[ Male voices singing ] >> Is this the way a
college town should be? Small and old and nestled
beside a river in the mountains of northern New England? There's a liberal
arts college here. Is it the right college for you? Look at it carefully. Find out what goes on here
and if it meets your needs. It is a big decision. It is your decision toward a
life that will best fit you. You have many colleges to choose
from but this is Dartmouth. [ Male voices sing ] [ Music ] >> The Bennett family was seeing
Dartmouth for the first time. Like a lot of other
fellahs in second school, Bert Bennett was trying to
decide about college and written for an appointment
with the director of admissions later
that afternoon. [ Music ] >> As a member of the Green
Key Welcoming Society, I was the college guide on duty. As at the Hanover Inn, I
got right behind the wheel. Most of Dartmouth's 2700
men live in dormitories. You can pick your
roommate or, if you wish, the college will
select one for you. The choice is wide. Men in the freshman class
of over 700 come from more than 450 different
schools around the country; large and small,
public and private. You furnish your room
to suit your own taste, and there's a choice
of yearly room rentals. >> Lyle [phonetic]? >> Here. >> Dearby [phonetic]. Dearby. >> Hey, how many? >> Dearby. That's it. >> The postmark could be
from a new friend at one of the women's colleges
or perhaps from that girl back home. >> "I'm glad you
like the brownies so much even though I left out
the egg and most of the sugar." >> Fraternity life is
active at Dartmouth, but men are not invited to join
fraternities until the start of their sophomore year
after a full freshman year to become acquainted. The fellowship of the fraternity
is important, but friendships at Dartmouth are made
throughout the college. And, to encourage this, only
juniors and seniors may live at the houses and
no meals are served. [ Pause ] >> Anyone going to the flick? >> Tomorrow night. >> The "flick" is
the Nugget Theater. A name traditional
with Dartmouth men since the early days
of the silent movies. After the flick, stop
in at the snack bar. There could be a bull
session about the movie, plans for a very special
weekend date, or some hard talk about a coming exam and
that snack will help out. It's a long time until
breakfast in Thayer Hall. Some of the boys
earn all their meals by working a few
hours a day in Thayer. [ Music ] >> We kept our eye on
the clock that afternoon because of Bert's appointment
with the director of admissions. The interview is not
required for admission, but many boys do make
a visit to Hanover. >> I'm Mr. Chamberlain
[phonetic]. >> How do you do? >> Come in. [ Pause ] >> Hanover is right in
the heart of New England, and we're about 140
miles from Boston. Now, why don't you tell me
something about yourself. Why are you particularly
interested in Dartmouth? >> Well, Mr. Chamberlain, I
know quite a few of the fellahs up here, and I've heard
a lot about the college from the Dartmouth
alumni back home. And I like the idea
of a smaller college. And also, since I'm
from the west, I thought it would
be an education in itself just the
live back in the east. And the most important reason of
all, I think, is that I wanted to get a good liberal arts
education before I went on to graduate school. >> Graduate school? >> Yes. I want to be a lawyer. Well, I do now anyway. >> You have plenty of
time to make up your mind. The first two or three years at a liberal arts college will
give you ample opportunity to explore. And then, if later, you make
up your mind definitely to go on to law school, you will find that Dartmouth has given
you a fine preparation. Over half of our students every
year go on to graduate school. You know, Dartmouth isn't
actually a small college. In the ivy league, it is neither
the smallest nor the largest. We have approximately 2700
undergraduates from all states of the union and from
32 foreign countries. I notice from what
you have written here that you were doing
construction work last summer. >> It wasn't much. Mostly just general labor. >> Well, just what did you do? >> Well, the truth of the matter
is I did all the unpleasant jobs that nobody else wanted to do. But I did manage to save a small
amount of my summer earnings. Oh, by the way, that
reminds me, Mr. Chamberlain. A friend of mine
wanted me to find out about scholarships
up here at Dartmouth. >> You tell him that if
he has the qualifications, he may receive financial
aid here. Over 700 boys on the campus now
are receiving financial aid. The actual amount of the aid
depends upon the candidate's particular need. If a boy lives any great
distance from Hanover, why the expense involved in travel is also
included in the amount. I can send him a
bulletin if you wish. >> Well, yes, that
would be fine. >> Do you have any
