The Faculty
HERBERT R. SENSENIG '28, Professor of German, has been granted special leave of absence from the College to accept a position as Education Adviser with the U. S. Educational and Cultural Affairs Division in Germany.
One of two university advisers, he will aid in maintaining liaison between occupation authorities and the 16 institutions of higher learning in the state of Bavaria. His position involves a large measure of responsibility in that definite assignments will be minimal, and, in the words of the directive, "the position requires the ability to make sound and independent judg- ments based upon intimate knowledge of the total situation in German Universities, experience in teaching, and knowledge of human nature."
Included in the duties which Professor Sensenig will assume are consultations with German university personnel and students, and officers of the U. S. Occupa- tion; advising on selections of Germans for cultural exchange projects; delivering lec- tures in German to university groups; and in general providing information, advice and assistance in all matters pertaining to higher education.
Professor Sensenig received his Ph.D. de- gree from the University of Bonn in 1933. Later his wartime experiences provided a valuable background for his present as- signment. A captain in MIS, he was in charge of questioning high ranking Nazis after their capture. Living in the same headquarters with Goering, Keitel, von Ribbentrop and others, he was able to gather facts about the Nazi regime which have already proved of value to historians. Upon his return to Dartmouth he acted as chairman of the Special Committee on Academic Adjustments, dealing with vet- erans' academic affairs.
Professor Sensenig's wife and two sons accompanied him last month by plane to his headquarters in Munich.
DOUGLAS C. WADE, College Naturalist since 1943, has resigned from the fac- ulty to accept a position with the Division of Higher Education, New Jersey State Department of Education, Trenton, N. J. In addition to being Director of the New Jersey State School of Conservation at the Stokes State Forest, Mr. Wade will appraise schools and educational programs of higher education throughout the state. He and his family plan to make their home in Princeton, N. J.
RAY NASH, Lecturer in Art and Printing Adviser to the College, used the sum- mer recess to resume studies which had been interrupted by the war, at the Plan- tin-Moretus Museum at Antwerp. He had formerly done work there under a Belgian- American Educational Foundation grant.
Although the Museum's world-famous graphic arts collection will not be re- opened to the public until next year, Professor Nash received his invitation through a request of the Antwerp Burgo- master and Council, relayed to him by the Belgian Government's commissioner in this country.
An unusual privilege was conferred up- on Professor Nash when he was asked to print a broadsheet for the Museum on the ancient wooden press of Christopher Plan- tin, which had been ordered by the King of Spain in the 16th Century for a project which was never completed. In Brussels Professor Nash was a guest of honor at a reception given at the Palais d'Egmont under the patronage of Count Moretus.
Soon after his return to Dartmouth, Pro- fessor Nash went to Kenyon College as representative for the College at the con- ference honoring Robert Frost '96 and dealing with the subject "The Poet and Reality."
ONE OF 13 Doctors of Philosophy to be chosen from 150 colleges and univer- sities, Frank G. Ryder, Assistant Professor of German, was recently announced as the recipient of a Faculty Study Fellowship offered by the American Council of Learned Societies for 1950-51. Professor Ryder will devote himself to readings in Greek and Latin Classics.
Made possible by the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, the Faculty Study Fellowship program was initiated last spring to meet the interests of teachers who wish to study, on a part-time basis, in fields allied to their specialties. The emphasis under the awards is on a broadening of the basis of scholarship rather than on research or publication. Stress was also placed on the value of the applicant's proposed studies to the college with which he is affiliated.
In accordance with the terms of the fellowship and with the cooperation of the college administration, Professor Ryder will be enabled to teach on a part-time schedule while carrying on his studies in Baker Library.
EUGEN ROSENSTOCK-HUESSY, Professor of Social Philosophy, returned to his teaching duties this fall after eight months abroad, most of the time having been spent at Luxor, at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. During his stay in Egypt he was fortunate in that weather conditions were unusually favorable for the research he wished to undertake,relating a certain triangular light phenomenon, visible only in tropical climates, to the characteristic forms of the Pyramids.
Invited to be guest lecturer at the University of Cairo,- Professor RosenstockHuessy later went as a visiting professor to the University of Gottingen. Last June he took part in the International Congress for Cultural Freedom in Berlin, sponsored by the American Government. After some mountain climbing in the Alps, he returned to a lecture engagement at the Ecumenical Institute in Chateau de Bossey, near Geneva. In London he was a guest of the Christian Frontier Council.
WITH all Graphics instruction now being centered in the Thayer School, Peter S. Dow, Professor of Graphics and Engineering, has moved from his office in McNutt to join the engineers at Thayer. Professor Dow continues as chairman of the Department of Engineering and Graphics, but in recognition of his new affiliation, the Trustees have named him also Professor of Engineering Drawing on the Thayer School faculty.
ALUMNI COUNCIL MEMBER: Robert A. McKennan '25, Professor of Sociology, who has been elected by the faculty to represent it on the Alumni Council. A member of the sociology department since 1930, he succeeds Andrew J. Scarlett '1O, Professor of Chemistry, who served two full Council terms.
