Recording of a lecture delivered on September 2, 1988, by Annapolis tutors Wye Allanbrook and Eva Brann as part of the Formal Lecture Series.

This lecture was the first for the 1988-1989 academic year, at the time called the Dean's Lecture.

Note: The recording begins after the start of the lecture and the first sentence is cut off. A typescript of the complete lecture is available on the St. John's College Digital Archives.