DARTMOUTH.

ATHLETIC PROSPECTS - CLASS SUPPERS, ETC.

HANOVER, February, 1882. That news is very scarce at this period of the college year in Hanover, no one, who has inhabited the place for a winter, can reasonably doubt. In fact, although Hanover is a splendid place in summer, we shall have to admit that in winter it is rather tame, to say the least. The snow has been at work for the last week, taking its day off and on, regularly, so that, by this time, the place has begun to exhibit its usual winter aspect, thus fulfilling the prophecy of the "oldest inhabitant" that Hanover never gets left in winter.

The action of the New York alumni, in reaffirming the resolution of last July calling upon President Bartlett to resign, has caused considerable comment in the college, the general opinion seeming to be that, while it might have been well for the president to have resigned at the time of the first resolution, it is now a foolish and unfortunate idea to revive a disturbance hurtful to the college and once settled, especially since the actions of the president have shown such good-will towards the college, and zeal in urging its interests.

A college meeting was held Monday morning, the sixth, for the transaction of general business. The committee for the furnishing of songs to the new college song book was authorized to complete, as soon as possible, the arrangements for securing for Dartmouth its share of the space in the new book, and to furnish new songs as soon as they should be inspired by Apollo. The meeting was then resolved into an athletic assembly, and the question of winter athletics was brought upon the board. After some discussion, it was voted that athletics be held some time in March, and a committee was appointed to make arrangements. The programme, as made up so far, will contain boxing, fencing, horizontal and parallel bar practice, vaulting and, perhaps, a tug-of-war.

The nine has not gone into training yet, and it makes some of the students rather anxious for its welfare, although it is a subject of discussion whether a nine, outside of its pitchers and catchers, is benefitted any by winter work. We understand that Corcoran and Derby have been corresponded with about training the men, but as yet no answer has been received from them. There is some talk about fixing up the old ball ground on the campus, by taking off the turf and loam, and filling in with hard gravel on the infield; but, in as much as this has been spoken of about every year, we presume that the turf will still retain its place on the ball ground.

The classes are beginning to think about class suppers at this time. The freshmen, this year, take the initiative, having voted to go to Montreal on February 22. The other classes have not yet made up their minds, but all will probably go somewhere, even if it is not farther than White River Junction, and have a good spread.

The work of rearranging the college library, which was begun almost a year ago, is now nearly completed, great progress having been made during the vacation. The sixty thousand volumes comprising the library were formerly divided into four divisions, being owned by four different societies; but now the societies have voted that the libraries belonging to them be thrown together and reclassified, so as to form one complete whole, instead of being so widely scattered that, to find one book, sometimes you would be obliged to look in four different places for it and then, perhaps, not find it.

What was said in the first part of this letter about the dulness of Hanover at this time should be construed as meaning socially, and in no wise affecting the beauty of the place. For, although it has a much more splendid beauty in the summer, yet even in the middle of the winter it has a cold, still charm that endears it very much to the student of a pedestrian turn of mind, who starts off early in the morning, if possible, and tramps all over the country, finding substantial support in the good old cider and cold meals obtained at the farm-houses on the road, and returns home in time for his supper with the appetite of a giant and with every bone in his body aching in honest sympathy with his feet.