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DR. ADAMS ADDRESSES SCHEDULE CHANGE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT PI GAMMA MU ELECTIONS OBSERVERS PRAISE PLAN The varsity basketball game At a meeting of the Trinity SEABURY SOCIETY ON with Bard College, scheduled for ADDS NOVEL EQUIPMENT Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, the FOR STAGING OF COMING December 9, has been cancelled. national honOany. maybe I can tell you something after added, "I realize is probably about (Continued on page 2.) Pageant of Autumn ...... Sowerby Page Two THE TRINITY TRIPOD November 22, 1938

~be ~rinitp ~ripob l CAMPUS OPINION ] To the ~~~~~~~C~!~~N l HffiE AND lliffiE J The following letter was received -~----~----~----' TRINITY COLLEGE, Hartford, Conn. The question: What do you think from a young man, aged 19, whose With Turkey Day not far away, we Published t~enty-six times dnrina' the year. of T.hurman? home is in Liege, Belgium. Several would do well to look around and take Dan Cruson, '39: months ago he commenced his two count of those things for which we 1938 Member 1939 I do not approve of a bantam cock years of corrwulsory service in the may be thankful so far as our 14ssociated C'oUee;iale Press as the college mascot. I think that Belgian army. He was stationed on undergraduate .activities are con­ a mascot should represent the spirit the Belgian-German border during the cerned. Seniors should feel a little Distributor of of the students in general. In view recent European crisis and wrote this relieved at the prospect of shaking ColletSiale DitSest of the lack of interest shown at most letter to a correspondent of his at off scholastic shackles and going out of Trinity's athletic .events, I suggest Trinity: into that world which is awaiting the dinosaur, or some other fossil (The Tripod quotes the letter as them with open aQ·ms and no jobs. animal. written in English by the young man.) Juniors should feel a glow of confi­ "November 15, 1938--During the Subscription Price, $2.50 per Year. Ralph S. Grover, '40: dence, for .after two years here they weeks of troubles the w.orld has Entered at the Post Office, Hartford, Conn., as oecond-claso matter. Acceptance for I approve of Thurman, the idea of at last think they know what it's all known, I have not had any time to aalll~~~r at special rate of postage provided for in paragraph 4, section 412, Act of October 28, a college mascot having always about. Sophomores should feel satis­ 1125, authorized October 14, 1926. write. appealed to me. But, like many fied at the thought of two more "Three weeks long, I have been re­ Advertisina- Rates furnished on application. Trinityites, I disapprove of his sil­ sheltered years. Freshmen ought to maining in Verviers without going ence. I imagine that in time this be glad they are still here when they REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY out to visit my parents. The army problem will become acute, not to say see those Thanksgiving grades. National Advertising Service, Inc. was we tell it in French 'Sur pied de intolerable. Perhaps we shall even College PtBOSTON ' LOS AHGELIS - SAN FRANCISCO were ready to prevent the country An Amherst student recently wired replacing him; but mascot we should from being attacked by Hitler. the King and Queen of England .an no must have. Subocribers are urged to report promptly any serious irregularity in the receipt of THE "You can't get an idea about the invitation to stop by and visit his col­ TRINITY TRIPOD. All complaints and business communications should be addressed to the John K. Blake, '42: soldiers' life during that time. It lege during their North American 8uainess Manager, THE TRINITY TRIPOD, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. Thurman has been received with a was, in one word, just the same as tour. He explained that the King The columns of THE TRINITY TRIPOD are at all times open to alumni, under~rraduates great deal of enthusiasm at Trinity, during the Great War, however with­ probably would enjoy "some 1real aud others for the free discussion of matters of interest to Trinity men. and I am sure that •we all w.elcome out victims. home cooking and a round of golf." him. I feel, however, that he is either "Till the 'Munich agreement' we He went on to say that a ceremonious too modest or that he is strangely