Dodging Irene

Although Tropical Storm Irene hammered nearby parts of Vermont, the campus encountered little disruption the final weekend of August. The only impact was the cancellation of exams on the morning after the storm. The Tucker Foundation mobilized volunteers to Vermont communities: College employees were permitted one day of paid leave to help with storm-related projects. The rain brought back memories of the last “big one” to hit the area, in 1938. The rauner Library blog, raunerlibrary.blogspot.com, posted a special bulletin published by The Dartmouth on September 22 of that year that stated Convocation as well as mail service had been canceled due to the “wild confusion and destruction surrounding Hanover.” Fraternity brothers, meanwhile, sacrificed more than just their first day of classes, according to The D: “At a meeting of the interfraternity Council today, it was unanimously decreed that all drinking in fraternity houses should cease until the resumption of power. The increased fire hazard is the reason.”

1,131 Football games played by Dartmouth prior to its first home game at night October 1.

97 Percentage of first-year students who participated in one of 21 types of freshman trips offered this year.

1,115 Menbers of the class of 2015, which matriculated on September 14.