Chronicle (December 11, 1954) by Cardigan Mountain School

·''Speaking of Trouble, It .is .E asier to ·Stay Out Than to Get Out''

Published Monthly by Cardigan Mountain School Volume V

4 Pages

CANAAN, N. H., SA1'URDAY, DECEMBER II. 1954 --------------------------------------------

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No. 3

,C hristmas Season Opens with Pageant ·

Casualties Mar .H ealth Record

Three casualties have marred the otherwise healthful r ecord at Cardigan Mountain Scho ol thi s week. Lincoln Chadwell slipped on the ice at Canaan Street Lak e while .skating and fractured hi s right arm. Another skating accident r e.suited in a broke n collar-bone for Richard Hayes. Paul Moriarty was taken to Dr. Dinerman's office this morning for the removal of a particularly lon g splinte·r that penetrated the palm ,of his left hand. Mrs. Thomas E. Bennett, Jr., ·c1e The members of the choi· r of tilL tlie1·r rol)es ]1 e1·e as they group-eel night _with members of the cast school nurse, reports tllat asl I f I J Canaah, Street sc hool are shown in about the organ in th e church ast or t 1e annua pageant . from the usual sniffles, colds and aches, the boys at · Cardigan are unusually free from illnesses.

Exams, Reports Close Classes Holiday Weekend PJeases Cardigan Boys At Cardigan for -~~':~nd Ter,n Returning from their Tha nksgiving vacation S unday afternoon, November 28, th e students at Cardigan Mountain School had many var ied experiences to re lat~.· All sef'.ned t_o I have thoroughly enJoyed theiP holtday. Many had gone heme to spend a p leasa nt few days with families and Telatives. Others had been guests of friends and classmates. Charles Davison and Richard Harr_is enter·tainecl their families here in Canaan' o ver the weekend. -

.Jeff Milham Writes ·Cardigan Classmates Jeff Milham wrote from California re ce ntl y to th e boys at Car•digan Mountain School, requestin g that they. write to him wh en they l1ad time a nd telling of some of his activities since leavin g Canaan. Jeff told of taking some Cub Scouts down to th e shipyard one morning in Altadena , California, where h e lives at 2724 St. James1 Place with his mother.

Final examinations for the first gra de will also have a study period going home by car may plan to ·semester at Cardigan Mounta in each day fr.om 11 :45 to 12 :4S. leave after 10 :00 A.M. School will begin Monday morning. Monday, Mr. Kennard will caver Boys. will return to school by They· will continue Tuesday and the study period at 9 :15; Mr. Allen' 9 :00 P.M. Thursday, January 6. ·Wednesday . Reports wi ll be issued that at 11 :45. Tuesday, Mr. Bennett The train that leaves Boston at during vacation whic h wi ll start wi ll have th e ea rly one and Miss 4 :00 P .M. a rrives in Canaan at 6 :48 Thursday morning after bn:akfast. Eme rson will take the noon one. P.M.,' w ill be met. From New York The schedu le for the exams is : 1fr. Holman w ill have the 9 :15 City it will be . necessary to take Monday, December ! }-English . study hall Wednesday. Mr. Snoxe ll the train at 12 :30 iioon from Grand at 8 :15 ; history at 10 :45 for all !I will "cond uct an activities s.ess ion Cen tral, which arrives in White· gr ades. Grade 6 will take one hou ~ from 11 :45 to 12:45 that day. . . River .Junction at. 7_:35 P.M. School exams; gr ades 7, 8 and 9 exams w ill Cardigan Mountain School wil l vehicles will meet both of these 11 be two h_ours. ,. close for the holidays Thursda y, trains. Tuesday, Dece'mber 14-Science December 16, and will open for th e Due to the '• fact th~t school will at 8 :15; for grades 6 and 7; La ti Ji winte r term Thursday, J anuar:y · 6. be clos ~d durin'g the Ch.ri~tmas ho!and science . for grade 8 and Lati11 A ll ~iii gather ·that ~vening fo, iclay;,'it wii'I be necessary to charge for grade 9. At 10 :45. there wi ll be supper at 6 p.m. Classes- will be a ny boy who comes . back early a geog raph y for g rades 6, 7 and 8 and held Friday, January 7. f,ee of $5.00 per day. T he first meal s-cience for grade 9. Transportation arrangements ar e se rved in· the dining room will be Wednesday, December 15-Math- being made for the boys.: The Bos- dinner at 6:00 P.M. Janu ary 6. ema tics for all g rades at · 8: 15 and ton train group wi!J leave .o n th e Announcement has been made ethics for a ll grades for one hour at 12 :42, train from Canaan: arriving that Par-e n ts ' Week-end this year 10:45. in North Stat io n at 3:45 P.M. The will be Fehruary 4 and 5, the sam<., There wi ll be a r ecess from 10 :IS train· for the Connecticut Valley, date as the Dartmouth Winter Carto 10:40 each m ornin g. Grade 6 wi ll New York, and Philadelphia leaves nival. A full schedul e of events is study from 9:15 to 10:15 each day, White River Juncti o n at - •l-2:20 being planned and will be anthese study periods being held in noo n,. :.and arrives in Grand Cen- nounced right after the students r ethe examination rooms . The sixth . ltral Terminal at 7 :10 P.M. Boys I turn to· Canaan !rorn their vacation .

