[46] In 1988, Dartmouth's alma mater song's lyrics changed from "Men of Dartmouth" to "Dear old Dartmouth". [228][229] Eugene Norman Veasey (class of 1954) served as the Chief Justice of Delaware. [4] Beginning in the 1920s, the Dartmouth College athletic teams were known by their unofficial nickname "the Indians," a moniker that probably originated among sports journalists. Other notable alumni include 79 Rhodes Scholars,[30] 26 Marshall Scholarship recipients,[31] 13 Pulitzer Prize winners, and numerous MacArthur Genius fellows,[32] Fulbright Scholars,[33] CEOs and founders of Fortune 500 corporations, high-ranking U.S. diplomats, scholars in academia, literary and media figures, professional athletes, and Olympic medalists. The phrase appears five times in the Bible and is a reference to the college's location on what was once the frontier of European settlement. In 2009, Princess placed second at Regionals and placed 13th at Nationals. Dartmouth repeated as champions in the 2012 Collegiate Rugby Championship, defeating Cal 21–19 in the semifinal and beating Arizona 24–5 in the final. PMS 349, a dark green referred to frequently in relation to the College as "Dartmouth Green," is the specific color used in publications relating to Dartmouth athletic teams and in other College publications. Other schools have done well with animal nicknames. [210] The design has appeared on Rudolph Ruzicka's Bicentennial Medal (Philadelphia Mint, 1969) and elsewhere. The season for both men's heavyweight and lightweight programs culminate in the Eastern Sprints and IRA regattas. Dartmouth College (/ˈdɑːrtməθ/ DART-məth) is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The Dartmouth Cycling Team was founded in 1961 and has become one of the most successful club sports at the College. Nothing to me evokes the image of a Quaker more than a Philadelphia sports fan. [201] In 2011, over 96% of freshmen elected to participate. The reference to educating Native American youth was included to connect Dartmouth to the Charity School and enable use of the Charity School's unspent trust funds. Dartmouth's athletic teams compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I eight-member Ivy League conference; some teams also participate in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). [299], Henry Paulson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs and United States Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner, former United States Secretary of the Treasury. [8] Although founded as a school to educate Native Americans in Christian theology and the English way of life, Dartmouth primarily trained Congregationalist ministers throughout its early history before it gradually secularized, emerging at the turn of the 20th century from relative obscurity into national prominence. [222], By 2008, Dartmouth had graduated 238 classes of students, and had over 60,000 living alumni in a variety of fields.[223]. I’ve still got a few more columns to write and I’m running out of ideas, so maybe we can get the ball rolling on this. So if you’re talking about a Dartmouth sports team, you have to say, “The Big Green is …” instead of “The Big Green are …”. The Alexis Boss Tennis Center, located behind Thompson Arena, contains six regulation tennis courts. In 1965, the first XV was undefeated and was declared the unofficial national collegiate champion. [181] In 2007, Dartmouth College fielded 34 intercollegiate varsity teams: 16 for men, 16 for women, and coeducational sailing and equestrian programs. [58], Dartmouth, a liberal arts institution, offers a four-year Bachelor of Arts and ABET-accredited Bachelor of Engineering degree to undergraduate students. The baseball team plays at Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park, which, in 2009, underwent renovations that added an artificial turf surface. Dartmouth's relatively small programs have done well at the Championship level and produced an outsized number of Olympians and National Team Members. [82], The 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked Dartmouth among the 95–116th best universities in the nation. C. Everett Koop was the Surgeon General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan. Despite student enthusiasm for Keggy,[218] the mascot has received approval from only the student government. [12] The men's team has won 10 Ivy League Titles and been to 15 NCAA championships.[13]. [194] In the fall term, Homecoming (officially called Dartmouth Night) is marked by a bonfire on the Green constructed by the freshman class. [12][49] The first decade of the 21st century saw the commencement of the $1.3 billion Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience, the largest capital fundraising campaign in the college's history, which surpassed $1 billion in 2008. There are related clues (shown below). [133], Dartmouth's nine libraries are all part of the collective Dartmouth College Library, which comprises 2.48 million volumes and 6 million total resources, including videos, maps, sound recordings, and photographs. Dwiggins' design was modified during 1957 to change the date from "1770" to "1769", to accord with the date of the college charter. Begun in 1986, Tubestock was ended in 2006 by town ordinance. About a quarter of students each year go into finance after they graduate. Of those admitted students who reported class rank, 96% ranked in the top decile of their class. The Dartmouth Day Trader baseball team, brought to you by Bain Capital.