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Don Scully played lacrosse as an undergraduate. Now, 50 years later, he is giving something back to the College: an artificial turf field that will give our lacrosse and field hockey teams the distinct advantage of all-seasons play and practice. Don and his family—together with Trustee Peter Fahey '68 and his family—are underwriting the design and construction of Scully-Fahey Field, to be located in the Chase Field complex behind Thompson Arena. Soccer, football, baseball, and Softball teams will also benefit from the new facility, something the athletic department has longed for for two decades. There will be spectator seating for 1,600, lights, a press box and scoreboard and—we hope—lots of victories. Budgeted at $2.5-3 million, the field will be up and run upon in the fall of 1998. (Maybe our class can borrow it for mini-activities, like beanbag, putting contests, and wheelchair races.) Thanks, Don, on behalf of students past, present, and future.

Those of you who have known for more than a decade about Allen Brooks's work- in-progress, his definitive biography LeCorbusier's Formative Years, will be happy to know it is now available; your local book- store can certainly order it for you ($65) if it's not in stock. Published by the University of Chicago Press, the 500-page book details the early influences on, and developing talents of, the famed French architect. Allen spent 20 years unearthing historical data that had evaded biographers till now. Included in the handsome volume are many of Le Corbusier's original sketches and designs, plus numerous photos by Le Brooks of buildings connected with Le Corbusier history. Truly a monumental work—especially so if you appreciate scholarly footnotes.

Speaking of history, a newspaper clip courtesy of Nels Abrahamsen reveals that David Van Tassel was awarded on honorary degree last spring by Case Western Reserve University, where professor Van Tassel teaches history.

Sam and Senora Smith e-mailed that they planned on visiting Hanover in late May for the 25th anniversary of the Black Alumni at Dartmouth Association.

Every so often Sen. Slade Gorton (R. Wash.) is mentioned in The New YorkTimes, in these Class Notes, and in other prestigious publications. A while back it was a report in The Times on the Senate's 98-1 vote authorizing more funding for public schools to educate children with disabilities. Slade, the lone dissenter, felt the measure restricted local control over the quality of education and offered an amendment (defeated) to make disabled students subject to the same disciplinary policies as other students. Voting your conscience doesn't always lead to good press.

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