The Class of 1971 Newsletter a '71 Naples Mini Reunion Kicks Off the Year

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The Class of 1971 Newsletter Dartmouth College Winter 2018

Volume 5, No. 1

A ’71 Naples Mini Reunion Kicks Off the Year Our fifth annual Naples Mini Reunion was a In this issue... great success, as the happy faces above suggest. Dartmouth Then and Now: A Special Report Thanks in large part to our generous hosts, Yola and Jim Rager, Marguerite and Jerry O’Brien, and Julie and Tony FitzPatrick, it was a weekend • Our Class vs. Today’s Freshmen 4 of fishing, golf, and plenty of fine food, drink and • The College in 1967 vs. Today 5 conversation. The weather cooperated. The photo • Interview: Prof. Jere Daniell ’55 6-7 above was taken Friday evening, February 9, at • A 50-Year Building Boom 8-9 the Rager home in Naples. Standing with Jim is • The ’71 Survey: Have You Changed? 10-11 his grandson Charlie. More photos and coverage inside and on the back page. President’s Letter Bob Cordy Receives John Sloan Dickey Award

The Call to Lead: Next year many of At dinner during the Naples Mini Re- us will celebrate our 70th birthdays union, classmate Bob Cordy received while our alma mater celebrates her the John Sloan Dickey award, a richly 250th anniversary. Those are impres- deserved honor. The inscription, written sive numbers, and on April 27 in New by Jeff McElnea, reads in part, “From York City Dartmouth will announce a his bathrobe in Bones Gate to his cap & $2.75 billion comprehensive campaign gown at Harvard Law School, to his robe that will underscore the ongoing need of justice in Massachusetts... for 15 years, to provide society with the same lead- Justice in the Massachusetts Supreme ership so many of you have embodied Judicial Court... this man has been an in giving to your communities, organi- examplar for the kind of ethical leader- zations and country. ship America needs in all branches of our Communications: Thanks to the cre- government.” ative skills of Ted Eismeier and Steve Meet the Class of 1971 Rocky Intern: Kelsey Flower ‘18 Zrike, our class website has become From class dues, we funded with $5,000 our second Rocke- station central for highlighting our feller Scholar for 2016-17, Kelsey Flower ’18. She spent the many class activities across the world. summer of 2017 as an intern at Freedom House, a Wash- 1971.dartmouth.org is your link to en- ington, D.C. nonprofit. Kelsey recently wrote, “I am very joy films from our class videographers, grateful to the Class of 1971 for supporting my internship.” link to our class 45th Reunion Book An additional $5,000 has been allocated for another 1971 with its many wonderful essays from scholar intern in Spring 2018, and Sam Cuddeback will be classmates …. and much more. coordinating with the Rockefeller Center. Engagement: Special thanks to David Edson who has created a Class Cares Progess On the Film Committee to share their talents and First Dartmouth Women: 1968-1972 advice with classmates – please consid- In 1968, 10 women came to Hanover Aydelott ’72 has been hired to doc- er adding your name. Our closed Face- to participate in the theater program. ument the “exchange” years. The book page has become an invaluable The next two years, the women students film is being independently funded. means of engaging with classmates grew to 75. The year after we graduated, And meantime, there is a wonderful and sharing class news and humor in the “exchange” number grew to 150, be- film clip, featuring classmate David real time … and keeping pace with fore the Trustees voted to admit women. Aylward and several of the women ex- kids/ grandkids! We strictly limit our To bring back to life these four years of change students recalling these times. communications to you, but please Dartmouth history, filmmaker Bill View clip at vimeo.com/206180288 be sure to authenticate your data with Dartmouth so you never miss a class Peter S. Pratt communication. Class President http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/ [email protected] Philanthropy: Our class voted at Homecoming to fund a $5,000 Rocke- Jim Rager Sam Cuddeback feller internship in 2018 which Sam Head Agent Cuddeback is orchestrating and 1971 Vice President [email protected] [email protected] made a generous contribution to Friends of Dartmouth Athletics, all Malcolm Jones from class dues. Your generosity to our Bob Lider Head Agent/ Dickey/ Rassias Class of 1971 Tuition Secretary Endowment has raised $50,000 year [email protected] Mini Reunions Chair to date, enough to fund our third 1971 [email protected] scholar. Jim Bays Michael Maynard A Great Class does Great Things: Treasurer Thank you for all you do to make us Head Agent [email protected] [email protected] proud to be called ‘The Great Class of 1971.” -- Peter 2 Boston Mini Reunion... Football at Fenway Park

Dartmouth’s football team rolled over Brown 33-10 at Fenway Park in Boston on Fri- day night, November 10. Our class had 32 people turn out for the game, the first time we played at Fenway in 73 years. Malcolm Jones, Sam Cuddeback The last one was against Notre Dame in 1944. There was an icy wind that brought chill factors into the teens, but ‘71s warmed up for the blast with a dinner beforehand.

