Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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and to the acti ' ities of the Xewman Club. The activity of Jewish students was nil. Episcopahan students occasionally found their way into St. Thomas ' church. All other Protestants attended Easter and a couple of other services inside the non-partisan gates of the White Church. Idealism on the campus was phrased regardless of race, color, and creed, so the fate of the churches was understandable. The classroom and the bull session were the places to deny the soul. There was time enough to attend to that soul after college. The activities of the Christian Union were there- fore successful to the degree they were secular . . . wood-chopping trips, entertaining veterans at the Vhite River Hospital, and the book exchange. The chapel period was merely a morning breather, time to read mail and drink a cup of coffee. The handful who maintained services in Rollins continued the institution for their counter- parts in every class, not for the student body. The College took the Holy season with a rather disconcerting calm. Classes went merrily on through Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. A few more students went to the White Church on Easter. Otherwise it was just like any other Sunday. One thought officials might well attend more to Easter and set the spring vacation at a date that would allow students to be at home. Captain Gaudreau and Mr. Wormwood continued to police the campus in a gentlemanly, co-operative way. More ci ' il drinking manners were noticeable among the students. Fraternities were becoming a bit more constructive, and the atmosphere in the Greek letter houses was more

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The community was thankful that the Stu- dent Workshop was not sold down the river in the stiff financial situation which the College had to face. A growing number of students were grateful for the tools and the help of Virgil Poling available there for making and fixing all manner of things. Wigwam and Sachem were crowded with married students for probably the last year. The door to the classroom was still clo-sed to wives. It was debatable to what extent they were incorporated into the Dartmouth spirit, but married education had proved itself. Snow and cold came for Carnival. The sta- tues were the best in many years. The commer- cial atmosphere of Carnival was happily re- ceding as other colleges followed Dartmouth ' s lead and established their own carnivals. Formal attention to God on the campus had changed much in the last several decadci. Cath- olic students, bred in a less flexible atmosphere, paid more strict attention to mass at St. Denis 9 Qi (v JJ iii» iil ' f T t r ijmPT] sL fSfmw L S iS?v v Tc -■■v

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fraternal, less show-off. President Dickey refused to try the death of Raymond Cirotta outside the courts. Many grieved over the incident, but were glad it was not considered as a complete failure of the college ' s treatment of the drinking problem. College policy was increasingly one of trust. Ijiquor was allowed anyone under the conditions of place and conduct people have found it necessary to set up. The new dormitory plan went into effect in the fall. It required men to elect dormitory councils endowed with the power to grant and withdraw privileges and enft)rce rules. Woman guests were allowed until midnight on Saturday. Hanover had a chance of becom- ing a civil place if students had sense enough tn play the game right. Main Street peddled the Dartmouth Spirit and the usual regrettable food. A few of Dart- mouth ' s camp followers remodelled and all showed signs of prospering at the college doorstep. There was still no vital bookstore. The Christian t nion ' s book exchange prospered under the general feeling that the retailing of textbooks contributes a little too much to the profit system. Movies at the Nugget were a miserable lot. As long as movies were things to forget and not to remember and see over again, the fight of the Hanover League for Better Movies was largely a hopeless one. The League agitated a few foreign films on to the local screen but failed to dis- turb the otherwise steady run of Hollywood junk. Green Key came with the rise of the sap in the trees. Claude Thornhill played for the big dance in the gym. Seniors were occupied with job interviews, theses, and comprehensives.