Connecticut College Alumni Magazine, Spring 1984
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Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College Linda Lear Center for Special Collections & Alumni News Archives Spring 1984 Connecticut College Alumni Magazine, Spring 1984 Connecticut College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/alumnews Recommended Citation Connecticut College, "Connecticut College Alumni Magazine, Spring 1984" (1984). Alumni News. 230. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/alumnews/230 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections & Archives at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alumni News by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. .~-~,-:",.. .r. --- -,....~I .. U >EX . • . ., - , OFFICIAL ATHLETIC CENTER OPENING, SEPTEMBER22 ALUMNI COUNCIL MEETS SEPTEMBER21 & 22 Editorial Board: Vivian Segall '73, Editor (12 Sykes Alumni Center, Connecticut College, George F. Hulme '77, Susan Bohman Smith Court, Noank, CT 06340) / Joanne New London, CT, four times a year in Winter, Faigle '63, and Sally Duffield Wilder '46, Furtak '84, Intern I Katherine Gould '81 / Spring, Summer, Fall. Second-class postage Directors I Committee Chairmen: Jeanne Sarah Hargrove Harris '57 I Wayne Swanson paid at New London, CT 06320. Send form Caldwell Raudenbush '69 (Nominating) I I Marilyn Ellman Frankel '64 / Roberta 3579 to Sykes Alumni Center, Connecticut Mary Ann Garvin Seigel '66 (Alumni Giving) I Finley '71, Class Notes Editor / Elizabeth College, New London, CT 06320. CASE Carole Filice Godfrey '74 (Clubs) I Lee White Damerel Gongaware '26, Assistant Editor / member. Graham '61 (Finance and Programs) I George Warren T. Erickson '74 and Louise Stevenson Alumni Association Executive Board: F. Hulme'77 (Classes) I Maarten Terry '83 Andersen '41, ex officio. Warren T. Erickson '74, President / Mary Ann (Undergraduate I Young Alumni Relations) I The Connecticut College Alumni Magazine Garvin Siegel '66, Vice President / Heather Louise Stevenson Andersen '41 (Executive (USPS 129-140). Official publication of the' Turner Frazer '62, Secretary / Lee White Director) and Vivian Segall '73 (Alumni Connecticut College Alumni Association. All Graham '61, Treasurer / Joann Walton Magazine Editor), ex officio. publication rights reserved. Contents reprinted Leavenworth '56, Jane Muddle Funkhouser '53 Communications to any of the above may be only by permission of the editor. Published by and Edith Gaberman Sudarsky '43, Alumni addressed in care of the Alumni Office, the Connecticut College Alumni Association at Trustees. Connecticut College, New London, CT 06320. J The Connecticut College Alumni Magazine Volume 61, NO.3 Spring 1984 Page 2 Page 16 From the Boston Garden letters to the Dayton Arena A difference of opinion. By Thomas Nusbaum '85 Connecticut's hockey coach Doug Roberts is a veteran of 12 hard-hitting years in the National Hockey League. Page 10 Page 17 Torpedoed! Class Notes By Dr. Lilian Warnshuis And a bouquet for the "A shirt was tied to an oar class correspondents. and like shipwrecked victims of old we held it high, Page 20 hoping, always hoping." From Ten-Ten-Ten to the Double-Ask Page 12 By William J. Kelly DJ Becomes DJE By George J. Willauer, Jr. Page 25 A look at Alice Johnson's Books 25 years as a dean at Some profitable advice for Page 6 Connecticut College. non-profit organizations. In Darwin's Footsteps Page 14 By Dorothy Fiske Winnette '46 On the cover: Artist Linda Lee Round & About Connecticut and Wesleyan alumni Howe '72 of Narbeth, Pennsyl- journey by air, riverboat, dugout, The social event of the year. vania, created the camel on our ship and on foot for a seminar And a special service for cover to symbolize, she says, the tour of Ecuador and the college-bound alumni children oasis Connecticut was for her as Galapagos Islands. from the Admissions Office. an undergraduate. FROM THE BOSTON GARDEN TO THE DAYTON ARENA .-- ~.. ..\ Doug Roberts outside the Dayton Arena. FOR NHL VETERAN DOUG ROBERTS, HOCKEY HAS ALWA YS BEEN MUCH MORE THANA GAME. BY THOMAS NUSBAUM '85 2 competitive. Conn plays colleges with A freshman hockey hopeful walks into a with schedules, folders, and score sheets. long-standing hockey traditions, so. Rob- campus dining room. Amid the clutter, the only reminders of erts' five-year record of 42-45-2 IS ~ot "Did you talk to him?" his friend asks. Roberts' twelve-year past as a professional indicative of the program's great Im- The freshman nods as he piles food on hockey player hang behind his desk: his tray. framed drawings of three hockey legends, provement. Roberts stops shaking his head and "What's he like?" Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, and Dick "He's a big guy," the freshman says. Duff. These were the hardworking, dedi- smiles at his injured player. "Well, just let me know when you feel ready," Roberts "Looks like a football player." cated stars of hockey from a time before the "Yeah, but what's he like?" $300,000 player salary. They were the men tells him. "Well, he didn't say much, just kind of Doug Roberts strove to emulate as a player, "O.K., Coach," the player says, leaving looked me over. He told me he liked my and now, they are the type of men he points Roberts to shuffle the lineup once again. size." The freshman sits down across from to as models for his own team. On the ice, the 41-year-old National Hockey League veteran moves gracefully. his friend. Right now, one of the new generation of "When do tryouts start?" the friend asks. players stands before Roberts with a frown Dressed in blue sweats and a blue and white "Next week. I have a feeling he's gonna on his face. cap, he strides powerfully around the rink. work us into the ground. Hope he doesn't His muscular body, square jaw, and treat this like the NHL." crooked nose make him appear solid, the "What do you mean? Roberts was a pro?" way you would expect a pro hockey player On the ice, the 41-vear-old to look. He towers above most of his play- "Yeah, for twelve years," the freshman Notional Hockev League vet- says. "I saw him play when he was with ers, who gather around him at center ice. eran moves gracefully. Dressed Hartford." He speaks quietly about last night's game. "If he played pro, what's he doin' here? in blue sweats and a blue and "We worked so hard, we should have won We're Division Ill." white cop, he strides powerfullV the game," he says. "We haven't reached the "Who knows?" the freshman says, biting around the rink. HIs muscular point as a team where we have a 4-2 lead and we say 'this is our game.' Wejust didn't into his burger. body. square jaw, and crooked "Seems a little strange," his friend says. use our heads." He makes his point quickly For Douglas W. Roberts, the move from nose make him appear solid, and then starts a forechecking drill. Rob- the professional ranks to coaching Divi- the woy Vou would expect a erts skates with his team. Sometimes he will sion III college hockey is not the least bit pro hockev plover to look He pull a player aside to make a brief point, strange. towers above most of his ploV- but he does not lecture. "Coach is a man of few words," says Across the street and down the hill from ets. who gather around him at the campus, the modern arena that houses sophomore Vicki Morse, the team man- Roberts' office rises out 'of the trees, its center ice He speaks quietiV ager. "He is your typical strong and silent indulating, sand-colored roofline follow- about lost night's game. type." He is also a ferocious competitor, ing the riverbank. Roberts, who at various according to Tammy Brown '84, captain of times has been a Whaler, a Red Wing, a Connecticut's women's hockey team. "Un- Bruin, and even a Golden Seal, now "The trainer says it might be ready in two der his calm exterior is a strong desire to coaches Connecticut's men's hockey team. days," the player says, tapping his thigh. win." -the Camels. Roberts just shakes his head-another in- Roberts must try hard to hide the frus- Inside the Dayton Arena, the Zamboni jury. This hock'ey season has been full of trations of a losing season. He is not an resurfaces the ice in preparation for hockey injuries, illnesses, and bad breaks for excitable man, but coaching Division III practice. It's the day after a 6-5 loss for Roberts and his players. Their 7-14 record hockey can be discouraging. In Division Connecticut, and the players entering the includes a number of games they were ex- III, there are no scholarships to offer the rink are silent, unsmiling. Roberts, known pected to win, or close games lost in the blue-chip high school prospects. The play- to his team as "Doug" or "Coach," stands final period. Last night, for instance, the ers are at college to earn a degree. Hockey in his small, chaotic office, hockey stick in team held a two-goal lead, only to lose in is only a game to them. hand. He wears skates, which make him the final minutes. For Roberts, hockey has been much appear taller than his six feet, three inches, Since Doug Roberts became coach in more than a game and he tries to instill as they dig into the worn carpet. The office September, 1979, the team has often strug- certain values in his athletes.