Ilene Rosenberg, Michael Maynard Julie and Tony FitzPatrick, Bob and Peggy Cordy

We have several important events planned. Please save the dates:

• Feb 28: Denver Mini-Reunion Denver Athetic Club • Mar 2-4: CarniVail • April 8: MS Walk Nickerson Field, Boston • Apr 27-28: Capital Campaign Kick-off Dinner – NYC • May 2: Capital Campaign Kick-off Dinner -- San Francisco • May 7: San Francisco Class Dinner • June 18: NYC Class Dinner Yale Club • Sept 5-14: 1971 Danube Cruise with art history Prof. Jane Carroll • Sept 21-22: Class Officers Weekend • Oct 26-28: Homecoming (vs Harvard)

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3 Special Project: Dartmouth Then and Now A Snapshot of the College 50 Years Ago Versus Today

Our class has officially bonded The Numbers Strongly Suggest That with the Class of 2021, a connec- Dartmouth Is More Selective Today tion that began when we hosted the freshmen at the College Grant. They are new in Hanover, Class of 1971 Class of 2021 just as we were 50 years ago. But, a question: how has the world Applied 4105 31.8% Applied 20,035 10.4% of Dartmouth changed since we entered in 1967, beyond the Accepted 1311 Accepted 2093 obvious fact that the undergraduate student body is about 50% Enrolled 843 Enrolled 1217 women? In the next few pages, Acceptance rate Acceptance rate we try to offer some answers. Today’s undergraduate students Yield 64% Yield 58% faced more competition for admission, their test scores were “Accepted “ means accepted by Dartmouth higher, and today’s larger student body is more diverse, racially Note: The enrollment number of 843 Test Scores SAT Math SAT Verbal freshmen is from the Admissions office and geographically. Probably no report. The actual number enrolled surprises there. Mean(average) 698 743 650 735 was 827, probably reflecting “summer Dartmouth College is also a 800 attrition.” In the previous three classes, much, much larger enterprise 700 26 admitted withdrew, on average. Note: In 1995 600 than it was in 1967, even though the College the view from the Green is es- Board re-cen- 1971 2021 sentially unchanged. tered test scores. Whether Dartmouth’s funda- The recalcula- % Male 100% 52% mental “character” has changed tion for individ- is a debate for another place ual test scores, 1971 2021 1971 2021 and time. What is measurable: from its table: Legacy 19% 11.6% more students, more professors, For Math, an “old score” of 700 would be 690 today. a building boom.The Medical For English, an “old score” of 650 would be 710 today. Early Admit 28% 44% School, Tuck School and Thayer Class Rank 1971 2021 are vastly larger. Non-faculty Financial Aid 43%* 46% headcount has soared. So has % in Top Decile of H.S. Class 80% 93% *from early decision group; all enrolled N.A. financial aid. Fewer From the Northeast In what might be a reminder Back in ‘67, More Freshmen of those old days when Kiewit Class of 1971 2021 From Public Schools housed “the” computer, some of (surprising, perhaps) the old records -- such as the 26- New England 27.9% 21% - Class of 1971 page Class of 1971 admissions Middle Atlantic 29.6% 21% 74% Public office report -- were produced 18.6% 16% Indep. Midwest 21% 6% Religious on a typewriter, and stored away. South 10% 16% And that calls for a heartfelt West 8.8% 9% thanks to the staff of Rauner Special Collections Library, who 4.3% Class of 2021 provided invaluable support for International 11% 55% Public this project, with 125 pages of Top State New York California 29% Indep. 1967 documents found in the 11% Religious College archives. -- B. W. 4 Then... and Now A Snapshot of Facts and Figures

