GRADUS AD PARNASSUM

IF THE NUMBER of requests for the mail address of Mr. Francis M. Qua '11 is an indication, he is doubtless still in the midst of a brisk correspondence with both critical and complimentary readers of his article in our last issue "Old Grad Looks at Siwash."

Any who feel that only one side of the case is presented by the editors, and this an unfavorable one to the objectives of the Social Sciences, are referred to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE issues of January, 1937, "The New Social Science Program" by Professor Riegel; and February, 1939, "Social Science Division" by Professor James P. Richardson. We realize however it would be necessary to publish a description of any given subject about every three months if widespread and fairly accurate knowledge of it is to be acquired by a large number of people. Unfortunately this is not possible or probably desirable, with a hundred and one interesting things about the College only awaiting their turn for the space they should have in these pages. We have asked Professor Gazley, capable founder and director of the required freshman course Social Science 1-2, to prepare an article on the purposes and achievements of the course, and he has kindly consented to do so at a not distant date.

It was in a roundabout way that we learned of Mr. Qua's paper, which he had read at a literary club meeting in Lowell, Mass., where he is an attorney. We requested the privilege of publishing the paper. If it has resulted in stimulating thought on the issues he discusses therein, both in and outside of Hanover, it was well worth doing. These columns are open to any Dartmouth man who cares to question policies in thoughtful and objective fashion. Sweetness and light may be in the ascendancy in Hanover but the liberal college thrives on difference of opinion in its constant quest for cumulatively greater progress. This thought leads to another factor of equal significance in relationships within the College constituency.

OF FIRST IMPORTANCE in the alertness of the College to do a better job at education is mutual understanding between alumni and teachers. Sympathy for the objectives of the faculty, not alone in the controversial Social Sciences but in all courses in the curriculum, can only exist among graduates if they are closely in touch with the College, and have access to accurate information. And men who are engaged in the wide, wide world in earning a living in practical affairs have much to offer the official corps in Hanover. Keep open the lines of communication—bothways.

The speaking trips of President Hopkins and Dean Bill in the next few weeks, who between them will meet with some 25 alumni groups, Dean Strong's recent western trip, plans now being made for members of the faculty to meet with alumni clubs and associations, and the Hanover Holiday program in June—all provide the give and take essential to the cooperative enterprise that is Dartmouth College. The ALUMNI MAGAZINE, meanwhile, can and should be the medium of regular communication, and here again it is a two-way line.

BEST LOCAL SCENE of the month: lobby of the Nugget the night before vacation ended, sprinkled with suitcases and one trunk belonging to those who got back to Hanover in time for the show, but without enough leeway to go to their rooms first.