Miscellany

Baker Library, tucked in the New Hampshire hills and possessing excellent facilities, is considered an especially safe spot by metropolitan libraries and others. The New York Public Library has recently sent to Baker for safekeeping a complete microfilm copy of its card catalogue of 10,000,000 items. Three people worked seven months to prepare the microfilm, which in nine neat packages occupies about twelve feet of Baker's safest shelf space. Figured according to the space occupied by Baker's catalogue drawers, each of which holds 900 cards, the New York Public Library cards would take up 2,777 feet of shelf space compared with the twelve feet occupied by the microfilm.

Three years ago the American Bible Society selected Baker Library as one of three safe repositories for copies of the Bible. The Society continues to send various editions of the Bible, in all languages, and 150 are now in storage.

In a partial poll conducted by The Dartmouth, the faculty last month expressed a preference for General Eisenhower over Governor Stevenson, 73 to 47, with 19 undecided. On the question of who would win, the vote was Eisenhower 61, Stevenson 29, with 4g undecided. In an earlier poll by The Dartmouth, the student vote was Eisenhower 1565, Stevenson 528, and undecided 16.

The College's 1952-53 lecture series was opened October 21 by Charles Bolt£ '41, who spoke on the United Nations as part of the local observance of United Nations Week. Other lecturers for the year will be Peter Vierick, who will give an afternoon poetry reading and an evening lecture on freedom; Irving Fine, on contemporary European music; T. R. Henn, on Yeats and the Irish Renaissance; Samuel Van Valkenburg, on Iran; Erwin Panofsky, on art and aesthetics; and Clyde Kluckhohn, on Russia. A lecture on the American theatre is also planned.

The Hanover community has acquired a new resident in Corey Ford, the well- known writer, honorary member o£ the Class of 1921, and leading member of his own famous Dartmouth Class of , celebrated for 100% participation in everything it does. Mr. Ford has purchased a home at x North Balch Street and there, on an informal basis, he will serve as Consultant for Student Publications. He will give extracurricular counsel to undergraduates engaged with campus publications and, at his own request, will make this contribution to the College without salary.