were always tired, hungry. When reception would be out of the ques­ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1938 lacking in school spirit. We have we have known the results of that tion. Sajd he, "Kings are just like cheered him to the echo, but he has agreement, we were, of course, full you and me, you know, homey never even peeped in reply. He does of joy. people." However, the "piece de Editor-in-Chief not raise his voice and "shout the "Then, to recover, 'nous avons fait resistance" came when the ambitious WILLIAM H. GORMAN, II, '39 praise of Trinity." Perhaps someone la noce' with girls, beer, music, etc. student suggested that His Majesty near and dear to Thurman (Johnny -in an atmosphere of fun. have a date with a Smith girl. "A Assignment Editor Managing Editor Loutrel, for instance) could give him "Now I'm at home, in civil, till date," he explained, "is a part of GEORGE B. PATTERSON, '39 EDWARD L. BURNHAM, '40 a gentle hint that we would like to May 1939, because I have courses to every man's experience, and I'll bet hear that famous crowing voice, for end. From that moment I'll be a he hasn't had one in quite a time." Editorial Staff Reportorial Staff which chanticleers are so famous, soldier again. Especially the kind in store for the Edwin A. Charles, '40 Marshall Nead, '41 spurring the team on to victory. "But I don't speak any more about King. James S. Neill, '40 Francis A. Kelly, '41 Army. Thinking of pictures, I'll be John F. Crockett, '41 Richard K. Morris, '41: * * glad to see Amanda which is repre­ Richard W. Insley, '41 Perhaps I am chicken-hearted, Feeling a bit tired and thirsty as Richard K. Morris, '41 sented in Paris, now, with Astaire which would please Thurman, but it a resuJ.t of a Harvard-Yale week-end, and his partner, who are assembled we sauntered down to the cafeteria Business Manager will not please his superiors in the again, for good, I suppose. and ordered coca cola and some of JOSEPH C. BUTHS, '39 animal kingdom-that is, man. The "What about swing? Have you raipsing of Thurman before a seeth- those ·choice midnight snacks to which new hits there? I close now, expect­ we were accustomed last year. Our Assistant Business Manager Circulation Manager ing mob of four thousand, as that at ing to receive some interesting news requests could not be fulfilled. We HERBERT R. BLAND, '40 FRANCIS A. STOCKWELL, JR., '18 the Wesleyan game, may not be from America." then began to wonder what pressure brutality, but it certainly is not kind­ Sincerely yours, ness. It would be interesting to know has caused ·the restricted repertoire Business Staff Fernand Lallemand. of food stock this -yearr. Albert VanDuzer, '40 John H. Ewing, '41 how many of the spectators were con­ cerned when Thurman endeavored to * * walk with two ribbons tugging at his TRAVELING FRENCHMEN The editor of this publication re­ feet, or to see him precariously IS TOPIC OF RADIO TALK ceived a printed fashion review sup­ perched in the hands of his captor, posedly to be published in one of the NO MORE GRAB-BAG ? flapping his wings which have long Prof. Louis Naylor and Mr. John issues. Had this literature concern­ since been incapable of flight or free­ Williams to Discuss Visitors ing the latest and smartest wearing dom, trying to balance himself and Over WTHT on Friday apparel come from Esquire, Brooks · Politics in class elections has become so flagrant and fragrant Brothers, or any other similar cor­ wondering how he would land should Professor Louis H. Naylor and Mr. through the years that no longer is there any significance attached poration. no comment would be in the grip be released; for there is noth­ John Williams of the Romance Lan­ to the purely faction-manipulated offices. On other campuses order. But the f.a.ct that it was from ing of the spirit of the falcon in the guage Department will speak over some measures have been taken to check an evil system-Trinity a company connected with Harper's is not alone in being cursed. Recently at Amherst the Student breast of the rooster. I am afraid Radio Station WTHT on Friday night, that the number would be pitifully Bazaar, glorifying the well dressed Council declared null and void the elections of three classes b~­ November 25, in another of the series small. Then there was the incident of programs on the Trinity Hour. American women, is a little