THE SUMMER SESSION

The Director of the Summer Session has recently issued a series of preliminary bulletins relative to the courses to be offered at the coming session. About fifty different courses are listed, giving opportunity for election in the departments of Archaeology, Biology, Chemistry, The Drama, Education, English, French, German, History, Latin, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education (for women), Physics, Physiology, Psychology, Public Speaking, Sociology, and Spanish. The majority of the courses are designed especially to meet the immediate needs of the secondary school teacher; the remainder are intended to supply the wants of students who are working for the master's degree, or who wish to round out their undergraduate study with courses not otherwise available. The faculty numbers thirty-one regular instructors, nineteen of them from the Dartmouth faculty, and twelve of them from other institutions; besides these, there is to be a special corps of lecturers, who will supplement by their lectures the regular work of particular courses.

Especially noteworthy are the courses to be offered in The Drama. These include Contemporary Continental Drama, and Shakespeare, taught by Professor A. H. Licklider of Williams, formerly of Dartmouth; and Festivals and Pageantry for School and Community, and Dramatic Literature, by Mr. J. R. Crawford of Yale, and a Seminar in Dramatics, by Mr. Crawford and special lecturers. The last named course offers to students in the drama an opportunity unexcelled anywhere in the country. It will deal with the fundamental principles of drama and dramatic representation. Students taking the course will do specialized work in such subjects as the study of dramatic theory and technique, the art of play production, including costumes, scenery, and the practical details of stage management. Practical work in indoor and outdoor acting and stage management will be offered to those competent in connection with the productions of The Little Theatre and the Dartmouth Open-Air Theatre. The lecturers assisting in the course include Clayton Hamilton, lecturer, critic, editor and author ; Percy MacKaye, poet and playwright; Frank Chouteau Brown, architect, scenic designer, and President of the American Pageant Association; Lee Wilson Dodd, playwright and poet; Hermann Hagedorn, poet and playwright; Brian Hooker, opera writer and poet; Sam Hume, designer of scenery and producer; Will Hutchins, artist, critic, and producer; Curtis Hidden Page, professor of English at Dartmouth, editor, and translator; Stuart Walker, owner of the Portmanteau Theatre, manager and playwright; and Franklin Jasper Walls, festival producer and designer of costumes.

Anyone interested in the work of the Summer Session may obtain copies of the bulletins recently issued by addressing Professor James L. McConaughy, Director of the Summer Session.