Faculty Leaves

DARTMOUTH FACULTY and administrative officers on leave from the College for war service now number 78, or approximately 23 per cent of the average staff. Prof. Frank H. Connell '28, department of zoology and professor of parasitology at the Medical School, left Hanover in February to take up his duties as a captain in the Sanitary Corps of the U. S. Army. It was expected that his first assignment would be in the field of anti-malarial research. Captain Connell has had many years of experience in the field of bacterial disease.

R. Haven Falconer '39, director of Dartmouth College Films, has been granted leave of absence to become civilian director of the Army Institute Film Library Service, while Prof. Francois Denoeu of the French department has joined the editorial staff of the Army Institute.

Prof. Lindsay Helmholz of the chemistry department has left to do special research work at Pasadena, California, in connection with the Office of Scientific Research and Development, National Defense Research Committee, and the California Institute of Technology.

The astronomy department has lost the services of Prof. Harold H. Lane '31 who has been selected as a ground instructor of student flyers from the Civilian Pilot Training course and the United States Navy, assigned to the Pilot Training Division of Northeast Airlines, Inc. at Burlington, Vt.

Two more Dartmouth coaches have gone into service. Edward J. Jeremiah '30, coach of the highly successful Big Green hockey team and coach of freshman baseball, has been commissioned a lieutenant (j.g.) in the Naval Reserve and is taking his indoctrination course at the Naval Training School at Dartmouth. Harold "Chick" Evans, freshman basketball coach here since 1928, has reported to Chapel Hill, N. C., for indoctrination training, as a senior grade lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. after which he will be assigned to physical training work.

Donald Bartlett '24, professor of biography, whose leave of absence was announced earlier, has received his commission as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve.

IN THE AIR CORPS George E. Diller, assistant professor ofFrench, has recently been commissionedfirst lieutenant, USA AC.