CARDIGAN CHRONICLE VOL. 9
NO. 5
CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, CANAAN, N. H.
Mr. Nold.t To Study in Texas Mr. Roger W. Noldt, head of the Science Department, has been awarded a Nati-onal Science Foundation Grant for Academic Year Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, for the school year 1960-61. The grant covers tuition and books plus stipend and tr.ave! allowance. He will work in specially designed courses in physics, chemistry, biology, and earth science, with work in other areas possible. This year's work may be applied toward an advanced degree if de" sired. These gr.ants are usually awarded to teachers of the secondary school level, therefore, it is even more of an honor for a teacher whose experience has been with boys from the sixth through the ninth grades. Mr. Noldt has been teaching here at school for five and a half years I and besides the Science Department, he has been Recreational Director, chairman of the AudioVisual Aids Dep-a rtment, and has taught in the shop. We here at Cardigan regret seeing Mr. and Mrs. Noldt leave our srhool, but want to wish them every success in the school year to come. While you are basking in southern sunshine, think of us up here at Cardigan in 24" of new powder snow.
I.S.A. Elects Mr. Burbank At the annual spring meeting of the Independent Schools Association of Northern New England, Mr. Burbank was elected vice-president of the Association which met at Exeter, New Hampshire . There are a total of 26 private schools in the Association. We here at Cardigan are proud to have our school represented in this association and are doubly proud that our representation is in the form of one -o f its officers. (Continued on Page 2)
JUNE, 1960
Fourth Annual Fund Report The committee on the Fourth Annual Fund is happy to announce that the Fund total has reached $7,000.82 from 143 donors ... as of the date The Chronicle g o es to press. Thanks are due, since the last Chronicle was published in March to these additional people: Parents of Students,: and Mrs. M. S . Borden and Mrs. C. Dana Christy and Mrs. Edmund Easter and Mrs. Brockenbrough Evans and Mrs. Clifford Fifield George H . Gilpatric and Mrs . Donald Lawson and Mrs. N. S . Noble, Jr. and Mrs. Raymond O'Connor and Mrs. Bertram Pulsifer and Mrs. B. Arundel Rawstron, Jr. Mr . .and Mrs. Robert Reed Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stowe Major Lester K. Tibbetts Mr. and Mrs. Murray Upson l\'fr. ,and Mrs. Lorenz A. Ver Bryck Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Weber Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Wojtul
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Parents of Alumni: and Mrs. Sherman Adams Wayne V. Bl'own and Mrs. T . Ev.ans Dunn, Jr. and Mrs. John C. Duksta
Friends and Neighbors: Mr. and Mrs. 0 . H . Perry Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. August H. Haffenreffer Mr. and Mrs. Preston T. Miller Mrs. Charles E. Nutter Mr. Morris A. Nutter Mr. and Mrs. Karl Nyhus Alumni: Samuel Adams '52 Peter Albee '58 Robert Albee '60 Carleton Auer '59 William A. Barker '59 Thomas Clancy '54 Charles Duksta '57 Wilbur Dyer '58 Harry Kenneth Host '59 Mario R. Leal '57 Craig Lighty '52 (Continued on Page 2)
Chip Lackey
Wins Scholarship Reginald Fr,a ncis Lackey, Jr. a ninth grade day student, has been awarded the Frederick Smith Scholarship at the New Hampton School, New Hampton, New Hampshire . This award will allow "Chip" ,a substantial figure for his last three years of his high school work. The basis of the award was made because of "Chip's" consistently high gr.a.des in his ,academic work through all of his e 1 e m e n ,t .a r y schooling, Chip is the son of Reginald Lackey, superintendent -o f the gar-age at the Veter,ans' Hospital at White River Junction, and Mrs. Lackey, who make their home on H igh Street in Canaan. Chip has been at our school fpr three years and has take n a very active part in school life.. H e is 'presently engaged in being the business manager of the yearbook ,staff, one of the managers of the baseball team, and is serving as colcditor of ,t he school newspaper. His outside interests include the Boy Scouts in which he has been an .a ctive member for several years. We here at Cardig.an are very proud of Chip and the record h e has made here. We would like to take this opportunity to wish him all the luck in the world in his new school.
