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Cardigan Breaks With Traditions Dance Tonight Opens Completes Four Years for Cardigan Christmas Activities by ·Larry Moore
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Traditional carol- sing ing a l o n g Canaa n Street an d the pageant at the Me thodist Church, features of past Christm_ases at Ca rdi ga n Mountain School, w ill b·e omitted this year. The usual Y ul e dance, dinner and party w ilJ be h eld at th e a uditorium o n th e new camp us bef ore vacation, however. Santa Claus w ill visit Cardigari Wednesday nig ht, December 14, following th e Christmas dinn er which Dick Clancy will prepare as usual with all the fixings. Gifts will be exchanged at that time. Any parents who mig ht be at sc ho ol at that tim e will be invited, Mr. Wil!iam R. Brewster , acting headmaster announced . No longer situated on Canaari. Street, th e school is believed to be t oo far away fr om th e Street now t o warrant the hous·e-to-house ca-ro lling of previous holiday seasons . 'A pageant was discussed for th e new auditorium, inste ad o f at th e church, but m a ny f el t it was too 111uc h
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Mr. a nd Mrs. Rol a nd W. Bur • ba nk w ill g ree t parents of Cardiga n Mountain School students who vis it th e campus nex t week to pick up their so ns for the trip home for Christmas vacation .
last minut e sc hed ul e, w hat with . exa ms, p•a rt ies, a nd ot her activities. The Yu le dance w ill be held thi s evening in the Hinman Hall aud.it orium. Chris.t m as d~ co rations have been put up by th e co mmittee, com p osed of J ohn Ro ss and Add iso n Armstrong from the first floo r of Hinman Hall, Thomas Dunn and -Photo by Poblenz Studio•s Peter Albee from the second floor, When P aul Moriarty, so n of Mr. and Mrs. James . E. Moriarty of Ronald Mainelli and Stephen Hanl ey from the first floor of Brewster Cohasset, Mass ., turned in hi s football uniform at the end of the sea: Hall, and R obert Morris and Paul son thi s fall, he had completed four ·years o,f se r vice to Ca rdiga n Mountain School on the g ridiro-n. Moriarty from the s-econd. Paul!s r eco rd in sports with various Mountaineer teams is matched In th e dining hall there is anonly by hi s sportsmanship . It is a mark that coming students her e wi ll o th er Christmas tre e with lights find hard to equal, let alone surpass. (Continued on page 3.) Paul ha s bee n a leader and an essential figure in the social life «t Cardi gan sin ce he first arrived. Baseball and hock ey teams have been g rat e ful for hi s help. One of the most popula r studen ts her e, his spirits have done much to keep the morale of his tea mm ates high.
Examinations at Cardigan Mountain School begin Monday morning a t 8 :15. All students will be g iven their first t erm t es ts in English at that time, follo•w e d at 10 :45 by th e history exams. English will be a two-hou r te st for the upper gr'ades. The !'m a iler boys will be given one-hour quizzes, as has b ee n the custom in previous years . Some of the exams for older students will be cut to one-hour, however, this ye ar. Tu e s d a y, geography, science, Lat in will be taken . Wednesday, the final day will be devoted to mathe matics and ethics. Thursday morning, th e boys will have a thorough inspection of their quarters and themselve s, pack and leave for vacation . Grades wi]] be a,vailable to students after the last of the examinations is concluded. Reports and comments will be sent to parents during the vacation, Mrs. Ruth Talbert believes. Plans for the departure for the Christmas vacation begin Thursday, December 15. (Continued on page 4)
Coats and Ties _No io,q ger _ Required at Most Me~ls·:,__ .
Pearl Harbor Day Observance is Held
Cfoment Comtois Co es to Cardhtan
Recordings of th e Pearl Harb or attack:, .Decemb er 7, 1941 , a nd the subsequent declara tion of war and battles in th e Philippines, Midway and other points was pla yed as th e eve ning activity for th e stud en ts of Cardigan Mountain School on the fourt ee nth an nive rsary of t he hostile a ct.