."First,'' Jeff wrote, "we went to " I think the boys enjoyed themthe largest fish aquarium in the world to see Frank and Floyd, two selves tod ay," 'J e_ff concluded. He · porpoises who jump for fish given asked if Mr . Clark or Mr. Stowe th em by a mariner." might read th e letter to th e Cardi"Then we vis ited a friend of our gan students. Mr. Clark comp lied. Cub Master to have hot dogs," Jeff ~aid . "Afterwards we went t~ the Applause greeted the e fforts ot shipyards and toured th e warehouses . While there, we got a few Je rome Furman, William Kidder things to take hom e to o ur mothers ." and William Prentice when they made impromptu after dinner talks "At the shipyards," Jeff related, before the student body and faculty "we visited three fr eig hters. One was from Sweden . It was beautiful of Cardigan Mountain School last and quite clean. A se.concl was from week. They were introduced by N0t·way. It was so-so. Th e last Clifton Holman and spoke as part ship we visited was from Ital y and of their work in English I X. it was utterly filthy." . Mr. and Mrs. Tho ma s E. Bennett hav e driv en to Hanover, N . H., several Sunday mornings thi s fall to, t i1,'k e Car4igan Mount~in School stude nts to the Episcopal se rvi ces th ere.

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Columbia Scholastic Press Contest Entry forms and samples of recent numbers of the Cardigan Mountain School's Chronicle havt been sent to New York City for the annual contest of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Wilfred W. Clark, headmaster an nounced today. This year w ill see the thirty-first contest for school newspapers an~ magazines.

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Carolling, a Christmas dinner complete even to the boar's head, a p agea nt and a dance will make up the holiday program for the boys at Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, New Hampshire this year. The annual pageant featuring the choir and glee club with its traditional music and the tableau of the Nativity will be g iven 7 :30 :p.m . Friday evening, December 10, at the Canaan Street Methodist Church. The public is invited to attend. The Chris.tmas dance will be held at the Lodge on Canaan Street Satu1·day eveni ng; D ecembe r 11. Invitations have been mailed and deco rations have begun to make th b ballroom an even 'more fes tive p lace for the couples when the y gather. Examinations for th e Cardigan students are ~ch eduled for Monday, T uesday and Wednesday, December 13, 14 and 15. Ma rks for the term close then with reports to btiss:ied t ha t wee k. Carolling in th e neighborhooct will follow the special Christmas dinner that Wednesday evening. Santa Claus will visit the school at the party that eve ning as the boys gather around the fireplace for their last e~e nin g before leaving ·for vacation Thursday morning, December 16. Members of the Cardigan choir: Soprano,,

Frank Ju dge , Herbert Anker, J ames Grant, Richard Fisher, Peter Randall , Richard Harris , James (Continued nn P~Qe 4.'\

Former Master Calls Chronicle "Excellent" Mr. John Heagy of Sewickley, Penn., has written to Robert Gre_vior, editor of the Cardigan MoUI, tp:)g Schoo] newspap er, to congratuIii'.i~ tl-ie present staff o n its excell ent ,,iBJ).

