Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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■S:... cullies, tlie calil er of material inodiiccd Hilliin its pages showed considerable improvement over that of recent vears. and the editors concentrated on continuing this trend, and thereby creating a wider market for their |)rodiict. 11 it» ifl« ». i i-i J vJecRtMl He won too ! panionship and recreation among the several mot- ley members of the local canine po|)ulation. The Christmas season in Hanover was marked bv the traditional decorations, last minute sho]iping and the inevitable round of hour exams just be- fore vacation. A huge evergreen tree was i)laced in The best-known triumvirate west of the Kremlin Recognition of outstanding scholastic achieve- ment was awarded to Vince Jones 52 and three members of this years senior class. Jones was the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarshij) for graduate study at Oxford, while P dvvard Klima ' 53 was awarded the Reynolds Scholarship for the study of old Norse languages in Iceland and Scandinavia. Two Class of 1926 Fellowships for first-hand study of government in the nation ' s capital went to Paul D. Faganucci and Richard M. Dosik. bolli of the class of 195o. Another notalde was added to the roster of Han- over inhabitants with the arrival in September of a sleek Knglish setter named (!ider. accompanied by bis |)et. Corev Ford, author of Every Dog Sluiidd Ihnr a Man. Taking up residence on North Balch Street, the |)air soon became an integral part of llie Dartmouth scene. Ford served as consultant Id arions student publications and also made the gymnasiinn in hi- liurne available to all under- graduates interested in boxing or wrestling. Cider, though of superior lineage, found com- Force equaU mass times acceleration

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m ilies and its concerts in Viebsler Hall were well re- ceived liv students and local residents who were appreciative of the time and effort which its work entailed. Composed chiefly of townspeople and facullv members, the Society contributed an im- portant bit to the Hanover cultural scene. Till- Darlmoulh supplied the college and town with complete news coverage of local and national events, and while its outspoken editorial comments in general failed to provoke any great controversies within the college, the paper fulfilled a necessary and vital |)urpose in the community. Defying gen- eral sentiment on campus, the ])aper announced its support of Adlai Stevenson in the jjresidential cam- paign with a flamboyant front-page editorial, and stuck to its guns until the bitter end. Its self-styled movie critics continued to berate most of Hanover ' s film fare, and students continued In llnck lo tlie Nugget regardless of the reviews. This year ' s staff distinguished itself by several extra-curricular activities which resulted in mixed reactions on campus and a general good time for all concerned. An elaborately planned parody of the Harvard Crimson was produced and dis- trilmletl with machine-like precision during the an- nual invasion of Cambridge, and several hundred copies of the bogus edition found their way lo Dean Laycock gets a nilidowii M unsuspecting natives before the hoax was realized. Another undertaking which resulted in considerable publicity was the campaign to Give Vermont Back to the Indians. originated by a few staff members in sympathy with the claims of several Sioux tribes against the state of Vermont. Begun as a strictly local issue, the campaign blossomed into nation- wide significance with an assist from IJfe magazine and realized a total of nearly $l.i() in contributions during the space of two months. The Jackulanlcrn strove valiantly to live up to its nomdr-plume as the college humor magazine but met with only moderate success. .Although liic art work and several stories produced by the under- graduate staff were better than average, a nolable lack of originality and too great a reliance iipmi snnilU jokes did litlle to fMliaiicc llir Jiirko ' s pre.slige among campus publi(alion . The Quarterly, again ])lagucd by financial |iri)ii- lems and limilcd circulation, continued to appeal primarilv to llie riicuc aeslhetically inclined griiu|is within the .-luiiciil luidy. I ' lUl in -pile of liie-e diHi- If winter comes

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the center of campus with the aid of tlic Hanover Fire Department ' s new extension ladder truck and was decorated with multi-colored lights. Snow and St. Nick arrived on the same day. the snow in a roarins Northeaster and -Santa in (!ain|)ion s de- li er liiuk. (Ini.-lnias parlies for local school lems uliich hurricadcd .-cienlilic pro ros and to discover liou innovations are carried through to meaningful conclusions. Administered by instruc- tors drawn from several departmenls and making use of laboratory facilities in iiroiip behavior wherever |)ossible. a new course in Human Hela- tions was also ofTered for the first time this year. Designed primarily to give students insight into their own actions and relations as members of vari- ous groups, the course re|)resented the culmination of more lliari two year ' s ])lanning by a faculty com- mittee. Finally, to permit a more effective utiliza- tion of the Colleges outstanding resources in the field of Northern Studies, a seminar covering the physical and cultural characteristics of the Arctic regions was approved by the Faculty Council. The new course was designed Id formalize extensive research on the Arctic done by both students and faculty members in recent years and at the same lime, to give those undergraduates interested a chance to become acquainted with the facilities |)rovided by the Baker and Steffanson Libraries. Intramural athletics were ag ain a vital part of undergraduate recreational activities. Student in- terest in these games reached a new high during llif year just passed, and competition in both frater- nity and dormitory leagues was unusually spirited. In the 19.52 softbail fiiials. the Tuck Tycoons de- Kufiliy makes it Hanover dchul children were given by most of the fralcrnilies, while the Glee Club and the Mary Hitchcock nurses joined voices for a combined concert of Yuletide music. The ainuial ( ollege Christmas service, held in Rollins, was jiresented twice, affording a better o|)|Kjrlunity for townspeople as well as uiulergrad- uates to allcnd llic program. W liijc inosl students eagerly looked forward to vacation, the ctmibina- tion of the clean, fresh snow wilh the lights and traditional decorations gave liic Hanover scene a certain beauty and tranquillily ap])roprialc to the season. To meet the ever-expanding range of -ludcril interests, three new courses were incorporated into the curriculum for the second semester. The first of ihcse. known as Science 12, was inlcndcd ])ri- mariiy for non-science majors and pniporlcd lo trace the advances made by science from the time of Pascal aril! Caliicn up lo aritl iiirlii(liiig llic era of Pasteur, ll- purpose :i- lo analyze specific prob- Pack 16 TInirpood Marshall adilics .iiif. ' (;.I.