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With a new, easy-to-remember 1 e-mail address, I hope some of you will send news about your selves. Pete Kelsey told me this job was basically "Creative Writing 101," but I thought he was kidding!

The College did inform me that Arden Bucholz has just had his third book published. Delbriick's Modem Military History was published by the University of Nebraska Press. Arden continues as professor of history, State University of New York, College at Brockport, where he has taught since 1970.

On the weekend of September 11-13, Bob Eleveld, Roger Bruttemesso, JoeJacquet, John Murphy, and I gathered in Hanover for Leadership Weekend and orientation by various College officers about our roles. Actually, John got there late because he had to be in Hartford on September 11, which the mayor had declared as Johanna Murphy Day in recognition of her tireless work and many contributions on behalf of the Red Cross.

The highlight of the weekend was the first public address of the 16th president, Jim Wright, at the dinner Friday evening. He outlined three priorities for the College. First, a continued commitment to diversity in the composition of the student body, the faculty, and the staff in order to ensure that the College reflects the rich diversity of our society. Second, he wants to continue, as well as enhance, the special relationship between scholarship and teaching. His goal is that the faculty be producers of new knowledge as well as fine teachers. Thirdly, he hopes that the relationship of the out-of-Classroom activities serves to support and enhance the intellectual experience and provide vide a welcoming atmosphere with more options and opportunities for all the students at the College.

With his strong training as an historian, his nearly 30 years on the undergraduate faculty and a variety of administrative posts, there is little question he has a deep understanding of, and a commitment to, the historic toric and unique mission of the College. This is perhaps best exemplified by the fact he is returning to the classroom to teach an undergraduate course this winter in "Modern Political History."

The other memorable moment of the weekend was to walk early each of die mornings on Main Street and see through the mist the hundred or so new students in front of Robinson Hall getting set to depart on the DOC trips for the class of 2002. Two points make that scene worthyl of mention. Forty-four years ago fewer than 100 of us took that trip. Today more than 900 hiked, hiked, canoed, and flyfished throughout the North Country. Dave Bradley led one of the canoe trips, as he has for the past several years. The other point is that the trips left in September, as the leaves were just beginning to turn. I write this in the same month, and you will read it in December. Happy holidays days and a joyous 1999 to you and yours!

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