Dartmouth College. Committee on Defense Instruction
Biography
The committee on Defense Instruction was appointed by the Board of Trustees in 1941. It was granted broad powers over the curriculum. Students were permited to capitalize upon their courses of instruction to give them a greater degree of preparedness, something that the existing American Defense Dartmouth Group did not have the authority to do.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Dartmouth College, Committee on Defense Instruction records
Collection
Identifier: DA-226
DA-226
Date(s):
1941
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports and memoranda of the Committee on Defense Instruction. The committee was charged with relating the Dartmouth College curriculum to the war emergency. Several letters from members of the Division of Social Sciences commenting on the Committee's recommendations are also included.