Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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0X204 w-a IJz ' i and served office for a day. I ' roviiifj; (lie advaiitaf i s of starling one ' s political career al an early age, Mr. Sullivan later became Under-Secrelary of I he a y. In 1S()!I a uroiip of undergraiinalo. claiining lo l)e inotivaled by an iiilert l in Ix ' tler edncation, sneceeded in leniporarily passing a measure in the town meeting for Ihe construction of a red hrick school house four stories high, fifty feet long, and lliicc fcil wide. .Vnolhci ' nnrevived tradition of a less political Iml iiiort- de- structive nature was the Freshman Picture Figlil in which 60% of Ihe Freshnian class had to have their ])iclnres taken within a I Weill y-f our hour period in or ler to win. The Sophomores altenii)!- cd 1(1 thwarl Ihe lower classmen by ea])turing and confining them to ( ' oniuions, which served as their jail hovisc. The festivities in- cluding midnight antics, dawn patrols, and seizures. This tradition was shelved when one man was discovered carrying dynamite, and a group was spied on top of the Physics building. Another tradition which awaits revival is Ihe i)erforming of stunts by the Freshman class during half-time at home football games. Known as Delta Alpha, this was discontinued when the sense of hiiiiior of .some of the upper classmen got out of hand. D.irliiiniilh Nijihl ' ' ,

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uicUiimouUi AsMi The caiiii)us. Imilil iciii;il silc ]! ' xil ' lli.ill and Iducli t ' ii(ill)all ffMines, playcfl still aiiolluT lolo (luring coinniciiceiiieiit, when hiiij; lines of seniors marched across the green tnrf to the steps of Dartinoulh Hall, where the speech of weleonie ami the class oration were de- livered, liesuining their colinHiis, the hlack-rohed figures nioveil to the Old I ' ine stump by Hartlell Tower to hear the Sachem Oration and the Address to the Old Pine. In spite of the current revival of tradition, there are still a few customs which have not reappeareil. Hack in the early pages of Dartmouth history undergraduates were reported to have taken over a town meeting and ])assed a p ro])osal to install a ])iiie line from Hanover to Montreal so that the thirsty passershy might pause for refreshment. .Vnd then there was something later about a subway to Smith. When the local aulhoiities lexied a })oll tax on undergraduates without allowing lliein voting privileges, John L. Sullivan ' il rose in wrath to chami)ion the cause of his fellows. Parading through the Hanover streets in a butcher ' s wagon and decked in a red silk hat and shirt, he j)romisi ' d his constituents justice. He was elected

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7 4e ' noAi-wan, GcUleae cdio- 4ee i Cardigan Ml. Snowshoe ' lub ( (intrary to llic coiiccpl ion nf tlic iiiori ' naive piiMic, Darlinouth is not onr continuciiis ' illl(■I■ Carnival or (irccn Key weekend, and iinderfiradnalcs arc ot ' tcii faced willi llic jiniliicni of recreation unaided hy syni])a I liclic co-eds. Their injicimily finds oullet in many forms raufiing from c ' lass beer busts to intranuH-a! s|)orls. In the former dei)arlment tlie class of l!).j() leil the way with a bust at the foot of Tuck Drive last spring. When the kegs ran dry, the 50 ' s went en masse into the Nugget before storming a fraternity hou.se whose members liad finished off a good percentage of the ' 50 beer and refreshment.s. The appearance of a few football ])layers in the doorway is said to have discouraged the attack. One of the outstanding features of sports life within the environs of the campus was the twilight league. In it were the Friends of the Library. Xavy Instructors. Wigwam Circle, Sachem Village, Jacko, DBS, the Flying Club, and the Camera Club; and many nights the Nugget remaini ' d bare, while crowds of undergraduates I ' liviers fast of .liiliiif Caesar in the 1880 ' s