more cause of the discovery of political combines among the fraterm­ than our masculine pride can stand. ties. Amherst is attempting a cure for the common ill, for of the Coast Guard game, when the They will talk about French trav­ politics at that institution has become unsavory. dog threatened Thurman's very exist­ -elers, who have visited the United * * ence. The situation is not without States, and who have recorded the A certain gToup of students took a Several times in the past the Tripod has complained of frater­ its humor, but regardless of how queer tour this week through the .alcoholic nity manipulation of elections and has even advocated the abolish­ impressions of their trips in memoirs, may seem to be, I do not hesitate in the form of novels, or in articles wards of nearby hospitals. They were ment of class officers. That movement, unfortunately, has not in defending Thurman a-gainst his eye-witnesses to the ravages of drink. found fertile soil and conditions will remain the same. There for the daily press. They will discuss heedless "superiors." I seriously urge the visit in the late eighteenth cen­ The idea is truly educational but be­ has b~n, howeve~, discussio~ by the Senate .of the possibility of that he be placed back in the content­ tury of the French author, Chateau­ ing in a mood of levity, we are re­ changmg the method of electmg a dance cha1rman, for that post ment of his harem, and that some briand, to George Washington, and minded of that letter from the ".Carrie is now one of the prizes for our sprouting ward heelers. other animal-if, indeed, it must be compare his short trip to our shores Nation Society," which reminded us Under the proposed plan, upon which no official action has an animal-should be secured which with the journeys of some very recent that there is "no corkscrew in Chris­ yet been taken, the chances for manipulation will be considerably would not feel so out of place in a travelers such as George Duhamel, tianity," "Volstead and Virtue," and lessened. In a hypothetical case, a chairman is to be chosen for screaming mob. Andre Maurois and Paul Morand. "there is no royal road from rum." the Senior Ball. The seniors in each fraternity and the seniors in the neutral body would choose their members for the com­ mittee, one member from each of the houses and two from the STRICKLAND INTERVIEW purpose should be to express appre­ PEACE MEETING neutrals. We may assume that such is a fair proportion-the (Continued from page 1.) ciation of God." (Continued from page 1.) Senate is so composed and is free of charges of unrepresentative that we wanted to ask him. Had he As for the future: of the organ, he founded 'It must not happen here'." government. The committee will then proceed to elect its chair­ ever been to Radio City Music Hall exclaimed, "I believe in the renais­ It is a significant fact that the man in an atmosphere relieved of petty politics and party pledges. in New York, and if so, what did he sance of organ building, playing, and civic leaders of Hartford want and A mistake often made by those seeking to control the elections thin]G of the Music lfall organ? composition, and I don't think that expect the cooperation of Trinity stu­ of a class is that of kicking the position of dance chairman into He had been to the Music Hall and we have any but the very vaguest dents. They saw the great work done the lap of the group or combination of groups mustering the in general he doesn't like movie or­ conception of music before the Roman­ in the recent flood and now they will gans for most of them, he says, are tic Period. The organist, with the greatest strength at the ballot box, legally or otherwi~e .. It is. a not be disappointed. Surely there is mistake which, in the past, has resulted far too often m fmanc1al of very poor quality. And as for assistance of the new way of build­ no doubt that such a meeting is of failure at a time when all indications pointed to a surplus. Poli­ jazz on the organ, it tortures him. ing organs, a way identical to the tremendous importance. All over the tics has placed at the helm inefficient and inexperienced men who He likes jazz but not on an organ. method used in the time of Bach, country such meetings are being held bungled the job. Politics has put in that position others who Ire expressed an identical aversion to should, and