This article contains detailed information on a number of student groups at
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A cappella singing groups
The Dartmouth Aires
Dartmouth College's oldest
a cappella
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singing group, the Aires were originally formed as the ''Injunaires'' in 1946 as an offshoot of the college Glee Club; the Dartmouth Aires broke with the Glee Club in the late 1970s.
Although the Aires usually have about sixteen members, group numbers vary on a term-to-term basis. Auditions are held at the beginning of every fall term. Members of the Aires pick what songs to arrange based on the group's tastes. Because the Aires are such a diverse group, they end up singing a lot of different styles. Currently, much of their repertoire consists of popular songs from the 1980s, 90s, and 00s, but it also includes many traditional Dartmouth songs, a few 1950s and 1960s tunes, selected
hip hop tracks, and the occasional
musical theater
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piece.
The Aires perform an average of two or three times a term at Dartmouth. They frequently take weekend road-trips, singing and reveling at other colleges, performing for high school music festivals, and entertaining at Dartmouth alumni clubs. Every winter break, the Aires tour the Eastern Seaboard, while travelling further afield every spring. Recent spring tours have taken them to
Costa Rica
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,
Paris
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,
Italy
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,
Colorado
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, a few of the
Hawaiian Islands
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Florida
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, and
California
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.
Recent Aires accolades include winning the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (CARA) for Best All-Male Collegiate Album for both their 2003 and 2005 album releases, as well as selection for Varsity Vocals' ''Best Of Collegiate A Cappella'' compilation CD in 2003, 2005 and 2008, and selection for the ''Voices Only'' compilation CD in 2005, 2006 and 2008. Their most recent album, ''Extraordinaire'', is featured on both compilations. They were scheduled to release a new album, ''fresh aire'', in June 2011.
In 2011, they competed in
season 3
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of ''
The Sing Off
''The Sing-Off'' was an American television singing competition featuring a cappella groups. It debuted on NBC on December 14, 2009, and was produced by Sony Pictures Television and Outlaw Productions, with Mark Burnett's One Three Media (for a ...
'', a national reality show. Out of 16 original contestants, they have made it into the top three, finishing as first runner-up.
The Dartmouth Brovertones
The Dartmouth Brovertones are Dartmouth's second oldest all-male a cappella group, founded in 1993. The group was originally named Final Cut, and was traditionally known for singing popular songs from the 80's and 90's. The Brovertones (or Bros) have since expanded their repertoire to include modern hits. Brovertones' repertoire includes a varied mix of approximately 30 songs ranging from "
House of the Rising Sun
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" to a mash-up of "
Bailando" and "
Despacito
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". The group has four albums, including ''Bro & Tell'', released in May 2012.
The Dartmouth Brovertones' winter tours have included Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Louisville, Nashville and Atlanta. They have also performed at
Brown University
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,
Princeton University
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,
Tufts University
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, Georgetown University, Smith College,
Middlebury College
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,
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Yale University
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, and WPI. They hold competitive auditions every fall in conjunction with other campus a cappella groups.
In a March 2018 charity competition sponsored by Kappa Delta sorority, the Dartmouth Brovertones edged out every other participating performing arts group on campus (including
The Dartmouth Aires
The Dartmouth Aires is an Ivy League a cappella group from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The group rose to fame in the third season of the NBC musical competition ''The Sing-Off'', placing runner-up behind international a cappell ...
), cementing their status as 2018's most popular Dartmouth a cappella group per
popular vote
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. In Fall 2018, the Brovertones released the album ''Bro Ties'' on streaming platforms, featuring Brovertones from five different class years making music with their mouths.
The Dartmouth Cords
The Dartmouth Cords are an all-male singing group founded in 1996 which usually consists of around 20 members. They are known for wearing corduroy to every performance. Their repertoire includes
pop,
rock
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,
hip-hop, and traditional Dartmouth songs. Voice parts include
tenor
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s,
baritone
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s,
basses
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and vocal percussionists. The group incorporates
choreography
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, comedic skits, and visual media to enhance their shows. These fine gentlemen love three things above all else: good music, good times, and a good pair of corduroys.
The Cords have an annual tour during winter break where they travel to sing at colleges and alumni venues throughout the country. Past tours have included Florida, the Midwest and numerous places in the Northeast. During the spring term the group hold sing-outs where Cords alumni from past years come back to Dartmouth to sing Cord's songs. In the spring of 2011 the Cords traveled to South Korea for their first international tour. This tour consisted of singing at South Korean high schools and colleges including
Yonsei University
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where they opened for the US Ambassador to South Korea before a panel discussion.
Their CD ''Elements of Style'', released in 2002, has won awards from the nation collegiate a cappella organizations CASA and Varsity Vocals. They have had a song featured in the ''Best of Collegiate A Cappella'' compilation album. Their other recordings include ''Against the Grain'' (1999), ''Accordingly'' (1997), ''No Size Fits All'' (2008), and ''Tailor Made'' (2014).
Auditions for the Cords are held at the beginning of every fall term.
Dartmouth Bartenders
The Dartmouth Bartenders are an all-male a cappella group focusing on mixing diverse styles of music into self-made mash-ups. They were founded by a group of seven members in 2010 and were originally known as Dartmouth Taal, which was a South Asian Fusion a cappella group. The group was founded with the goal of blending popular American music with
Bollywood
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tunes. Their arrangements vary from somber to fun but try to maintain a coherency between the blended songs.
Dartmouth Decibelles
The Dartmouth Decibelles are the oldest all-female a cappella group at Dartmouth College. They were created with twelve founding members as the Dartmouth Distractions in 1976 and later changed their name to Woodswind before finally settling on the Dartmouth Decibelles a few years later. The group began as an offshoot of the Dartmouth Glee Club. Although they are no longer affiliated, many of the group's members are prominently featured as part of the Glee Club.
The group typically has between 16 ad 20 members at a time, though the number of active members varies on a term-by-term basis due to the nature of the college's D-Plan. They hold auditions for new members at the beginning of each fall term.
The Decibelles are known for singing music across all genres and their repertoire includes
Adele
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,
fun.
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Fun fo ...
,
Earth, Wind & Fire
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, and
Etta James
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. They perform frequently on Dartmouth's campus as well as at alumni clubs and other undergraduate institutions. Their tours have included
New York City
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,
Boston
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,
Montreal
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, and
London
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.
In 2007, the Decibelles' cover of ''
Everytime We Touch'' by
Cascada
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was featured on ''Voices Only'', a college a cappella compilation CD. They have produced seven albums: ''Conversing'' (1993), ''Belley'' (1996), ''Iridescence'' (1998), ''Vintage'' (2001), ''Platinum'' (2004), ''Distraction'' (2007), and ''Saved by the Belles'' (2012).
Dartmouth Rockapellas
The Dartmouth Rockapellas, often called "The Rocks", were founded on February 7, 1989, with a musical and political purpose: to spread social awareness by performing "freedom songs". Members have included actresses
Aisha Tyler
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(a founding member) and
Mindy Kaling
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(class of 2001).
