A Century of Photos

Even as so much has changed for Dartmouth over the years, so much remains the same. Just look at the faces of the students, faculty and alumni in the scenes of the past century we've chosen to mark the 100th anniversary of Dartmouth AlumniMagazine. They are at the heart of our 40-page celebration. Although the campus has evolved, it would be easily recognizable to, say, a graduate of the class of 1905. He might be surprised by the diversity of the student population, but he'd feel right at home. It's as easy to imagine him studying in the stacks in 1962 (page 64) as it is to imagine a current student readying herself for Class Day with the seniors of 1917 (page 60). A photo captures only a moment, and those presented I here cannot tell the entire story of the last 10 decades. Nonetheless, I we hope this collection conveys the scope of the place, its people and its traditions, and that it chronicles a Dartmouth that is indeed undying.

1925 Wives of membersof the class of 1905parade across theGreen with their '05 parasols duringtheir husbands' 20threunion.

2000Left: TimothyCarpenter '01 relaxesin Room 15, a.k.a."The Barn," at AlphaChi Alpha. The forme)hayloft—a 400-square-foot triplecomplete with fullbath—today serves asone of the coolestrooms on campus.

1906 Left. Members ofAlpha Kappa Kappa,a medical fraternityfounded in 1888,relax in front of ahouse wall plasteredwith portraits-mostly of women.

Circa 1919 Right: Stately elmtrees tower over thecorner of Wentworthand College streets.Many of the fountainelms that once linedthe Green died off inthe 1960s due toDutch Elm disease.

1911Left: Students flextheir muscles-notethe tiny barbellsthey're lifting—inAlumni Gym.

1982 Above: Mountaineering Club members participate inan indoor rappellingexercise on aRobinson Hallstairwell as partof a climbing classled by CarrickEggleston '83.

1905 Left: ProfessorCharles Francis"Clothespin"Richardson, class of1871 (far left), andLatin professor JohnKing, class of 1868(middle), stand infront of DartmouthHall with PresidentWilliam JewettTucker, class of 1861and president from1893 to 1909.Richardson served asprofessor of Anglo-Saxon and Englishliterature from 1882to 1911. King was aprofessor of Latinfrom 1892 to 1916.Behind them standsthe administrationbuilding,formerlyPresident NathanLord's house, on thecurrent site of BakerLibrary.

2004 Rights portrait ofDartmouth founderEleazar Wheelockgreets a visitor atthe Hood Museum.

2004 Left: Skaters enjoyOccom Pond inlate January.

1963 Left: Student groups,including StudentsFor Freedom, protesta November visit byAlabama Gov.George Wallace, whospoke at LeveroneField House andattended a receptionat Cutter Hall. Thegovernor's car tireshad been puncturedduring a previousspeaking engagementat Harvard, leadinghim to bring extrasecurity to Hanover.

1980 Right: Rowingsisters CarlieGeer '80 (in stem)and Julia Geer '75, Th'83, Olympiansand winners of thedouble sculls andquad sculls nationaltitles in 1982,practice on theConnecticutRiver during a fallmorning.

1942 Right: Nearly a quarter ofthe class of 1942 wouldbecome naval aviators orArmy Air Force pilots.These nine alums enteredthe Navy Air Corps following their graduation. The Boston Herald dubbedthem "The IndianSquadron." Front row fromleft: Wallace Sigler 42,Edward Hughes '41 JoeNason '42, George Seel '41;back row: BertramMauro '41, John Lendo '41,Harry Brubaker Jr. '41,William Galbraith '41 andJames Crotty Jr. '41.Hughes, Mauro and Lendowere killed in action.

1968 Above: Spectatorshead towardMemorial Field fora football gameagainst Princeton.

2003 Right: Students inprofessor ColleenRandall's Painting 1class, including HopeDinsmore '03, worktheir canvases inClement Hall's artstudios.

Circa 1948 Opposite Page:Students take theirfinals on the top floorof Alumni Gym.

2004Left: At Mink Brookin Hanover, biologygrad students DarrenWard, Adv'07, andRoxanne Karimi,Adv'06, conduct fieldresearch with CarolFolt (center),professor of biologicalsciences.

1954 Left: Robert Frost,class of 1896 and theGeorge TicknorFellow in theHumanities, chatswith freshmen nearDartmouth Hall.Frost was back oncampus that May togive a reading to theirEnglish 2 class.

1951 Left: The ski jumpdraws hundreds ofspectators for WinterCarnival festivities.The 98-foot-highstructure stood from1922 to 1993. Thesite now overlooksthe 13th and 14thholes at HanoverCountry Club.

Circa 1931 Below: Runners onthe cross-countryteam race anunknown opponent.

2005 Bottom: Jubilantmembers of the2004-2005women's basketballteam and coachChris Wielgus waveto fans after clinching a share of the IvyLeague title with a78-63 win overPrinceton at LeedeArena on March 5.

1905 Left: The graduatesof the class of 1905prepare to say"cheese" together onelast time for theirofficial class photonear the Bema.

1917Above: Classmatesgather near theSenior Fence onClass Day beforemarching to theBema to singDartmouth songsand break their pipesover the stump ofthe Old Pine.W.A. Barrows '17addressed his classmates that day, saying they would "fightfor democracy."

1986Right: Soon-to-be-alumnae from theclass of 1986 Kathy(Zimmerman) Bennett, Irene (Suchta)Masterson and Sara(Moorefield) Adamsrush to line up inAlumni Gym for theprocession toCommencementceremonies.

