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INCREASINGLY since taking office nine years ago this fall, President Dickey has used Convocation as an occasion for expressing some of the results of his most serious thinking about higher education, Dartmouth's purposes and work, and the state of the nation and world today. This year, his address opening Dartmouth's 186th year dealt with the vital importance of the liberal arts or, as he prefers to call them, "the liberating arts." The address was hailed by many as his best, and we are pleased to print the full text, beginning on Page 18.

The article which follows it is in some ways a strong reinforcement of President Dickey's views. A Backward Glance at the Humanities (Page 21) was written by Theodore Wachs Jr. '41 not as an article but as a personal expression to a former Dartmouth teacher. The humanities, he insists, are the most "practical" studies of all.

A third main feature this month is the article Doctors, Eskimos and Dogs (Page 24) by Dr. Erwin C. Miller '20, who last winter made an inspection tour of Grenfell Mission hospitals and nursing stations in Newfoundland and Labrador. He has written an account of his exciting and at times perilous journey by plane and dog sled.

Other November contents:

Dartmouth Authors................ 6

A Roster of Alumni Clubs.............. 11

The College........................... 15

The Hanover Scene..................... 17tft

Hanover Browsing...................... 20

Dartmouth Sons in the Class of '58......... 22

North of Boston......................... 23

The Undergraduate Chair............... 29

The Faculty.......................... 31

With Big Green Teams................... 33

News from Clubs and Classes............ 37

Associated School News............... 81

In Memoriam........................... 82

The Cover

The Dartmouth team taking the field for the Colgate game, October 16, is the subject of this month's cover picture by Adrian Bouchard.