Instances of Fowl Play

1806

Hanover farmers export poultry to Salem, Massachusetts. The birds fetch six cents a pound. Hanover farmers import from Salem New England rum at 47 cents a gallon.

1810

Students are prohibited from raising fowl in the dorms. The rule is ignored.

1893

Chicken pie a la Dart- mouth is the main dish at the Sigma Chi initiation banquet.

1899

Robert Frost's doctor urges him to find an occupation that won't keep him cooped up. Frost starts a chicken farm.

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"There is no reason why Dartmouth men can't all become turkey boosters," declares Harold Naramore '14A. His Wah-Hoo-Wah turkey farm sells 5,000 birds, and all profits are donated to the College.

1963

Dartmouth College reprints 11 long-forgotten essays on chicken breeding. The book, entitled Robert Frost: Farm-Poultryman, is "the story of Robert Frost's career as a breeder and fancier of hens."

1980

Col. Sanders is a guest at the Hanover Inn.

1984

In recognition of his deft handling of such famous film fowl as Road Runner, Foghorn Leghorn, and Daffy Duck, director Chuck Jones is honored by the Dartmouth Film Society.

1987

When a peacock that is a cast member of the Japanese dance troupe Sankai Juku arrives in Hanover with a serious lack of feathers, the Hopkins Center successfully searches the Upper Valley for an understudy.

1988

The most popular dish on campus is chicken fingers.

1992

Domestic ducks are found on Occom Pond during the winter. College groundskeepers and local residents round up the fugitives.

1993

Dartmouth's Dining Services estimates that it will serve 65,000 pounds of chicken during the year.

Donald Duck didn't go to Dartmouth, but his relatives have had an influence on the place beyond the dining hall.