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This photo from the 1969 Grist<\/span> generated lots of caption ideas and notes from alumni who remember that year\u2019s snowy weather. The undated photo was likely taken during the \u201c1969 Nor\u2019easter,\u201d which blanketed Rhode Island with more than a foot of snow in early February of that year. Mike Pilla \u201972 wrote to say, \u201cI remember the two back-to-back storms in February 1969 that begot this photo!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Enter the Spring 2019 “Caption This” contest before May 15, 2019.
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\nCaption This<\/a><\/p>\n

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We were surprised and delighted to hear from Jane Owen \u201972, who wrote, \u201cOMG! I\u2019m too young to be in a throwback photo. By the way, I\u2019m the girl in the minidress.\u201d Jane recalls: \u201cI was getting out of class and heading toward the Student Union for a cup of hot chocolate. This idiot with a big camera was blocking the walkway in front of the Union. I was thinking of pushing him into a snowbank if he didn\u2019t move out of the way\u2014 pedestrian rage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jane continued, \u201cI remember that storm. There was no snow on the ground when it arrived. It went from zero to 10 inches in three hours while my family was attending a Cub Scout Banquet at Wright\u2019s Farm. Needless to say, I missed classes the next day since I couldn\u2019t get back to school that evening.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We also heard from Cap Frank \u201970, M.S. \u201973, who said, \u201cIt\u2019s fun to think that I was probably walking across campus when this photo was taken, and my mother, who graduated with me in 1970 after returning to 911±¬ΑΟ to complete her degree after leaving during WWII, was perhaps also there, going to class in the snow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Another note from Marilyn Bator Goktuna \u201968 said, \u201cThis photo reminded me that it was sometimes challenging to make those Saturday morning classes. My grown children were so surprised to hear that I had Saturday classes way back when! Thanks for the memories!\u201d<\/p>\n

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We received lots of captions that were variations on the \u201cNo school Foster-Glocester\u201d theme, the \u201cWish I\u2019d gone to school in Florida\/Hawaii\/California\u201d theme, and the \u201cWish I hadn\u2019t worn a miniskirt today\u201d theme. Hopefully, by the time you\u2019re reading this in the spring issue of the magazine, snow will not be in the forecast. Thank you, readers, for all your fun, creative, nostalgic captions!<\/p>\n

Winning Caption<\/h3>\n
\u201cI\u2019m freezing, I\u2019m late for class, and I\u2019m pretty sure the Marlboro Man is following me.\u201d<\/blockquote>John Levesque \u201972<\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n

Runners-Up<\/h3>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m still on the Quad...\u201d<\/blockquote>Denise Van Tassell \u201982<\/cite><\/div><\/section>
\u201cWinter be damned! I\u2019m wearing my new skirt!\u201d<\/blockquote>Tara Simonetti Mohn \u201990<\/cite><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n
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Last issue’s caption contest: Picnic on Worden Pond<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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