CAN YOU SAY... SESTERCENTENNIAL?

CAN YOU SAY... SESTERCENTENNIAL?

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1769-1793

1794-1818

CAMPUS

First Dartmouth building: Wheelock’s log cabin. (1770) U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Flamilton receives honorary degree. (1790)

Medical School opens. (1797) Three students fire a cannon and blast a hole in Dartmouth Flail. They are expelled. (1811) Literary Adelphi club founded. (1799) It morphs into Alpha Delta frat, inspiration for 1978’s Animal House.

Students start ar society. (18 Fence protects G grazing cattle.

STUDENT LIFE

Students are forbidden to leave their rooms on Sundays except to eat and go to church. Daily chapel at 5 a.m. Each graduating class must pull up at least one stump from the Green.

College rule requires “fagging”— freshmen must run errands for seniors. Students ignore ban on keeping chickens in dorms.

PROFESSORS & ACADEMICS

First classes begin with 20 students and four tutors. Eleazar Wheelock buys “philosophical instruments” —an air pump, telescope, thermometer, and a barometer. (1783)

To be admitted, students must be familiar with the New Testament in Greek and Cicero’s orations and the Aeneid in Latin.

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SPORTS

Eleazar Wheelock calls “playing with balls and bowls., puerile.” (1770)

Students exercise with military drills and marching. Wickets, a type of croquet, is played. First college team: cricket.

GETTING HERE

New Flampshire’s first highway, the Wolfeborough road, links Dartmouth and the governor’s estate 90 miles away. (1771) Norwich ferry costs 1 cent. (1776)

Norwich-Flanover bridge opens (1796) and collapses. (1804) Stagecoach to Boston takes at least three days.

First steambc aboard

HANOVER

Town is established. (1761) Settlers arrive. (1765) Students with smallpox are quarantined. (1777) The Dresden Mercury, the Upper Valley’s first newspaper, is published. (1779)

Legislature meets here, making Flanover the state’s temporary capital. (1795) First public water system is built. (1805) Dartmouth Hotel opens. (1813)

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WORLD EVENTS

A nation is born. (1776) War strains the College’s purse and brings fear of Indian raids. Students leave to fight for freedom. (1776-81)

A cannon is fired on the Green to celebrate Napoleon’s defeat. (1814)

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FASHION

Knee britches rule.

Commencement dress code: “Black coat, waist coat and small clothes, large silver shoe buckles, black silk gloves, and a black cocked hat.” Flair powdered white and “cued down with a black ribbon.” (1795)

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TECHNOLOGY

Students defy ban on indoor wood chopping. Florn is blown to call students to classes. (1779)

Candles. Axes. Bucksaws. Fireplaces.

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ENROLLMENT/ TUITION

20 (1771) £15.20 or payment in horses, cattle, wheat, or woolen goods (room and board included).

174 (1810) $21.60 (1800)

1819-1843

1844-1868

1869-1893

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Students shun filthy dorms for private lodgings. (1846) First Class Day held at the Old Pine. (1850) Alumni Association is founded and Shattuck Observatory opens. (1854) Pro-slavery President Nathan Lord resigns. (1863)

Thayer School opens. (1871) Poet Walt Whitman speaks at Commencement. A poor public speaker, he is barely heard. (1872) Trustees appoint committee to study coeducation—it never reports back. (1872)

udents found with cards or dice dorm rooms are fined $5. (1822) black student Edward Mitchell ’28 is admitted. (1824) Last stump is pulled from the Green. (1836)

Students “horn” profs by laying siege to their homes with annoying late-night ruckuses. Green is adopted as the College’s color. (1866)

“Wah-hoo-wah!” is yelled for the first time. (1879) First secret society, Sphinx, is founded. The Aegis appears. (1886) Lightning strikes the Old Pine. (1887) First bonfire lit on the Green. (1888)

rriculum: Livy, Roman antiquities, ?ek grammar. (1822) tors teach French. (1820s)

C’est bon! Funds found to hire a French professor. (1859)

Only two electives—French and calculus. (1870) First graduate degree is awarded—a Ph.D. (1885) Teaching of classical and modern art begins. (1890)

Quoits (a game like horseshoes) debuts. Canoeing. Boxing. Swimming. Fencing.

