Table of Contents

COVER

The poet in his eighth decade, Richard Eberhart '26, photographed by Tom Jones.

26 THE RIVER AND THE DAMS

In remote northern Maine the Army Corps of Engineers would build two dams to make up the Diekey-Lincoln hydroelectric project and thereby reduce the wild St. John River into a vast slow-water impoundment. In this two-part article an economist examines the costs—both dollar and environmental— of the project and a novice white- water canoeist describes a five-day journey to Big Rapids this spring. "Canoe the St. John before it's gone," he was told.

36 POET AT FULL AHEAD

A conversation with Richard Eberhart. "There is a certain serenity ... 'putting up with things as they are.' "

47 A COMPANY OF STRETCHERS

A full term of rocks, from Hanover to Lake Powell to Central America. "This is the way to study geology."

4 Letters

14 Wearers of the Green

18 Reviews

20 The College

34 Alumni Album

50 Undergraduate Chair

51 Big Green Teams

54 Reunion Reports

70 Obituaries

84 Fall Reunion Schedule