Table of Contents

Table of Contents

April 1993
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
April 1993

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.