Casque and Gauntlet (also known as C&G) is the second-oldest of the twelve senior societies at
Dartmouth College
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. C&G was founded in 1886, just after the Sphinx, and moved to its current location at 1 South Main Street in 1893. The house was built in 1823 by Samuel Alden, and in 1915 the society installed a rear addition designed by Paterson, New Jersey architect
Fred Wesley Wentworth
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, a founding member. The house is the oldest and longest-occupied building of any society at Dartmouth.
C&G membership is co-ed and anonymous. Members of C&G nominate and select tappees as a group. Tapping takes place at a time the College coordinates with the other senior societies, usually around
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. Following coeducation at Dartmouth in 1972, the class of 1979 delegation voted unanimously to nominate women for membership. The first six women members of C&G joined the class of 1980 delegation.
While C&G's membership is not secret, some elements of the society are kept secret, as one might expect from a sorority or fraternity. Society meetings, held — like all Dartmouth senior societies — on Monday nights, are closed; the initiation ceremony and other details are also kept secret.
Notable members of past delegations include Theodor Seuss Geisel (
David T. McLaughlin
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Dartmouth College student groups
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Collegiate secret societies in North America
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