The Grand Old Class of ’66
As the “on target” Class of 1966, about 815 strong, settled into the traditional patterns of Dartmouth life, the men in the admissions office were busy mailing more than 2,000 sets of application papers to candidates for the Class of 1967. But outside the admissions office Hanover belonged to the green-and-white- hatted Class of 1966.
Slightly larger than the new sophomore class, the freshman class has representation from all states but five: Idaho, Mississippi, Nevada, West Virginia, and Alaska. There are four men from our neighbor north of the New Hampshire border and a good-sized international delegation from overseas. The Class of 1966 can claim members from Nigeria, Switzerland, Sweden, Hong Kong, Den- mark, The Netherlands, Bahamas, Japan, Jordan, Brazil, Paraguay, Israel, and Tanganyika.
Some 220 new Dartmouth men got a few days’ start on their classmates in be- coming acquainted with the north country as they took part in the DOC-sponsored Freshman Trip. One young man, James W. Hourdequin ’66, showing the initiative and energy of the Dartmouth man of legend, bicycled to' Hanover from Illinois, a distance of some 900 miles, arriving in good time to join his classmates in climbing Moosilauke and other eleva- tions.
The DOC operated three separate trips this year in order to accommodate all who wished to make the trip. For two young men from Nigeria it was an espe- cially interesting experience. They met for the first time on the slopes of Moosi- lauke but had to converse in English, for although they were countrymen they spoke different languages.
The Class of 1966 continues the pat- tern of recent years in arriving with higher College Board aptitude scores. The median for the class in the verbal test was approximately 640 and in math 670. The same College Board scores for the Class of 1963, this year’s seniors, showed 592 for verbal and 638 for math.
The Class of 1966 contains 135 alumni sons. It will receive its first-year advice from the largest group of faculty advisers, 120, enlisted for this program.
