The Faculty
SEVENTEEN Dartmouth professors will be on leave of absence for the second semester this year. Prof. Churchill P.Lathrop of the Department of Art and Archaeology will visit and study major art collections and important recent buildings in the Eastern United States and in Europe. Prof. Donald Bartlett '24 of the Biography Department plans to study and travel in Spain, France, and Germany. Also traveling in Europe will be Prof.Royal C. Nemiah of the Classic Department, who will visit universities and art galleries. Prof. James D. McCallum of the English Department plans to continue his studies of the nineteenth century materials of Charles Dickens, Matthew Arnold and George Meredith. Prof. Andrew H.McNair of the Geology Department will complete a manuscript on the geology of Antarctica and will spend the spring in the Arizona-New Mexico region completing a field project.
Prof. Herbert W. Hill of the History Department will study the growth of industry in the Southeast of our country. He also plans to spend some time in New York and Washington, D. C. History Professor John R. Williams '19 will pursue his studies at Cambridge, Mass., Washington, D. C., and possibly in France. Prof.Gerald L. Thompson of the Mathematics Department plans to continue research on topics in the mathematical theory of games at Princeton University. Prof.Leonard M. Rieser Jr. '44 of the Physics Department will study bio-physics at California Tech. Prof. Irving Bender of the Psychology Department will travel in this country to make a follow-up study on a project regarding personality development of individuals in the Class of 1940.
In the Department of Romance Languages two professors will be on leave. Ramon Guthrie plans to do research in France in connection with the translation of Bertran de Born's works, and WarrenE. Montsie '15 will visit France for study of current developments in industry, music and art. Pro/. Michael E. Choukas '27 of the Sociology Department plans to complete his manuscript on propaganda. Prof.Roy P. Forster of the Zoology Department, who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support his investigations of active transport in renal tubule cells, will work on his project at the University of London, Cambridge University, the Marine Station at Naples, and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Plymouth, England. Also on leave for research in their respective fields are Profs. Harry F. R.Shaw of the Economics Department and Francis W. Gramlich of the Philosophy Department.
AT the Christmas meetings of learned societies Dartmouth was well represented. Prof. John G. Kemeny of the Mathematics Department read a paper on "The Concept of Logical Simplicity" at the meeting of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association. In Washington at the meeting of the American Historical Society Prof. Dimitri S.von Mohrenschildt of the Department of Russian Civilization presented a paper on Eastern European Studies. Prof. T. S. K.Scott-Craig gave a paper on "The Christian Humanities" at the national meeting of The Guild of Scholars.
At the Modern Language Association meeting in Chicago, Prof. Vernon Hall of the Department of Comparative Literature was elected Chairman of the Comparative Literature Division of the Association. Economics Professor Robert A.Kavesh presented a paper to the American Economics Association meetings in New York.
Earlier in December Dr. Millett G.Morgan, Director of Research at Thayer School, at the International Scientific Radio Union meeting at the University of Florida, reported on results of experiments with "bouncing radio signals." Dr. Morgan, Prof. Huntington Curtis of Thayer School, and Mr. George M. Allcock of the Dominion Physical Laboratory in Wellington, N. Z., recently proved that audio-frequency radio signals produced by lightning flashes bounce back and forth thousands of miles from one hemisphere to another, following a curved path along the earth's magnetic force lines.
RETURNING to the classroom after a semester's leave of absence are HarryP. Bell, Professor of Economics, who has been making a study of the activities of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America, CIO; Kenneth A. Robinson, Professor of English, who has been studying the American theatre of the early 19th century; and Judson S. Lyon '40, Assistant Professor of English, who has been working on the English Romantic poets. Also resuming teaching duties are Elmer E. Smead, Professor of Government; Allen R. Foley '20, Professor of History; Frederick W. Sternfeld, Professor of Music; and FrancisE. Merrill '26, Professor of Sociology. Willis M. Rayton, Professor of Physics, comes back to Dartmouth after a semester as Research Professor of lonospheric Physics at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska.
HENRY B. WILLIAMS, Professor of English and Director of the Experimental Theatre, attended the recent meeting of the American Educational Theatre Association in Los Angeles at which he conducted a panel discussion of advanced acting. Professor Williams, who is on the advisory council of the association, had as one of the speakers on the panel Robert Ryan '32. Mr. Ryan has appeared in several movies and two years ago played the lead in a production of Coriolanus at the Phoenix Theatre in New York. He spoke of some of the differences in acting on the stage and for the movies. Other topics explored by Professor Williams' panel were methods for modern actors and Elizabethan and Restoration drama for the modern actor.
THE President's Office announced recently the appointment of several temporary chairmen of divisions and departments of the College to take the place of regular chairmen who will be on leave for the second semester. They are Prof. Charles R. Bagley of the Romance Languages Department for the Division of Humanities, Prof. Arthur M. Wilson for the Department of Biography, Prof. John B. Stearns '16 for the Department of the Classics, and Prof. Maurice Mandelbaum '29 for the Department of Philosophy.
VISITING Professor Theodore A. Anderson, Assistant Research Director at Tuck School, served recently as a consultant to the Tax Policy Subcommittee of the Joint Congressional Committee on Economic Reports. He recommended a three billion dollar federal tax reduction for the next year. Commenting on his recommendation Professor Anderson said, "I believe this reduction is necessary in terms of the general economy within the next few years. It would help keep our economy prosperous." He added that the reductions would put more cash on the market. Professor Anderson, who came to the College this year after serving as economist for Ford Motors, has declared himself in favor of a straight ten per cent across-the-board cut in all income brackets.
