In Brief ...

FIFTY secondary-school teachers are expected to attend Dartmouth College's third annual Russian Language Institute from June 25 to August 11 this year. It is one of more than eighty summer language institutes administered throughout the country by the U.S. Office of Education under the National Defense Language Development Program.

Robert A. Maguire '51, Assistant Professor of Russian, will be the director of this year's institute. It will again be staffed by specialists from Dartmouth, Yale University, and the University of California at Berkeley.

The Charles E. Hilliker '18 Memorial Endowment Fund has been established at Dartmouth College to provide annual prizes for outstanding essays written by students in the Great Issues Course. The very substantial and perpetuating endowment fund was established by Mr. Hilliker's widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Hilliker of Denver, and by Illinois-California Express, Inc., Denverbased transcontinental motor freight carrier. Mr. Hilliker founded Illinois-California Express and served as its president until his death last June.

The first Hilliker Prizes will be awarded this June. Each student in the required course for seniors must submit an essay at least 3500 words long, giving a critical analysis of one of the themes explored in the course during the year. This year's themes are "War and Peace, Science, Technology and Society," and "Emerging Nations."

Dartmouth's Alumni Records Office, in a February 6 report, disclosed that the grand total of living Dartmouth alumni on that date was 30,707. Of this total, 29,440 are alumni of the College proper, to whom are added 760 associated school alumni, 146 advanced degree holders, 105 Navy affiliates, 153 honorary degree recipients, and 103 faculty honorary degree recipients. The central point of the Dartmouth alumni body now falls within the Class of 1941.

Approximately 400 Freshmen Fathers braved the rigors of mid-winter travel to attend the thirteenth annual Freshmen Fathers' Weekend at the College on February 16-18. Dads were here from California and Texas, although no one appeared willing to leave Florida for a taste of a New Hampshire winter. Highlighting the weekend was the opening program on the first evening. Among the speakers were Richard Dorranee '65 of Aspen, Colo., president of the class, Albert I. Dickerson '30, Dean of Freshmen; Herbert N. Heston '34 of Smith College, representing the fathers; and President Dickey.