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Hello, classmates, this is Rhona Varkas reporting from posh Key Biscayne. How about this for some panache? It seems Gib Myers and son Brit, five, set the San Francisco fashion world on fire by attending a matinee performance of the San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker in what Huntington Cheshire Lowell III would call totally preppy garb. Both father and son exemplified the traditional prepster look by wearing matching navy blazers, rep ties, gray slacks, tassel loafers, and button-down shirts (100 per cent cotton, of course). Their impeccable good taste was admired by the social scene editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, and their pictures appeared in a section called "People in Style." (Thank goodness we have some civilized classmates out there. Do you remember the "pig-pen" look we all assumed at Dartmouth in our desert boots, blue jeans, viyella shirts, etc.) Gib looked so refined he could have been taken for a Yalie or a heaven forbid. (Do you also remember our dates in college wearing their penny loafers, knee socks, quilted skirts, cardigan sweaters (with a circle pin), smoking Kent cigarettes?) Thanks, Alan Woodberry, for this bit of gossip.

Now for more news: Richard Neely, chief justice of the West Virginia Court of Appeals, is back in the headlines again. (Richard, please don't be embarrassed.) Hamilton Fish Jr., the patrician Republican U.S. Representative from upstate New York, has formed a lobbying organization called the National Victims of Crime (N. V.C.). The purpose of this organization is to insure that the criminal justice system articulates the rights of victims of crime as clearly as it does those of defendants. Richard has become, as the Boston Globe states in its February 23 issue, "the guiding force behind the N.V.C. drive." The Globe goes on to describe Richard as a sharp critic of the nation's criminal justice system. The N-V.C. believes there is an imbalance in our present judicial system between victims' and defendants' rights. Some of the legislative changes that the N.V.C. will be seeking will be: longer sentences for violent crimes; allowing crime vie- Tims to present "impact statements" on their physical, mental, and psychological losses be- fore a judge passes sentence; heavier funding for law enforcement activities; and finding an al- ternative to the controversial "exclusionary rule," a Fourth Amendment provision that prohibits the use of improperly gathered evidence. (Let's hear it for baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Richard Neely!)

More news: The board of trustees of Gettysburg College promoted Frank Loveland from assistant to associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Frank has been at Gettysburg since 1972 and is a specialist in cultural anthropology. (Hey, all you anthropology nuts! Did you hear the latest, how Margaret Mead blew it when she studied Samoa. Apparently she should have studied some more about Samoa. It seems they did not make love freely and they blow their brains out just as much as anyone else. I knew it was too good to be true.) Frank previously taught at North Carolina State. He is the author of numerous publications and co-authored, with his wife, a publication called Sex Roles and SocialChange in Native Lower Central American Societies. His wife, Christine, is an instructor in anthropology at Wilson College. (Frank, what's the scoop on the Margaret Mead controversy. Did she tell it the way it was or what?)

Long Island University has announced the winners of the 35 th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism. David Shipler shared the award for foreign reporting for coverage of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. David is a cor- respondent with the New York Times. "WahHoo-Wah!"

That's it for this month. Have a good summer, and don't go picnicking on top of any ant hills!

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