FROM THE ARCHIVES

FROM THE ARCHIVES

CAMPUS

notes from around the green

When the annual freshman-sophomore rush became too unwieldy and dangerous the Undergraduate Council started a tug-of-war. The freshmen won easily by pulling the center log the required ten yards, and thereby subjected the sophs to a firehose dousing.

-FROM THE NOVEMBER 1949 ISSUE OF DAM

BIG BUCKS

12.2%

Investment return on Dartmouth’s endowment, now valued at $5.5 billion

ADMISSIONS

13%

Class of 2022 members who are first-generation college students