Summer GETTYSBURG 1994

What's Happened to the Family Doctor? Ask Dwight Michael '78, M.D. ome older readers will recognize the subject of the Norman Rockwell illustration on the cover. He (it was always he) was the kindly family doctor who had known you ever since you were "so high"—and knew the rest of your family, too. SHe was a friendly, caring presence during times of sickness or trouble, and on joyous occasions, as well. This wonderful doctor knew when it was important to examine a little girl's doll during an office visit. Not only that, he made house calls. He was a beloved and respected figure in the community. Is today's family doctor anything like him? Or has he completely vanished—blown away by threats of malpractice suits, high-tech medicine, overcrowded waiting rooms, and the higher status accorded specialists? To find the answers, Gettysburg chronicles a day in the life of Dwight Michael '78 M.D., who shares his views about being a family doctor, as well as his concerns about health-care reform. In other news, several Gettysburg College officials recently testified at a Congressional hearing on the exchange of land between the National Park Service and the College. The hearing received considerable media attention, but failed to clarify some of the issues, as the College had hoped. We present here a short but precise summary of the dispute. We hope you'll find the articles interesting, and—as always—we welcome your comments.

The Editors Volume 85 Number 3 Summer 1994 GETTYSBURG

Senior Editor A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FAMILY DOCTOR Jerold Wikoff Associate Editor Emergencies, paperwork, long days, lack of time Susan Bryant (and lack of recognition) — they're all in a day's Class Notes work for today's family doctor. Dwight Michael 78 Mary Dolheimer takes them in stride, finding deep satisfaction in Director of Alumni Relations caring for his patients. Jean LeGros '73 Asst. Director of Alumni Relations M. Catherine Norris '90 Photography Melinda Hutton

ON YOUR TOES! Executive Board of the Alumni Association Michael A. Falco '79, president; Maria Caracciolo Margaret Selby '81, producer/director of PBS's Weisensee '63, vice president; Jean S. LeGros '73, executive secretary; L. Seth Statler '83, recording "Dance in America," brings dance into our living secretary; Keith Talbert '85, treasurer. Past presidents: Bruce R. Stefany '71, Nancy Riggins Letts '69, Thomas P. Gearey, III '52. Members-at- large: Robert E. O'Brien '51, Richard L. MacNett '62, Jeffrey L. Snowell '89, Richard D. Van Antwerp III '85, Marjorie A. Feather '87, Jane L. Anthon '79, Kelvin Datcher '92, Cynthia J. Hill '90, Gene '61 and Suzanne (Page) '62 Leber. Representatives to Athletic Advisory Committee and Orange & Blue Advisory Council: Ronald E. Fitzkee '51, Lynne S. Cassidy '92, Cheryl McHale LAND EXCHANGE Cordell '82. Alumni trustees: William T. Kirchhoff '63, Nancy Riggins Letts '69, Debra K. A Congressional hearing on the land exchange Wallet '73, Herbert J. Clinton '75, Thomas P. between the National Park Service and the College Gearey, III '52, Patricia Henry '71. Standing failed to clarify several issues. committee chairs: Medals and Awards-Marcia L. Walker '68; Planning and Evaluation-Lee Ann Soder Labecki '85. Faculty Representative: R. Michael Gemmill '54. Admissions representative: David Trott '87. President of Alumni Greek Council: Steve Uhland '75. Chair of Board of Fellows: Dean H. Dusinberre '81.

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On the Cover: "Doctor and the Doll," by Norman Rockwell. The illustration appeared on the cover of the March 9, 1929 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. It is used here with the permission of The Curtis Publishing Company. AROUND CAMPUS

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Thanks for the women's sports story! This is the first time I've been moved to Pennsylvania enables it to pass on to its stu­ [Autumn 1993] My competitive opportuni­ write a letter about your publication. I found dents attitudes and values which were (for­ ties at Gettysburg, 1962-64, were the spring­ the most recent issue [Winter 1994] of the merly, at least) held in the highest esteem in board for what has been a 30-year career in Gettysburg Alumni magazine disturbing.... Pennsylvania. Many of us appreciated its teaching, coaching, and always fighting for What offended me in particular emphasis on hard work, unpretentious liv­ equity. Thanks to Title IX, there is still hope. was the cover of this issue, for two reasons. ing, and studious inquiry. It would have The real questions were not First, it seemed obvious to me, as it did to been beneath its dignity to have encouraged answered in your article, however. How many alumni I've spoken to, that this issue the various groups to engage in the practice does the 250 participation figure for women was not intended for alumni. My parents of blaming other groups for perceived faults. compare with men's participation as com­ were class of '62 and '63 at Gettysburg and Your publication clearly shows pared with the makeup of the student body certainly do not consider that they had any­ where the College is going. Now, apparent­ (gender) as a whole? Are coaching salaries thing like a multicultural experience while ly, its only concern is a cheap imitation of for comparable programs (e.g., basketball, there; the word was not even in use! the fanaticism raging among certain groups soccer) the same? Are recruiting budgets And it wasn't in use when I was at the University of Pennsylvania or (from College and Orange & Blue funds) a freshman in '84 The school had a minority Cal-Berkeley. the same? student union with a grand total of Your publication? Well, it is a ... Building an equipment room 10 members bore. It is simply a distillation of the politi­ or a locker room is only a start. There must I feel that this issue is nothing cally correct pap with which we are bom­ be coaches and participation opportunities. I more than another admissions brochure, and barded day after day in the media. sincerely hope this is the case at Gettysburg. just in time, too, for impressing the prospec­ tive freshman. Yes, the cover is flashy and Leslie M. Hartman '50 Mary Kvamme "shows" that Gettysburg is caring and all- San Francisco, CA Arvada, CO inclusive. Unfortunately, not caring enough to remember "GAY - STRAIGHT," but we do have parents of prospective students to Editors: At the moment, the only male sport consider as well. And why polarize groups Just wanted to drop you a line to tell you with more participation than women's of people in your desip? what a fine publication Gettysburg is. I sports is football, which traditionally has always look forward to receiving it. The more players dressed than other sports. articles are well done, informative and Peter Collins '88 There have been no limitations placed on thought provoking. As an apple grower way LakeviIle,CT the number of women students competing in up in Maine, I sometimes feel disconnected. athletics at the College, and in fact, the Gettysburg, however, always brings it back. numbers are up, and currently women's i Keep up the good work. lacrosse and field hockey have junior varsity It is a sad day if your recent issues of teams. Coaching salaries are generally Gettysburg are an indication of what is hap­ Authur K. Kelly '71 comparable at the entry level, but do differ pening to Gettysburg College. Springvale, Maine according to experience and number of Gettysburg in the past has had a teams coached. unique status. It had much to offer its stu­ dents. First and foremost was the fact that it was deeply rooted in Christianity and Lutheranism. Secondly, its location in CAMPUS SNAPSHOTS The Quilt Comes Public Service to Gettysburg Summer Program

