Yes, I admit it. I took Economics 101 principally because I thought that some knowledge of the subject might one day help me get a job. But there were other reasons, too. I had grown up in a small town in the Ozarks hearing stories of the Great Depression of the 1930’s over dinner, and […]
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Ted McMahon: Ironworks
Editor’s note Most of us know that Ted enjoyed a successful career as a pediatrician in Seattle. Fewer may know that he learned the art of ironworking, and fewer yet may know that he plays drums in a local band, with a gig each week. To top it off, he’s writing some amazing poetry that […]
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David Rikert ’67
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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Bon Appétit!
Bon Appetit! Macrobiotic? Vegan? Gluten free? Forget it. The foodservice during our undergraduate days was basic, to say the least. In fact, even politically incorrect: pork often appeared on Fridays, just in time to offend two major religions. And what exactly was the composition of “mystery meat”? (Inquiring young minds always wanted to know.) However, […]
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Did We Attend College on the Mohawk Trail?
Either Williamstown is actually located on that part of Route 2 known as the Mohawk Trail, built for pioneering motorists in the early twentieth century, or it isn’t. On the resolution of this question hangs the bragging rights of us and all other Ephs to be sons/daughters of the Mohawk Trail, nor not. Did we […]
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