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Is ours a society of laws or of men? How do law and morality interact? How can justice be served? What is justice? For two and a half intensive days these were the questions addressed by the 76 people attending the Seventh Annual Alumni College road trip to the Pacific Northwest. Sequestered on rustic Orcas Island and comforted by regal accommodations and beautiful Indian summer weather, the seminar attendees had a perfect setting for pondering the sanctions of law in today's world. Their brief return to the best of academia was made possible by Dick Woodward '39 and Phil Swain '37, who organized the event, and by Dartmouth faculty members Charles Wood and Jim Epperson, who guided the attendees in their considerations of the theme of the weekend.

Activity commenced on Friday, September 15, 1973, with, a chartered boat ride to Rosario Inn. That evening's program was designed to allow people to get acquainted and to set the mood for the weekend - the cocktail party, the seafood buffet, and the showing of the movie Billy Budd, served the purpose beautifully.

Saturday morning the heavies started in. Professor Epperson's talks on two of the assigned readings, Faulkner's Go Down Moses and Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, searched out and revealed how the two works dealt with the conflicts between justice and social harmony. Professor Wood used English history to shed another perspective on the subject. The intellectual plum of the weekend was his tale of the government espionage in the 13th century, where the parallels between the activities of King John and those of a present day potentate were cleverly and incisively drawn.

The weekend proved to be pure delight for all involved, with the only moans of discontent being heard from the Oregon alumni, who are responsible for having to follow this act next September.