The Dartmouth Cup

It took some detective work to solve the mystery – and not by me. The program for Sunday's Dartmouth commencement noted that graduating linebacker Garrett Wymore was the winner of the Dartmouth Cup. The only mention of the Dartmouth Cup I could find was Lord Dartmouth's Cup and after reading about it here I doubted Garrett would have to pay extra to lug that thing back to California.

Leave it to someone with eagle eyes to find the answer in plain sight. Turns out another former Dartmouth football player being honored Sunday also once won the award. From the introduction of Bill King, quarterback of the unbeaten 1962 Dartmouth team who was awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters (italics are mine):

WILLIAM HAVEN KING JR., you were given so many accolades upon graduating from Dartmouth that the alumni magazine referred to the senior awards ceremony as "Bill King Day," reflecting your Watson Trophy for Athlete of the Year and Dartmouth Cup for the athlete who reflected the most credit on Dartmouth.

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Speaking of graduation, strolling through town Sunday I stumbled across Doug Henry, a local artist (as well as a talented musician) and father of sons who were classmates of That Certain '14 and That Certain Nittany Lion. Anyhow, Doug was set up on the Hanover Inn corner with some of his paintings from the Dartmouth campus. This one, of course, caught my eye:

GATE FOUR (Click to enlarge)

From Doug Henry's website:

His most recent work is dedicated to an artistic portrayal of Dartmouth College. This new body of work is called CAMPUSscapes of Dartmouth. The paintings depict unique perspectives of the campus throughout all the many changing seasons. Doug paints with acrylic on wood panels and on canvas. 

Recently, the Tuck School of Business purchased Doug's portrayal of Tuck. The painting hangs in the school's foyer and is part of their permanent collection.

Here's a little more of his work from the CAMPUSscapes collection:

(Click to enlarge.)

For information on purchasing a print of the Memorial Field painting Gate Four, click here. The 8.5 x 11 original of the painting is available for $495.

By the way, Doug also sells campus puzzles, notecards and signs, and will do Dartmouth paintings on commission through his online store.

Editor's Note: No, I don't have any stake in Doug Henry's work. I saw it, I liked it and I thought you might as well ;-)