Miscellany

In mid-November the College made costof-living lump-sum salary adjustments for all full-time faculty members, administrative officers, and members of the assisting staffs who were in the employ of the College on September 1, 1951. At the same time, wage adjustments were made for other full-time personnel employed directly by the College. These adjustments, amounting to approximately $110,000, were made possible by the favorable financial results for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951. They represented, in the words of President Dickey, "the continued desire of the College to do everything possible to help lighten the burden of increased living costs in the most equitable manner practicable for Dartmouth College personnel as a whole."

The second series of Selective Service College Qualification Tests for the deferment of students will be given at Dartmouth and other colleges on December 13. Since the tests do not need to be taken more than once, the majority of undergraduates now enrolled will not be affected. On a nation-wide basis, 37% of the students who took the test last spring failed.

Close to 100% of the 340 midshipmen in the Dartmouth Navy ROTC Unit last month subscribed to the Red Cross blood donor program. Parental consent was necessary in the cases of minors, which meant the majority of the volunteers, and this correspondence job was taken on by Capt. M. T. Farrar, USN, commanding officer of the Unit.

Dartmouth's 1952 Winter Carnival will be held on the weekend of February 8-9, which falls during the short three day recess between final exams and the beginning of the second semester. The Dartmouth Outing Club has announced that the theme of its 42nd annual festival will be "Salute to the North." The national preoccupation being what it is these days, it is going to be interesting to see if the fraternities and dormitories can express this theme in their snow statues without resorting to the military.