Volunteers recall an eerie moment during Encouraging students to commit themselves the setup of the NAMES Project AIDS full time to community service opportunities Memorial Quilt. Exuberant members of during the summer, the Center for Public TKE and ATO had been exchanging a lot of Service (CPS) recently launched a Public banter, the story goes, as they lay down Service Summer Fellowship Program. The walkways in the CUB Ballroom, and the program provides $1,000 grants to students decibel count was pretty high. And then, as who develop and implement innovative, the Quilt panels were unfolded and spread practical public and community service pro­ out, there fell a total silence. jects addressing needs in underserved com­ From early afternoon on Sunday, munities. CPS plans to make five awards February 27, till mid-afternoon on March 2, for the summer of 1994. Homelessness, more than 3,000 visitors to the CUB viewed Students, administrators, and faculty set up the Quilt. environmental degradation, domestic vio­ panels lovingly stitched by friends, lovers, lence, hunger, and at-risk youth are some of and families of those who had fallen to Host Committee represented a real cross sec­ the issues that may be addressed by fellow­ AIDS. For three days, the silence that fell tion of the campus: co-chairs Ann Tanfani ship programs. during setup was broken only by occasional '89 (nurse practitioner in the Health Center) reading-aloud of panel names. and Heather Ehart '95; Jill Abrahamson '95; The display featured forty-six sec­ Brook Amaden '94; Neil Beach (assistant Kudos to... tions of the entire Quilt, which—at 26,000+ provost); Carolyn DeSilva (mathematics/ panels—is large enough to cover ten foot­ computer science); Alyssa Foot '97; Steve Ralph Cavaliere (biology), recipient of the ball fields. Many visitors, unprepared for James (biology); Carol MacLachan '95; Sean Charles A. Graff Professorship of Biology, the impact of messages and personal memo­ McDonald '95; Harriet Marritz (counselor/ named in memory of Dr. Charles H. Graff, rabilia on panels, took advantage of the tis­ drug education coordinator); Meredith Moran Class of 1876. Though gratified by this sues—and sometimes comfort—provided (director of student activities); Colleen recognition of his own achievements, Ralph by volunteers. Raymond '94; Tim Rupe (director of resi­ says that "the most important thing is the Indeed, volunteers working hard dence hall programs); Charles Walton (man­ fact that my predecessor was Bob Barnes, in all capacities were a big part of the Quilt agement); and Kathleen Woodside '97. my mentor, and for the past three decades, display. Around 225 members of the cam­ one of the world's foremost invertebrate pus community pitched in, many of them zoologists. I'm not only honored, students—including members of TKE, I'm humbled." ATO, Lambda Chi, and Circle K. In addi­ ... Mezzo-soprano Sharon Davis tion to Gettysburg community members, the Gratto (music), who will sing the role of Sister Mathilda in Poulenc's Dialogue of the Carmelites this summer. The performance Student visitors somberly will be given by the Summer Opera Theatre view Quilt panels. Many in Washington, D.C. Since the story is panels commemorate woven around the fate of a group of those who had been Carmelite nuns during the French almost as young as Revolution, there are, Sharon says approv­ Gettysburg students ingly, "gobs of women's roles in it." when they fell to AIDS. Sharon also sang the alto solo in a spring performance of Bach's B Minor Mass at St. Matthew's Church in Hanover and at the Gettysburg Seminary Chapel. ... to the family, colleagues, and For the most part, Pella's job friends who supported the late Mike requires "lots of writing for journals and McTighe (religion) during the completion magazines," in which he argues the U.S.'s of his book, and to Mike himself. position on the Nonproliferation Treaty. He Protestants and Public Culture in Antebellum also draws up remarks or talking points for Cleveland is now in print—published by the officials, cables to embassies, and other State University of New York Press. written materials pertaining to the treaty. ... to Gettysburg Review editor "It's fascinating work," Pella says Peter Stitt (English), who was awarded a of his job, "though there is a lot of red tape. $30,000 grant from the National Still, it's worth the trouble when you know Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The you're contributing to something significant." grant was given to enable Peter to write the What's nice, too, he, says, is the authorized biography of Pulitzer Prize-win­ thought that "when I next teach my course ning American poet James Wright, who had on nuclear weapons and the arms race, I'll taught Peter at the University of Minnesota. Prof. Peter Pella have some additional credibility." After Wright's death, his widow asked Peter Our Man in D.C. to write her husband's biography. ... and to Emile Schmidt The job isn't necessarily one you might (theatre), whose profile appeared in the imagine for a college physics professor. It December 1993 issue of Apprise Magazine. doesn't involve anything about the theory of relativity or black body radiation or wave packets or other arcane topics covered in a modern physics course. But then again, there is a fit, because Professor Peter Pella has in the past taught courses on nuclear weapons and the arms race— And now he's down at the State Department in Washington, actually work­ ing on arms control and disarmament. Starting this past January and continuing until January 1995, Pella is working for the Arms and Control Carrie Locicero '94, whose sister was among those Disarmament Agency (ACDA). He's there killed by a 9mm semiautomatic pistol on the Long on sabbatical leave, participating in a fel­ Island commuter train last December, spearheaded lowship program created to bring college a letter writing campaign in February to ban the and university faculty to the agency for lim­ weapon. Alpha Delta Pi volunteers gave out ited periods. (Of course, that's after the time spent getting security clearance, which information and supplies, as students lined up in can nearly equal the time spent in the CUB to write their letters to Congress. Washington; in Pella's case, the clearance process took eight months.) Pella's specific job is with the Erratum bureau responsible for the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. The bureau's primary In the latest issue of Dateline, we wrote that concern at the moment is with the extension the library's new hours included an earlier of the Nonproliferation Treaty, which came (i.e., 9:30 a.m.) opening on Sundays. into force in 1970 and has 163 nations, College Librarian Willis Hubbard points out including the United States, as parties to the that the library has been open at that hour on treaty. That treaty, which prohibits the Sundays for some years. spread of nuclear weapons to new countries, requires thS treaty signatories to meet in 1995 on how the treaty should be extended. The U.S. would like to see the treaty extend­ ed indefinitely, and it is to that end that Pella is working. CJ^>

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"[T]he longor you keep my Child from me had orders to take them all out of camp. at Gettysburg College, which in turn made the longor you will have to burn in hell and "At night I went in search of my the final decision. the qwicer youll get their," wrote Black family. I found them about six miles from Ira Berlin is professor of history Union soldier Spotswood Rice to the slave­ the camp. They were in an old meeting and acting dean of undergraduate studies at holder of his daughter Cariline. "We are house belonging to the colored people. The the University of Maryland at College Park. now makeing up a bout one thoushsand building was very cold having only one fire. He was former director of the Freedmen and blacke troops to come up tharough and wont My wife and children could not get near the Southern Society Project, formed in 1976 to come through Glasgow and when we fire because of the number of colored people with a goal of writing "a history of emanci­ come, wo be to Copperhood rabbels and to huddled together by the soldiers. I found pation in the words of the men and women the Slaveholding rebbels for we dont espect my wife and children shivering with the caught up in its drama: Unionists and to leave them there, root neor branch ...." cold and famished with hunger. My boy Confederates, soldiers and civilians, slave­ So reads one of hundreds of rivet­ was dead. I know he was killed by the holders and slaves." ing letters collected in Free At Last: A inclement weather. I had to return to camp Four other editors served as coed- Documentary History of Slavery, Freedom, that night so I left the meeting house and itors for several or all of the original four- and the Civil War, winner of this year's walked back. I travelled in all twelve miles. volume work. Barbara Fields is professor of $50,000 Lincoln Prize. The remarkable Next morning I walked back. I dug a grave history at Columbia University; Steven book is a digest of a four-volume compila­ myself and buried my own child." Miller is research associate at the University tion of letters and other documents collected The book and its editors were of Maryland at College Park; Joseph Reidy by Dr. Ira Berlin and a team of Civil War awarded $40,000 and a bronze bust of is professor of history at Howard University; scholars from universities around the country. Lincoln based on Augustus St. Gaudens' and Leslie Rowland, current director of the The letters, filled with eloquence life-size sculpture. Reid Mitchell, named Freedmen and Southern Society Project, is and power, often challenge long-held stereo­ second prize winner for his book The professor of history at the University of types. Witness a letter from George Miller, Vacant Chair, received $10,000. The books Maryland at College Park. a Black soldier whose wife and four chil­ were selected from among seventy-five The Lincoln Prize was founded dren were ordered out of camp in freezing items submitted for consideration. Jury by Lewis Lehrman and Richard Gilder, two weather by a Union guard: "I told the man members Carl Degler (Stanford University), New York businessmen who have a long­ in charge of the guard that it would be the Jean Baker (Goucher College), and Emory standing interest in Lincoln and the Civil death of my boy. I told him that my wife Thomas (University of Georgia) reviewed War. Gettysburg College's Gabor Boritt, and children had no place to go and that I the submissions and made recommendations Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies, was a soldier of the United States. He told to the administering body, the board of directs the annual prize competition. me that it did not make any difference. He trustees of the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute

Professor Gabor Boritt (left) with Lincoln Prize founders Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman (center) and Lincoln Prize winners Barbara Fields, Leslie Rowland, Steven Miller, Ira Berlin, and Joseph Reidy. ADAYIN BY SUSAN BRYANT THE LIFE TTT OF "What was important to me in medicine was DWIGHT that I could be with people, I could help people, and I could MICHAEL have a long relationship with them. That's primarily why I went 78, M.D. into family medicine."

