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Late this summer Pottetti decided that he would not attend Harvard's cross country camp in Groton. he call McCurdy from the West, where Pottetti had spent most of he summer, and explained his absence. There was no mension of what would happen the rest of the fall...
Last Wednesday morning was like any other morning at Harvard's cross country camp in Groton. The 13 runners woke up at 6 a.m., jogged two miles to the golf course, ran a hilly seven miles for time, ran a practice hill ten times, and then struggled the two miles back to camp. But all was not in vain. Each guy received a quart of orange juice as a reward...
...small upper-class group features Mike Koerner, Bob Seals, Tom Spengler, and Howie Foye. Seals and Koerner, both juniors, are likely to be the team's top performers if they stay healthy. Both came to Groton in good condition and have continued to develop. Seals, however, has had some knee trouble, and Koerner, who broke Dave Pottetti's golf course record at the camp, is now bothered by a foot injury. At the moment, though, neither injury appears to be serious, and on the whole, the team had little trouble with injuries at Groton...
...Those of us from public high schools were very naive. We didn't even know what Groton was. A kind of revelation came one dinner late in the Fall. On this night they all turned up on cue wearing their school blazers and crests and ties. That not only told us but them where each stood on the relative preppy ladder. It was an announcement that said 'Keep your place...
...through 1967 Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in charge of European politics and international economic affairs. A dapper, distinguished-looking man, he speaks with a Mendelsohn-esque elegance and just a touch of European accent. (His biography lists him as being from Hungary via Groton.) His articulate speech is punctuated for effect with well-placed proletarianism. ("I'm willing to bet 100 to one considerable sums of money that all they'll find in Cambodia is a couple of holes in the ground and some Hershey bars...