1975

As I look out the window and watch the snow fall, the wind blow, and the cars slip and slide, I wonder when it will all end. Then I recall that it is February in New England and the drifting snow and howling wind are all part of the great charm of this region of the country. For those of us who experience four seasons a year the month of February has several redeeming features despite commuters' complaints. Skiers and skaters are the prime beneficiaries of the climate, but many others use to their advantage the exigencies of sub-freezing temperatures and piles of snow. The Winter Carnival sculptors form the backdrop for the most famous of all college weekends, held in Hanover during the month of February. If Winter Carnival isn't enough of an excuse for the only 28-day month on the calendar, it's anybody's guess what is.

The Northeast isn't the only locale in the country with a rugged winter environment. Andy Craig, in between runs down the slopes of Oregon, is attending law school at Willamette University in Salem. He indicates that the drudgery has let up a bit and that he is enjoying not only his studies, but his work as a law clerk in a Salem law firm. Andy wrote that Bill"Sweet Potatoes" Green has recently moved to Portland and has been "beating the street looking for an easy, high-paying, and powerful position in the environmental/engineering field."

Also in the Northwest, Hal Macartney has "teamed up with Dick Ellsworth '74 in running the busiest Burger King in the history of human events. Mike Peters drives a semi full of Whoppers from Anchorage weekly. Bill Spoor '46 has provided funds for an entry in the 1977 1100 mile Anchorage to Nome dogsled race. Jeff Barndt promises to help train the pups."

Last night the phone rang and the caller questioned, "Gilbert Palmer?" to which I cleverly replied, "speaking." The phone on the other end was then put down and I was serenaded by the Dartmouth Glee Club singing two verses of "Men of Dartmouth." Who else, but young Rick Waddell and his wife Cate, calling from Chicago. Cate has moved to the tax department of Price Waterhouse and Rick is still arranging international monetary transactions of major significance (he bet on the Super Bowl with Gordie Miles '76 from Winnipeg) for Northern Trust.

Rick Allen is also in Chicago where he is in his second year at the University of Chicago Law School. Ray Lahey is in a master's program in anatomy at the University of Nebraska. He finished up his Dartmouth career in the fall of 1975 after spending a three-term vacation in Colorado.

Walton A. Baker '48 recently informed us of the marriage of Grant Healey and Wendy Baker '77 in South Freeport, Maine, on November 27, 1976. Mr. Baker writes, "The event certainly deserves to be recorded as part of the growing Dartmouth heritage, since the groom is second-generation Dartmouth, and the bride is third- generation Dartmouth." He continues, "The newly-married couple will live in Columbus, Ohio, where Grant is assistant director of development for Otterbein College in Westerville. Wendy, who graduated a year early in June 1976, is employed by the Ohio State Savings and Loan Association."

Richard Laffin is in Elmenzel, Morocco, working for the Peace Corps. He has spent much time since graduation journeying in Europe. Last Christmas he was in London and then went to Mainz, Germany, to revisit his spring-term foreign study family. This past summer he was in France and spent a month climbing mountains in Switzerland.

Before concluding, I would like to note that because of the ever-increasing number of Dartmouth weddings in which the bride and groom are graduates, it has been decided that the Magazine can no longer publish wedding pictures. This is unfortunate, but I think understandable. Space in the Magazine is at a premium as evidenced by this literary chef-d'oeuvre, which you have just skimmed, and therefore wedding pictures cannot be printed. Photographs of other events may be included, so if you have any send them.

Now, before the daffodils poke their heads through the frozen ground to smile at the March lion I'll conclude. All of you who aren't waiting for President Carter to throw out the first peanut on Opening Day of the baseball season before you write are requested to do so now. See you next month.

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