Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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A whiter White Church average for the first term was 2.0, and Pi Lam still held the top fraternity position for grades. Rav Anthony was selected to play for Green Kev Week-end. He was a Glenn Miller man and still played the old master ' s style. Coach Eddie Jeremiah was presented the Spencer Penrose trophy as the best hockey coach of the year. The indoor track season ended in great glorv with high-hurdler Pete McCreary ' 52, high-)umper Nels Ehinger ' 52, and dashman John Cook ' 51 all bringing top honors to Dartmouth. The Undergraduate Council, on Administration advice, voted down Spring rushing for freshmen. It also passed the honor system ;; toto which, if accepted, would become the Council ' s primary contribution to the college this year. Over 100 corporations came to Dartmouth eagerly searching for top management men to begin training after graduation or after military service. Middle Payer took the dormitory squash match, and more students who had a tlair for art were beginning to realize that Paul Sample was not only a gifted painter but also an inspiring teacher. Bv Spring vacation, draft regulations had been so elaborated upon that students could Wilder Daw - electricity for the luilley and another portage for the Canoe Cli h See! By the light of many thousand sunsets, ....

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■•Dartmouth GoH United States ' delegation in the United Na- tions. In intramural athletic standing, the Alpha Dclts led the fraternities, and Tuck the dormitories. The short-lived, no-picketing, no-negotiation, no-union, no-demands Han- over Hardware strike, surprisingly enough, ended with no pav raise. Little Green Week- end, originallv initiated lor freshmen, expanded this vear into a Big Green Week-end. The featured attraction was the College Octet Jamboree including the popular Harvard Bus- iness Tycoons. The draft picture was changed again when General Hershey proposed a college deferment plan based on scholastic averages. The inter- fraternitv debate began arguing a timelv issue: Resolved: that Communist China should be admitted to the United Nations now, and Phi Sig hnallv emerged victorious. Captain John Mclntyre ' 51 and Frank Bruch ' 51 both placed high in the Eastern intercollegiate swimming meet. Brookie Dodge ' 51 was named to the 1952 Olympic ski team, with teammates Colin Stewart ' 51 and Bill Beck ' 53 chosen as alternates, and the Kappa Sigs won the interfraternitv swimming meet. Seoul was retaken by the United Nations ' Forces without the tiring of a shot. This was the fourth time that capital city had changed hands within eight months. The Red Chinese counter- attacked intermittently with fresh troops, but slowly retreated to the 38th parallel. The college T wf out for jam at the Bowl Miraculously huilded in our hearts!

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plan more definitely for the future, and a test was devised by draft authorities to establish the basis for student deferment. Pinkv Pfaff ' 51 and Robert Caterson ' 51 were selected to re- ceive the $2,000 Reynolds Grants to study in Europe. The college also received a grant from the Carnegie Corporation for the establish- ment of a Russian Civilization major. The re- sults of the athletic Spring trips showed much room for improvement, and the newly-created Rugby team returned from Bermuda having won two out of three games. In its uniqueness, this was a normal year at Dartmouth. . There were still the levi-clad, unshaved chubbers . . . the dark gray flannels and regimental s. . the aggressive and loqua- cious beer-mug salesmen . . . Tanzis . . Blue Books. . .class smokers. . .the virgin freshmen the parking tickets .. Robinson ' s Little Red School House Lecture . the house-hop- ping for beer . Dean Lavcock ' s shining nose the Tower Room. . the sun bathers along Tuck Drive. Walt and Ernie ' s Barber Shop . . Sunday Morning Milk Punch . . the law of diminishing returns . the Broken and Maimed . . blind dates, the nude physical exams. . . Herb West .. handling .. poker games... the duckboards. . the friendly janitor, the Town House... the liquor runs to Leb. . Stilwell ' s Battle A Day . . . Dixieland . the Manchest- er trips. . the Bema . . Storrs Pond . softball on the green white bucks... the fetal pigs in Zoo 3- ■ all of these — none of these the goat room. . ski trip s. . .probies. . .the un- recognizable faces w ho greet you . . . gut courses . . cumberbuns . . . the smoke talks... the off- key bar harmony .. the uke ...the hygiene V.D. flick. . the plunging neckline. . the arm- pit . roommates .. .Foley ' s Vermont humor . . beer baseball. . Billingsley House. . .briefs . . .D.Y.P. parties .. the Saturday Revieir of Literature. . .the Charleston. . .no 8:00 o ' clocks . . skin shows . the Carnival jazz concert. . . the Ravine Camp ..Baker Bells — especially Sunday morning . . . Cap Gudreau . . . all the dogs on campus... the one-cent sales ... bird- dogging. . the premature bonfire Lehigh Week- end . . the Scott-Craig and Vance-Tabard Sym- posium . . . Outdoor Evening . . . Fletchers . . . Miss Lois Dunn, the Florence Nightingale of Experiment Aeschylus Mi ss Lois Dunn, mother of Dick ' s house ' ' ■ Dartmouth undying, like a vision starts.