1967-68 1967 in today’s dollars* 2017-18 Tuition $2,075 $15,188 $51,468 Room/Board $610 $4,471 $15,159 *Based on change in Consumer Price Index, $1 in 1967 = $7.33 in 2017. Source: Federal Reserve CPI calculator Enrollment 1967-68 2017-18 Faculty headcount 1967-68 2017-18 Undergraduate 3105 4410 Arts and sciences 298 606 Graduate 106 723 New grad division 0 8 Medical 90 498 Medical School 35 193 Thayer 70 285 Thayer 19 53 Tuck 195 593 Tuck 17 70

The College Budget Administration, Staff Headcount All figures in millions Subtotals are selected items, don’t sum to total 1967 2017 1967-68 in today’s $ 2016-17 500 1000 2000 3000 Income: Current headcounts: Dartmouth Office of Institutional Research Total $26.9 $197.2 $887.9 Student fees $7.6 $55.3 $355.5 • The College budget has more than quadru- Endowment income $3.2 $23 $223.5 pled over the past 50 years, after adjusting Gifts, alumni fund $2 $14.9 $87 for inflation. • The “educational” expenses are a mix of Operating Expenses faculty, administration and staff costs. Total $27.1 $198.6 $873.1 • Financial aid is 10 times greater, in real $ Educational $18.4 $134.9 $558 • Administrative staff headcount has leveled Student financial aid $2.1 $15.1 $150.5 off in recent years, now 3,335 vs 910 in ‘67.

A Classmate Reflects On Our Days In Hanover The campus elms were already dying in 1967, but enough the first family member to go to college, absent study of them were still standing for me to enjoy stretching out habits, Jimi Hendrix, landing #5 in the draft lottery, on the grass under them to squint up into their crowns, hitchhiking hypothermia on I-91, Lucky Strikes, a Stu- for perspective on trouble with parents, grades, girls, dent Strike, looted Miller High Life and psychedelics, The and war. That boy was wearing a beanie. His photo Whole Earth Catalog, true love, and Thayer food. A appeared in the last-ever Green Book. There were year later I’d be voting for George McGovern. no coeds except dates, and parietals were enforced. The old elms are gone but the view of Dartmouth He cheered for teams called “Indians.” There was a Row from the Green still looks the same. Other tattered raccoon coat in New Hamp’s basement. views, like the library catalog on smartphones, are as Such anachronisms and the elms were mostly gone by unrecognizable as this cranky old alum. the end of our Dartmouth days. I’d survived being -- Dan Clouse, Lakebay, Wash. 5 Special Report: Dartmouth Then and Now Prof. Jere Daniell ‘55 Reflects on Changes Over the Past 50 Years