ou feel awful. Your head pounds, your stomach aches, your throat hurts, and you feel like crawling into bed and staying there for a month. YInstead, you make an appointment to see your family doctor. He (because it usually is a "he") slots you into an already overcrowded schedule. He listens to your heart, looks into your throat and ears, feels your abdomen, and asks you a lot of questions. Have you been feeling dizzy? Are you coughing? Is your teenaged son giving you a hard time? This doctor has been treating you for a long time; he knows your personal history almost as well as your medical history. He's aware that frequent ear infections affect your balance, and family hassles give you headaches. He's as much a specialist as an ophthalmologist—it's just that his specialty is the whole person. Your doctor is a family practitioner—an updated version of the old- fashioned GP (general practitioner)—and you're lucky to have him. There aren't many of him around. According to the latest (1992) AMA survey, there are 597,406 physicians practicing in the U.S. Only 50,969 (9,708 of them women) are engaged in family practice. Dwight Michael '78 is one of the 50,969. Carl Leinbach ^ f there were such a thing as a typical when he thought of following his brothers into morning for a family doctor, it the ministry, and a time as a first-year would go something like this: At Gettysburg student when he doubted his 9:00 a.m., you already feel a little scholarship—but not for long. "During the short on sleep. You had two calls orientation period," he recalls, "I was told, during the night and have been at the along with 150 other students, 'Only six to ten Ihospital since 7:00 a.m. Right now, you're at of you are going to get into medical school.' your family practice, sitting in an office the It was an impetus to get started on the right size of a large shoe closet and reviewing a foot! I knew that being a doctor was what I patient's chart. It's the cold and flu season, wanted to do, and that I was going to have to and your waiting room is filling up. work as hard as I could, to do well.... I was very fortunate; I had my favorite biology pro­ From 9:00 till noon, you see fessors—Dr. Cavaliere, Dr. Schroeder, and scheduled patients. At noon, you grab a five- Dr. Barnes—in my freshman year." minute lunch, hold a meeting with your lab nurses, and go back to your patients. Between Dwight did work hard, graduating 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., you receive unsched­ summa cum laude, with departmental honors uled "sick" patients and phone others about and membership in Phi Beta Kappa. test results, medication, or symptoms. Somehow, he also managed an active Around 7:30 p.m., you finally go home to extracurricular life. He was a floor counselor, your family. played tennis whenever he could, played Dwight Michael '78 can lay claim intramural basketball, volleyball, and Softball. to this day, and many more like it. He went And he sang. He sang (bass) with the College into family practice with his eyes wide open, Choir, and he sang in a barbershop quartet, however, and he has no regrets. along with Matt Gibson '79, Harry Sink '77, Dwight chose to be a family doctor and Chuck Smith '77. partly out of admiration for his family doctor Much of Dwight's weekend time, during his growing-up years in Hanover. "He however, was spent back in Hanover with always seemed concerned for the family," Sally Musselman, his high school sweetheart. says Dwight. "He came to my father's They were married in the summer of 1979, funeral, and he showed up at one or two of when Dwight was a medical-school student at the weddings. And it wasn't that he was a the University of Pittsburgh. dear, close personal friend of the family: He was the family physician.... He impressed Medical Pecking Order me as caring, and doing whatever it took to take care of his patients. I thought, 'That's In Pittsburgh, Dwight again worked very hard. neat. I'd like to do that.'" He graduated from medical school cum laude But an even more powerful impetus and, in his third year of residency at St. was a need for the satisfaction that comes Margaret Memorial Hospital, received the from helping others. The desire to serve, he Mead Johnson Award, given by the American says, and the "need to be loved," run especially Academy of Family Physicians for scholastic strong in his family. The five Michael achievement, leadership qualities, and interest children were given "a lot of love and support" in family medicine. By then, he had taken a You really shouldn't waste your time in famil; by their parents, for whom "church was very sobering look at where family practice stands practice; you should go into—" and named important—and that was part of caring for in the medical pecking order. At Pitt, he says, their respective fields. Their message was people and helping." It's no accident that two "there wasn't a department of family practice. reinforced by a simple lesson in economics: of his four siblings are ministers, another is a There was a department of community medi­ Doctors in family practice get paid signifi­ grade-school principal, and a fourth studied to cine, and within that department there was a cantly less than doctors who specialize. It's a be a teacher. "Being a pastor, being a physi­ division of family practice—but they didn't fact that he reckons with on a daily basis. cian—if you're doing a good job, people are give it departmental status. He cites as an example what he going to appreciate you for that," Dwight points "I found that medical schools really terms "lump and bump surgery," e.g., freezing out. "You're going to receive love for that." push you away from family practice. They're a wart—a mere five-minute procedure. filled with specialists who have placed upon Medicare reimburses only slightly less for the them a great emphasis to do research. Naive wart than for a physical examination, which, The Right Foot as I was, I thought that they were there to he points out, demands "spending much more time with a patient, talking to the patient to Despite a moment or two of hesitation, teach us." Some of these specialists did what find out what the problem is, and using Dwight honed in on family practice right from they could to discourage him, telling him he your mind." the start. There was a time in high school was "too bright to go into family practice. I'm pretty sure of the medications they're on far beyond treatment of her immediate prob­ and their most recent problems. And the lems: a urinary tract infection, trouble hear­ other thing is that, with families coming into ing in her left ear, a sore throat, and a nose the practice, you're aware of the husband hav­ with one side "closed up," as she says. Betty ing a drinking problem or the wife recently suffers from long-term depression, and her having it out with her daughter—that type of medical history also includes falling spells thing. All these things certainly play a role in and a feeling of confusion. She looks fragile. their symptoms. I would say that at least thir­ Dwight is especially gentle with her ty percent of symptoms that come into our during the examination. Along with more office are stress-related or anxiety-related or routine questions, he asks, "Feeling a little depression-related. You certainly need to more confused recently? ... Can you tell me know a lot more than that to be in medicine, about that?" He explains his findings as he but if you don't give some importance to that goes along: Her left ear shows a red spot, one area of a person's life, you're missing out on side of her throat is a little red; there's "a little a whole lot." tenderness over the bladder." Then, as he sits in a chair writing "Push, push, push..." prescriptions, Betty begins to chat about other symptoms, past and present. Clearly, she Dwight can and does give his patients the needs to talk and be listened to, and Dwight same care his family received from their fami­ gives her plenty of time to be heard. He ly doctor. What he can't do is attend their winds up the long visit by telling Betty she weddings or funerals, because there just isn't should have some blood work done. enough time. Dwight is in a nonstop race Anticipating her anxiety, he quickly adds, with the clock. He and the three other doctors "It's just maintenance. We don't expect to who comprise the Gettysburg Family Practice find anything bad." are on a super-tight schedule of office visits Jennifer, the next patient, has a stye and weekly hospital rounds—made even in one eye and blisters on her throat. She's tighter by emergency calls and never-ending accompanied by her mother and baby daugh­ paperwork. "It's push, push, push all day ter, who treat Dwight like an old friend. long," says Dwight. Jennifer's visit is relatively brief, so Dwight is Dwight and his partners schedule pretty much on schedule. Between visits, he's four patients an hour—not that his patients been racing back to the shoe closet, clipboard would know it. When Dwight is with them, in hand, to dictate his findings and proposed they're made to feel as if he has al! the time in medication—his SOAP (Subjective/Objective the world to listen to complaints and answer Assessment and Plan) notes. Other doctors questions. squeeze in and out to use the phone or dictate On this "typical" day, his first their own notes. By midmorning, the whole patient is Jim*, a husky man in his mid-thir­ office is a beehive, with patients filling the ties who complains of a sore throat and of reception room, patients and drug salesmen being "stuffed up." He's going on vacation lined up at the reception desk, phones ringing, soon, he says, and wants to get rid of whatev­ and—somewhere—a baby howling. Both Nevertheless, Dwight always knew er it is he's got. Dwight smilingly promises doctors and nurses appear to take this pande­ he would make enough to live comfortably to do what he can. When he probes the back monium in stride, but nobody's wasting any and take care of his family—which has grown of Jim's throat, he says, "Ouch! You have an time, least of all Dwight. to include four children: Adam, eleven; ulcer back there on your palate." He'll use a Andrew, eight; Zachary, four; and Abby, born silver nitrate stick on the ulcer, he says, Hospital Rounds last September. And he knew what he want­ explaining that the nitrate "stirs up an inflam­ ed: "What was important to me in medicine matory reaction that stimulates your healing During hospital rounds, Dwight goes through was, number one, 1 could be with people. I system." Dwight prescribes multivitamins the same back-and-forfh of total concentration could help people, and I could have a long (suggesting a generic brand, to save money), on patients and rushing to take care of nuts- relationship with people—and that's primarily fluids, a humidifier, and an antibiotic to clear and-bolts. His beeper goes off continually, why I went into family medicine, as opposed up Jim's sinus infection. usually to inform him that yet another patient to one of the other specialties. To gain that This was a fairly straightforward should be admitted, or that he needs to phone rapport, over time. visit, which took about fifteen minutes. The his office. After a round, he writes progress "I know most of my patients well. next visit, however, is a different story. Betty, and SOAP notes in another tiny office, which And when they come in, I know what they've an elderly woman, has been under Dwight's he shares with two utilization nurses (whose been through in the last four or five years, and care for years. He knows that her needs go task is to keep abreast of insurance criteria)

