Table of Contents

COVER

The year: 1924. The personages: George F. Baker, a wealthy New York banker, and Ernest Martin Hopkins, President of Dartmouth. The stakes: what came to be known - at a cost considerably greater than $25,000 - as Baker Library.

22 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Panacea to some, bogey-person to others, the aim is to provide equal opportunity for all.

28 THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

An enigmatic letter cancelled this month's alumni trip to China. Did Dartmouth lack kuan-hsi?

31 IF YOU SPENT THE WINTER IN BUFFALO, IMAGINE THIS

Cold-season studies in the warm climes of the Caribbean.

34 MR. HOPKINS BUILDS A LIBRARY

Offered $25,000 and needing $1 million, Mr. Hopkins got it - with some help from his friends. A book excerpt.

2 Letters

9 Short Story Competition

14 Wearers of the Green

16 Reviews

18 The College

26 Alumni Album

38 Big Green Teams

40 Undergraduate Chair

41 Class Notes

71 Obituaries