Fraternities Pledge to Clean up Politics
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7 * ^ & / ■ £ Presidential Poll ( E i r e 2 C v i u H a m p s h i r e Results on Page 4 DURHAM, N. H., NOVEMBER 3, 1932. Price Ten Cents Volume 23. Issue 6. FRATERNITIES PLEDGE TO CLEAN UP POLITICS HOOVER LEADS WILDCATS FACE COLLEGE POLLS MOVEMENT LED BY EIGHT HOUSES-- INDIANS FIRST BY 10,000 VOTES FOUR MORE FAVORABLE TO PLAN First Intercollegiate Straw Vote Shows Thomas OUTING CLUB DAWSON GIVEN THREE GROUPS TIME IN DECADE 7,000 Votes Behind Roosevelt UP WASHINGTON BIG OVATION OPPOSE PLAN FALL HOUSE PARTIES TO FOLLOW GAME SOCIALIST SENTIMENT Paramount Pictures Film BY STUDENTS OF LEARMONTH STRONG IN EAST Icy Descent Down Rocky Graff am Pilots Greatly Improved Team Huntington Trail by Norman Thomas Subject of Fraternities Pledge Upon Decided Preference for Five Club Members Sincere Plea by First Honor to Obey Letter and Against Ill-Fated Big Green Forces Thomas Among Stu Student Speaker at Spirit of Intramural dents of Technology Climbing up the Huntington trail, Boasting Fishman, Morton, Hoffman— one of the most difficult in the moun Political Convo Agreement Herbert Hoover won the first na tains, five members of the New Hamp shire Outing Club scaled Mt. Wash tional intercollegiate straw vote with Convocation yesterday was the In the first attempt on this cam Victory Expected by Dartmouth ington last Saturday. a plurality of 10,468 votes. Hoover’s scene of the finest speech ever made pus to rid the University of fraternity total votes numbered 28,180; Roose Arriving at tht: base early in the by a student on this campus and one politics, eight houses voted to accept velt’s, 17,712; the Socialist candidate, morning, the party equipped with of the biggest ovations ever accorded the plan, four were in favor of it by Robert K. Dow Norman Thomas, polled 10,470; while ropes, packs, and blankets prepared any speaker by the student body, when with certain conditions, and three re PROBABLE LINE-UPS WILDCATS CRUSH Foster, the Communist candidate, for the ascent. The trail was com Edward Dawson, ’34, delivered an in fused it outright on Tuesday night. paratively easy at the start, but grew spired political testimony to Norman The plan, as suggested by the Student Dartmouth New Hampshire polled a total of 715 ballots. The East gave Hoover a large vote, much more difficult as the men pro Thomas and the Socialist Party. Council in conjunction with Dean Embry, le * le> LOWELL TEXTILE which was to be expected. The South gressed. Frost had formed an_ icy The speech was given as the third Alexander, was in the form of a writ Baldwin, It It, Learmonth (C) ran true to form and gave Roosevelt film over the rocks, making them very of the political series sponsored by ten pledge which each house would Michelet, lg lg, Morin slippery. The ravines were partially the University in an endeavor to pre sign, agreeing to refrain from any Branch, c c> Dunnan a large plurality. The Far-West and BY LAM E SCORE the Middle West went for Hoover. filled with snow which gave the air sent to the students an impassionate participation in fraternity politics. Hoffman (C), rg rg, Haynes a decidedly chilling effect. In several view of the present presidential cam Failing to adhere to its agreement, Glazer, rt rt, Bachellor This is an unexpected development as far as the Middle West is concerned. places during the ascent a rope had paign. It was in accordance with this the offending fraternity would be pen Donner, re re> Sweetster to be used to tie the men together so New Hampshire Piles Up The wheat belt is situated in this sec program that Elliot Carter of Nashua, alized by having a line drawn through Fishman, qb Qb, Graffam that if one slipped the others could tion and is commonly thought to be state senator, spoke on “Why I shall its name on the list of houses Powers, lhb lhb, McGowan Thirteen First Downs hold him from falling into a ravine. vote for Herbert Hoover,” and Thom pledged, an action which would con Hedges, rhb rhb, Knox hostile to Hoover and his policies. These necessary precautions gave the During Opening Half In many schools the Socialist vote as McGreal of Somersworth, minority stitute a blackmark against the honor Morton, fb fb, Haphey trip an Alpine atmosphere which leader in the New Hampshire state of the fraternity. This would be done of Game exceeded that of either of the major thrilled the participants. Most of New Hampshire’s varsity football candidates. In St. Louis University, assembly, addressed the students a by Casque and Casket or the Student team invades Hanover on Saturday for the party being inexperienced moun Council, according to Arthur Lear