A Horrid Wilderness?

A "horrid wilderness" was how Eleazar Wheelock described the site of his college in 1770. Since then there have been some changes made on the Hanover Plain — and to provide a permanent record of the campus two centuries after its founding, the College has commissioned the 1969 Dartmouth Panorama (shown in detail above and also in full on the cover of this issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE).

The Panorama depicts with faithful accuracy all of the old landmarks - classroom buildings, dormitories, fraternities, Dartmouth Row, the Library — as well as the new — Leverone Field House, Hopkins Center, the Medical School complex, Kiewit Computation Center, and many more. This bird's-eye view also takes in a great sweep of the north country in its autumnal beauty.

The artist is James Lewicki, a Dartmouth parent and well-known illustrator for Life Magazine. In progress for some two years, his work shows each building drawn painstakingly to scale. The Panorama measures 19 x 31 inches and has been printed in four colors on fine paper suitable for framing or hanging as a poster.

The 1969 Dartmouth Panorama is published by the College and is sold by Dartmouth students as a means to support their education. Copies may be ordered by mail at $4.50 each, including postage, by using the handy coupon below. We think that the Panorama would make an ideal Christmas gift for a Dartmouth alumnus, undergraduate, parent, high school student, or just about anybody interested in Eleazar's "horrid wilderness."