Table of Contents

December 1997 Vol. 90 No. 4

18The FullMind ofRichardEberhart

For 40 years he has honored Dartmouth with a singular combination of boastfulness, innocence, and grace. By Jay Parini

200 YRS DOCTORING IN THE WILDERNESS

A Special DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL Celebration

22 An Unlikely Medical School

Nathan Smith could never have envisioned what his humble institution would become.

24 Early X-rays, MissingSkulls, and Frozen Pizza

A doctored bicentennial history.

28 Nathan's Body Shop

Our brief anatomy lesson on Dartmouth's groundbreaking medical research, with apologies to Da Vinci.

30 A Musical Post-Mortem

How the removal of a bladder stone led to a painfully beautiful composition. By Professor Stephen Sher

32 Cathedral in the Pines

When the light is right, Dartmouth Hall reveals the vision of its builders. By Castle Freeman

2 Letters

6 Dr. Wheelock's Journal

11Presidential Range

12On the Hill

16 Curmudgeon

34Class Notes

60 Obituaries

64 DartmouthUndying

On the Cover:When he wasn't writing on campus,Richard Eberhart summered near Deer Isle,Maine. Painting by Richard Piloco.

Last year America's pre-eminent poets gathered in Hanover to honor Pulitzer prize-winning poet Richard Eberhart '26. From left: Allen Ginsberg, Maxine Kumin, Galway Kinnell, Eberhart, Daniel Hoffman, Donald Hall, and Philip Booth '47.