Our series examining an Image of the Week from the photographic files, by Kevin Warstadt, Digital Program Specialist.

Show jumping ca 1987

The above image comes from a folder entitled “Equestrian Team.” The Dartmouth Equestrian Team finished the ’17 Fall season in 1st place in the IHSA Zone I, Region 2 standings, out of 10 teams and 30 points ahead of the next highest school.

The domesticated horse is a species of odd-toed ungulate, classified Equus ferus caballus. It was likely domesticated around 3500 BC in Central Asia, later than most other domesticated animals. Since that time, horses have been used for transportation, as work animals, and in warfare.

There is a long history of the horse in sport, with horse racing appearing in the Greek Olympic Games of 664 B.C. and evidence suggesting the practice goes back much further. Dressage, or early forms of it, may be traced back to the writing of Xenophon, but show jumping is a relatively new sport that did not come into prominence until the nineteenth century. Though the automobile has largely replaced the horse as a means of transportation, horse racing and other equestrian sports remain popular in the U.S. and around the world.

For more images of horses go to the Dartmouth Photographic Files.

www.dartmouth.edu/drc/

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2003). “Usage of 17 specific names based on wild species which are pre-dated by or contemporary with those based on domestic animals (Lepidoptera, Osteichthyes, Mammalia): conserved. Opinion 2027 (Case 3010)”. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 60 (1): 81–84. Archived from the original on 2007-08-21.

http://www.imh.org/exhibits/online/legacy-of-the-horse/what-we-theorize-when-and-where-domestication-occurred/

https://www.libraryindex.com/pages/2186/Animals-in-Sports-ROOTS-ANIMAL-SPORTS.html

http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/xenophon-forefather-dressage

Our series examining an Image of the Week from the photographic files, by Kevin Warstadt, Digital Program Specialist.

Zoology Class ca 1940

This week’s photo comes from a folder titled “Zoology Department.”

Students of the natural sciences at Dartmouth didn’t always study under a single department. They once studied at the Chandler School, which did not become an incorporated department until 1892. The Chandler Department then divided into the departments of Zoology, Botany, and Geology, and in 1960 the Zoology and Botany departments combined to form the Department of Biological Sciences. Read more about the history of the department in the Biology Collection Development Policy Guidelines. See more Zoology department photos in the Dartmouth Library photographic files.

Our series examining an Image of the Week from the photographic files, by Kevin Warstadt, Edward Connery Lathem ’51 Digital Library Fellow.

Commencement Ceremony in the Bema ca 1913

In honor of graduation last weekend, we have a photo from a folder titled “Commencement 1911-1922.” This photo was taken in 1913 and features graduating seniors seated in the Bema with family members gathered around.

Dartmouth’s first commencement was held in 1771, and featured only four graduating seniors. From 1795 to 1907, the ceremony was held in the Dartmouth College Church. As the size of the student body expanded, more space was needed, and commencement was moved to The Bema in 1932. In 1953 President Eisenhower attended, and the ceremony was moved to The Green to accommodate the crowd. It has remained there to this day.

For more information on the history of Dartmouth Commencement see the link here. See more images of Dartmouth Commencement here.