other questions that you'd like to ask me now? >> Well, I think you've
answered most of them. Of course, I'm still
pretty worried about my chances
of being admitted. >> I looked over your
record this morning. It's pretty good. We have most of the
available data in -- your grades, your rank in class; and last year's college
board scores are high. Your principal thinks
well of you. Our alumni interviewing
committee thinks you're a strong candidate. You've apparently done
well in many things. Although we can't tell about
most candidates this early because admission to
Dartmouth is competitive and we don't select our
classes until the spring, I think you have a
most excellent chance. I think you would take advantage
of Dartmouth's opportunities. I think you would enjoy the
resources of our Baker Library. And I think you really would
enjoy your associations with our teaching staff. The Dartmouth teaching
staff is... >> Dartmouth's location
and traditions have brought to Hanover some of the
country's most able teachers. [Music] Most classes are small. And, through the honors program,
many men work even more closely with their professors; free to
plan their own course of study and proceed at their own pace. Alumni looking back on their
undergraduate days feel that often the professor was
as important as the subject. Some of Dartmouth's great
teachers aren't much older than their students while
others have been teaching most of their lives. >> I'd rather you wouldn't
behave the way the crowd did in the Agora in Athens
on one occasion. A philosopher was
lecturing to a group -- a random group who were
loitering around the Agora. When the fish bell rang
announcing the opening of the market, the group
immediately left him and ran to the fish market except
for one attentive listener who kept his eye
fixed on the lecturer. And, when the lecturer had
finished and complimented him for not running away at the
ringing of the bell, he said, "Oh, has the fish bell rung?" And away he ran too. [ Laughter ] [ Music ] >> What would you say is the
turning point line in Othello? >> I think that the turning
point line occurs in Act 3, Scene 3, shortly after Line 200. And remember Iago is trying to undermine Othello's
faith in Desdemona. And he says, "I know our
country disposition well. In Venice they do let heaven see
the pranks they will not show their husbands; their
best conscience, not to leave't undone
but keep't unknown." And Othello replies,
"Dost thou say so?" "She did deceive her
father, marrying you. And when she seem'd to shake and fear your looks,
she loved them most." "And so she did." [ Music ] >> Steering committee has
arranged for us to hear from two leaders of American
political life whose opinions differ substantially. Tonight, we have the opportunity
to listen to a leader of American political life
who has an influential voice in policy determination
within his own party and who has repeatedly
been elected by the people of this state to positions
of distinguished leadership. [ Music ] >> And so we have derived
the mean value theorem of the integral calculus
from the mean value theorem of the differential calculus. [ Pause ] >> The target which the
accelerated particles strike is at the front of this column
inside the glass chamber. The neutrons aren't
charged and, therefore, they cannot be accelerated. As a result, we produce the
neutrons in a nuclear reaction which takes place
here in the target. >> All right, men. That setup looks pretty good. You've got the electrodes
on the vagus nerve now, and I think you're getting a
good record of the heartbeat. Now tap the key and
keep tapping the key until the heart stops beating. Keep on. Tap it now. Now the heart should stop
beating and the lever will come down low and rest on a baseline. Keep on going. Perhaps give it a
little stronger stimulus. Is it relaxing any? There it is. Stop it now. The heart stop beating. Now, after a period of time,
the heart will recuperate from this inhibition and
start its normal beat again, and you want to get a
complete record of it. There she comes. See, the heart started
beating again. You wanna keep on running
the record until you get a -- back to the control beat. [ Female speaking
foreign language ] >> She's quoting
Khrushchev's speech, the first secretary
of the party. [ Female speaking
foreign language ] >> "If anybody thinks
that our smiles mean that we're deserting the
doctrines of Marx, Engels, and Lenin," he said, "they're
just deceiving themselves. Anybody who's waiting for that
can wait till the crabs start whistling in the ocean." [ Music ] >> What is then the difference between the first two
themes of the Eroica? >> Well, in the first theme,
Beethoven has used short, short, short values in the third
measure unsyncopated. But, in the second theme,
he uses the short, short, short with syncopation
