Table of Contents

February 1994 Volume 86 Number 5

26 The Art in the Liberal Arts "In the perennial song of the urgencies." writes poet Donald Hall, "art is always expendable." We asked him to make the case for art on campus and in life itself.

16 Whale Doc An alumnus plays medic to 35-ton seagoing mammals, by Christopher Phillips.

20 Rakes Who Climb oldest college climbing club certainly didn't look upwardly mobile, by Dan Engle '91.

28 Tau lota Tau and Other Brassy Memories Regina Barreca '79 helped found a fake sorority, and now she explains why.

34 Once Upon a Crime It Happened right in class, and you have to solve it, by Lawrence Treat '24.

3 Letters

6 Dr. Wheelock's Journal

8 On the Hill Breaking Bridges on purpose Campus in the drink How reindeer fly Plus: Bragging Rites

14 Syllabus

46 Class Notes

73 Obituaries

80 Dartmouth Undying

On the cover: Art organizes what we see, says Donald Hall. The painting on the cover is a detail of the painting on this page: Albrecht Durer's self-portrait.