Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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a eilhaw Don Burnham breaks the tape ahead of Leslie Mac-Mitchell Stairs, music, warm grass, spell summer Sunday night hand concerts But ump, his foot was off the ba mn S K I , why, pq! ,dwg I U61

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I '51 .x' 4 '4 E O I O 0 A O O Memorial Field which included a 100-yard dash which had to be run in 13 seconds, a military obstacle course, and a rope climb that defeated 364: students' best efforts. Next, tired, but jubilant, Glee Club members returned from a memorable trip to New York where they had represented Dartmouth in Fred Wa1'ing,s College Glee Club Contest. Bowing before the audiencels cries of Take it off, U they had presented a semi-strip tease act in ad- dition to their singing, Carnegie Hall notwithstanding. The audience appreciated Dartmouth humor and Fred Wariiig liked their performance so well he presented them With a special prize for showmanship. But everything added up, it was a more serious group of College men that returned for the summer. They passed up 'gsnapn courses for such tough ones as Math 3A-LLA, Physics and Chem- istry, . .all the courses that would help them prepare themselves for the services. Many students joined the Army Enlisted Reserve l15l

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like ? .... Corps, a newly created division similar to the Navy and lVIarine Reserve Corps Which already contained numerous Dartmouth undergraduates. Sports occupied a prominent place in the summer's activities as the baseball team Won its first game of the season against Windsor to the tune of 5-3, While the Corinthian Yacht Club Won the famed MacMillan Cup. Dartmouth's foremost runner, Don Burnham, beat ICLLA champ MacMitchell to the iinish in the mile run adding more honors to Dartmouth's athletic fame. There was an active Fraternity Baseball League playing all summer on the campus Whose first match was with Psi U and Theta Chi. The long summer evenings were not dull for there Were Jam Sessions, Band Concerts and Blackouts. On the steps of Robinson Hall, Doc Fielding held forth, bringing the toWn,s hidden talent to light. At a final gigantic Jam Session to end all Jam Sessions, held by Webster Hall, over 60 entertainers were present. Hun- dreds of townspeople and students turned out every Sunday night to lie on the Warm green campus grass and listen to the Band's renditions. There were many blackouts, some of them coming off with perfect coordination While others Were ragged and lam Session tonight Con steps of Robinsonj Dartmouth's Navy T .nf 3 pi ' I Q . p jr is 5 X Q Q Ili . 'ei A comes through at Harvard 17