Skaters play “shinney,” an early form of hockey, on the river. (1860s) “Base-ball” is the first intercollegiate sport. (1866) First gym boasts six bowling alleys. (1866)

Dartmouth plays its first intercollegiate football game against Amherst and wins, 1-0. (1881) Dartmouth loses its last-ever intercollegiate tug-of-war. (1892)

>at service to Hanover offered The John Ledyard. (1831)

Train stations open in Lebanon (1847) and in Norwich. (1848)

Sixteen-passenger stagecoaches hitched to six horses ply the Boston-to-Hanover route, The trip takes a day and a half. No “coach sickness” refunds given.

Ralph Waldo Emerson “a very pretty village.” (1829)

Town requires pig and cattle owners to keep their beasts off the streets. (1852) Telegraph office opens. (1853)

One-third of all students fall ill during typhoid epidemic. (1875) Dartmouth Hotel burns. (1887) Wheelock Hotel opens on same site. (1889)

depression from 1839 to 1843 enrollment to collapse 0) to 179 (1845). The College’s ;s are severely strained.

Six hundred fifty-two students, alums, and future students fight for the Union, 44 for the Rebs. (1861-65)

Bell Telephone is founded, and the “long-wished-for” marvel rings for the first time in Hanover. (1877) (Bell’s president, Gardiner Hubbard, class of 1841, will oversee its transition into AT&T.)

italoons (trousers) begins. Beaver hats. aves for formal occasions.

Top hats. Frock coats partner with vests. Spats complete the look.

Goodbye, top hats. Hello, bowlers. (1882)

:ing is done with quill pens, :halk, and pencils, egin replacing fireplaces. (1824) ahotographers capture ges of the College. (1837)

The stapler is invented. Bureaucracy ensues. (1866)

Gas lighting is installed. (1872) Steam heat comes to Reed Hall. (1876)

341 (1840) $26 (1820)

368 (1860) $31.50 (1850)

291 (1880) $90 (1880)

1894-1918

1919-1943

1944-1968

Housing shortage forces building of 13 new dorms. (1894) The Green’s fence is torn down (1893) and rebuilt. (1899) Clement’s Swamp becomes Occom Pond. (1900) Dartmouth Hall burns (1904) and reopens. (1906)

Grand opening of Baker Library. (1928) Edwin Sanborn, class of 1878, funds eponymous library. (1929) Orozco begins murals. (1932) A second Dartmouth Hall fire forces renovation. (1935)

Mail is no longer delivered to dorm rc Dorm staff no longer make student Ike speaks at Commencement. Secret don caps and gowns. (1951 Modernist Hopkins Center opens

Richard Hovey, class of 1885, writes “Men of Dartmouth.” (1894) The Old Pine is cut down. (1895) First Dartmouth Night parade. (1904) Alumni magazine begins publishing. (1905) Winter Carnival begins. (1911)

The Dartmouth goes daily. (1920) Girls and “moderate” drinking permitted in dorm rooms. (1934)

Girls and drinking banned from dorm Sigma Nus truck in a two-ton block of juice to be carved into a Carnival scul| Dean forbids hazing ritual nonconsensual haircuts. (19

First woman graduates—with a master’s in biology. (1896) Tuck School founded. (1900) Course credit given for summer military training. (1916)

Nation’s first mandatory evolution class for freshmen is offered. (1920) Selective admissions begin. (1921) Biology prof William Patten discovers new fish species. Names it Dartmuthia gemmifera Patten. (1931)

Mandatory freshman classe alcohol, and hygiene end. Coed exchanges with c schools begin. (1962 Biologist Hannah Croasdale b( tenured female professor.

Hockey team plays on outdoor rink. (1905) Dartmouth Outing Club founded. (1909)

First game at Memorial Field. (1923) National football champs: 8-0-0. (1925) First U.S. downhill ski race at Moosilauke. (1928) Indoor hockey rink opens. (1930)

Hockey coach Eddie Jeremiah College’s winningest teams—unti with 302-239-11 record. (1937 Skiway opens. (1957)

First horseless carriage arrives. (1901) Last ferry crosses the river. (1908)

Special holiday trains run to Boston, New York and Chicago from Norwich. (1930s) The Appalachian Trail opens (1937) and runs down Main Street. Train from N.Y.C. takes 6.5 hours. (1938)

Commercial flights take off to Ne Montreal, and elsewhere frc Lebanon Airport. (1948) Norwich 1-91 exit opens. (19(

First street—South Main—is paved. (1901) Wheelock Hotel closes and reopens as the Hanover Inn under the College’s control. (1901) Nugget Theater opens. Tickets are 10. (1916)

Record low of -40 on February 16,1943.

