In Brief

AT the October 31 convocation climaxing the year-long celebration of Columbia University's Bicentennial, President Dickey received the honorary Doctorate of Laws as one of 48 outstanding citizens from this country and abroad upon whom degrees were conferred. Others honored at the Charter Day ceremony included Queen Mother Elizabeth of England, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak, Chief Justice Earl Warren of the U. S. Supreme Court, Adlai Stevenson, and the presidents of three other leading New England colleges, Amherst, Wesleyan and Williams.

At the fall meeting of the Board of Trustees last month, Treasurer John F. Meek '33 reported that the financial operations of the College for the fiscal year 1953-54 had resulted in a credit balance of approximately $35,000. Total expense was $6,494,880 and income only $5,979,829, but application of $550,000 of the 1954 Alumni Fund to the year's operating expense prevented what would otherwise have been a $515,000 deficit and gave instead an "in the black" result. Next month's issue will carry a fuller summary of the annual financial report to the Trustees.

With the approval of the alumni classes concerned, several innovations have been announced for next June's reunion schedule. The two major changes are the shifting of 1930s 25th reunion from the Commencement Weekend to the following Re- union Weekend and the scheduling of the 1909,1910 and 1911 reunions for the threeday period, Monday through Wednesday, immediately after Commencement and during the Hanover Holiday program. In addition, the 25-Year Class will extend its reunion to four days, beginning on Thursday, and will be the guests of the College at a special first-day program. The changes are designed to eliminate the overcrowding of the two weekends and to make it possible for all returning classes to have better accommodations and a more enjoyable time in Hanover. The June reunion schedule therefore reads: June 10-13 (Commencement) - 1890, 1895, 1900, 1905; June 13-15—1909, 1910, 1911; June 16-19 - 1930; June 17-19—1915, 1934' 1935, 1936, 1945.

A new term added to Dartmouth's vocabulary this fall is clapper-napper, designating the culprit who stole the clapper from the bell atop Dartmouth Hall.