PROFESSOR HUSBAND BECOMES NEW ASSOCIATE DEAN

A plan long contemplated, for furnishing vocational guidance to Dartmouth men and putting recent graduates of the college in touch with the lines of work for which they seem best fitted has been put in operation at the college with the recent appointment of Professor R. W. Husband to the office of Associate Dean. The position has been created. Professor Husband has been on leave of absence from classroom duties during the first two-thirds of the year preparing for his new duties and lining up the necessary data and facilities.

The MAGAZINE will print later a full account of the work, but Professor Husband has made the following brief statement of his new duties:

"The first task of the Associate Dean will be to acquaint men with their powers. Their physical condition upon entrance will be carefully recorded. Scientifically adjusted psychological tests will aid in determining the type and general grade of their intelligence. These tests will, in turn, be constantly checked by reference to the regular class-room work, by special personal reports by teachers in various subjects, and by observation of the performance in those often reviled extracurriculum "student activities" which, properly safeguarded, may, after all, serve a valuable educational purpose.

"We have devised a system of condensed reports whereby, semester after semester, a. student's progress may be followed at a glance, and note made of variation from, or peculiar affirmations of, traits identified at the beginning of his college course. Obviously the system is one that enables the application of physical and mental corrections and stimuli as they may be needed-

"In due time we hope to give the employer, who is in search for recruits from the College, complete and accurate information as to the qualifications of every, man who may present himself as a candidate. Equally we expect to advise our young men as to precisely what they may expect in such a line of employment as offers.

"This is all quite different from the aim and procedure of the usual college employment bureau—frequently operated by or through alumni of the institution. The Dartmouth attempt is to vitalize the curriculum by unmistakably proving its relationship to life. Its concern is far less with finding employment for a man than with ensuring his conscious preparation for usefulness in the direction of his most effective powers."