CARDIGAN CHRONICLE VOL. 10 NO. 3
CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, CANAAN, N. H.
MARCH, 1961
Fifth Annual Fund
Tuition Increase
Music Appreciation
Each year many things are needed for Cardigan's rapid growth and expansion. Thanks to the many people having to do with Cardigan these things have been taken care of by what is known as our Annual Fund. This being the fifth year that the fund has been in existence, i,t will be known as the Fifth Annual Fund.
Beginning with the school year 1961-62 the tuition at Cardigan will b e $2,100. This increase of $100 over the previous fee was voted by the Trustees to help cover the steadily mounting costs of operation. Through Yankee thrift and good management the tuition is below the median of that charged by boys' boarding schools .
Not new here ait Cardigan, but an activity which has won the approval of many •of the boys thi:S year, is Music Appreciation. It began three years ago, when the Electronics Club launched it-.. After the disbanding of the club, Music Appreciation was retained. Only classical recordings are played. The boys who want to listen come into the Recreation Room in Clark - Morgan at seven o'clock Thursday evenings, .find s eats quietly (a good many sit on -the floor), and listen for half an hour to excerpts from the _ great symphonies, concertos, and operas. Many have books with them. The objective of Music Appreciation, as 1ts name implies, is to promote among students an understanding and liking of the works •Of the leading composers, and a recognition of their different styles. This half-hour has won the enthusiastic support of s tudents, and will probably be continued for years to come.
Mr. Burbank heads the committee, which consists ·o f four other persons working with him. Usually the four committee members change each year but this year two are volunteering for a second time. They are Toby Kravet, a '56 graduate, who is in charge of the Alumni group, numbering around 500; and Mrs. Goodhue Crocker who is in charge -of a group of friends and neighbors of the school which numbers 100. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V. Rafferty, Jr. head the parents of the 124 students this year. Mr. and Mrs. T . Rumsey Young, Jr., are the Parents of Alumni committee chairmen. This year the goals of the Fifth Annual Fund are new equipment for the shop, which is being rebuilt, a public address system for the auditorium, a slide projector Jor audio-visual teaching, money for scholarship expansion and curriculum research (including the possibility of using new teaching machines), and paying a professional forester for advice concerning proper conservation of our campus woods. Last year's donations went for various things such as French Hall's game-room, redecorating and furnishing a basement room in ClarkMorgan for the use of the senior class, kitchen equipment, laboratory and adio-visual esuipment. Mike Bixler '62
Ski Holiday At eight-fifteen on the evening of February 12, all schoolwork came ,t o a standstill. It was then that the announcement was made that Ski Holiday would be next day. On Monday morning we hurriedly policed our rooms and raced over to a speedy but hearty breakfast. Shortly after, three buses arrived to take us to our destination, which was as yet unknown. On the way we soon found that we were headed for Mount Sunapee State Park. Once there, ·we quickly unloaded our equipment, collected our tickets, and headed for the slopes. We were asked to ski on the lesser slopes until 11:30 so ,t hat we would become used to snow conditions. After that time, we made about one run down from the chairlift, and stopped for a while for lunch . In the afternoon most of us used the chairlifts, since there were trails at the top for all degrees of skiing ability. After three o'clock we loaded our skis on ,t he buses and some of us went over to the souvenir shop , where we bought ski patches and other items by which we would remember Sunapee. Back at School, we learned that a total of six boys had broken their skis during the day's outing. Outside of that, we had the time of our lives! We'd like to thank the Faculty for their help in making this one of the best of the Ski Holidays. R. Lackey '61
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J. Hunter '62
Summer School 1961 The Cardigan Mountain Summer School of 1961 marks the ninth year of summer school for boys from 9-15 who may profit by extended courses in corrective English and Mathematics. If Mathematics isn't necessarily the weak· spot of the boy's scholastic program, then, instead of Mathematics, the boy would participate in an extended reading program along with the language arts . The classes of the summer school are split into five forty-five minute periods with a ten minute recess after the third period. Class-es are from Monday to Saturday. Two periods will be devot• ed to Math (if the boy needs help in this course) , two to English, and one to a study hall. (Continued on Page 2)
