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May 1992

Volume 84 • Number 8

Dogs Clamantis in Deserto page 30

Remember the Jacko dogs? We talked to their originator, Frank Stockman '35, recently. He remembered collaborating with Budd Schulberg '36 on the gag lines and seemed pleased that the dogs are still alive, despite being more than 400

in dog years. We overheard those ageless mutts on the Green. "It was a sweet term," one said to the other. "A lot of guts." But life is not all kibbles and pats for dogs these days, as our cover story reveals.

16 Partying:A Peer Review

Is Dartmouth the raging Id of higher education? By John Scalzi

22 Oh, YouShouldn't Have!

Some of the stranger gifts Dartmouth has received. By Jona than Douglas '92

26 Inventing 101

Geriatric necessities are the mother of undergraduate genius. By Jim Collins '84

3 Letters

4 Dr. Wheelock'sJournal

8 On the Hill

12 Syllabus

36 PresidentialRange

48 Class Notes

74 Obituaries

80Dartmouth Undying

On The Cover: A golden retriever, the Dartmouth breed, contemplates a bust of Homer. Photograph by Doug Mindell

"Who's my mentor?Well, you rememberthe Old Pine?"