His Place

A tract of land in the College Grant last month was named in honor of President emeritus Dickey "in recognition of his love for and dedication to the out-of-doors." To be known as the John Sloan Dickey Area, the section is one of the most scenic and frequently visited locations in the Grant. It includes the Diamond Peaks, the junction of the Dead and Swift Diamond rivers forming the Diamond Basin, and the Gorge.

"Area" seems a rather unimaginative appellation to hang behind the name of a man who for 50 years has visited the Grant so often, enjoyed it so much, and worked so hard to balance diversified uses of the land. F. William Andres '29, chairman of the Board of Trustees came closer when he said, "Meaning of place is one of the things that John Dickey has taught us. It is a happy time for us to have set aside a piece of Dartmouth and honored it with his name — not only because he loved and loves it but also because that love of his has taught us a sense of place, has given each of us a sense of belonging to some part of Dartmouth. This then is your place and more than ever before it has become 'Dickey's Place.' "

The 27,000 acres of woodlands which make up the College Grant are an educational, recreational, and financial resource for Dartmouth. Such outdoors activities as hiking, cross-country skiing, fishing, and hunting co-exist with a lumbering operation. Mr. Dickey observed that reconciling the opposing values of wilderness preservation and utilization "is going to be a continuing dilemma... which can never be resolved with one deci- sion. It will be a problem forever, and it will be close at best if we can manage the Grant so as to preserve the wilderness that makes the place so precious for us in our time."