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The Cardigan Chronicle EDITORS Tony Harris Chip Lackey
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REPORTERS D. J. T. F. K. R.
Jenks Oliver Hamilton Johnson Bordien Rice
T. Harris N. Wilson R. Cheney B. Wurster W. Dickson
FACULTY ADVISOR Mr. F. Minnier
'Paris in Spring' Never before has the dance committee done such a wonderful job as they did on our _spring dance. The decorations, headed by J. Cald,vell, were superb. It would be difficult to say who spent the most time in preparing for the dance. T. Harris made and engineered a revolving minor ball that was spotlighted from the four corners of the room. The effect was beautiful. The ceiling was hung with blue crepe paper and was studded with stars. The sides of the dance floor were made up to resemble a French sidewalk cafe. The awning w.as red .and white crepe paper. Artificial stone walls topped with greens and flowers separated the cafe from the main dance flnor. Balloons were placed around the room for a gay iatmosphere. The highlight of the evening came at 10:00 p.m. when a large number of balloons were released from the ceiling. J. Oliver, T. Camacho, J . Casselman and T . Winship ,c omplained of stiffness from climbing step ladders so much, but they worked endless hours to complete the decorations on time. The records for the dance were capably handled by J. Gray. Refreshments were under the able direction of B. Weber. The dance of the year, "Paris in Spring" was a huge success. Perhaps on future dances more boys will be willing to give their time and energies to make each and every dance .as successful as the spring dance.
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Fourth Annual Fund (Continued from Page 1) Frank L. Moore, III '56 Peter Moore '58 vVayne Sargent · '59 J effruey Snay '62 Andrew Stewart '60 Paul Snyder '57
Percentage Rises! Early in February a very good friend of Cardigan offered to give $100 for every 1 % of Alumni participation of giving over last year's 3%. At the time this offer was made this year's participation w.as less than 2% . Tobey Kravet, '56, chairman of the Alumni committee for Fourth Annual Fund has sent & series of letters to his group. When The Chronicle was published in March participation had reached 4%. Since then the figure has gone up to 7%. This put $400 extra into the Fund, but is a very far cry from a possible 97% hike over 1-ast year's figures! Since it takes only 5 Alumni gifts to raise percentage figures 1% , and there is the rest of the summer when Alumni boys are most :apt to be working . . . if you who are reading this happen to be an Alumnus ... how about seeing your name on the final list of Alumni donors?
Mr. Burbank Elected (Continued from Page 1) After serving as vice - president for a term, Mr. Burbank automatically steps into the president's chair.
Spring Meeting The Corporation and Trustees of Cardigan Mountain School met at the Algonquin Club in Boston, May .13th. President Harold Hinman announced that a new gymnasium and a new assistant headmaster's. house would be the next buildings to b~ put on the Cardigan campus. The gymnasium will be located c.own the hill from Catting Fierd toward the lakefront, and will serve not only the indoor athletic program but the waterfront activitie·s in the summer and the hockey team, winters. Construction will depend upon the raising of necessary funds. The assistant headmaster's house will be completed, it is planned, sometime in 1961. Mr. Hinman also announced the election of Mr. Sinclair Weeks of Boston .and Lancaster, N. H., and Robert S. Gillette, president of the Rock of Ages Corp., Barre, Vt., to the Corporation, and of Justin M. Smith, executive secretary of the Mary Hitchcock Clinic, Hanover, N. H. to the board of trustees.
New Arrival Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Wakely are the proud parents of .a new son, their third child, born May 16, 1960. Jonathan Norman was born in the Alice Peck Day Hospital, Lebanon, N. H., and weighed in .at 9 pounds. He arrived at 6:04 ,a.m.
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C._ Mc. S. Alu.mni News Alumni Officers At the ,a nnual meeting of the Cardigan Mountain School Alumni Association held at the Headmaster's house Saturday, . April 30, the following boys were elected to offices for the coming year: President, Bruce · Murray, '54, Perkinsville, Vt.; Vice- President, Paul Snyder, '57, Lexington, Mass.; Secretary-Tre-asurer, Toby Kravet, '56, Newton Centre, Mass. Alumni boys .arrived at school during the day Saturday. There was a baseball game between Proctor Academy JV's and Cardigan boys at Williams Field in Canaan during the afternoon, which Cardigan won 4-3. The boys were entertaine-d in the dining room for all week end meals and Mr. -and Mrs. Harold Hinman held -open house for them on Sunday morning. The Cardigan Hosts Committee, made up of students who take all visitors on campus tours, gave visiting Alumni a tour of the new dormitory, French Hall, which is ready for occupancy, on Sunday morning. There was a movie in the school .auditorium on Saturday evening after the Alumni meeting.