Mr. Heagy, a fotiner member of the Cardigan facult y, rec eived his first ;1umbe'r'.;of the Chron icle recently and termed it "an outstanding newspaper." "The actual paper . stock," Mr. Heagy wrote, "is superior, the photographs are clearer and the page format is very pleasing to the eye. tern. Thus ad,;,isers and staffs deYou're doing a fine job." termine their standing in comp ari"The newspaper r eflects ti,e progson with other similar school pubress being made at Cardigan Mounlications on a nationwide basis. tain School," Mr. Heagy believes. Special awards are also given for The former teacher here se nd s his literary achievements, typographiwarmest regards to all his old stucal and hand-set competitions, and dents and friends in Canaan and the advertising contests, stimulatspecial good w ishes to their parents. ing effort in specific fields of -eriMr. Heagy noted Cardigan 's fine deavor and supplementing the ge nathletic season and spoke of his acera! awards. tivities in Pennsylvania. In March 1955, it is expect.,d tlnt a few members of the Chronic!,: staff will go with Clifto n T : H olman, Jr., facult y advise'r at Carciigan, to the convention in New Yori:. City. The winners of the var iou s contests and awards will be a nnounced at that time .

1Netv Cardigan Chronicle Enters •

Boys Observe ~ .., Yule Season

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CH RO -NIC LE ·

December 11, 1954.

Cardigan Chronicle Published at least •six times a year at Cardigan Mountain School 'in the interest of the school, its graduates and the student body, Robert Grevior 55--Editor Douglas McLean 55-As's istant Robert Morris 56-Assistant T ony Russo 56--Features Charles Ditto 55--Sports

Wallis Miller 55-Alumni Thomas Lovett 55- Business manager John M u's tard 56-Associate Frank Judge 57-Circulation J erome Furman 55-Photographer

REPORTERS Howard Derringer 55 Toby Kravet 55 Herbert Anker 57 Richard Fisher 59

Ronald Warden 55 Charles Chapman 56 Richard Harris 57 Cha-rles Freedman 58

FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE Clifton T. Holman, Jr. Next number will be issued January, 15, 1955. Deadline, January 9. A member of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association A::!vertising rates-$2().()0 per inch per year

Ent-e red as second class ·m atter at the Post Office at Canaan, N. H., and accepted for mailing at a special rate of postage · provided for in Section 1103 Act of October 3, 1917

Recorded ~arols, Stories Heard

Christnzas 1954

Ever since the Wise Men brought their gifts on that first Christmas day, Christmas has been a season for giving. If Record concerts at r eS t period to Congress, and the las t radio m eswe truly have the spirit of the Christ Child in our hearts, we Su nd ay afternoons "In th e Gloam- sage from Corregidor and Bataan. ·11 · ing" at Cardigan Mountain School Nearly every day this week, w1 want to give, not only to receive - to give to those . we love, and also to the lovel·e ss and lonely. have been continued every Sunday Christmas mu sic and stories for

