1948

A yellowed copy of The Dartmouth dated Friday, May 28 1948, just fell into my hands and provides nos- talgia about what many of us were doing back in our latter Undergrad days in Hanover. Its price was five cents, and the traditional Indian-head profile appears amidst the words "The Oldest College Newspaper in America" in the heading. Remember?

News items: Prof. Charles Stone addressed 47 graduating seniors at Clark School (did you have him in Psych 1?). The interim Dorm Council decided that women were to be allowed in dorms from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (too late to help our own George Michalek).

Captain Paul Campbell's tennis team had downed Springfield 8-1 on the East Wheelock courts, Paul losing his match to a New England intercollegiate quarter-finalist, while Dave Kurr "handily defeated his opponent in the fifth match."

A photo of Captain Walt Newman in sprint starting blocks stood above a caption stating that Walt and five others of Coach Ellie Noyes's track team would compete the coming weekend at Randall's Island in the nation's oldest track meet, the 72nd annual IC4As. Walt was a dark horse in the 100- and 220-yard sprints. (A conversation with Walt 47 years later divulged he had not ran much that spring due to studies for the great med-school entry competition that year, but had managed a 4th in the 100 and a sth in the 220. The previous winter Walt had won the 50 at the Heps and was quarter-finalist at the Olympic trials. His name is still on three plaques hanging in the gym's main hall for his inclusion on three national-champion Dartmouth relay teams that ran under the incomparable Harry Hillman.)

The article on the year's only issue of The Jacko congratulated the editors for the good humor. Also mentioned were the classic two dogs: "Got your Brown stub in yet?"

The intramural Softball schedule called for the dorm championship on the campus west diamond at 4:00 between Topliff and Middle Mass, while at 6:00 the Tuck Terrors were to face the Wigwam Flats. On the campus south diamond at 4:00 was to be the fraternity championship between Tri-Kap and the Sigmanures.

The biggest surprise was a College notice: "'48 BEER-BUST today at 5 p.m. Chase Field, $0.50 for all the beer you want." Nice gesture. Anyone remember this? (Please let me know.)

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