rndoy. April I. I955 SCARLET AND BLACK Page Fiv- Towner Elected New Grinneli Trustee As Board Net for Mid- Year Session Laivience William Towiier, di~ lectur and libraiian ot the New berry Library in Chicago was elccicd a member of tiie Grinnell College Board of Trustees at the board’s mid-year session on cam- pus March 14. The announcement was made by Board Chairman Ede on. S. Hewitt. Towner received his B.A. degree in 1942 from Cornell College, and earned two advanced degrees from Northwestern University, an M.A. in 1949 and a Ph.D. In 1955. He holds honorary degrees from Cornell and Northwestern and al- so from Lake Forest (Ill.) Col- lege He taught history at Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, Cams bridge, Mass, from 1950 to 1955 and was associate professor of his. lory at William aid tiary H see, Williamsburg, Vaq (rat. 1955 to 1963. He Came to‘l ie Nelvberty Library in 1967, aII‘ ' a year as a Fellow at the L:nter for the Study of the History of Liberty in Am- erica, Harvard University. While at William and Mary. he edited the William and Mary Quarterly, A Magazine at Early American History. and he is cur- rently on the editorial boards of the Journal of American History and of America, History and Lite. He has authored numerous art» icles and Is a member OI severe! Lawrence W. Towner piuiess IlldI giuups a trustee nF the Modern Poetry Association, and a member of the White House ‘ Library Committee, The Newberry Library wiiicii Towner heads is a privately en- dowed reaserch libray in the hu- manities. Iounded in 1887 and cur- renily holding about 840,000 vol. umes. Selected Griiinell students take part in a special semester or err—campus work at the library, under a program sponsored by the Associated Colleges or the Mid. WEST. New BusinessMohsgemppoihied: Tot-lei Outlet oi Rohiimii. Ludwig AnpuIntmelit otDouoltl w. Lauri signed to take a new position at bie as acting business manager otl t.i.iiiieil eiiectiue May 1 was an~l nounced March 24 by President Glenn Leggett. L‘dmbie, a 1536 graduate OI the college. has been assistant to the president [or development Since 1951]. III his new position, Lambie will assume the responsibility tor tile, college business operation Cut" reiilly held by Merritt c Ludwig, Vice , preSidcnt, who recently 1’97 Meyer Will Speak On ‘Aris Toclay’ The chairman of the music de- parlrnent at the Universuy of Chi- cago \vill lecture on “The Arts T07 (11" at 7 pm. Sunday in Roberts theatre. Dr. Leonard B. Meyer's visit to campus is being cosponsored by the hue arts division and the Creel . 'manager or Metaicratt, iiic., or atilie Arts Committee at the Board or Religion. As a tolloi-up to his lecture, Meyer will discuss the same topic with three Griunell iacully mem- bers _ Paul 0. KuntZ