Class Note 1943

In the last decade the College has increased the number of faculty members by 18 percent; reduced the student-faculty ratio from 9-1 to 8-1; brought faculty compensation to the level of our peers; and increased minority and international student enrollments to 45 percent. Dartmouth’s fall term has been changed to end at Thanksgiving, a week earlier than in the past so students can be home for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.


Professor Kirk Vandewalle, Dartmouth’s Libya specialist, has been named political advisor to the United Nations special advisor, Ian Martin, who is coordinating the UN planning for Libya once the fighting there subsides.


Eighteen more colleges and universities have joined the original 14 in the fight against binge drinking. The drive, started by President Kim last May, will bring together teams from each campus three times in 18 months to share their experiences and develop strategies.


Two hundred fifty years ago a small party of surveyors and laborers traveled north from Connecticut into a wilderness that became Hanover. Starting in early July the town’s anniversary celebrations have included fireworks, entertainment on the Green and lectures about Hanover’s early history.


The Big Green, mired near or at the bottom of the football poll, has now moved up to fifth place and opened the season with its first night game in Hanover against Penn on October 1.


I regret to report the death of John F. Harvey.


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