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COVER As an article in this issue suggests, Christmas often summons a nostalgia for childhood and for books read in those days at the edge of recall. In the spirit of the season, Peter Smith, the director of Hopkins Center, and a young friend posed with the books of their choice amid the 19th-century echoes of the Poetry Room of Sanborn House. The photograph is by Nancy Wasserman '77.
24 ONCE UPON A TIME
Eight members of the faculty take a sentimental literary journey, recalling the times of their youth and the books then that excited them, made them laugh— and made them weep.
30 ALL THE WAY WITH J.B.A.
"Brace yourself. The Anderson people want you to run for vice president." "Vice president of what?' "Vice president of the United States!" Only in Vermont— the political education of Professor Smallwood.
2 Letters
12 Wearers of the Green
15 Reviews
18 The College
34 Alumni Album
36 Undergraduate Chair
41 Big Green Tearns
43 Class Notes
70 Obituaries
