Table of Contents

Table of Contents

June 1994
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
June 1994

Summer 1994 • Volume 86 • Number 9

THE ARGUABLY DIVERSE CLASS OF 1874

They were little boys during the Civil War, and they were too old to fight in the First World War. But they had a battle of their own, itself creative, heroie, and destructive: the fashioning of a modern nation that spanned the seas. Their groupportrait compels us to look, and to look again. A photo layout by Joe Mehling '69 and an essay by David Sobie '94 and Kai Singer '95.

20 What to Learnfrom Logs

A primer on something more than building, by David Hooke '84

26 The Only-ness ofa Long-DistanceRunner

Bob Kempainen '88 beat the American Boston Marathon record in his spare time, by Robert Sullivan '75

4 Letters

6 Dr. Wheelock's Journal

8 On the Hill

• Commencement half a century late • Green cuisine • The coolest job

12 Presidential Range

38 Syllabus

42 Class Notes

74 Obituaries

80 Dartmouth Undying

On thecover:The sepia-toned 1874s are everybit as colorful as the diverse classof 1994. The photograph ofsenior Allegro, Goeth is byCollege Photographer JOE MEHLING '69.