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.