1947
Can it be Winter Carnival time once again? As we write for the March issue in mid-January no statue has yet begun to rise on the center campus, but there are a couple of huts, or South African lean-tos. They have been there since fall, a symbol of all that's wrong with apartheid, and as an expression of one campus group that doing business as usual with the South African ruling party is not in the best ethical interest.
We saw the huts at night, after a Dartmouth-Soviet ice hockey game. The Soviets were a finely tuned precision ballet on ice. The game was enjoyable for the good skating and passing, and the Dartmouth skaters came away with a 11-5 loss, having collected more goals from Dartmouth than all this year's previous college opponents combined. Our players have known each other only one or two years, maybe three, but could be distinguished by the emotion shown on faces, as the plays unfolded. A Soviet smile was rare.
A continuing drama in the New Hampshire papers is the one involving football coach Joe Yukica; first fired by Athletics Director Ted Leland, then reinstated in an out-of-court settlement. The latest is he will coach one more year. I wish him lots of good luck, as he has proven himself a fine coach and teacher of boys. I believe the administration should be managing and learning to work together and get on with the education and training of those who are paying for it all. Mr. Leland came from Northwestern, where losing seemed like a tradition. I hope we don't get too used to it at Dartmouth because winning is fun.
Also in the news, a committee appointed by the Dartmouth faculty last spring now reports they fear a leadership crisis at the top level. It sounds as though there are some things on all sides that need to be said, and again - get on with the educational process. Actually, perhaps this is in a way preparation for life and for jobs, but it's not what the students are paying for.
And, oh yes, they're moving the Mary Hitchcock Hospital to somewhere on the Lebanon Road over the next five to eight years. That certainly is thinking big, and it will give the College a big space close to campus for future planning.
Joe Eisamon wrote in January of a recent ski trip to Utah with family. There was time for them to pay a visit to Al andLiz Colton. Al is a partner in Fabian and Clendenin in Salt Lake City, and he sent a photo which accompanies this column. Isn't it true, the ones who send photos are the ones who still have hair?
Norm Fink was honored recently by the National Society of Fund-Raising Executives for authoring a book, The Costsand Benefits of Deferred Giving.
Judge Fritz Alexander is going from widower to husband again, in February 1986, marrying Beverly Jane Telphy, a law enforcement official in the office of Bronx District Attorney.
Grant Tinker will receive the prestigious International Radio and Television Society Gold Medal in March 1986.
Alan Hall is still living in Concord, N.H., and teaching at St. Paul's School as head of the English department; he reports that son Chris is a boat builder in Bath, Maine; son Newell is an educator in Milton, Mass.; and son Ben is now at Brown University. I counted three grandchildren. Alan was surprised and pleased at the more gentlemanly behavior and the lack of visible drinking in the stands during Brown football weekend. Alan and Merry are rehabilitating two older homes for future retirement income and/or living.
Bob Motlong, in Denver, Colo., is wild about the football Broncos. I stayed for a fine three-day visit last November with Bob and Nancy, and I'd like to report that great as the Broncos are, here in New England you'll find the Patriots. I'm writing this just two hours after the big win over Miami. Wait until next year, Bob.
For a last item, classmates, mark your calendars:
- September 26-27, fall mini-reunion weekend, UNH football. Norwich Inn is ours. Sign up anytime now or in June. - 40th Reunion, June 15-18, 1987.
Joe Eisamon '47, left, visited classmate AlColton, right, at Colton's home in Salt LakeCity recently.
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