Visiting Speakers

THE PAST MONTH saw one of the busiest programs of public lectures and musical presentations since pre-war days. Prof. Frederick L. Schuman of Williams College was the first speaker of the month, lecturing, under the auspices of the Dartmouth College Lecture Series, on "U. S. and USSR —Rivals or Partners."

Harvard's famed astronomer, Dr. Harlow Shapley, also spoke in 105 Dartmouth Hall, under the auspices of the New Hampshire Chapter of the Independent Citizens' Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions on the subject, "Some Jobs for Independent Citizens." Daniel Benedite, editor of the French paper, Franc-tireur, and a famous underground leader of the Maquis during the war, told a 105 Dartmouth audience of the problems and trends of present-day French political thinking. Miss Anais Nin, modern authoress, lectured to an open meeting of Prof. Herbert F. West's Comparative Literature 13 class on the modern novel.

Musical events of the past month were featured by the opera, Il Trovatore, presented by the All-American Opera Company as part of the annual concert series, and two concerts by the Rochester Symphony Orchestra, one in the afternoon primarily for school children of the region and the other for the College audience in the evening. The traditional Christmas Carol Service was held in Rollins Chapel on Sunday afternoon, December 15, with President Dickey extending greetings to the College and town and with music provided by the Dartmouth Glee Club, the Student Nurses' Glee Club of the Mary Hitchcock Hospital, and the Hanover Junior Choir.