Probably not. “Rubbing Warner's nose," on the bronze bust of Warner Bentley, in the College's Hopkins Center for the Arts, has long been considered good luck, and thousands of Dartmouth students, faculty, staff, and alumni have done so. Bentley was a long-time professor of English, director of The Dartmouth Players, and the first director of the Hopkins Center from its opening in 1962 until his retirement in 1969 Those looking for good luck have also been known to rub the nose of another bronze bust, of former Dean of the College Craven Laycock, which sits outside the Tower Room on the second floor of Baker Library.
As for those exams: rubbing Warner’s nose can’t hurt, but we strongly recommend that other time-honored tradition in preparing for exams - studying.
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