1964 Summer Term
PRELIMINARY reports out of the planning sessions for the 1964 Dartmouth Summer Term indicate some striking changes in course offerings in comparison with the curriculum of the initial summer session. The 1964 Summer Term, beginning on June 28 and running through August 22, will offer a much wider choice in the sciences, many new courses in the social sciences, and another strong selection in the humanities and the arts. Foreign language courses have been dropped from the program.
Although it will be early in the new year before a complete listing of specific courses and teachers in the various academic departments is released, Dean of Summer Programs Waldo Chamberlin reports that courses will be offered in the following areas:
SCIENCES - Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, and Physics. Geology and Physics are new to the Summer Term list. Additional offerings in Mathematics are being scheduled.
HUMANITIES - Art History, Literature, Philosophy, and Religion. Courses in all these areas were offered last summer. Important news for students with an interest in writing is the addition of a course in creative writing.
SOCIAL SCIENCES - Economics, Government, Geography, Psychology, and Sociology. More courses in Government are planned.
CONGREGATION OF THE ARTS Drama, Music, Painting, and Sculpture.
Six ROTC courses are also offered in the 1964 planning goal of 54 courses. This grand total is five less than the 59 listed in the Summer Term Bulletin for 1963.
Planning is also well under way for the Congregation of the Arts at the Hopkins Center. Once again a full summer of dramatic performances, concerts, recitals, and painting and sculpture exhibits is in the plans. Dean Chamberlin described the 1963 Congregation as "beyond our most optimistic expectations." Students enrolled in studio courses will be working with experienced professional artists as they did last summer with Frank Stella and Tal Streeter; the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra with Prof. Mario di Bonaventura as director will again be the focal point of the programs in music; and theater director Prof. James Clancy will have another combination of student and professional talent for his repertory company. More than 8,000 persons filled the audiences for the three-play repertory schedule last summer, and more than 30,000 visited the Center's galleries.
The Summer Term, of course, continues to be a co-educational program 138 women were enrolled in 1963 representing almost all major Eastern women's colleges and 26 different alumni families. Womerr-will again live in the new Wigwam dormitories with a now-experienced staff under the direction of Mrs. Margaret Ward, Director of Women's Activities, awaiting their arrival. One innovation in admissions, once again on a selective basis determined by the applicant's record of accomplishment in his (or her) own school, will be the acceptance of "specifically qualified high school students" to Summer Term studies. This program will be reported in greater detail with the publication of the Summer Term Bulletin.
Students interested in learning more about the 1964 Summer Term are invited to return the form below to Dean of Summer Programs, Box 833, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
