Miscellany
Early november snow has already sifted down on Hanover, covering the open slope on Balch Hill for a day and giving rise to a slight upswing in outgoing mail as freshmen from warmer climes hastened to tell the folks back home. TheBulletin, mimeographed purveyor of news to Dartmouth alumni officers, has taken the plunge and announced that winter is here; but it looks to us as if, on the strength of a few wanton snowflakes, the Bulletin has got itself out on the limb that the Chicago Tribune occupied when it reported Dewey's election.
Still, the grounds crew has been busy taking down the stake-and-wire fences, and the Co-op. Campion's and Art Bennett have launched their displays of the newest thing in ski togs and equipment. These definitely are harbingers of winter, and the white stuff will soon be here—for more than a day, hope all the skiers
The Secretary's Office already has spring on its mind. It announces that the annual meetings of alumni class and club officers will be held in Hanover on May 12-13, one week after the Green Key festivities. Commencement and reunions for the Classes of 1890, 1895, 1900 and 1925 are scheduled for June 9-11. Hanover Holiday will take place June 12-15, the Alumni Council will meet June 16, and the second weekend of reunions will occur June 16-18. Classes returning to Hanover then for reunions under the successful Robinson Plan include 1910, 1914, 1915,1916,1934, 1935,1936, and 1940.....
The Alumni Records Office, under the direction of Miss Charlotte Ford, is beginning to take on that harried look that can only mean that a new alumni directory is in the works. As of November, Dartmouth had a total of 34,577 living alumni and the new Register of Living Alumni ofDartmouth College aims to list the names, addresses and occupations of all of them. It means hard, detailed work for Miss Ford and her staff. You can help, and be sure of being listed correctly, if you will return your questionnaire immediately if you have not already attended to it
Another directory, that of students and faculty for the current semester, has just appeared. The geographical summary in the back is always interesting reading. This year it shows students at Dartmouth from 43 states, the District of Columbia, two U. S. territories, and 24 foreign lands. New York leads Massachusetts, 582 students to 510. These two states are far ahead of the field, New Jersey standing third with 291 and Connecticut fourth with 216. Other top states in representation are Pennsylvania 181, Illinois 167, New Hampshire 157, Ohio 135, Vermont 80, California 65, Michigan 54, Minnesota 49, Maine 41, Colorado 39, and Wisconsin 31.
We doubt that Dartmouth has ever before had as many foreign lands represented as now. The list includes Africa, Belgium, Bermuda, British West Indies, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, England, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Holland, Iraq, Korea, Malaya, Mexico, Netherlands East Indies, Norway, Pakistan, Switzerland and Venezuela
Dr. William Ernest Hocking, distinguished American philosopher and emeritus professor at Harvard, has been named Visiting Fellow in Philosophy for the remainder of this academic year. Dr. Hocking, who was visiting professor at Dartmouth last term, will give two non-credit seminars. The first, started November 14, deals with "Religious Belief in the Scien- tific World." The second seminar will be given in April.
On the student front, an organized move is under way to bring better movies to Hanover. Named the Dartmouth Film Society, the group has held two public meetings and has appointed the inevitable committees. Moral support from the rest of the College is abundant Captain Gaudreau, head of the campus police, now makes his rounds in a station wagon that can quickly be converted into an ambulance for emergency use. The new cruiser made its impressive bow at one of the early home football games and elicited the editorial favor of The Dartmouth Speaking of the student daily, we follow the classified ads as a lively barometer of the state of undergraduate wit and finances. Our general impression is that everyone needs money and that wit is equally scarce. There is also an alarming tendency to resort to the adverb, maybe encouraged by The Dartmouth as a means of picking up an extra nickel on each ad. Everything these days is "madly desired" or "desperately needed." The general average of classifieds was raised, however, by the appearance of this choice item: "I'm broke. Will the boys who bought my car please rally round and give me some money. My date this weekend will appreciate it and so will I."
WATCHING THE PROGRESS OF WILDER DAM is a fascinating occupation in the Hanover region. The vast project, situated at the site of the old Mills Olcott locks, affects the country north of Hanover to an increasing degree. Johnny Johnson's Island has been lumbered and bulldozed, ready for inundation, and other well-known landmarks will pass into history. Road beds being raised and houses being moved are unusual sights for Valley residents not too accustomed to change.