Clement Comtois of Hampstead, N . H ., joine d the student body of Cardigan Mountain School when classes resumed after th e Thanksg ivin g vacation . Clem is the grandson of Mr. and. Mrs. Ricker of Rochester, N . H. H e is in the ninth g rad e a nd is stayin g at Stevens Hou se for the time being.
The r ecordings were from the colle ction of Mr. Clifton T. Holman, Jr., of the E nglish department . They were heard 1ast year, and repeated again this season for tho se w ho had not heard the ma teri al or who mig ht lik.e to hear it again. Mr . Holman made the recordin gs in 1942 with the sanction of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a first anniversary broadcast over radio stations with which he was connected. Dramatic scripts with Alfred Lunt, Jane Cowl, and others was produced in the radio studio to supplement actual off-the-air recordings of President Roosevelt, Congressman Joseph Martin and Hamilton Fish and others.
The new headmaster and his wife are moving into the house on Canaa n Street, formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred W. Clark, · o pposite The Lodge . They will be at Cardigan permanently aft er D ece mber 15, the date th ey termin a tt their work at Proc tor Academ y. Mr. and Mrs. Burbank expec t to spend th e Christmas vacation period at Cardigan ge tting acquainted w ith the place and any of th e faculty members • or students who a re not leaving for th e holidays. They will be ge ttin g settled in their new home th en, too. Many parents will drive to Ca naa n for their boys Th ursday, D ecembe r IS, an d the Burba uks pidn to be at school bright and early !' hat mo rnin g to be able to meet a ny pa r ent s or gues ts w ho call here. Mr. Burbank visited the school \,Ved nesday af ternoo n , De cemb er 7.
Clancy and Four Boys Try Ice-Fishing Today Ice-fishing was th e ob ject o f an expedition led by Mr. Richard Clancy, Cardigan Mountain Scho ol's stewar d and chef, this afternoon o n Canaan Street Lake. William Byrnes, Robert Morris, Bu ste r Blomerth and J ohn Ben so n accompa nied Clancy. At press time , no word had been r eceived as to the outcome of this attempt to lure pickerel to th e holes chopp ed in th e ice on th e surfa ce of th e lake. Mr. George A. LaPointe of Mancheste r, N. H., stopped at Cardigan Mount a in School D ece mb er 6 to visit hi s son P eter. Mr. LaPointe was returning home fr om a me etin g in White Riv er J ct. Ri cha rd Pier ce has r eturn ed to cl asses after being confined with a cold in th e Cardigan Mountain School infirmar y.
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Cardi ga n Mount~in Scho~I broke
with tradition T hursday noon wheq Mr. William R. Brewste r, a cting headmaster, announced that ties and jackets would no longer be .r equir ed in th e dining hall at breakfast and lun cheon. Flannel sports shirts . without ties and with khaki or gray cottor, trousers will be the accepted attire henceforth , it was announced . Both faculty ·and students are included in the new ruling. At dinner in the evening, jackets may be worn, but ties ar e not nec es sar y, unless a dress shirt is worn instead of a sports shirt. Sunday dinn ers will require the same . dre;s as has been worn in th e pa st. Dunga rees will not he acceptablt in the dining room .. at a ny . time in the future, either by wa iters or by o ther s. These denim jeans will be r eser ve d for activities or other wor k or play tim es. It is expec ted that both ma ster s and stud ents w ill be m ore . comfortab l e 111 t h e le ss iorrna l att ire. A savi ng in clothing costs will h elp many parents cut down on b ills for seve ra l coats and pa irs of slacks for th eir boys. · No compromise w ill be m ade with carefully shin ed shoes at me als and well-g roomed, clean clothes and students. Inspections will continue to be made of hands, ears, n eck s and hair at nearly all meals. The new ruling is a de parture from the custom at Cardigan in pr-e vious years . · Mr. Brewste r announced the plan as an experiment to be tried until Christmas vacation. Aft er the boys· return in January, the decision will be left to the new headmaster, Mr. R oland Burbank, as to whether it is to be continued. Mr. Brewster told the • boys that eventuali'y, it mig ht be a good plan to have a sort of Cardigan "uniform" . H e sugges ted a combination of gray washable slacks and green flannel shirts as a · possible attire for a ll students and facult y mem bers. The n ew informal attire will b e acceptable at classes, too .. "After all", Mr. Brewster comment ed. "Cardiga n is an outdoor k ind of (Co11•inued on page 4)
Grandfather's Farm Isn't What it Used to Be A lon g, sleek, black convertible drove slowly throu g h the main gat,, of Cardigan Mountain School one Sunday m orning not too lon g ago . In it we re a disting ui shed-lookin g man and woman. The c.ar bore Rhode Island registration plate~. It g lided down p•a st Clark-Morga n Hall and to the end of the drive beyond Brewster Hall. Overlooking the athletic field, then in the process of excavation, it paused briefly to permit the occupants to take in the beauty-of the spot. The driver .then backed the automobile .
