Table of Contents
Vol. 90
No. 6
20 Playing the Game
Students no longer pack the stands at Memorial Field. because sports at Dartmouth have never been healthier. By Jennifer Wulff '96
24 The Good Sportin Me
As a college student she didn't understand sports. As a college professor she found herself cheering. By Regina Barreca '79
26 A Passion for Speed
For alpine skiers Ben Robinson '97 and David Viele '98, years of sacrifice came down to 90 seconds. By Mel R Allen
32 A Century of Greatness
Dartmouth's Top Ten Athletes. The D's former sports editor calls'em as he sees'em. By Woody Klein '51
38 Skating on Thin Ice
Squooch! A comic book look at the first post-war Winter Carnival. By PaulS, Newman '45
42Sticking to aPhantom Like Glue
When the Green took on Holy Cross at the Boston Garden 50 years ago, a lowly bench warmer was in for a night he'd never forget. By Park Taylor '50
44 The Deal Makers
Athletes may ran the bases, but in the business of sport, the real players are running the show. By Jack DeGange
48 Gimme the Ball
The playing fields are level here. The story of how Dartmouth avoided a federal lawsuit and achieved gender parity. By Christine Schultz
52 Old School,New School
We're always 20 years old whether we're 18 or 80 and everyone else is 95. By Robert Sullivan'75
73Eberhart on ESPN
A poet searches the stands for a glimpse of his father. By Carl Little '76
6 On the Hill
16 Syllabus
54 Class Notes
89 Obituaries
96 Dartmouth Undying
On the Cover: Years ago the big gamewas a big deal. Todaystudents like cross-countryrunner and skier ShivaniBammi '01 have no timefor Spectating They're participating.Photographs byJoe Mebling '69 andthe College Archives.
From The Beginning Dartmouth has been of two minds about sports. Eleazar Wheelock frowned on playing. The students had other ideas. Later, during the Second Great Awakening, Spirituality became linked with muscularity, and sports became part of a moral education. In 1910 President William Jewett Tucker told skeptics that sports provided "a discipline, a culture, an enthusiasm which are a part of college life." And out of that notion Dartmouth's version of the scholarathlete was born. Once in a while the balance tipped too heavily in the direction of the body (Never the other way.) Before Baker was built Dartmouth was known for its world-class gym and its third-rate library. In 1939 the American Mercury claimed Dartmouth was using pros to fill out the ranks of its football team, the kind of dirty dealing that led to the formation of the Ivy League 15 years later.
Some argue that Dartmouth athletics have declined under the strictness of Ivy League rules. The numbers say otherwise. Consider one: UCLA, Sports Illustrated's pick for the nation's mumber #1 jock school, offers 21 varsity teams. Dartmouth fields 34. It's time we celebrated.
