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Show FROM DUCAL HALL8 TO THE F0RECA8TLE Dartmoutn College Athletes Who Went to England Had Strange And Varied Experiences Boston, Sept. 8 From ducal halls forecastle was the rfcpige of experience experi-ence traveled by two Dartmouth college col-lege athletes, M. Arthur Meyers of Chicago and George Head of Boston, who returned from England yesterday on the steamer Canadian. The boys worked their way to England Eng-land as cattlemen to take part In Eng lish athletic games. Their prowess In sports at Dartmouth, England, attract ed tho nttcnthvi of the Earl of Dartmouth, Dart-mouth, who, when he heard that they wc.ro from Dartmouth college, named for ono of his nncestors, Insisted thtit they should Bpend tho wesk-end w th blm ns guests. After leaving their titled host, however, how-ever, the boys met hard luck. At London Lon-don they lost nil their money and had to pawn rings, watches and stickpins to buy tickets to Liverpool, wher. their prayers for a passage home wee answered with berths as stokers stok-ers In tho engine room of the Canadian. Cana-dian. The boys were not used to the fare of the sea and when their plight became known to somo college g rls In the first cabin various tidbits were smuggled down to them. Saturday Satur-day night they were unable to resist the music of tho saloon deck and wero dancing with somo of their college col-lege girl frlenda when fot(nd by the ship's officers and ordered below In tho Interest of ship discipline. |