Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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nae i(yiGja444ite ioau pAxwe inane. ' I ' lic world IVIt tlic rciXTCussioiis of ' -.I day in Sep- tenilicr of 194.5; and a inonlh latiT, on November 2, tile full ini])act of peace antl deniol)ilizalion jarred the small town of Hanover, New Hampshire, on a day wliieh might well have been called V-R day, or veUrans ' registration day a term suggested by Prof. William Stuart Messer, former chairman of the Special Com- niittee on Academic Adjustments. The past year and a half has .seen the revival of a custom which dates back to the days when Eleazar was recruiting Indians in the wilderne-ss with five-hundred gallons of rum. In the.se days Inflian girls from .seven neighboring tribes were boarded in and about the Col- lege while attending classes in reading, writing, anil home economics. When fifty of tlu ' first group of veterans marched across campus with suitcases, girls, and in some cases baby carriages. College history had repeated itself — although the new Dartmouth girls were no longer single and were in most instances already well-schooled in home economics.

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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

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ie iioul-iniHdea. The adiiiiiiistriilion, recognizing that reconversion was going to entail more than merely a classroom prob- lem, had assigned Middle and South Fayerweather and Lord Hall as sanctuaries for the married couples, to be followed later by Sachem ' illagc ' s forty-eight ])refabricated houses and Wigwam Circle ' s imuiiiicr- ahle a])artnients. A new tradition ciiuc iiilo existence when President Dickey inaugurated the c istoin of officially greeting children of undergraduates with a Dartmouth birth certificate. This document declares that the child is a free born child of this reservation and that it will be extentled the welcome of all the Dartmouth tribe. President Dickey ' s signature is accompanieil by the officious title of Grand Sachem. Jti; . tH«iV. v irro raoEJ