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COVER

What do television cameras and assorted hardware from technology's darkling plain have to do with teaching and learning? And what, indeed, are they doing at Dartmouth, the small college of people — not machines? Ask John Rassias, a language teacher who believes in drama, in swear. The photograph for this month's cover story was taken by Adrian Bouchard.

26 OISER: MASSAGING THE MEDIA

Rub it, and like the genie in the bottle, you can make music, art, and war.

32 ALUMNI ALBUM

Denny Emerson '63, gold medal equestrian from the "blue hills of Vermont," and a pal named Victor.

34 WOMEN AT THE TOP (ALMOST)

Professor (female): "My personal sense is that academia is becoming more congenial."

40 NATURAL ENERGY RESOURCE

Poems by Richard Eberhart '26, winner of the National Book Award, and a brief look at the resource himself.

4 Letters

14 Wearers of the Green

17 Dartmouth Calendar

18 Reviews

22 The College

39 Undergraduate Chair

44 Big Green Teams

47 Class Notes

74 Obituaries

84 Vox