THE COLLEGE

WHATEVER the March 10 New Hampshire primary may or may not do for the political fortunes of Nelson, Barry, Henry, Harold, Margaret, Richard, William, and George, the Granite State's "first in the nation" has provided a honey of an educational opportunity for a host of Dartmouth undergraduates.

Except perhaps for Margaret Chase Smith, whose "blueberry muffin" slogan turns a young man's thoughts more to food than politics, each candidate has his committed following on campus. Words are crossed in daily skirmishes in TheDartmouth's Voces Clamantium field of honor. Lapel buttons are pushed. Stickers are stuck. One enthusiast even managed to get a "Rocky" between two "Goldwaters" on the rear bumper of the Arizona Senator's own white Cadillac as it reposed before the Hanover Inn.

But even more enthusiastic, and busier too, are those undergraduate representatives of campus news media who have followed the big story on air and in print from one end of the state to the other. Not content to cover the story only when the candidates came to Hanover (which four in the "beauty contest" did in the space of ten days in mid-February), the WDCR news staff and The Dartmouth reporters journeyed to Keene, Laconia, Manchester, Woodsville, and even New London to broadcast direct, interview, or just report.

With such coverage there's little chance for the student not directly involved to miss the fact that he's in the midst of a "national event." Indeed he would have to keep his eyes shut, his ears closed, and his right hand firmly in his pocket not to sense this. The only fellow in town who appears to be looking beyond the Primary (and he's worrying about getting the Democratic National Convention on Spaulding's wide-wide TV screen) is Associate Secretary of the College Mike McGean '49. As the new Director of the new Dartmouth Alumni College, Mike is happily chin deep in his new production, "Eleven Days in August." It could be Standing Room Only. There's more about "the college" on Page 25.