Faculty Speakers

Seventeen members of the Dartmouth faculty, representing a dozen different departments, have taken active part in recent meetings of learned societies. Most of the meetings were held during the Christmas vacation period.

Professor Gordon Ferrie Hull of the Physics Department led discussion groups at the Atlantic City meetings of the American Physical Society and American Association of Physics Teachers, and was pictured in the January 18 issue of Life examining the model of the world's largest telescope which was shown at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, also held in Atlantic City. Before the New England section of the American Physical Society he read a paper on "Intermediate College Physics."

Other Dartmouth speakers at the scientific meetings in Atlantic City were Professor William W. Ballard '28 of the Department of Biology, who read a paper before the American Society of Zoologists; Dr. Winslow R. Hatch '30 of the same department, who read a paper before the Mycological Society of America; and Dr. Joseph S. Tidd '29 of the same department, who read two papers before the American Phytopathological Society. At Cincinnati, Dr. Andrew H. McNair of the Department of Geology presented a paper before the Geological Society of America.

PROF. MCCALLUM ADDRESSES COUNCIL Before the National Council of Teachers of English, meeting in Boston, Professor James Dow McCallum spoke on "The Teaching of Contemporary Literature in Colleges." Professor F. Cudworth Flint, also of the English Department, spoke before the Contemporary Literature section of the Modern Language Association, at its meeting in Richmond, Va. His topic was "Must Our Poetry Be Minor?" At the meetings of the Modern Language Association, Dr. George E. Diller of the French Department was elected chairman of the section on French Literature of the 16th and 17th centuries. Professor Shirley G. Patterson was prevented by illness from reading his paper on "Rousseau, Raynal, Radischchev, and Russia."

At the meeting of the Progressive Education Association in New York, Professor Artemas Packard of the Department of Art and Archaelogy led a round table discussion on "Art Education in a Democracy."

Professor Lloyd P. Rice of the Department of Economics was a speaker at the Tax Policy League in Chicago, reading a paper on "Financing Social Security by Payroll Taxes."

Two members of the Department of Political Science participated in the discussions of the American Political Science Association, meeting in Chicago. Professor Hugh L. Elsbree led a round table discussion on "Political Liberty and Economic Regulation," while Dr. Harold J. Tobin '17 led another on "The International Aspects of Raw Material Self-Sufficiency." Dr. Tobin also discussed critically "A Plan for Redistribution of Colonial Territories to Assure Better Raw Material Supplies to the 'Have-Not' Great Powers."

Professor Ralph A. Burns of the Education Department made two addresses, speaking on "The American Teacher" before the Lamoille Valley Teachers' Association at Stowe, Vt., and on "A Selective Process for Secondary Education" before the Massachusetts Principals' Association at Boston.

ATTENDS HISTORY MEETING

At the joint session of the American Historical Association and the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, Professor Wayne E. Stevens of the History Department read a paper on "Some Aspects of Eighteenth Century Land Speculation." Professor Edwin Powers of the Department of Psychology attended the meetings of the American Sociological Society in Chicago, and presented a paper on "Implications of the Norfolk Experiment on Criminalogical and Penological Theories." At the meeting of the Association of New England Colleges for Conference on Athletics, Professor Robert J. Delahanty, chairman of the Department of Physical Education, presented a paper on "Responsibility for the Health of the Athlete" and also participated in round table discussions in the Intramural Division, of which he was elected secretary. Professor Thomas J. Dent of the Physical Education Department presided over the meeting of the New England Soccer Coaches Association, held in New Haven.