Table of Contents

In This Issue

A BIG NIGHT AT THE WALDORF 18

Pictures and a story reporting on the resplendent party given by Dartmouth alumni and friends honoring President Emeritus Hopkins.

THE STATE OF OUR PURPOSES . . . AND VICE VERSA 24

President Dickey, in an address at the Hopkins Dinner, gives "a report from the front" on how goes the battle for liberal learning.

A SPOT OF GREEN AT KNOB LAKE 31

Alan Cooke '55, a graduate student at McGill, writes of the sub-arctic laboratory where North-minded Dartmouth men are welcomed.

THE 95TH ALUMNI COUNCIL MEETING 35

The Hopkins Dinner stimulates a record attendance in New York City.

Letters 4

Dartmouth Authors 6

Dartmouth Skiway Photos 10

Hanover Browsing 12

The College 15

The Hanover Scene 17

Reunion Schedule 27

The Undergraduate Chair 28

ROTC Adds Winter Warfare 30

The Faculty 34

With Big Green Teams 37

News from Clubs and Classes 40

Associated School News 80

In Memoriam 82

The Cover

At the Waldorf dinner in his honor, February 5, President Emeritus Hopkins looks with pleasure upon the huge 80th birthday cake that has just been carried in to the head table. For the combined effort needed to blow out the candles, see Page 20. PHOTOGRAPH BY ADRIAN BOUCHARD