Perhaps no one has a better grasp of how Dartmouth has What else changed during the late ‘60s? evolved over the decades than Jere Daniell, professor of his- The loss of student power. It self-destructed. tory from 1964 until his retirement in 2003. At age 85, still The world that John Dickey had manufactured -- of living in Hanover, he pays close attention to College affairs. student responsibility, a powerful student assembly, The Newsletter caught up with him in December. of a judiciary committee that handled all discplinary matters except academic -- that was being torn apart We were in Hanover during a tumultuous period. I by students in the late ‘60s. guess that’s an understatement. If you asked me to frame the four years of greatest I remember Palaeopitus disappeared around 1968. disruption to what had existed, it would be the four There was the disintegration of student government, years you were here. It wasn’t just student behavior, which Dickey had built up, back when there were a lot the anti-establishment protest movement. Those were of veterans on campus, who were a lot soberer. four years -- 1967 to 1971 -- of dramatic change, in The role of fraternities changed. By the 1920s there the structure and potential long-term direction of the were 26 fraternities. The fraternities in terms of their College. At the time, the undergraduates couldn’t see institutional role peaked from the mid 1950s to the much of what was going on. early 1960s. There was athletic competition. There was a kind of institutional competition. One of the big What were some of those underlying changes? ones was Hums. Dickey’s role in the commitment to Up until President Dickey announced that he was fraternities was tied to leadership training. going to retire, in 1969, after 25 years, presidents chose their successor. Tucker chose Hopkins as the By the 1970s, fraternities were under fire, right? President. When Hopkins decided to retire, he didn’t Late in the ‘70s, there was a faculty vote to get rid of have any committee. He announced fraternities. And the guy from the IFC that John Sloan Dickey was going to (Interfraternity Council) came in, un- be the new President. Now Dickey was a very cautious person in many of your business what we do.’ ways. He said he should not be part Thatshaven, began defiant, the process almost oflike minimum ‘it’s none of the process by which his successor standards. Several fraternities disap- was chosen. The trustees appointed peared -- Beta, Phi Delt -- although a committee made up of trustees they came back in a much soberer and faculty. Kemeny ended up as mode. Right now the situation today is the choice. He quickly announced more like it was in the late 1950s and that he would serve for 10 years, early ‘60s. A lot of things happened: but not more than 15. That in itself the change in the the drinking age, the makes the presidency a ‘short term’ drug culture. There was the Town of phenomenon. When Kemeny said he Hanover’s willingness to hold these was going to retire...and when I saw how the search committee had been and things of that sort. Gradually, formed by the trustees, I guessed almost instantly that there was the slowpeople erosion to town of student standards interest. of fire Today safety. David McLaughlin would be the next President. only 14 or 15 fraternities exist. In the most abstract way, the trustees became in- Recruitment of minorities became important. in choosing the direction of the institution. It meant - unitingfinitely morethe various important ‘stakeholders’ than they --had faculty, been adminbefore,- tee of equal opportunity. When he became President, istrators, and representatives from all the various IJohn became Kemeny chairman. was the It firstwas gearedchairman to theof the civil commit rights schools. movement, not so much to co-education, which was going on at the same time. We cited three groups: Does that strong trustee role continue today? blacks, Indians and disadvantaged from northern New Yes. Basically, the trustees write a job description (for England. We never did anything for the third group. By the mid-70s, Dartmouth was second to Princeton 6 President) and they go look for the person to fulfill it. (in percentage of black students.) With Native So this is significant? Americans, we had an informal target of 3% of the student body. Now it’s well over that (about 4%) but academic world, change takes place slowly. But the it took 30 years to get there. intentionI think it is of very that significant. is to build aLike presence all things on campus in the for those who are more professionally committed, and in Changing topics, how about the issue of Dartmouth an environment where the linkages are institutional. the undergraduate college vs. Tuck, Thayer, the Med- You hire, for example, a professor with a specialty who ical School. can do teaching both in the professional schools and That’s one of my favorite topics. Right now we have the undergraduate College. The best model for this is the biggest change since the late 1950s when the the Entrepreneurial Institute. Ivy League was formed. There was an interview with the alumni magazine in When Dartmouth joined the Ivy League, President which President Hanlon spelled out what he has in Dickey said that since we are going to compete ath- mind. If you have not read it, you should. Phil’s goal letically with the other Ivies, we’re going to compete is only to make sure every Dartmouth student gets academically, but only at the undergraduate level. In every opportunity to take advantage of everything the the 1960s, the three schools were called ‘associat- College has to offer. ed’ schools. They were not allowed to raise money. Jere R. Daniell Professor Emeritus of History Tuck, Thayer, the Medical School received a subven- Education: B.A. Dartmouth 1955 Valedictorian tion from the College. PhD Harvard 1964 “Right now we have the biggest Author of four books, among them: Colonial New Hampshire: A History (1981) change since the late 1950s.” Dartmouth’s Second College Grant (2007) Sometime in the late 60s, those ‘associated’ schools were given more and more freedom to develop on What about the proposed expansion of the College? Dartmouth has always prided itself on smallness com- their own dynamics. One of my favorite symbols of pared to the other Ivies. One factor emphasizing that that was, when I came back to the faculty in ‘64, if smallness is a central space that looks like a tradition- you went down Tuck Drive, you saw a sign that said, al New England village green. All the College insti- Dartmouth College in big letters; little letters, Amos tutions except the Medical Center circulate around Tuck School of Business. About 10 or 15 years later, that green. We’re not Providence or Cambridge. the sign said, Amos Tuck School of Business; in little Dartmouth has always been a physically concentrated letters, Dartmouth College. Now, ‘Dartmouth’ does institution, and it still is. not appear on the sign. The Dartmouth Medical School was reborn in the ‘60s. Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center has twice Would expansion change the College’s character? Anytime you reduce an argument to ‘character’ you’re the employees of the College. Thayer just announced it is doubling in size. Thayer argument used by everyone who doesn’t want change. is very important as an institutional model. Engi- NIMBYismin trouble, becauseis very strong that is in totally Hanover undefinable. now. It’s an It’s at the- neering science is an undergraduate major. Thayer has an integrated educational program, from when quite resistant to more buildings. They are also savvy. you step onto campus as a freshman to PhDs. Theytractive hire place lawyers. filled with retirees. Collectively they are So this brings us to President Hanlon and his vision of Dartmouth. You have said that his tenure is the most Has Hanover changed? significant since that of John Sloan Dickey. Yes, obviously. All communities change. But as far as I think Phil Hanlon, a former student of mine, senses the College goes, Hanover remains close to perfect as a a real vacuum between the undergraduate and these setting. I spent the last quarter century studying New professional schools. And very important is the new England towns, including those customarily labeled graduate school. It’s a graduate school for the whole institution, not just liberal arts. Its goal is to integrate community and institution has been better. Both are undergraduate and post-undergraduate education. lucky.‘college towns.’ Can’t name any where the fit between 7 Since We Graduated, Many New Buildings All Around the Campus Classrooms, Dorms, Sports Facilities... Plus, An Enormous Medical Complex in Lebanon

