston HeraldBoston, Mass.

Grievous Error

To THE EDITOR: Your attention has perhaps already been called to an error in the very interesting October number of the MAGAZINE. On page 28 you run a cut of my classmate, Philip H. Chase, 1907, now a member of the Alumni Council, and call him Richard V. Chase, 1911.

Manchester, N. H.

[That was a boner and we are sorry.—ED.]

Flushing School Memorial

To THE EDITOR: Incidental to certain correspondence on scholarship aid for Dartmouth students, it has been suggested by officers of the College that the "Story of Tim Takaro" might be interesting to Dartmouth men. Many people know something about it but the story has perhaps not been put together in all details so I am sending you a brief resum£ as follows: Of the nine boys asphyxiated in the fraternity house at Dartmouth on February 21, 1934, two were graduates of the Flushing High School, William M. Smith Jr., and Americo Secondo DeMasi. In memory of them a memorial tablet has been placed in the Flushing High School and a memorial fund of over $3000 raised from which an award of $100 is made each June to that graduate who is adjudged "of suitable character and attainments" to exemplify the ideals of the school as illustrated in the lives and in the deaths of these two boys.

Not owing to the monetary consideration, which is merely a token, but because of the sentiment which it represents, this award has become the highest honor which the school can bestow. The names of the recipients are engraved each year upon the tablet so as to constitute the super-honor roll of the school. To date five boys and five girls have been thus honored and no two have attended the same college.

The prestige of the award, more than the monetary aid, has often been a great assistance in obtaining recognition from colleges when beneficiaries have applied for financial aid; and quite definitely on this account Dartmouth accepted and assisted Timothy Takaro, who had been salutatorian of the class of June, 1937, at Flushing.

Timothy had very definitely to "work his way" through college, doing the usual stunts of assisting in the Library and waiting on table, and also being the official guide of the College for parents and tourists visiting Hanover during the summer. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the beginning of his senior year, and finally was salutatorian of his class last June.

Flushing, N. Y.

Middle East Service

To THE EDITOR: I have been requested to recommend to Dartmouth men the American Field Service which is seeking to enlist one thousand volunteers for service with American ambulance units assigned to British forces in the Middle East.

Members of recently graduated classes might be interested in investigating the opportunity for active war work offered by the American Field Service. The information received contained the following statement:

"The American volunteers who are to man our Middle East ambulances are signing on for one year. They will, in all probability, experience periods of intense activity and danger, with periods of waiting and boredom. They will work often under conditions

of great discomfort. They will give much in service to humanity, and will make personal financial sacrifices to do so."

Applicants should write to Mr. Stephen Galatti, Director General, American Field Service, 1 William Street, New York, N. Y. In Director Galatti's letter to me he has written:

"Dartmouth College, in the last War, sent many volunteers to France with our Service, and I, myself, was privileged to have been in the same section with Dick Hall, who gave his life that Christmas Eve at Hartmanns-weilerkopf. So many others became leaders with us, Archie Gile and Horton Kennedy among them."

Hanover, N. H.

Dean of the College.