President-elect Philip J. Hanlon ’77 was given a warm welcome home on January 11, when he filled Spaulding Auditorium to overflowing. His Hanover visit was a great success; he will be returning to take over the president’s office in mid June.


Starting with the class of 2018 Dartmouth will stop giving credit to incoming students for AP courses taken in their secondary schools. In a test case there was a 90-percent failure rate for the AP students when given the exam taken by Dartmouth students who had finished the same courses as Dartmouth freshmen. Though this was a controversial decision, it is one many other colleges have been concerned with too.


For the fourth year in a row Dartmouth has received the top spot for its commitment to teaching in the U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of U.S. colleges and universities. Dartmouth was ranked No. 10 overall and No. 1 in the “high school counselor picks” category. Three cheers for Dartmouth’s investment advisors! For the 2012 fiscal year Dartmouth earned 5.8 percent, thus increasing its endowment by $73 million for a total of $3.486 billion. The heavy snow came at just the wrong time for Winter Carnival, ruining the statue in the middle of the Green and forcing some skiing events to be postponed a week, others to be moved to Stowe. Final results: University of Vermont, No. 1, followed by Dartmouth and Middlebury. Dartmouth has a star in their midst! Drama professor Jamie Horton played the role of U.S. Rep. Giles Stuart in the new smash movie, Lincoln.


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