During the 1960s, chariot racing took root during Green Key Weekend. The tradition, shown here in 1975, involved fraternities constructing chariots—unsteady and unbalanced—which they would haul around a track on the Green while being assailed by eggs, condiments, flour, and other debris.
Earl Thomson, class of 1920 (above), wins gold in the 110-meter hurdles at the Antwerp, Belgium, Olympics the same year he graduated. Nearly 100 years later, Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20 (below), holder of…
New York Yankees third baseman Red Rolfe ’31 (above, No. 2) can’t stop Mickey Owen of the Brooklyn Dodgers from sliding safely into third after he tripled in game one of the 1941 World Series. The…
Rent rocked the Moore Theater in a series of sold- out February performances. Composer Jonathan Larson developed the play during a New York Theatre Workshop residency at Dartmouth two years before…
Chiharu “Chick” Igaya ’57 gets airborne while training for three events at the Squaw Valley, California, games: the slalom, giant slalom, and the downhill. “I used ‘cha-cha’ to describe the way I…
Five alums skated for the U. S. hockey team, which settled for a fourth-place finish at the outdoor rink in St. Moritz, Switzerland: Stanton Priddy ’43, Tu’44 (wearing glasses), Bruce Mather ’47 (to…
Speed skater Jack Shea ’34, competing in his hometown of Lake Placid, New York, wins the second heat of the 1,500-meter race en route to becoming the first American to win two gold medals at one…
Since closing down last year, much of the former Hanover Country Club has gone to seed. By July the course was unplayable, as seen in this aerial view of the ninth green and eighth tee. For a look…
Commencement was held at Memorial Field on Sunday, June 13, with limited attendance and plentiful sunshine. The football stadium, which last hosted a graduation ceremony in 1995, allowed for better…
The Dartmouth Indoor Practice Facility dwarfs men’s lacrosse coach Brendan Callahan as he faces the east end of the mammoth field. “We have already seen a boost in recruiting across the country,” he…
Last March, shortly after the College was emptied and thrust into pandemic mode, College multimedia manager Robert Gill captured the snow-covered and deserted campus with a Mavic drone. “I’m always…
