Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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Herbert F. Wett fiery torches. It still fulfilled more regular responsibility than any other campus organization, but did so in a less remarkable way than usual. The Aegis attempted to keep from dying at the hands of high costs and low circulation. Copies were put into the hands of a third of the students, The book was becoming more of a chronicle of the year and less a class book. Jocko broke a lance with Col. Mc- Cormick in their aimual parody issue. It bound a fall i.ssue in red and sold it to unsuspecting Harvard dupes as the Lampoon. The magazine was dirtier than ever, occasionally funny. It was a lilac cockadoo, a friendly household ol)ject. Neither Jocko nor alcohol pretended to stand for Dartmouth. They were both happily and right- fully absorbed. WDBS made increasing noise on the campus .scene. Several forums on controversial subjects showed that the station was now and then alive. Maurice F. Lottfthursl John W. Finch

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In the only important change in President Dickey ' s administrative house, Halsey Edger- ton was replaced by John Meek as Treasurer. Admissions were still tight. Only 14% of the apphcants were accepted. College funds were short . . . tuition was raised to $675.00 and the Alumni Fund became more vital to the Col- lege ' s economy. $1,600,000 had been raised for the Hopkins Memorial Center, but it occu- pied little of the community ' s attention. The addition to Wilder Physics building was large- ly completed. Thayer School, recently ex- panded into mechanical, electrical, and business engineering, held a flashy open house to show its machines to the public. The Medical School could admit only a small fraction of its appli- cants. Tuck School was packed as students continued their attempt to serve part of their business apprentice period in the pleasant sur- roundings of Hanover. The Daily Dartmouth ' s front page and sports page wgrg good. The editorial page made little stir in campus conversation. This was not a year in which the paper carried many mill l % lllll|M,ltll

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The Stuaen ' l orMhoP The Quarterli went out of existence when the Undergraduate Council refused to consent to the grandiose plans of Kditor Dave Berganiini for national status for the magazine. I ' nder Marshall Cohen The Quarterli returned to its old form in the spring. The Green Collegians were reorganized and were active around the campus. Small comhina- tions from the Collegians and the Barbary Coast played for numerous fraternity affairs. Dixie- land jazz was the specialty of these groups. The United AVorld f ' ederalists made progress in organizing campus sentiment for intra- globahsm and against internationalism. The Ecological Society contiimed to promote the feel- ing of responsibility for the earth we live on. Hockey on Occam Pond