The Rockapellas has typically consisted of around 16 members. Their repertoire of over 100 songs includes hip-hop, country and pop. They have toured the United States, the
Bahamas
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,
Hawaii
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, and Anguilla in the British West Indies. They most recently toured
Nepal
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सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
where they supported The Nepal Foundation and hiked the Annapurna Circuit in the Himalayas. They have competed in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella ICCA tournament, and have been featured on ''Varsity Vocals' Best Of Collegiate Acappella'' CD. The Rockapellas' recordings include "Live Free" 2011, "Testimony" 2009, ''BARE'' 2003, ''Velvet Rocks'' 1999, ''Think On These Things'' 1996, ''Off the Track'' 1994, and ''Definitions'' 1992.
Dartmouth Subtleties
The Dartmouth Subtleties is an all-female a cappella group on campus, Founded in the winter of 1998. They are known as a musically talented group of independent women who emphasize musical innovation through arrangements and creative performances. Extensive choreography, new sounds, colorful costumes, and uproarious skits have all become part of the Subtleties' style.
Their repertoire includes
pop,
rap
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,
rock
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, and other musical genres. Membership varies from term to term but is usually between 11 and 16 members. Auditions are held at the beginning of every fall term and as necessary.
The Dartmouth Subtleties are currently finishing their second album, the follow-up to their 2003 debut, ''Irony''. The Subtleties tour the country every winter, performing everywhere from
New York City
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to
Colonial Williamsburg
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to
Orlando, Florida
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. During their 2007 winter tour, they went to Washington D.C. and, in addition to performing at local hospitals and events, sang at the White House and the State Department.
Dartmouth Dodecaphonics
The Dartmouth Dodecaphonics ("Dodecs") is Dartmouth's oldest and premier gender-inclusive a cappella group. The group was created in 1984 by 12 founding members (hence, "Dodeca"). They sing mainly contemporary pop music, with arrangements by such artists and groups as
Queen
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,
Maroon 5
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,
Whitney Houston
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,
Evanescence
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, and
Alanis Morissette
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. They also sing
doo-wop
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favorites, 1980s songs, traditionals, Dartmouth songs, and sometimes
disco
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. The Dodecs was the first Dartmouth group to be recognized on ''Best Of Collegiate A Cappella'', a compilation a cappella CD, with their rendition of the
Smashing Pumpkins
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' "Drown." Dodecs released their album ''Hooked on Dodecaphonics'' in 2012 and were planning to release a new album in the fall of 2016.
They have competed in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella tournament and recently been featured on ''
Voices Only'', a nationally competitive compilation CD, with their rendition of
Jason Mraz
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's "Geek In The Pink". They write all of their own arrangements and are known for comical background parts and "special parts" or fun harmonies and special solos. The Dodecs perform in fraternities in sororities around campus, do at least one charity show per school term, and were scheduled to perform at Homecoming events and the local Woodstock Inn in the fall of 2016.
The Dodecs go on a tour after every fall term. Recent destinations have included Hawaii, Orlando, San Francisco, Berkeley (CA), Boston, Chicago, New York City, Dallas, and Washington, D.C.. Tours include shows at Dartmouth alumni events, schools in the area, hotels, and businesses. The Dodecs host and visit several other a cappella groups in the area. The group also attends an annual cabin trip at the end of every academic year.
The Dartmouth Sings
The Dartmouth Sings is one of Dartmouth's gender-inclusive a cappella groups. "Dartmouth's only formerly fictional a cappella group" owes its original name (The Sing Dynasty) to the comedic acuity of
Stephen Colbert
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, who allegedly went to Dartmouth and participated in an a cappella group of the same name.
Since its founding in 2008, the Sings have prided themselves in their commitment to extending membership on the sole basis of vocal excellence and performance. Upholding this standard has continuously distinguished the group as a remarkably diverse and undeniably talented organization on campus.
The members of the Dartmouth Sings perform all of their own arrangements and choreography, and have an extensive repertoire extending beyond pop and folk music, delving into R&B, Motown, musical theater, rap, and Dartmouth traditionals, among others. The Sings draw significant influence from artists such as Regina Spektor, Mumford and Sons, and Sufjan Stevens, while also dabbling in pop icons such as Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, and Taylor Swift. The group tours the nation annually performing at various venues in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., San Diego, New York, Chicago, Boston, and Honolulu. In December 2015, the Sing Dynasty was selected to perform at the 74th Pearl Harbor Commemoration Events at Pearl Harbor, Oahu. The following year, The Sings were again invited to perform at the 75th Pearl Harbor Commemoration Events at Pearl Harbor and performed for the Obamas at the White House Annual Holiday Party. The group won the 2015 Colby-Sawyer College A Cappella Off.
The group's first album, ''Ask Me About My Flannel'', was released in the spring of 2013, with a second, "Convocation," released in fall 2018. The group has collaborated with and hosted several other a cappella groups from various colleges across the nation.
The Sings are made up of 21 students of varying backgrounds, interests, Greek houses, and majors. Each fall, offers of membership are extended to selected auditionees after a competitive audition process.
X.ado
X.ado is a co-ed Christian a cappella group. X.ado's name is derived from ancient Greek. The "X" is the Greek letter chi, the first letter in the word Christos, which means "Christ." The letter by itself was used by early Christians as a symbol for Christ. The "ado" means "to sing to or sing for." Together, they describe X.ado's reason for existence: to sing for Christ.
X.ado was founded by a group of Christian '94s, '95s, and '96s in 1992. The group had seven members, male and female, and lasted for about a year before gradually fading away. The vision didn't die, however, and the group was reborn in the winter of 1995. The first winter tour lasted in Boston for four days during winter break in 1997.
The group's repertoire mainly consists of Christian rock/praise songs, often combined with choreography and a humorous skit. There are some more traditional hymns such as "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" and "
And Can it Be?"
Because of the group's religious nature, auditions are held separately from the rest of the a cappella groups on campus, usually a day earlier but still during orientation.
X.ado has also been well represented in the annual "Dartmouth Idol" contest. In the 2008 edition, two members made the semi-finals (while one advanced to the finals) and there were three members in the finals of the 2009 edition—half of the field. X.ado goes on tour after every fall term for about a week to various geographic locations which have included New York City (2007) and Baltimore/D.C. (2008).
Dartmouth Dermatones
In the fall of 1993, the Dermatones debuted in Gross Anatomy with "Only You," dedicated to their classmates and faculty. Since then, the group has grown to 15–25 members.
Other musical organizations
These organizations include the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble, Dartmouth Brass Society, Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra, Dartmouth Chamber Singers,
Dartmouth College Marching Band
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About the DCMB
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, Dartmouth College Glee Club, Dartmouth Gospel Choir, Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, Dartmouth Wind Symphony, Handel Society of Dartmouth College, and World Music Percussion Ensemble. In addition to official school music groups, there exists a number of student bands on campus. As of 2019, the three most active and well-known are Shark, Moon Unit, and Read Receipts. The group Fake Nudes disbanded at the end of the 2019 school-year following the graduation of the majority of its members.
Dartmouth College Glee Club
A group of more than 40 distinguished choral singers performing classical works, the club's ever-increasing repertory spans five centuries, including many of the masterworks of choral-orchestral literature, fully staged opera, operettas and musicals, a cappella works and the cherished songs of Dartmouth College.
Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra
The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is the resident orchestra of the
Hopkins Center for the Arts
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at Dartmouth College. Conducted by Anthony Princiotti, the DSO performs standard works from the symphonic repertoire (while also including some works off the beaten path). The 2009–2010 season included Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Beethoven Symphony No. 5, and Brahms Symphony No. 3. The DSO's performance of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto was performed with Philip Back '10. The 2013–2014 season includes Schumann Piano Concerto, Brahms Symphony No. 4, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Copland's Appalachian Spring, and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. The season features student soloists from the Class of 2014. In the spring of 2015, the DSO performed
Mahler's Sixth Symphony.
The orchestra traveled to Europe (Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria) in December 2008. In December 2014, the orchestra toured in eastern Europe, performing in Budapest, Belgrade and Sarajevo. The DSO performs in the Hopkins Center's Spaulding Auditorium during the fall, winter and spring terms.
Dartmouth Wind Symphony
Consisting mostly of non-music majors, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony (DWS) performs three official concerts a year, one each academic term (except for summer), at the college's performing arts center. The current director is
Matthew Marsit
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.
The DWS also plays joint concerts each winter term with another college or university's wind ensemble. Past exchanges have taken place with
Yale
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,
MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the m ...
,
McGill McGill is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, from which the names of many places and organizations are derived. It may refer to:
People
* McGill (surname) (including a list of individuals with the surname)
* McGill family (Monrovia), a promin ...
, and the
New England Conservatory
The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The conservatory is located on Hu ...
. On these exchanges, the DWS plays one half of the concert while the visiting school plays the other. The DWS also visits the other school and plays half the concert there.
The DWS has hosted many special guests for its concerts, including the
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic, officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., globally known as New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra based in New York City. It is ...
's
Phil Smith, and the long-running star of
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
's ''
Phantom of the Opera
''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierr ...
'',
Ted Keegan. These guests usually play a few selections with the Wind Symphony as well as solo pieces on their own.
Dartmouth Brass Society
Founded in 2001, the Dartmouth Brass Society is a student-run organization with a membership of over twenty
brass instrument
A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips. Brass instruments are also called labrosones or labrophones, from Latin a ...
alists. It has several component groups, including
brass quintet
A brass quintet is a five-piece musical ensemble composed of brass instruments. The instrumentation for a brass quintet typically includes two trumpets or cornets, one French horn, one trombone or euphonium/baritone horn, and one tuba or bass t ...
s and
trombone
The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...
quartets. Certain groups receive professional coaching in conjunction with the Music Department's for-credit chamber music program.
The DBS has played original compositions by Dartmouth students and often collaborates with the Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra. Its performances feature a variety of works, ranging from
baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
to
contemporary music
Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included serial ...
.
Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra
Founded as an offshoot of the Music Department's conducting class, the Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra was founded by Katherine Domingo '96 and has become famous as the school's only student-run orchestra. A student conductor and president choose the music and set the venues for each concert, which consist of a wide variety of music.
The Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra holds three concerts per term - in the fall, the DCO usually takes on a more traditional repertoire (such as Haydn, Rossini, and Mozart), while in the spring, the Chamber Orchestra prides itself on performing composition from Dartmouth student composers. In the winter, the group takes a more liberal approach, playing whatever the conductor chooses. Past selections have included Benjamin Britten's "Young Persons' Guide to the Orchestra," ''Star Wars'', video game music, and classic waltzes.
Though the group receives no official funding from the school, the Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra maintains its presence on campus through help from various grants from the Music Department and the Committee on Student Organizations.
Dartmouth College Marching Band
The DCMB is the oldest
marching band
A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Most marching bands wear a uniform, ofte ...
in the Ivy League; it was formed during the 1890s as "The Dartmouth Band". The DCMB's instrumentation is chiefly traditional, but also features a keg section (hit with a stick as a percussion instrument) and kazoos. During the fall, the band performs at all home football games, as well as a few away games. The DCMB also has a winter band that performs at hockey, basketball, and other events. The band continues to play traditional fight songs that have been played at Dartmouth football games for nearly a century.
Drama and performance
Soul Scribes
The Dartmouth Soul Scribes, founded in 2004, is the only group at Dartmouth dedicated exclusively to performance poetry. It has enjoyed much popularity and success since its inception. The Scribes have made multiple appearances at the national College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational and were the 2012 champions of the Wade Lewis Poetry Slam Invitational (the nation's second largest collegiate slam). The group has opened for a number of world-renowned slam poets including
Roger Bonair-Agard
Roger Bonair-Agard is a poet and performance artist. He has made numerous television and radio appearances, has led countless workshops and lectures, and has performed his poetry at many US universities as well as at international festivals in Ger ...
,
Derrick C. Brown,
Andrea Gibson
Andrea Gibson (born August 13, 1975) is an American poet and activist from Calais, Maine, who has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 1999. Gibson's poetry focuses on gender norms, politics, social reform, and LGBTQ topics.
Personal life
Gibson ...
,
Sarah Kay (poet), Phil Kaye,
Taylor Mali
Taylor McDowell Mali (born March 28, 1965) is an American slam poet, humorist, teacher, and voiceover artist.
Life
A 12th-generation native of New York City, Taylor Mali graduated from the Collegiate School, a private school for boys, in 1983 ...
,
Anis Mojgani
Anis Mojgani (Persian: انیس مژگانی) (born June 13, 1977) is an American spoken word poet, visual artist and musician based in Portland, Oregon. Mojgani has been characterized as a "geek genius" with "fiercely hopeful word arias."
Ear ...
, Shihan, and
Buddy Wakefield
Kenneth Zane Beasley III (born June 4, 1974), known as Buddy Wakefield, is an American spoken word artist, a three-time poetry slam world champion, and the most toured performance poet in history. His works have been released by Strange Famous R ...
. Membership in the Soul Scribes is open; there are no auditions. On campus, the group hosts writing and performance workshops, open mics, and competitive slams. They perform at a variety of venues and events across campus and frequently collaborate with other student organizations
Casual Thursday
Casual Thursday is an
improv comedy
Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers. In its purest form, the dialogue, a ...
troupe that performs at Dartmouth. Casual Thursday usually focuses on
shortform games in their shows, although the group also performs
sketch shows at least twice a year. The group was founded in 2001, by members of the Class of 2004. Casual Thursday regularly visits other colleges and travels to other states, often participating in professional improv comedy workshops.
Sit-Down Tragedy (stand-up comedy group)
Founded in the fall of 2007 by ''
Jack-O-Lantern
A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin or a root vegetable such as a rutabaga or turnip. Jack-o'-lanterns are associated with the Halloween holiday. Its name comes from the reported phenomen ...
'' editor-in-chief Fred Meyer, the Dartmouth Stand-Up Comedy Group received college recognition on February 13, 2008, after having existed unofficially for a few months beforehand, holding open mics at restaurants around campus. In the winter of 2009, after electing a new president, the group re-christened itself "Sit-Down Tragedy," and has continued to grow in popularity. Unlike an improv group, Sit-Down Tragedy holds weekly meetings to workshop and plan material before it ends up getting performed on stage. Aside from performing comedy themselves, the group regularly invites professional comedians to come perform along with them. Past performers including Dartmouth Alumna
Aisha Tyler
Aisha Nilaja Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, director, and talk show host. She is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of ''Ghost Whisperer'', Tara Lewis (Criminal Minds), Dr. Tara Lewis in ''Crimi ...