1905Left: Students vie forcanes during the annual tradition of canerush as a crowd, including local kids,looks on. Much likethe football rushes offuture years, freshmen and sophomoreswould tussle on theGreen—sometimesfor several hours—tosee which class couldget the most canes orpieces of cane. Thewinnings were thencut into slivers anddivided among thewinning class.

1949 Left: A studentponders some non-academic reading inhis dorm room.

2002 Right: Studentmembers of theChess Club meet inCollis CommonGround, site oftheir Wednesdayevening matches.

Circa 1962 Left: Studentsstudy in the stacks atBaker Library.

1929 Above: Workersprepare the bells ofBaker Library forinstallation in thetower. The 15-bell set,a gift of trusteeClarence B. Little,class of 1881, wasrung manually for thefirst year. In 2979 thebells, which vary insize from 200 to5,300 pounds, werecomputerized using asystem designed bystudents. A 16th bellwas added in 1981,and today the bellsrun via a wirelessnetwork.

1998 Left: English majorand Senior FellowRahsaan J. Sales '99studies in the PaulRoom at BakerLibrary, part ofa complex of roomsfor use by SeniorFellows.

2003 Above: Septembersun shines on thesouth side of RollinsChapel.

1985 Right: "This is thegreatest day in thehistory of the divestment movement atDartmouth," organizer Joshua Stein'88 tells a crowd ofseveral hundredstudents and facultymembers assembledon the Green onNovember 18.Students had earliererected a shantytown on the Greento call attentionto their demand thatthe College divestits holdings incompanies doingbusiness withSouth Africa.

1995 Left: Baker lawn,the picture of calm.

1911Above: Fans inautomobiles gatherfor drive-in footballviewing at theAlumni Oval onOctober 21, whenDartmouth defeatedWilliams 23-5. TheOval served as hometo football from1893 to 1923, whenMemorial Fieldwas built.

1960 Right: A studentsurveys his optionsfor finding a ridehome for Thanks-giving. As one noteinforms, a "luscious"coed was also seeking a ride.

1932 Left: Members ofthe classes of 1932and 1933 work on asnow sculpture ofEleazar Wheelockatop a pedestal of iceblocks on the Greenfor the College's 22ndWinter Carnival.

1947 Right: This iconicdepiction of theDartmouth Nightbonfire of October 10served as a DAM cover later that year.

1920 Right: Fraternitymembers use horsesfor skijoring racesaround the Green.The traditional Norwegian sport usuallyinvolves a sled dogpulling a skier. By the1930s the races hadevolved into a popularWinter Carnivalevent for both one-and two-man teams.The winner receiveda trophy presented bythe Carnival Queen.

2002 Left: Green KeyWeekend—theannual orgy of music,food and fun sponsored by fraternitiesand sororities—bringsthe band Rock Kandyfor a performance inMay.

1980 Below: A mound ofartificial snow becomesa ski run on the Green.Created to allow for aWinter Carnivalsculpture during a not so-white winter, thesnow attracted oneintrepid soul before itbecame art.

1923 Bottom:Members ofPsi Upsilon dine withtheir dates during theseason of house parties,when fraternitieshosted gatherings onfall weekends. Tea waspopular (this wasduring Prohibition)and dancing wascommon The traditionof house parties startedin 1900.

1905 Top: Cyclists andofficials prepare forthe start of a race atthe Alumni Oval.

1956 Above: A Dartmouthfielder makes the playas an unknownopponent (possiblyfrom the University ofVermont) is out at first.

1978 Right: Byron Boston'81 and MichaelFrancis '80 (No.92)celebrate a 31-21 BigGreen victory at Brownon November 11. Thewin clinched a share ofthe Ivy title, whichDartmouth went on towin outright the followingweek at Princeton.

1935 Left: DartmouthHall is gutted by fireon April 25. The brickbuilding had beenerected in 1904 afterflames haddestroyed the originalwooden structure,whose foundationwas laid in 1784. Atthe time of this fire,the building housedthe departments ofGerman andRomance languages.

1980Left: A student usesone of the College'sfirst library searchengines, installed inBaker in July. Theold card catalogremained in theBaker corridor foranother 20 years.

Circa 1970 Right: Students racechariots around theGreen, a Green Keytradition from themid-1960s to themid-1980s. Theraces were discontinued because ofinjuries—includinga mild concussion-in the event's finalyears. The Intrafratermity Councilelected to end theevent rather thancontinue to take heatfrom administrators.

2005 Right: ChristineKopprasch '05 studies in theBaker Reservecorridor with theOrozco murals asa backdrop.

1987 Below: The class of1931 leads thealumni section of theannual parade upMain Street onDartmouth Night,prior to the bonfire.

2003 Bottom: Studentconducter ChristopherR. Collier '03 leadsa performance of theDartmouth ChamberOrchestra at the Topof the Hop.

1919 Right: Celebrantsparticipate in theCollege's sesquicentennial festivities on October 17-20. Theweekend featuredfireworks, speeches, theperformance of anoperetta called The Founders and a giantbirthday cake (center).The cake held one candle for each livingclass—with a numeralindicating how manymembers had made adonation.

2000Opposite Page: Thecolumns at CollisCenter blend in withthe elements as aFebruary snowstormblankets the campus.

1966 Left: The Baker Tower clock becomes aMickey Mousewatch. On June 3-the last day of springterm—pranksters hidinside the library until after closing, thenclimbed out to thebalcony above theclock and used ropesto lower themselves tothe clock face to dotheir dirty work.

1987 Left: A skater fliesthrough the air atthe Psi Upsilon kegjump, a WinterCarnival traditionthat started in 1981but was discontinued in 2000.

1953 President John SloanDickey '29 waves good-bye as President DwightD. Eisenhower's planedeparts from Lebanonairport following Ike'sCommencement speechin June.