Table of Contents

September 1986

VOL. 79, No. 1

FEATURES

Lewis Thomas

37 Late Afternoon Thoughts on the Twentieth Century

At the special convocation opening the new Sophomore Summer Program, held in the Bema on a pleasant June afternoon, one of the country's most admired scientific philosopher-authors discusses the major developments and problems that have shaped, and continue to shape, the mod- ern world.

Peter J. Robbie

44 The Art of Making Things Right

The director of the Dartmouth Student Workshops, where undergraduates and others have first-rate facilities and instruction, writes about the liberal arts spirit motivating the program and about the educational value of designing and then actually making something in the studios devoted to woodworking, metal work, jewelry, glass, and pottery. The photographs by Nancy Wasserman '77 add a graphic story of students at work, making things right.

DEPARTMENTS

Peter Smith

4 The Hanover Scene

6 Letters to the Editor

C. E. Widmayer

26 Dartmouth Authors

Jock McDonald

30 Undergraduate Chair

Teri Allbright

31 The College

David K. Martin

42 Alumni Album

Sandy Apgar '62: A books and mortar man

Jim Needham

48 Sports

Karen Endicott

51 Class Notes and Obituaries

COVER An especially fine example of the work being done by students in the Design Workshops in Hopkins Center is the dropfront desk made by Tamar Buchsbaum '86 of Philadephia (in the photo above) who shows that the feminine touch counts for a lot. It was photographed for the cover by Bruce Cate, special instructor in metalworking.