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As the car reached the path leading to Brewster Hall, a master stepped out to inquire if he mig ht be of any help . He was th en told t hat the _couple just looking over the campus and the site of the school. "I was in Hanover for the Harvard-Dartmouth game yesterday," the gentleman at the wheel ell. plained. "We remained ther e over night, and, on our way back home this morn ing, we thought as we .passed through Canaan that we would see what' }Vas being <lone up
here", he continued. "It certainly loo ks like a fine school", his wife ventured. Her husband and the master both agreed that it was a perfect site. "It has changed a lot since I saw the spot last", the man added. "The building that you tell me is now your classroom and office building used to be my grandfather's summer home!" A few moments later, Mr. and Mrs. Haffenreffer drove away or. their return to their home at Mt. Hope in Bristol. R. I.
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Cardigan Chronicle Published monthly during the school year at Cardigan Mountain School in the interest of the school, its graduates and the student body. Editor-in-Chief Assistant editor Advertising manager Sports editor Staff photographer Circulation manager Assistant
Robert Morris '56 Frank Judge '57 Toby Kravet '56 Anthony Russo '56 Buster Blomerth '56 Robert Leighton '57 Paul Snyder '57
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Thoughtful Christmas! Christmas is nearly here again! At Cardigan Mountain School, we are in the middle of our annual pre-vacation, pree:><:amination rush. Let's pause a few moments to take inventory at the close of the old year 1955. Mr. a1-id Mrs. Brewster are leaving soon. Have we all taken an opportunity to thank them for their help and guid~nee during these past three months? They gave up much to come t~ Canaan to help us. We'll never realize how much. Let them know that we deeply appreciate their sacnfice-how much it has meant to us to have had their com-
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Club Activities Are Marking Time C 1 u b act1v1ties at Cardigan Mountain School are marking time until after Christmas vacation. The holiday program, coupled with exams and leave taking, have proved too keen in competition, Charles Scheffreen has been unable to find an opportunity even to ann ounce a meeting o-f th e chess players, let alone find a suitab le time for getting together, so p-r essed are the boys for spare tim e at this season . It is hoped that plans can be carried out in January. The radio club has had some activity, but Frank Judge who is a guiding light in that group hopes to ge t things really hummin g after New Years. The idea of a boy scout troop was discussed at a recent meeting. Mr. Donald R. Stowe believes that no official troop will be formed here this yea r , but he says that Mr. Roland W . Burbank, the new· headmaster, is definitely anxious to build an o•v er-night cabin for _the boys at the end of the Point campus in the woods beside the lake. An outdoor program will see great strides made after the vacation, Mr. Stowe feels . Activities similar to scouting will be made · a ' part of th e schoo-l's prog ram as soon as Mr. Bur.bank tak es over, · it ·is said. Mr: Frederick Houghton reports , that the photography club has plans
. . , Mr. and Mrs. Burbank are ·arnvmg. Don t forget to we!come them! Cardigan is taking on a new pilot. Let's give him our utmost cooperation and consideration . He and his wife want the same Christmas gift that we do-to make Cardigan the grandest school ever. Together we can all accomplish it. As the Rev . W. E. Snoxell wrote when he taught here last year, this is the season for giving, not getting. Here is · what he prepared for the Chronicle. Let's re-read it this Yule season : Ever since the Wise Men brought their gifts on that first Christmas day, Christmas has been a season for giving. H we truly J:,ave the spirit of the Chris_t Child i~ our hearts, we will want to give, not only to receive-to give to those we iove 1 and also to the loveless and lonely. Most of you have probably made known the gifts you would like to receive. Lists have been made out, hints have been passed along wi~h the hopes that we receive our share. However, Christmas is not getting, it is giving. Of course you cannot give unless there is one