Table of Contents
FEATURES
30 Second Chapter
From Everest climber to advocate for the disabled, Barry Corbet '58 lived two lives—and he lived more fully in both of them than most of us do in one. BY BROUGHTON COBURN
36 Who Is Phil Hanlon'77?
Here's how Alpha Delta's former social chair, known as "Juan Carlos" to his frat brothers, found his way to the big office in Parkhurst Hall. BY C.J. HUGHES '92
40 Days of Pomp & Circumstance
A photographic look back at Commencement and Class Day exercises of yesteryear, before cameras became ubiquitous.
DEPARTMENTS
12 LETTERS
Notebook
18 CAMPUS
Around the Green in sixty seconds
20 PERSOHAL HISTORY
A first—and last—lesson in driving a stick shift was a heartbreaking experience in more ways than one. BY DAISY ALPERT FLORIN '95
22 SPORTS
Nothing daunted Aggie Kurtz, who launched women's sports at Dartmouth more than 40 years ago by starting five teams with a total budget of $500. BY DAVID TANNENWALD
24 HISTORY
Captured by the Nazis in 1945 and headed to certain death, a 20-year-old member of the Italian Resistance makes a final bid for freedom. BY WALTER DE HOOG '49
28 CLASSROOM
In "Writing 5," first-year students learn to express themselves logically and analytically—sometimes by re-examining their own arguments. BY JUDITH HERTOG
Alumni News
48 SEEN & HEARD
49 SHELF LIFE
50 THE CLASSES
81 CLUBS
82 ALUMNI COUNCIL
82 DEATHS
Continuing Ed 88
Astronomer Kevin Hand '97 on going to Europa. BY LISA FURLONG
ON THE COVER Composite photograph of Barry Corbet
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It's All Uphill Soon-to-be graduates, trailed by family members, head to Class Day in 1903.
