Table of Contents

March 1986

Vol. 78, No. 6

FEATURES

Peter Mandel and Doug Greenwood

26 Shantytown: "What's the Story?"

Things have not been quiet on the Hanover Plain since the appearance of several shanties on the Green in November. From Back Bay to San Francisco Bay the Echoes have rung loud and not always clear.

Bruce Ducker

30 The Case of the Prodigal Son

In the best spirit of Mickey Spillane, Bruce Ducker '60 shows us another side of Alma Mater.

H. Nicholas Muller III

32 "Dear Folks ...": Coming of Age at Dartmouth in the Thirties

When he was an undergraduate, Hank Muller 35 wrote home on a regular basis. His son, Nick '60, culled some of those letters for a nostalgic look at the College in an earlier day.

DEPARTMENTS

Douglas Greenwood

4 Editor's Remarks

"Dateline Hanover"

6 Letters to the Editor

Chris Keating

15 Undergraduate Chair

"The View from Gile Mountain"

Georgia Croft

16 Wearers of the Green

Matthew Marshall Keeper of the Inn

Dana Cook Grossman

20 The College

37 Sports

Teri Allbright

38 Class Notes and Obituaries

COVER This was the scene the morning after twelve undergraduates took sledgehammers to "Shantytown." Not a pretty sight. For details, see "What's the Story?" beginning on page 26. Photo by College Photographer Stuart Bratesman 75.