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THE SERIES OF DESCRIPTIVE ARTICLES ABOUT leaders in the student body who are setting high standards in varied undergraduate activities is continued this month with Bill Cunningham's account of the career of Charles M. Pearson '42. Distinctive Student Achievement begins on page 10.

Quotations from President Hopkins' address at the opening of the College, which was published in full in our last month's issue, are included in Gradus Ad Parnassum, page 7. News of the death of C. B. Little '81 and an account of his notable career are carried on page 22.

The New Freshman Class, page 13, describes the entering class of 723 freshmen. The author, Dean Chamberlin '26, was formerly associated with Dean Strong in the Admissions Office, has more recently conducted a survey for the Progressive Education Association, and has returned to Hanover this fall as instructor in English and associate in personnel.

Charles G. Bolte '41 embarked for England this summer with two classmates to join a famous regiment of British infantry—the King's Royal Rifles. Abstracts from his recent letters home are published this month, page 17.

The beginnings of Civil Pilot Training at Dartmouth are described in Wings Over Hanover, page 19, written by two undergraduates who stayed in Hanover for the summer flying course. Hanover Browsing, page 16, Books byDartmouth Men, page 20, News of the College, page 25, and the Undergraduate Chair, page 30, are regular features of the issue. Whitey Fuller covers fall sports, page 33, as the football season hits its full stride.

We are indebted to Clarence G. McDavitt '00 and Harry L. Sampson '00, for the article, The Origins of Palaeopitus, page 23.

The transition is rapid these days from a senior cap and gown to service uniforms, as the cover attests. For the pictures of representative wearers of a variety of student and military headgear we are indebted to Photographers Higgins, Safier, and Redstone '43, and the U. S. Navy.