Dartmouth Authors
Richard N. Campen '34. German Village Portrait. Chagrin Falls, Ohio, West Summit Press, 1978. 102 pp. Unofficial chronicler of Ohio architecture, Campen has this time turned his talents as writer-photographer toward a record of the resurrection from urban decay of a small community near downtown Columbus, Ohio, built by German immigrants in the 19th century. Small brick homes and shops close to the streets and their tidy gardens have been lovingly restored with private funds over a 20-year period, not as a museum but as a living neighborhood. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white photographs by the author.
Chris Miller '63. The National Lampoon'sAnimal House Book. 20th Century Communications, 1978r Softcover. 131 pp. "The full color illustrated novel from the hit movie," so says the blurb. Full color, not quite. Novel, well maybe. Miller's caricature of fraternity life at "Faber College" is sometimes amusing, often raunchy, and it has plenty of pictures from the film. But who can quibble with success? Since it opened in August, the movie has grossed millions and last month achieved the ultimate in publicity when Newsweek did a "life-style" spread and a TV network covered a University of Wisconsin toga party inspired by one of the episodes in Animal House. Oscar Wilde was right: nature copies art. The book is largely based, Miller says, on his fraternity experiences at Dartmouth.
Carl Japikse '69 and Robert R. Leichtman M. D. The Art of Living. Columbus, Ohio, Ariel Press, 1977. Vol. 1. 153 pp. A collection of six essays originally published individually in pamphlet form and written jointly by a medical doctor and a journalist, both of whom are now professional psychics and teachers of active meditation and personal growth. Their basic theme, the authors say, "is that human life is an art form and that we, as individual human beings, should strive to become inspired and accomplished artists of living." Their book "sets forth the basic principles of becoming an artist of life." Essays number 7-15, published subsequently to the six collected in this book and dealing with such subjects as "Cultivating Tolerance and Forgiveness," "Living Responsibly," "Discerning Reality," and "The Mind and Its Uses," are available individually in pamphlet format and on a continuing subscription basis.
The Environmental Studies Division of theDartmouth Outing Club. A Trail Guide ToMount Moosilauke. Hanover, 1978. Soft-cover. 44 pp. Only part of this handy pocket-sized booklet, written and edited by students and recent graduates, is a guide to the trails up and around Dartmouth's mountain. It also contains notes on Moosilauke's geography and geology, a history of the area and of the College's presence there, a primer on local vegetation, animals, birds, and reptiles, as well as personal-safety suggestions. There is a detailed topographic trail map and a skyline map identifying the peaks that can be seen to the east and west from the summit. The guide is illustrated with photographs and sketches and is spiced with a few lines of poetry - just the thing to help the weary hiker up the Beaver Brook Trail.
