Table of Contents

Winter 1 993 • Volume 85 • Number 4

16 The Big Jump Is Gone Eight years older than Baker Tower, Dartmouth’s ski jump was dismantled last spring. “As heavenly bodies must follow Newton’s laws, so must the earthly.” writes author and jumping veteran David Bradley '38. But the jump’s demise followed different laws, laws even more compelling.

22 An Environmental B-Minus for Dartmouth

There’s a gulf between what Dartmouth’s environmentalists preach and what the College practices, by Noel Perrin.

28 Moriarty Ad Lib

We knew he could act, but when he started to play...a musical profile by our man in New York Robert Sullivan ’75.

32 Procrastinator’s Night

A belated all-nighter in prose, by Jane Hodges ’92.

3 Letters

5 Dr. Wheelock’s Journal

8 On the Hill

Moosilauke spirit? • Chaotic brownies • Art in a box • Plus: Bragging Rites

14 Syllabus

40 Presidential Range

46 Class Notes

73 Obituaries

80 Dartmouth Undying

On the cover: Ah, the sweet pain of procrastination. Illustration by DAM art director Scott Menchin.