Miscellany
THE COMMITTEE on Administration announced February 10 that it had voted permanent separation from the College for all eight men involved in the dormitory death of Raymond J. Cirrotta '49 last March. The men had been suspended during the period of legal prosecution, which was closed January 12 when William C. Felton '48, the second student to be tried for manslaughter, pleaded guilty and received a suspended sentence of three to five years; plus costs of $375. In the first trial, last June, Thomas A. Doxsee '50 pleaded nolo to second-degree manslaughter and received a suspended sentence of one year and a $500 fine
Visiting lecturers for the Great Issues Course during March will be Ralph Bunche, director of the Division of Trusteeship of the United Nations, who speaks on "Is the U.N. Adequate?"; Thomas K. Finletter, former Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, whose topic is "Approaches to World Federation"; and Frederick Osborn, former U. S. Representative on the U.N. Atomic Energy Commission, who will discuss "Atomic Energy in the Problem of Peace." Two Dartmouth faculty members lecturing in March are John W. Masland, Professor of Government and former member of General Mac Arthur's civilian staff in Japan, who follows Owen Lattimore, lecturer on the Far East; and John G. Gazley, Professor of History, who will discuss "Approaches to International Action" in advance of the Finletter lecture
A new wrinkle in Carnival snow sculpture, and a sunkist one at that, was a frozen orange juice statue modeled by the Sigma Nu's at Rollins College, Florida, and shipped to the Dartmouth chapter by refrigerator truck. Maybe this florid nude riding a dolphin was the added attraction that drew a huge post-Carnival sightseeing crowd and caused the worst Sunday afternoon traffic jam in the memory of Hanover man. As for the orange juice statue, those who tasted it reported that it was a little too sweet
The Class of 1953 introduced a Freshman Fathers Weekend to Dartmouth on February 24-25. Planned to give fathers a chance to glimpse the normal college life of their freshman sons, the program included a Friday night smoker and a Saturday night banquet, but the important thing was the opportunity for fathers to go to class, sleep in the dormitories, eat at Commons and attend the various athletic events.....
A spirited exchange in the editorial and "Vox Populi" columns of The Dartmouth, involving students on the one hand and Dean Neidlinger on the other, has dealt with the merits or lack thereof in the Dartmouth grading system. .... The classifieds have included one ad in Latin, a mysterious appeal for a dragon scale and a mandrake root, and the following: "DIRT CHEAP: One pair of Wellesley's finest handmade argyles, unworn, size n, $6.50. See Phi Delta Theta."
