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alumni news class of 1967| 45th reunion row 1: Cyrus “Gordy” Anderson, Elizabeth Meugniot Anderson,skip McNichols sallysmethurstraker, Jeanne Eagleson, Mary Glyerolsen,sue Brownsonger, oldfield, Judy schulte Tanasse, Peggy North stanlick ’68, Tom stanlick, Marky sherryl Arch Parks, Carolyn spence Church, Carole Hitchcock, Mike Tanasse. Hillyer Winger. row 5: Lynsmallwood, Mikeschultz, Bill Neff (in front of Mike), Peter Newland, row 2: Tomoldfield, Charlie Budenz, Katherine Britt Keane, Charlotte Holmquist Doug Gallant, Greg Jones, Kathy Lesley, Karen Anderson, George Anderson, Evans, Linda Allen Driggers, Dennis McNair, Pat Daughertyshallenberger, John Bill Hitchcock. Cooper,susie Wilbanks Garrison, Leota Phillips shaner,susan Baugh Tomley, row 6: Ken Dayton, Davesalzer, Billreeves, Dave Morris, Craig Lesley,svetlana Elizabeth Guthrie Newland, Malinda Phillips Pankl. Kononov (behind Craig), David C.E. Williams. row 3: Ann Marierahfeldt, Gordon James, Dick Hunter ’65, Jan Green Hunter, row 7: Pattysherry Phillips ’73, Charlie Phillips, Mike Munson, Mal Higgins, Jim Lee Melcher, Gaylestevenssells, Donna Huntleyrice, Karen Bridger, Glenn Nerrie. Bridger, Bruce Jones, robbiescott, Charles Butler. row 8: ro Lewis, Joe richter, Darrell Baggs. row 4: Davidyamashita,rob Lesser,rita Grimm Neff, Kathyshelton Holst, row 9: Paul Lewis, Tom Church, Don Willis, syd Wallace Hatch. It was 1951, the spring of our junior year. There was to be a scattered through the building, bursting a pillow in each class- history test, and people from several houses had gathered at our room. At the same time the cheese group strategically disposed place to study. Late in the evening someone suggested that the of the Limburger. I stayed with the car, ready for a quick getaway. humdrum peace of the campus needed to be disturbed. A study The next morning, the college staff made the assumption, hour was going on in the basement of Memorial Hall, and two perhaps naturally, that the smell was associated with the scouts were dispatched to join the students and surreptitiously feathers and would go away as soon as they vacuumed the unlock the windows. Meanwhile, the rest of us picked up all the rooms. That, of course, was not the case, and the smell re- loose pillows from our sleeping porch and loaded them into my mained as a longterm memento of our night’s work. car. Next we pooled our pocket change and bought a pound of — Rod Bunnell ’52 Limburger cheese at the nearest grocery store. our scouts reported that the basement windows of Memorial were open, I remember that during my first year at Whitman, everyone and the night watchman was having his coffee break in the wanted to jump in the big pond. or rather, they wanted their gymnasium at the far end of the campus. The feather group friends to jump in there. I jumped in there once, and I got in BIG 38  Whitman Magazine


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