Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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'Wes -are I , A I O ? o o o 0 0 All was not grim. . .there was an amusing incident when VVarner Willcox and date, too preoccupied with each other to steer their boat, plunged over Wlilder Dam smashing their small craft to bits but escaping unscathed themselves. A Nazi spy claimed the Dart- mouth Alumni Award for 'coutstanding character but officials hastily pointed out that there Was no such award presented. The distinct odor of cached gasoline after rationing had begun prompted Chief of Police Ferguson to threaten gasoline hoarders With prompt official action. Three students Were fined and all the remain- ing gasoline immediately evaporated. Green Key sponsored the first summer dance in its history. Down into the Gym streamed half a thousand men and dates to hear Claude Hopkins and his orchestra. lllany Navy men and their Wives also were present at the dance. The Gym, transformed into a colorful sea of blue- white streamers, flags and fraternity seals, Was admired by every- one. Even the inevitable Green Key rainstorm could not prevent its success. A final accounting of Summer Sports placed Gile Hall as the Remember when Boat Over Green Key weekend Sigma Chi's held house party and dates date and lfVarner Willcox plun ed over dam? 5. K muah 11' 1 so ,C - ...- sw ,pn sv' ., if ai' ...sl if V oi a-' 5 lflll 4-4'

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he Am Q21 fl A xx J , X-C 6 l M Interdormitory Baseball Champions and Sigma Chi, after an ex- citing final game With the Dekes, as the World Champions in a strongly contested VVorld Series baseball contest. The only thing left to report in the summer semester was the final examinations in the Gym, but We don't talk about them. '6For the immediate future, the increasing cultivation of the liberal arts must make Way for the development of capacity in the applied arts, U read President Hopkins, Fall Convocational Speech in 'Webster Hall on September 14, 1949. It served Warning on the 1984 students gathered there Qrepresenting the lowest registra- tion of Dartmouth College in Q0 yearsj that all their efforts must be devoted toward a single objective. , .preparation for service in the nation's armed forces. No man who is not seeking. ., enlargement Cof the mind, heart and soulj has any right to be in College at this time. Conversely, no man Who is genuinely seeking such enlargements need feel any doubt as to his right to free conscience in delaying his entrance into the armed forces