White Bicycles.

A group of Dartmouth undergraduates, borrowing an idea from an anarchist movement in the Netherlands called Provos, are busily engaged in repairing and painting 30 bicycles. The bicycles are being painted white to indicate that they are the common property of all on campus.

When the bikes are ready they may be used by anyone; the user rides a bike to his destination and leaves it for someone else. The chief ideological base to the white bikes, according to spokesman John G. Spritzler '68 of Los Angeles was "the re-examination of the idea of private property." However, Mr. Spritzler also noted that "basically they're just for fun."

The organizers of the white bike plan got a big boost from College Proctor John J. O'Connor who turned over the 30 bikes to them from the supply students had abandoned to the campus police. Badly in need of repair, the organizers scheduled a public maintenance party on the Inn corner to emphasize the fact that the bikes belonged to everyone and that everyone was responsible for them.