Refugees

Early this month six Southeast Asian refugees joined the Dartmouth community under the sponsorship of the Tucker Foundation. Three of the six are students and three are employees of the College, working in the service departments.

The students will attend courses in the winter and spring terms on a provisional basis and, depending upon their accomplishments, will be admitted as regular matriculants in the fall. One of them is the 17-year-old daughter of a Cambodian diplomat. The two male students are older and are both graduates of the University of Saigon. After taking undergraduate courses this year, one of the men, with a bachelor of arts degree from Saigon, hopes to attend Thayer School; the other, with a law degree from Saigon, would like to attend Tuck School.

The three men who are coming to work for the College are refugees from South Vietnam. Dartmouth is providing housing for them, while local churches are helping with the donation of clothing and furnishings.

Following World War II, five refugees from eastern Europe enrolled as special students at Dartmouth. All five have gone on to lead distinguished professional careers in the United States. Two refugee families came to the College after the Korean War, and six students fleeing the Hungarian Revolution enrolled in 1956.

This abstract bronze sculpture by Charles Perry was installed last month outside theFairchild Physical Sciences Center. Perry was visiting sculptor at Dartmouth in 1973.