Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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Black Dan ' s buggy moves to Baker Dunham, a nineteen-year-old Colby Junior alumna from Swampscott, Mass.. was chosen as the forty- third Queen of the Snows. The pert brunette re- ceived her regal vestments from skating star Dick Button as the climax of the Outdoor FA-ening .show, which this year was held at the golf course. The fraternity snow sculpture contest was won by Chi Phi for ihe second straight year, while Lord Hall took honors among the dorms. (]oach Walt Pra- ger ' s skiers successfully defended llicir Icuni chani- pionshij) for the 19th time, turning in a brilliant performance in the jump to edge a determined Middlebury squad. Among the DCAC teams, only the basketliall team was successful, although the other teams provided jilenty of tlirills for enlhii- siastic crowds. Fraternity and ddiniilniy parties were gay but orderlv. and olTicials were unanimous in llieir praise of llie restraint and good judgnienl e hiMtcci by Dartmouth men and ihcir gne t . in- dii.iting that the new regulations had xTvcd their purpose well. ()nl liic ucalher refused hi cooiieratc. For the (ii-l ll)ni ' since 1019. the Usual jasl-minnle snowfall 1 failed to materialize, but with a little ingenuity and a lot of work, statues were completed and the sk ing events took place as scheduled. Although the arrival of les femmes was followed closely by that of an extra-tropical cyclonic depression which de- luged the entire area with voluminous quantities of HjO, the rain failed lo dampen the spirits of those roncerned. and the I ' mtI Dartmouth X ' inter Carni- val went into the records as one of the most (irdcrly and enjoyable weekends of recent years. Among campus organizations DRS ex]ierienced its most successful year to date. Technical facilities were expanded and improved, there was greater varietv among the program material than ever be- fore, and broadcasting hours were lengthened until the l v Network in Hanover (■duid br heard eighteen hours a day ihroughoul the college year. I ' ndcr a new |iolicv. the station remained on the air during hnal exams, and during ihis lime il eslablished a new rccdrd of UK) Ikhivs of iininlcr- rupted broadcasling. Green Key. in addllion lo ils regular activities, institnird a seiics nl slndcnl-facullv roffrr linnrs Pxr.F IR

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Iciilcd Si;;iiia i. Idi llic iiillci:c ilKiiii|ii(inslii|i lii ' fiiic a large and eiilliusiaslii- rro ul on the green. W illi llie advent of autumn, tlie l)usinessmen showed t(|iKil |irii sr -- cm the gridiron, sharing the college trophy with Psi l psilon al ' li i ihc luo teams bat- tled lo a 6-6 deadlock in the linal playotTs. Phi (Jam a the class of the baskethall league. wUUr Tuck set the pace in the dormitory division. There was also competition among the dorms and houses in several minor pc)rts. uiiicli provided the ojiportmiity for a large segment of the student body to take ])art in one of the most popular cxira-rurricular activities on campus. The arrival of mid-vear fnials broughl a con- spicuous increase in the innnbcr of slndents hunched over study room tallies in IJukcr. along sith a pronounced upswing in No-Doz sales by local drug stores. The weather during the week- and-a-half seige of sweat, toil and writer ' s cram]) was its usual murky best but the preparations for the first de-emphasized Winter Carnival in Dart- mouth historv hel])ed to alleviate the strain consid- erably. Carnival this year was unique in many respects. For the first time in several years, there was no jirin- cipal theme after which the weekend was patterned. Elaborate provisions for restricting the number of outside visitors were adopted and put into elTecl by a connnillce coni|)ii cd (if represenlalixes from the U(;(:. IPC. IDC. and DOC. Pogo. a dormant fig- ure at Dartinoulii ince the early days of the presi- dential campaign. re-a|)peared at the center of campus carrying a pair of skis, but only after con- siderable thought by Wes Dingman .51 and three weeks of hard labor bv the D.O.C. With irilcnl nf rcluiriing Carnival to its proper place as a fum lion by and for Dartmouth men. the aiiniiiii lrali(i]i enacted a series of regulations cov- ering almost every aspect of the weekend, but de- signed primarily to discourage mass emigrations from such remote outposts of civilization as Am- herst, Cambridge, and New Haven. IPC identifica- lion cards were required for admittance to fraler- riily jiarties, and each house was allowed lo in ilc a maximum of forty-five non-Dartmouth guests. While dormitory rules regarding female guests re- mained michanged. special identification cards were required of all other outside visitors using dormi- tory facilities during the weekend, and these pro- visions were stringently enforced by a battalion of s|)ecial jiolice assigned lo all dorms on campus. Despite the ajiparent coni|3le ity of the new reg- ulations, the weekend was adjudged a definite success in most quarters. A record lolal of loOl fair damsels arrived from points far and near to enliven the festivities, and from these. Miss Junie

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illliIl the xarioiis (lf|)arlnipiil in (inlcr llial in-lnic- Idis miphi liecome heller acqiiainled with their |)iipils. and also |iro ided guide service for pros- pective freshnieii i-ili112 the coih fie. The Fre-Law Cluh was founded l)y those students concerned with the various as|)e(ls of le ral train- iiiET. and coiuhicted a successful and andiitious pro- iirani during its first vear on canijnis. Another new organization, the Norwegian ( luh. was formed by those undergraduates who are na- tives of Norway, along with several other students interested in its history and culture. Designed primarily to familiarize American students with the many unique aspects of life in Norwav. the club was a significant addition to the roster of cam|)us organ- izations. The winter sports teams. long on coaching hut short on material, made the most of what was at hand, but it was soon evident that the season would be a bleak one for the followers nf most Rig Green teams. Hockev Coach Eddie Jeremiah s ainiual plea for ' ' natural ])layers on artificial ice at last bore fruit, and Dartmouth fans consoled themselves with the thought that liy ne.xt year they would at least ha e the ice. In his third year as head basketball coach. Dog- gie Julian came up with a well-balanced squad Exam week ! which showed Hashes of brilliance in early season play. The Indians did uell among teams of their own class, and lurncd in o of the year ' s big sur- prises with np-cl victories over nationally ranked Holv Cross and Penn. However, their j)erformance on any given night was totally unpredictable, and jio one could deny that the road back to the top uoiild he a long and dilTicult one. The swimming and sipiash teams, although they received little attention as compared with the other squads, turned in several commendable perform- ances and added considerable light to an other- wise overcast picture. Reyond all question, the highlight of the winter athletic season, as it has been in so many years pre- vious, was the showing of the .«ki team. ith the return of Ohnipic competitors Rrooks Dodge and Hill Heck, the Hig Crecn presented one of the most formidable squads ever assembled in collegiate competition. Hlessed with unusual depth in both Aljiine and .Nordic events. Coach Viall Prager guided his talent-laden squad to several individual and team chan)|)ionships. Dartmouth was still the countrvs top skiing school. and there were in- dications that it would remain so for several years tn come. Pace 19