Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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In May the entire undergraduate body gathered on the green to belt each other in the tra- ditional Wetdown ceremony. The honored seniors raised welts on the juniors, sophomores, and freshmen in turn. The new Green Key was announced then and they took their turn in the line. Finally the hapless twelve of Paleopitus ran th e gauntlet which stretched from the Inn to the White Church. It was a good afternoon to put in one ' s pocket and remember. At graduation seniors ' parents lived in dormitory rooms underclassmen had just left. The Players and the Band performed and the Senior Ball was held in the gym. Gowned seniors broke their pipes on the Old Pine and marcljed into the crowded Bema. The combined commencement and baccalaureate address was delivered, the seniors took their diplomas and went their ways . . . still mindful of the Dartmouth spirit. CARL C. STRUEVER, JR.

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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.

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