1910

Do you remember when? Back in those far-away days - horse-and-buggy days - when we were freshmen can you recall that ornament on the southwest corner of the campus? It was made from a block of the famous granite of New Hampshire, and it was called a watering-trough. The primary purpose was to provide refreshing drinks for the "radiators" of that day - the stomachs of the four-footed animals that gave mobility to the trucks and carriages of that period in history. But you may recall that the Dartmouths of an earlier day had figured a secondary use for a watering trough. It was extremely useful as a place to bathe toofresh freshmen - and too-fresh sophomores.

And that could recall to mind a certain early morning in June of '07. We had gathered in the Bema for our official freshman class photo. Just as we were breaking up after the cameraman had finished the historic event, a shower of eggs landed in our midst. They came from the cliff near the College Observatory. (We have definite recollection of Louie Langdell picking pieces of eggshell out of his forehead.) Immediately there was a rush of Tenners, headed by Clarke To bin, to reach the point in the road near North Fayerweather. We tried to head off the culprits who had run from the cliff towards the same spot in the road. They made their getaway for a short time. But Tobe knew where they had holed-up - in Thornton Hall. It didn't take long to locate them and they were well-escorted to that corner of the campus where the "bathtub" was located. There they learned how foolish they could be made to look and how foolish to mess with 1910. These culprits were sophomores.

The recent disturbances - sit-ins, etc., recalled that watering trough to Chad Chadbourne's mind. He suggested it is too bad the trough is no longer an ornament of the Dartmouth campus. He believes that with such an instrument of correction, some of the majority of the sane-thinking group of undergraduates could teach some sense of good judgment and consideration for the rights of those who do not believe in disruptive tactics. It does seem that Dartmouth with its well-developed selective process for putting together its freshman class should be able to avoid accepting the type of boy who can be misled by such a group as the Students for Democratic Society.

There is a grave question whether any group which has some gripe has any right to demand remaking of the College. If there is any group with basis for demands it is the alumni. The College through the generations owes a large share of its equipment and strength to the alumni. At the present time the College is calling upon the alumni as well as other sources of funds for a large capital fund.

It is difficult for older alumni to find any sympathy for the expression of the minority of undergraduates today. In our time we were told - and we believed it - that as students we were paying less than half of what it cost for us to enjoy the privilege of getting a Dartmouth education. Undoubtedly that is true today. So how can we excuse the attitude of demanding by recipients of education priced to them at half the cost?

Being "old-fashioned" or out-of-date we think of Dartmouth we knew as a he-man college. Hence coeducation is not a welcome thought for Dartmouth. That seems to be the way Bert Kent sees it. As honorary president of the Pioneer Valley Dartmouth Club at Holyoke, Mass., he has joined the president, Robert Czelusniak '59, in polling 200 Dartmouth men in that area. With the letter was a postal asking whether coeducation at Dartmouth is favored or disapproved. Also sentiment was sought about ROTC. Bert had previously suggested that we find how Tenners feel about these two disturbing matters. We told Bert we had planned to put these questions on the postcard which will go out with the May Tenner Topics.

A Cornell man told a Dartmouth man, "You should be ashamed. What's the matter with Dartmouth - so quiet in these days of disturbing campus events?"

Andy Scarlett must be prancing around Clearwater, Fla., these days like a winner at the race track. He has the extreme pleasure of seeing 1910 at the head of the list of the ten older classes in the Green Derby competition of the Alumni Fund of '69. If you have not sent in your gift - or if you can "spare an extra dime" in the form of an additional subscription, do it now.

Secretary, 501 Cannon PL Troy, N. Y. 12183

Class Agent, Horizon House, Apt. 208, Clearwater, Fla. 33515