The class of 1991

Some 9,400 applied, 1,900 were accepted, and 1,072 matriculated. That is about a dozen more than admission officials expected. Dartmouth, like colleges across the country, experienced higher than expected yields. The Office of Residential Life said that although the incoming class size was slightly larger than anticipated, there is no shortage of beds.

Dartmouth increased the number of blacks in its freshman class by almost three percent despite a national trend of declining college enrollment for blacks. The number of Native Americans in the freshman class is also higher than last year. Minority Enrollment among Dartmouth's 4,000 undergraduates is about 16 percent, but minorities comprise 19 percent of the incoming freshman. Of the 1,072 members of the freshman class, 81 are black, 31 are Native Americans, and 27 Hispanic-American. Asian-Americans number 67, accounting for slightly more than 6 percent of the class. The '91s include 73 foreign students from 16 nations.

The College has steadily built up its enrollment of minority students in recent years, although last year applications from minority students were down. Admissions Dean Al Quirk '49 attributes the increase in minority enrollment to recruiting efforts, generous financial aid packages, and the hiring of recent Dartmouth grads who represent minorities on the admissions staff.

Nabbed: To keep freshmen out of the opposing team's stands during half-time, theCollege beefed up security. Cliff Coleman '91 went over the top, and was promptlycollared by Lt. Cliff Robinson of the campus police. Rather than rush the field as freshmendid last year, this group of 91s expressed their displeasure from behind the iron railing.