A lot of construction has occurred since we graduated in Most of the new buildings are on the periphery of campus, and 1971, and several important existing buildings -- Webster do not directly front the Green. Several new academic build- Hall, Thayer Dining Hall -- have been transformed. ings and residential clusters are north and east of the Green. A few buildings have been demolished. Probably few As the College moves toward a “house” system, several tempo- would mourn the passing of Bradley’s blue-tile exterior. rary buildings have sprung up. They are not included here. Expansion at Tuck, Thayer Over the past 45 years, the business school has built academic, dining, mixed use and residential halls. Thayer added a large engineering center adjacent to the existing Cummings, which last added a wing in 1976.

Murdough Center Tuck/Thayer 1973 Rockefeller Hall 1983 Thayer School 2006 Annex to Silsby MacLean Engineering Sciences

Byrne Hall Classrooms, Dining 1992

Whittemore Hall 2000 Fahey McLane 2006 Achtmeyer,Pineau-Valencienne, Dormitory complex on Tuck Mall Raether Halls, which include study, con- ference rooms and lounge 2008 The River Cluster. Below, Channing Cox (1976) and Max- well (1982) aapartment facilities, for seniors, housing 68 students each.

Class of 1953 Commons, the remodeled Thayer dining hall Two of the original “Wigwam” dorms still exist. The third, Hinman Hall, was demolished in 2006 to make room for the Tuck Living/Learning expansion project.

Friends of Dartmouth Rowing boathouse 1986

Black Family Visual Arts Center 2012

At left, the vast Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, opened in 1991, and since expanded. 8 New Student Housing Built In Clusters, Modern Amenities

The McLaughlin cluster consists of six buildings housing about 340 students. The East Wheelock cluster consists of Carson Hall 2002 Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center Moore Hall 1998 four dorms, three from the 1980s. History Dept. 2011 Psychology, Brain Sciences

Webster Hall was redesigned in 1998 to house the Rauner Special Collections Library. Burke Laboratory 1994 Chemistry Dept.

Berry Library Completed 2000 McLaughlin cluster: Expansion of Baker Library Phi Tau Six buildings 2004-2006 Rebuilt 2002

Fairchild Building 1974 Geography, Earth Sciences

East Wheelock Cluster Kemeny/Haldeman Center 2006 Three buildings, 1985-87, plus the Mathematics Dept. more recent McCulloch Hall, 2000.

New Athletic Facilities Grand sites for football, basketball, squash, tennis, hockey

Hood Museum Expansion

The College says, “The plans include three object-study rooms, Floren Varsity House 2007 Berry Sports Center 1987 a sweeping public reception space, and a number of stunning new galleries, along with renovations to the existing Charles Moore Black Family Visual Arts Center 2012 galleries. From excavation to re- installation, the project will likely continue through 2018.” Boss tennis center 2000 Thompson Arena 1975 9 Dartmouth Then and Now: A Special ‘71 Survey

