Tradition Quiz Answers

For the tricky questions on pages 30 and 31.

A perfect score qualifies you as a True Dartmouth Traditionalist who has earned the right to at least one angry letter to the editor about unchecked change at the College. A score of "9" or less means you have better things to do than bother about rituals. In which case, why did you take the quiz in the first place?

1. C. The practice, which lived and died in the nineteenth century, was called "Horning." The gatherings were known as "Shirt-Tails," owing to the students' late-night dishabille.

2. A.

3.D. We faked the picture by posing Whitney Campbell Intern Clayton Gates '90 in zero-degree weather and throwing imitation snow. Clayton says he's feeling much better.

4. A. Once a serious contest involving old Dartmouth songs, since the 1960s Hums has consisted mostly of satirical ditties.

5. C.

6. A Despite alumni rumors to the contrary, trip leaders are encouraged to teach their 'shmen the (revised) Alma Mater and the now-traditional Salty Dog Rag.

7. A. Tea has been held since Sanborn opened.

8.B.

9. B.

10. A. But a more popular nose is on Warner Bentley's bust in the Hopkins Center, probably because of its high-traffic location.

11. B.

12. A.

13. D. Although no organized contest has been held, almost ever)' dorm room has a phone, and job-hunting seniors consider answering machines essential equipment. If a message competition had been established, Jack Steinberg '88 would have won it two years ago. Steinberg, who was editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth, could do a convincing imitation of James O. Freedman. He faked the president's voice to record a friend's message. "Leave something intellectual at the sound of the cello," the machine said.

14. B. Local safety officials fervently hope it soon will be a foiled tradition.

15. D. An unlikely practice; most:students don't eat breakfast.

16. A.

17. D.

18. D. If anyone would like to startdoing it, though, the editors wouldbe interested in joining.