probably will, bring the by adults but it is believed that this have left doubt as to their integrity. Politics, in short, has been the accordion as an instrument to play organ upon a par with other instru­ is the first meeting among youth. wasteful and extravagant. jazz music. ments." "The accordion," he explained, "is My vocabulary of questions was The chairman of a dance committee has responsibilities both one of the worst-sounding instruments exhausted, so we prepared to leave. II Slowly-Fantasia to himself and to the student body. He must do as best he can on that I ever heard. But," he added As we moved toward the door he III Calmly a budget. He must remember that he is playing with under­ rather naively, "that is only my own shook hands very cordially and said Variations on the Gregorian Hymn, graduate finances and not his own. He must be mindful that his opinion and doubtless will be contra­ in a cheerful voice, "My motto is "Jesu Dulcis Memoria", is a business proposition where he is expected to make a return dicted in many quarters." 'Never tak-e anything too seriously'." Charles Tournemire or minimize his losses-if losses there must be. These facts Mr. Strickland doubts that the or­ Incidentally, Mr. Strickland's recital (The Mysic Organ-Book VI) alone should make clear that a dance chairmanship is a matter of gan will ever become a concert instru­ was commonly acclaimed to have been Chorale (MS), ...... Roger Sessions consideration, not of connivance. ment, but firmly believes that it holds one of the best that the College has Air with Variations, .... Leo Sowerby The final decision for such a move rests, of course, with the a permanent and valuable position in heard in a long time. Symphony in E Minor (MS), College Body, for the Senate is composed of the representatives recitals and in Church services. He Mr. Strickland's program was ar­ lfarold Friedell of the former. Those who have already expressed an opinion on expressed a fervent pray-er that organ ranged as follows: I Allegro the subject feel that the remodeling of the present system is playing as now done in many church­ Sonata No. 1, ...... Paul Hindemith II Cantabile desirable, and the consensus of opinion should ratify Senate action. es be changed, for "the music's sole I Moderately Fast Lively III Toccata and 'Chorale November 22, 1938 THE TRINITY TRIPOD Page Three TROXELL BROADCASTS INTRAMURAL SPORTS SQUASH TEAM PRACTICES ESQUIRE PUBLISHES CERCLE FRANCAIS HOLDS ON FLOOD PROTECTION PROGRAM UNDER WAY ON TROWBRIDGE COURTS E. DURAND'S STORY FIRST REGULAR MEETING Eugene A. "Y addy" Durand, '31, and Geology Professor Speaks Over Last Friday the Trinity Intramural athletic competition between the eight Racquet-Wielders Upham, .Sates, tackle and co-captain of the 1930 Brief Talks in French, Charades Station WTHT on Control team, recently made a successful perch of Local Floods fraternities, the Commons Club, and and Blake Battle for and Drinking Songs Make Up three neutral teams got under way Top Positions on the initial rung of the ladder to Interesting Program as the Psi Upsilon racqueteers treated literary fame when an article of his, Friday, November 18-Continuing the Alpha Delt quintet to five sound "The Football Story," appeared in the the series of faculty broadcasts over The Blue and Gold squash team, Tuesday, November 15-The first defeats, and the Alpha Chi Rho men December Esquire. radio station WTHT, Dr. Edward L. under t he direction of Coach Dan in a series of bi-monthly meetings of failed to show up to oppose a strong The story is the first published by the "Le Cercle Francais," French Club Troxell, Professor of Geology at Jessee, started practice on the Trow­ Durand, who is at present employed Delta Psi team. of Trinity, was held tonight in t he Trinity, tonight urged the building of bridge Courts last Wednesday. Al­ in the office of Ford, Bacon & Davis, Not content with their squash vic­ French department rooms. The meet­ a canal at Gildersleeve to relieve the though squash is not recognized as New York City, an engineering f irm. tory, the Psi Ups got together an ag­ ing was presided over by President damming of the waters of the Con­ a sport by t he Athletic Association Durand, while at Trinity, was promi­ gregation that splashed through the Bernie Solyn. necticut River at Middletown, rather at Trinity, t here is a growing