1970

We have an update on Gordon Hughes, M.D., who is enjoying the challenges of academic medicine on the faculty of the Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Disorders at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Gordon specializes in medical and surgical problems of the ear, including deafness, infection, vertigo, tumors, and trauma. He's also director of the clinic's residency-training program, has published more than 100 scientific articles, and is preparing the second edition of his 1985 textbook Clinical Otology. As if that were not enough, he recently received grant funding to pursue his research interest in white blood cells in certain types of nerve deafness.

Gordon and his wife, Myra, keep their own hearing finely tuned listening to the chatty ramblings of four-year-old Gordon Jr. Little Gordon likes to accompany the old folks alpine skiing, at step/slide aerobics, sailing on Lake Fire, and powerboating on the Potomac River while visiting the family's ancestral home in Maryland. But more than anything he looks forward to hearing his Dad's fond memories of Dartmouth at this summer's reunion.

Those of you who made it to Hanover last November for Dartmouth-Columbia football were treated to a rare retrospective of the 1969 season in the game program. Chris Gasparro at the Dartmouth Sports Information office interviewed some of the greats on that team, including Joe Adams and Lou Maranzana. They remembered playing ball in an era when hair was growing longer, Woodstock was a fresh memory, and Vietnam was causing many of us to question authority.

Lou remembers that numerous injuries in 1968 made it "a grin-and-bear-it kind of year," which at least gave underclassmen more time on the field. Despite a losing season (4-5) the defense was actually quite strong, including quite a few "characters who were real personalities and hitters, who created an attitude, a spark that got the team going." That defense really came together in 1969. Revel again in those scores from the first few games of the season: 42-6 Boston College, 31-0 UNH, 38-6 Holy Cross, 41-0 Penn, and 38-13 Brown.

Highlights of the season included ClarkBeier's 143 yards of rushing against Boston College, Bob Klakar's 90 yards of rushing against Penn, and Joe Adams's two interceptions at Yale. Eventually the Big Green went on to trounce Harvard and Yale (who can forget?) and Columbia before "the bottom fell out" at Princeton. According to Joe Adams, "the season was clouded by that last game." But Dartmouth shared the Ivy League title and finished fourth in the nation in rushing, second in pass defense, ninth in total defense, and tenth in scoring defense.

Joe put some perspective on playing football in that era of student unrest: "I remember that before the Harvard game their quarterback and fullback quit. They felt like there were causes better than football worth fighting for. We were all feeling that, but we stuck it out. The hair grew longer underneath our helmets, and we just kept on hitting. As an athlete you can't be isolated from what is going on around you. We had a healthy disrespect for authority. I think that flourished on the field. Maybe that is why we hit so hard."

Ah, the glory days. Makes one downright sappy. Makes one want to relive the past. So let's take Joe's final advice and "bond again and anew in Hanover this spring, athletes, non-athletes, artists, non-artists, lawyers, non-lawyers...liberal artists all, once again as a whole." See you at Reunion 25 over the June 16-18 weekend.

P.O. Box 3034, Modesto, CA 95352-3934

25th June Reunion 15-18 Does anybody really knowwhat time it is?

we had a healthydisrespect forauthority that flourished on the field. Maybe that's why we hit so hard. JOE ADAMS '70 REMEMBERING FOOTBALL IN THE VIETNAM ERA