Table of Contents

June 1997 Vol. 89 No. 9

30 Worries of a Premed

In an era of managed care, declining incomes, and cutthroat competition, why do more students than ever want to be doctors? By Tyler Stableford '96

36 Cleaning Up L.A.

Attorney Merrick Bobb '68 polices the troubled cops of a divided city. By Jim Newton '85

38 Mountain of Ghosts

Moosilauke exerts its own brand of gravity, one that draws upward and inward-and backward in time. By W.D Wetherell

4 Letters

8 Dr. Wheelock's Journal

12 On the Hill

22 Curmudgeon

46 Class Notes

65 D-Mail

75 Obituaries

80 Dartmouth Undying

On the Cover: Late April light brushes the broad summit of Dartmouth's mountain. Photograph by Paul Rezendes.

Moosilauke's shoulder foreshadows a still higher calling.