, and popular gay comedian
Vidur Kapur. Many performers end up coming from the (relatively) nearby Boston area, like
Dan Boulger,
Zach Sherwin
Zach Sherwin (born July 1, 1980) is an American comedian, rapper, writer, and actor best known for writing for and performing in the ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' YouTube series, as well as writing for ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' on The CW. He sp ...
,
Dana Jay Bein and
Mehran Khaghani
Mehran Khaghani ( fa, مهران خاقانی; born May 25, 1976) is a British-American standup comedian, comedic director, and comedy event producer based in the Boston Metro area, of Iranian descent. In 2010, a reader survey in the Boston P ...
.
Dog Day Players
The Dog Day Players, established in 1995, is Dartmouth's oldest improv comedy group. Successor to the original improv group founded in the 1980s "Said and Done" which included alums Al Samuels '88 (Writer-Director of ''50 Shades! The Musical Parody'', Sports Action Network, Second City) Andrew Asnes '87 (Dancer-aul Taylor Dance Co, Broadway Producer-''The Color Purple'' Musical, ''Legally Blonde the Musical'', ''50 Shades! The Musical Parody''),
Rachel Dratch
Rachel Susan Dratch (born February 22, 1966) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. After she graduated from Dartmouth College she moved to Chicago to study improvisational theatre at The Second City and ImprovOlympic.
Her breakthrough ro ...
'88 (''
SNL''),
Mindy Kaling
Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979),Additional archive on June 25, 2015. known professionally as Mindy Kaling (), is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer. She first gained recognition starring as Kelly Kapoor in the N ...
'01 (''
The Office
''The Office'' is a mockumentary sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, first made in the United Kingdom, then Germany, and subsequently the United States. It has since been remade in ten other countries.
The original series of ...
''), and more. Dog Day's shows tend to be in
longform style. The group, which usually numbers between 10 and 12, regularly performs on campus, participates in comedy festivals and workshops, and visits other collegiate improv groups. Dog Day holds auditions for new members each fall.
The Harlequins
The Harlequins is the only student-run musical production organization at
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...
. It was founded in 1995 and produces musicals. Its first production was
Godspell
''Godspell'' is a musical composed by Stephen Schwartz with book by John-Michael Tebelak. The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set to lyrics from traditional hymn ...
, a musical about the new testament written by
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre lyricist and composer. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as ''Godspell'' (1971), ''Pippin'' (1972), and ''Wicked'' (20 ...
, performed in
Dartmouth Hall
Dartmouth Hall is the name for two buildings constructed on the same site and same stone foundation at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, since 1784. The current brick building was largely constructed from 1904 to 1906.
History
Construct ...
in 1995. Other productions have included ''
Guys and Dolls
''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also bo ...
'', ''
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (254–184 BC), specifica ...
'' (2001) by
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with sho ...
, ''
Taxi-Cabaret'' (2002), ''
Jesus Christ Superstar
''Jesus Christ Superstar'' is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the Passion, the work interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with ...
'', ''Love, Sex and Everything in Between'' (a revue done in fall, 2002), ''
A Chorus Line
''A Chorus Line'' is a 1975 musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante.
Set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater, the musical is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers ...
'' (2003), ''
Little Shop of Horrors'' (2003) by
Alan Menken
Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer, best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores and songs for ''The Little Mermaid'' (1989), ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), ''A ...
, ''That's Entertainment'' (a revue done in fall, 2003), ''
The Last Five Years
''The Last Five Years'' is a musical written by Jason Robert Brown. It premiered at Chicago's Northlight Theatre in 2001 and was then produced Off-Broadway in March 2002. Since then it has had numerous productions both in the United States an ...
'' (By Jason Robert Brown) (2004), ''
Pippin
Pippin or Pepin may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Pippin (comics), ''Pippin'' (comics), a children's comic produced from 1966 to 1986
* Pippin (musical), ''Pippin'' (musical), a Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz loosely based on the life ...
'' (2004) (By Stephen Schwartz), ''
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' is a 1967 musical with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and (in a 1999 revision) Andrew Lippa. It is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip ''Peanuts''. The musical ...
'' (2004) and the first summer show ''A Summer Revue'' produced in 2004. The revue consisted of 18 musical numbers from musicals as diverse as
Adam Guettel
Adam Guettel (; born December 16, 1964) is an American composer- lyricist of musical theater and opera. The grandson of musical theatre composer Richard Rodgers, he is best known for his musical '' The Light in the Piazza'', for which he won the ...
's ''
Myths and Hymns
''Myths and Hymns'' (originally known as ''Saturn Returns'') is a song cycle by composer Adam Guettel, based on Greek myth and lyrics found in an antique hymnal.
''Myths and Hymns'' was first performed Off-Broadway, under the title ''Saturn Retu ...
'',
Cy Coleman
Cy Coleman (born Seymour Kaufman; June 14, 1929 – November 18, 2004) was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.
Life and career
Coleman was born Seymour Kaufman in New York City, United States, to Eastern European Jewish parents ...
's ''
City of Angels'',
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948), is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, ...
's ''
Sunset Boulevard
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'', and
Jason Robert Brown
Jason Robert Brown (born June 20, 1970) is an American musical theatre composer, lyricist, and playwright. Brown's music sensibility fuses pop-rock stylings with theatrical lyrics. He is the recipient of three Tony Awards for his work on ''Parad ...
's ''
Songs For a New World
''Songs for a New World'' is a work of musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger ...
''. , the group consists of over 300 student singers, instrumentalists, production staff-members and officers, and hopes to put on additional shows at Dartmouth each term in the coming year.
The Dartmouth Rude Mechanicals
The Dartmouth Rude Mechanicals (TDRM) is a highly competitive student-run
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
company that focuses on communal casting, directing, production and acting among its members. Founded in the fall of 2008, the Rude Mechanicals produce one Shakespeare play per term in minimalist fashion using the ''
First Folio
''Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies'' is a collection of plays by William Shakespeare, commonly referred to by modern scholars as the First Folio, published in 1623, about seven years after Shakespeare's death. It is cons ...
'', no set, and costumes mostly garnered from members' closets. The Rude Mechanicals' productions have included such favorites as ''
Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vio ...
'', ''
As You Like It
''As You Like It'' is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has b ...
'', ''
Macbeth
''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...
'', ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream
''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...
'', ''
The Tempest'', ''
Much Ado About Nothing
''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...
'', ''
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'', ''
Cymbeline
''Cymbeline'' , also known as ''The Tragedie of Cymbeline'' or ''Cymbeline, King of Britain'', is a play by William Shakespeare set in British Iron Age, Ancient Britain () and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerni ...
'', and ''
The Merry Wives of Windsor
''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' or ''Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a ref ...
''. In 2010, the Council on Student Organizations (COSO) presented the Rude Mechanicals with the award for "Best New Student Organization." The Rude Mechanicals audition for new members at the end of the fall term and occasionally at the end of the winter term.
