Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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As it has in many years |)re ioiis. Hanover film fare ran the gaiinllel from the siil linie lo the ri- diculous, aiui sliidiMil sciiliment hetween the two was ahnost equallv ili i(if(l. In lis second year of operalion the Nuu ' L ' ct brought several of the years licllcr nio ic lo Ilanoxcr. with a iiolde assist from the Hanover League for Heller I ' ilms. Among un- deruraihiales. the Dartmouth Film Society attracleil those of more discriminating tastes with a program of both American and foreign-made films, including many which marked milestones in movie history. Great Issues in its sixth year remained a con- troversial topic. ' W ' hile the ideals of the course were basically in line with the aim of the liberal arts college, and the views of speakers imported from all sections of the .American social and economic structure gave seniors a wider frame of reference on which to base their o|)iiiions and judgments, manv expressed dissatisfaction with the highly com- plicated mechanics of course j)rocedure. Long hours spent on journals, sjiecial projects and various out- side readitig assignments were duly rewarded in some cases, but with an eye toward maintaining for the course its pro|ier place Hithin the curricu- Tlu ' liMiji wliitt ' afternoons Pace 12

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ereiices and to exercise their voral cords at the same time, much to the peneral discomfilure of Hanover ' s more conservative ])artisans. A debate on ' ' The Is- sues of the Election took the jdace ol a regular Monday night G.I. lecture, and resulted in a clear- cut victory for the Kepuhlicans. However, the glory of victory was somewhat tarnished by the fact that one of the two speakers scheduled to argue the Democratic cause reportedly spent the greater part of the evening incarcerated at the Rowing riuh boathouse. A series of ])olls conducted by Tlir Darlmoiilh showed sentiment among the student body favoring Eisenhower bv a margin of nearlv three to one, but the percentage of those expressing confidence in his chances of victory was somewhat smaller. Although some sixty members of the faculty pub- licly declared their support of Stevenson through the medium of the Oldest College ! ews|)a|)er in .America, a similar poll which reached ajijiroxi- mately half of the teaching staff indicated that five out of eight favored Eisenhower. The campus took on the a])]iearance of a full- fledged niilitarv base everv Mondav afternoon as memljers of the Army. Navy and Air Force R.O.T.C. units spent long hours in drills and marching techniques. I o one could deny the ever- increasing importance of these units in the life of the college, as the country looked to its younger men to form the backbone of a vast military power Kt ' iiirnilKT when the flirk was in Wclistcr? Tile Slciran oiis. Antic experts I)olenlial. The significant fact that a Dartmouth student enrolled in one of these programs spends approximately twenty |)ercent of his classroom time in R.O.T.C. courses caused the faculty to revise the requirement for the major in almost every depart- ment, ill most cases reducing the number of com- pulsory courses in order that the student might en- joy a wider range of electives. The ideal of the new system, which goes into effect with the Class of IQSl. is one which seeks to maintain the essential liberal arts nature of the college curriculum while at the same time alloting necessary time to those courses required of all R.O.T.C. students. Page 11

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D men safari to Bermuda lum of the senior year, requirements with regard to journal entries were markedly reduced at the start of the second semester by the Steering Com- mittee. Outstanding among first semester speakers were Geoffrey Crowther. editor of the London Econo- mist; Norman Thomas, six-time Socialist candidate for President: and Clarence R. Randall. President of Inland Steel. The wide divergence of interests and personalities manifested among guest speakers gave seniors a chance to look at the world outside from many viewpoints, and des|)ite the grumblings about the time I spend on G.I. the frequency and vigor of dormitory and fraternity bull sessions in- dicated that the course was achieving at least one nf lis jirimary objectives; that of sup|)lying food fcji- llinuglil and a more informed basis upon which each member of the class cnuld foiinulate his own opinions and fnM ir-lions. L ' nder tlir (IIiccIIdii nf Duiiald ciKllaridl. llic Handel Society offered a chance for those with orchestral talents to find expression for their abil- Pace 13