The Faculty
THE highest score among the 9,879 persons who took the Uniform Certified Public Accountants Examination last May is the distinction won by Leonard E. Morrissey '48T, Assistant Professor of Accounting at Tuck School. At the annual meeting of the American Institute of Accountants at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, on October 19, Professor Morrissey was presented with the Elijah Watt Sells gold medal in recognition of his top performance.
The Uniform CPA Examination is given twice each year in the 48 states, the District of Columbia, Alaska and Hawaii. The Elijah Watt Sells awards are made by the national organization of certified public accountants in memory of the late Mr. Sells, a pioneer in the development of the accounting profession.
Professor Morrissey is the son of Leonard E. Morrissey '22 and the brother of John H. Morrissey '50 and Charles T. Morrissey '56. He was graduated from Newton (Mass.) High School and studied a year at Dartmouth as a Navy V-12 trainee and three years at the University of Rochester while serving with the U.S. Navy Supply Corps. In 1946 he received the B.S. degree from Rochester and in 1948 the Master's degree in Commercial Science from Tuck School. He remained at Dartmouth as Instructor in Economics, 1948-50, and Assistant to the Treasurer, 195051, and in 1951 he joined the faculty of Tuck School as Instructor in Statistics and Accounting. He was promoted to Assistant Professor the following year.
In addition to teaching Professor Morrissey is associated with Archibald M. Peisch & Company, certified public accountants, of Norwich, Vt. Since 1951 he has been on the staff of the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE as Accountant.
AN academy of Parish Practice has been established at Dartmouth under the direction of the Rev. Fred Berthold '45, Assistant Professor of Religion, and the Rev. Frederick W. Alden '19 of Concord, minister of the Congregational-Christian Conference. It is the first of its kind in the nation, according to Professor Berthold. Once each month some 45 Congregational ministers convene at Dartmouth to pursue a program of guided study in support of their purpose to keep up with their chosen field of the Christian faith. The theme of the academy is "Understanding Our Times for Preaching and Parish Program," and the study is carried on by means of assigned readings, lectures, panel discussions, and informal conversations. Each of the lectures and discussions is designed to cover specific areas that the parish minister is likely to encounter in the administration of his parish and the service of his congregation. A list of the Dartmouth professors who will address the group and their topics is as follows: Robert Gutman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, "Personal Life in an Impersonal Age"; Chauncey N. Allen '24, Professor of Psychology, "The Family: Threats and Resources"; Francis W. Gramlich, Professor of Philosophy, "Sexual Morality"; John W. Masland Jr., Professor of Government, "Christianity and Communism"; John G. Gazley, Professor of History, "Christianity and Democracy"; John H. Wolfenden, Professor of Chemistry, "Science and Religion"; and Professor Berthold, "Christianity and Existentialism." The program will continue throughout the present academic year.
AT the annual conference of the Heritage Foundation in Deerfield, Mass., Dartmouth was represented by Prof. Churchill P. Lathrop and Richard E. Wagner of the Department of Art and Archeology and Prof. Herbert W. Hill of the Department of History. The purpose of the Deerfield conference is "to promote the cause of education in and appreciation of the rich heritage of the early colonies with particular reference to New England in the 18th and 19th centuries."
Professor Hill also attended the 47 th annual conference on taxation of the National Tax Association at Bretton Woods, N. H. As a member of the New Hamp- shire Timber Tax Study Commission, Pro- fessor Hill participated in a round-table discussion of New England tax problems, covering the industrial tax climate, per- sonal property taxes, the timber tax, and income and corporation taxes. Professor Hill, who has been very active in local and state public affairs has recently been named to the Schools and Universities Ad- visory Board of the Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report. The Advisory Board has been reactivated as a result of the Committee's efforts to help educa- tional institutions keep their students in- formed on the problems of reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Govern- ment.
ACCORDING to results of a research pro- gram conducted by Prof. Charles J. Lyon, chairman of the Botany Depart- ment, ground granite can be used as a fertilizer. His studies, conducted with the aid of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, show that two minerals, feldspar and mica, both common ingredients of granite, may be useful as potassium fertilizers for a variety of plants. This is particularly significant not only for New Hampshire, a state which abounds in granite, but for many other parts of the nation where crop soils are deficient in potassium, one of the three fertilizer elements.
ABROAD range of subjects is being investigated by three professors at the Thayer School on leave during the present academic year. S. Russell Stearns '37, Professor of Civil Engineering, is working for the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, as a civilian engineer at the Snow, Ice and Permafrost Research Establishment at Wilmette, Ill. Of particular concern to the group with which Professor Stearns is working are engineering design and construction methods of highways and airports in areas of extreme cold. Edwin A. Sherrard, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, is away for the year to make a survey of teaching methods and course content in various engineering subjects as taught in other schools. He plans to study the teaching of kinematics, engineering drawing, descriptive geometry and manufacturing processes with particular reference to metal cutting. He will tour selected American and Canadian colleges and then will visit engineering schools in England, France, Germany and Switzerland. John M. Hirst '3B, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, has been employed by Westinghouse, writing bid proposals on automatic pilot systems for jet aircraft and doing analysis and design of magnetic amplifier circuits for use in auto-pilots and in air-borne radar equipment. This year he will be doing technical work of a consulting nature for the Defense Department.
MORE than 300 geologists from colleges and universities throughout New England and New York met at Dartmouth last month for the 46th annual New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference. During the two-day period of the convention, field trips to local areas of geological interest were led by Dartmouth Professors Ellsworth D. Elston, A. Lincoln Washburn '35, John B. Lyons, An- drew H. McNair, and Richard E. Stoiber '32. A guidebook containing maps and describing the geology of the trips was prepared by the Department of Geology.
A REPORT on the administration of the nation's fifth largest industry - hospitals - has been prepared under the direction of Prof. Herluf V. Olsen 22 of the Tuck School. Published by the American Council on Education, the book is entitled University Education for Administration in Hospitals. It assesses the need for professional education in hospital administration, describes the programs which have been developed during the past ten years, and makes specific recommendations for improvement. In citing the need for more and better trained administrative personnel, the report points out that the nation's 6,842 hospitals employ more than 2½ million persons (including volunteers and students) and that about one out of seven Americans is admitted to hospitals every year. The staff, under the direction of Professor Olsen, conferred with experts in public health, medicine, business administration, hotel administration and graduate education.
THE five professors who retired last June have all been elected by the Trustees to emeritus rank. Prof. Louis L. Silverman is now teaching mathematics at the new Municipal College in Tel Aviv, Israel. Prof. John Pelenyi is President and Trustee of the Free Europe University in Exile, near Strasbourg. Prof. Francis Lane Childs '06 is Consultant to President Dickey on the work of the William Jewett Tucker Foundation, which is concerned with furthering the moral and spiritual growth of the College. Prof. Eric P. Kelly '06 is living on Chebeague Island, Maine. A recent letter from him states that his publisher is after him to do another book, and he says, "I think I have one." His InClean Hay sold 14,000 copies last Christmas time. Prof. Elden B. Hartshorn '12 is living on his farm in Lunenburg, Vt.
Prof. Leonard E. Morrissey '48T
AN OUTDOOR SETTING for this fall's meeting of the Dartmouth Public RelationsCouncil. At the Dartmouth Grant, listening to Robert S. Monahan '29, College Forester,are (seated, Ito r) Sidney J. Flanigan '23, Francis Broum '25, Chairman Richard M. Tearson '20 and Charles G. Bolte '41; (standing) Sidney C. Hayward '26, Frank Pemberton,and Robert L. Allen '45, all from the College, and Sam Brungot, patrolman at the Grant.