Publications
Dartmouth features many magazines funded by its Council on Student Organizations (COSO) as well as at least two independently funded newspapers, ''
The Dartmouth
''The Dartmouth'' is the daily student newspaper at Dartmouth College and America's oldest college newspaper. Originally named the ''Dartmouth Gazette'', the first issue was published on August 27, 1799, under the motto "Here range the world—e ...
'' and the ''
Dartmouth Review
''The Dartmouth Review'' is a conservative newspaper at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Founded in 1980 by a number of staffers from the College's daily newspaper, ''The Dartmouth,'' the paper is most famous for having ...
''. For more information on college publications, see
Dartmouth College publications
Dartmouth College and its students publish a number of journals, reviews, and magazines, including the Aegis (the school's yearbook) and the Dartmouth Law Journal, a nationally recognized law publication run by undergraduate students.
The Aegis
T ...
. Dartmouth's "Collegiate Journal of Art History" is the first such academic art history journal in the country.
Political groups
Campus political groups regularly host events for presidential candidates and other well-known politicians in conjunction with Dartmouth's
Nelson A. Rockefeller Center
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky, was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. A member of t ...
for Public Policy. Groups occasionally collaborate in organizing dinner discussions, debates, and events with a bipartisan scope. The
New Hampshire primary
The New Hampshire presidential primary is the first in a series of nationwide party primary elections and the second party contest (the first being the Iowa caucuses) held in the United States every four years as part of the process of choosi ...
, which occurs every four years, does much to boost participation in these groups, but the politically aware student body (of whom more than ten percent major in government) augments this considerably.
Dartmouth College Democrats
With most Dartmouth students identifying as more liberal, the College Democrats has the largest membership of the three partisan political groups on campus. In addition to working on state and national political campaigns, the group hosts speakers and occasionally lobbies lawmakers when legislation relating to college students is up for debate. In April 2006, the group founded the
College Democrats of New Hampshire
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, a state federation made up of College Democrats organizations at colleges throughout New Hampshire.
Dartmouth College Republicans
One of the primary outlets for politically conservative and libertarian students on campus is the College Republicans. The organization hosts visiting lecturers, conducts awareness campaigns, and mobilizes students to vote and work on the campaigns of local candidates. Every four years during the New Hampshire Primary, this group organizes forums for presidential candidates and volunteers to work on state and national campaigns. The New Hampshire Federation of College Republicans was founded by the Dartmouth College Republicans.
Dartmouth College Libertarians
The College Libertarians are a group of Dartmouth students committed to the cause of liberty who host events and invite speakers to campus to discuss libertarian issues. The organization participates in DPU debates and encourages students on campus to critically examine the present nature of the two-party system, which it views as a false dichotomy toward political discourse.
Dartmouth Political Union
The Dartmouth Political Union was founded by William M. Reicher '22 and Vlado Vojdanovski '22 in the Dartmouth Fall term of 2018. Since then, the club has grown to have over three hundred members.
The DPU is a “nonpartisan student-run organization dedicated to providing a forum for respectful political discourse on campus” by “promoting facts, seeking nuance, and challenging preconceptions.” The DPU “works to bridge partisan divides and foster respect for the freedom of speech among the Dartmouth student community”.
The DPU has aimed to host engaging speakers, who have included co-founder of the Black Panther Party
Bobby Seale
Robert George Seale (born October 22, 1936) is an American political activist and author. Seale is widely known for co-founding the Black Panther Party with fellow activist Huey P. Newton. Founded as the "Black Panther Party for Self-Defense", ...
, former CIA Director
John Deutch
John Mark Deutch (born July 27, 1938) is an American physical chemist and civil servant. He was the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1994 to 1995 and Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from May 10, 1995 until December 15, 1996. ...
, Pulitzer-winning journalist
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Edward Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an American journalist, author and lawyer. In 2014, he cofounded ''The Intercept'', of which he was an editor until he resigned in October 2020. Greenwald subsequently started publishing on Substac ...
, and linguist and political Activist
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American public intellectual: a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is ...
. The DPU has also had success in organizing student-led debates and viewing parties for important events. DPU event attendance is among the highest of any club at Dartmouth College.
Rockefeller Center
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences sponsors numerous dinner discussion groups with strong followings including PoliTALK, Daniel Webster Legal Society, Women in Leadership, Agora, First Year Forum, and Vox Masters.
Miscellaneous organizations
Dartmouth Consulting Group
The Dartmouth Consulting Group (DCG) is Dartmouth College’s student-run consulting organization. DCG provides a wide range of services, from strategy to implementation, for businesses in the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire and Vermont. Past engagements have varied from working with local startups to aiding in multi-million dollar expansion projects.
Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services
Dartmouth EMS is a student run
Basic Life Support
Basic life support (BLS) is a level of medical care which is used for patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries until they can be given full medical care by advanced life support providers (paramedics, nurses, physicians). It can be pr ...
(BLS) unit licensed by the State of
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
. D-EMS provides emergency medical services to Dartmouth College, and are available for standby coverage throughout the Upper Valley. Dartmouth EMS is dedicated to the safety of
Dartmouth community members and visitors. Additionally, the group strives to provide as many educational opportunities as possible.
D-EMS provides on-call campus coverage to the campus. Crews are available for radio dispatch during on-call hours to medical emergencies on campus. D-EMS also provides standby coverage throughout the Upper Valley to be on-call at events with increased risk of injury, especially at college athletic and other special events.
D-EMS provides training in first aid and
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure consisting of chest compressions often combined with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore sponta ...
(from the AHA), as well as sponsor
EMT classes. Training is available to students and departments, and any other community members. D-EMS also maintains the campus
Automated External Defibrillator
An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, and is able to treat them thro ...
(AED) program, as well as providing training for their proper use.
Members possess a wide range of certifications, including
EMT, Healthcare Provider
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure consisting of chest compressions often combined with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore sponta ...
,
First Aid
First aid is the first and immediate assistance given to any person with either a minor or serious illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery. It includes initial in ...
, and
Incident Command System
The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized approach to the command, control, and coordination of emergency response providing a common hierarchy within which responders from multiple agencies can be effective.
ICS was initially develo ...
certifications and they engage in numerous training and continuing education opportunities throughout the year to maintain and sharpen skills.
Dartmouth Outing Club
The Dartmouth Outing Club (DOC) is the oldest and largest collegiate outing club in the United States, founded in 1909 to stimulate interest in winter sports.
The DOC includes many subgroups, including:
*Bait and Bullet
*The
Big Green Bus
*Cabin and Trail
*Cycling Club
*Environmental Studies Division
*Ledyard Canoe Club
*Dartmouth Mountaineering Club
*
Dartmouth Ski Patrol
*Farm and Field
*Snowboarding Club
*People of Color Outdoors
*Winter Sports Club
*Women in the Wilderness
Dartmouth Billiards Club
The Dartmouth College Billiards Club promotes play and the education of pocket
billiards
Cue sports are a wide variety of games of skill played with a cue, which is used to strike billiard balls and thereby cause them to move around a cloth-covered table bounded by elastic bumpers known as .
