LORDS of th PRESS
1799
Daniel Webster '01 becomes assistant editor of the Dartmouth Gazette. Despite ancestral claims made by the Daily Dartmouth, this publication isn't connected to the College and isn't a newspaper.
1844
Hawk, a paper devoted to the "interest and well being" of the community, criticizes President Nathan Lord in its premiere issue. Hawk suggests that before Lord "inflicts his sermon on the people" he should put dictionaries and explanatory notes in the pews. The second issue of Hawk is never published.
1864
The Scientifique fills a vacuum for science students. The Waltham Free Press applauds the idea, saying, "There has been too much in our literaryjournals favoring the idea that the poets, the orators, and historians of the world were the only men who left behind them a reputation which was at all to be envied." The staff of the Scientifique leaves behind a single issue.
1875
The first issue of the Dartmouth Scavenger states its frequency as "every time a class of such d d fools as '76 have a junior exhibition." The paper lasts one issue.
1979
Dum Grind, a humor magazine with editorial offices in Dartmouth Hall's notorious "Bed-bug Alley" features a complaint column. One item reports, "The faculty can stay home on Sunday and take in the sermon through the telephone, but we? Oh no, we have to be right there and 'face the music.'" Dum Grind publishes five times before folding.
1923
La Dispeptique, a humor magazine, appears for the first and only time. The wiseguy editors, printing everything they know about sports, splash the word "nothing" vertically down an otherwise empty page.
1947
Two new publications, the Dart and the Mouth, hit campus the same week. The Dart is a literary journal and the Mouth is a news weekly. The Dart publishes for several years. The Mouth closes after the first issue.
1970
Reflecting the turmoil of the times, the Strike Newsletter appears. After nine issues the newsletter ceases publication, noting, "It is fairly obvious, at this point, there is no strike at Dartmouth."
1972
Black Praxis is founded. Two decades later it becomes Dartmouth's second oldest campus paper.
1980
The first issue of The Dartmouth Review is published. Much to the dismay of College officials, this paper doesn't fold.
1992
Spring term is not without its assortment of infrequent periodicals. The offerings include Bug, a progressive paper, In Your Face, a paper covering the gay community, The Beacon, a conservative alternative to the Dartmouth Review, and Spare Rib, a paper that covers gender issues.
Only a few student publications have been able tooutlast the initial hoopla.