Columbia University, and New York Edward Dawson week ago on “ Why I) shall vote for the first time in a decade. This game KNOX, HAPHEY AND tain climbers, it required several Franklin D. Roosevelt.” month, president of the Student University, Thomas ran far ahead of hours for the ascent. The summit will decide the New Hampshire In either Hoover or Roosevelt. Two The failure of the University to se Council. tercollegiate football championship. McGOWAN SCORERS was finally reached and a well earned The pledge is worded: “ We, the conservative easterns schools, Welles rest was taken, The visibility had cure an outside speaker made it nec The Wildcats have scored on Dart ley and Smith, gave Thomas a much essary for them to call upon a stu undersigned representatives of our re mouth only once and have never beat been quite good during the climb, spective fraternities, do solemnly New Hampshire First to larger vote than Roosevelt. Socialism CORTEZ CALLS dent socialist to present the socialist en the Big Green. but as the summit was neared it be pledge on our honor that our fraterni Score Against Lowell among college students, according to gan to grow quite cloudly. platform. President Lewis pointed New Hampshire will be at full out in presenting Dawson, however, ties will not enter into any political this recent poll, seems to prevail more The group was welcomed at the combine nor will we permit any in strength for Saturday’s tilt, and the This Year in the Mid-West and East than in DEBATE TftVOUTS that the selection of a student to pre coaches are fairly optimistic. Notori summit by members of the United sent the stand of Norman Thomas was dividual in our group to solicit, or New Hampshire toppled Lowell other sections of the country. The ously a slow starting team, the Blue States Meteorological Survey who especially fitting as the socialist move in any manner engage in, fraternity Textile from among the undefeated Communist candidate, Foster, also are stationed th( re for the winter. Varsity and Frosh Teams to politics. We further pledge that we and White have shown great im polled his largest vote in the Mid- ment based its hopes upon the youth provement in the last two weeks. football teams Saturday on Memorial They advised the uarty to sleep at the be Organized Soon— of today. will comply with the spirit as well as Field by the score of 20-7. The Wild West and East. Camden Cottage which is kept for the letter of this pledge.” Dartmouth got off to a flying start, Dawson won the approval of his cats made twenty-seven first downs An interesting phase of this straw parties who climV the mountain dur Intra-mural Debat The attitudes of the different frater scoring a 73-0 win over a weak Nor vote shows that students attending audience immediately by his deep sin wich team. Vermont was then taken for a total gam of 372 yards. Lowell’s ing the fall and winter. The cottage ing Held Winter nities varied considerably. Alpha team was outweighed about fifteen schools of technology show a decided is furnished with bunks, blankets, cerity and keen reasoning. The fol Gamma Rho was in favor of the adop into camp by the score of 32-0. La prefei'ence for Thomas over Roose Term lowing are a few excerpts from his fayette gave the Big Green their first pounds to the man, but their speedy, and cooking utensils. After a stren tion of the pledge, because of the re deceptive attack netted twelve first velt. uous day of climbing, five very tired speech: cent elections which were controlled real test of the season but Dartmouth This poll is the first collegiate one Edmund A. Cortez, director of Uni eked out a 6-0 victory. Then the In downs for 225 yards. young men crawled into their bunks Mr. President, Members of the Fac by fraternity politics. Alpha Kappa The Wildcats scored two touch to be held which is of any consequence. early Saturday night. versity forensic activities, announces ulty and Fellow Students: Pi was in concordance with the meas dians journeyed to Philadelphia where It was conducted by ,the Daily Prince- the varsity debating team try-out they were defeated 14-7 by a hard downs in the first period as the re Sunday the air was filled with “ It has been said of American Poli ure as it stood. Alpha Tau Omega sult of sustained, offensive drives of tonian. Fifty-five colleges and uni dates for both men and women. tics that ‘God made the Republicans favored it. Delta Epsilon Pi accepted fighting team representing the Uni particles of frost which made visibil All upperclassmen interested in de seventy and seventy-four yards, re versities throughout the entire coun ity of over a few hundred feet prac and the Democrats, and let it go at the pledge.