starting after the second beat. Where else do you find
syncopation in music? >> Modern Jazz. >> In Jazz. >> Jazz? >> Yes, in American Jazz. For example, take this
piece of Richard Rogers. Here's Rogers' "Blue
Room," for example. Here you've got syncopation,
of course, in every measure, but Beethoven does
it even more subtly. He makes the entry syncopated. [ Piano playing ] [ Music ] >> It isn't easy at first
glance to realize the size and scope of Baker Library. Actually, with over
750,000 volumes, it is one of the largest and best undergraduate
libraries anywhere. You can go wherever
you wish in Baker. There is a lot to the
library, of course, but it isn't long before you
really know your way around. All nine levels of the stacks
are open for your exploration. [ Music ] >> A number of quiet areas
are reserved in Baker for men who wish to read assignments, do
research work, or write papers. And some men have study
rooms of their own for working on special projects. [ Music ] >> Baker is large enough
to include the unusual. An old map of southeastern
Alaska in the map section or an obscure foreign magazine
in the periodical room. [ Music ] >> In college work,
library resources take on a new usefulness
and importance. And, if a man wants to make
the most of the library, he learns to browse, to look into the many special
collections, to read in the tower
room, to keep in touch with contemporary writing
in the new book sections. To scan the shelves and the
stacks or the treasure room. And perhaps, as one
of my professors says, "To find something that
might open a new door." [ Music ] >> The college infirmary
Dick's House treats everything from hard colds to broken legs. And there is even an apartment
for the parents of men who are seriously ill. The doctors are drawn
from the large staff of Mary Hitchcock
Hospital which also serves as an important center for
the Dartmouth medical school, the third oldest in the country. >> ...treatment are
two practical types. The first is for generalized
heating in such cases as [inaudible] or in some
cases of rheumatoid arthritis where it's desirable to have... >> Dartmouth has three
professional schools which men may enter as
seniors in the college. After one more year, they
receive a two-year certificate in medicine or degrees in business administration
or engineering. Dartmouth's Thayer school offers
courses in civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering. They have a rocket engine there that actually sprays
molten metal. [ Pause ] >> Largest of Dartmouth's three
graduate schools the Amos Tuck School prepares men for
careers in the business world. Prepares them thoroughly,
that is, even for such specific duties
as the morning coffee break. [ Music ] >> Webster Hall, the
college auditorium, is busy most of the year. You should see some
of the productions that the Dartmouth
players put on. >> Nothing can part us. >> Come, my pet. How did you manage to
get away from Champagne, Jasmine, and Honeycomb? >> How did I? >> You remember it, Uncle. They came in here and threw a
cloak over you and started to -- >> Oh. You see, my dear,
they wrapped me up in a cloak and carried me outside and
sat me down and explained that this whole thing was
a -- a burglary practice. >> But did they have
to practice on you? >> Well, I happened to be
the first person handy. It might have been anyone. >> Look. He's escaped. Seize him! [ Females shriek ] >> Another practice. >> Okay. You and her don't kick
the last line quite so much. It's funnier if you don't. I think we better start
going through it right again. You mind going out and... [Music] >> And other times Webster
Hall has outstanding lecturers, soloists, and concert artists. The hall was named
for Daniel Webster, Dartmouth class of 1801. [ Male voices singing ] >> Some glee club men also sing
in the town's church choirs. The Church of Christ
at Dartmouth College, as old as the college,
itself, was gathered by Dartmouth's founder in 1769
before the American Revolution. Along with the other churches
in Hanover, it is important in the voluntary religious
life of the college. The "Daily Dartmouth" is known as the oldest college
newspaper in America. Every night student
members of the staff are down at the printing company
putting the paper to bed in thoroughly professional
fashion. As a member of the
Associated Press, the daily beat carries
national and international as well as college news. Part of the college
news is political, no less hot because it's local. Class officers have seats
on the undergraduate council which includes representatives
of organizations like the student radio
station and the publications. Dartmouth's location in the
heart of some fine hunting and fishing country gives
rise to the many activities of the Dartmouth Outing Club. The club has 16 cabins
