Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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AdinUUitnxAiiue leade nA, UiXi-uUle Dfaii NciilliiiKcr Wlicllicr scaled licliiiid liis desk (ir slaiidin ' al Ikiiiic ])lato, l.ldvd K. Xcidli!igiT. Dean ol ' I lie Dait iiioiilli family, is a potent I ' dicc ill llic litV of Dartiiiouth iiiidcrgradiiales. The latter role was |iaiiifnlly driven home to the opposition of the Friends of the Library hasehall nine, when Ihc iiii.uhty hal of the Dean cfimu ' cled for three siieeessive home runs. Dean Xeidlingcr also travels on nation-wide alumni tri])s as Darlmonth ' s ambassador of good will. This work includes, as well as numerous speeehes, social contact with many personalities, as is indicated by a well-known picture of the Dartmouth Dean seated contentedly hetwecu l.oretta Young ;ind Joan Bennett. Also located in Parkhurst Hall is the lair of the three housing bosses of Hanover: Robert D. Funkhouser, Halsey C. J dgerton, and Richard W. Olmsted. Funkhouser, as front man for the triiunvirate, took the brunt of complaints from married undergraduates who waited patiently and oflcn imiiatiently for the College ' s housing projects to emerge from their growing ]);uns into two modern developments — Wigwam ( ircle and Sachem Village. Working (jiiictly and efliciendy at his desk Mr. Fdgerton, Col- lege treasurer, drew uj) building contniets. while Olmsted com- pleted the trio as chief of the housing task force in the field, where he directed his buildings and grounds crew in the installation of heating facilities and other necessities of family living in Hanover. ' riicy pr(j(luc( ' l housing for niarrifd veterans , m

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vecalli liue ea lR p.e Uo-dli In spite of the ( ' ()lU ' f;i- s Indian lio lugcs, ilcplcU ' tl war-time at- teiulaiiee was a drain on Dartnionth ' s funds; and in ITH ' -i, .lolin Wheelock, Eleazar ' s son and sneeessor, also journeyed to Euroi)e to knock on the doors of l)arlnio itli ' s financial hackers. His i)oundinK ' was rewarded wilh an a i pump. or M-y, standing teleseoiie willi achronieter. glasses, an elegant set of llic meelianical powers, and an electrical apparatus. rndamited by his failure as a (raveling salesman abroad, .lolm turned lo his fellow New Knglanders for t-2,()()() worth of aid for constructing Dartmouth Hall, lie ac(iuired a little money, mer- chantable beef, pork, grain, boards, gla.sses, and nails. The buildmg was .started in 1874 and conii)leted .seven years later. John Vheelock .saw the College through Ihe War of ISl ' i. and Nathan Lord was at the helm during and atUr llie Mexican War. A struggle between loyalty to Dartmouth or obedicTice to the Bible, which he interpreted as condoning slavery, forced President Lord lo resign from office when storm clouds of civil war a])peared. The College, however, under the guidance of .Vsa Dodge Smith, bounded back from the Civil War with the erection of Hissell Hall with bowling alleys on the ground lloor. Four years later i)rogress- niindeil Smith replaced Ihe ihirly-year-old chai)el organ with one having thirteen stops. Veterans ' privileges first ai)pearetl ilnring Ihe Si)anish-American War, when President William .lewelt Tucker announceil that all Dartmouth undergraduates going to war would be reailmitted to the College. These were the days when, insU ' ad of doul)ling and tripling the number of men in each loom to acconunodate in- erea.sed post-war attendance, new dormitories were provided. The home of a i)rofes.sor on the site of Parklun-st Hall was con- verted into a (h)rmitory. and Fayerwealher Hall made its appear- ance on the campus. W1I,L1. M .JKWETT TKKKK Sp,ini.sli-, meri(aM V:ir ' J? EI,E. Z. H jWllEEI.OCK Hiviiliiliuniirv War JOHN WIIKEEOCK War of 181-2 . SA DOUdE SMITH Civil War HSi H S. ' m- K i..

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oete xm veco nueA44J04i, 4x iXi-Ll in6, l ' ])!)!! the li ' alli (if KiilxTt ( ' . Slroiiji ' in the laic |)riii.u f 1!»4(), Stearns Morse ste])pe(l from his ])r(ifossorial chair in llic ICnj iish Department into the more uncomfortable seal of I ' rcshman Dean. In the fall of the same year, he became overseer of one of tlu- largest Freshman classes in the history of the College. . t the same time. .Mbert I. Dickerson ' . ' 50. Kxecnti e ()ftict-r of tile College, was appointed Director of . (linissions and assumed the unenviable responsibility of juggling the academic fate of ,)S()() api)licants in oriler to select (i. )0 of them for the class of lO.Jl. Tu a(lministrali c life, what is one department ' s loss is auolher de])artment ' s gain. ' liilc llie (ierinau department lamented the ])artial loss of Professor Ilerliert H. Sensening, who was assigned the cha irnianshii) of the Special Conmiillee of .Vcademic Adjust- ment on March 1. I!))- , the Classics de])artuienl welcomed the return of Professor William Stuart Messer. who had been serving as SCAA head since the connuittee ' s activation in .June. 1944. In 1941 Professor Messer became vice-chairman of the Com- mittee on Defense Instruction; and during the S -VI instructor shortage, he conducted classes in English, physics, and Greek. His resignation brought to an end a six-year string of important ad- minsitrative responsibilities in i)lanning and ilirecting various defense, war, and post-war programs for the College. I)i:iri Mcirsf Director of .Vrlmissioiis Dirkcrson S.C.A.A cli. ' irim ' s liiinils ' rro i )i%flu,. J