A Quiz for Our Readers

If You Know All the Answers, You Have a Pretty Good Idea of What Happened in Hanover in the Past 12 Months CHARLES E. WIDMAYER '3O DIRECTOR OF THE NEWS SERVICE

THE EDITORS of the MAGAZINE have decided to kill two birds with one stone—namely, to provide alumni readers with a little amusement at the same time that they review the highlights of the past twelve months at Dartmouth. Hence the following quiz, which consists of eighty statements made correct by the selection of the one right answer at the end of each statement.

If you successfully complete all eighty, you are probably a faithful reader of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE—or a good guesser. The quiz is not particularly difficult, being devised to inform rather than trick you; so you ought to be able to fill in correctly at least fifty of the eighty statements. After numbers which you think correct, turn to Page 24 for the facts.

March, 1938

Dartmouth's indoor track made the headlines when (1) Gene Venzke set a new a-mile record (2) Glenn Cunningham ran a 4:04.4 mile (3) Madison Square Garden offered the College $50,000 for the track.

2. The student body filled Webster Hall on the night of March 3 to (1) celebrate Dartmouth Night (a) bid farewell to President Hopkins (3) send the basketball team off to its championship match with Harvard.

3. Announcement was made of the appointment of "Red" Hoehn as (1) boxing and wrestling coach (a) new assistant director of non-athletics (3) College Naturalist (4) squash and tennis coach.

4. It was proposed at Amherst that the Dartmouth delegation to the Model League of Nations be refused seats because (1) they appeared at the plenary session without neckties (3) they represented Austria (3) they disrupted League procedure by talking out of turn to the Smith delegation.

5. The Division of the Sciences voted (1) to reject the 2-year survey course recommended by a student committee (2) to raise the requirements for the science majors (3) to eliminate all laboratory classes.

6. Recreation was called off for three days in the middle of March because (1) there was too much grippe about (a) the intramural championships were being held (3) the gym was taken over by the North Country Fair.

April

7. The intercollegiate trend of non-athletic activities was furthered by the inauguration of (1) the Cornell-Dartmouth-Penn Forum (2) an annual gettogether of poetry enthusiasts (3) the New England Intercollegiate Dance Congress.

8. The faculty member who announced his candidacy for the U. S. House of Representatives was (1) Stearns Morse (2) Gordon Ferrie Hull (3) James P. Richardson (4) Harold J. Tobin.

9. President Hopkins delivered (1) an ultimatum to The Dartmouth (2) the Founder's Day Address at the University of Virginia (3) an address at the annual dinner of the National Association of Football Coaches.

10. A limitation on the size of fraternity chapters was decreed so that by 1940 the membership of no chapter will exceed (1) 100 (2) 75 (3) 55 (4) 9

11 Compared with applications for the Class of 1941, the 2,579 applications for the Class of 1942 were announced to be (1) 613 smaller (2) exactly the same (3) 220 greater (4) 560 greater.

12. Dartmouth was plunged into sorrow by (1) the resignation of President Hopkins (2) the death of Edward Tuck '62 (3) the burning of Dartmouth Hall.

May

13. The faculty, at its May meeting, voted (1) to abolish the limited cut system (a) to accept no transfer students (3) to allow no intersectional football games after 1942.

14. New requirements for the Bachelor's degree, effective with the Class of 1942, include the attainment of a four- year scholastic average of (1) 2.1 (2)

15. By special vote of the Board of Trustees, President Hopkins announced the establishment of (1) a new governing body for the Dartmouth Outing Club (2) a student committee advisory to the President (3) a new and more inclusive Council on Student Organizations.

16. The Guernsey Center Moore Foundation lectures were delivered by (i) Admiral Richard E. Byrd (2) Marcel W. Fodor (g) George Lyman Kittredge (4) Harold J. Laski.

17. The alumnus elected president of the Dartmouth Secretaries Association was (1) Albert W. Frey '2O (2) Rev. Charles C. Merrill '94 (3) F. William Andres '29 (4) Albert I. Dickerson '3O.

18. The controversial proposal of an Alumni Trustee as supervisor was made by (1) the Committee on Student Organizations (2) the Faculty Committee on Athletics (3) the Committee on Student Publications.

June

19. The Barrett Cup Award for 1938 went to (t) Carl F. von Pechmann (2) Arthur T. Soule Jr. (3) Merrill N. Davis Jr. (4) Robert E. Foley.

20. The Trustees made it known that plans would be pushed ahead at once to fill the No. 1 physical need of the College, namely (1) a new football stadium seating 40,000 (2) a new auditorium and center for drama, music and radio (3) additional dormitories to accommodate off-campus men.

21. Earl Blaik signed a contract to serve as head football coach for the next (1) five years (2) one year (3) three years.

22. Of the ten sports—football, cross-country, hockey, basketball, skiing, fencing, lacrosse, golf, tennis, baseball—Dartmouth closed the year with league or sectional championships in (1) seven of them (2) half of them (3) all of them.

23. The Robert H. Michelet Football Award was established for (1) the most valuable junior varsity player (2) the varsity player showing the greatest improvement (3) the player doing the most to beat Yale.