* Fictitious names have been given to all patients cited in this article. and a small refrigerator containing medica­ During one morning's hospital operation. If they are not, her legs—already tions. The latter is in constant use, as nurses rounds, he visits a patient who himself choos­ turning blue for lack of blood supply—will rush in to take out or replace medication. es to overlook certain aspects of his condition. turn gangrenous. She cries out with pain Each time they do so, Dwight scoots his chair Arnold, a long-time patient with kidney prob­ when Dwight touches her legs. "I'm sorry, in, so they can reach the refrigerator door. lems, has refused to accept suggested surgery Catherine, I'll leave you alone here," he says This doesn't break his concentration on paper­ or go on dialysis. Somehow, says, Dwight, quickly. work, which includes copying lists of medica­ Arnold has "bought himself several years. The kind of decision to be made for tions he's prescribed, for the hospital pharma­ Right now, however, he's been hospitalized Catherine is one of the hardest parts of his cy. While Dwight agrees that this is a sensible for heart failure. A cheerful, slightly job, Dwight says. "You make a decision, and check, he finds it an irksome chore. Still, he disheveled figure in a hospital johnny, he just hope it's the right one." In this case, keeps enough of his good humor to tell his two greets Dwight warmly. After Arnold's exami- Dwight has the family's full support, whatev­ er he decides. "It's more difficult for me," he says, "when there's a bad outcome, family members get angry—and guess who they want to blame first? The physician. That's difficult to deal with. But if I feel that I've done everything that I can for that patient, I can go home and my conscience is clear. "The most fun is when you have a problem that you use your mind to diagnose, and you have a cure for it—the patient who comes in with a sneaky type of chest pain, and you're not completely sure what's going on. But in the process, you figure out that there's a major blockage in one of the coro­ nary arteries. And because the patient came in when they did, and you did what you're sup­ posed to do, you prevent a major heart attack, and that patient has another ten, twenty years of life because of that. That's pretty neat. "But it's not necessarily the most important part. I think every bit as important is helping the family and the individual deal with the dying process, or a terribly tragic process, where you try to at least make that as easy for them as possible." Isn't it also hard for the doctor, he's office mates, "You're the nicest utilization nation, Dwight kneels down so he can talk to nurses I've ever met." him face-to-face about his condition. "Your asked, when he or she loses a patient? "I cer­ Here, he deals with far more serious heart sounds a whole lot better," he tells him, tainly am saddened by losing patients, and problems than sinus infections and sore before breaking the news that he can't go when bad things happen to my patients, that's throats. Sometimes he has to make decisions home before the weekend. Arnold is disap­ upsetting to me," he replies. "But I have "that are not easy calls." From time to time, pointed, but gives Dwight a friendly pat on Sally and the kids, and I have my own life. he needs to draw heavily not only on his the back all the same. And I realize that people come and people go, knowledge, but on a certain diagnostic savvy and death is the ultimate outcome of all our that comes with years of experience. It usual­ Calling the Shots lives.... I believe in God, but I believe that ly works—but not always. "I remain very God doesn't control every little thing that hap­ humble!" Dwight says. "You can get fooled. Up to a point, Arnold still calls the shots on pens here on earth, that bad things happen, not And it's humbling that no matter how hard what treatment he'll accept. Farther along the because God decrees them to happen to peo­ you think you're doing the right thing for peo­ corridor lies a woman who can make no deci­ ple. I can live with that, as long as I've done ple, there are still times when you're going to sions at all. Catherine, eighty-four, suffers overlook something—at least temporarily. from dementia—severely deteriorated mental what I can do to help." *0___^ You'd like to kick yourself for that, because faculties—as well as diabetes. Catherine is potentially you could have done more good dying, under circumstances that present a for that patient if you'd have picked it up a dilemma she herself cannot solve. There are week or two earlier." blood clots in her legs, and if they're removed, she probably won't survive the What About Health Care?

ike so many Americans, Dwight try can afford it. When you're going to take Steve thinks that the undervalued primary care Michael has no doubt that health care care of, say fifteen percent more people, and physician will gain from the plan—in the L reform is both needed and inevitable. our taxes have already gone up, who's going long run. It's the how that concerns him—particularly if to pay for that?" "We're going to put greater empha­ that "how" is President Clinton's proposed He answers his own question, in sis on primary care," he says, and "physicians health plan. part, by adding, "We physicians are certainly doing primary care can anticipate more appro­ "There's going to be health care going to take a hit." It's one thing, he says, if priate reimbursement as we reallocate primary reform," he declares. "I don't think there's everyone is asked to make some sacrifice— care dollars within the health care system." In any question. There has to be. But—" but another if the message is, '"We're going fact, he adds, "the federal government has But. Because Clinton's plan to take care of fifty percent more people and already begun, through Medicare reimburse­ encourages the growth of Health Maintenance you're not going to get paid any more for that.' ment, to reallocate dollars away from special­ Organizations (HMOs), it also encourages an I don't think that's fair, when I'm already ists to general medicine." In Steve's view, increase in the percentage of primary care working as hard as I can for what is fair." more and more medical students will choose physicians—internists; obstetricians and gyne­ Nor does he have much faith in the field of primary care, as it moves back up cologists; pediatricians; and family practition­ Clinton's promise to streamline the adminis­ the pecking order and promises greater ers, like Dwight. How, Dwight asks, can trative end of medicine through health monetary rewards. medical students be encouraged to opt for pri­ alliances, and his assurance that "responsibili­ These are the long-term benefits he mary care, when "in general, primary care has ty. .. should apply to lawyers who abuse mal­ envisions for doctors like Dwight, under the been 'put down' for a long time—and has also practice claims...," dismissing the one as "a terms of the proposed plan. In the short term, paid less [a big factor, he points out, for lot of fluff and the other as a problem to however, Steve thinks that things will be young doctors with big student loans to pay which "Clinton has thus far only paid tough for general practitioners; they will han­ off]? How are they going to force the individ­ lip service." dle more patients at first, and with no immedi­ ual to go into family practice? Are they going It might ease Dwight's mind, on ate hope of commensurate pay. to say, 'We had three surgeons in this class, some points at least, to hear the views of an Steve has more faith than Dwight so you can't go into surgery'?" alum who administers a small hospital and is in the President's plan to streamline paper­ And what about everyone's con­ also a partner in an HMO. Steve Littleson '83 work, and foresees some real financial bene­ cern, financing the plan? Dwight agrees that is president of Southern Ocean County fits here. Right now, he says, "twenty-five "universal coverage is a great idea." But, he Hospital in Manahawkin, New Jersey. He and cents out of every dollar goes to pushing a adds, "it's going to be tremendously expen­ his partners also administer a "provider [hos­ piece of paper." But he agrees with Dwight sive." He is unmoved by the President's pitals and doctors] sponsored" health insur­ that Clinton has begged the big question of assurance that a combination of factors—such ance plan, First Option Health Plan—the malpractice abuse, "the one area of the plan as higher taxes on liquor and cigarettes, "man­ largest such plan in New Jersey. that falls short of the measures we need." aged competition," and reduced paperwork— Steve thinks health care reform is There is one certainty in both their will pay for the plan. Dwight's view is that long overdue, noting that in this country minds: There will be some kind of health "with the [national] debt where it is right now, "there are thirty-seven million without ade­ care reform. How it will affect the family and with all the other costs the government quate health insurance. There's no question doctor remains to be seen. has at this point, I don't know how the coun­ we've got a major problem." But—like Dwight—he's "very concerned" about how to pay for the proposed plan. Unlike Dwight, 12

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- MARGARET SELBY '81 BRINGS DANCE TO AMERICA