to receive. God gave His Son to us, and part of the joy of the day depends upon whether or not we are anxious and willing to receive His spirit. The boy who' thinks pf Christmas only in terms of what he is to receive will never know the fullest joy of Christmas Day. It is not necessarily what you give, but how you give that yields the most happiness. There is a story about two boys who were particularly good and anxious on Christmas Eve. The father and mother were going to the village for the Christmas .Eve service in the Mr. Houghton church. They told the .boys that ~hey could set the table for for the coming year. Mrs . Burbank Christmas and hang the stockings: · is an accomplished photographer, it The boys hung the largest stocking·s and set the biggest is r evealed, and is expected to keep plates, and then retired do dream about the many gifts they this an active · hobby at Cardigan. Prof. Charles Proctor, a member of would find in the stockings. Early the next morning, they rushed downstairs and they Ca rdigan 's board of trustees, visited th e sc hool r ecently with camera ·were surprised-the stockings were filled with corncobs. Father and mother were watching from the kitchen. Fi- magazines a nd promised continued nally, they came out and told the boys ·why Santa Claus had support.
-Photo by Manuel Old Cardigan Mountain seen here in frame formed by windows. of new dining hall. A similar picture will be used this year for the school's Christmas greeting.
Grade V Eyes Thanlisgiving Members of' Mrs. Anna Davis's fifth grade at Cardigan Mountain Schoo! recently were asked to jot down the ir impre ssions of the Thanksgiving observance. Here is what they have to say, John David Kelley wrote as follows: In 1620 the Pilgrims landed in the new world. It was cold when the Pilgrims landed and the men said to the women , "You stay aboard ship while we make some huts ." After the winter was ove r the Pilgrims started to build more ~uts and fix them so th ey would be water tig ht. They als o cleared more land and planted more crops. Then at harve st time the y invited the Indians to a feast which was called Thanksgiving. Before they ate th eir food they said a Prayer. Loren Emmons saw it this way: Way back in 1620 when the Pilg rim s la nded they made some rules and agreed to obey them. The first winter was a terrible one and mapy died. B~1t when spring came the Pilgrims got help from the Inclians . We know some of them: Squanto, · Fi:iday, P oca hontas, Chief Black Hawk. They helped the Pilg rims plant corn and they· used dead fish for fertilizer. The Pilgrims invited the Indians to a feast and it was called the first Thanksgiving of 1620, Willett Cobb · described it in this ma nner: Many years back in 1620 th e Pilgrims had a feast called Thanksgiving. Now let's look at the Thanksgiving today. We have good things to -e at and have a warm place to live and the living is easy. Timothy Stevens offered this ver-
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passed by: The boys had wanted too much. They had been greedy. The parents told the boys that it was Santa's desire that the children he visited be unselfish. They should think of others instead of wanting everything for themselves. After that, the father and mother brought out the simple gifts which they had bought and the boys were happy again. They had a truly Merry Ohristmas, and one of th e brothus, now a grown man, never forgot the lesson he learned whei1 he had wai1ted too much from Santa. A Blessed Christmas to each of you!
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Former Headmaster Wilfred W, Cla rk is now head of th e mathematics department at Rogers High Plumbing, Heating, Sheet Metal School in Newpo-rt, R. I. Miss Work, Oil Burners, · Pow-er Tools, Shirley Clark is doing sccial work Hand Tools, · Housewares, Sportin Manc hester, N. H. She was a ing Goods, Elec~rical Supplies member of the · faculty at Ca rdi gan ' , ' \ last summer. Mrs. Clark and her daughter Ma rgaret have moved Lebanon, N . H. back to their former apartment in 39 Ha:nove.-, St. The Lodge and co11tin ue to live on Canaan Street.
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and many Pilgrims died. They planted crops in , the spring. They grew very well through the summer. After the Harvest they gave ·thanks to God, had a feast for good crops and called it Thanksgiving.
