THE OLD WHITE CHURCH

ALTHOUGH YEAR BY YEAR NEW AND TALLER BUILDINGS RISE CONSTANTLY ABOVE THE CHURCH TOWER UNTIL IT NO LONGER DOMINATES THE GREEN AS IT ONCE DID, THE WHITE CHURCH STILL REMAINS AS ONE OF THE FEW UNITS OF THE OLD COLLEGE NOW BORDERING ON THE CAMPUS. TO MOST DARTMOUTH MEN OF THE PERIOD BEFORE 1910 IT IS THE BUILDING WHERE DEGREES WERE CONFERRED AND TO MEN OF EARLIER GENERATIONS IT SIGNIFIED NOT ONLY THAT BUT ALSO THE CENTER FOR PRIZE SPEAKING AND DEBATES AND THERE ON SUNDAY MORNING THE BODY OF THE CHURCH AND THE GALLERIES WERE* OCCUPIED BY THE VARIOUS CLASSES DURING CHURCH SERVICE WHEN ATTENDANCE WAS COMPULSORY. IT IS NOW PROBABLY THE OLDEST BUILDING IN HANOVER WHICH HAS BEEN USED CONTINUALLY FOR COLLEGE PURPOSES.