Wednesday, October 23, 1996
Volume 17, Issue 2

The Indian's Long History

According to the College Charter granted to Eleazar Wheelock in 1769, Dartmouth College was established 'for the education & instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land in reading, writing & all parts of Learning; and also of English Youth and any others.' Dartmouth's official seal still portrays this historical mission, depicting a group of Indians approaching Dartmouth Hall with a bible in hand. From the outset, the College was inextricably connected to the Indian.

Mascots On Their Minds

Unsatisfied with the sole name "Big Green," a small group of Dartmouth students decided they want a college mascot. This has touched off the latest, and perhaps most serious, effort to find a new mascot for Dartmouth since the Indian symbol was banished from campus in 1974.

Tribal Chiefs Support The Indian

The following is the text of a letter mailed to 200 Indian tribal chiefs in 1984. Their reaction, and overwhelming support of the Indian symbol first appeared in TDR on October 3, 1984. Of the responding chiefs, 125 favored the Indian symbol, while only 11 were opposed to it. 15 chiefs had no opinion.

The Banning of the Indian

I judge the 1974 decision to attempt to abolish the Indian symbol to have been a moral, intellectual, and above all, because we are talking about an educational institution, an educational disaster.

Whatzit? A History of Iconography in Advertising

With all this talk about mascots and College icons, it might be interesting to glance over the boldest era in iconography since the Christian Middle Ages. I am of course referring to Mr. Peanut, Tony the Tiger, and the remaining pantheon of 20th Century advertising characters.

Indian Football Says: Bring It On!

The Indians stretched their unbeaten streak to 11 games over the past two weekends as they outscored Fordham and Holy Cross 55-14, sucessfully bringing their season record to 4-0. Dartmouth handily defeated Fordham 20-7, before having its best game of the season against Holy Cross.

Ruggers to Victory

The Dartmouth men's rugby club earned great acclaim these past two weekends, continuing its weekly lecture series entitled Precision Demolition and Comprehensive Domination in Contact Sports. The DRFC easily defeated Boston University and Amherst in New Enland First Division play and tied Army in a friendly match at Sachem Field.

Dartmouth's F-1 Races Ahead

Built and raced by Dartmouth and Thayer engineering students for the first time last year, Dartmouth F-1 placed second out of the 15 'rookie' teams in the Formula SAE competition held by the Society of Automotive Engineers — a fitting reward for a project founded by a few tenacious Dartmouth students and backed by two receptive alumni.

Banned Songs of Old Dartmouth

Below is a list of songs that were sung by generations of Dartmouth students before us. Many of these songs have since been banned or altered — deemed out of step with the sensitivites of today. The music for these songs and additional Dartmouth songs can be found in Dartmouth Song Book, published by Dartmouth Publications in 1950.