Sunday Music Hours Resume at Cardigan Students in both do,mitories of Cardigan Mountain School are being treated aga.in this year with music sessions Sunday afternoons. Selections are played for them at other times , too. Last year, the mus.ical periods: were held in the loun ge at Tht Lodge. This year, while some boys prefer t~ listen in the reception. room of Clark-Morgan Hall 111 front of the fireplace , all can hear the concerts wherever they are by tuKing their radio sets to 540 kc. The mu sic' is from · r,ecords played on a wireless device that enable~ any set within a limited radius to pick up the signals. It has been heard clearly in every section of the three campus buildings during a test transmission. Saturday afternoons, rest perio<l:,and Sunday . mornings, the music is played for the boys. The Sunday ,i.fternoon coqcerts are also picked' up on a radio in the faculty lounge so that those so inclined may hear 'the music while relaxing before the· fir-e place. Michael Smith of Barre, Vt., re-turned to Cardigan Sunday, December 4, after attending a funeral and· a wedding at home.
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Big Hockey Schedule Begins After Vacation Skaters to Engage In Six Game Card by Harold Randall Six games have been tentatively scheduled for Cardigan Mountain School's hocke y team beginning \i\Tednesday, January 11, 1956, it has been announced by Athletics Director Jesse J . Morgan, Jr. Two games will be p,l ayed in Dartmouth's Davis Rink at Hanover. Kimball Union Academy, New Hampton, Holderness, Pro·c tor, Vermont Academy and Hanover High Freshman teams will engage the Mountaineer skaters soon after they return for Christmas vacation, Mr. Morgan says . Games will be played Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, it is expected. Return games with Tilton Academy and Exeter, two of last year's opponents, have not been confirmed as yet, it is revealed. Robert Morris, Harold and Peter Randall, Clem ·Comtois, Greg Moss, Ronnie Mainelli, Chuck Davison, Bill Kidder, Paul Moriarty, Tony Russo, Buster Blomerth, Larry Moore, Steve Hanley, Bill Pezzulli and Charles Scheffreen are among th ose competing for positions on the team this year. They play ·fast games with Mr. Stowe or Mr. Morgan nearly every day, in an endeavor to improve their te ehniqu e. Tony Russo, last season's star goalie, is definitely the mainspring of this year's hockey squad. Many of the other candidates ho,ld a lot of promise for this year's team, Mr. Morgan feels. Pezzulli, Kidder, M c:xe and Moriarty were on last year's team. New uniforms have been ordered for the players who are practicing daily on Canaan Street Lake at the Point camp us waterfront. Six inches of snow are awaited. Then skiers will pack down the snow in the rink behind Clark- Morga n Hall and water will be pumped in to make the surface needed for play. Mr. Morgan seemed confident last night that the team fact;s a good year on the ice at home and away~
Chronicle Entries Go To Columbia Press Cardigan M o u n ta i n School's newspaper, Cardigan Chronicle, last year's first place winner in. its clas,, has been entered in the thirtysecond annual contest of the·· Co.Jumbia ·university, New York City, Mr. Clifton T. Holman, Jr., fatuity advisor has announced. Entry forms ~nd sample copies of the Chronicle for the past year have been sent to the Low Memorial . Library for consideration at t he annual convention to be held March IS, 16, and 17. _ J9'i6. The dea·d lim. for entries '"" s tr·', " . Last March. Mr. Holman and three memb c--s of the Chro 1irle staff attended th e New York sessions o{ the association. Robert Grevior was last year's ed itor and Tom Lovett the· business manager . Frank Judge, last year 's circulation manager, is the only member of thi s yea r's staff to have a go-Id pin asserting to his ·membership in the Columbia Sebolastic Press Association. He attended the convention last March. Certificates are presented for w inning publications. Last yea r, the Chronicle led its group. Th~ award received h-a·s been pos ted -in the school library. Out of a possib le l.OCO points, the Chro nicl e was g iven 1
Skating Gains Favor Basketball and Ski 1.s School Activity ?fa,:ns Coming Nearer
