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...buildings, and where a Turkish shell had come down through the three stories of College Hall and burst in the basement among the French provisions. They showed us the Professor' residence, where a number of officers and soldiers had been killed or wounded by Turkish cannon fire from a mountain six miles to the north, and where a few minutes later members of a relieving party had met the same fate. We saw the president's house, where there is not a whole pane of glass left, where the long back veranda has been blown away, and where a shell...
...Lake George, called "the Switzerland of America", is one of the most picturesque and charming summer resorts of America. In the heart of the Adirondacks, it is superbly fitted for a conference of this sort. The equipment covers about 1600 acres of land, with unexcelled lake and mountain scenery, and comprises over 70 buildings especially built for conference purposes, including a new auditorium seating 1000 and a dining hall accommodating 450 people at one time. There are also about ten small rustic buildings, with a capacity of from 50 to 200 persons each, which will be used for the group...
...athletic program will consist of a baseball series, a tennis tournament, and a track meet, in all of which the competition among the teams from the various colleges is very keen. For those who do not care for organized athletics there will be plenty of opportunity for hikes and mountain climbing...
Silver Bay has been found to be the ideal place for this conference, as there is a place especially designed for meetings of this kind, with 1600 acres of beautiful mountain and lake country, and with 70 buildings constructed for the purpose. Among these buildings is an auditorium seating 1000 persons. Both indoor and outdoor athletic equipment is available...
...unaccustomed to winter camping should not undertake excursions without following the advice of experienced winter campers. A properly equipped party can ride out almost any storm in the mountains with safety. Mountain climbing at this time of the year is safe enough if undertaken in the right way, as is evident from the activities in this line carried on by the Dartmouth Outing Club; but "taking a chance" is only too liable to cause unnecessary trouble and bring undesirable publicity to the University...