David Rikert ’67, Winter Carnival 1967 click on image for more info
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Lights out: snow surfing at Brodie Mountain
When that fancy French restaurant on Route 7 (Le Coq d’Or??) was winding down, one of its better known servers, a tall gentleman from Hawaii, would manage to liberate a few trays from their collection, and adding a few more from the Wood House collection, would collect the faithful and somebody’s car, and head down […]
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Remembering the College Ski Area (and a bike)
The College Ski Area—Coming and Going by Lloyd Thomas I was never more than an amateur skier at Williams. Nevertheless the College ski area holds a special place in my aging memory bank. As a freshman, I was asked to drive a panel van to the ski area. Wow! I considered myself a good and […]
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Winter Carnival redux
For many of us Winter Carnival made it worth putting up with the harsh New England winter and served as a welcome interlude. March vacation (somehow called Spring Break) seemed closer after the last round of ski jump competition. Think about it: not just two games (soccer and football) but three days of competition, featuring […]
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Roatan January 1968
During the month of January 1968, Associate Professor of Anthropology Thomas Price guided a group of seventeen Williams undergraduates to the Island of Roatan or (or Roatán, to use the Spanish spelling) for hands-on experience with the rudiments of anthropological research. From our class, Guy Horsley, Skip Edmonds, Bob Gault, Scott Wylie, Peter Naylor, Curt Tyler, […]
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January 1968 and the Winter Study Program
Editor’s Note: January 1968 was memorable for several reasons. Without doubt, the most dramatic event was the Fort Hoosac fire, spectacularly captured in the photo by (then) Dean of Freshmen John Hyde. But it was also the maiden voyage for the Winter Study Program (WSP), which along with our class, celebrates its 50th anniversary this […]
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When Winter Carnival was King
We had no reason to know it (then), but Winter Carnival during our undergraduate years (and into the 1970’s) was in its heyday—not to be matched again in the recent past. Buying tickets to musical events, scrambling to arrange dates, constructing ice sculptures and organizing parties were all part of the most magical three-day blowout […]
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