Centrepiece Online | Spring 1999

Spring 1999
Vol. 40, No. 1











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Features in this issue:

A Matter of Opinion
Centre experts pick the best of the arts in the 20th century for the Centre 100.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Dr. Pangloss, et al.
by Paul Cantrell, Cowan Professor Emeritus of English
Eccentric, exceptional, aslant, idiosyncratic, quixotic, and zany: an old-timer reflects on some of his more memorable faculty colleagues.

Campus Characters
Some disguise teaching tools as colorful antics. Others display endearing traits or unexpected acts of kindness. And some aren't even human. Alumni share a few memories of their favorite campus characters.

Endpiece: Observations from the Careers Front
by Laura Boswell '94

If you can't stay awake in CHEM 11, better think twice about life as a vet.

President's Message:
Why Do the College Rankings Matter?

by John Roush
President Roush explains why we need to care about those endless college rankings.