1913

October has passed all too quickly, especially for us oldsters who are still able to navigate. We try in vain to slow up the swift passage of time but it seems to go faster each month and year.

No news is good news so they say, so I glanced through "Bill" Mason's mem-book which Bernice loaned me. It proved exceedingly interesting. For instance, the Dartmouth Dining Association issued a "book of mileage" that cost $5 and was good for a whole week. 1913 freshmen defeated the sophs in a baseball game 3 to 1; the batting of Olson '13 and Hoban '12 and a homerun by Bill Mason were the features. Jack Marks the fullback was the hero in the win over Amherst. 1913 defeated Dean Academy in football 20 to 0. Touchdowns were made by LesAshton, Dutch Barends, and Knowltonn.

Gates Opera House presented "The Servant in the House" October 19, 1909. Some theatre rules printed in the program - "the stamping of feet or loud talking or boisterous laughter is strictly prohibited. Spitting on the floor is against public health and punishable by a fine." Ernest Fox Nichols became the new head of Dartmouth. The corner stone of the new gym was laid and a year's subscription to the Dartmouth was $2.50.

South Fayerweather was destroyed by fire February 26, 1910. Clark Tobin, captain of the football team, led students in their successful fight to save adjoining dorms. A wild man hunted for three hours proved to be a Dan mouth student practicing an oration to be delivered in English 9. S. P. Tuck and H. H. Semmes were in the play "David Garrick" at the Maiden Mass auditorium. A classmate, causht in the act of breaking into jewelry store was held as a burglar. A freak bounce over the cross bar gave Princeton a 3-0 win over Dartmouth The same thing happened in the Andover-Exeter game and the officials ruled against it and declared it no goal. There's lots more but space is limited.

"Steve" Perry sent a clipping telling of the death of our classmate Albert Washburn of Bethel Vt. in October at the age of 82. A letter of sympathy was sent to his son Albert Washburn Jr. of Beltsville, Md.

The topic of interest naturally turns to the role of the Big Green in the Ivy League. A dismal outlook at the beginning with three straight losses and a quote from a local paper: "after three straight defeats everyone felt that the Indians would have trouble winning in the Park League." But now they are in the thick of the Ivy league race with wins over Brown and Harvard! The team came down for the Harvard game as an 11 point underdog as predicted by the friendly (?) sportwriters. That underdog team nearly blew the highly-touted Harvard team off the map in the first half which ended with Dartmouth ahead 21 to 3. In the second half Harvard put on several furious drives, scoring 18 points, but was prevented from scoring further by the magnificant goal line defense of the Dartmouth forward wall. Score, D-24, H- 18. We listened to the Dartmouth-Yale on the radio. It was a thriller as usual with the Big Green emerging with a well-earned victory 24 to 13.

"Les" Ashton couldn't make the Reunion because he says "Hanover is a difficult place to get to without a car" and in addition "my legs are a little tired from getting in and out of the subway." Good health to all.

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