1977

The fraternities still stand in their rows along Webster Avenue. No doubt the seniors lounge in the sun on the decks, beers in hand, hailing those who pass, while the sound of the Beach Boys joins Baker Tower's familiar chime. A recent report from the Alumni Council indicated that the discussion and publicity concerning the fraternity system has everyone headed in a "common, constructive direction." Lines of communication have been opened and it never hurts to shake things up a bit. Winter Carnival received its share of publicity this year. Though 1 didn't see the article in Newsweek, I was unlucky enough to come across the feature in Time (March 12, page six). The gist of the article seemed to be that women at Dartmouth " ... have taken some of the old frenzy out of Carnival." The series of vignettes emphasized the Animal House fraternity parties and did its best to pit the men against the women. Personally, I found the article lacking in imagination and so based on stereotypic scenes that it could have been written about any college that had recently become a co-educational institution.

As for news, Susan Van Wie learned the hard way that the best way to head off a rumor is to write to the class secretary with news about yourself. I'm afraid that my accounting of her activities a few issues ago was slightly garbled, but she wrote to set the record straight. She does live in San Francisco and she does work for Hexcel, as a customer-service representative in the international department. She does not, however, attend Hastings Law School. Husband Brian McEachron '76 is the student. Sorry, Sue.

,I'm always a little nervous when the armed forces start sending me mail, but recently they passed on news of several classmates. Hal Nixon was graduated in February from the Marine's basic training school in Quantico, Va. (where training included instruction on land navigation, marksmanship, tactics, personnel administration, military law, communications, and the techniques of military instruction). During the 26-week course, teamwork and leadership by example were stressed, and the students participated in a demanding physical conditioning program. Hal joined the Marine Corps in April 1977.

Ensign Oleh Haluszka, USNR, is a first-year medical student at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. The University prepares physicians to practice curative and preventive medicine in all environments for the three military departments and the Public Health Service.

Gary Crone has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force upon graduation from Officer Training School at Lackland AFB, Texas. He now goes to California for navigator training.

Margie Van Ekeren Bierwirth and MarthaCochran are both enrolled in computer courses. Margie and her husband are living in Connecticut and Martha is in Hanover.

Quick notes from the grad school scene: JohnJennings is in the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Oregon after spending a year doing design work for a firm in Evergreen, Colo. Scott Andrews is finishing up the first year in a two-year master's program in visual anthropology at Temple University. Next year he'll be at the anthropology film center in Sante Fe, N.M., learning production techniques. (His closing comment: "Vox Calmantum in Philadelphium Slum.") AnneThomas Donaghy is in her first year at Harvard Divinity School, working on her master's for teaching. Janet Kluczynski is at Northwestern Business School. Mike Julian is a first-year law student at Western New England College in Springfield, Mass. Ted Boucher is at Columbia University in the Ph.D. program in geophysics. Lastly, Jack Maney is in his second year of graduate school in the Department of Engineering at Ohio State. His M.S. research is on the microcomputer control of one leg of a six-leg walking machine. (I couldn't tell if he was kidding!) He'd like to hear from Bill Greenbaum and Rick Wolf.

Tim Caldwell, currently on the U.S. National cross-country "A" team, won a major cross- country race at Lake Placid in December and then left for Europe to compete on the World Cup cross-country race circuit.

One last note: Jean Rosston wrote with news of several classmates, but space is short and I'll wait until next time to fill you in. Jean did ask, however, that I throw out the following to you: She is very interested in working on a dive project (underwater scuba expeditions, exploring wrecks or fetching marine plants and animals) this summer. Should anyone have any leads, she would appreciate hearing from you. I have her address or you can get her phone number through the Washington, D.C., telephone directory.

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