HANOVER HOLIDAY 1946
Popular Alumni College Will Return this Summer
HANOVER HOLIDAY, forced by the war to suspend its activities in 1942, will come back into full stride this coming summer. Like all other enterprises, its staff and its energies were directed toward other goals for a while, and now it is full of plans for a glorious reconverted product, all covered with chromium and driven by electronics and atomic energy, that will outwear the old product a dozen times. Specifically, it will last a month, in its various forms, and will do its best to persuade its patrons to stay in Hanover for a large part of that time.
All these new ideas are tied in with the plans for class reunions. As some are only too well aware, reunions also are rather special this year, and will last from the end of June until early August—spread out, weekend after weekend, in order to fit into an already crowded Hanover all those who have missed their reunions for the last four years and are now determined to come back in 1946. This being so, and Hanover Holiday itself being convinced that a great many will want to take advantage of its offerings, it seemed that the only thing to do was to offer a program after each re- union weekend, for four weeks at least. In this way everybody can come who wants to, at the time most convenient for him and his other plans for reunions, vacations, work, and so on; and at the same time it may be possible to hold down the Holiday attendance to numbers that will allow the old informality to continue. This last is added because frankly the management fails to see how anybody who has not come back to Hanover for so long a time can possibly tear himself away in less than a week, and that of course means that he will have to bring along at least part of the familywhich is just what we want. And even if Hanover did not exert its old appealwhich is a fantastic notion—is there any reason why the rush for an education which is now deluging the campuses of the country with eager veterans, should not extend to the open arms of the Holiday? We can offer no degree, but we can offer multum in parvo.
But the Holiday has much more in mind than a session every week. It has so much it wants to offer, and so many good talks saved up over the years, that it plans two separate programs—not simultaneously, because that would be tantalizing, but successively. One series of talks will be given after the first reunion weekend, another after the second weekend; then the first series will be repeated during the third week, and so on. Both series are good ones, of course, but for most reunion groups this arrangement offers three possibilities. You may come for the series before your reunion, or for the one after it, or—and this is the best solution—you may stay here ten days and go to both series. Where could you have a better vacation? For the fifth of the Dartmouth Confraternity which is not reuning this year, the Holiday is as wide open as ever and so it is, too, for wives, children, friends of the College, and those who would like to know more about it. There will be room, and the costs will be smaller than before the war.
That last statement, in this age of reconversion, needs more attention, but it is strictly true, more or less. Since the Inn will be unable to hold those who want to be here, the Holiday has completed negotiations with Bursar Max Norton for a special dormitory, furnished as well as can be under all the circumstances, and with the best possible service, again under the circumstances. This sounds almost as though we were discouraging a clientele otherwise apt to be too large. That is not so, but it is only fair to remind you that four years of steady use have been rather hard on the dormitories, and while the College will do all it can to make things comfortable, it cannot promise too much. The Holiday expects, however, that things will not be bad at all. And if you are not as optimistic as all that, there is always the Inn to fall back on, at least for those forehnded enough to write early. As for eating, you may have a choice of the Inn, Thayer Hall, the Outing Club, or the restaurants in town; that should satisfy nearly everybody. Whatever you do, the total cost for the three days and nights of the Holiday—Monday morning to Thursday morning—will not run over $lO, with the meals extra and up to you. Even including a reunion weekend, the whole program, the full choice, with both series of talks and a ten-day vacation in Hanover, the total will be about $25, again without meals. Try and beat that if you can.
As for the Holiday talks, they are well worth coming to hear. Covering some of the more interesting developments of the last few years, and some of the more perplexing problems of the present, they are fairly evenly divided between the domestic and world scenes. The first talk of the first series, coming on Monday afternoon, July 1, is by James F. Cusick, Professor of Economics, on the extremely important subject of "Jobs For All?" The question mark is his-as it might be anybody's-but unless something like that title is really possible for us, the prospects of the postwar world will not be bright. Mr. Cusick has a well deserved reputation as one of Dartmouth's able speakers, and there is no doubt that this talk will start the Holiday program most successfully. Monday evening the program changes to a different but no less controversial subject, "Keeping Our Families Together," by Professor Andrew Truxal. Known widely as an effective speaker on many topics, Mr. Truxal has given here for some years a course on the family. Between the two, this evening promises well, on a subject that increasingly plagues our society.
On Tuesday morning, July 2, Professor Gordon Ferrie Hull Jr. '33, of the Physics Department, and formerly with the research division of Bell Telephone, will talk about "Radar and Radio—Their Future," in Wilder Hall. That is to say, he will not only tell us a lot of things about electronics, but show us what he means, with a really extraordinary collection of devices, pointing the way to what seems to an outsider an increasingly Buck Rogers future.
