ALL DARTMOUTH AWAITS START OF "PEERADE" FOR BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE

The following article describing the Dartmouth campus as it appears shortly before the annual exodus to Cambridge for the Harvard-Dartmouth gridiron clash was written for the Crimson by G. H. Robinson, Dartmouth 1926, at present a student in the Harvard Business School.

Tomorrow will be Friday morning at Dartmouth, Friday before the Harvard game. The early morning fog rolls off the campus and the sun warms the crisp, clear air. Dartmouth in all her autumn beauty reveals herself. The age old hills in the background sparkle in the early morning sunshine. The trees with leaves in every color of the rainbow give her a festive dress. the whitewashed front of "Dartmouth Row" stands as a symbol of the old Dartmouth. The new library, the new Biology building and the new dormitory, half-finished, bear tangible evidence of the growth of the new Dartmouth.

The bell in the tower rings for the first class. Young men pour in every direction over the campus to their various classes. But every one moves faster than usual. There is a hustle and a bustle and an under-current of excitement. Today at 1 o'clock classes stop and the college, in toto, will "peerade," as they call it, to Boston for the Harvard game. Students clad in coon-skin coats will leave in big cars. Boys in sweatshirts and sweaters will drive down in ramshackle Fords. Many will go on the special trains. A few will work their way down. Others will bum their way. But all will go. No one stays behind.

Furthermore, Dartmouth men all over the country, old alumni and men just out of college will "peerade" to Boston for the game.

And finally those of the Dartmouth body who are unable become will gather in little groups to hear by wire and radio the results of the game.

But why this interest in a football game? Since the renewal of football relations in 1922 between Dartmouth and Harvard, the games played have been symbolic of the finest relations that can exist between colleges. The teams, reflecting the spirit of their colleges, play good, clean, hard, football. The stands reflecting this same spirit, support their teams with the finest sportsmanship which is due them. Dartmouth men come to see these games of unexcelled sportsmanship and to pack their team with a spirit of fine play.

May these relations continue to breed ideals of fair play and sportsmanship, and promote valuable friendship between the institutions themselves and the individuals of each school.