The Travel Problem

TRANSPORTATION, a perennial problem at Dartmouth, is under study by a special subcommittee of the Trustees Planning Committee. Headed by Richard W. Morin '24, Dartmouth librarian, the committee is broken down into two major groups. The first, under Martin L. Lindahl, Professor of Economics, is studying transportation facilities provided by common carrier and private hire as they affect the Hanover community and the upper Connecticut Valley region. Other members of this group are Prof. Wayne G. Broehl Jr. of Tuck School; Prof. Van H. English of the Geography Department; Sidney C. Hayward '26, Secretary of the College; and Richard W. Plummer '54, assistant to the business manager of the College.

A second group, under the chairmanship of Henry M. Helgen, director of student counseling, is examining all phases of automobile transportation in the Hanover community, including regulations covering the use and parking of student vehicles. The Undergraduate Council and other interested student organizations have been invited to take part in this study. Mr. Helgen is being assisted by Walter L. Clarkson '54, assistant to the dean; Robert K. Hage '35, director of the office o£ financial aid; Leonard M. Ufford, assistant superintendent of buildings and grounds; Paul R. Zeller, Professor of Music and director of the Glee Club; and Henry L. Terrie Jr., Assistant Professor of English.

The problems under consideration by these two groups are interrelated in that they all have a bearing on the currently deteriorating transportation situation, which, in turn, has an important influence upon the life of the College community. However, despite the recent curtailment of rail service, the picture is not all one of gloom. The Lebanon Regional Airport Commission is attempting to obtain federal and state funds for lengthening the runways and improving navigational aids of the Lebanon Airport. If the attempt is successful, all-weather facilities for both two-engine and the larger four-engine planes should be available soon.

And the surface transportation picture also looks brighter for the future. Federal throughways from Boston and New York are pushing northward toward an intersection the only one they will have in New England - just south of White River Junction. Improved plane service to all points and new highways from Boston and New York, when added to existing rail service, should be a great boon for all travelers to and from the Hanover area.