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This Month
AMONG THE SEVEN DEFENSE COURSES Approved by the Committee on Defense Instruction of the College and opened for election for the first time this fall, is "Components of Democratic Thought" taught by a group of the faculty. Arthur M. Wilson, professor of biography, is the head of the new course and describes its objectives (page 9). Much interest has been expressed in other colleges and among our alumni in Dartmouth's move to give strength through the new course to the thoughtful faith of undergraduates in democracy.
Edward S. French '06, for some years an Alumni Trustee of the College and recently elected to Life Trusteeship, has rehabilitated the Boston and Maine Railroad. His work is briefly summarized in the article YankeeProgress and Ingenuity, page 10.
More abstracts from letters of Charles G. Bolte '41, lance corporal in the 60th King's Royal Rifles, famous regiment of the British Infantry, begin on page 11.
Robert O. Blood Jr. '42 is the subject of this month's descriptive article about a leader in the student body. We greatly appreciate Prof. Arthur E. Jensen's authorship of SocialIdealism in College, page 13.
Rediscovering the College Seal, page 17, describes the history of the official seal. Ray Nash, lecturer in art and adviser on College printing, undertook the search for authentic information about the seal and the result of his work is the handsome and accurate new drawing which is illustrated in his article. In the series of Forgotten Dartmouth Men, J. A. Russell '20 contributes, page 20, information on the Dartmouth professorship once held by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Hanover Browsing, page 15, this month carries Professor West's suggestions for a Dartmouth Book Shelf.
The distinguished career of Dr. Michael E. Connor, Dartmouth Medical School class of 1901, a leader in the work of defeating yellow fever, is described on page 34.
Frank Hall '41 replaces Whitey Fuller as this month's columnist on Green Teams, page 31. Other sections are: News of AlumniClubs and Classes, page 35; Books by Dartmouth Men, page 16; News of the College, page 21; The Undergraduate Chair, page 29; Gradus Ad Parnassum, page 7.
Baker Library Tower against a wintry sky is the subject of the cover photograph by Hewitt L. Jones '40.