When you went back to Hanover in the cold winter of Fifty years ago we would’ve been approaching mid-term exams during winter term freshman year. Dartmouth 1968, did you think you made the right choice? has changed since then, but what about us? This class Big mistake 1% survey, which received record response, explored how 5 we’ve changed and in some cases stayed the same since 2 1968. 10 13 32 Among the things that haven’t changed are the follow- Bleeding green ing: 37% Fifty years later, did you make the right choice? • Most of us (about 75%) felt then and now that we were among those who seem to love the College on 2% the hill. No way 2 • Politically times were turbulent then and are now, 2 and the class of ‘71 was left-leaning then and is a bit 7 more so now. 13 • Dartmouth was and still is a small college (the Absolutely 13 smallest Ivy) and just about everybody liked it that 61% way in 1968 and by a 2 to 1 margin now think it Did you take full advantage of the educational should stay that way. opportunities at Dartmouth? • By a slight margin classmates felt they took good advantage of academic opportunities at Dartmouth, and by a big margin they felt they chose the right Missed the boat 0% major. 16 14 20 But some things have changed, including: 22 Happy bookworm 17 • About 40% of the class described themselves as 11% undergraduates as heavy drinkers (with 25% saying they fit the Dartmouth animal stereotype); today If you could do it over, would you major in the 50% say they drink not at all or very little, while only same subject? 10% say they party hardy. • Even though the question told respondents to Nope 8% factor in old age vs youth, most who answered the 6 8 question said they were in decidedly better shape at 12 Dartmouth than they are now. 8 • As you might recall, Dartmouth in the day was, as Yep 15 they said, an all boys school. Not so now, and 80% of 43% us say something like...hallelujah. Where on the political spectrum at Dartmouth? When asked to recount their first memories of Dart- mouth, just about as many mentioned feeling lonely 9% 23% 25% 18% 14% 7% 4% as mentioned falling in love at first sight. Building the bonfires received many mentions as did walking across the Green on a crisp fall morning. Far Left Far Right Where are you today? P.S. As a mostly bald guy now, I found it comforting to 7% 27% 25% 18% 10% 10% 3% know about 40% of you admit to being hair-challenged. -- Frank Anton 10 Among your first memories, good or bad, of in 1968? ...versus today? How physically active/physically fit were you Dartmouth, is there one that stands out? 35% 30% • Freshmen week, every upper classman looked like Paul Bunyan.... only later did I realize that they were all on 20% 10% campus for football practice. • The very first night I was there, standing in front of the Hanover Inn, looking at Baker tower and knowing that I Slug like Lean, mean Don’t ask Granite strong already loved the place. Sorry, but I have to ask: what about your hair? • Building the bonfires. • As a working-class ethnic, I initially felt quite different What hair 8% and lonely, and considered transferring to Columbia, 17 but my father told me to stay put, and I came to love the 11 College on the hill. 11 9 • First drink, first drugs, first sex. 15 • 8 AM Saturday Calculus class with Prof. Sleznick Full headed 28% • Meeting President Dickey. • “Dartmouth Undying” on the WDCR signoff. • The morning after I arrived, walking across the Green stereotype in 1968? Party animal today? to Thayer to eat breakfast before we went on our Fresh- Did your social behavior fit the Dartmouth animal man trip. Cold, crisp, fall morning, clear air, leaves just starting to turn, the contrasts between Baker, Dart- 15% 15% mouth Row, the Hop, the grass on the green -- it was awesome. • Walking around during Freshman Week, beanie on Afraid not Oh mama Doormouse Roaring head, looking for a friendly face. • Two weeks in Dick’s House with pneumonia that first Did you drink? Do you drink? winter. Humidifier condensation created ice an inch thick on the inside of window by my bed. 20% 20% • Somehow I thought women at “nearby” colleges would 10% 10% love to date a Dartmouth man. After a month or two, it became clear that this was far from true. • Feelings of unlimited personal possibilities during Not at all Like a fish Nope Quite a bit Moosilauke/freshman hike. • Horrible mixers. Dartmouth was and still is a small college. Did you see • John Rassias. John Kemeny. that as a good thing in 1968? • I loved the location, the mountains, the weather, Baker Library, Dartmouth Row. I thought it was beautiful Felt trapped 0% then, and I still do. 1 1 6 7 In 1968, Dartmouth was Do you think the Col- 24 an all-male school. lege has beneffited by Felt just right 62% Was that a plus or minus? admitting women? There is talk of increasing the size of the student body by 10% to 15%. Do you think that’s a good idea? Terrible idea 16% 13 14 22 20% 14 14 18 14 13 7% 63% 13 4 8 7 4 1% 16 Without Backward 8 Below Wah hoo No big deal 12% zero wah question step 11 This Just In...Another Naples Mini Reunion Photo February 10

It was a beautiful, warm day in Florida as our “fearsome four- some” hit the links at Naples Country Club. Left to right are Kate Sturgis- Mustard, wife of Bob; Yola Rag- er, wife of Jim; Martha Shana- han, widow of John Shanahan, who died in 2017; and Marsha Pratt, wife of Peter. Martha has graciously agreed to serve as the Widows Activity Chair for the Class of 1971.