inter­ nent in college activities, numbering water and left the Alpha Chi Rho At the meeting Gus Adrian was than having the proposed reservoirs est in the game on the Hilltop as each among his accomplishments the post teamsters on the short side of a 25-9 elected Secretary-Treasurer. To the and dikes for flood control. year more and more students partic­ of Chairman of the St. Patrick's Day water baseball score on the next clay. 22 men assembled, an unusually large Millions of years ago, Dr. Troxell ipa~e in it. This year an interesting Scrap and membership in the Sopho­ Preceding these teams in the tank number for t he first meeting, Presi explained, the Farmington River, and exacting schedule has been more Dining Club. He was a mem­ were representatives from Delta Phi dent Solyn explained that t he purpose starting up in the western part of arranged for t he racquet wielders. ber of the Delta Chapter of Sigma and the Commons Club who fought it of the club was threefold : to promote Massachusetts, went through Winsted, Matches have been arranged with Nu. out; the Commons Club putting on a down to Farmington, to New Britain, Wesleyan, Williams, Dartmouth, Am­ the speaking of good French; to aid scoring spree in the first few innings and then on to Middletown to theNar­ herst, and M. I. T., s-chools which in thinking in French ; anu to produce which the Delta Phi men found im­ rows, and joined the Connecticut fur­ each year have powerful squash 15 ALUMNI REAPPOINTED a French play. The play for this possible to overcome and they lost to ther on downstream. Gradually, squads. year has already been selected. It is the tune of 25-12. BY HOSPITAL DIRECTORS to be "L'Anglais Tel Qu'on Le Parle", when the glaciers ca~ and left clay, Competition for positions is devel­ The Delta Kappa Epsilon men a comedy concerning Americans in gravel, and sand in the bed of the oping into a keen battle. Frank Jack­ found it impossible to place a team Four Trinity Grads Once More to Paris. Connecticut River, which then flowed son, and Tom Benson, who played on the sea of battle and thus gave the Serve on Consulting Staff It was decided by popular vote t hat through Job's Pond and Gildersleeve, number one and number two, respec­ of Hartford Hospital the Connecticut worked its way over Sigma Nu brothers an uncontested the dues would be twenty-five cents win. tively, on last year's team were lost per month and that the bi-monthly around Portland Hill and had to use by graduation, and there is a battle Fifteen Trinity alumni appear on the Farmington River's channel at the the list of those reappointed to the meetings would be held on Tuesdays. royal going on between three men for Mr. John Williams, of the French Narrows. staff <>f the Hartford Hospital for these two positions. John Upham, Department, then taught the group .a In the 1936 and 1938 floods, Dr. COMMUNITY CHEST Lloyd Bates, and Benny Blake are t he the coming year, as recently an­ Troxell said, the Narrows acted as a nounced by the Hospital's board of French drinking song which all sang (Continued from page 1.) three warriors. Also working for the with great glee. Entertainment was Hollywood Not So Screwy or "Da-Di-Ya'', was recently made actuary for the -about half the cost of the total dam­ bers of Christ Church as a reading Compensation Rating Bureau. age done in Hartford during the 1936 room on the East side of town. It Asserts Lola ·Lane in Tripod Interview * * .flood. "The cost of the first ten has grown to be a home for men who By Lee Goodman, '41 Charles F. Weed, '94, Vice-President reservoirs proposed by the Govern­ Fiave failed to make the most of their Iowa is a middle-western state which borders the Mississippi, and is of the First National Bank of Boston, ment is almost the cost of the Gilder­ opportunities, but are seeking an­ chiefly known for two products; grain, and the Lane Sisters, Miss Lola Lane was ·elected President of the New sleeve Canal, and would lower the other chance. The Open Hearth is is the head of her illustrious "sorority", which actually number five. England Council on Thursday, No­ waters some two feet throughout the only one of the agencies which is do­ Miss Lane's career has been a long and varied one. Her striking per­ vember 17. (Continued on page 4.) ing so fine a piece of work here in formance in the family monopoly, Mr. Weed was a