THE CONVERSION of the Dartmouth plant, faculty, and curriculum from its normal peacetime routine to a war program is described in this month's feature article, A Lesson in Adaptability, by Professor Herbert F. West, which begins on page 9.
Following this, on page 11, A. J. Liebling '24, foreign correspondent for the "New Yorker," has written a humorous article on How to Cover A War.
On page 12, Sidney C. Hayward '26, Secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Council, gives an account of 25th Reunion Gifts, with a summary of the gifts made to date.
A series of pictures on pages 26 and 27 shows the officers and men of the V-12 Unit in dress reviews for such distinguished guests as Secretary of the Navy Knox and Under Secretary Forres tal.
Professor L. B. Richardson continues his life histories of Dartmouth buildings and the people associated with them in a story on TheGifted Crosbys, on page 12. Other regular features which appear this month are GradusAd Parnassum, page 7; the War Directory of Dartmouth men in service, pages 19 to 22; letters from 'Round the Girdled Earth, page 15; Laureled Sons of Dartmouth, page 18; and Books and Hanover Browsing, page 23.
A special feature on Albert Carrington (1833), one of the leaders of the Mormon movement, appears on page 36 under the title of Forgotten Dartmouth Men.
News of the College begins on page 28; TheUndergraduate Chair, on page 32; With BigGreen Teams, on page 33; and News from theClubs and Classes, on page 37.
The Cover George Higgins, staff photographer, has caught for this month's cover the daily scene of Navy and Marine trainees crossing the campus on their way to classes in the V-12 and regular College curricula.