1976

Fifteen years ago we began our last term at the College, and we were equipped with a vocabulary including words and phrases we would never use in the same way again. "All-nighters" were not automatic tellers; "Hookers" had nothing to do with ladies of the night (or did it?); "booting" did not refer to footwear; "UVD" was not a degree granting institution; "booking" involved no legal action; "streaking" did not mean adding golden tints to our coiffures; "PC's" was a place to eat, not the computers sitting on our desks; "KKKs" certainly didn't wear white hoods; "tally rally" was no BMW race for yuppies; "The Bull's Eye" was not used for target practice; "tails" were not animal appendages; "cramming" did not refer to tight packing; a "gut" was not a fancy tennis string; and "getting housed" was not finding a place to live. We certainly did have a language all our own.

Remember The Tavern? Sara Hoagland was on her roller skates serving pitchers of brew, and Speedy MacDonell sang all our favorite tunes. Now Sara Hoagland Hunter may not be seen on roller skates (often), but she does wear many hats. She is the mother of two (John and Abigail), she teaches in the Dover and Weston, Mass., schools, and she recently produced and was the star in a video made for cable television about the METCO program, which brings inner-city students (from kindergarten through high school) to suburban schools. Sara is also married to Andy Hunter, and they live in Weston.

Parker (Speedy) MacDonell, as reported not long ago, is only infrequently strumming those strings, and instead is a full-time banker in Ohio. He has written a few new tunes over the past years, but his time for writing has been seriously diminished by the 9-5 world.

Cheryl Newman, who may have been familiar enough with UVD to receive some kind of honorary degree while an undergraduate, is now in Tokyo and added "another hyphenated child" this past June. I believe that's Cheryl and Charley Wood's ('77) third. They are living in Japan now, "enjoying the hot springs and sushi, and deploring the traffic, crowds, and noise." They have been seeing Nancy and Peter Jeton, who moved to Tokyo from Sydney, Australia, last summer.

Two who knew the true meaning of "Hookers" are still playing rugby: BillSchillhammer reports that he and his family may move to the Upper Valley soon for a new job, as yet unrevealed. Tom Potter is playing rugby in bonnie Ayr, Scotland, these days. He has two beautiful sons, Gran 2 and infant Sam.

A Dartmouth Player as an undergraduate, Carolyn Kohn Eckstein is still playing major roles and continues to be the first female to enter otherwise male worlds. She is the first woman to head the Storm King School board of trustees in the school's 123-year history. In fact, she was the fourth female to enroll in the school before becoming one of the first women to matriculate at Dartmouth. Carolyn and her husband, John Eckstein, have two children, Philip 6 and Jackie 3.

After too much booking (cramming for some guts), and consequently getting housed at Hooker's Club tails, some ended up booting and/or streaking, and later remembering what "Brew Deanster" loved to (mis)quote: "The terrifying truth is that young men learn responsibility by being permitted some opportunity to be irresponsible."John Sloan Dickey, 1957

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