There are three major subdivisions of ...
to the Dartmouth community. The organization practices once per week, Wednesdays at 8pm. Biweekly 8-Ball and 9-Ball tournaments are held along with one Master Tournament with a grand prize at the end of each quarter. Additionally, the group actively seeks to improve the pool hall located at the bottom of Dartmouth's Collis Center.
Friday Night Rock
Friday Night Rock is an active student group that brings independent bands and musicians to Dartmouth several times every term for concerts and provides an important alternative social space for students. Concerts are held in Sarner Underground.
Dartmouth Broadcasting
Dartmouth Broadcasting is a self-supported student organization at Dartmouth College that operates two radio stations, WFRD-FM and WDCR-AM. WFRD is one of the few fully commercial college radio stations in the United States and its programming and operation are handled by a nine-member student directorate in consultation with an Alumni Overseers Committee that includes members from ClearChannel Communications, ESPN and PBS, as well as representatives of the college administration. WDCR is a standard college multi-format station that operates off revenues from ad sales on WFRD.
Dartmouth Broadcasting alumni include famed radio presenters
Paul Gambaccini
Paul Matthew Gambaccini (born April 2, 1949) is an American-British radio and television presenter and author in the United Kingdom. He has dual United States and British nationality, having become a British citizen in 2005.
Known as "The Grea ...
(BBC), Anthony Burton (BBC Radio 3) and
John Gambling (WABC New York). Several alumni of the Dartmouth Broadcast News have enjoyed long careers in journalism, including
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
winner
David Shipler
David K. Shipler (born December 3, 1942) is an American author and journalist. He won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction in 1987 for '' Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land''. Among his other publications the book entitled, '' ...
who interviewed Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...
during his visit to Dartmouth.
Dartmouth Film Society
The Dartmouth Film Society is one of the country's oldest student-run film societies. Established in 1949 by
Maurice Rapf
Maurice Harry Rapf (May 19, 1914 – April 15, 2003) was an American screenwriter and professor of film studies. His work includes the screenplays for early Disney live-action features ''Song of the South'' (1946) and '' So Dear to My Heart'' (19 ...
, class of '35, and
Blair Watson
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class of '21, the DFS is still thriving today as the hub of film culture at
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...
and in the
Upper Valley
The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for through four states. It rises 300 yards (270 m) south of the U.S. border with Quebec, Canada, and discharges at Long Islan ...
.
Committed to fostering a greater appreciation and understanding of cinema, the DFS provides a program of approximately fifty to be shown each academic term. These films are all bound together by a common theme; past series have included "The Open Road," a program featuring road movies, and "Breakthroughs," featuring the breakthrough films of various directors, writers, and actors. The films are projected twice weekly onto the giant 16-by-28-foot screen in the college's arts center auditorium and are open to students, faculty, and the public. Aside from the films in the program series, the DFS also plays several specials every term; these can range from sneak previews of upcoming films to hard-to-find rarities like a collection of
Academy Award
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
nominated short films.
Members of the film society meet once a week to discuss the films exhibited the past week and, at the end of each term, debate series proposals. Anyone can submit a series, as long as it has a decent variety of older films, new films, documentaries, foreign films, and silents. The Directorate of the film society, about 25 students and community members, actually vote on the series.
The DFS also organizes annual tributes to worthy film artists. Such distinguished filmmakers as
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...
,
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation", Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throu ...
,
Buck Henry
Buck Henry (born Henry Zuckerman; December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Henry's contributions to film included his work as a co-writer for Mike Nichols's ''The Graduate'' (1967) for which he re ...
,
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog (; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with un ...
,
Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama ''Mystic River'' (2003) and the biopic ''Milk'' (2008).
Penn began his acting career in televisi ...
, and
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. He was nominated five times for the Academy Award: four for Best Director for ''12 Angry Men'' (1957), ''Dog Day Afternoon'' (1975), ''Network'' (1976), ...
have all received honors from the DFS.
Dartmouth Mixed Reality
The Dartmouth Mixed Reality (DXR), founded in 2018, is made up of students passionate about Augmented (AR), Virtual (VR), and Mixed Reality (XR). The DXR club is considered as one of the leading research-oriented student clubs in AR/VR/XR technology. The members of the club are represented at leading institutions and events such as Augmented World Expo, Microsoft, Facebook, as well as at startups from all over the world. While the club is open to all undergraduates, full-access is usually restricted only to 'full' members of the club who get access to cutting-edge technology and mentorship from experts around the world.
Dartmouth Forensic Union
The Dartmouth Forensic Union (DFU) is the policy debate team of Dartmouth College. Considered one of the strongest debate teams in the country, the DFU has had at least one first round qualifier to the
National Debate Tournament
The National Debate Tournament is one of the national championships for collegiate policy debate in the United States. The tournament is sponsored by the American Forensic Association with the Ford Motor Company Fund.
History of the NDT
Th ...
for 25 years running, and has won the NDT eight times.
Gender Sexuality XYZ
Gender Sexuality XYZ (GSX) is made up of students interested in bringing together the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Allied communities of Dartmouth College. The Gay Straight Alliance, formed in the spring of 1999, was renamed Gender Sexuality XYZ in the fall of 2007. Their mission is to work together in order to increase understanding and acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals in society. GSX holds weekly meetings and also coordinates both social and advocacy-related events, including issue-oriented discussions and
Day of Silence
Day of Silence is GLSEN's annual day of action to spread awareness about the effects of the bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) students. In the United States, students take a day-lo ...
observations.
Green Key Society
Established in 1921, the Green Key Society is an honorary service organization at Dartmouth College. Green Key helps to run such traditional Dartmouth events as First-Year Orientation, the Bonfire, Homecoming Sweep, Commencement, Green Key Weekend, and many other events including performances, services, and guest speakers
Dartmouth Sexual Assault Peer Advocates
The Sexual Assault Peer Advocate (SAPA) program at
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...
began in the 1980s as an effort to promote awareness about
sexual abuse
Sexual abuse or sex abuse, also referred to as molestation, is abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another. It is often perpetrated using force or by taking advantage of another. Molestation often refers to an instance of sexual assa ...
on the Dartmouth campus. SAPAs regularly post a short biography on Dartmouth's
BlitzMail
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bulletins, and students are free to contact them at any time for questions, advice or other help. SAPAs go through an extensive 40 hours of training where they learn about issues of sexual assault and rape, relationship violence and stalking. This includes medical, legal, social, psychological and information about other resources for victims. SAPAs' most important role is to act as an "ear" for victims - someone who will listen to and empathize with a victim's experience. SAPAs are trained to act as a connector for these victims. They serve to provide information and support, helping victims receive the proper care for their situation. SAPAs help victims contact counselors and other medical advisors, as well as provide information about legal aspects of the process, including reporting to the
Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover is a town located along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,870. The town is home to the Ivy League university Dartmouth College, the U.S. Army Corps of Eng ...
police and to Safety and Security, Dartmouth's security force.
Dartmouth Union of Bogglers
The Dartmouth Union of Bogglers (DUB) is a college-recognized club that promotes and organizes games of
Boggle
''Boggle'' is a word game invented by Allan Turoff and originally distributed by Parker Brothers. The game is played using a plastic grid of lettered dice, in which players look for words in sequences of adjacent letters.