Girls

by Wallis Miller "Girls at Cardigan?" " Perish the thought!" said I , siri'ce their innovation . Many of the boys of all ages ha s been played in when the matt er was first brought Mlost of you have probably made known the gifts you boys have taken advantage of the the lounge at r es t period for stu- up. But then I began to think would like to receive. Lists have been made out, hints have opportunity to stretch out before the dents and faculty. about it. ])een passed along with the hopes that we receive our share. fireplace at the Lodge to listen as There would be many advantages. However, Christmas is not getting, it is giving. Of course they r ead, study o r relax. They would add to the choir. They Takes Part in Service you cannot give unless there is one to receive. God gave His November 28 concert was a remight provide a cheering sec tior.. Son to us, and part of the joy of the day depends upon wheth- peat of the Thanksgiving program, for sports eve nts. And we could er or not we are anxious and willing to receive His spirit. originally heard just before vacahave twice as inany dance s, · couldThe boy who thinks of Christmas only in term s of what ' tion , and a presentation of light ' n' t we? he is to receive will never know the fullest joy of Christmas mu sic from a network broadcast It a ll started as a su bject for a Day. It is not necessarily what you give, but how you give · played in the Waldo rf-Astoria H ocompos ition. Then the fellows folit that yields the most happiness. · tel in New York. lowea throu g h with dis cussions_ There is a story about two boys who were particularly . De ce mber 5 was devoted t o How would it be? good and anxious on Christmas Eve. The father and mother Christmas musi c, serious and pope. S omeone came up with the welcome suggestion that we cou ld get were going to the village for the Christmas Eve service in the lar, in addition to thr ee stories per\he ,gjr ls . jn, .t i::a(I ~f .. t!ie,, QQY ., t,o c.hurch. They told the boys that they :could set the table for taining to the holiday season. John wait on the tables. Not bad. That the Christmas and hang the stockings. Nesb itt was heard in "The Ju ggler would be enjoyed by all of u s mal es, The boys hung the largest stockings and set the biggest and Our Lady" ; and Basil Rathbone I th ought. plates, and then retired t<? dream about the many gifts they was r ep resented by his r ecordings In spite of the charm and sce n.would find in the stockings. · of "Little Jesus" and "Twas the c;.ry, thou g h, there would be. disEarly the next morning, they rushed downstairs and they Night Before Christmas." advantages, t~ be sure. We would were surprised-the stockings were filled with corncobs. Pearl· Harbor Day, D ecember 7, n eed twice as many dormito ries, I Father .and mother were watching from the kitchen. Fi- was observed by special material suppose, and that would doubl e n ally, they came out and told the boys why Santa Claus had that was originally heard in a cos ts . P er haps, too , the boys would passed by. The boys had wanted too much. They had been broadcast over 12 years ago. Much have to carry the g irls' books tv greedy. The parents told the boys that it was Santa's desire of the action was vividly dramatized class and back home . t hat the children he visited be unselfish. They should think and portrayed th e bombardment of I'd like to try it for a few weeks. th e Hawaiian Islands , President cf others instead of wanting everything for themselves. It WOULD make a big change, · After that, the father and mother brought out the simple Roosevelt's recorded war m essage whether for the good or bad I haveg ifts which they had bought and the boys were happy again. n't decided yet. They had a truly Merry Christmas, and one of the brothBut l' know I'll never see it hape rs,. now a grown man, never forgot the lesso n he learned when Miss Anne Knudsen of Conco,rd, pen-not really, that 1s. Mass., who is engaged to marry he had wanted too much from Santa. Letters received from Mr. and Donald R. Stowe, assistant headA Blessed Christmas to each of you! -The Rev. W. E. Snoxell. Mrs. Sharp indicate that they arc master of Cardigan Mountain getting settled in their new parby Philip Sharp .ke School soon, took a leading role sonage a nd 11 Methuen very The m ovie "Dragnet" starring much. in the Ca ndle o,f Love service with Mr. Stowe a t the T rinitari a n Con- Jack Webb, creator of the radio A farewell party was g iven the g rega tio nal Chur ch in Concord and TV prog rams of that nam e, Sharp,s in Canaan -S unday eve ninr£, A October 31, with more than a;- Advent Su nday . Miss Knudsen has with his pa rtne1- Ben- lexander, is 100 frequentl y visited Canaan Street not bad entertainment. The, simitending. The program was preand the Cardigan students are larity to the air versions of th e pared by the Methodist Youth Fellookin g forward to having her liv- show assures o ne of enjoymentlows hip to which Mr. Sharp deing at the sc hool. if you like the broadcast kind. voted much of his time and energ y. I think that the ope ning sce ne is . . Altliough' Mr . Sharp has left, he good, showin g as it does, a man will continue to ins pire the boys of by Mr. S har p . We ar e indebted to being shot by a sawed-off shot-g un. him, too, fo-r the quotati on s from Cardigan Mountain School throug hIt certai11ly beg ins with a "Ba ng!" out the year w ith the Chronicle as famous autho-rs th at will appea r ofT he r es t of the film deals with ten in the Cardiga n paper. an in strument . The lines t hat will the sear ch for the murderer. Dia.,_,, , , he found at the top of our fr ont _,, log is amusing in spots. Jack Webb page each month hav e been chose n as Joe Friday delivers them with Comfortable Accommodations his usual cryp,tic style. For All Visitors The backg round mu sic comes in for praise, too. It mak es one jump in appropri'lte places and allows th e audience to r elax as the suspens e ROOMS - BOARD lesse ns. Not for younge r children, I feel, ~SC:::Z::-:Xx::::::==,,><==?f<-==:::x~~sc:::-,,~ CANAAN ST. CANAAN, N. 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C-AR:p ·lGAN: CH~O NIC·L~

December 11, 1954.

