Dartmouth Night
HANOVER'S MOST SUCCESSFUL Dartmouth Night in years was held in Thayer Hall on Thursday night, November 6, with a thousand undergraduates and faculty members present as the guests of Palaeopitus. The decision to transfer the celebra- tion from Webster Hall to the more informal surroundings of the upperclass dining hall met with a warm response, and The Dartmouth the following morning de- clared: "New Informal Dartmouth Night Strikes Hard and Deep."
The Rev. Donald B. Aldrich 'l7, Rector of the Church of the Ascension in New York and a trustee of Princeton University, gave the Alumni Address of the evening. "We are faced with the question of whether we are to conquer the future or whether it will conquer us," he declared seriously to an audience which he had won over com- pletely with introductory remarks of an up- roarious nature. "We should substitute for the old saying, 'Truth for Truth's sake,' the phrase, 'Truth for God's sake.' And we must dare to follow it in the conviction that it will not let us down.
"What is the future to be? The answer is that we shall conquer the future if we have the courage to act today. There is no wave of the future which will roll over us— and submerge us. If we bargain with op- pression, we will lose our soul."
The assemblage rose to greet President Hopkins, who was celebrating his 64th birthday and who was surprised at the con- clusion of his remarks to have a huge birth- day cake carried in and to have everyone sing "Happy birthday, dear Prexy."
President Hopkins spoke informally to the students and faculty, calling attention to the serious backdrop against which the College had gathered and declaring that the time for academic questioning was over and that "now we must prove not question our beliefs." He traced the changes in the College and expressed pride in the fact that Dartmouth was a dynamic institution. "The understanding spirit of the far-flung alumni groups is the backbone of the Col- lege," he asserted. "The strength of Dart- mouth College is that among her men there is so large a proportion of those who seek her spirit and receive it because they under- stand."
Prof. J. Milton McDaniel acted as mas- ter of ceremonies at Dartmouth Night after John de la Montagne '42, president of Palaeopitus, had called the meeting to order. Green Key, the Band, the Glee Club, and the Green Collegians Orchestra also took part in the program, which reached its informal climax with students and faculty members clustered around kegs of cider and heaps of doughnuts.
As a traditional part of the Dartmouth Night celebration, Professor McDaniel read telegrams of greeting from alumni meet- ings throughout the country. Greetings were received from the following alumni groups:
Dartmouth Alumni Association of the State of Washington; Dartmouth Club in Wellesley, Mass.; Dartmouth Club of Okla- homa; Dartmouth Alumni Association of the Great Divide (Denver); Dartmouth Club of Georgia; Dartmouth Outing Club of Boston; Dartmouth Club of Worcester County, Mass.; Dartmouth Club of De- troit; Dartmouth Club of Rockford, 111.; St. Louis Dartmouth Alumni Association; Dartmouth Club of Central Pennsylvania; Dartmouth Club of Western Pennsyl- vania; Dartmouth Club of Holyoke, Mass.; Dartmouth Club of Central New Jer- sey; Dartmouth Club of Western Connect- icut; Dartmouth Club of New Britain, Conn.; Dartmouth Alumni Association of Merrimac County, N. H.; Dartmouth Club of Lowell, Mass.; Dartmouth Club of Bur- lington, Vt.; Dartmouth Alumni Associa- tion of Eastern Pennsylvania; Dartmouth Club of New Haven, Conn.; Dartmouth Club of Central New York.
Dartmouth Club of Indianapolis; Dart- mouth Alumni Association of Wisconsin; Dartmouth Club of Washington, D. C.; Dartmouth Club of Cleveland; Dartmouth Club of Melrose, Mass.; Dartmouth Club of Virginia; Dartmouth Alumni Associa- tion of Southeastern Florida; Dartmouth Club of Houston; Dartmouth Alumni Association of Southern California; Que- bec Alumni Association; Dartmouth As- sociation of Oregon; Northwest Dartmouth Alumni Association* Dartmouth Alumni Association of New York; Dartmouth College Club of New York; Dartmouth Alumni Association of Vermont; Dart- mouth Alumni Association of Philadel- phia; Dartmouth Alumni Association of Northern California; Dartmouth Club of France (in exile in the United States); Dartmouth Alumni Association of Man- chester, N. H.; Dartmouth Club of Berk- shire County, Mass.; Dartmouth Club of Rochester, N. Y.; Dartmouth Alumni at Winter Park, Fla.; Dartmouth Alumni Club of Delaware; Dartmouth Club of Cen- tral Ohio; Dartmouth Alumni Association of Maine; Dartmouth Club of Bridgeport, Conn.
Student GatheringWhen the student body celebrated Dart-mouth Night in Hanover November 6 theprogram was held in Thayer Hall underthe direction of Palaeopitus. Members ofthe faculty were all invited. In the picturesat left, top, Prof. J. M. McDaniel, Masterof Ceremonies, reading telegrams fromDartmouth alumni clubs and associations;middle, Palaeopitus members serving someof the three 52-gallon barrels of cider toPresident Hopkins and Donald B. Aldrich'l7, speakers on the program; bottom,3000 doughnuts and a huge cake, celebrat-ing President Hopkins' birthday on thatday, was served by Green Key while musicby the band and the Green Collegians en-Itertained the crowd following the speak-ing program.
