1977

This month I begin with a plea for the services of anyone in the class who speaks Italian Through a circuitous set of circumstances, with an accompanying story too long to repeat here I have in my possession an article from an Italian magazine entitled Tuttobaseball. Now sports magazines are not my usual reading fare, let alone when my working vocabulary of Italian is limited to approximately eight words The only reason this article continues to clutter my desk is that on the cover, mustache and all, sits classmate Dave DeMarco. His name appears in the article several times and from the little bit I can read, Dave must have spent some time in Italy playing baseball. Should anyone be interested in translating the particulars for the rest of the class, let me know and I'll be happy to pass it on to you. Grazie!

From Hawaii I received a letter composed by Jim Mayfield. He wrote: "Too bad more of you don't live out here wjth the coconuts and hula girls. If you did, you could sample the pleasure of waking up at 7:30, buttoning your office Aloha shirt or muumuu, while casually sauntering off to the office in time for your morning cup of Kona caffeine. Evenings are spent listening to the surf lapping against the sea wall, the sensitive sounds of Hawaii's many jazz artists, while watching the jewel-like evening lights of Waikiki. I miss the career opportunities and the young-professional night-life offered by the big city. But since only some people can be so fortunate, the rest of us must spend our lives wondering how life might have been as we watch the sun dip over the Pacific Ocean."

The medical students of the month include Stephen Rappaport at Indiana University and Roland Griggs, who is trying to get through Ohio State University before they realize he's there.

Dan Jones has been teaching science at Salem High School in New Hampshire, though he'd like to return to Jackson, Wyo. He has an application in process out there.

Lucy Karl is loving law school at Washington University in St. Louis. She discovered that her classmates include Bob Baum.

From Don Gaylord: "Second year of teaching at Vermont Academy, math department. Looking at a .few schools, Latin American studies, to enter in fall of 1980. First, however, must find fabled Vermont currency tree to finance further academics. Quit drinking August 20 or so, now only on festive occasions. Delirium tremens staved off by 'natural' means: practice of classical guitar or flute (recently begun), writing in a journal, abstaining from TV, cross-country skiing, typing many letters, reading legitimate weird books."

Peggy Bensinger McCloskey sent word that husband Brian is now the assistant hockey coach at Princeton and loves it, despite the hard work. Peggy, meanwhile, was hired as an assistant regional director of admissions at Princeton. At the time of her note, Peggy and Brian were in the process of buying a cabin and some land near Sugarloaf, Maine, with Chris Jenny and Paul Fritzson '76. Should be some wild times up in the woods of Maine.

Though a great deal of my news comes unreliably from second-hand sources, I can report accurately from personal knowledge that Kathy Martin has taken temporary quarters here in Atlanta. She is on a rotation from Dartmouth Vied School, working in a public health clinic in south Atlanta, and will also be doing some work at a public hospital here before heading back to Hanover for graduation in June. She plans to spend next year in Atlanta, as well, doing her internship. We celebrated St. Patrick's Day together.

As you can tell, I did my best to stretch out a relatively small amount of news. Unless I've heard from some of you by then, next month's column may not be. In other words, please write.

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