New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
DARTMOUTH DINNER.
DR.. Nichols, President of the
Institution, Chief Speaker.

It's some distance from Hanover-which
is in New Hampshire. but very near Yer
mcnt-to Broadway. but there are two
prominent residents Of the town on the
Connecticut. and perhaps the two most
prominent, who VIII be able 20 carry back
20 an interested campus to-day the intel
Lgence that the zest Of the ''Wsh-hoo-
wah" isn't entirely dissipated in the
change of setting from the hills OF the
Granite state 10 the possibly more start
ling eminences Of Long Acre Square.
All this means that neither Ernest Fox
Nichols, the new president Of Dartmouth
College. nor Clarke w. Tohin the president
OF the senior class Of that institution.
and. what is more, the captain OF the
Green and Whites eleven last fail, can
complain cf the reception they enjoyed
last night az the hands ana the voices
especially the Voices-of the hundred and
ffty members OF the New York Dartmouth
Alumni Association at their forty-slxtn
annual dinner. in the college room of the
Hotel Astor.
President Nichols. OF course. came first
on the speaking programme, barring Presi-
dent Luther z. Little OF the Alumni Asso-
citation. In fact. presidents we're very
much in evidence throughout the evening.
the array including President John II. Fin
ley Of the College OF the City OF Kew York.
President Elmer r. BRYAN o1 Colgate Uni
Hersity. President Horace Russell of the
General Association OF Dartmouth Alumni.
President Francis &. Brown Of Union
Theological Seminary, and then, after
few more ordinary 1lOn-Presldentsl speak
erS. came President Tohin Of The senior
class.
There Is q proverb about the last being
frst. and when one is an Al-American
guard instead OF a plain Ii d, there
may be- justification for the adage At any
rate, without going into comparisons. the
first and the last president speakers. as
special representatives Of Dartmouth I'm
conspicuous activity. can safe.- report that
the voices trained IN HapoYer hadn't lost
any of tie spirit needed TO give the college
yeU when the occasion demands.
Mr. TObin, being Que al lectures can
take hack the word first. President
Nichols. on the contrary. IS due for a
long series Of talks TO alumni associations
Of tho college in various parts Of the
country. tie said last night that Dart
mouth stood now for that for which II had
always stood. the training OF men for moral
and intellectual leadership. but he pointed
Oht me problems WIN Nnlcl tne college
had 10 grapple in fitting men for this kind
OF leadership in oonformsnce with latter
day requirements.
While in former DAYS. President Nichols
pointed out. men who went 70 college re-
cciycd a more general training for this
leadership. the college to-day had 10 90
further. because leadership had become
more specialized In other words. the col
iege must give a man a start toward the
leadership which a generation ago was not
considered essential President Nichols
outlined the changes that had been made
Ia the currlcuiVnl 10 meet the requirements
OF the particular kind of leadership for
which a student might Le designed and
thought that with II all there had come
a decided improvement IN the growth Of
the college man.
\ statement that seemed to cause 4 good
deal of interest among the alumni was
that the men la college to-day whose
fathers had gone 10 college were not 50
ambitious for distinction in scholarship As
those whose fathers had not With that
he urged The New York alumni TO see TO
II that the men who went 10 Dartmouth
were keen for scholarship. For in that.
be said. lies thc future salvation Of tie
college"