1977

Another day of single-digit temperatures has finally frozen my aspirations of spending a warm winter in the Sunbelt. Though the snow is conspicuously absent, the cold prevails and we find ourselves dreaming of warmer temperatures and the blooming dogwood. The routine of jobs has settled us down again after exciting holidays and a wonderful Christmas. One of the highlights of the season was the chance to attend a meeting of the Dartmouth Club of Georgia. Though Hanover is miles away, a strong spirit helps shorten the distance. We are currently looking forward to an address by President Kemeny in February and we'll have a chance to see the newest film on the College. I can see my tears being jerked already.

Luckily many of you have provided me with news for this month's issue. I especially enjoyed receiving Christmas cards from several of you and as always my ears were burning for the latest news.

Linda Peppard wrote to say that she spent time during the summer of 1977 as a physical education teacher at the Navaho reservation in Chinle, Ariz. The job was terrific, according to her report, and she is pursuing her interests in helping the handicapped by teaching a special education class of grade-school children in Laconia, N.H. She also coaches the girls' highschool ski team and is trying desperately to save money to attend graduate school in the field of anthropology next year. Her Christmas greetings also included "bits and pieces" about others in our Class: Edie Ullman is teaching at Horizon's Edge in Canterbury, N.H., and rumor has it that she is the same "hot ticket"! Janet O'Neill has just completed her first term at Notre Dame Law School and Peter Alden has made it through a semester of medical school at the University of Wisconsin. ChrisMumford, meanwhile, is back on the family farm in Indiana and Linda says that all rumors indicate "he swings a mean hoe."

A Christmas card also arrived from MaryWalter. She spent her fall teaching American, European, and ancient-medieval history classes at the Cincinnati Country Day School. She is working as hard as her students, but says that in spite of the workload, it was a fun, exciting fall. She sent on information about the fates of several others. Bruce Prum is studying in the Slavic department of Indiana University in hopes of doing Christian work with Russian-speaking peoples upon graduation. Derika Hermann and Bob Yonemoto are holding down the fort in Hanover. Bob is working in the hospital and Derika is with the medical labs.

One of the more interesting adventures I learned of was that of Rob Clyman and ScottEngles. They hitchhiked to Alaska for the sun and fun of "sliming" fish. (For those of us not well versed in the canning factories of Alaska, "sliming" is the delicate art of removing the tissue under the fish backbone during processing.) The trip to Alaska included a five- day ride with an alcoholic over a dusty, potholed Alcan highway and a chance meeting with Todd Gulick on the streets of Banff, Alberta. Rob and Scott worked in Nifudnik, Alaska, and discovered that the next person in the assembly line was none other than Ed Boissy '75. (A small world, you say?) Both Rob and Scott seemed impressed with the cannery system: "Good working conditions, reasonable hours, respect and concern for employees, and people were made to appreciate the value of their labor." After Nufudnik, there were a few days spent in McKinley Park (dodging moose and grizzly bear) and then it was on to Kodiak, Alaska. Both of them are now in Colorado — Rob in Boulder and Scott at home near Denver.

Other news from around the country goes as follows: Marian Meijer is working as a profit analyst for Northwestern National Life. She enjoys it, though laments the fact that Minneapolis is quite a distance from Hanover. Mike Cairns is in medical school at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and MarkStanton is studying law at Washington and Lee. Janet Kluczynski has been working in the finance division of the"" Democratic National Committee for the past six months and is finding the political experience to be fascinating. Barry Harwick wrote to say that he is teaching at Seneca Valley High School near Pittsburgh. He writes: "I made the trip up to Boston to see the cross-country team beat Harvard for the third year in a row. I'm still running and getting ready to teach wrestling."

Katie Holbrook Walsh and her husband Mike were married on August 7 and are now living in Chicago where Mike is attending law school at DePaul and Katie is working. She also reports that Scottie Coleman married Mary Bannon and that Joe Gleason serenaded the crowd with some Theta Delt basement songs at the marriage of Bob Huggard and Marie Broconridge. She also mentioned that Carla Persons is sunning herself on the beaches of Brazil. Carla manages to squeeze in some study time here and there and is also teaching English on the side.

A letter also arrived from Bill Dunlap, who left Dartmouth in 1975. He wrote to say that he graduated in June 1977 from the University of Montana and is presently doing research work in the field of population genetics.

Lili Kreckovic left for Finland in July and is studying linguistics at the University of Helsinki on a Rotary scholarship. A letter from her mother indicated that she was enjoying herself, but working hard.

Last but not least, I close this article with a memorable conversation overheard by GlennMercer. He is alive and well, living at Yale, and reports the following was heard at the Yale Coop: Yale freshman #1: "Let's go to Smith this weekend." Yale freshman #2: "Yeah, it'll be fun, if no guys from Dartmouth show up!"

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