1968

Winter Carnival lasted longer than usual this year, as six-to-eight foot drifts made it impossible for many of the dates or visiting '68s to leave after the festivities ended. Fire and Ice was the theme, and the Green was dominated by a three-story dragon breathing real fire out of its mouth. It was an impressive sight, especially at night.

Those spotted (I think!) were Greg Herschell, Ed Bloomberg, Dave Cooperberg, Jeff Bacall, Dave Hoffman, Bruce Levy, and Geoff Church, Jon Hull, and Gary Woodworth. Gary made the trek from Cincinnati where he is a med student at the University, and he was accompanied by a very attractive Smithie ... looks pretty serious, but WooWoo still manages to give the impression of being a loosehanger (especially with those Joe Namath sideburns)!

The Chicago hotline, faithfully manned by none other than W. Boyd Barrick, re. cently rang in to reprimand your secretary. It appears that I blew it in past issues by not mentioning his marriage. To quote: "It's about time my wedding made the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, as filler if nothing else. The event took place 29 June 1968 in Rockford Ill., with myself playing the role of groom and Ginni Anderson, of Rockford and North Park College of Chicago, playing the bride Sixty-eights attending were Stephan Morrissey and Bill Crispin. A grand time was been told!" It also seems that Boyd is anti-big-city and longs for the peace found here in the Upper Valley.

Gary Hobin is studying Persian and Arabic, among other archaic subjects, at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. John and Suzanne Mrozak were married at AQ House in Hanover last spring, and he is now at the University of Chicago studying English. Andy Montz is an ensign in the Navy and currently stationed at New-port. Bill Crispin, late of the U. of C. Law School, is back in Braintree, Mass., waiting for a draft notice. Bob Haslach is also at the U. of C., and has recently become the hero of his French Lit class by antagonizing the professor or at least that is the story he gives out. Many thanks, Boyd, for all of this and be patient about those addresses. The Class has been slow about keeping us informed of their whereabouts 'round the girdled earth.

A very long and interesting letter from Dave Loring arrived recently. Dave was granted six days of leave at the end of December, and spent New Year's at the Big Green. He writes that wherever he goes he keeps running into Dartmouth men, and he has been amazed by the spirit and genuine warmth of the many graduates he has met. At present, Dave is serving aboard the "USS Richard S. Edwards" (DD-950) as an anti-submarine warfare officer and fire control officer. The ship (which also carries old friend Nat Fuller '67) is currently finishing out a seven-month stretch with the Seventh Fleet, as a naval gunfire support for troops in Vietnam.

Chuck Adams must be leading quite an interesting life. He was translating at the American Embassy in Ghana, and is now Peace Corps Director at the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa.

I am putting the following into print so that all may bear witness: "I made only one New Year's resolution and that was to write you once a month just to keep you posted. I can't guarantee that I'll write much but at least something will be coming once a month from me." So says Eric Walser, from Hollywood, Fla., where he is currently vice president of Amico, a firin owned by his dad (Dartmouth '32) and primarily concerned with the exporting of agricultural equipment and construction machinery. Eric is learning all about the export business by bookkeeping in the office as well as traveling all over the world.

Secretary, 5 Clement Rd. Hanover, N. H. 03755

Treasurer, 5 Chase House, Hanover, N. H. 03755