Table of Contents

October 1998 Vol. 91 No. 2

30 The Last Stand

Absentee landlord no more, Dartmouth adopts hands-on stewardship of the Second College Grant. By Richard Ober

38 Noms De Blitz

If college is a time of creating new identities, what are we to make of Frumious, Long Is land Chick, and Kill The Dumbo ? By Noel Perrin

42The Fine Print

Works by Goya, Rembrandt, and Diurer illustrate how true art is in the details.

44 Lost in the Treasure Room

In 1952 it was the only place on campus to find Lady Chatterley's Lover.By Brock Brower '53

4 Letters

8 Dr. Wheelock's Journal

12 On the Hill

49 Class Notes

74 Obituaries

80 Dartmouth Undying

On the Cover:The double-edged blade of the saw.Dartmouth has finally put someteeth in its management plan for theSecond College Grant.Photograph by Geoff Hansen.

The Swift Diamond River threads its way south through the Second College Grant.