Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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ne4ju apypxUntmenti ProtVssors of llu ' Darlinoutli of today not only sport ffwcr wliisktTs: they arc li ' ss tlic moral guardians of the undergraduate ' s present and more the ])atlifinders of his future. Jn 1!)47 Dartmouth ' s 301-man faculty is well geared to explore the past, present, and future. Forsaking Graeca Majora and Ilesiod on the assump- tion that the securing of world peace depends more upon an understanding of and respect for present rather than decadent cultures, the Board of Trustees has secured the services of Dr. Wing-Tsit Chan, who straddles three departments: Chinese Civilization, Comparative Liter- ature, anfl History. Aiding Dartmouth undergraduates to .see through the iron curtain is Professor Diniitri S. vonMohrenschildt, visiting lecturer on Russian civilization. On the land, sea, and air can be well applied to Dartmouth ' s broad international curriculum. Professor Daniel Marx, Jr. ' 29 covers the maritime sphere with his cla.s.ses in a course on international trade, while Professor of Geography Trevor Lloyd provides insight into international aerial communication in Geogra])hy of the Air. Another innovation since the days when Tacitus and Livy were standard courses is the establishment of the

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a iGXxMalui 6.Uilti l vo-Ht oUi6.iic4. ( ' lirislcncd ill IS ' iH. 1 ):irliiiiiiilirs l -:ichiiif4 liody ;if- (luircd till ' title iif ■■Faculty, when the Moard (if ' I ' rus- Ices reiioiiiiced its former lal)el of ' ■Kxeeutive Aulhorily. W ' itii a eurrieuhiin l)a ed on Livy. Roman . nli(|nities. Homer, Horace, rhetorical jirammar, and iMiripides, l)arlinonth s professors set out to lead their classes into a thorough invest ij;a I ion of t lie past. licsides handlinii the role of ])ioneer of the past, the professor was originally coinmissioned to ■■exercise as far as |)ossil)le a pari-ntal aulhorily o ' er the sludeiils, to ■■usi ' all fit occasions to eui ase Ihe couuuou sentiment on the side of virtue, to discourage the concealment of crime, to correct feelings of false delicacy and lalsc honor. to ' ■check every i)crceivcd tendency to ncgli- gcTice or dissipation, and to ' ■reprove every known vio- lation of decorum. ' J§ .v- -S. 1 .ipraooj mm L4 l:|-;iF|nj]| ' i teiraLtltiiii

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iine InteA nxitdJO cdiiin Tiileniational Relations Major iiiulcr the Icadorshij) of Dr. John Pclenyi. former Hungarian Minister to the I ' nited States. A new addition to tlie faculty. Pro- fessor John W. Masland, will direet an inl rudnetory course in International Relations this fall. Dartmouth ' s faculty not only works for more har- monious relations within the ( ollege hut outside as well. One of the indications of tliis is that institutions of higher learning in Brazil will use a textbook based large- ly on a ])ublication of which Professor of Sociology ' Francis E. Merrill ' 26 is co-author. IIel])ing to underslaiid foreign cullui-cs Ihruuah .speaking acquaintanceship with language is a family proposition with French professor Francois Denoeu and Spani.sh professor Francisco Ugartc. Their wives, French and Si)anish respectively, meet with many of their husbands classes in their homes, where language conversations are held on a more informal basis. These arc only a few of the many exami)les of liberal, up-to-date work being done by the faculty of the Col- lege. The Dartmouth undergraduate has emerged from the war with his learning cajjacity broadened both ge- ographically and intellectually; and the Dartmouth faculty has been quick to keep pace with this change. • . v ;,V-fe[4 iiyiO| ili