1967
Remember when we were undergraduates and there was no grass on the Green. Well, it seems as if all that has been changed. According to one of the two issues of the "D" I've received since September from my yearly subscription (at least their delivery schedule is still the same), the College is conducting a "sweeping drug probe." Other intelligence reports fail to dispel the suspicions underlying the causes for this investigation. Dartmouth a Stoney Brook? Will a "joint" session of the ICC be held? More about this potentially explosive situation next month after I've returned from a factfinding mission over Winter Carnival.
It seems as if it has been a very unusual winter in Hanover besides the possible drug business. Snow, a few basketball wins, and a new Inn have contributed to a different and at times exciting frigid season.
As usual, '67's have been busy starting married lives, hunting for jobs, and continuing their educations....
Al Hine is doing graduate work in geology at UMass where his fiancee, Jane Templeton, is a junior. Also at UMass, but as a graduate student in botany, is Arthur Linkins.
A senior at Wells College, Elizabeth Funston, will be the bride of John Wasson next June. Until then, John will have to struggle along at the University of Virginia Medical School.
A summer wedding is also planned by BillBrandt and Elaine Klimek (Wheaton, '68). Currently, Bill is working for the Connecticut Bank and Trust Company.
Ron Fagin is one of the more than 10,000 graduate students at Berkeley. He writes that he's really enjoying the Ph.D. Math program, San Francisco, and the temperate climate.
Also in the summer rush to the altar are Bill McCague, now at BU Law, and Donna Wilson (Merry Hitch).
New Hampshire Congressman, James Cleveland, has named Dave Bradley as his legislative assistant. Dave's duties consist of research on pending legislation and assistance on various matters involving constituent problems. Dave's decision to take the Washington post superseded his earlier plans that included a two-year hitch with the Peace Corps.
It appears as if the distance between Buffalo and Berkeley was too much for TomBuri and the former Deborah Brakeley (Colby Jr.). They remedied the situation by a December 30 wedding.
Marriage is in the near future for FredSchauer and Margery Stone (Smith and Clark U.). Fred is finishing up at Tuck and contemplates entering law school in the fall of '68.
Still another couple planning a summer '68 marriage are Ed Kern and Priscilla Densmore (Mt. Holyoke '67). Before that though, Ed has much work to do at the Thayer School and Priscilla has a few assignments to complete at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
A female "M.D. - to be" will be added to the class next December when Ed Evans and Ruth Todd (Goucher '67) take the vows. Both Ed and Ruth are first year students at the University of Rochester School of Medicine.
Dave Straus is making progress toward his law degree at UPenn. But, he'll take time out next June for his marriage to Iris Margolis (Monticello College).
Two '67's have been selected by the Tuck School faculty to receive General Telephone and Electronics Foundation Fellowships. Frank Gurdziel and Greig Burdick are receiving financial assistance through these fellowships for the 1967-68 academic year. Frank has also been editor of the recently published "Pictorial Directory of the Amos Tuck School."
Bob McLeod is working in NYC for Clairol and fighting the daily commuting rush from Long Island.
Among the many '67 "pre-meds" who made it through four years and are now "meds" are Evan Bellin and Bill Budell. Evan is at UCLA's Med School and Bill in Jersey City at the New Jersey College of Medicine.
Tim Pollak is a graduate student at Columbia and Lew Pauker is in his first year at Columbia's Law School. Among the many other future lawyers are Tom Rath at Georgetown and Bill Robb at Northwestern.
While living in Winchester, Mass., Dwiglit MacKerron is teaching at the Newton South High School. Jim Shaw is teaching biology and chemistry at the New Hampton, N.H., School.
Three more future "AMAers" are MilesGraber at Tulane Med, Jon Hanlon at the Temple U School of Medicine, and CliffMiller at UVM Med.
According to a recent address list, FrankSpring is in Detroit working in public relations for General Motors.
Among those '67's in the armed forces are Phil Davey and Glen Oxton in the Navy, John Masters in the Marines, and BillThomson in the Air Force.
Chuck Holtz is working for the Commission on Professional Hospital Activities in Ann Arbor, Mich.
A career in city planning awaits Lee Scarbrough when he completes his graduate work in that field at the University of North Carolina.
The plight of America's private universities, Dartmouth included, was again accentuated this past month by Ford Foundation President McGeorge Bundy. Although he was commenting on the status of New York State's higher educational system, Bundy's remarks were also pertinent to the private sector of American education. As chairman of a select committee including James B. Conant and the presidents of Michigan State, Notre Dame, and Brandeis Universities, Bundy said that financial aid was needed to make "the difference between gradual decline and continuing improvement" in American universities and colleges.
Dartmouth is no exception. And it has no state treasury to dip into in times of financial stress - only the generosity of her loyal sons. The Class of 1967's role in this year's alumni drive will be small monetarily. However, the future of Dartmouth as an institution of higher learning, no less a first rate one, rests on maximum participation from the class members.
Perhaps next month's column will be longer, but that also depends on you.
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