Lou’s opens. (1947) Dutch elm disease and cable TV arrive, (mid-1950: Local TV station WRLH goes on a

Students opposed to U.S. entry into World War I gather to protest. (1917) Global influenza epidemic strikes. Alumni Gym becomes a sick ward. 325 students fall ill. Five die. (1918)

Women take staff and teaching jobs. (1941-45) Military service and education combine in the V-12 Naval Training Program. Trainees outnumber students 3:1. (1943-46)

The G.l. Bill benefits more thar students returning to the Col leg service in WW II and Kore;

The wet look for hair. High collars and sock garters. (1915)

Hip flasks. Letter sweaters. Raccoon coats. Trousers are “delegged” in -30 temps for “the supreme pleasure of complete leg freedom.” (1930)

Narrow bow tie: Freshmen burn bea

Dorms get running water for bathing. Some older alums object to the “softening” of college life. (1894) Electric lights! (1895) Central heating plant is built. (1898)

Radio club is founded. (1922) Profs use photostat machines to create handouts. Computer in N.Y.C. is remotely accessed from McNutt Hall—a world first. (1940)

WDCR-AM begins broadcasting. College gets its first computer—an desk-sized LGP-30. (1959;

642 (1900) $125 (1910)

1,815 (1920) $450 (1940)

2,599 (1950) $1,400 (1960)

1963-1993

1994-2019

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Carnival Queen contest is abolished. (1972) First Pow Wow. (1973) ROTC phases out (1969-73) and returns. (1985) Hood Museum opens to acclaim. (1985)

President Jim Wright announces Student Life Initiative to improve out-of-classroom experience. (1999) The house system is created. (2015)

CAMPUS

Doms. (1945) rozen orange )ture. (1950) )f 1)

First women’s secret society—Cobra—forms. (1978) Dartmouth Review is launched. (1980) DGALA is founded. (1984) N.H. raises drinking age to 20 (1979) then 21. (1985) Safer Sex kit debuts on campus. (1987)

Keggy! (2003) First Dartmouth Idol. (2008) Students run multiple laps around bonfire for final time. (2017)

STUDENT LIFE

on sex, (1957) ther comes first (1964)

College admits 75 women as exchange students. (1969) Native American program is established. (1970) Trustees unanimously approve coeducation. (1971), Women’s studies launches. (1978)

A descendant of Samson Occom graduates. (2000) Dartmouth names a record 12 valedictorians and salutatorians. (2015) Cheating scandal claims 64 students. (2015)

PROFESSORS & ACADEMICS

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Back-to-back Ivy football champs. (1969-1973; 1981-82; 1990-92) Women’s sports: tennis, lacrosse, basketball, skiing, squash, and field hockey. (1972) Ski jump is dismantled. (1993)

Gridders are Ivy League champs. (1996, 2015) Swimming, diving teams are temporarily abolished. (2002)

SPORTS

Direct flights to Detroit, Chicago, and six other cities from Lebanon Airport. (1969)

Dartmouth Coach runs vans to Logan Airport (1990s) and buses to N.Y.C. (2009) Uber! (2017) Train to N.Y.C. still takes 6.5 hours. (2019)

GETTING HERE

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Presidential candidates begin flocking to New Hampshire. Record high temp of 103 on Aug. 2,1975. Record 31-inch snowfall on Christmas Day. (1978)

Pop. 11,260 (2010) Starbucks opens. (2012) Bye-bye, EBAs (2017), Dartmouth Bookstore. (2018)

HANOVER

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Vietnam rages. Students occupy Parkhurst. (1969) Apartheid protest on the Green. (1985) Shanties destroyed. (1986)

Eleven alums die on 9/11. (2001) Occupy Wall Street becomes Occupy Dartmouth in front of Collis. (2011-12)

WORLD EVENTS

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Bye-bye, beanies. Freshmen go capless. (1973) Streakers do their thing. (1974) Rugby shirts, down vests, and long hair. (1977)

J. Crew opens in Hanover. (2013) Canada Goose parkas and tattoos make their mark.

FASHION

(1958) 00-pound,

Campus cable TV premieres. (1977) Computer cost included in financial aid. (1984) Blitzmail! (1987) Students required to own a computer. (1991)

Dartmouth launches first web page. (1994) Campus goes wireless. (2001) iPhone! (2007) College application is available only online. (2007) Last pay phone removed from campus. (2014)

TECHNOLOGY

3,483 (1980) $2,550 (1970); $4,445/term (1988)

4,410 (2017) $53,496 (2018)

ENROLLMENT/ TUITION