1954

1954's "sense of place": Dave McLaughlin: "Dartmouth is endowed with many points of memorable beauty, but none hold the central spot more than Dartmouth Row. These buildings, framed by the elms, were, for me, the focal point of the College—the place for learning, the setting for the hums and Dartmouth Night." Jay Davis: "Cicero said, 'No other pleasure suits every occasion, every age, or every place. But the study of letters is the food of youth, the delight of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comforts of adversity, it stays with us at night, and goes with us on our travels.' Sanborn Hall is all about reading. Cicero would have loved it." Don Miller: "My favorite place for reading and doing written work was the small cemetery behind Streeter Hall. It was a small, deep valley with almost total privacy. It was a great place to concentrate if you do not think about your immediate neighbors." Dick Page: "My favorite special place is and always will be the Connecticut River at 6 a.m. with the mist rising off the water, the swish of the oars of an eight-man shell as they propel the boat across pristine, clear water, to be followed by the beat of the coxswain on the hull as he demanded an increase in the strokes per minute. There was no other noise on the river, no distraction—it was a magic moment." Harry Robinson: "I think of 105 Dartmouth as bookends of pur Dartmouth experience. We all started there, pea greens seated in alphabetical order, listening to Doc Pollard discussing 'Public Health!' Four years later we reassembled for 'Great Issues,' still in alphabetical order. I sense that we became a class within the confines of 105 Dartmouth." Don Berlin: "Walking along Mass Row and Tuck Drive on a snowy night before one of Freddie Sternfeld's 'Music I' exams listening to the sounds of either Brahms First, Cop elands Appalachian Spring or Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik coming from every dorm." John Fenn: "Old Davis Arena, which did not have artificial ice but trusted to cold Hanover environment for a natural ice surface the shutters in the upper part were opened to let hot air out and cold air in. There was also no glass protection above the sideboards. One night sitting in the front row, a puck caught me squarely between the eyes. I was invited by the campus police to 'take a hike to Dick's House' to get repaired. I still have the scar. The episode gave me a sound background for an entertaining part of my career—team doctor for a professional hockey team in New Haven." Pete Barker: "Commons. The dark wood, high ceiling, smells, etc. still rises in my memory quite distinctly. Over the years the Barbary Coast Orchestra often rehearsed there and, once, had Stan Kenton come to listen to us. All Homecoming dances and our graduation dance was held there." Others mentioned: Corey Ford's gym, the ski jump, the White River train station, a diner in White River and the DOC cabin.

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