This issue is excerpted from Rauner Library’s The War Years at Dartmouth. Sonny Drury’s dad came back to Dartmouth from Cleveland for a couple of years to get his civil engineering degree, but the family loved Hanover so much that he put his shingle over Main Street, “Dan Drury, Civil Engineer,” and he and his wife lived there for the rest of their lives. When President Hopkins walked down the street, “People would pour out of the stores to shake his hand.” While he was quite elderly and was not visible, “He met privately in his office with every student.” Sonny felt the town-and-gown relationship was very close. Most of the College officers were citizens of the town and had children in Hanover High School who knew they were going on to Dartmouth. Skiing was paramount to Sonny, and he and Olympian Colin Stewart anchored the high school and Dartmouth teams. The Dartmouth Outing Club was a major attraction to Sonny from his first hike over Mount Washington the July 4th weekend in 1944 immediately after he entered Dartmouth. Warren Daniell has a strong memory of John Sloan Dickey, who became president in the fall of 1945. He commented: “Dickey was a mover and a shaker and basically he picked the College up from the Depression and war years and started going ahead. One of the very positive impressions I had of the College was the ‘Great Issues’ course, where he was able to bring in practically everybody of positive notoriety in the government. It was a tremendous experience to listen to all those people.” Pete Foster commented: “One of the things I have always appreciated about Dartmouth is that there was no segregation or distinction difference made by anyone, either in the administration, faculty or other undergraduates. It was as if we were all brothers together.” John Van Raalte and Iboth enjoyed playing varsity squash and tennis and remember coach Red Hoehn as a good friend.The students really supported the athletic teams. As John said,“When Joe Sullivan was going through the line he had the whole school behind him.”

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