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He joined the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the humor magazine Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, eventually rising to the rank of editor-in-chief.
At Dartmouth, he was caught drinking gin with nine friends in his room. At the time, the possession and consumption of alcohol was illegal under Prohibition laws, which remained in place between 1920 and 1933. As a result of this infraction, Dean Craven Laycock insisted that Geisel resign from all extracurricular activities, including the Jack-O-Lantern.
To continue working on the magazine without the administration's knowledge, Geisel began signing his work with the pen name "Seuss".
He was encouraged in his writing by professor of rhetoric W. Benfield Pressey, whom he described as his "big inspiration for writing" at Dartmouth.
Lattitude: 43.7022° N
Longitude: 72.2894° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What graduated?
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Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) Author of more than 60 c...
Objects To Whom or What was graduated?
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Dartmouth College A private Ivy League res...
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