former director of enjoys biographies and essays, and Hartford. "Four Daughters", has won her a the Council and has been director of has a crush on the classics, the li.st numerous Boston institutions, busi­ stelllar position among Hollywood's Office News of which sounds like an English A ness and otherwise. Succeeding James great. In the vernacular of the stage assignment. She does not read many W. Hook of New Haven, Weed was On Saturday, December 3, the an­ HUTT INTERVIEW and screen, however, she is an "old novels, she writes them a la carte; chosen at a meeting of the Council nual meeting of the Association of (Continued from page 1.) trouper." After attending the Simp­ short stories that satisfy her creative Board preceding the· fourteenth meet­ College Presidents for Conference on students. After one mouse has son College Conservatory of Music, imagination. Novels cramp her style. ing of the New England Council at Athletics will be held at the Univer­ finally learned the proper trail, an­ she spent a long appvent~ceship with Sports are her forte. She excels in the Hotel Statler. sity Club in Boston. Ever since the other mouse will be given the test. Gus Edwards, and was on tour most riding and badminton, but plays ten­ * * formation of this association sixteen The experimenters plan to use some of that time. Her first picture was nis, .swims and sails with more en­ Dr. Rudolph J. Taute, '29, recently years ago President Sills of Bowdoin deodorant on all pathways so as to "Speakeasy." Attractive roles in thusiasm than good form. The West opened offices for the practice of bas been its president and President remove any olfactory cue which "Hollywood Hotel" and "Marked Coast football teams rate her loyalty, general dentistry at 738 Main Street, Ogilby its secretary. might arise from frequent passage Woman" followed. Then, for a while, especially U. S. C., in spite of its bad Hartford. This association is of value chiefly over the given pathway. she was typed in singing roles. Typ­ record. * * ing did not accommodate Miss Lane's because of its informality. There is In order to make the evidence se­ Miss Lane would not agree that Suffragan Bishop John I. Larned talents. She was anxious to become no constitution and no votes are ever cured permanent, three motion pic­ Hollywood is a screwy world of the of the Long Island Episcopal Diocese a dramatic actress, and so refused taken at the meetings. The presi­ ture cameras will be placed above the "da-di-ya." She claims that the film was recently elected a trustee of Skid­ roles as a cabaret artist. Realizing dents of a number of small colleges­ maze, which covers less space than a colony's reputation has· been badly more College. Bishop Larned re'ceived Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Brown, Am­ whole table top, to record faithfully the importance of good foundation in exaggerated. Exacting schedules, an Honorary D.D. from Trinity in herst, Williams, Wesleyan, Trinity, the performances of the mice. all fields of acting, she tackled comic contracts, and exhausting work dis­ 1935. as well as purely dramatic roles. courage the fast life, so that amongst Middlebury, Vermont, Union, Hamil­ Dr. Hutt stresses the fact that the * * She says, "Comic work is an invalu­ the astral gods and goddesses there is ton, Haverford, and Swarthmore­ whole project originated in the mind Dr. Joseph Raffa, '30, has opened able lesson in timing and 'balance.' comparative quiet, in fact a marked meet once a year to discuss their of a student and that all work is be­ an office at 2638 M·ain Street, Glas­ One's 'emotional values are better cul­ decorum. Miss Lane did not commit athletic problems. Ea.ch president ing done in the men's time outside of tonbury, Conn. Dr. Raffa graduated tivated for serious roles through this herself on her favorites, but did say -makes a report of what his college is class. He added that these two facts from the College of Physicians and medium.'' Miss Lane went on to say: she admired the performances of doing in the way of intra-mural and indicate that something in the course Surgeons of Columbia and then spent "The line between comedy and drama Garbo, and Herbert Marshall, and 'nter-coU.egiate athletics and asks for has awakened intellectual interest, four years in service at the l\J.unicipal is a .subtle one, so that a scope of Marlene