Festivities include a parade, a lecture, a poster session and of course a
football game
Dartmouth's family reunion begins soon. From Friday, Oct. 29, through
Sunday, Oct. 31, the green light will be on to welcome alumni back to campus
for homecoming 2004.
The Class of 2007 celebrated Homecoming last year. The Class of 2008 Bonfire
will begin at approximately 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29. (photo by Joe Mehling
'69)
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A full slate of events is planned, involving Dartmouth graduates, faculty
members, students and administrators. The weekend's festivities begin with
Junior Varsity Football vs. Harvard, followed by Women's Ice Hockey vs. Boston
College.
From 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Hanover's streets will be filled with the sights
and sounds of the Dartmouth Night Torchlight Parade. Official Dartmouth Night
ceremonies will kick off on the steps of Dartmouth Hall at 8 p.m., followed by
the Class of 2008 Bonfire on the Green. A special night for many, for Josh
Marks it will be a milestone. This Dartmouth Night will be his 10th year paying
bagpipes before the bonfire.
Football, festivities, friendship and lively intellectual fare are hallmarks
of Homecoming weekend. Professor of English and Avalon Foundation Chair of the
Humanities Don Pease will disclose the true source of some of Dr. Seuss's most
beloved stories, in a Faculty Chalk Talk, the fourth in a series of five
lectures scheduled to coincide with home football games. Previous speakers in
this year's series included Lee Lynd, Professor of Engineering at the Thayer
School; Ambassador Ken Yalowitz, Director of the Dickey Center; and Marysa
Navarro, Professor of History and Chair of Latin American Studies. Sydney
Finkelstein, Professor of Management at the Tuck School, will speak on
Saturday, Nov. 13.
Undergraduate student research will be on display at the Top of the Hop on
Saturday, Oct. 30, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The poster session, now in its
second year, will showcase 20 in-depth undergraduate research projects
reflecting work in the sciences, the humanities, the arts and interdisciplinary
collaborations. The Big Green will square off against Harvard at 12:30 p.m. for
the Homecoming football game.
A centennial of sorts, 2004 marks the 100th year since William Legge, sixth
Earl of Dartmouth, visited his namesake campus. Here in 1904 to participate in
a ceremony laying the cornerstone of the new Dartmouth Hall, he was welcomed by
students who celebrated with a parade around the Green in his honor. The
original building burned ealier that year.
Complete listing of Homecoming weekend events.
By LAUREL STAVIS
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