1960 Robert Albee is in First Year High School ,a t Lincoln and Sudbury High School, in Massachusetts. Andy Stewart is getting along well at Bordentown and plans to return next year. Eric Krohne '61, has been going to the Anderson School in Staatsburg, New York. He was on the school soccer team last fall, and was one of the managers of the basketball team. He was class representative on Alpha Beta, the honor society. David Rees goes to Pine Crest Beach School at Pompano Beach, Florida. Fishing, w.ater skiing and skin diving -o ccupy his spare time, and he transports himself from his home to school in a 12-foot outboard motor bo-at. 1959 Dave Bergeson went to Vermont Academy. He has .applied at the Pinkham Notch Camp, Gorham, N. H., for a job working .at Mt.
Washington this summer. John Camm is taking a course in Electronics Communications. Last summer he worked on his gr,andparent's cruise boat on Lake Champ!ain .and earned a second - class marine operator's license. He is now studying for his first class license. This summer he will be radio-telephone · oper,ator at the Ship and Marina Construction Company's Marina at Shelburne Harbor. Bob Cochran is going to school in Schenectady, N. Y. Dean Hart's roommate at the Shattuck School in Faribault, Minn., and three other boys from that school were kille-d on the jet that went down in Indiana -on its way to Miami last March. Dean has been .active in writing his classmates at Cardigan concerning Al·Umni affairs this year. Mr. Wakely saw John Franchot and his roommate from Loomis School, skiing at Sunapee one Sunday in March. George Oland goes to St. Malacky's High School in St. John, N. B. He expects to take a course in electronics. John Ross is a sophomore at Westford Academy, Westford, Mass. He worked for the Gilbert Lumber Co., in the summer of 1959 and expects to go back there this summer. Bill Seely e.arned his Varsity letter in Hockey at the Trinity Pawling School in Pawling, N. Y. this past winter. Dick Weeks wrote in November "I made the Vermont Academy Third Team First String, Tackle. I am doing well in my subjects, and mostly working on them! ''
1958 Peter Albee is at Sudbury Regional High School, Sudbury, M.ass. He visited Cardigan in March and climbed Cardigan with Mr. Wakely. Peter .also returned for Alumni weekend. Chip Schutt is doing well at T.abor. Last ye.ar, he- played on the Varsity Football Squad, and also on the Varsity Lacrosse squad. Terch Everest is living .at home in Charlestown, S . C., and going to St. Andrew's High School there. He continues to be a very good math student, and enjoys his home life.
Henry Whittelsey is a Junior at KUA. John Christy saw Henry at Pico last winter on a day when he injured his leg in a ski ,a ccident. Henry was hospitalized in Hanover. last winter as a result of this injury.
1957 Frank Judge went to Holderness School for two years after leaving Cardigan, then went for one year to Berwick Academy. He enlisted for a four-year term in the Marines in Nov. '59, trained ,a t Paris Island, and expected to be sent to Okinawa soon after he called at CMS on March 23r-d. Mario Leal, who left Cardigan in '55, went back to the American School of Guatemala. He is in 5th year Bachillerato, which is the same as 12th year High School, and will receive his bachelor degree in October, 1960. Robert Leighton is in his last year at Tabor, and is Executive officer on the "Tabor Boy." At the time we heard from him he was undecided whether to "Go to sea" or into his father's insurance business. Paul Sny-der went to Proctor Academy from Cardigan for his sophomore year, and then to Manter Hall in Cambridge, where he will graduate this June. P,aul is vicepresident of the Alumni Association for the next year. Charlie Duksta graduates from Harmon Hall, York Harbor, Me., this ye.ar. He and P,aul Snyder came to Alumni weekend together. 1956 Tony Russo is studying at the University of Vermont. 1955 Thomas Lovett went to Bur-dette Business college for a year, then left to learn to be a photogr.apher. He has been working in a studio in Portland, Me. and expects to start his own business. George A. Nitschelm is a student at St. Lawrence Academy. Jeff Harris, summer school 1955 and 1956 is attending the University of Arizona. Dana Stone is in the Navy, , stationed at Glynco, Brunswick, Ga. Howard Deringer is working in Scott & Williams plant in Laconia.
