Article

In Brief . . .

May 1961
Article
In Brief . . .
May 1961

A CORNERSTONE ceremony for the Hopkins Center has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon, June 15, at which time the Dartmouth Alumni Council will be meeting in Hanover and members of the Class of 1936 will be in town for the opening day of their 25th Reunion. Following the ceremony there will be a conducted tour through as much of the Center as exists at that time.

Another major building in the plant expansion program, the Albert Bradley ('15) Mathematics Center, will be dedicated during the weekend of November 3-4, when a mathematics conference will be held at the College.

Enrollment in the first-year class at Dartmouth Medical School next fall will number 36 students instead of 24 which has been the magic number for many years. Nine colleges other than Dartmouth are represented in the list. This first step in increased enrollment and the diversity of undergraduate colleges are both in keeping with the revised and expanded program of medical education planned for the School in its new building.

A poll taken when the seniors registered for the spring term disclosed that 386 men, or better than 50% of the class, were interested in Peace Corps service. Only fifteen seniors said they were definitely planning to volunteer, but 371 others said they would welcome more information which would help them to make up their minds. Many reported that they would have a more active interest after completing graduate study,