1933

Could it be Alma Delta instead of Alpha Delta on campus? The word has dribbled down from the halls of Parkhurst that goat rooms will have to be opened to sisters as well as brothers. And from no other criterion than their athletic achievements, one would have to say that they have earned equal billing. Probably some such proposal was forecast from the date of the 1971 decision to admit women. This decision has already raised opposition, but more radical has been President Wright's statement that implementation of residential and social life initiatives will mean "an end to the Greek system as we know it." The lack of specific detail makes an intelligent decision difficult at this point and while many of the objectives we have been able to discover have been laudable, the radical and costly character of the policy emphasizes the need for alumni/ae to follow developments closely and to obtain full information.

Bob McDonald has turned his energies toward organizing a mini-reunion in Hanover for the weekend of October 9 and 10. A group has indicated interest and a number will definitely be in town and will get together, but hordes of visiting firemen have already tightened facilities and made arranging difficult. So, Bob asks that those interested get in touch with him promptly.

We talked with Gil Beebe recently and found that he is continuing to pursue his career as an epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda. One of the notable scientists in our class, with a Ph.D. from Columbia, his career has embraced the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army, the Hoover Commission, and the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, and his studies have included fertility and contraception, battle neuropsychosis, the mortality of A-bomb survivors, and ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), among many others listed in his bibliography of 131 studies from 1936 to 1938. He has worked in Beijing, Hiroshima, and Chernobyl and here and elsewhere is providing the factual basis for finding cures for many of our critical diseases. He and Ruth live in Alexandria, Va., where one wishes that he could devote his talents to solving the problem of die deteriorating Wilson Bridge,

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Gil Beebe worked in Beijing, Hiroshima, and Chernobyl gathering details in hopes of cures for many diseases. JOHN MONAGAN '33