Medical School

Another school year is well underway, and once more at the hour of changing classes one has to pick his way carefully when on the hill to avoid students rushing from one font of knowledge to another. The geographical distribution of the entering class shows eleven states represented: five from New York; three each from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania; two apiece from California, Minnesota, and one each from New Jersey; and Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, and Ohio.

By way of a progress report, it is encouraging to be able to tell you that construction of the new medical sciences building is running ahead of schedule at the moment.

Professor Tenney and Doctor Valtin presented "Respiratory Control in Experimental Hyperthyroidism" at the New England Veterans Administration Research Conference at Sturbridge, Mass. At the same meeting, Professor Stueck described his work on "Some Problems in Phosphate Metabolism."

Under the chairmanship of Professor John Lyle, our faculty provided the entire afternoon program for the New Hampshire Medical Society Committee on Cancer Control. Professor Mosenthal spoke on "Palliative Surgery in the Management of Terminal Cancer"; Professor Fisher presented "The Role of Neurosurgery in the Management of Terminal Cancer"; and Professor Milne delivered "Non-Surgical Considerations in Terminal Cancer Care."

Professor Weiss made the Commencement Address at the graduation exercises of the New Hampshire State Hospital Nurses Training School.

Visiting lecturers during September: Professor Bungo Wada of the University of Tokyo spoke on "Electron Microscope Studies on the Plant Mitotic Spindle." Sheldon C. Sommers, M.D., Associate Professor of Pathology at Boston University, presented "Host and Tumor Relationships in Carcinoma of the Large Intestine." Albert R. Behnke Jr., Director of the Life-Span Institute of the University of California, conducted a seminar on "Human Body Composition, Architecture, and Life Span."

Spencer Snedecor M'21 stopped in on his way to a meeting of the American Traumatic Surgery Society and told of an imminent trip to the Middle East and India for the Medical Division of the Federation of Churches. Also visiting on his way to the same meeting was Bill Pace M'50. Harry Crawford M'27 spent a few hours in Hanover September 24 and 25. Seen after the disappointing Holy Cross game were: Joe Dobos M'53, now of New York; Ben and Gwen Branch M'54, now of Boston; Bill and Margaret Loomis M'54, now of Manchester, Vt.; and Fen Riley M'58, Mark Saginor M'59, and Dick and Marilyn Lindseth M'59, of Harvard Medical School. Floyd Parks M'53 of California and Jim Harshbarger M'53 of Pennsylvania sent greetings via Pete Fleming M'53 from the American College of Surgeons meetings. Nick and Barbara Anthonisen M'56 report the arrival of a son.