24. The Trustee reelected for a five-year term was Clarence B. Little '81 (2) Dr. John F. Gile '16 (3) William J. Minsch '07.

25. The 505 seniors graduated in June ranked as (1) the largest class in the history of the College (2) the second largest (3) the fourth largest.

26. The second woman ever to receive an honorary degree from Dartmouth was (1) Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (2) Dorothy Thompson (3) Eve Curie (4) Dorothy Dix.

27. The president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council is (1) John Hubbell '21 (2) Chauncey B. Baxter 'lO (3) Warren C. Kendall '99 (4) Robert J. Holmes '09.

28. Approved by the Alumni Council at its June meeting was (1) a vocational guidance program for alumni (2) a plan to get more Indians into Dartmouth (3) a plan of exchange professorships with Harvard.

29. Dean Neidlinger's report on the Health Service for 1937-38 showed that the free hospitalization provided would have cost the students under the old system (1) $27,000 (2) $Bl,OOO (3) s9>ooo-

Summer

30. Final report on the 1938 Alumni Fund showed total contributions of (1) ?97>347 from 7.95° men (2) $116,542 from 9,016 men (3) $108,668 from 8,782 men.

31. Major construction in Hanover during the summer involved (1) more stack space for the library (2) a dormitory for the Inn help (3) the razing of Chandler Hall and landscaping of the spot.

September

32. Announcement was made that President Hopkins would (1) delegate some of his duties to a vice president (a) enter Republican politics (3) take leave of absence for the greater part of the year.

33. Excitement was provided at the opening of the college year by (1) a student riot (2) a hurricane (3) mysterious bombings in the basement of Robinson Hall.

34. The Nugget show on September 18 was special because (1) it was free (2) the theater was reopening after being remodeled during the summer (3) the feature picture was about Dartmouth.

35. An old tradition omitted at the start of the college year was (1) the Delta Alpha parade (2) the freshman-sophomore rush (3) the special convocation for freshmen.

36. Announcement was made that President Hopkins' invitation to use the proposed dramatic center for a summer festival had been accepted by (i) the W.P.A. (2) the Dramatists' Guild of New York (3) the Civic Repertory Theatre.

37- The 2,476 students enrolled for 1938- 39 numbered only four less than the record enrollment of (1) 1934-35 (2) 1929-30 (3) 1937-38-

38. The only two states not represented in the 1938-39 enrollment were (1) Texas and Utah (2) Nevada and South Dakota (3) Montana and New Mexico.

39. The financial report for the previous year showed (1) unbalanced books for the third year in a row (2) a general surplus of approximately $50,000 (3) a surplus of $25,163 to be applied to Dartmouth Hall after the Alumni Fund had prevented what would otherwise have been a deficit of $73,- 601.

40. The oldest elm felled by the September hurricane was (i) 152 years old (2) 225 years old (3) 95 years old.

41. The addition of an Artist in Residence and a College Naturalist to the faculty was unusual because (1) they were serving without pay (2) they were the only faculty members of their kind in the country (3) they were roving instructors without departmental connections.

42. Entering upon its second year, an innovation in major study consisted of (1) combining majors within two Divisions (2) the elimination of all senior-year classes for English majors (3) Topical Majors in the social sciences, cutting across departmental lines.

43. The geographical distribution of the 676 members of the freshman class was noteworthy because (1) 45 states were represented (2) representation from the South showed marked increase (3) California sent more men than New Hampshire.

44- The athletic financial report showed that football in 1937 (1) made $94,692 (2) just broke even (3) made $131,844.

45. Under new faculty requirements, all sophomores had to (1) take a second year of social science (2) choose between Greek or Latin (3) file a detailed report of their study program for the year.

October

46. On Tuck Mall construction was started on (1) a new Dartmouth Eye Institute (a) an additional dormitory for Tuck School (3) a new Thayer School of Civil Engineering.

47. The ALUMNI MAGAZINE began its year under a new group subscription plan now adopted by (1) 15 classes (a) all classes (3) 4° classes.

48. Miss Charlotte Ford, alumni recorder, reported that Dartmouth alumni now total (1) 15.469 (2) 18,561 (3) 28,564.

49. Dartmouth's oldest living graduate is (1) Dr. Zeeb Gilman of Redlands, Calif, (a) Omar W. Folsom of Bath, Me. (3) Henry A. Kendall of Somerville, Mass. (4) Jesse G. Mac Murphy of Derry Village, N. H.

go. The work of the Senior Fellows was greatly facilitated by (1) the awarding to each of a stipend of $5OO (2) the creation of the Paul Room studies in Baker Library (3) the setting aside of a special conference and dining room in Thayer Hall.

51. Palaeopitus felt obliged to reprimand the student body because of (1) low grades (2) careless driving (3) lack of enthusiasm at football rallies.

52. Valuable Mencken and Cunninghame Graham collections were received by the Library through the activities of (1) Librarian Goodrich (2) the Daniel Oliver Associates (3) the Friends of the Dartmouth Library.

53. Taking up the publications controversy, the Board of Trustees voted to (1) let an arbitration committee settle the matter (2) adopt the full report of the Committee on Student Publications (3) suspend publication of The Dartmouth for 30 days.

