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COVER

"Our dear friend" was the way Eleazar Wheelock described his benefactor and New Hampshire's last royal governor, John Wentworth. The portrait by Copley is a new and major addition to the Dartmouth collection. Apparently, the College once owned another work by Copley—a portrait of Lord Dartmouth—but around 1826 it "disappeared."

24 STALKING THE STUDENT ATHLETE

Yes, Dartmouth recruits. No, it isn't necessarily harmful. Yes, not everyone agrees.

29 FACES IN THE GALLERY

This month Dartmouth's portrait collection comes out of the closet.

36 THE NEW CLASSICS

Moving off a "suicide path," study of the classics today is broad, relaxed, even alive.

40 NEFERTIT

New revelations about the woman some consider the most beautiful of all.

4 Letters

14 Wearers of the Green

17 Reviews

20 The College

34 Alumni Album

44 Undergraduate Chair

45 Big Green Teams

47 Club Reports

48 Class Notes

80 Obituaries

96 Vox