Rules
One player begi ...
for members of the Dartmouth community. DUB meets once a week, where members play Boggle and/or Big Boggle and partake in free snacks. DUB was founded in 2004 by
Sylvia Chi and
Sarah E. Morton
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a piou ...
continues to operate .
The bogglers are recognised worldwide for their outstanding boggling skills.
Native Americans at Dartmouth
The Native Americans at Dartmouth (NAD) organization is a voluntary, student-run organization at
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...
. NAD has represented over 150 tribes since it first began and there are currently approximately 50 active students within the organization. These students meet every Thursday of the term at the Native American House to determine their agenda of activities for the term. Activities may include faculty dinners, dance parties, community service, and academic workshops. NAD's main goals include working on joint concerns of their group and planning to improve the environment for NAD campus-wide. In the winter of 2004, Native Americans at Dartmouth held and hosted the first annual All Ivy Native Conference. The conference was a weekend-long event that included a career fair, academic workshops, and resume and job search workshops, as well as presenting many post-graduation options. Native Americans at Dartmouth also plan an annual spring Dartmouth College
Powwow
A powwow (also pow wow or pow-wow) is a gathering with dances held by many Native American and First Nations communities. Powwows today allow Indigenous people to socialize, dance, sing, and honor their cultures. Powwows may be private or pu ...
on the weekend of
Mother's Day
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the ...
. NAD also partakes in a group called the Inter-Community Council which is dedicated to uniting all the minority organizations on the campus of Dartmouth College in an effort to be a support for the organizations.
Dartmouth Society of Investment and Economics
The Dartmouth Society of Investment and Economics was founded in the fall of 2005 and is the primary economics and finance related student organization on campus. The club holds weekly economic discussions that are open to the public, as well as bringing in alumni speakers, hosting stock-picking competitions, and organizing a Fed Challenge team.
Collis Governing Board
Collis Governing Board, often known as CGB on campus, was created in 1980 at the inception of the Collis Center to give students a voice in the management of their student union. Today, it is actively involved in student programming and capital movements to the Collis building along with advocacy of student interests within the center. The board's jurisdiction includes Collis, Thayer's Hovey Lounge, and Robinson Hall. In 2006, the group also took over programming for Lone Pine Tavern, a student dining and recreational facility where its student musical programming has become popular. In 2009, the Collis Governing Board supervised Lone Pine Tavern's transformation into One Wheelock, a coffee bar, study lounge, and social space with frequent musical and theatrical performances.
Undergraduate societies
Dartmouth recognizes two non-Greek undergraduate societies: Panarchy and Amarna. Both societies are co-ed, open, non-exclusive, and do not conduct "rush" activities.
Like the
Greek organizations
Greek may refer to:
Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
, Panarchy and Amarna function as social and residential communities; however, the undergraduate societies are separate from the college's Co-ed, Fraternity and Sorority (CFS) system and unlike affinity houses (like La Casa or Foley House) remain unaffiliated from any academic department. Both Panarchy and Amarna have a strong founding commitment to member equality regardless of gender or seniority.
Amarna
Amarna Undergraduate Society was founded as a newly formed undergraduate society in early 1994. Amarna's formation was inspired by a vocal mine yours debate on the Greek system and Panarchy's recognition as an undergraduate society.
The college gave Amarna the house at 23 East Wheelock Street, where the society remains today. Named after a Middle Egyptian society led by King
Akhenaten
Akhenaten (pronounced ), also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, ( egy, ꜣḫ-n-jtn ''ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy'', , meaning "Effective for the Aten"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dy ...
and Queen
Nefertiti
Neferneferuaten Nefertiti () ( – c. 1330 BC) was a queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a radical change in national religious policy, in whic ...
, Amarna is known for its Monday Night Dinners with professors and its signature "Wine and Cheese" party.
Panarchy
![Panarchy Façade](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Panarchy_Fa%C3%A7ade.jpg)
Panarchy became the first college-recognized undergraduate society in September 1993.
Panarchy is historically prefigured by Beta Psi, which was absorbed by
Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Kappa Psi (), commonly known as Phi Psi, is an American collegiate social fraternity that was founded by William Henry Letterman and Charles Page Thomas Moore in Widow Letterman's home on the campus of Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pen ...
(or "Phi Psi"), a national fraternity founded at Dartmouth in 1896.
Early in the 20th century, the fraternity bought the house at 9 School Street, which was built in 1835 and where the organization continues to reside today.
In response to what was perceived as racial prejudice on the part of Phi Kappa Psi's national leadership, Dartmouth's Phi Kappa Psi separated from the national and renamed itself as Phi Sigma Psi in 1967. After years of welcoming female exchange-student boarders, on the first day Dartmouth admitted women in 1972 Phi Psi became the first Dartmouth Greek house to go co-ed. In 1991, the organization changed its name to "Phi Psi/Panarchy". In 1993 the college recognized Panarchy as an undergraduate society independent from the Greek system. Panarchy is known for hosting its "
Great Gatsby" party.
Senior societies
Student literary or fraternal societies of Dartmouth College date back to 1783. Starting in the late nineteenth century, students began creating societies for each of the four class years. Only the senior societies survive from those early class societies, and new ones have been added in recent years. Almost all keep their membership secret until Commencement, when members of most senior societies may be identified by their carved canes. Approximately 25% of the senior class members are affiliated with a senior society today.
Abaris
Abaris was founded in 1996 as a society to recognize both male and female campus leadership, with the mission of uniting diverse and dynamic individuals to create change in the Dartmouth community. The society takes its name from
Abaris the Hyperborean, who, according to Greek mythology, served as a priest and messenger for the god
Apollo
Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ...
. With the powers of prophesy and healing, endowed unto him by a golden arrow, Abaris traveled throughout his land, performing great deeds for his people. The society is a diverse set of campus leaders, and is known for a combination of revelry, mischief, and philanthropic endeavors. Membership in Abaris remains secret until graduation. Many notable Dartmouth alumni were involved with Abaris during their final undergraduate years.
Andromeda
Andromeda is an all-female society that was recognized by the college in 2013. The group takes its name from the Andromeda galaxy and brings together bold women from across campus.
Antheia
Antheia is an all-female society that brings together a select group of diverse and empowered women from all across campus. The group is named after Antheia, the Greek Goddess of flower wreaths and love. Members carry canes at graduation.
Atlas
Founded in 1989, Atlas is a co-ed society that emphasizes character and intellect in the selection of its members. Its historical mission is "to augment its members' educations through dialogue about the world and their place in it."
Casque and Gauntlet
Casque and Gauntlet (also known as C&G) was founded in 1886 as the second permanent senior society at Dartmouth and continues to operate . In 1893 the group moved to its current location at 1 South Main Street, a house built by Dr. Samuel Alden in 1823, and the society installed a rear addition designed by alumnus and
Paterson, New Jersey
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An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...]
