1968
With pencil poised and wit abounding I assemble the following collage of cacaphonous liches for your edification and amusement. But first, a word from your local Alumni Fund representative: "Friends, are you tired of breathing fog-ridden, polluted air? Are you sick of those hot, sweaty metropoli where waiting for the subway takes up one third of your time, and then you find Yourself going downtown instead of uptown? Well, jog that memory bank a little and remember what life was like back in the early 1960's: crisp fall nights, lazy white winters, springs rich with sunlight and green fields, summers just hot enough and tourists passing through town taking photos of Dartmouth Hall and Baker Library. Yes, all that and more was yours during those unforgettable undergraduate years. It is worth protecting and preserving for generations yet unborn, so that your children will one day get away from it all and steep themselves in the atmosphere unique to these granite hills. And you can help do exactly that, plus much more, by sending a generous check today to the Alumni Fund. Give until it hurts a little." This message was brought to you by the Class of '68 Committee to win the Green Derby.
And now for our first presentation: Charlie Karchmer and Don Marcus dropped by the other day. This Laurel and Hardy duo of ancient Dartmouth Players fame have been living and working in New York. Charlie has been playing piano and harpischord as well as singing on occasion for that infamous costume extravaganza "Oh, Calcutta!" He has also taken part in the filming of a television commercial for Japanese television, starring Catherine DeNeuve. Don, meanwhile, had gone over to Oxford last year to be in a production with Bob Reich, and is currently working with Jerry Zaks '67 in a Children's Theatre project in New York City.
Their reason for being in Hanover was to make final arrangements with the staff at Hopkins Center for their summer venture "The New Theatre Ensemble." Using the Bentley Theatre, Charlie and Don will be aided by the technical know-how of John Nutt in producing and directing three contemporary American plays. Another innovative step in the world of drama by talented '68s. I urge any of you in the area this Summer to make a special visit to see the productions, and to congratulate our three classmates.
Our visit together was not without mention of other '68s, of mourse. Charlie had run into Ted Gundy recently. Phil Basquin married Patsy Simmons of Virginia. Bill Zarchy, while studying at Stanford, was one of the judges for the Emmy's. All is well with Bill and Sue Blanchard. Jeff Garten is tending tennis couris in Thailand. Roger Gutner appeared in some. Italian magazines as a model, thus creating a sensation among the International set with the "Gutner look." John Maxwell, who studied two years at Oxford, where he roomed with Tom Ulen, has become something of an expert in Arabic Linguistics. In England, France and Algeria he studied and researched the role of Islam in the Arabic culture. John plans to return to NYC in the fall to complete his work. He also has hopes of winning a tryout with the Bay Area Bombers, Roller Derby team, as a backbreaker. Tom and Ginny Brewer are Producing goat's milk yogurt in Afghanistan, with thanks to the Peace Corps. Butcher Eberhart is baking bread in the San Francisco Bay Area. BobReich is studying law at Yale and BillZarchy is working hard on completing a pornographic film for the CIA. The above has no real claim in fact, but comes direct to you from the mouths of Charlie and Don, upon completing a stiff gin and tonic.
Daniel Tom, who expects to receive an M.A. degree from the University of Washington this month, will enter an intensive seven-week course this summer preparatory to teaching secondary social studies for Morrison Christian Association Schools in Taiwan. He'll be at Meredith College in Raleigh, N. C., for the course, which prepares Baptist men and women for work overseas with career missionaries, under the auspices of the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board.
A note from Taylor Wagenseil mentioned that he, John Lohnes, and GeorgeCooley got together for a chance reunion, in the NAVFORV offices of Saigon. The three of them are river warfare senior advisers there in the Delta for the Vietnamese Navy. Before going there, Taylor was on a DE (destroyer escort) for two and a half years out of Newport, R. I., and Boston. George and wife Martha are the parents of a baby girl.
Eric Walser writes from his home in Florida. He worked in the Pentagon from June 1969 to December 1970 when he received his early discharge. Eric likened his work to having a low paying civilian job. There was no harrassment whatsoever, and no marching, having to get up early, guard duty, KP, or rifle carrying. He worked from 7:30 to 4 and had the rest of the day to himself. He was clerk-typist for Headquarters Company's Readiness Branch, primarily concerned with personnel. Eric left his mark on the Army in a rather unusual way. He was the official carrier of the "Army Mustache."
After receiving a 90-day early out to attend graduate school, Eric left the Army and started business college at Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton. This spring, he switched to the education college and is now working for his Master's with little or no idea what he is going to do eventually.
Army Sp.5 Pete Nielsen recently received the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service as a mathematics statistician in Hdqtrs. Battery, Army Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force, Colo. He was cited for skills and dedication far above the average. Pete, who is from Washington, D. C., entered the Army in March 1969 and completed basic training at Ft. Bragg, N. C.
Donald Ethan Miller's book of poems "Eyala" has been nominated for the Lamont Poetry Award, by Chelsea House Publishers. This honor and recognition was anticipated by Professor Richard Eberhart in 1968 when Don was Class Poet. Mr. Eberhart has written the foreword for the book.
Mrs. Richard Eberhart very kindly sent along a copy of the "Berkshire Eagle" which had on its cover several interesting pictures of Ben Bennani who is a faculty member in English and currently working for his Master's in Fine Arts at the University of Massachusetts. While a student at Dartmouth Ben was an instructor in both French and Arabic. He came to Dartmouth on a Fulbright Scholarship from his native Tangier, Morocco. Ben is married to Karen Ann Laßonte of Weymouth, Mass. From the looks of the pictures, he teaches with a great amount of enthisiasm.
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