Crossing the Green

Earl Jette, executive director of the Dartmouth Outing Club and director of the College's outdoor program, has been appointed to the Appalachian National Scenic Trail Advisory Council. Jette, who first hiked the Trail while a high school student in his hometown of Lebanon, has been active in the Appalachian Trail's protection program since 1970. He said he was "extremely pleased" by the appointment, which was "totally unexpected." The 2,000mile trail, which runs from Maine to Georgia, is increasingly threatened by business and housing development in the valleys and by communication towers on the mountains. The DOC maintains a 75-mile stretch of the trail, and Jette said he would be a strong voice in urging that management of the Appalachian Trail be kept in the hands of such local volunteer groups. The council advises the interior secretary on management, preservation, maintenance, and administration of the Appalachian Trail.

■ The Dartmouth Library has been awarded a $183,336 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund a project which will improve access to the College's unrivaled collection of New Hampshire imprints —10,000 items produced by presses in the state prior to 1840. Primarily books, pamphlets, and broadsides, the collection will be computerized, preserved, restored, and expanded slightly under the project. John opment and bibliographic control at the College, will direct a staff of seven for the duration of the project.

■ Shirley Idelson '85 of West Newton, Mass., is the first recipient of a special scholarship for foreign work, travel, or study offered by the Dickey Endowment and one of the college's co-educational fraternities. She is spending fall and winter terms working in an economically disadvantaged community in Israel. The scholarship is being funded through an odd-jobs work program by Alpha Theta, formerly Theta Chi, of which President Emeritus Dickey was an undergraduate member.

■ Kerstin M. Sonnerup 'BO has been named an assistant director of capital giving at the College. She received her M.B.A. in May from the Washington University Graduate School of Business in St. Louis and had previously worked as a program specialist at the National Energy Information Center Affiliate in Albuquerque, N.M. In college, she majored in economics, captained the women's Nordic ski team, and was a member of the women's track and field squad.

■ Richard P. Schellens, a 1975 graduate of Syracuse University, has been named executive officer of the Thayer School. He most recently was director of research services at the Dartmouth Medical School and last spring received his master's in computer and information science from the College. Previously, he was a financial analyst for General Dynamics in Groton, Conn. He currently serves as a trustee of the Dartmouth College Radio Association.

■ Some 840 freshmen logged a cumulative 30,000 miles over North Country trails, roads, and rivers to begin their college careers. A record number of students about 85 percent of the class of '88 signed up this year for freshman trips. This year's program, which has a budget of $42,000, was coordinated by Kathy Roy, a senior from Newton, Mass. The massive logistical challenge involved arranging food, equipment, and transportation for the participants; setting the routes for 130 different groups of six or seven students and a leader; and conducting training sessions for the leaders. Quite a feat of prestidigitation, keeping track of all those people, supplies, and schedules: She did it with computers.