Senior Fellows Named
Six juniors of the College—Donald Gilson Allen of Manchester, Mass., Emerson Day of Bronxville, N. Y., Robert Henry Michelet of Washington, D. C., Oscar Melick Ruebhausen of Washington, Vt., Daniel Merrick Schuyler of Chicago, and Stanley Harold Silverman of New York City—have been selected to hold senior fellowships next year, it was recently announced by President Hopkins.
These coveted appointments come to the selected juniors with the only requirements that as senior fellows they must be in residence at Dartmouth College during their senior year and must throughout the vear be in good standing as members of the College. During the tenure of their fellowships, they will be given complete freedom to pursue their studies in whatever manner and direction they choose. They will not be required to attend classes —although they will have the privilege of attending any—and they will not be required to take any examinations. Special tutorial guidance in any subject will be furnished them if they wish. They will pay no tuition fees to the College. At the end of the year of their fellowships, they will be given their degrees.
The senior fellowships were established four years ago, by vote of the trustees of the College, "in order that added stimulus may be given to the genuine spirit of scholarly attainment in undergraduate life and the cultural motives of the liberal arts college may be emphasized; and in order that the tendencies of the honors courses towards freedom from routine requirements may be carried to further development in the cases of men outstandingly competent to utilize such freedom; and further that illustration may be given in the undergraduate body that the acquisition of learning is made possible largely by individual search and in but minor degree by institutional coercion."
President Hopkins made the selection of the fellows from recommendations submitted by members of the faculty and undergraduates, with the aid of an advisory committee composed of Craven Laycock, dean of the faculty; Professor Lambuth, chairman of the committee on educational policy; Professor Beetle, junior class officer; Professor Neef, director of the Bureau of Personnel Research; and E. Gordon Bill, dean of freshmen and director of admissions.
Allen's major study is Mathematics. During \his sophomore year, he was the winner of the Thayer Mathematics prize in geometry and the calculus. His scholastic average for his first five semesters is 3.82. Alle has also been active in the affairs of the Outing Club and the Canoe Club. He is a member of Cabin and Trail and the winter sports team, director of the Outing Club trail crew, winner of the Johnny Johnson canoe regatta trophy, and a member of Green Key and Zeta Psi.
Day has the extraordinary scholastic average of 4.0 for his five semesters, having never received a grade under A. He has elected a chemistry-zoology major. Day has, like Allen, been active in the Outing Club, being likewise a member of Cabin and Trail and the Canoe Club. He is chairman of the D. O. C. Forestry Committee. He was a winner of the Francis L. Town prize, awarded to the two sophomores of the most distinguished records in the science courses. Day's other activities have included basketball, tennis, and debating. He is a member of Zeta Alpha Phi, the honorary scientific fraternity; Zeta Psi, the Round Table, the Forensic Union, and Casque and Gauntlet.
Michelet is an honors student in history, with a scholastic average of 3.56 for his first five semesters. He is president of the Green Key. He has been an outstanding member of the varsity football team for two years, at guard, after captaining the freshman team. He is likewise a member of the track team and won numerals in this sport as a freshman. He has been president of his class for two years and was winner of the William S. Churchill prize, awarded annually by the Dean of Freshmen to the outstanding member of the freshman class. Michelet is a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet.
Ruebhausen has had an outstanding record as an honors student in sociology. He has attained a scholastic average of 3.84 during his five semesters in college. He has been active in journalistic work, acting as correspondent of the Boston Transcript and secretary of the Dartmouth News Service. He is a member of The Arts, the Press Club, and Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Schuyler, with an exceptionally high standing in his major department, philosophy, has likewise maintained a high scholastic average with a standing of 3.72 for his first five semesters. He is a member of the gym team, and was winner of a first place in tumbling in the N. E. A. A. A. meet this year. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Silverman, editor-in-chief of the Jacko-Lanter?i for two years, is an honors student in English. His average is 3.5. His editorial activities have included, besides leadership of the Jack-o-La?itern, membership on the board of the 1934 Green Book and contributions to The Dart. He is a member of Pi Lambda Phi, The Arts, and is secretary of the Round Table. His appointment as editor of the Undergraduate Chair in the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE has just been announced.
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