Table of Contents

In This Issue

16 WATERGATE AND THE PRESS

Examples, cited by a participant in the Watergate hearings, of how members of the second and fourth estates can serve the public.

20 WHY COLLEGE?

Eight undergraduates testify that going to college is instructive, worthwhile, and even fun.

24 POET OF PLACE

Robert Siegel, author and teacher, observed.

26 MISSING IDOL: KOM AGAIN?

The Afo-A-Kom disappeared and then surfaced at Dartmouth, with gratifying results.

28 ALUMNI ALBUM—48

Two more profiles in the series about interesting Dartmouth men.

Dartmouth Authors 6

Red .. . and the Ferocious Cherub 10

The College 13

Give a Rouse 14

Endowed Professorships 27

The Undergraduate Chair 30

Big Green Teams 31

Club Reports 34

Class Notes 36

Obituaries 67

The Cover

Snow-Bound, John Greenleaf Whittier's evocative poem, was written in 1866, a time—if Whittier is to be believed—when life was simpler. Hit by an immense blizzard, the farm family in this "winter idyl" simply buttoned up for a week, without great concern for energy shortages (the energy used was theirs anyway) or minor inconveniences. They played games, recited tales, and entertained marooned travelers, one of whom, a young schoolmaster, . . teased the mittenblinded cat/Played cross-pins on my uncle's hat/ Sang songs, and told us what befalls/In classic Dartmouth's college halls." The cover engraving and accompanying lines are from an 1868 edition of Snow-Bound now in the Class of 1926 Memorial Book Collection in Baker Library.