Who's Who in This Issue

ROBERT J. DELAHANTY, writer of the article Sport for Sport's Sake, is director of recreational activities at Dartmouth. He was graduated from Springfield Training School in 1911 and went into the work of physical education in Gloucester, Brookline and at Worcester Academy. He came from Worcester to Dartmouth in 1926 under the program of recreational activity worked out by the department.

PROF. WILLIAM STUART MESSER, author of the article on treasure in sunken ships, is a Columbia man. He holds three Columbia degrees and an honorary doctorate from the University of Padua, Italy. The Greek government recently conferred upon him one of their highest decorations, the cross of the order of the Redeemer. He has done much research abroad and has published many articles in classical journals. He has been at Dartmouth since 1919, and at present as professor of Latin is chairman of that department.

DR. WILLIAM R. P. EMERSON, medical consultant in nutrition and physical fitness at Dartmouth College, is a practising physician and specialist in Boston with an office at 270 Commonwealth Ave. He holds an A.B. from Dartmouth and an M.D. from Harvard. He has been a professor at Tufts Medical School since 1914, and is author of a book, Nutrition and Growth in Children.

PROF. HERBERT F. WEST who tells of the work of Comparative Literature in Dartmouth College is a Dartmouth man in the class of 1922. He taught in the department of English until 1924 when he took his Master's degree. In 1924-25 he studied in London and Berlin, and returned to Dartmouth to teach in the department of Comparative Literature. He was appointed an assistant professor this fall.

SAMSON OCCOM, the "Glory of the Indian Race" is known to all Dartmouth men. He entered upon his studies with Dr. Wheelock in Lebanon Crank, Conn., in 1743, and because of this Indian's intellectual success Wheelock decided to enlarge his school. Occom went abroad and raised the money with which Dartmouth College was begun.