of its own scattered on a hundred miles of trails. And, for weekend trips, there's
the 26,000-acre college grant in the northern New
Hampshire wilderness. And when the snow comes -- and northern New Hampshire
has plenty of it -- it is rumored that a few
of the boys go skiing. Ski lessons are given on
the golf course as part of the college's regular
recreational program. While the freshman are
learning on the golf course, the experts are pointing their
skis toward the Dartmouth winter carnival held each
year in February. [ Male voices singing ] >> Dartmouth has a place of its
own in the history of skiing, and carnival always
bring together some of the nation's best skiers
for intercollegiate competition which is often a preview of men
who will race on Olympic teams. [ Male Voices singing ] [ Music ] >> Dartmouth has 18 varsity
teams and 12 intramural sports. Enough for almost anyone to
find fellows to team up with. [ Music ] >> One thing visitors
notice but that we take for granted is how close
the athletic facilities are to the campus. The field house,
gymnasium, hockey rink, and playing fields are right
in the middle of things. In fact, 5 minutes will take you
almost anywhere in the college. [ Music ] >> The intramural teams practice
in a freewheeling fashion, but sometimes use the same
razzle-dazzle the varsity works to perfect in its practice
sessions down by the gym. [ Music ] >> There are times when
that point after is the make or break in a big game. And this is one of the
things the head coach checks on personally. [ Music ] >> There is nothing quite like
a football weekend in Hanover. Hundreds of dates come up
from the women's colleges for the dances and parties. [Cheering and Applause]
And we let 'em hear it when those Indians
come on the field. [ Cheering and Applause ] >> Some of the boys in the
college band double in brass by playing in the ROTC
band when the boys put on their uniforms for reviews. We have Army, Navy, and Air
Force units at Dartmouth. Membership is voluntary. [ Music ] >> You should've been
here when the president of the United States received an
honorary degree at commencement. The audience stretched
far back onto the campus, and a special platform was
made in front of Baker Library. Everyone helped with the
arrangements, and a number of us stayed in Hanover after
classes to act as ushers. The president's now famous "Don't join the book burners"
speech delivered in front of our own library was one of
those things you don't forget. [ Applause ] >> And we're still talking
about that Sunday afternoon. Just the other day, out on
campus, President Dickey told me that he thought it was
one of the great days in the modern history
of the college. That's when I asked him a
question I'd been mulling over in my mind for
quite a while. "Come on up to the office
later in the day," he said, "and we'll talk it over." I was there at 3:00. >> Hello there. Nice to see you. >> Hello, sir. >> Sit right down, please. >> Thank you. >> It's nice to carry on
with you, Dan, for a moment and to try to get at that
question you put to me out there on the campus. I suppose it came down to how
do you answer a kid brother's question or a high
school friend's question: Why go to college? I suppose you might get at it
for such a fellah by saying to him that every fellah
throughout his lives is trying to create his life in
the form of a pyramid. He's trying to push the point
of that pyramid up just as high as he can push it; on his job,
in his family relationships, as a husband, as a father. And he's trying to push
the point of that pyramid up as a citizen, as a
friend, as just one fellah who ultimately has got
to -- to make his peace, Dan, with the universe. And how best can a man prepare
to build that kind of a pyramid? Well, the bet of a liberal arts
college such as Dartmouth is that the best way to begin
is to get a broad foundation for that pyramid out
of the total wisdom that the human race has
sweated out in its long history and to bring that wisdom to bear on the individual
man attending college so that he can be made whole in
both competence and conscience and in the course of his
lifetime build the kind of a pyramid which will be
stable because of the breadth of his base and which will give
him opportunities to put it up here or here or here. A pyramid that is
built with that kind of a base is a more
stable pyramid and that offers a man
richer choices, in fact, in life will best fit him. [ Music ] >> Is this the way a
college town should be? Small and old and nestled
beside a river in the mountains of northern New England? There is a liberal
arts college here. Is it the right college for you? Look at it carefully. Find out what goes on here,
and if it meets your needs. It is a big decision. It is your decision toward a
life that will best fit you. [ Male voices singing ]