BY SUSAN BRYANT

ance grabbed Margaret Selby '81 by ographer Twyla Tharp. The Emmy Award-win­ quickly scrapped plans to major in business and the feet when she was three and hasn't ning "Bob Fosse: Steam Heat," which opted for music, "after taking music theory wit! D yet let go. As a young ballet-tap-jazz Margaret also worked on, paid tribute to an out­ Dr. Weikel and other music classes with Dr. Getz.' dancer, she was, she says, already "passionate standing dancer and choreographer of She loved the J Term, with its oppor­ about dancing." Now, as producer and director Broadway and Hollywood musicals. And in tunity to "study one thing in depth." In her of programs for "Dance in America" (part of 1991, Margaret broke new ground, and also case, the in-depth study and one of her favorite the PBS "Great Performances" series), scooped up several awards—notably TV's cov­ courses, "History of the Art Song," was team- Margaret's determined to make dance just as eted George Foster Peabody Award—by pro­ taught by Mike Matsinko and Melverda Hook. compelling for the rest of us. ducing and directing "Everybody Dance (Her "valuable subjects," she says, "were those And not just classical ballet, either— Now"—in which, as one dance critic wrote, that employed cross-disciplinary and team although she's certainly been instrumental in there wasn't a tutu to be seen. teaching.") Margaret has equally happy memo­ bringing classical ballet into American living Instead, there were plenty of boots ries of studying lieder—as an accompanist— rooms. She contributed to award-winning pro­ and leather, as Madonna, Michael and Janet with Mike Matsinko. This study "changed my grams "Balanchine in America," with the New Jackson, and other non-ballet types gave us life—put the music into all different kinds of York City Ballet, and "A Tudor Evening," with what's been happening on America's streets context," she states. She also did independent the American Ballet Theater, as well as to and in the bars and clubs: break dancing, hip- study with Bob Zellner, of whom she says, "Ballerinas: Dances by Peter Martins," and she hop, voguing. And they gave it to us in the "There's no one better," and "enjoyed '20th was associate producer of a prototypical classi­ most popular medium imaginable—music video Century Music and Orchestra,' taught by cal ballet, "La Sylphide," with the Pennsylvania commercials. Sandwiched between dances Norman Nunamaker." and Milwaukee Ballet. These productions gave were interviews with performers and choreogra­ Margaret characterizes her under­ TV viewers a close look at dancers leaping, phers. Margaret says she "took cameras into graduate years as happy ones—though she pirouetting, and apparently floating effortlessly the streets, clubs, and backstage" for those wished, and still wishes, that dance were taught through ballets that would actually challenge interviews, "to explain the creative process at Gettysburg. The arts in all forms are serious­ the stamina of an Olympics wrestling team. behind music videos—and to introduce viewers ly lacking in American education, she feels. Such an intimate look at ballet would to what's happening now." Because children are deprived of exposure to be gift enough for audiences that couldn't—or "Everybody" was not only imagina­ the arts, and because "we need an educated wouldn't—dream of attending a dance perfor­ tive and innovative. It was superb, high-energy audience," she wants to originate a PBS chil­ mance. After all, Margaret points out, "I want entertainment, praised by TV and dance critics dren's series on the arts. It won't be her first people to realize that they do enjoy this stuff." across the country. It has been only one of the experience with children's TV. Margaret was But her offerings are a lot more eclectic. high spots on-Margaret's long list of TV cred­ involved with the production of PBS's Emmy- Margaret's production of "Zoetrope," for exam­ its—most of which involve dancing and/or Award-winning "3-2-1 Contact"—a children's ple, featured Mikhail Baryshnikov not as a clas­ music. An accomplished pianist as well as science series—and with WNET's pilot for a sical male dancer supporting a ballerina, but as dancer, she feels as "passionate" about music as children's performing arts series, "Behind a kinetic partner to contemporary dancer/chore­ she does about dance. At Gettysburg, Margaret the Scenes." aIf you believe in something, it's amazing what you ean do. You find strength and courage.9

For the 1994-95 "Dance in America'" season, Margaret is completing a program featuring Twyla Tharp's "In the Upper Room," with music by Philip Glass. Two of her other upcoming projects also involve prominent modern choreographers: Ulysses Dove with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Royal Swedish Ballet, and Garth Fagan, whose "Griot New York" features music by jazz trumpeter/composer Wynton Marsalis and sets by sculptor Martin Puryear. She's also working on an "American Masters" program on Irving Berlin. Like most success stories, Margaret's career comes at a price. "I've made a lot of sacrifices to do this kind of job," she says, adding that she "works around the clock"— often at the expense of her personal life. Her job demands a lot of travel that she terms "stressful and tiring." Margaret explains that, "with funds for public television and the arts diminishing every year," she travels to London, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Brussels in search of coproduction partners to help finance her programs. And, because so many of her pro­ jects are international coproductions, she often films overseas for months on end. But the high price is worth the "reward and fulfillment" that Margaret says come from "being part of the family of dancers and artists working together to bring great works into American homes—and in giving back to the world of dance and music some of the pleasure I've taken from it."^y Railroad h Subject of a Con;

"Had we not been able to open the western Gettysburg College was recently third of our campus to development, we would in the news when a Congressional have had no alternative than to look to the forty-six-acre tract as a site for future develop­ hearing was held concerning the land ment. Because it is quite historically significant exchange between the National Park and very visible to the public, we didn't want to Service and the College. Those of you do that," said Haaland to Congressman Mike who read the stories in the national Synar (D-Okla), the subcommittee's chairman and only member in attendance at the May 9 media may have some unanswered hearing in Washington, D. C. questions. We would like to present Haaland explained that the College had you with the full facts of the case, entered into negotiations with the National Park especially as they were not always Service "with the reasonable expectation that if we met all of the requirements of numerous fed­ evident in much of the media coverage. eral and state agencies whose approval was required, we would be assured that the arrange­ ment was in the public interest. For more than three years we responded accurately and ettysburg College is quite promptly to a multitude of requests for informa­ mindful of its responsi­ tion, reports, maps, and other data from twelve None of the recent construction at the Civil War-era rail­ bility to preserve our federal and state agencies, organizations, and road cut through Oak Ridge is visible from the battlefield. national heritage, and it legislative bodies. All of these agencies con­ This photo was taken from the top of the historic railroad is my firm belief that the firmed that the exchange conformed to U.S. cut that was the scene of heavy action during the first exchange is fully consis­ government and Commonwealth of day's battle; it is several hundred yards west of the land and construction in question. At the time of the battle, the tent with our sense of responsibility, asserted Pennsylvania regulations. I think that it is rea­ rail roadbed had been prepared, but no track was in place. Gettysburg College President Gordon Haaland sonable for us to assume, therefore, that the to a U.S. House of Representatives subcommit­ exchange is in the public interest." tee reviewing a land transaction between the Some individuals, however, have objected to Tucker refers is several hundred yards north of College and the National Park Service. the relocation of the railroad, which necessitat­ the railroad cut through Oak Ridge. As a result of the 1990 arrangement, the ed an enlargement of an existing railroad cut To clarify the historical significance of the College granted the Park Service a scenic ease­ through Oak Ridge, a northern extension of area in question, Haaland pointed out during the ment on 46.75 acres of College-owned land Seminary Ridge. Critics claim that the area was hearing that there is no mention of this action in north of the campus for 7.46 acres of land the site of fighting during the first day's battle; Edwin Coddington's The Gettysburg Campaign previously owned by the Park Service along the specifically, they point to the surrender of the the standard history of the battle; Craig eastern slopes of Oak Ridge. On the seven-acre 16th Maine regiment, which they believe Symond's Gettysburg: A Battlefield Atlas; area, the College relocated the tracks of the occurred near the end of the first day's battle in Bachelder's pictorial map of the battlefield, Gettysburg Railroad, which had previously the railroad cut. There is evidence to the con­ which was authenticated by General George divided the campus and precluded development trary. Historian Glenn Tucker asserts in High Meade; or in Gettysburg: A Journey in Time, a of the area west of the tracks. Tide at Gettysburg that the 16th Maine "held photographic study of the battle by College the stone wall near the Mummasburg road ... alumnus William Frassanito '68, who has taken until it was engulfed." The area to which issue with the exchange. C^E^ id Exchange essional Hearing

