PROFESSOR JOSHI TEACHES COMPARATIVE RELIGION COURSES

Among recent additions to the Dartmouth faculty of interest to alumni is that of Professor S. L. Joshi who was appointed last September to the chair of Comparative Religion. This appointment became the theme of favorable comment at the hands of Arthur Brisbane who congratulated Dartmouth on the spirit of adventure which impelled the authorities to select for the handling of a delicate subject a man from the other end of the world, without any specific denominational bias. American newspapers ranging from the New York Times to those in Los Angeles referred to this appointment and Professor Joshi has been the recipient of many letters of inquiry regarding the courses he is giving at Dartmouth. In India as well as in Great Britain references were made to this appointment as a striking sign of favorable international relations.

Professor Joshi has a Brahmin ancestry in India, was educated at a Mohammedan college and became well acquainted with the traditions and characteristics of Christianity by his wide travels in Europe and America. He did his graduate work at Columbia University and was the student of the late Professor G. W. Knox, then professor of the history and philosophy of religion at Union Theological Seminary. After acquiring considerable teaching experience in one of the colleges of the University of Bombay for twelve years, he was appointed Carnegie exchange professor from India to this country about four years ago. He lectured on Comparative Religion for three years at the University of Colorado and was appointed to the chair of Comparative Religion at Dartmouth last September.

His eldest son enlisted in the American Expeditionary forces during the world war and was badly gassed in the Argonne Forest. He has a son doing graduate work at Harvard and a daughter at Vassar College.