Table of Contents

MAY 1988

VOL. 80, No. 8

FEATURES

Noel Perrin

24 Jonathan Corncob and Other Almost Classics

In Baker, a professor strays beyond the literary canon.

Karen Avenoso '88

28 At Dartmouth, the Intellectual is on the Margin

A critique of the reigning campus dilettantism.

Tom Bloomer '53

29 Dear President Freedman ...

A challenge to the College's new emphasis on intellectuals.

Mike Fadil '85

30 Running with the Big Boys

The unequalled joy of coming in seventh.

DEPARTMENTS

4 Letters

16 The College

22 Sports

42 Report from the Council

43 Class Notes

46 Dartmouth Authors

76 Obituaries

COVER One of Dartmouth's most prolific authors and eclectic readers, English Professor Noel Perrin takes a peek at Baker's literature stacks. Perrin's own latest book, "A Reader's Delight," got its start 30 years ago in the College library. His essay on page 24 explains how. The cover photograph was taken by Photo Editor Nancy Wasserman '77.