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Herbert Anker left Cardigan Mountain School Dpt~ m,beu 8 for 1 ~ visit home to kee·p a doctor's appointment. He e;,cpects to_.be back in time for the da~ce to niglit. . 0
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Boys Explore Grafton, Dance Tonight ( Continued from page Gore Areas on Hikes
.I.) and decorations adding a cheerful by Robert Y offe note to that room. In the faculty Three different hikes have been room, Charles Lamar has placed taken this month by boys of . Car - decorations over the fireplace . digan Mountain School. One _;,as The dance tonight opens the to Grafton Pond, anothe r to the Christmas social activities. Young Gore in North ~anaan, and the thiro ladies from Canaan and surroundwas to Orange Pond in Orange, ing towns have been invited. The N.H. audito,r ium of Hinman Hall has The trip to Grafton Pond in the been decorated by the committee Manuel Saurez and his assistant 1,earby town of Grafton, N. H., fea- and will see ballroom and square Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Sto'\ve tured a stop a t Brewster's Guns, a dancing from 7 :30 to JO :30 P•,m. barbers were at Cardigan Mountain visited in Concord, Mass ., the weekge neral store in Grafton, near Car- Refreshments will be served at the ·school Thursday evening for thei1 end of December 3 and 4. monthly visit to cut stud ents' hair. -digan railroad station. The store intermission. feat ur es a varied collection of fireA lighted tree is the center cit have been erected on _each side of HEADQUARTERS arms whi ch interested the student.. the decorations. Mr. George Smith the entrance to Clark-Morg,1n Hall. FOR THE MOTORIST · The trip circled around to Enfield of Orford, N. H ., will come to Car- Carols will be played over a public by way of Robinson's Corners. An digan to act as caller for the square address system Thursday from the interesting old cemetery wi-th early dance sets . A Christmas 1ree of balcony as the boys leave for vacanineteenth century tombstones was paper has been made by Butch tion, either with parents or 111 VIC'S FRIENDLY TEXACO inspected as was the dam that Byrnes and Harold Randal! :for the school vehicles. STATION guards the outlet cf Grafton Pond. back of the stage. These two -boys After p~ssing through woodlands will assist M·r. Jesse .J. Morgan, and abandoned farmlands, the Car- Jr., with the refre·s hments. 1· c.. "THE BEST IN BOOKS OF "'11:1 0 ,.,_.c u!J~ digan party returned to school by Robert Morris, Peter and Harold ALL KINDS" way of East Hill. Randall, William Cushman, Frank McNEIL'S DRUG STORE Th~ Goi-e road in North Canaan Judge, Lawrence Moore and Robat took another party of students ert Leighto n make up the dance through some of the woodlands be- committee for tonight's affai r. longing to Mr. Arthur Hollenback, Tuesday evening the tree in the Cardigan's n i g ht - watchman. The dining hall w ill be decorated and HANOVER, N. H. ruins of the old Haffenreffer 'place lighted by the members of the ne t hr fr om Clark Po-nd we re ex- se nior class. Final preparations Flared, before the afternoo n ac- will be ~ade a,t that time for the ti v: ty coi1cl ud ed. final party. The trip to Orange Po•nd conWednesday in the dii-ling hall aftinn ed t o East Grafton before the ter the usu al evenipg supp er at 6 g roup doub:ed back along the side o'clock, there will be carols sung cf Cardiga n Mountain to Orange by the combin ed g lee club and Gorge and back to Canaan via the choir and by the stud ent body. _ fairgro-unds. Santa Claus, a deep m ystery this Ot her hikes in recent weeks ha·ve year, will arr ive to distribute g ifts. circled Canaan Stree t Lake, cover,ed Later the boys will go · to thethe Switch back roa d out of Canaan aud itor/ur;, f~r ~ special pr~gra1.;; Center to the Nye House , and taken of entertainment . Parents are inPhone LAkside 3-4208 various routes that lead eventually vited to attend, too. back to Canaan Street. Two trees w ith gay, colorer\ lights - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --
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886. The leaders of the· prese.nt staff will be give n an opportunity" to af· tend the 1956 convention w ith their advisor, it is r eported.