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Summer School Camp Soon the lull of vacation will lower itself on the campus and almost immediately the hustle and bustle oi organizing for Summer School will commence. Enrollment is high and everything suggests a very fine summer. The Summer Session begins on 26 June and closes on 22 August. In the past our main function has been to work almost solely with boys whos e fundamentals of mathematics and English have been below their gr.ade level. This year we are also concentrating on enriching .a boy's background beyond this point, because so much depends today upon a boy's working to his fullest capacity. He went to Northeastern University for two terms in the fall of 1958 . .. and went to New Hampton School in 1958-59.
1954 Thomas D. Clancy is now in U.S . A. Missile Program, doing radar work and teaching radiological techniques .at Fort Bliss, Texas, after 20 months in Alaska on similar duty. Bruce Murray graduated from the Springfield, Vt. High School in 1957. Has been living at home with his parents, who have just built a new house on the base of Ascutney Mountain at Perkinsville, v t. Bruce hopes to take a course in interior decorating at the N. Y.
S,chool of Design. Bruce was elected president at the Alumni Associ,ation at their annual meeting on campus, May l. David Fox is studying at Tufts. He has recently been married. David Helmstadter came back to see us Alumni weekend. After finishing Cardigan, he went to Eastport, Pa., High School •and graduated in 1957. Since then he has been at the University of Pittsburgh. He will graduate in April of '61, and plans to go to Law School.
1952 David Cheever married Cynthia Glas gow, August 28, 1959 in Newport Beach, Cal. They are both seniors at the University of Colo-
rado, Cynthia majoring in Advertising and David in Business administr.ation . He plans to do graduate work at the University next year and go into business for himself in Boulder. Jim Colt is at the University qf Minnesota this year .. . •a graduate student in Architecture. Sam Adams was appointed a teaching fellow in the Geology Department .at Dartmouth last fall.
Our Bard Our man of verse is young John Christy, And though his mind is often misty, He's the poet laureate of Cardigan Mountain, Whose pen is .a profound flowing fountain. Mr. Linn
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Baseball Team Has Good Record As we go to press, the baseball season is not yet over. There remains one game to be played with Woodstock Country Day School, Woodstock, Vermont, on the home field.
As Spring approached and we heard the sound of baseballs hitting the hardwood and leather, the weather was undecided as to whether we should play ball -o r not. Our first practice of throwing balls and doing exercises was held in the .auditorium because of rain. Even snow flurries did not dampen our spirits for a go.od baseball season. After all this rain and snow disappeared from the softball field north of Brewster Hall, we moved out in the sunlight to get in some serious pr,actice. Our first game came upon us before- we were really prepared for •~it. We went to Woodstock arid played to win. Woodstock took the lead in the first inning but with J. Hinman pitching, he pulled us through with a score of 18 to 8. No home runs were made but D. Jenks slammed a triple that helped our cause. The second game c-ame on Alumni weekend when we showed our stuff by beating Proctor Academy 4 to 3. G. Suitor .and J. Hinman pitched the game. Runs were .scored by Suitor, Hinman (2) and 1Ball.
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Our next -o pponent was KUA played on our Catting field. We won the game by a score of 17 to 12. Most of the boys scored for our team during this game. Jenks played a good game .and caught for our team. The next game with Holderness was rained out and canceled. We ni~t Holderness for our fifth g.ame on their own field. This game was our first defeat of the season in s pite of D. Jenk's 1000 batting avHage for the game . Runs were scored by Hinman, Suitor and Jenks (2) . Total score of the game : -4 to 12. · We met Proctor Academy, May 18, -o n their field . Jenks got an unassisted double play and scored •o ne run for us. Other runs were made by Irwin, Suitor, Hinman, and O'Connor. We had our best inning in top half of the 7th when Cardigan scored 4 runs to_win the game by a score of 5 to 1. We met KUA in a hard fought return game , anq. _beat them by a score of 7 to 6. G. Suitor got two doubles and B. Smith made a terrific ·back up play. We have just one game to go, but with the above record we expeet to have a 6-1 season. Many thanli:s go to Mr. Noldt, -o ur coach, and ~o our managers.
