Gleanings From The Publications
Le Cercle Eranjais elected W. D. G. Casseres '31 president, R. D. Cleaves '32 vice-president, and D. N. Borkum '31 secretary and treasurer. These officers will be installed after spring vacation and will serve for the ensuing year.
Professor G. C. Wood talked in the Kenerson Section of the Tower Room of Baker Library about an exhibit of books on the Middle Ages on display. This display consisted both of Medieval literature and of books about the Middle Ages.
Professor W. B. D. Henderson spoke at a later date on literature of the Renaissance. These exhibits are of a series intended for those interested in building up a personal library.
Dr. Willard L. Sperry, Dean of the Harvard Theological School, spoke on "Religion in the Modern Mind," the first of the series of college lectures on the general subject of "Religion as an Integrating Factor in Life." He was introduced by Pres. Ernest M. Hopkins
The Dartmouth Players well presented "Cock Robin," a mystery play, in Webster Hall on Saturday, March 23. The Players were fortunate in obtaining first amateur production rights on this play, as it has only recently completed a successful run on Broadway.
The play was written by Phillip Barrie and Elmer Rice.
R. S. Monahan '29 began the first of a series of fireside talks for freshmen when he spoke at the D. O. C. house on "Cabin Use and Camp Cooking."
Anna Louise Strong, author and authority on China and Russia, spoke under the auspices of The Round Table on March 19. Dr. Strong returned from Russia in January and spoke on a subject related to her investigations in that country and China.
She has spent seven years in Russia, Siberia, Mongolia and China, going first to Russia in relief work in 1921 under the American Friends Service. Her wide experience with the subject made her talk one of especial interest.
Professor X. A. Morfin continued his series of weekly lectures in French by talking one week on Paul Claudel, the French ambassador to America and a well known poet, and another week on the subject "Britanny."
Upon recommendation of the committee of faculty on fellowships and graduate instruction, President Hopkins announced that the following Dartmouth alumni and seniors have been awarded fellowships for the academic year 1929-1930: John Newbold Hough '27, William Alvin Hunt '28, Rowland Mason Myers '2B, Henry William Scherp '28, George Willard Whelan '28, Robert Kenneth Carr '29, David Chalmers Mcintosh, Jr. '29 and Austin Leroy Starrett '29.
A four-foot snake of unknown species was discovered in a shipment of bananas to Rich's grocery store in Hanover. Perley Rich, owner of the store, upon starting to pry open the crate noticed the snake and quickly threw the box into the alley before any harm could result. A crowd immediately formed, and one of the members of the Zoology Department took the reptile away in order to discover to what species it belonged.
A bronze tablet in memory of Dr. John Martin Gile, alumnus of Dartmouth of the class of 1887 and a noted educator and surgeon, has been placed in Gile Hall. Doctor Gile held a number of important positions in medical and educational circles, his latest one being Dean of the Medical School from 1910 until the time of his death in 1925.
W. Dustin White, author of numerous magazine articles, will accompany the first Mt. Washington trip and will act as its official guide. Among other articles, Mr. White has written "Winter Wandering with a Gas Wagon" and "Winter Trails in Eastern Canada," both of which appeared in recent issues of "Fur-Fish-Game." "Winter Wandering With a Gas Wagon" is an account of a trip through parts of New England familiar to anyone at all acquainted with New England.