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Members of Grades IV and V Lool~ing Forward to Holidays Mouritainee·rs Join National Rifle Group by Toby Kravet

The victorious students' team was Cardigan Moo ntain School ha, com posed of William Kidder, Stejoined the National Rifle Associaphen Carpenter, Charles Ditto, Wai. tion a nd will hold r egu lar and cor- I" M"ll D "d F d D I respondence matche s with other is er, avi ox an ana member schools. Mr. W. Calvin st0 ne. H~admaS t er Wilfred W. . . j Clark Assistant Headmaster DonKennard is faculty a d visor 111 ' . . . . aid R. Stowe, Athletic Director charge o f t h e group. , . . h h d . Jesse J . Morgan, Jr., Craig Allen n111e . . S mce t e sc ooI opene "fl h 1. and Richard Clancy represented the yec1rs ago, n ery as 1~e~~ one o 1 faculty. the most popular activ1ties. For Tl1e 1)0ys a d m,tt . e d t h at t 1ey h a d I some time, however , the spo rt was practiced conside rably for the lon g limi-ted to those boys who owned awaited battle. The teachers put up rifles or could borrow those belonga game fight, but lost as usual. ing to oth er students. Ditto, Fox and Miller made two Last year, Cardigan School purtouchdowns each as the student, chased seve ral rifles for the u se of t>layers comple tely ran over the the students h ere. This year, the faculty gridmen. After a 24-0 lead most important step has- been taker. had been estab lished, the second with the N. R. A. membership. a nd third string players went into •1· the game to allow the masters to i}egin to score. · Then the varsity men returned to th e field a nd stopped the men cold. , by Steve Carpenter team• Q i.!J_g_ was .lhe _.oy_tstandi,ng p laJ[.er Prospects-· for a basketball at Cardiga n Mountain School were of the game. He intercepted -s evgiven adde d impetu s December l era l passes and scored him self on when eig ht studen ts from Canaan two.

Basketball Season Appeals to Students

went with Assistant Headmas~er Donald R. Stowe and Athletic Director J esse J. Morgan, Jr., to K imball Union Academy in Me ricl e,,, by Steve Carpenter N.H. · Losing o nly a few of last yean, Steph en Carpenter, \ i\Talli s Miller, m embe r s, the 1955 hockey team at Dana Stone, David Fox, Charle, Cardiga n Mountain School expects Ditto, Anthony Russo, Christo'pher a succe ssfu l season when th e vacaAshwor th, and William Pezzulli ion is over. took pa rt in a ga m e and were g iven Charles Ditto and Lincoln Chadpointers by th e two masters. Plenty well, forwards a year a.go, -are to of enthusiasm was shown as the ·, b e watched for even grea ter triboys are gr-e atly in fav o r of having a hoop five to represe nt Cardigan umphs this seaso n . Dave Fox, last year's center, is also ava ilable for this year. the new aggregation. It is expected Kimball Union was playing Windthat Philip Sharp, a defensivve holdsor that afternoon. The Canaan ove r , will resume his place o n the group gain-ed added informa tion by team, too. The other defense post watching_ that game. seem s- pr etty much in doubt right now. Pro bably one of the i1ew boys a t Cardigan this yea r will be chos en tofill ·the va ca ncy. by Steve Carpenter Practice on the new rink behind The t eache rs at Cardigan Moun- he Lodge w ill get unde r way m tain School r eceived a sound 42-24 earnest after vacation . All the cantrouncing at the hands of the stu- didates for the team have been dents in the annual touch football a nx ious to get the knack of one of game played recently on the - field he fastest of sports. overlooking the waterfront be hind For a while, it seemed possibl(: the Lodge. that Cardigan mig ht not have a ---------------

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hockey rink this year. . It v.as decided at first to have a rink on the Point pr operty near the Mansion, but one obs_tacle after another presented itself. A hu lldozer was h ir ed to prepare t he spot, 110,t . far from the Oapcy co ttage. A ll the Cardiga n st udents were overjoyed when they heard about it. Then it was learned that the area was too muddy for the heavy equipment. It sa nk into the mud. Undaunted, the boys went up with shovels and tried to level off tht rink by hand. After ahout a week of Operation Mud, as it was termed , little progress was noted. The hockey hopeful!>,' . hearts . san k almost as much as they th emse lves did in the oozy terrain. Plans we r e changed, however, b) the faculty and the ·site was m ove d to Cardigan Mou nta in School's old basketball court. Work commenced th ere. Under the direction of Athletic Director Jesse J . Morgan, Jr., boards were put up in about a week and a half and then- braced. After thi s, the boys. filled in around tht boards so that no wa ter could run out. The first. snow saw th e students with skis out packing down th e base. Later, water was pumped over the area and a smooth coa ting of ice was made a s the temperature dropped lowe r and lower each cla·y. Cardigan looks forwa rd to its most successful hockey season this year 111 spite of advers ities th at have beset it.

