Table of Contents

Volume 85 • Number 9

17 Freshness

More than once, say the editors, we are all freshmen.

18 I Was a Freshman Trip Spy

Todd Balf, a 31-yearold writer, passes himself off as a student and suffers the consequences.

26 Fifty-Five Out

To this class, "Men of Dartmouth" was a gross exaggeration, by Judson D. Hale '55

30 The NextBus Home

For this city girl, arrival meant fear, adventure, and a ready ticket, by ReginaBarreca '79

34 How Do YouSocializea Freshman?

Orientation has gone from distributing handbooks to seminars on racism, sexism, alcohol, and homophobia, by Heather Killebrew '89

36The First Year

An all-too-short history by the editors.

4 Letters

6 Dr. Wheelock'sJournal

8 On the Hill

12 PresidentialRange

14 Syllabus

42 Class Notes

69Obituaries

80 DartmouthUndying

On the cover:Upperclassmen like theirfreshmen wet behind theears. The photo is providedcourtesy of the Baker LibraryArchives and hand-coloredby Tim Thrasher.

Be Green Again American elite society hasfew more important, andtraumatic, rites of passagethan freshmen year, whenmemories are writ largeon a tabula rasa. Hereinare some of those traumas, and joys, commonto greenness and commonto us all.