Boy was I mistaken.
Actually I believe you were right about the earlier graduates. But that has changed today.
Last November, I gave a presentation on sharks to a group of Dartmouth Alumni , on Cape Cod. They appeared to be mostly retired men aging from about 65 to over 80 years of age.
My impression was they were highly successful in life, both economically and in other pursuits like literature and reasearch, and business start-ups.
They were a great group of people to be around.
I would think these winners in life at that presentation are disappointed with this new breed of winers at Dartmouth. -Tom