1960

The walk from Gile to Middle Fayerweather when it's 30 below can be excruciating. And the distance between the two dorms must explain the abysmal ignorance on my part that ShellyGisser so kindly pointed out in a recent fax commenting on my column, "Middle Fayer weather 40 years ago."

"Recognizing the limited amount of space available to you," he began, "I forgive you for overlooking about two dozen other '6os who also lived in Middle Fayer."

Then, he added tardy: "Please note for future reference: Middle Fayer and Mid Fayer are/were acceptable (names); Middle Fayerweather was only for the post office address." I apologize to all those offended.

Also, Shelly questioned the value of some of the cold weather stories relayed in the column. "I was surprised that nobody mentioned a couple other snow/cold stories," he observed.

"Marty Kordick was from somewhere in California and had never seen snow up close before the first snowfall in our freshman year. He ran out in the snow in his underwear or pajamas and rolled around in it...

"One of my favorite cold weather memories was from senior year. I lived in a room in the fraternity house with three other guys. Two of us, who usually were the last to go to bed, liked to leave the windows open. The other two, who didn't like the windows open, usually were in bed early, so, obviously, the windows were usually open.

"One night the temperature dropped to 30 below... When we woke up JoelMartin and the other anti-cold guy were swearing a blue streak at us demanding that we get up and close the windows. Even the two cold-lovers wouldn't get out of bed. I can't remember who closed the windows."

He cites the fraternity when the column was about Mid-Fayer. But, after all, I imagine one part of Hanover is about as cold as another.

A milder epistle came from JohnPorter, welcoming an earlier column on Southerners in the class that mentioned Don Bayles, who left Dartmouth after two years, not exactly feeling at home.

John also left early, and he explains, "I sort of felt like Don...I was fresh off the farm and a small high school in Oklahoma.

"I enjoyed my association with the guys I got to know... But after a few classroom sessions, I was totally intimidated by the academic requirements. I left after three semesters and came back to Oklahoma State and eventually graduated from Baylor Dental School."

A dentist in Denison, Tex., since 1968, he writes, "I exchanged fax letters with Gene Kohn a few weeks ago. That was the first contact I've had with anyone from Dartmouth since I left (39 years ago).

"You may remember me by the nickname one of my roommates, Joe Sewell, hung on me shortly after arrival at Hanover: 'Country.'"

It's always good to hear from classmates who have been out of touch.

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Marty Kordick ran out in hisunderwear duringthe first snowfallof our freskmanyear to rollaround in it. Shelly Gisser '60

Pundit Mort Kondrake '60, p. 22