Haaland also cited the results of an archaeo- been ignored. None of these problems, however, "The unfortunate thing is that the hearing jgical survey conducted by a firm approved was the responsibility of the College. was not conducted in a manner that permitted nd directed by the Park Service. An extensive This information, and the testimony of the College to make a strong case. We were tudy of the area found only one Civil War several historians, led Congressman Synar to unable to present witnesses, cross-examine rtifact, an unfired minie ball. As a part of the conclude at the end of the hearing that the those who testified against us, or to explain tudy, the archaeologist interviewed the official exchange was "not in the public interest." fully the facts of our case. In addition, only one listorian of the Gettysburg National Military Synar directed the National Park Service to member of the subcommittee was present, and 'ark, who said that the area of the cut had been revise its procedures and to develop options for we were not afforded a balanced hearing that i woodlot at the time of the battlefield and was dealing with the Oak Ridge situation. another member might have afforded. Despite lot the site of significant military action. The "We stand ready to meet with the Park this, the evidence remains clear that we acted trea in question is several hundred feet east of Service to discuss any options that they might properly during the exchange process." mother railroad cut that was the site of intense want to advance," said Haaland. "We continue In addition to Haaland, professor of history fighting during the first day's battle. to believe, however, that the transaction was Gabor Boritt, former treasurer William Van Finally, Haaland pointed out that there is done in a manner that satisfied all federal and Arsdale, and associate vice president for public Dnly one historical marker near the Oak Ridge state regulations and that it is fully consistent relations William Walker testified at the hearing. :ut area. That plaque marks the site of a with the public interest. Confederate battery that fired on Cemetery Hill during the third day of the battle. There is no mention of activity during the first day's battle. Moreover, there is no sign directing visitors to the site, and the only path to the area runs through private property and is not well main­ tained by the National Park Service. Haaland concluded by noting that although there is only one historical marker near the land in question, there are twenty-eight markers, monuments, and cannons immediately adjacent to the forty-six- acre tract on which the College granted a scenic easement. He said that this was a sound indica­ tion of the relative historical significance of the two parcels. Haaland's testimony was followed by that of National Park Service Director Michael Kennedy, who admitted that his organization had made many procedural mistakes during the consideration of the land exchange. He revealed that various offices of the Park Service had not shared information with their col­ The east side of the railroad cut abuts the college campus, but is not visible from most public streets. The stone gabion wall leagues; some officials had made judgments on the right was erected by the College to stop erosion; an engine house has been constructed to the right of the wall. Note without fully reviewing the facts at their disposal; that the construction of the privately owned Larson's Motel (white buildings on the left) necessitated the removal of several and certain property-exchange procedures had feet of the top of the ridge some years ago. C3^>

PHILANTHROPY

IT AIN'T OVER CLASS OF '94 Thanks to the Executive Board of the Parents' Association (EBPA), led by Gib TILL IT'S OVER CHALLENGED! and Jane Ford P'96 and Vern and Brenda Leese P'93 P'96, that challenge has been met. Yes, the Campaign for Gettysburg is officially College trustee Paul Roedel has offered a In fact, it was met by mid-March, more than over on June 30, 1994. We have no final fig­ challenge to the Class of 1994. He will match three months before the close of the fundrais- ures to report yet, but we can announce that every dollar contributed by this year's seniors year! the Campaign surpassed its $75-million goal, toward their class gift with equal gifts to the With the challenge serving as a making it the most successful capital cam­ Annual Fund—up to a total of $13,500. ijor component of the Parents' Fund pro­ paign in the College's history! It appears that the Class of 1994 is gram this year, nearly 1,300 parents and more But wait. Although the Campaign definitely up to the challenge. Their class gift than 100 matching-gift companies made gifts ends June 30, there still remains the opportu­ is an endowed scholarship to assist students and pledges that carried the College over its nity to participate. Now, how is that possible? who have experienced a reduction in financial goal of $125,000. There remains another Well, sometimes the funding periods for chal­ aid and could be prevented from continuing $100,000 to be raised next year to complete lenge grants don't conveniently match the their studies. The class goal is $12,500, with the Pew Challenge, but for now that's in the funding timetable for a campaign—and that's 50 percent participation and an average gift of future. At the moment, we would like to the case with both the NEH and Mellon chal­ $50. As of the end of March, 38 percent of thank the EBPA and all those who helped the lenge grants. the senior class had made an average gift of College meet this year's goal for this impor­ $52 and contributed a total of $8,584.88. In order to meet our commitment to tant challenge. the NEH, the College needs to raise an addi­ The Class of 1994 Scholarship will tional $200,000 before July 31,1994! Gifts be in tribute to Paul Leary '94, who died made toward the NEH challenge grant support before graduation. Seniors Matthew Haag new course developments in the humanities. and Gretchen Fox have served as cochairs for THE ANNUAL FUND The monies also help increase the number of the fundraising effort. Gifts to the scholarship COMES TO A CLOSE humanities faculty on campus, thereby ensur­ fund can be made at any time. It is hoped that ing that our faculty:student ratio remains 1:12. the first scholarship will be awarded for the The 1993-94 Gettysburg College To meet the Mellon challenge, the 1995-96 academic year. Annual Fund is on course for reaching its stat­ College needs to raise an additional $100,000 ed goal of $1.5 million. As of May 1, more in each of the next two years. The Mellon than 8,000 alumni, parents, and friends have grant has already allowed faculty to introduce SAVE THE DATE made gifts and pledges totaling $1,325,887. new and innovative work/study groups in the So far this year, 1,250 alumni and others have classroom and to fund interdisciplinary work­ September 24, that is! That's the date for the become new donors to the Annual Fund. And shops for the faculty. annual Cupola Society dinner, to be held this 1,360 increased their giving this year by 50 percent, for a total of $327,000! So you see, it genuinely ain't over year on the College campus. Cupola Society till it's over. By participating in these chal­ members should mark the day in their calen­ Of special note: Those classes cel­ lenges, you can still contribute to the dar. Details about the dinner will follow. ebrating reunions this year have stepped up Campaign for Gettysburg. And thanks to their giving to $238,436 over last year's gifts these two challenge grants, your gifts will be $162,389—a 47 percent increase. matched 1:3. PEW CHALLENGE MET Bruce Stefany '71 The goal for the funding year of 1993-94 was National Annual Fund Chair to raise $125,000 in matching funds toward a $475,000 Pew Charitable Trust challenge grant awarded to the College. That grant cur­ rently funds new academic programs, includ­ ing student associates in the classrooms, inter disciplinary curriculum development, and independent projects for seniors. ALUMNI NEWS BOB SMITH AWARD ALUMNI EXECUTIVE LOOKING FOR MERCURY ESTABLISHED BOARD NEWS Alumnus Jack D. Hill '42 was looking for a copy of a story he wrote that was published For twenty- More than fifty alumni attended the in the 1940 Mercury. Special collections one years, spring meeting of the Alumni Executive librarian David Hedrick tried to help, but Bob Smith Board, held on April 16,1994. Highlights discovered that Musselman Library didn't '59 served as included: have that particular issue—Vol. 13, #2, Director of November 1940. Dave also identified some Alumni • Special awards given to Norma Moore other missing issues of Mercury: Vol. 1, #4, Relations for '93 and Bob Smith '59 for their long and 1926; Vol. 2, #4,1927; Vol. 3, all #s, 1927- Gettysburg dedicated service to the Colleges alumni. 1928; Vol. 4, all #s, 1928-1929; Vol. 5, #s College, 1,2, & 4, 1929-1930; Vol. 6, all #s, 1930- working hard • Recommendation given of David Levan 1931; Vol. 7, #1, Fall 1931; Vol. 13, #2, to foster and maintain lasting relationships '68 as an Alumni Trustee. Nov. 1940; Vol. 14, #1, Oct. 1941; Vol. 15, among alumni and the College community. • Discussion of the Board's long-range #2, Nov. 1942; Vol. 15, #6, April 1943 (may To honor all that he accomplished, the planning process. not have been published). Anyone out there Executive Board of the Alumni Association with a copy of these issues? Would you like has established The Bob Smith Alumni Club • Presentations from three special-interest to donate it to Special Collections in of the Year Award, to be presented annually groups: Intercultural Resources, Gay Musselman Library? If so, please contact to the local alumni club that best exhibits and Lesbian Alumni Association, and the David Hedrick. the enthusiasm and commitment given by Alumni Greek Council. Bob Smith for so many years. Criteria for choosing the recipient of the • Approval of Amy Troup '86, Eugene "Fake award include: the demonstration of strong McVicker '50, and Bruce Chamberlain to the interest in the Alumni Executive Board '86 as Members at Large. Left," meetings; an active planning committee • Approval of Doug Seibel *82 as Alumni a steel within the local club; the organization of a Representative to the Athletic Advisory and brass cultural, educational, or social event; and a Council. sculpture by willingness to assist the Admissions and Michael Moser Development Offices with special events in The day concluded with committee meet­ '74, is one of the the local area. A plaque in the College ings and alumni participation in an infor­ works shown last Union Building will list all award recipients. mation booth at the Springfest celebra­ spring in the Our con­ tion for students. Schmucker Art gratulations to Gallery. After graduation from Gettysburg, Bob Smith; Submitted by L. Seth Statler '83 Mike studied sculpture at the Pennsylvania we're grateful Secretary, Alumni Association Academy of the Fine Arts. From 1979 - to him for 1986, he managed the Academy's sculpture having workshop. He is now a free-lance sculptor, inspired this living with his wife and two small children award. in a cottage on Roaring Creek, in Catawissa, Pennsylvania—and continuing to reap Ail awards for his work. NETWORKED? E-MAIL Homer G. Brown, Lina Christopher, Evelyn Dietz, Arthur L. Eves, Robert Us! S. Fauber, Barbara Ann Fox, Jeanne For those of you connected to "the network" C. Gallion, H. Roy Green, (or the "electronic highway," as the media Adelaide Hack, M.A. Haines, calls it), you can now reach the Gettysburg John Heller, R. Lewis College Alumni Office via e-mail. Hoffacker, Charles F. Director of Alumni Relations Jean Kaufmann, Roger E. Kelley, LeGrosxan be contacted electronically at Chester Knapich, Elsie [email protected]; assistant Elizabeth Love, David M. director Cathy Norris can be reached in sim­ Mulcahy, Mary Rudolph Nevitt, ilar fashion at [email protected]. Jane N. Parks, W.W. Pentecost, For that matter, you can also contact the Howard Plank, James V. Reber, editors of the alumni magazine through e- Doris Robinson, N. Oliver Robinson, mail. Perhaps you might want to send a let­ Arthur Rubel, Richard W. Seltzer, ter to the editor via e-mail. Class notes or Kenneth Siebert, Walter Stuart, John J. other information could be transmitted in Troutman, Lillian Louise Voss, similar fashion. Senior editor Jerold Wikoff William L. Wagner, Can you help us? We have a has the e-mail address [email protected] George D. Wolf. burg.edu; associate editor Susan Bryant, number of alumni who have [email protected]. edu. become lost on our mailing list. Class of 1950: Harvey R. Should you have any information about Adams, John C. Allan, Jr., Cecil Beharry, P.J. Paul Bell, these graduates, please contact the Eugene D. Boyer, Robert Alumni Office. We would love for these CALLING ALL CLERGY A. Boyles, John H. members to receive word of their If you are a member of the clery who gradu­ Cocklin, Dean S. Cooper, Harry ated from Gettysburg within the past 15 upcoming reunion. L. Davis, J.G. Davis, Gerard A. Dvorsky, years, you might like to contact Chaplain Edgar Eddins, Harvey Fishburn, Thomas L. Nadine Lehr. Nadine is very interested in Class of 1989: Karlyn A. Andersen, Gallagher, Juan M. Gonzales, William F. sharing news about the chapel programs Claudette M. Berger, Kurt M. Foehl, James Green, Thomas A. Hamilton, George W. with you, and also possibly seeking your A. Godorecci, Jr., Carol R. Harder, David L. Hanson, Leslie M. Hartman, James R. involvement with on-campus workshops and Johnson, Lawrence Johnson, III, Kirsten Heckler, Gene W. Heindel, Charles W. services. You can write Nadine directly, Frank Johnson, Jeffrey C. Lynch, Megan Houseworth, Richard E. Johnson, William Box 427, Gettysburg College. Or, if you McCarthy, Lisa Racaniello McGowan, R. Joy, Malcolm L. King, D.G. Knouse, have access to e-mail, you can send her a Lizabeth A. Molenari, Alexis A. Ortiz, Joan Arthur W. Kronk, Arthur H. Krout, John A. message electronically at nlehr@gettys- S. Picken, Daniel E. Poch, Julie Ann M. Landis, Thomas M. Lescalleet, William J. burg.edu. Przybyla, Yousuf A. Ramjoo, Jamie L. Lollich, John S. Lutes, Robert C. Grosslicht Ravitch, Cheryl L. Redding, McCausland, William S. Moore, Robert S. Andrea Gagliardi Rieder, Adrian L. Rosally, Moul, Richard P. Mummert, Richard C. Sandra Fletcher Ruoff, Beth S. Siefert, Myers, Michael M. Onufrak, Leo G, Andrew W. Slear, Ann M. Snyder Kathleen Patterson, Donald L. Riden, Samuel J. Vail, Garret T. Vandermolen, Kimberly B. Roksandic, Allen R. Rudolph, Harold A. Vasil, Michele A. Vonetes, Nancy A. Stewart, Albert Stiles, Curtis B. Warner, John S. Wilkinson, Andrew L. Strausbaugh, Frank A. Stump, Norman E. Williams. Thieme, William Thomson, William Uhlig, Glenn D. White, John C. Whiteman, Charles Class of 1945: William Arthur, Joseph F. C. Willard, Albert A. Witz, Vernon W. Best, William L. Black, Chester F. Bovard, Wood, Lawson Wright. Jane Boyce, Craig A. Brower, ••••••••••••••• SPORTS

