Table of Contents

Table of Contents

May 1995
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
May 1995

May 1995 • Volume 87 • Number 7

22 The Bomb in the Nation's Attic

The new head of the Smithsonian, Ira Michael Heyman '51, finds himself in a political firestorm over the Enola Gay. By Jacques Steinberg '88

28 Learning What Works

Taking disabilities seriously means redefining how students get an education. By Shelby Grantham and Karen Endicott

34 Slicing In the Wilderness

Get past high winds, criss-crossing tee shots, and a stand of trees called The Office, and you have completed Dartmouth's wildly eccentric golf course. By Glen Waggoner

On The Cover:THE SMITHSONIAN'S Enola Gayexhibit encountered some serious Beadwinds mis when historianswrote an accompanying textthat asked questions about thedecision to drop the bomb. DidIRA MICHAEL HEYMAN '51 dothe right thing when he cannedthe interpretation?Illustration by C. F. Payne

4 Letters

12Dr. Wheelock's Journal

14 On the Hill

20 Syllabus

44 Class Notes

71 Obituaries

80 Dartmouth Undying

THE SMITHSONIAN, WHOSE nicknameis the Nation's Attic, is best known forthe First Ladies' dresses and the HopeDiamond. But when Mike Heyman left hisgarden stinson Beach, California, for theWashington Mall, he found another item inthe collection: the explosive Enola Gay.