Two y oung boys had been p laying ea rn est ly at cop and robbers, I am twenty-five cents. space .men and Martians, _co,w boys I a m not on speaking terms w ith and Indians ahcl had about exhausted their rep ertoire. One o f the butcher. them got a bright idea. "I know! " ,_I am too smaJ l to huy a quart o,f he ·cried to his friend, '1Let's jJlay ice cr ea m. we're boys!'' I am not large eno ug h to purcha se a box of ca ndy. A t leas t two afte rn oons have I a m too small to buy a tick et to been spe nt in Hanover shopping. a mo-vie. r ecently by Cardigan School boys. I am hardly fit fo r a tip, but- One of these was in conjunction believe me, w-it h a visit to the Dartmout h Na When I go to church o n Sunday- tional Bank, w here Mr S towe's I am considered Some Money! eighth grade math class was shown - -the in stitution by Mr. Aldrich. D ouglas McLean had a visit fr om David Fox left with his mo ther his m other and g ra ndfather recent- from Ca rdiga n last Friday afte1. ly . They drove from Bos ton. noon for a lon g weekend. .

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"Every cou ntry in the_ wo rld has Sometimes fathers play the part of Ch rist mas. In th e Umted State, Sa nta Clau s o n Christmas Eve,"· they say they like a wh ite Christ- Lonnie has discovered. mas a ll covered wit h snow. Once! · when it was Christmas at home my L" 1 A l" --.' 1tt.e ,ce had been particu larly mother sent m y brothe r and me to . . H . . . an noy111g o ne m o,rmng. er mother sleep. My two co usms we nt 111 the d . . • 111 esperat10n announced that the hv111g r oom to get the -prese nt s l"ttl - , b h b d 1 e g1r 1 s e av10r was so a t 11at for us. One went out a nd closed th(: she would bet she had g rown six door. The other we nt out, too, but new grey ha ir s as a result. Little she didn 't close the door. We saw Alice pondered ove r this briefl y my m ot her take all th e things to then asked, "Is that really w hat the fi rst one." happens, Mam ma ?" Assured that "The night before Chri stmas not it was qu ite possible, she stated a crea ture was stirring, not eve n a firmly, "You mu st hav e been an m ouse," r ecalls Larry Kelley. H e, awfully bad g irl when you wen, too, likes Dickens and the Ch ristlittle, ju st look wha t you did to mas Carol. gra ndma!" Lonnie E mmon s r emembers Chris tm as Eve as the night Christ Little S usie, age five, was experiwas born. "Boys and gir ls and most eve ryb ody g ive g ifts to -e ac h oth er," encing her fi rst seizure of hiccups. he says. "Christmas is December 25, Between· hi es, sh e g rinned up at her a holy clay and a fun day. Christ- moth er a nd proudly announced, ma s is a great holiday eac h year. "Loo k, Mamma ! I'm percolating· !"

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The members of Grades IV & VI at Cardigan M o unt a111 Scho~I are lookmg for ward to the Chnstma, holidays as avidly as their older friends, it seems , judging from . the ir r ecent p,a pers on t I1e su I)Ject, . written for Mrs. Anna Davis, the1r teacher. Ne 1l Smith recall s that " Charles Dickens wrote a Chri stmas Carol. I like Chri stm as, I hope everyone likes it, too," Nea l adds . "Some childr en go out to sing Christma, carols . The school is. having a pageant . Have you read a Ch ri stmas Carol ?" he asked. William Talbert has this to sa)-': "We are goi ng to have snow this Christmas. Some people hope we hav e a lot of it. Je sus was born on Christmas Eve. His -Father and Mother were J oseph and M·a r y. We give gifts to remember Christ's birthday." Luis Leal from Guatamala writes:

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I Studenis Present Christmas Music

