Durable Studies

WITHIN THE PERIOD of vivid recollection of alumni of the vintage of your editor there have been four faculty figures of impressive stature in the Classics. "Charlie D." Adams, Harry Burton, William Stuart Messer, and Roy Nemiah have, over a period of years, brought rare distinction in qualities of scholarship and influence to this historic department of instruction.

There are many who feel a loss of serious proportions in the absence of required work in the Classics in the curriculum. Walter Lippman has lately stated his regret that colleges and schools have so far departed from the traditional or classical studies of other years as to impair the discipline of intellect now achieved by the average student. Certainly Dartmouth has enjoyed exceptional strength in the teaching of its courses in Greek, Latin, and Classical Civilization. The four named above, and others, have created something in their teaching that has endured in vigor through the constant process of curricular change.

Royal Case Nemiah, on whose shoulders fell Professor Adams' mantle as Lawrence Professor of the Greek Language and Literature, is the subject this month of our faculty biographical profile. We are indebted to Donald Bartlett '24, professor of Biography, for authorship of an article describing the career and beliefs of one of the most respected and talented—also one of the most beloved—of the Dartmouth faculty.