Dateline: Dartmouth

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1817

"The Superior Court, now sitting in this town, were occupied in hearing the argument of counsel on the important question which involves the fortunes of Dartmouth College, and which has excited a very deep and extensive interest throughout New England."—The ExeterWatchman

1862

Running under the headline "The Battle of Dartmouth," the New York Tribune captures the uproar over President Lord's pro-slavery stance.

1885

"The college clock has the jim-jams."—The HanoverGazette

1915

"Dartmouth is not co-educational, but there is a rule

against shooting women found on campus."—Syndicated essayist George Fitch

1922

"Dartmouth College students still swear by their summer underwear to which they fondly cling despite the fact that the thermometer has registered around 30 degrees below zero for several days." —The Worcester (Mass.) Post

1930

Short pants become a College fashion statement; students pose for the photographers covering the story. Students opposed to bared legs parade in front of the cameras in sheepskins and fur coats.

1948

The Chicago Tribune calls Dartmouth the "newest seat of indoctrination in the New Deal cult of America-last internationalism."

1949

"Dartmouth College disclosed today that it had declined to send the Un-American activities committee of the national House a list of text books for screening as to subversiveness. The reason cited was that it would be too difficult. "—The Boston Herald

1950

"A Dartmouth professor figures it would cost nearly three trillion dollars to produce an H-bomb. The world may yet have peace, through war being priced out of the market." —The Dayton (Ohio) Journal-Herald

1952

Twenty-three inches of snow falls on Hanover. The wire services move photographs of Dartmouth students and President Dickey clearing Main Street with shovels.

1960

A Time article on bizarre college entrance recommendations includes this gem: "If you need him, take him, but don't expect too much. His father's a Dartmouth man."

1966

The Hanover Inn's renovation captures the attention of The New York Times. Inn manager James McFate tells the paper, "There are something like 33,000 or 34,000 Dartmouth alumni and, since the college owns the hotel, I have at least as many stockholders as Conrad Hilton."

1986

People magazine devotes two pages to football coach Joe Yukika's firing.

1988

"No More Animal House" proclaims Newsweek in a story about President Freedman's attempts to "squash the 'smart jock' stereotype."

1996

Presidential hopeful Bob Dole visits Alpha Delta. The NewYork Times headline reads, "A Grand Old Party Animal Tries Courting Young Voters."

News reels or real news, the media cover Dartmouth.