Coach Mike Rawleigh's swim program Division III National Championships in the TWlNWINTET R continues to shine. Seniors Chris Guyer 100-yard backstroke. SPORTS WRAP-UP and Matt McKenna led the men's swim The women's swim team won the team to an impressive victory in the Centennial Conference meet in impressive by Ed Riggs Centennial Conference Championships, and fashion as well, scoring 819 points, with As she sprints through her college career, were named corecipients of the Outstanding Ursinus a distant second with 498.5. The Stacy Spencer '95 just keeps getting better Swimmer Award. Guyer won both the 100- team finished 9-1 for the season, and were and better. As a first-year student, Spencer and the 200-yard freestyle, as well as the undefeated in the conference. Alison won the 100-meter dash at the M.A.C. 200-yard individual medley. McKenna won Hubbard '97 was the only individual winner, Outdoor Track & Field Championships. the 50-yard freestyle and the 100- and 200- taking the 1,650-yard freestyle in 17:52.30. Last year, she won the 100 meters and 200 yard backstroke. The Bullets won 16 of the She earned Honorable Mention All-America meters, and ran exceptional legs of both 18 events and scored 842 points to handily honors in this event. Tar Elgie '96 qualified relays, while being named the meet's out­ defeat the field. Washington College was for the national championships as well. standing performer. She also qualified for second with 515.5 points. The team was 8- Coach Dave Wilson's wrestling team had the Division III National Championships in 1 for the year, and undefeated in the confer­ an 8-10 season, finishing 4-2 in the confer­ the 200, but was unable to compete because ence. McKenna went on to earn All- ence. The team placed third at the of illness. She also owns the College America honors with his 13th place at the Centennial Conference meet, with Keith records in the 100 and 200. Layman '94 winning the individual title at So far this year, Spencer has shown that 167 pounds. Layman had a season record of she's still a force to be reckoned with. In the 24-10. Brandon Ream '96 surprised many inaugural Centennial Conference Indoor by qualifying for the national championships Track & Field Championships, Spencer led at heavyweight, but was unable to win either the Bullets to the conference title by winning of his national bouts. the 200 in 27.21, winning the long jump The women's basketball team won its last with a jump of 15' 11-3/4", placing second three games to end the season with a 12-11 in the 55 meters, and running in both relays. record. Kelly Geise (16.2 points and 9.8 It was her first competition ever in the long rebounds per game) and Ann Hymes (14.3 jump! Gettysburg scored 119 points, outdis­ ppg, 10.8 rpg) were the stars of the team. tancing favored Haverford's 89 points and the rest of the 8-team field. Senior Yolanda Coach Mike Kirkpatrick's Bullets finished Laird won the conference high jump title fourth in the Centennial Conference West. with a leap of 5' 3". Senior John Griffin led a balanced scoring attack, as the men's basketball team finished While no one on the men's indoor track the season 13-10 for its first winning season team won an individual title, first-year coach in 9 years. Griffin averaged 16.3 ppg and Bob Condon's Bullets finished a respectable 10.1 rpg, and the Bullets finished third in fourth with 54 points, trailing Haverford's the Centennial Conference West. John 157, Western Maryland's 74, and Brooks '96 (11.7 ppg) and Anthony Toner Swarthmore's 57. Charlie Kind '95 finished '96 (11.2 ppg) had good seasons as well for second in the shot put, and Chad Vorbeck Coach George Petrie. '96 scored in the 200,400, and both relays to lead the Bullets. Sophomore Carotin Illmensee gears up for the 1994 season. As a first-year student, she turned in a 6A record at fourth and fifth singles. r • • • M\ M\ —h M\ the 220 yards, and a 50.2 440-yard relay split at the Penn Relays. • TWHAI JEVER His brilliance was evident, and newspapers HAPPENED To... ? from as far away as Philadelphia noted his Eighty years ago Howard Bostock set the feats. The Gettysburgian declared him "the long jump record for Gettysburg College—a hero of the college... the future seems record that still stands today. A member of bright." Bostock was truly a world class the Class of 1918, Bostock didn't graduate athlete; his best long jump nearly equaled from the College (World War I, perhaps?), the 23' 5-1/2" winning jump in the 1920 but his legacy lives on. Antwerp Olympic Games. When a prep-student at the Gettysburg Alas, Bostock never again donned a uni­ Academy, Bostock was first permitted to form for Gettysburg College; he left after compete for the College—and he was quite the spring of 1915. There's no record as to an athlete already then. In 1914, he leaped why Bostock left Gettysburg. Perhaps he 23' 3-1/2" in the "broad jump," still the joined the armed forces; the country was in College record. In the spring of 1915, then the middle of World War I. Whatever the an actual freshman, Bostock was the star of circumstances, Gettysburg College was for­ the Gettysburg team. His best performances tunate to have had such an incredible athlete included a 9.8 for the 100 yards, a 21.6 in in its midst.