Dietrich's above everything ·advice from his colleagues. and that for this reason largely, he is Hospital in Hartford. experience is necessary to handle even Out of such discussion ihas resulted very much enthused by the whole else. She will return to Hollywood * * the simplest roles in order to give soon to start work in a sequel to "The a community of purpose which has scheme. Rev. Lauriston L. Scaife, '31, is now often been an important factor in the them shading and distinction." Four Daug1hters." assistant 'at the St. Thomas Protes­ maintenance of proper standards Miss Lane is entirely delightful. Because Miss Lane is neither mar­ tant Episcopal Church in New York among the colleges concerned. Devoid of commercial glamour, she is ried nor engaged, she readily talked City. The little wooden skunk on the a real, unassuming person whose about men, and, as with all women, * * * * Community Chest box in the College tastes are modest, wholesome, and the subject became subjective. Her Robert S. Morris, '16, was recently Contributions to date from the un­ Office proved a gi'eat help to its col­ girlish. She lives on a ranch sixteen ideal man must be intelligent, have a elected to the Financial Committee dergraduates of .Trinity College for lection, because his presence on the miles from Warne1·'s Studio, and de­ sense of values, be well versed, tol­ of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Morris is the Hartford Community Chest have counter alongside the box indicates votes her spare time to her reading, erant, have a good sense of humor, and also a memher of ·the Connecticut -amounted to $111.09. that even a skunk can leave a scent. WTiting, and sports. She especially enjoy mutual interests. Prison Association. Page Four THE TRINITY TRIPOD November 22, 1938

TROXELL TALK ON OTHER FRONTS If all you freshmen who think Old Records Reveal History of Trinity (Continued from page 3.) you've been having a hard time of it these recent initiation days (haze is Rowing Crews in Many College Regattas river's length." Give the patient, hard-working, Citing new figures, correcting pre­ contented cow credit for making supposed to be in the air in the fall. you know), just listen to this rule vious estimates, Professor Troxell modern photography a success! The history of boating at Trinity College commenced as early from the "Ten Commandments for stated that his plan would have cut The secret of how the bovine con­ Freshmen" published at West Vir­ as 1858 when Trinity was one of the four colleges which assisted the 1936 flood crests by four feet at tributes through her hoofs to the art ginia University just after the turn in the establishment of the College Union Regatta at Worcester Windsor Locks, five feet at Weth­ of picture-making was revealed re­ of the century: where she faced Brown, Yale, and Harvard. For several years ersfield, and six feet at Gildersleeve. cently by Dr. Lawrence S. Foster of crews were sent, but the removal of He pointed out that the dams in Ver­ the chemistry department at Brown "Freshmen must remember that no­ the college from the old capitol mont would have helped Connecticut University. self-respecting girl wishes to be seen grounds to the present site prevented go on to show that the cr:ew pulled up hardly at all in the flood last Septem­ Dr. Fos.ter declared the genius of in their company-therefore, fresh­ the college from getting the necessary stream as far as the toll-bridge on ber, because there were thirteen in­ the cow does not lie so much in its men must not talk to girls on the­ campus." practice and the college withdrew Morgan Street, where the swell of a ches of rainfall in Hartford, eleven milk-manufacturing capacities as in from the Union. tug-boat passing at some distance inches in Holyoke, and only four or its hoofs. The hoofs are lubricated Quite a bit different from the date­ The end of boating, at Trinity was from them, caused water to gradually five inches up in Vermont. with a certain kind of mustard oil bureau, dance and hostess program of not yet to be,, however, since in 1874 fill the boat through holes in the can­ In conclusion Dr. Troxell said that which contains silver sulfide. 