Senior Fellows
SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE junior class were named by President Hopkins on April 29 to be Senior Fellows for the coming academic year. They are Charles G. Bolte of Greenwich, Conn.; Peter M. Keir of Hanover; Edward F. Little of Marlboro, Mass.; William A. Lowry of Kansas City, Mo.; Richard B. McCornack of Chicago; Lawrence E. Thompson of San Marino, Calif.; and Theodore Wachs Jr. of Haddonfield, N. J.
As Senior Fellows these seven men will be given a free hand next year to pursue their studies in whatever manner they choose. They will not be required to attend classes, to take examinations, or to pay tuition fees. They are required only to be in residence at the College throughout the year and to remain in good standing as members of the student body. In June, 1941, they will automatically receive their degrees along with their classmates.
Bolte, an English major, plans to devote his Senior Fellowship to a detailed study of the Elizabethan period, particularly in its relation to modern life. He is assotiate editor of The Dartmouth and is the new Undergraduate Editor of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Keir, son of Prof. Malcolm Keir of the Economics department, plans to devote next year to the study of modern housing problems. He is president of Green Key and a varsity letterman in hockey. Little, an honors student in Philosophy and Comparative Literature, plans to use his Senior Fellowship to study the correlative fields of modern history and philosophy, seeking the basic developments that govern contemporary thought and action. He is a member of the varsity ski team and of Cabin and Trail.
Lowry, an honors major in Philosophy, plans to carry on next year the special study which he is now making of "The Philosophy of Social Planning." He is a member of the Judiciary Committee of the Interdormitory Council and is chairman of Smith Hall. McCornack, an honors major in History and son of the late Walter E. McCornack '97, plans to spend next year in studying the Latin American republics and their relations with the United States. He is assistant manager of track, chairman of Ripley Hall, and a member of Green Key. Thompson, an honors major in Economics, will devote his Senior Fellowship to a study of old-age pensions, comparing the various state plans now existing and appraising their economic worth. He is chairman of assignments for Green Key, an undergraduate member of the Council on Student Organizations, and a member of the Glee Club. Wachs, an honors student in English, will continue his English honors work next year and as a special project will make an intensive study of several literary figures of the Renaissance in relation to the history and art of the period. Originally a member of the Class of 1936, he dropped out of College to work for a five-year period and returned to his studies in February, 1939.