Fred Wesley Wentworth
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in 1915. Tapping continues in the traditional method and C&G membership is co-ed, exclusive and not secret. Notable members of past delegations include Theodor Seuss Geisel (
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel (;["Seuss"](_blank)
'' Nelson Rockefeller
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and
Hank Paulson
Henry Merritt Paulson Jr. (born March 28, 1946) is an American banker and financier who served as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009. Prior to his role in the Department of the Treasury, Paulson was the Chairman a ...
.
Chimera
Chimera is a college-recognized co-ed society that aims to bring together a diverse group of leaders from all sectors of campus. Membership is semi-secret; members may self-disclose membership but cannot share the identity of others without consent. A portion of members are selected from an application process open to all eligible students of the junior class. Members carry canes at graduation.
Cobra
Cobra was founded in 1978 as Dartmouth's first all-female society. The society occupies a house on Summer Street. Cobra focuses on cross-generational mentorship and selects women on the basis of demonstrated leadership within the Dartmouth community and devotion to the college.
Dragon
Dragon was founded in 1898 and continues to operate . Dragon is said to be the most secret of Dartmouth's senior societies, as its members do not carry canes at commencement. Little is known about the traditions of Dragon, however, its members are thought to be the presidents of Dartmouth's sports clubs.
Epeios
Established as an elaborate ruse in the fall of 2000, the Order of Epeios was invented as a means for comic relief. Two friends enlisted the help of approximately 20 other Dartmouth students to induct two other friends (and three "planted" candidates)into a hypothetical Senior Society. After 4 weeks, development of a detailed backstory (with roots in 1789 French Revolutionary Resistance), participation in The "Quest of Worthiness", and several intricately staged ceremonies; the practical joke was revealed to the intended subjects. The name is a misspelled version of the name "Epeius" to honor his building of the Trojan Horse (the Original prank). Thus, the Society was officially founded with open membership to all those who value humor and respect in a dynamic equilibrium.
Ferox
Ferox is an all-female society unrecognized by Dartmouth College. Its mission involves the character development of its members and a focus on social responsibility. Membership remains secret until graduation.
Fire and Skoal
Founded in 1975, Fire and Skoal was Dartmouth's first co-educational senior society.
[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~orl/greek-soc/societies/senior.html Dartmouth Senior Societies]
Griffin
The school officially recognized the existence of the Griffin Society in October 1995. The co-ed society often includes athletic captains and Greek leadership. Notable members include Olympic gold medalist shot putter
Adam Nelson
Adam McCright Nelson (born July 7, 1975) is an American shot putter and Olympic gold medalist. Nelson competed in three consecutive Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008. In addition to his gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, Nelson won a silver me ...
.
Jackal
Jackal has remained one of Dartmouth's most secretive societies. Jackal is an all-male society that is unrecognized by the college, with a reputation for pranks, often directed toward other societies. Little else is known about the Jackals as they do not have discrete public practices like the other all-male societies. Many of the members are varsity athletes and presidents of fraternities on campus. Famous alumni include Pittsburg Penguins left wing, Drew O’Connor.
Ministry
Ministry is an all-female secret society founded in 2015. Ministry is unrecognized by the college and takes pride in extending exclusive membership to a diverse group of campus leaders.
Members carry canes at graduation.
Olympus
Olympus is a co-ed Dartmouth Secret Society with a competitive selection process based on identifying peers who have proved their commitment to improving the quality of life at Dartmouth, demonstrate an ability to critically challenge the existing status quo, and actively engage in promoting action. Olympus Senior Society believes in full and equal partnership between senior students of any sex, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, political affiliation, culture and personality. This is vital in its goal to ensure that a full variety of opinions may be represented within the members of the society and to ensure critical analysis of its own actions; "the success of our society is dependent on the continuous growth of our membership and the ability for each individual member to have a sense of ownership over Olympus itself."
Order of the Sirens
Order of the Sirens was founded in 1983 as a co-ed secret society known as "The Order". The society became all-female in 1991.
Osiris
Osiris was founded in 2016 as an unrecognized co-ed secret society. The society takes its name from the Egyptian god of the afterlife, the underworld, and rebirth. Members are identifiable by a characteristic tattoo and carry canes at graduation. Members are involved in various organizations on campus, from athletic teams, to Greek houses, to campus leaders.
Palaeopitus
Palaeopitus Senior Society was founded in 1899 by Edward Hall, class of 1892. The name Palaeopitus is a derivative of the Greek word for "Old Pine". Initially a secret society, Palaeopitus has operated with their membership publicly known in recent years. Membership is regarded as eldest of the "current crop of 'pines'". Subsequently, leaders of communities on campus generally make up the membership. Unlike other societies, members may belong to other societies as well.
Phoenix
Phoenix was founded in 1982 and is the second-oldest all female senior society. The society draws from a cross section of women leaders to carry on its mission of promoting co-education at Dartmouth. In 2020, Phoenix officially opened its membership to non-male leaders, and began tapping nonbinary undergraduates as well.
Phrygian
Founded in 2005, Phrygian is an all-male Secret Society at Dartmouth. Its name comes from the Phrygian Cap, a symbol of liberty. It is devoted to philosophies of individual liberty.
Pyxis
Taking its name from a triad of stars in the southern sky, this all-female secret society acquires its members from across Dartmouth's campus. While little is known about this exclusive group, its members can be identified by a small, chic tattoo.
Sphinx
Sphinx was founded in 1885 and continues to operate as the oldest senior society at Dartmouth. In 1903 the group moved to its current location on East Wheelock Street, a mausoleum designed by
Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is the most populous city in New Hampshire. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 115,644.
Manchester is, along with Nashua, one of two seats of New Hamp ...
architect William Butterfield, and during the 1920s the society installed a rear addition designed by noted campus planner Jens Fredrick Larson. Members carry identifying canes at graduation.
[Gomstyn, Alice (2001) "Secret Societies Remain Veiled in Mystery" Friday, May 18, 2001.]
Tyger
Originally founded in 1892 and named in an homage to the
William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...
poem "
The Tyger
"The Tyger" is a poem by the English poet William Blake, published in 1794 as part of his '' Songs of Experience'' collection and rising to prominence in the romantic period. The poem is one of the most anthologised in the English literary can ...
.
While not officially recognized by Dartmouth College, there is a consensus that Tyger still operates today.
Greek organizations
Dartmouth College is host to many
Greek organizations
Greek may refer to:
Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
and a significant percentage of the undergraduate student body is active in Greek life. In 2005, the school stated that 1,785 students were members of a
fraternity, sorority, or
coeducational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...
Greek house, about 60 percent of the eligible student body.
[Hughes, C.J. (2006) "Bye Bye SLI." ''Dartmouth Alumni Magazine''. Vol. 98, No. 4, Mar./Apr., 2006, p.18.] Dartmouth College was among the first institutions of higher education to
desegregate
Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups, usually referring to races. Desegregation is typically measured by the index of dissimilarity, allowing researchers to determine whether desegregation efforts are having impact o ...
fraternity houses in the 1950s, and was involved in the movement to create
coeducational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...
Greek houses in the 1970s. In the early 2000s, campus-wide debate focused on whether the Greek system at Dartmouth would become "substantially coeducational", but most houses retain single-sex membership policies. Currently, Dartmouth College extends official recognition to fifteen all-male fraternities, eight all-female sororities, and three coeducational Greek houses.
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