In Brief . . .
DARTMOUTH campus scenes and songs by the Dartmouth Glee Club form one sequence in Cinerama Holiday which is being released this month as a sequel to the very successful This Is Cinerama, a new kind of three-dimensional movies. The Dartmouth sequence was filmed last fall under the supervision of Louis deRochemont III '53, who is associated with his father as a film producer. CineramaHoliday will open in New York City on February 8; in Detroit, the 15th; Pittsburgh, the 16th; Philadelphia, the 17th; and St. Louis, the 21st.
The Glee Club also has two important March dates. On Sunday morning, March 27, it will sing on the CBS "Church of the Air" radio program, with Father Nolan of Hanover as speaker; and that evening the Glee Club will appear on CBS television, as part of the Ed Sullivan Show.
Baker Library has helped establish the library of the new Municipal College at Tel Aviv, Israel, by contributing 600 duplicate volumes. The safe arrival of the books was reported in a letter from Louis L. Silverman, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, who is teaching at the Tel Aviv college this year.
Also concerning Baker Library, we tardily report that for the second year in a row it won the John Cotton Dana Award from the American Library Association for its publicity program "appropriately bringing the library to the attention of the varied groups inside and outside the college community." And a third library news item: Richard W. Morin '24, Dartmouth librarian, was recently elected Vice President of the New England Library Association.
A brief statistical report by the Secretary's Office on Dartmouth alumni club activities shows that of the College's 27,000 living alumni approximately 30,000 are regularly receiving club mailings, and that the average Dartmouth club has about 350 members. The average club member annually pays dues of $3.00, gets six club mailings, and spends $12.00 to take part in five club events. By far the largest club in the country is the Dartmouth College Club of New York (1300 members), which is unique also in that it offers the only permanent club headquarters for Dartmouth men and draws its membership from all over the country. For news of the Club's current drive to make its resident and non-resident membership lists even stronger, see the special item on Page 37 in this issue.
Other alumni statistics were released last month by Miss Charlotte E. Ford, Alumni Recorder, who gave the exact number of Dartmouth alumni as 26,988. Living graduates of the College proper total 18,743 and living non-graduates 7,235. To these figures are added Medical School alumni, 261; Tuck, 153; Thayer, 25; Navy affiliates, 131; advanced degrees, 84; special students, 100; honorary degrees, 128; and faculty honorary degrees, 128. Of the grand total of 26,988, the Alumni Records Office has lost track of only 204. The central point of Dartmouth graduates falls in the Class of 1937, and that of all alumni in the Class of 1935.