1938, isn't it 7 boating was revived at Trinity when vas coverings. The bow-oarman at since we may expect floods of great Silver sulfide is a tremendous aid after several years of the embyronic once reported the state of the case to size much more often than in the p,ast, in developing .a latent image, which, stage she sent _a crew to Lake Sara­ Captain Hooker (coach) who prompt­ it is quite necessary to figure out Dr. Foster explained, is the secret of toga where the College Regatta was ly urged the men to pull strongly and some plan w.hich would not, as the modern photography. being held. The accounts of our boat steadily, and head the boat for the government plan proposes to do, force at this race are rather varied and are nearest shore. But the shell began the gov•ernment to empty the reser­ * * to fill rapidly, and the men leaped Dr. Malbone W. Graham, professor somewhat amusing. It seems that voirs before the flood, leaving mud of political science on the Los Angeles when they pulleq for the starting line into the water. "Cameron unable to flats and making impossible any swim seized Sherman's neck. With campus of the Univ:ersity of Califor­ great waves nearly swamped them, power plant, besides denuding the nia, has received decorations from and it was only with much danger and extreme difficulty Sherman avoided New England landscape of trees. being pulled under, and turning about the Republic. of Lithuania and from difficulty that th~y landed, breaking sought to grasp Cameron, but the FinLand, in recognition of his pub­ their boat in the effort. The gun lished work. had been fired th~ough a mistake, and swift current had separated them, and JESTERS by reason of the rough water the he looked in vain for Cameron to rise. (Continued from page 1.) Hooker, meanwhile, also unable to race was postponed until the follow­ their verdicts have been enthusiastic. has planned to invite some New York ing afternoon at the same hour. swim, succeeded in turning over the shell, by which he kept himself above Among these are Mary Shane, Con­ critics to see the play in New Lon­ Again Trinity pulled to the starting necticut alumna who was prominent don, as she has done in previous line, and again by reason of the dark­ water until even this frail support began to sink under him, and with a in Wig and Candle, and Nancy Free­ years, so that reviews should be avail­ ness and the failure of Cornell to ap­ man, the Vassar alumna who directed able before the Hartford perform­ There's no friend so true pear, the referee called the race for desperate effort, he seized a boat which a boy had put to the assistance "The W·arrior's Husband" last year. ance. As a pipeful or two the next morning at ten o'clock. Miss Freeman, who is now teaching On Saturday morning at the time of the drowning crew." Due to the tragic death of their an education course in Boston, wants appointed all the crews were on the to use this pr.oduction in her course. line. The steamer containing the fellow-student and oar-man the Trin­ Careful Planning for Your ity crew did not enter the College She was very pleased by the arrange­ oJ r;ood oM starter took up. its position near the ments and direction, and she prophe­ Convenience Brings You center, and very soon the signal was Regatta which was to be held within a month of the death of Cameron. sied a good performance. OUR NEW ESCALATORS given. Trinity's start was magnifi­ Mrs. Josephine Ray, the directress, KENTUCKY CLUB cent. She shot - ~way from her sta­ The course at Saratoga was draped AT CHRISTMAS TIME- in m,ourning. The committees in tion among the foremost, and for the So that you may Glide from Floor charge of the regatta paid the college LISTEN TO first mile bid fai~ to take no mean to Floor and Shop at Ease. position at the finish; but in the fol­ every attention, just as though the THE EA:GLE college were being represented. The lowing half mile she fell back to third. Try the New Transportation at usual free passes for the crew were DYE WORKS CO. VOX POP The evil effects of bad steering now The Voice of the Proletoriot began to appear; the track of the boat not withdrawn, and condolences for resembled a serpent's winding trail, Trinity's grief in the death of Came­ G. FOX & CO., INC. and at every stroke Trinity fell fur­ ron came in from all the colleges rep­ Custom Cleaning resented in the race. Lnt ehind. At the finish line she w a. very poor loser. and Dyeing PRIMA - PRIMA In the following year, 1875, a tragic SPECIAL! 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