Intramural Sports
Informant Name: Sam Hatcher
Date Collected: May 19th, 2016
Place Collected: Baker Library First Floor, Hanover, NH
Genre: Custom
Informant Data: Sam is a member of AD’s last new-member class.
Contextual Data: Sam, along with many of the brothers of AD, regularly competes in intramural sports. Sam has seen success as a member of the AD intramural team.
Ritual: “Intramural sports give us a chance to bond as a group. We get together and compete against other teams, mainly other fraternities, and try to beat them in a variety of competitions. Although it is definitely fun to win, the shared experience is what is great. It helps build strong friendships in the house that transcends class years.”
Interpretation: Due to the team oriented nature of intramural sports, members who compete in these events develop a strong sense of camaraderie. This is an opportunity for new members to identify even more strongly as a brother of the house. Because members of all class years join the house team, friendships are created across class years.
 
Collected by:
 
LM
Dartmouth College
HB 1674
Hanover, NH 03755
Professors Victoria Somoff & Mikhail Gronas
Russian 13: Vampires, Witches, and Firebirds; 16S