Tops in Their Class

HERE again is our annual cast of colorful characters, conversation pieces, and conquests ― from Ivy League champions to collections of clutter ― calling (for better or worse) for your consideration. And who better to praise first than students, our raisons d'etre? We searched out this gaggle of seniors ― nine decent people who could indeed, as they say, make a significant positive impact on society. Clockwise from lower left, they are:

Laurel Richie, winner of the 1980 Randolph Cardozo Prize as an outstanding member of the junior class, is noted for among other accomplishments her acting and singing abilities as dis- played in Dartmouth Player and Black Underground Theater and Arts productions, her enthusiasm, and her smile.

Ellen Brout, known to friends as "Sprout," is director of publicity for the D.0.C., president of the Camera Club, and truly a live wire.

Heather McCartney, one of Dartmouth's most distinguished dramatic actresses, has had major roles in Miss Julie and DesireUnder the Elms; in her off-stage moments she's a roving manager count her chins at Thayer Dining Hall.

Lolly Bates exemplifies the well-roundedness of Dartmouth: she's co-captain of the women's squash team, ranked 15th in the nation as a player, and a serious architecture student who has career plans in that field. Besides, says a friend, "She's perfect."

Fraser Smith sits next to Lolly in the architecture studio when he's not playing the banjo, vice-presidenting at Phi Delta Alpha meetings, or designing Cat-in-the-Hat-in-snowplow Carnival sculptures. He's also Dartmouth's Mississippi quota for at least the next decade.

Tom Reynolds-in-the-CAT-hat has, with his faculty mentor, a paper-to-be on condensed DNA structures and viruses coming in Nature. For fun he jocks a rock 'n' roll show on WFRD and rants at hockey games with the Richardson Hall Rapiers. Was that dead fish on the ice a premature experiment for the exclusive Stanford M.D./Ph.D. program?

Janice Ellis spent the spring and summer of 1980 in Taiwan and mainland China studying the language(s). Where did the three-time, first-team, all-Ivy goalie practice her ice hockey? She has been captain and most valuable player on the team for the past two seasons.

Andy Lewin published Campus magazine in its initial year, assisted the Rassias Foundation (alias John Rassias), and, as a senior fellow, is re-exploring the world of Richard II for a historical novel. He also plays the market.

Monty Brower began as a columnist for The Dartmouth, edited its magazine, The Fortnightly, wrote a Frost Competition-winning play, Perks, and recently was named a Luce Scholar, enabling him to study journalism for a year in Asia. Note the elbow patches.

There are more where these came from.