by Tony Russo, Sports Editor Basketball and ski team plans at Skating has become a favorite ac- Cardiga n Mountain School are in tivity at Cardigan Mountain School the formulative stages right now with the arrival of cold weather and will bring plenty of action when causing th e ice o n Canaan Street the boys return to Canaan followLake to form shortly after Thanks- ing the Christmas holida ys, Mr. giving vacation. Donald R. Stowe, assistant headFor the past two weeks now, the master and coach of the se two snowfall ha s been light enough to teams, reports. allow the ice to be cleared off for A ski meet has already been p.Janskating. Hockey practice has pros- ned with Enfield Junior High pered, too. Scrapers were bought School, to be held after the first of recently and nearly every day, fiv, the year. Mr. Karl Nyhus of the or six of the oMer boys have volun- Nye House and former Cardigan teered to remove the snow from the faculty member is this year coach skating area. of Enfield High ski- team. It will be Nearly all of the students have run off at Enfield, Mr. Stowe reskates. The few that lack them plan ports. to bring some back after Ch ristma, I Last year, night skiing was tried vacation. The school store has l with success under Mr. St~we's dirented nearly all of its supply to rection. Cardigan skiers also enthe fellows and ma'ny own their tered competition at Woodstock, skates. Vt., with Steve Carpenter bring Skis and sleds or toboggans are back honors to Canaan . Ski-joring other pieces of equipment that th e was an innovation tried, too. It may boys are urged to bring back to be repeated this year on the ice ot school .with them whe n they return Canaan Street Lake . from their holiday recess January 5. Roller skating is a wi nter activity As many as 35 boys und er the of past .years that many boys hope watchfu l eye of two or more mas- will be revived . ters have be en noted skating on ·the lake at . the new waterfront at one .time this year. Others -who to the ice without skates ar-e marking time until they can get their own by Jeffrey Milham skates here. Stamp collecting has received an Charles Scheffreen was injured impetus at Cardigan Mountain in a skating accident last Friday. School this y_~ ar with Mr. Roger Another skater collided with CharNoldt of the · science department les, knocking him to the ice. faculty aidinQ." the students interTreated by Mr. Morgan and later ested the hobby. by Mrs . Ruth Lester, Dr. Isreal Mr. Noldt has bought many Diner man's nurse. Chuck rested comfortably that night, but went to stamps, mostly foreign ones , at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Han- greatly re1uced cost to the boys. His own collection is not yet at over the next morning. A comp,lete examination by two school, but he is helning the feldoctors a n d seve ral x-ray pictures lows to add to their albums. Frank Miller, Hobart Hendrick, all combined to give Scheffreen a clear bill of health. He was skat- James Grant, Charles Davison, and Richard Fisher are among those ing again this week . interested.
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Mr. l(ennard Watches Young Sharpshooters on Cardigan's Rifle Range
Bruce Bronson Leads Group on Rifle Range by William Byrnes
Bruce Bronso1i led t he rifler y group in a shooting contest at th e P oi nt campus ran ge thi s we t k, Mr. 'vV. Calvin Kennard, the ma ste r in charge of the activ it y. reports. Mr . Kenna r d says th a t progress is noted amo ng those who are shoo tin g for medals from the Nati o nal Rifle Associati o n, in whi ch Ca rdi gan Mountain School is a member. T o by van Essels ty n is m a inta in ing a slight lead ove r Buster B!c-merth in th eir rivalry for N.R.A. honors. About five marksmen a r c at the range each clay. Rifler y continu es to hold its own. clespit~ the attraction of ska tin g at this time of year. Many of th e st udents own their guns; oth ers u se those belong ing to the school.
Teen-Age Book Club Active at Cardigan Fo rty members of the eig hth and ninth g r ade Engli sh classes h ave become m embe rs of the Teen-Age Book Club, as stimulation of reading has beg un in those _groups at Cardigan Mountain School. Class ics like " Tale of Two Cities", "Tom Sawyer", " Wu the rin g Heig hts", "The Black Arrow" and J ack Lo ndon adventures ·with such m ode rn works as "Shane", "Tamerlane", "Bridges of Toko- Ri" and "Dambusters" are published in 25c v-ersions unab rid ge d for th e students of Engli sh all over th,: country. Th e fir st shipm en t of books to Ca rdiga n m et with instant acclaim. A seco nd order ha s been sent to th e New York headu ar ters of the club .