Tuesday evening the general theme shifts more to the world scene. Very little of what we, or our government, do these days is without repercussions on our relations with other countries. No other part of our political behavior is so important as what is included in "foreign policy." Yet it is safe to say that all too many of us do not realize what we are committed to, what we should be trying to do—do not realize, that is, the essentials of a proper policy for this country. The Holiday is very fortunate in having a talk on "United States Foreign Policy" by a speaker with several years' experience in the State Department to top off a long-held interest in world affairsPresident John Sloan Dickey. You ought not to miss it.
THE WORLD FROM THE AIR
Wednesday, July 3, in the morning, there is a specialized continuation of this look at world realities, with Professor Trevor Lloyd, on "The Geography of the Ait"- a consideration of where and how the airplane will hold the world together, with some of the political difficulties involved. Mr. Lloyd has recently come to the Dartmouth Geography Department, where he has in a brief time, interrupted by geographical work of importance for the Canadian government, made a reputation for himself that you will appreciate. The last talk of this series is by Professor John Gazley of the History Department, "Can the United Nations Keep the Peace?" Most of you know Mr. Gazley's ability by past performances; that, plus the burning importance of his topic, will bring the series to a fitting climax.
The following week the second series will start with a talk on Monday afternoon, July 8, by Malcolm Keir, on "Labor in Politics." So many thousand Dartmouth alumni have gone out of "Prof Keir's Eccy," or sung about it, that there is no need of saying more here than that this will start the series off with a grand talk and a violent discussion afterwards. In the evening Arthur M. Wilson appears with "Education for a Democracy," both in general terms and in terms of what Dartmouth ought to try to do. With his dual roles as Professor of Government and Professor of Biography, Mr. Wilson sits in both the Social Sciences and the Humanities. Possessing this background, and a membership on the Committee on Educational Policy, he has much to say about this topic, which means a lot to all of us who are interested in the College.
On Tuesday morning, July 9, Prof. William W. Ballard '2B of the Zoology Department will talk about "Trends in Human Evolution." Mr. Ballard is another of Dartmouth's able speakers whom the Holiday is pleased to present to the alumni this year, if indeed he needs any introduction. Most of us think in rather short periods of time; it will be good for us to hear what real scientists have to say about long periods, and what may happen to human beings in them, especially so far as racial conflict is concerned.
Tuesday evening there is another of those newcomers to the Holiday who were not here for the last session in 1942. Professor John Adams, of the History Department, will talk about "Conflicts in Southeastern Europe." Mr. Adams was here only one year before he went into the Army four years ago; now he is back, to the satisfaction of the students also now returning, who have been coming in to ask when he would arrive—his lectures, you see, are not easily forgotten even after years of war. For this, and for his authoritative knowledge of the Balkans, he is welcomed to the Holiday, with a topic that is probably stated conservatively!
Wednesday morning, July 10, is another of this group, and undoubtedly the most controversial of all—"What Russia Wants," by Professor Dimitri von Mohrenschildt. Mr. von Mohrenschildt through his. Russian birth and education, his scholarly training, and his long contacts here with Russian affairs is as well qualified to handle this as most humans could be. Since this talk covers what he thinks is wanted by the only other great power in the world today, this is apt to be a long session before the questions are over.
To TELL CHINA'S ROLE
Wednesday evening the scene shifts to a third highly controversial area, with a talk on "China in the New Era" by Professor Wing-tsit Chan. Mr. Chan, in the short time he has been at Dartmouth, has managed with his tremendous energy to visit a good many alumni groups; if you have not heard him, it is time you did. You may be sure of a sound, and very stimulating, talk by one of Dartmouth's most popular speakers.
There is the full program, covering the first three days of two successive weeks. The third week, of July 15, will see a repetition of the first series; the fourth week, of July 82, a repetition of the second series. If a fifth week is wanted by the classes having reunions at the end of the summer, they may have one, with the speakers that appeal the most. All in all, this is a series of talks—and this is said with some authority—that would be hard to match. Dartmouth is not at all reluctant to offer them to its alumni, and hopes—indeed is sure—they will come to hear them.
It is unnecessary to do more than remind you of the other Holiday attractions. July in Hanover is after all the best month of the year. (In February I am tempted to say the only good month.) There is swimming, and tennis, and golf, with all afternoon open for them. There is a library. There are places to sit and talk, and people to talk with. There will be a summer session going on, so everything will be open, but not crowded. There will be room for your family. There will be an application blank in your mail. If it misses you, write in to the Hanover Holiday.
HOLIDAY DIRECTOR AND ONE OF STAR PERFORMERS. Prof. Herbert W. Hill (left) of the History Department and Prof. Malcolm Keir, Economics, talk over the latter's lecture on labor in American politics.