Sprinter Stacy Spencer in the lead again.

.»» pan ,«»]PH^^ 1 C3±r> THE LAST WORD The Boys of Autumn ByJoeGuty'81

One Saturday afternoon last autumn, I experi­ Our club of running hackers is called the Angel In the evening, we were honored by our alma enced a low-grade epiphany, an acute realization Track Club, a moniker bestowed on all alumni mater, along with two other legendary teams of my mortality and the aging process. Almost cross-country runners by a former renegade Ail- and the Hall of Honor inductees. Later, at a a ripe thirty-five years of age and about to American. The club's esoteric name essentially local restaurant bar, we relived the proverbial embark on a five-milecross-countr y race over provides some cheap, exalted status for ex- old times over drinks and the din of the World fields of mud, I unexpectedly felt embarrassed athletes. Unfortunately, however, one is only as Series finale being played on television. We when I removed my warm-up pants and stood in good as one's last race, which, for most of us, acted as personal historians for one another, baggy running shorts. Never had I experienced was many desserts ago. resurrecting anecdotes and remembrances. We such self-consciousness in over fifteen years of recounted long forgotten events, revealed (and running. In the not so distant past, the Angel Track Club relished) untold stories. Many good thoughts used to beat the Bullet varsity youngsters. No were undoubtedly left unsaid. Yet on this day, for this race, a sad fact had longer. Also, the younger Alumni cross-country arrived, crashing head-on with my psyche and ranks have grown a bit thin, numbers-wise. Some members of the 1978 championship team into my gelatinous mid-section: I was no longer Perhaps it's a sign of their quick-to-grow-up were absent that night, and they were sorely an athlete, period. And then a second awaken­ wisdom and sensibility. Whatever, I fear that missed. It would have been that much sweeter ing followed, one just as rudely painful. Was I we've become a sideshow of wheezing, lumber­ if all had been together. There also would have to race and extend myself or just finish? An ing pachyderms slogging through the mud in a been a greater number of expansive girths to easy choice, it turned out. I decided even before public display every Homecoming weekend. compare ours with. the starter's pistol was shot: Just finish. We may soon change our name to the Fallen Angel Track Club. On that gorgeous weekend in October, a special At that moment, I felt as if all the competitive homecoming occurred. For one day in fifteen juices I had known since my days in Junior Shortly after last autumn's festivities, my wife years, in a lifetime, it was great to be together. Olympics had been sucked out of me forever. chided me with the comment, "You were worse We moved on into the crisp, chilly night, back No longer caring whether I excelled or not, I than a bunch of women. All you guys talked to our families, to our homes. A few souls just wanted to—survive. In an instant, I had about was your weight." detoured to the diner for an early morning turned old. breakfast. She was right, as usual. Sure enough, we were Well, maybe it wasn't quite that dramatic. collectively a few hundred pounds heavier than Back to our jobs and headaches and glories of With the passage of a few months and some we once were. I was good for thirty; a former the real world. The good memories of many reflection, I'm feeling good again. Yes, the roomy-teammate contributed nearly forty. And autumns hence was more securely etched into running career is history, but I've come to terms if I needed any more proof we had increased in each of us as we reflected on the joy of once with the aging process—although a few less size, I needed only to remember that awkward being young, immortal, and the centers of our pounds here and there moment during initial greetings and handshakes universe. Yes, when we were thin and fast and at Homecoming. Our former coach hadn't athletic. When we were carefree and light. Like So it was with this new view on life that a few recognized one of us. Not a clue. angels. of us old-timers ran/jogged/walked/finished the almost five-mile (actually 8000 meters) course Still, it was a special weekend. It was the of the Seventeenth Annual Gettysburg Alumni fifteenth reunion of the 1978 conference cham­ Cross-Country Race. The event is now run pionship team. We had come from as far west concurrently with the varsity teams' populous as Nevada and Colorado; some of us hadn't seen Joe Guty '81 is operations manager for Invitational Meet. Our race still retains a no- each other since graduation. We happily lis­ Comtrans in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. frills flavor. No corporate sponsors or other tened to one another tell tales of work, families, alumni teams. Just fields of mud, dangerously and kids. elevated heart rates, and fond memories. ALUMNI CLUB PRESIDENTS AND COORDINATORS

Adams County Alumni Club Lancaster Alumni Club Rochester Alumni Club Mrs. Margaret Blanchard Curtis '52 Mrs. Heidi Kraft Cody '82 Mr. James S. Hinman '76 123 Artillery Drive 238 E. Ross Street 103 Minocqua Drive Gettysburg, PA 17325 Lancaster, PA 17602 Rochester, NY 14617 (H)717-334-1041 (H )717-394-7698 (Hp'16-266-3234 (W)717-393-1735 (Wp'16-325-6722 Baltimore Alumni Club Mr. Troy A. Geesaman '86 Lehigh Valley Alumni Club San Diego Alumni Group 8206 Berryfield Drive For information, please contact the Ms. Pat Danylyshyn-Adams '74 Baltimore, MD 21236 Alumni Office, 717-337-6518 9450 Gilman Drive, 926638 (H)4W-9314329 LaJollaXA 92092 (W)410-527-6218 New England/Boston Alumni Club (H)619453-2183 Mrs. Claudia Bard Veitch '80 (W)619-5344200 Central New Jersey Alumni Club 372 Washington Street For information, please contact the Holliston,MA 01746 Southern California Alumni Club Alumni Office, 717-337-6518 (H)508-429-7116 Mrs. Linda Damon Roth '80 6215 Green Valley Circle Chicago Alumni Group New York/Long Island Alumni Club Culver City, CA 90230 Mrs. Tammy Waters Ryan '88 Ms. Wendy Schroder '86 (H)310-4104631 19West 111 Avenue 315E.95thSt.,#4-E Normandy N. New York, NY 10128 Southern Connecticut Alumni Club Oak Brook, IL 60521 (H)212-348-3019 For information, please contact the (H)708-968-4164 (W)212-698-6172 Alumni Office, 717-337-6518

Denver Alumni Club Northern New Jersey Alumni Club Southeast Florida Alumni Club Ms. Eleanor Roess Talmage '72 Mr. Steve Eck '88 Mr. Jesse Diner '69 322 Newark Street 30 Dunn Place 644 NE 57th Street Aurora, CO 80010 Dumont.NJ07628 Miami, FL 33137 (H)303-344-4378 (H)201-387-7719 (H )305-751-3246 (W )201-596-3306 (W )305-925-5501 Hanover Alumni Club Bryant '75 and Ann (O'Dunne) Meckely '76 Northern California Alumni Club Southwest Florida Alumni Club 59 Lakeview Circle Mr. David 0. Johnson '65 Mr. Mark I. Shames '73 Hanover, PA 17331 855 Arroyo Road 8648 Nth Way North (Hp77'-6324077 Los Altos, CA 94024 St. Petersburg, FL 33702 (W)717-3594146 (Hftl5-967-7898 (H)813-577-9384 (W1408-922-0505 (W)813-894-7000 Harrisburg Alumni Club Mr. Arthur C. Pursel Jr. '88 Orlando Alumni Group Southern New Jersey Alumni Club 2006 Dickinson Ave. Mr. Joseph Zamborsky '71 For information, please contact the Camp Hill, PA 17011 7632 Pine Springs Drive Alumni Office, 717-337-6518 (H) 717-761-2880 Orlando, FL 32819 ., (0) 800-325-3238 (H)407-3634555 Washington/Northern VA Alumni Club (W)407-3524121 Ms. Amy E. Troup '86 Hartford Alumni Club 1001 North Vermont Street Ms. Victoria Beach Bennett '79 Philadelphia Alumni Club Apt. 603 75 Yorktown Road Mr. William H. Mercer '83 Arlington, VA 22201 Southington, CT 06489 /// Hamlet Drive (H)703-243-9718 (H)203-628-7797 King of Prussia, PA 19406 (W)203-548-3114 (H)215-337-3258 (W)215-209-7486

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