Conferences, Concerts Scheduled for Summer

SETTLING down to the business of summer immediately following the second reunion weekend, Hanover, town and gown, anticipates an active vacation period. In keeping with the College's recent custom of being host to various scholarly groups holding annual conferences and meetings, the first to be welcomed was the 13th Growth Symposium of the Society for the Study of Development and Growth, to which Edward T. Chamberlain '36, Executive Officer of the College, extended Dartmouth's greetings on June 23. For three days 300 noted scientists from the United States, Canada and Europe gave and listened to a series of papers on research on the processes of growth and development. Lectures were presented in 105 Dartmouth, and Russell Sage dormitory was taken over by the visitors.

At the same time that the scientists were meeting, the Puppeteers of America, 100 strong, came to Hanover to attend the National Puppetry Festival, held from June 23 until June 26. Directed this year by Basil Milovsoroff, professional puppeteer from Norwich, an eight-day Puppetry Institute followed the festival. Webster Hall was used to stage experimental and creative shows, and Carpenter Hall, the foyer of Baker, and the College Museum were devoted to special displays, including showings of paintings, stage and costume designs and other puppet theater materials.

An additional conference scheduled during that time was the annual meeting of the New Hampshire Bar Association which met in Hanover June 25 and 26. Sponsored by the Committee on Advanced Legal Education, the program included lectures and a forum on legal problems of transactions. Prof. John C. Adams of the College History Department spoke on "Is Peace with Russia Possible?" Meetings were held in Dartmouth Hall and Dartmouth House, with delegates staying at the Hanover Inn.

Music lovers are to have a newly-offered opportunity this summer to attend a series of chamber music concerts which begin on July 15 and continue for the five following Thursday evenings. Playing under the auspices of COSO, the Estival String Quartet consists of Orrea Pernel and Prof. Edwin A. Sherrard of Thayer School, violinists; Anne Bickford, violist; and George Finckel, cellist. In addition three guest artists will be on the program during the series: Margot Willauer, soprano, from the New England Opera Co.; Lydia Hofmann-Behrendt, pianist; and Lionel Nowak, pianist.

The annual summer session of the Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management will be held August 1-14 at Tuck School, with some 200 businessmen enrolled to take graduate courses offered to credit and financial executives. This is the fifth year the group has met at Tuck School. Tuck School will again be host when the Vermont-New Hampshire School of Banking will hold its first annual meeting there, September 7-10.

As usual, visiting scholars from all over the country will come to Hanover to make use of the facilities of Baker Library, some for brief, others for extended, periods.