Summer Around the Drillfield slated for June

Tech's ninth annual Summer Around the Drillfield offers a fun alternative for your 1998 summer family vacation. Stay on campus Wednesday through Saturday, June 24-28, relaxing, having fun, and participating in a variety of activities for adults and for children. Tuesday, June 23, has been set aside as an optional early arrival day for those interested in whitewater rafting. Contact the alumni office for details, (540) 231-6285.

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The first Hillcrest Co-ed Reunion will be held March 27-28

Hillcrest was built to accommodate women students in 1940 and immediately was given the name of "Skirt Barn" by male students. According to Ida Berger Powell (home economics '58), the residence hall had "a true sorority atmosphere" because the tighly knit group of 120 women students roomed together, ate together, and entertained their dates together.

"If you were a woman and lived on campus, you lived in Hillcrest. We were proud of our nicely decorated dormitory and of being Virginia Tech co-eds," she says

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Alumni directory will be published in 1998

Have you ever tried to get in touch with an old classmate, only to find that the last address you have is out-of-date? Soon a comprehensive directory of alumni will be available to help you locate all your friends.

The new 1998 Virginia Tech Alumni Directory, scheduled for release in September 1998, will be the most up-to-date and complete reference of more than 145,000 Virginia Tech alumni. This volume will include current name, address, phone number, academic data, plus business information (if available). The directory will also be available on CD-ROM.

The alumni association has contracted with Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc. to print the directory. Harris will soon mail questionnaires to all alumni. When questionnaires are returned, alumni will be called to verify the information and place orders for the directory.

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Upcoming alumni events

Civil War Weekend, March 13-15

Hillcrest Co-ed Reunion, March 27-28

WUVT 50th Anniversary Reunion, April 3-5

Old Guard Reunion, May 14-15

Summer Around the Drillfield, June 24-28

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