Table of Contents

In This Issue

ELECTION-YEAR CONFERENCE 19

Dartmouth plays host to an intercollegiate gathering on political affairs and to Kefauver and Stassen as the keynote speakers.

THE HOPKINS CENTER CONCEPT 23

President Dickey's memorandum to the Trustees spells out the thinking behind plans for a focus for the arts and social lite.

THE MOCK-DUEL MURDER 26

Edward C. Laterm '51 tells a story a graduate of long ago.

A TUCKERMAN TRADITION 29

Late April brings a renewal of the Harvard-Dartmouth ski rivalry on the Headwall - a team contest won nine times by each side.

Dartmouth Authors 4

Hanover Browsing 8

Dartmouth in the Antarctic 11

A New Tuck School Study 12

Coming: Hanover Holiday 15

The College 17

Acting Prexy 25

Alumni Council Elections 25

Fund Campaign Opens 28

The Undergraduate Chair 30

Undergraduate Lingo 31

The Faculty 32

With Big Green Teams 33

They're Wrestling Again 35

News from Clubs and Classes 37

In Memoriam 84

The Cover

One of the largest courses in the sciences is Chemistry 9-4 General and Inorganic Chemistry. This month s cover picture, of one of the three lecture sections, gives the alumnus an impression of the lecture view enjoyed by Prof. Andrew J. Scarlett '10, shown at the extreme right. PHOTOGRAPH BY ADRIAN BOUCHARD