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Popular ··activ;ty at new Point campus area shows John Ross, Butch Byrnes, Peter Albee, Bruce Bronson, Jack Puckey, Billy Cushman,
Mr. Noldt Averts Toboggan Disaster by
Frank Judge
Disaster was averted by quick thi1~kin g on the part of Mr. Roger Noldt, master fn charge of tobag-· g·anin g. activity at · Cardigan Moun. ·tain School Thursday aft ernoon, D ec·e mbe; 6. · Mr. · Noldl was · the leade r of a g·roup l es ti"ng the_ ·new chute for toboggans th a t ·ha s bee n built on the school ski slope. Speeding down the slope, Mr. Noldt ·sucldenly
Vacation Coming (Continued fr o m page 1) Those go in g by car may leave at any time that cla y. Mr. and Mrs. Burbank w ill be her e a t Cardigan that morn ing to meet th ose parents ,vho come . for their · sons . They have to returri to Procto r Academy by noo·n to attend a fa re we ll luncheon for th em, Boys taking the Boston train will leave Canaan at 1 :08 P.1'..f. The t r a in arriv es in Conco rd at 2 :20, Manchester at 2 :52, Lowe ll at 3 :55 a nd th e· Nor th Station at 4 :15 P .M . Boys takin g th e New York tr ain wi ll leave White River J ct. at 12 :30 P.M. This tr ai n a rri ves in Sprin gfie ld at 4:00 P .M., New York · at 7 :1_0 P.M. Changes may be made in ca1·s so th a t those going beyond New· York may go to P enn Station. The train arrives in Phil acle lnh1 ;,. at 9 :14 P.M. , Baltimore a t 10 :45
-Photo by Pobl enz Studios Benso,n, Charles Scheffreen , J eff Dorrance, Lindy Gamage, J a me s Grant, and Mr. W. Calvin K ennard taking th eir exercise rece ntly.
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P.M. a nd Washington at 11 :25 P.M . Boys takin g th e Rut lan d bu, leave White River at 11 A.M ., arriving in Rutfand at 12 :25 P .M. and Benningto1~ at 2 :30 P.M. The boys should be back ~.t Ca r_cl iga n by 9 :00 P .M . Thursday, January 5. The Boston train lea ve s· the North Station at 4 :10 P.M. and arri ves in Ca naa n at 7 :OS P .M. The New York gro up should take the train leaving Grand Cen tral at 12 :00 noon , arriving in \iV hit e River J ct. at 7:00 P.M. Boys coming b, hu s shou ld leave Be nnin gton at 3 :55 P .M., Rutland at 5 :25 P.M. and arrive in White River J ct. at 6 :'0 P .M. The plane r eserva tion s at 1:hanks1,ivin g- did not work out well at all. D ecember 15 the boys m ay stay over if planes a re g r ounded, of cou r se, as there w il! be tim e to wait for anoth er plane.
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spied the st ump of ·a felled tret: directly ahead of th e onrushing t oboggan. Yelling a warning to those behind him, he tried to avert the obstacle in his path . The toboggan was smashed by th e impact, but Mr. Noldt had prevented any of
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(Cont inued from page I ) sc hool. 'Vile sho uld dre ss acco rcl i'ngfy." Sloppy appea r a nce _of man y boys .who m ade a fa r ce of the olcj ruling F:or the Best_in Transportation for a ti e and jacket was resp rmsible· fo r the cha nge. Many boys used CHEVROLET-PACKARD their ties to snap a t others except dur ing the sho rt t im e th e meal was in progress. Others even went to Phone 7 - Hanover the ext r em e o.f wearing th eir ties Th e school h as decided to pur- o utside th ei r shirt s or jac ket ,, th ese the boys gettin g hurt . The te·acher chase all tick ets on this end, savin g him self suffer ed a few cuts o n one in convenience. We hope that it will hand and was slig htly sh aken up. The chute has been rep a ired, the stump no longe r posing a m ena ce "BUILD WITH BRICK" to future tobogga n devotees .
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