1897

While in Hanover on a recent visit in September, I drove around the five-mile square, as we called it in my track team training days where we ran the long distance races, now known as the Reservoir Road trip, here for the first time I saw the new houses on the new streets on the side hill with views looking over the College to the Vermont hills on the other side of the river. The owners of this property certainly had views for sale. I hope you will all drive or hike up to this new development about one mile and a quarter from the Inn.

I paid my usual visit to my choice view of the Ascutney- district which can be seen from Pleasant St. in front of No. 7. This is located about 500 ft. from my fraternity house. I go there every time I am in Hanover for this view. I also have been studying this large area of land because of its possibilities of being developed for a lot of home sites near the College, and if this is done with proper handling of the streets and location of the houses, it will not only add much beauty to the Village of Hanover, but will have a large number of home sites with this wonderful view to the southwest. Also, because of the enlargement of Mink Brook by the dam at Wilder, many home sites would have a water view in the foreground. I think it can be and should be the most interesting and attractive part of Hanover, if the property is handled under severe zoning regulations and by proper Town Planning of the whole area. This land is bounded by South Main St. on the east, Mink Brook on the south, Connecticut River on the we.st and West Wheelock St. on the north.

I have studied in a very preliminary way the possibility of approach to this land by continuing Tuck Drive across East Wheelock St. and up the valley to cross Maple St. in the depression near Downing Rd. and then continue in a direction parallel with the River to the mouth of Mink Brook and then by a contour road along the north shore of the brook to South Main St.

I hope readers of this article will visit Pleasant St. and make suggestions as to how the town of Hanover can actually grow up under the guidance of professionals who will look forward with vision to capitalize on land that has views for sale. The new specialty of engineers called Town Planning is already increasing values tremendously by studying ahead and extension of zoning into undeveloped areas which is very important, especially where the contour of the land demands an overall plan instead of development of spot by spot to mix up the program of development to full advantage.

I was also interested to see on my visit the freshmen coming to town; especially one active, energetic fellow who drove up in a Ford pick-up truck and came to a quick stop in front of the Inn. He was dressed in blue jean work suit with his sleeves rolled up and his load, with chair, desk, bed and lots of bed clothes and enough suitcases for ample college wearing apparel, in and on and around his truck, all well packed and tied up. He was very business-like about it and seemed to take his start in college just as if it was all in a day's work. One big bag was for another student who didn't arrive to accept delivery, and this freshman, with a friend who met him, set the bag on the edge of the campus where it stayed for an hour or so. Then he and his friend drove off to the dormitory to put his things in his room. He was so business-like and so direct in his way of starting this new job as a freshman that I had a feeling that this was the kind of a young fellow I should like to employ. I would make a bet on his being able to take what comes to him with no indecision.

Another freshman was pointed out to me by his mother, who sat opposite me at the table overlooking Main St. in the coffee shop at breakfast. This boy had arrived the day before and had" fixed his room with his mother's help. She pointed him out to me standing with a group of freshmen ready to take their first hike into the hill country around Hanover under the leadership of an upperclassman who would show him for the first time what the Outing Club has developed in the way of out-of-doorness in the student life at Dartmouth. It was very interesting to see the boys taken into college life in an orderly and business-like manner.

1897 Fund Contributors

33 Gifts (Participation Index 94) Total Gifts: $1,209.50 (112% of Objective) MORTON C. TUTTLE, Class Agent

Appleton, Fred S. Bacon, Arthur A.1 Balch, William H. Blanchard, Lewis H.2 Bolser, Charles E. Boyd, George3 Boyd, J. Merrill3 Brown, Jay D. Brown, Maurice F.2 Carr, Edward G. Chase, Henry M. Christophe, Herman Drew, Frank E. Gibson, H. Hamilton Gibson, Harry A.4 Ham, William H. Henderson, John R. Hilton, George F. Holt, Hermon Johnson, Frank C. Kelly, Walter F. Lull, Henry M.5 McCornack, Walter E.e Marshall, Benjamin T.T Morrill, Albert H.2 Mosher, Loren A. Noyes, Frank H. Pender, Horace G. Rollins, Weld A.2 Rowe, Brainard A. Ryan, Joseph F. Sibley, John O. Simpson, Joseph O.2 Sisk, Robert J.2 Smith, Erdix T. Taylor, Burpee C.2 Temple, Winfield Tent, George E. Tracy, Charles A.2 Tuttle, Morton C. Ward, Roy J. Watson, Albert P. Woodworth, Edward K.8 MEMORIAL GIFTS FROM:1 Son, Richard E. Bacon.2 Class of 1897.3 Frank C. Johnson '97.4 Brother, Hamilton Gibson '97.5 Mrs. Lull.6 Mrs. McCornack.7 Son, Andrew Marshall'22.8 Daughter, Mrs. C. LaneGoss.

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