1916

Hiram McLellan sent a postcard from Singapore (the skyline of that city looks like that of Chicago and New York) telling about the hot weather they encountered in Australia. On the way home their tour includes Hong Kong, China, and Japan, arriving in California April 20.

Ralph Mendall left Middleboro, Mass., for his usual winter trip to Florida to be with his daughter in Grand Island. For the first time in 28 years, Ralph was surrounded by his entire family. He made a couple of trips to Orlando, scouting the baseball teams during the Grapefruit League playoffs.

Let's pull aside the curtains of 1916's history to May 23, 1913, when one by one and two by two, passing the watchword, "I wonder if it's eleven o'clock yet," a group of Freshmen clandestinely gathered at a hillside located on the lower road to Lebanon. It was bitter cold; it seemed even colder waiting for the photographer on his way from Boston to Canaan and then by horse and buggy to Lebanon. DickParkhurst was better off than the rest, as he was wrapped in his banner that read "Dartmouth 1916." Then the man and his camera arrived. Out came Dick's banner for its place in the center of the hastily gathered men, the camera clicked, and 1916 had its freshman picture (overleaf). Forgotten was the long wait, forgotten was the bitter cold, as in celebration we marched singing and cheering back to town. Ever since that historical day, that same banner has always had its place in the center of all 1916 reunion pictures.

The Daily Dartmouth carried the result of the voting by the students on a search for a symbol for Dartmouth. A group of students called "Vox" printed a list of suggestions in the Dartmouth, and the two that received the most votes were "Big Green" and "Mad Dog."

As of May 1 the count of the Class was 59. In the Aegis of the Class of 1915, published in the spring of 1913, there were 409 names of'l6ers.

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