Table of Contents

JUNE/JULY 1984

VOL. 76, No. 9

FEATURES

Peggy Sadler

20 Making It Happen

MALS graduate Pat Bates has a few good ideas, and the bucks to make them work.

Harold Bond

24 The Best Part of My Academic Life Here

Harry Bond '42, renaissance man — author, soldier, scholar gave the 1984 Class Day Oration.

Brad Hills

34 On the Court or Off — A Winner

Tennis isn't Glen French '84's only racket

Brad Hutensky

36 Nine From '84

A group of super seniors, profiled by the former editor of TheDartmouth, an '84 himself.

44 The Old Guard

Five retiring alumni who'll be hard to replace.

Doug Greenwood

51 Dartmouth's 214th Commencement

Eddie Chamberlain

54 Professor John Stearns '16: Rata Avis Una

A colorful professor is remembered by the former director of admissions.

Blanche Gelfant

61 Creativity: The Open Dance at Dartmouth

Jim Kenyon

65 The Wearers of the Green

The College threw an old-time bash in Boston for some of Dartmouth's sports legends.

DEPARTMENTS

Doug Greenwood

4 Editor's Remarks

"The Real World"

7 Letters to the Editor

Peter Smith

14 Book Reviews

Laurie Kretchmar

18 Undergraduate Chair

"The Absolute and the Ambiguous"

Dana Cook Grossman

28 The College

Teri Allbright

70 Class Notes and Obituaries

COVER

This Commencement photo, taken at last year's exercises, suggests the fairly typical air of wistfulness young graduates experience as they reflect on their Dartmouth years behind them and the "real world" to come. Photo by Nancy Wasserman '77.