Comments on: An incomplete 50-year history of the Puddle Jump

By: Eileen Carbonneau

Eileen Carbonneau — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:13:23 +0000

Ahhh! I wish I had the foresight to ask someone to take my photo in 1978 when I ‘dipped’!

I dyed myself green for the St. Patrick’s Day contest at The Cage, where I won $50 (a true windfall back then), before returning to �ֲ��ý for The Dip.

My nieces and nephews (a.k.a. niblings) and siblings would be shocked by the photo, as I rarely go in the ocean in Maine now, even in August.

By: Jay Burns

Jay Burns — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 20:42:26 +0000

In reply to M L Sulya. We didn't find mentions of the '86 jump in the Mirror or Student. I believe that Lake Andrews was searched, but not drained.

By: Jay Burns

Jay Burns — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 20:29:49 +0000

In reply to Neil Penney. Thanks for that ID!

By: Neil Penney

Neil Penney — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:17:25 +0000

I see Paul McPhee leading the charge in 1980 with his classic mustache!

By: Vivienne West

Vivienne West — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:13:06 +0000

I was sorry to see the Dip Book has been lost. In 1984 when I jumped, that was the final step: run to Smith basement to sign the book before running back to my dorm to get warm!

By: M L Sulya

M L Sulya — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:32:26 +0000

Does anyone have more details about the 1986 Jump? In my recollevtion, Lake Andrews had been drained previously to search for the weapon used to shoot Dean Carigan. I believe the event still took place though I only watched from a Smith Middle bathroom window. I thought they were nuts….

By: Florence Poor

Florence Poor — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 07:11:13 +0000

AAH…to be young again. I fell in the pond at Mt Hood, Melrose MA. In 1949. No bon fire. No rescue. I was half a mile from home. I have never thawed. Still always cold!

By: Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 16:52:24 +0000

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriliant! Congrats to my classmates for their 50th anniversary celebration of a now revered Bobcat tradition.