1975

In honor of this issue of DAM commemorating Dartmouth sports, the tale of the time the men's rugby team took their annual spring tour to Bermuda needs to be told.

Whereas the point of the trip was actually to play rugby against local teams, not a game was played this time. The other teams, so I'm told, backed out.

To console themselves, our disconsolate rugby players spent an afternoon on Horseshoe Beach, drowning their sorrows in beer. Along about 6 p.m., after the beach was deserted, the team players decided to streak; in plain view, unfortunately, of some watchful policemen. Our rugby players spent the night in jail.

The next day, all were given an opportunity to confess. Those who did (six to eight team players) were then thrown in prison, as is so often the case. It seems the government of Bermuda wanted to make an example of our boys, this being Bermuda's first streaking incident.

It took a week to free the incarcerated, several of whom were aspiring lawyers. Thankfully, this incident failed to block anyone's legal career. It did, however, make for great campus gossip, and a tale that will never die.

David Adamson has been named as the new principal of two schools New Hartford Elementary School and Bakerville Consolidated School. The two schools have a combined enrollment of about 220 pupils, from pre-kindergarten through second grade.'Key to David's interest in his new position is the age of the students he will oversee. "The foundations of everything are built in those first few years in school," he said. David's school board chairman said his enthusiasm and interest in the lives of young people made him the right choice for the job.

David's approach to his new position is to do lots of watching, listening, and learning in his first year. His goal is to help people find their own solutions to problems by developing leadership teams in both schools including representatives from all worker levels. In addition, David believes he should be in classrooms with kids during the day, leaving the paperwork for nights and weekends. So, he will be teaching geology, a special interest of his, in grade two. David uses magic and ventriloquism to keep kids interested.

For the past 12 years David was an elementary guidance counselor for 1,400 kids in three Torrington schools. Previously, he worked in Greece in educational administration, and before that taught in the Northeast. He holds advanced degrees in counseling and educational leadership from Southern Connecticut State University.

David lives in a 170-year-old farmhouse in Torrington which he is continually renovating. His family includes wife Cindy and daughters Amy 21, Liz 19, and Katie 17. He does mineral hunting and explores rock quarries as time permits. Over the years, he has recommended various students to Dartmouth, and several have gone through.

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Robert Sullivan '75 on tennis, p. 52

our rugby players decided to streak on a beach in Bermuda in plain unfortunately. of some policemen. PAMELA SCHLOBOHM "75