The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-04

streets shaded by great elIns and ma
pies, and seldom pretentious, but sub
stantiai, college buildings In their
general conformation the buildings
form a quadrangle about the 10-acrc
campus. Paths cross and reCross this
field. filed with files of students at the
call of each lecture bell. Along one
side the old row stands-in the center,
big white old Dartmouth hall, hand
somely proportioned and surmounted
by its graceful belfry tower. This is
the Oldest building now standing, and
contains the old chapel; now the coll
lege forum. Dartmouth has enjoyed
building renaissance during the past
decade, that has added many excellent
structures, and the building still goes
on. But the greatest addition for the
comfort of the students has been the
installation of the heating plant. All
the college buildings now get their
heat from a central station, the tall
chimney of which makes landmark
for the country round. The universal
warmth marks a difference from the
old days at the beginning of the last
century, when every one kept warm
as best he could. Stories still go round
of cannon balls heated at the common
fire and carried to rooms to take the
chill off. 1t is said they made a great
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midnight. Warmth is an important
consideration in the long, severe Han
| over winters.
| AS for the town Dartmouth is Han
| over. Aside from the students and
their instructors, only handful of peo-
! pie live there and they mostly occupy
! themselves in providing for the college.
| The whole township of Hanover does
not claim many bona fide residents.
! The students were allowed to register
there one year in order to vote in the
| national elections. In the spring a
number of them decided to exercise
/ their voting privile- in local affairs,
and Joined the sleighing parties out to
the town house. There they proceeded
to dispose of the towns money with
a liberal hand. A new town house of
/ distorted dimensions, q plank walk to
| Lebanon, five miles away, and other
before unthought of improvements
were voted. Needless to say, the town
never acted on any of the measures
! carried on that occasion, but some
weeks later the natives quietly called a
meeting and transacted the necessary
! regular business. The prank is char
acteristic. The students inherit the
village and the town and each incom-
| Ing class enters into its heritage to
enjoy it, and undismayed by the sinis-
ter motto on the college seal: "Vox
CLAIMANTS in deserto''-the voice of one
crying in the wilderness. The wilder
ness" is a good farming country, but
certainly long way from the large
centers of population. Perhaps the
founder had John the Baptist suggest
, ed to him by a premonition of the
shaggy sweater-clad stage of the coll
lege- However that may be, Boston
and the nearest theaters are $50 miles
away. The men must depend on them
selves for companionship and amuse-
ment. If they go calling they must call
on each other, Thus the freshman finds
himself precipitated into a uniform
boxed-up atmosphere little affected by
currents from without, and under its
influence year by year rounds toward
the Dartmouth type by the close daily
intercourse with all the rest of the col
! Jege.-Springfield Republican.