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Windward Ho! Sailing has had ,an excellent season this spring, with four Tech dinghies continually heeling to leeward at every opportunity. Many boys learned the intricate maneuvers at the helm in the waterfront program, with many r,aces to add t c the fun. The highlight of the season came with two matches against Proctor Academy. The first of these w.as at Proctor on May 11. Unfortunately, with no wind and a driving rainstorm, the match was cancelled after one attempt around the marks. The second match, on M.ay 18, found a light southeasterly breeze on Canaan Street Lake. Cardigan jumped to an early lead with Joe Rafferty as skipper of the winning bo.at. Proctor took the le.ad after the second race with a first and third, while Jim Barker kept Cardigan's hopes high with a second place. Jim proved worthy of his sailing acumen by taking a first place in the third race, winning by fifty yards over the Proctor boats. The deciding fourth race saw Proctor taking first and second places, while Ed Upson came in third. _The final score was Proctor-47½, Cardigan-41½. In addition to the boys mentioned above, the following developed fine skill and sportsmanship d~ring the season: Jim Gray, Willett Cobb, Roger Cheney, Kevin Rafferty, Doc Rubert, Jim White, and John Evans.
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Canoe Trip
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Saturday, May 21, thirteen boys from Waterfront, under the direction of Mr. Lary and Mr. Wexler, went on an all-day canoe trip up the Connecticut River. Leaving soon .after breakfast we ;proceeded to Ely, a small town -iabove Hanover, where the great white fleet was s:oon launched. Our 'destination was Cukoo Cove, 10 or 12 miles up river where we were to meet Campcraft for dinner. We made very good time in the morning so when we stopped for lunch .at a small is.land at novn we 'had gone ,almost two-third!' of the way. At this island there was one slight mishap. While lari..:iing our famous Cubian fisherr,,an fell in. But other clothes had ;,,een brought for just this reason. Cukoo Cove was ra.iseq .about 1:20 ,and all of us had landed by 1:30 ; almost two and. one-half hours abead of time,, The fishermen then turned to with a will, iu fact when some of us returned from exploring, Mr. Lary said he had caught a rainbow trout but if he did I never saw it. Campcraft, under Mr. Hulbert and Mr. Minnier, arrived around five ,o 'clock; and soon .after we ate. Then most of the boys adjourned to big sand hill that had been found near by, and did some broad jumps from it. It was soon time to go so the canoes were loaded on to the school truck and we returned to school in time for the movie. The trip was a great success with but one repercussion , "sun burn!" R. Cheney '60.
The program included several selections by both bands including the school song of both Canaan and Cardigan as well as lively marches ,and a southern medley of songs. Instrumental solos were played by T. Clancy, R. Bocash, W. Walker and B. Chapman, all of Canaan school. The campus Glee Club, under the direction of Mrs . Jane Minnier, sang selections that were spiritual in nature. The Cardigan Quartet consisting of S . Doer, B. Wurster, J. Hinman and T. Hamilton sang two numbers.
The -class of 1960 has presented to the school ,a trophy case for the housing ,of all school trophies that may be won by the students in athletics and trophies that may be given for academic achievement. The case is to be built of wood to match the interior of Hopkins Hall where it will be housed. The trophy c,ase will be about, 6 feet 6 inches high and 40 inches wide with 2 adjustable shelves. The case will have a glass front and contain lights in -the interior of the ,c ase so that the trophies may be seen more readily. It will be located in the front hall opposite the office e=itrance next to the front stair well. N. Wilson
After the concert students here on the campus conducted tours of the dorms and class room building to those who had never been through our school before. Approximately 225 people -attended the concert. Perhaps in years to cc:me the spring concert can become an intregral part of our school's recreational program.
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Band Concert A joint concert by the Canaan Elementary School band, the Cardigan band, and our Glee Club and Quartet was held on Sunday, May 22, at the auditorium in Hinman Hall. The public was invited to h ear the concert which started about 3:00 -o 'clock and ran for about an hour. It w,as the first of such
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