TOWN AND GOWN BOTH
THE College's general information booklet states that "Dartmouth is Hanover, and Hanover is Dartmouth, and the two words are often used interchangeably to mean one and the same thing." If Hanover keeps on growing at the present rate, this statement may have to be revised; but today certainly there is the closest sort of identity between town and gown.
One striking demonstration of this is given by the many faculty members who play a leading role in community affairs, and particularly by those who fill positions of responsibility in the government of the Town of Hanover, the Village Precinct, and the School District. Pictured on Pages 24 to 27 are fourteen Dartmouth professors who help to keep the governmental wheels going and, in the process, give Hanover just about the most intelligent and competent town management in the state.
MARTIN L. LINDAHL, Profesor of Economics and a PrecinctCommissioner since 1946, has theman-sized job of directing theHighway and Sewer Departments and also Health and Sanitation control in Hanover. Herepresents the Precinct Commissioners on the Town FinanceCommittee, of which he is secretary. In the photograph, hestands beside the Precinct's newsnow loader.
DR. REGINALD K. HOUSE (left) and DR. PHILIP O. NICE, members of the Medical School faculty, are Health Officer and AssistantHealth Officer for the Village Precinct. Both also serve on the TownBoard of Health.
DONALD L. STONE, Professor of BusinessLaw in Tuck School, has been Justice of theHanover Municipal Court since 1946. He isModerator of the Village Precinct and alsoserves as Park Commissioner.
FLETCHER LOW '15, Professor of Chemistry, is one of Hanover's three TownSelectmen and has filled that elective post since 1950. He also serves on theBoard of Health. Managing town finances and assessing property for tax purposes are major duties of the Selectmen, and,here. Professor Low is showntackling some of the declarations filed each April. With him is Mrs. SarahNaylor, secretary to the Selectmen.
GORDON H. GLIDDON, Instructor in Physics and Business Officer of Baker Library, isPrecinct Commissioner in charge of the PoliceDepartment, street lighting and trees. He isthe senior town official from the faculty, having served as Commissioner since 1938. He isshown with Hanover's Chief of Police, AndrewJ. Ferguson.
LOUIS O. FOSTER (left), Professor of Accounting at Tuck School,triples in brass as Auditor of the Town of Hanover, the VillagePrecinct, and the School District. He is shown with Leroy Blodgett,Hanover's Town Clerk and Tax Collector.
ARTEMAS PACKARD, Professor of Art, has been secretary ofthe Hanover Town Planning Commission which was establishedby vote of the Town Meeting in 1946. The entire Commission recently resigned in order to clear the way for a new Town PlanningBoard to be financed jointly by the Town, the College, and thestate and federal governments.
HERBERT W. HILL, Professor of History, is Moderator of theSchool District. He is shown presiding over the ballot box asSchool Board members were elected at the April school districtmeeting in Webster Hall.
SIDNEY C HAZELTON '09, Professor of Physical Education, isAssistant Fire Chief, in charge of first aid. and, the emergencysquad. Chief C. H. Nott (seated) is shown with him at an mstruction meeting for voluntary firemen.
FREDERICK S. PAGE '13 (left), Professor of Botany, and JOHN V. NEALE,Professor of Speech, serve the Town asSupervisors of the Check List, the official register of who can vote.
