A New TPC Study

ADMISSIONS and financial aid at Dartmouth will be studied by a special twenty-man committee, under the aegis of the Trustees Planning Committee, it was announced last month by Harvey P. Hood '18, chairman of TPC. This becomes another in the series of studies that have been completed or are being carried forward in the all-embracing TPC survey aimed at bringing the College up to a new level of excellence by the time of its bicentennial in 1969.

In expectation that the number of applicants for college will double in the next decade, the new subcommittee is charged with studying all phases of current admissions and financial aid policies and making recommendations that will help Dartmouth to meet this challenge.

The Subcommittee on Admissions and Financial Aid is headed by Dr. Hadley Cantril '28, former chairman of the psychology department at Princeton and currently board chairman of the Institute for International Social Research.

In discussing the committee's broad goals, Dr. Cantril said, "I hope our study will not only formulate important guideposts for the future admission and financial aid programs at Dartmouth, so as to bring to our campus the strongest undergraduate enrollment possible, but that certain general elements of our final report may also be useful to other private, liberal arts institutions similarly faced with the formidable challenge and responsibilty of selecting future college generations in a humane yet systematic manner which will add to the betterment of our entire society."

Serving with Dr. Cantril on the committee are representatives of the Dartmouth faculty and alumni, secondary schools, and the administrative staff of the College.

Prof. Albert H. Hastorf of the Department of Psychology will head a subgroup on admissions, and Charles B. McLane '41. Professor of Russian Civilization, of the Department of Government will head a subgroup on financial aid. Other faculty representatives are Severn P. C. Duvall Jr., Assistant Professor of English; Clark W. Horton, Consultant in Education Research; J. Laurie Snell, Associate Professor of Mathematics; Raymond W. Barratt, Professor of Botany; and Norman A. Doenges, Assistant Professor of the Classics.

Alumni members are Donald C. McKinlay '37, Denver attorney; John V. Kelleher '39, Professor of Irish History and Literature at Harvard; Charles G. Bolte '41, New York City, vice president of Viking Press; John B. Faegre Jr. '33, Minneapolis attorney; and John R. Willetts '40, Milwaukee, president of Artcraft Manufacturing Co.

Representing secondary schools are Alan N. Hall '47, director of the Advanced Studies Program at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H.; and William W. Parmer '42, assistant to the superintendent of schools, Tenafly, N. J.

Administrative officers of the College participating in the study are Edward T. Chamberlain '36, director of admissions; Robert K. Hage '35, director of financial aid; and Davis Jackson '36, Frank A. Logan '52, and William H. Perry Jr. '55, assistants in the two offices. Mr. Logan is staff assistant to the chairman, and Mr. Jackson and Mr. Perry are secretaries respectively of the admissions and financial aid subgroups.