Applications for the class of 2019 were up by more than 6 percent, totaling just under 20,500. More than 10 percent designated Dartmouth as their first choice and an increased number of those accepted are the first in their families to attend college.


The remodeling of the football stadium, which we discussed earlier, will feature wider aisles and concourses, hand rails and modern restrooms. It will also include a premium chair-back section on the 50-yard line and accessible seating on three levels connected by an elevator. The press box, also accessible by elevator, will have all the latest technology. Work will be finished in early fall, before the start of the football season.


New scholastic ventures: Dartmouth recently introduced its first online course, “An Introduction to Environmental Science.” Off-campus this fall Dartmouth will offer a program in Santa Fe, New Mexico, focusing on Native American art, tribal law and government. This first-time off-campus Native American program will make it possible for students to see an actual tribal conference or tribal court in action.


DHMC was given a 90.89-percent efficiency rating, which placed it No. 4 among hospitals in the United States, according to the University Health System Consortium.


Are you one of the 7,000 who visit the Dartmouth website each day? Favorite sections are those for current or prospective students, then the sections on academics and research.


We regret to report the deaths of classmates Derek Van Quackenbush and Philip Preston Brooks Jr., our class president for many years. Our condolences to their families. 


—John M. Jenkins, 80 Lyme Road, Apt. 304, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-2757; mmjenkins@kahres.org