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Tall Tale

THE FOLLOWING LETTER was received by Coach Eddie Jeremiah as a result of his pre-season hockey bulletin. CoachJeremiah turned it over to the Editor withthis comment: "Wouldn't I look great gettinginto a uniform and stepping into a HarvardDartmouth game?" Mr. Jeremiah, who hascoached the Big Green hockey team very successfully since 1937, now has another uniform,having just been commissioned a lieutenantin the Naval Reserve— ED.

Thank you very much for the bulletin and records on Dartmouth hockey. Your letters are always interesting and I appreciate receiving them.

I regret to announce an error in the records, however. According to the list I am down as captain of the team during the 1915-16 season. The captain was Harry Murchie, not C. N. Holmes, the lousey left wing!

Did "Bags" Wanamaker ever tell you about playing for the Varsity team against West Point while he was coaching in 1916? If not, it is a good story and I think you should get the details from him as it was a very amusing situation. As I recall, the game was at the Point and at the end of the second period we had a very comfortable lead. "Bags," who looked no older than the rest of us, and who could never keep his stick off a puck, stood it about as long as he could and suddenly appeared in uniform in the forward line at the beginning of the third period! Evidently he had not become too well acquainted with the opposing coach, captain, and manager. As far as I know, it is one of the few incidents in collegiate athletics in which a coach represented the College. Also, as I recall, "Bags" had a wonderful time shooting them in from all angles.

Good luck to you in what may well prove to be not only a difficult but a very interesting season.

Cleveland, Ohio

Pocket Size Magazine?

To THE EDITOR:

Because more of its readers are in the Armed Forces, more are commuting to business by train or bus, while others are compelled to do more travelling, perhaps the ALUMNI MAGAZINE would be more welcome to them in a pocket size. This has no doubt occurred to you.

I would particularly regret the passing of such attractive covers, but with curtailment of paper for the duration it is another good thing of which we must have less.

Boston, Mass.

We would be interested in hearing the reaction of our readers to this suggestion. As yet, paper allowances have not been cut to the extent where it is necessary to reduce the page size of the Magazine. However, the time may yet come when it will be not merely advisable, but absolutely necessary to reduce the overall size of the publication in whatever way seems best—Ed.