54. Baker Memorial Library reported upon its tenth anniversary that it now houses (1) 453,763 volumes (2) 267,819 volumes (3) 732,219 volumes (4) 1,113,875 volumes.

55- The Board of Trustees voted that the 1939 Commencement exercises will be shifted from Monday morning to (1) Monday afternoon (2) Sunday morning (3) Sunday evening.

56. Announcement was made of the College's experiments with microfilms, which will (1) take the place of laboratory exercises (2) save space in the Library (3) provide better Dartmouth movies for the alumni.

November

57. The Broadway actress who came to Hanover to star in the Players' production of Brother Rat was (1) Mary Martin (a) Jane Cowl (3) Jean McCoy (4) Elsie Janis.

58. The famous Hanoverian killed in an auto accident was (1) John Piane (2) Nat Woodward (3) Jeff Tesreau.

59. Fall House Parties were attended by (1) over a thousand girls (2) a disap- pointing crowd of only 300 girls (3) the usual 600 girls.

60. Control of parties was delegated by Palaeopitus to (1) the Interfraternity Council (2) a special committee headed by Spud Bray (3) the recently formed Interdormitory Council.

61. Dartmouth was forced to turn its Ivy League football crown over to (1) Princeton (2) Cornell (3) Pennsylvania (4) Harvard.

62. Registrar Conant announced that the general College scholastic average for 1937-38 had been (i) 2.378 (2) 2.619 (3) a flat 2.0.

63- Dartmouth alumni held a Pow Wow in (1) Chicago (a) San Francisco (3) Boston.

December

64. The Interfraternity Council voted to (1) set a limit of fioo on the rushing expenses of each house (2) prohibit the pledging of any sophomore with an average below 2.0 (3) award a trophy each year to the house doing the most for Dartmouth.

65. Tabulations showed that the state having the largest number of Dartmouth alumni is (1) New York (2) New Hampshire (3) Massachusetts.

66. The junior elected to captain the 1939 football team was (1) Bill Hutchinson (2) Whit Miller (3) George Sommers.

67. in his first try at deep-sea fishing President Hopkins caught (1) a 90-pound marlin (2) the longest eel ever seen in Palm Beach (3) a 45-pound sailfish. January

68. The College Museum announced acquisition of (1) a rare religious gong from Tibet (2) the Cutter Central American and Barrett Siamese Collections (3) a complete set of stuffed birds of North America.

69. Dartmouth students raised a fund of $BOO to (1) provide for a refugee student from Germany (2) help restore the pines in College Park (3) take care of a destitute family in Beaver Meadow.

70. Students returned from Christmas vacation to find a sharp letter from Dean Neidlinger taking them to task for (1) their abuse of the new cut system (2) their destructive behavior the night before vacation (3) their growing tendency to disregard the rules on library books.

7i. Prof. Herbert W. Hill announced the arrangement of ten top-notch faculty lectures for (1) the third Hanover Holiday on June 19-24 (2) various alumni dinners throughout the country (3) the Federal Government's adult education program.

February

72. The famous professor who joined the faculty as visiting professor during the second semester was (1) Dr. Heinrich Bruening (2) Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn (3) Dr. Albert Einstein (4) Dr. James Harvey Robinson.

73. Dartmouth became Hollywood conscious upon (1) the visit of Norma Shearer (2) the arrival of Walter Wanger's crew to shoot background scenes for a Winter Carnival movie (3) the announcement that three seniors would be chosen each year to learn the movie industry at first hand.

74- Main attraction of the Richard Hovey Grill, opened in Thayer Hall, was (1) the solid mahogany furniture (2) rare dishes cooked to order by a Martinique chef (3) the Eleazar Wheelock murals painted by Walter B. Humphrey 'l4.

75- The publications controversy was finally settled when the Arbitration Committee approved (1) the Alumni Trustee plan originally proposed by the Publications Committee (2) an 11- man board of proprietors, including 7 undergraduate members (3) a three- man advisory group, including the editor, a faculty member and an alumnus.

76. The most stupendous thing about Winter Carnival was generally agreed to be (1) the presence of snow (2) the

statue of Eleazar Wheelock in the center of the campus (3) the way in which McGill swept all the ski events. 77. The English Department inaugurated

a widely publicized course in (1) movie-script writing (2) the essentials of plagiaristic writing (3) the literature of the American Negro.

78. The Dartmouth Outing Club added to its outdoor empire (1) 20 more miles of ski trails in the White Mountains (2) a new Ravine Camp at Mt. Moosilauke (3) a Balch Hill tramway similar to the one on Oak Hill.

79- Student self-government took another stride forward with (1) the appointment of a student committee to coordinate off-campus activities (2) the establishment by the Interdormitory Council of a Judiciary Committee to determine penalties for offending students (3) the preparation by Palaeopitus of a set of rules for desirable student conduct.

80. Signs of closer relations between the faculty and alumni were indicated by (1) faculty reviews of alumni books (2) formation of a joint faculty-alumni committee to devise ways of attracting better students (3) an increased number of faculty speakers at alumni dinners.