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Student Use of Hopkins Center In Its First Year Fulfills All Predictions

NOVEMBER 8 was A special day for the Hopkins Center. On that date, one year ago, the Center opened its doors and began what promised to be "a whole new dimension in Dartmouth life."

Completion of the first year of operation called for the usual review and stock-taking by the Hopkins Center staff and advisory committee. A central question was: How had Dartmouth students taken to the Center and how much use were they making of it? The answer, on the whole, was decidedly encouraging; although The Dartmouth in its birthday editorial tempered favorable comment with a listing of ways in which the Center was not being fully effective. No one doubts, however, that within the short space of a year the Center has become the non-academic nerve center of the College and that the students, for whom it primarily exists, use it regularly and in great numbers. The photo essay on these pages depicts something of that student use.

"On our first birthday," said Warner Bentley, director of Hopkins Center, "we remember the hundreds of persons who have contributed to the Center and its programs; and we also remember the concern that many people had whether the building would be used. During the first year the Center was closed only one day - Christmas Day. The figures show that it has been used far beyond our highest expectations.

"This is a new venture in education for all of us, and the first year has been a year of experimentation and change. We have had an encouraging beginning, but we are far from having all the answers about programming and use. I hope we never reach the point where we feel we do have all the answers."

The Center'sstudios and shopsgive studentsevery chanceto be creative

Heavy student traffic into the Center creates a blur for the photographer.

Student Post Office: the busiest spot of all.

The Bulletin Board offers some fascinating reading.

Always well populated with students is the snack bar, formally named the Brookes Refreshment Lounge.

Thirteen major shows in the Jaffe-Friede Gallery attracted many students among the 92,000 viewers.

More art in the Beaumont-May Gallery.

A look at the Great Issues Course in session,seen through door of Spaulding Auditorium.

Top of the Hop: Quiet relaxation with a campus view

A fellow student poses for three amateur sculptors.

Some 600 students used the Woodworking Shop during the first year.

Wives join students in a drawing class in the Allan Macdonald Studio.

Luc Le Quang 64, from Saigon, South Vietnam, hand-forges a blade in the Metal Working Shop.

Putting the finishing touches on a handmade ring.

Not another Donatello, but he seeks thesame perfection and knows the same joy.

Two clamps, two heads, and four handscombine to solve a tricky jointing job.

Rehearsal for "The Miser" in the Center's main theater.

Glee Club rehearsals, such as this, and student concerts keep Faulkner Recital Hall busy.

Opening night, at last, calls for moustache and wig.