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Harry Metz 'SO is reported li ving now at th e Theta Chi House, 1351 Washtenaw, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Ronald Warden, S tephen Carpenter, Thomas Lovett, Allen Wiggin, Ro-ger Booth, Michael Smith, Wallis Miller, John Mustard, William Prentice, Anthony Russo and Philip Sharp. Assistant Headmaster Donald R.. Stowe is director. Mr. Je ss·e J. Morgan, Jr., assists. The Christmas pageant opened last night with th e p,rocessional, "Adestes Fideles" sung by the entire sc hool. The Rev. 'vV. E uge ne Snoxell of the Cardigan faculty gave the opening prayer. The Canaan Street Methodist Church was decorated in keeping with the season . Candles sho ne in the wi ndows and evergreens tran~ formed the building into an apprc, priate settin g for the story of the Nativity. Many of the townspeople we r e there for th e ceremony . The choir sang "Ange ls O'er th , . Fields Were Flying," "What Child Is This?" and "Sin g We Noe l." Miss Ma r gare t Clark, daughter of Headmaster and Mrs. Wilfred W. Clark, portrayed Mary. S he sang a French carol. Kenneth Henderson was J osep h. Herbert Anker sa ng "Cantique de Noe l" followe d by the reading of the story of Shepherds by Clifton T . Holman, Jr. of the faculty. A ca rol "Vv'h ile Shepherds Watched" was sung l'ly Frank Judge, Richard Harris, Christopher Ashworth and Peter Randall, all members of the choir. As they were singing, the sheph erds came cloy.,n th e aisle ot the church to take their p laces ·in the tableau. Mr. Clark read the story of the Wise Men. Thomas Lovett, WaJlis Miller, Stephen Ca rpenter and Ro nald Warden then sang "The Three K in gs." At this point, the three kings entered -the cl-)urch and joined the others . The whole schoQl then joined in with "Si-lent Night." Three more selec tions by the choir came next, "O Santissimo", "Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella" and "Lo a Rose E'er Blooming."

Ton y Metz '52 is at the Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana. He found Rob ert Feeley, former Cardigan - fac ulty .teaching ther e.

The recessional "J oy to the World" was sung by th e entire sc hool. 'D av id Fox and Charles Ditto served as u shers for the pageant. 'The kings· were Roger Booth, Law . r ence Moore and Douglas McLean . William Kidder, Donald Millington, D avid D agn ino, Gregor)' Moss and Robert Morris were shepherds. Luis de Leal, William Talbert, Lawrence Kelley and Richard Dunbar played the angels. There wi ll be a formal dance at the Lodge thi s even in g at 7 :30. Many young la di es from Canaan, Enfield, Hanover, Lebabon a nd other nearby towns have been in vited by Headmaster a nd Mrs. Clark to attend. The ninth graders will hav e their big evening Tuesday. They have th e privilege of trimming th e sc hool Christmas tree. They will have a party when the y have finished. A P<!rfY for the cast and choir of the pageaJ:1t was held last night. Next Wednesday, the final evening for mo t of the boys, there will be a traditional turke y dinner served. The tables will be in a U shape and each ma ster will carve a large turkey for his table. Innovations· thi s year for the dinner will be the procession with the boar's head,. the..appearance of a jes_ter and the flamin g plum . puddings which will top· off the meal. Carolli-ng along Canaan Street will keep tl{e boys occupied between

be a complete G. I. clea ning of all quarter s. The boys will r eally make their rooms and the dormitories spotless . It is rum ored· that the masters will go arou nd w ith w hite g loves to seek out a ny dust or dirt remaining. Thursday m orning·, a room che ck and packing will occupy mos t of the time after breakfast . At 10 o'clock, th e boys will start to leave for vacat ion. Members of the faculty are expected to rem a in at school until aftGr th e evening m eal D ecembe r 16. All mark s must be in and reports received at the office b efore th e ' m aster s start for their vacations. The faculty members will return to Cardigan o n the evening of J anu ary 5. Christmas acldressses of a ll stu~ dents , faculty and staff m ember s and their families have been posted.

