April 1993 Volume 85 • Number 7
24 Robert Christgau's Ear Turns 51
Robert Christgau '62, the"dean of American rockcritics," is even older than Mick Jagger. And as popularmusic fragments into a zillion genres and sub-genres, Christgan's job as its most voracious consumer hasn't been getting any easier. by Bill Gifford '88
14 The Last Game
What is so rare as a real baseball day in Hanover? by Bill Littlefield
18 Shipping Out
The author nearly got himself killed on the last commercial sailing voyage around Cape Horn. Worst of all, Dean Neidlinger was not amused, by William F. Stark '50
32 Discovering theEarth and the Sky
Artists romp through a radically new genre: the landscape, by Jennifer Miglionico '95
4 Letters
6 Dr. Wheelock'sJournal
8 On the Hill
Composition paradise • Liberal students • Plus: Bragging Rites
34 Syllabus
38 Presidential Range
48 Class Notes
70Obituaries
80Dartmouth Undying
On the cover:The whole idea of spring basehall in Hanover remains sketchy,according to sports critic BillLittlefield. The College Archivesphotograph was hand tintedby TIM THRASHER.