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An interest in records and phonog r aphs at Cardigan is being revive.cl and given a decided impetus by the sessions at the Lodge. Each meet-ing revolves around a specific theme, the end of dinner ~nd the time of but many other disc s are included, the S\:hool party. The dining room too. Fascimiting bits of re cord lore will be transformed for S.anta to are injected into th e meetings. We distribu.te gifts to all . students, faculty and staff membe-r s and their could call them "concerts", bu t fam ilies. The tree will be lighted plays, talks, poems, and other valt.iand there will be huge bowls of able material are all part o f these fruits and nuts for everyone. . get-togethers. For ) nsfan te, it is particularly Wednesday afternoon, ther e will noteworthy, we feel, · that an orI chestra that ceased to exist over a EVERYTHING ago is now th e · nation ', I, decade number one band. · IN HA'].DWARE! 1 1 GI-enn Miller, whose band played no dates after 1942 when th eir leader entered the Air Force has sm ' S vived o n records and is today the S CANAAN - WEST CANAAN - . beS t ·selling ba nd in th at field. Th e film "The Glenn Miller S t ory" ENFIELD helped, no doubt, and the two RCA . VI ctor limited edition a lbums provoked much interest.

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W. E. Snoxell Joins Cardigan Faculty

The .Rev. W . E ugene Snoxell of Tiverton , R. I., has join ed the faculty of Ca rdigan Mountain School. Mr. S noxell ta'ok up hi s teaching duties in Canaan Novembe r 28 at the conclusion of the Tha nk sgivin g Selections from these -two $:~5.0~• vacation. He is teaching ethics aud albums are in cluded in the Cardiga n ninth grade science. Mountain School · 'popu lar ,eries The Rev. Mr. Snoxell was born from time to time'. ' ~/[any of th es<. in Lane, South Dakota. After retun es, never bef01'e recorded or ceivin g his B. A. degr ee from tl .e available to record fans, ca n be Un'iversity of South Da.kota. he did heard in these sessions. Not only graduate wor k at New York Uniis it wonderful lis'tening m ater ial versi ty. He was awarded a de gr ee, now, but it r evives the mu sic that of Bachelor of Divinity at Berkeley was heard in livin g rooms in the· Divinity Scho~l at Ya le in New H alate thirties and ea rl y forties a ll ven, Conn. over · America. He was curat e at Trinit y Chur ch The Library of Congr ess ir, in Newport , R. I., and later be came Washington r eques ted and rec eivec chaplain at Lenox School, Lenox, ~hese -collections from RCA Victor. Mass.,He ha s tau g ht at St. Nlar'.< 5 Disc collectors pay as high as $35.00 School in Southboro, Mas;., a rn} at each for records th at were made to St . Paul's School, Conco!'d, N. H. sell originally for 35 cents . Some 01 It was while he was at St. P<1ul's Miller's later records bring at least that he taug ht summer sessions at $2.50 a piece today. St. George's School in Middletown. Twelve years aft er his death, R. I., where he ·met Mr. Wil fre d \V. Miller continues to be the m os t per- Cl;rk, now headmaster of Can.ligan suasive individual in the music field . Moun°ta in Sch~!. 1fr. ·Clark was It seems extraordinary that he formerly on the fac ul t" at St. should hold su-ch encha ntm ent to- George's. Mr. Snoxell was headmaster of day over a ge neration that knew St. Michael's School in Newpor t , R. him only as a lege nd. • But other kind s of music are in- I., for two years . Since then, he has been .rector of Holy Trinity eluded, too. Ever since David played his harp Episcopal Church in Tiverto n, R. I. Mr. Snoxell ha s taken graduate, and "Saui was refreshed and was · well, and the evil spirit dep,a rted courses at ·Brown Un iversity and from him", there have been tw, was a member for three years of sc hools of thought on the matter of the University of South Dakota mixin g mu sic and more practical track t eam. He has travelled cot, siderably in the west and is building things. an extensive li bra1-y 011 Wes tern The type of music used for mixAmericana. He is an excellent ing is genera lly ,known as mood music. Moder,n science has come speaker and Cardigan students are fortun ate to have him on the fa cout in favor of it. Everyone agrees ulty . on the good sense of listening ·to Conducting services at H oly Trin-music while you are otherwise ocity in Tiverton through this coming cupied. Sunday, Mr. Snoxell will spend much Restauranteurs find mu sic whets of the Christmas vacation in Deappetites and helps business . Coltroit, Mich., returning to Cana.an lege professors recommend it as an after the first of the year to re sume ·e fficiency aid in doing homework. his classes at Cardigan. Industry pipes it to production fl oors and laboratories. Schools J am(;ls H<!-mbletotJ received a v!S! t of ten use it in libraries and study from his father at Cardigan Thurshalls. Mood music is available on day afternoon, November 11. Mr. records, too, as well as classical and Hambleton drove here from Goffspopular numbers. town , N. H .

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