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Summer School 1961 'C-.:ontinued from page 1.) There are several jobs open to the boys. These jobs are on a community service basis: everybody chips in. The main jobs at Cardigan are Hop~ins Hall and Auditorium Care, Kitchen, and Dining Room. The boy is graded on how well he does the job. A boy has several afternoon activities from which to choose. Some of these are archery, riflery, tennis, baseball, and water sports. Three evenings a week there is a reading period. On Saturday evenings there are movies in the auditorium. On the other three nights Green and White activities take place. The school is divided into two Green and White teams. From there on a tournament begins between individual teams to each side. Sometimes we have a big "capture-the-flag" with no individual teams. This is a lot of fun . On unscheduled days (Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday) if the weather is right, we have Green and White competitions in archery, tennis or swimming. At the end of the summer the winning team goes on a trip off campus. Last summer the Green team went roller skating. Sometimes on free days or on Saturday afternoons, trips are taken off campus. Some of these are night trips. To add to this entertainment, on Saturdays, instead of a movie, there may be lectures, or a magidan's show. The school physician lives about three miles from campus. The nearest hospital is in Hanover, New Hampshire, twenty-two miles away. The Summer School is run both by Mr. Wakely, the assistant headmaster and Mr. Lucy, an instructor and athletic coach at Vermont Academy. The ninth Summer School starts on June 25, and closes on the morning of August 19. Boys will arrive between two and five o'clock on the afternoon of opening day. Henry Koch '62
Arrival A new member of the Cardigan family arrived on the eighth of February. He is William Churchill Lary III. His parents occupy the first-floor apartment of ClarkMorgan Hall. Karl Borden '61
Cardigan History Is Released The Cardigan Mountain School: History 1945 To 1960. By Robert C. Hopkins, Canaan, N. H .: Cardig,an Mlountain School, 1960. 149pp. Mr. Hopkins' history of Cardigan is not only an extremely thorough account ,o f the School since its inception, but a human interest story as well. From its limited distribution so far have come many favorable comments as to its readabilty. It covers the history well, and is written in a manner which makes it fun to read. The volume, one hundred and fifty pages long, covers the events eading from the idea of a pre-preparatory school fifteen years ago to the present. The author has made exhaustive use of the formal records of the school. More than that, he has supplemented these chronicles wit1h his personal recollections of the crises inevitably associated with trial beginnings The result s an informative and pleasantly informal acount of an adventure in imagination and hard work Out of it emerg,e s the picture of a modern physical plant, a growing and increasingly specialized Faculty, the paUent and skilled direction of the Burbanks, and a student enrollment o.f well over one hundred. The history may be obtained at $5.00 a copy by writing the Cardig;an Mountain School, Canaan, N. H .
THE ROTATION SYSTEM The new rotation system is designed to let worthy underclassmen try themselves at jobs of responsibility in their own dormitories. All of the candidates begin by acting as an assistant floor leader. If successful, they go onto the job of acting floor leader. The best of the candidates are then given the job of acit~ng dormitory leader, and, finally, of school le,ader. At the end of the trial period, all of the dormitory leaders and th e dormitory Faculty members prepare a detailed report on each of the candidates. The form is similar to the voting form, but has room for comments. M. White '61
Chronicle Staff Editor - Field Miller '61 Editorials - Jim Dill '61 FACULTY ADVISOR Mr. H. H. L . Whiting REPORTERS Karl Borden '61 Rohe·r t Drake '61 Henry Cook '62 Mike Bixler '62 Jay Robinson '62 Ed Righter '62 John Christy '62 AD MANAGER Peter Solomon '62 PHOTOGRAPHY Jim Lawson '61 Robert Drake '61 Mike Sternberg '62 CIRCULATION Rodney Lackey '61
From The Headmaster's Desk. It is no news to "Chronicle" readers that it is harder to get in· to college. Most realize, also, that prep school entrance is equally difficult. As I write I have almost finished the task -of placing the class of 1961 in schools that fit them. Headmasters and Directors of Admission express increasing concern about a boy's ability to read, spell and use correct grammar. They are often not willing to admit a boy whose language skills are below the lad's potential. This situation is serious for that fraction of our students who could read better, but do not, because • of a history of language disability.· It has been ,our custom to recommend to these boys that they remain here for Summer School; and we will continue to do so . 'There is a diff·e rence though. Before, I often listened with sympathy to plaints about the hard. lot of a boy who had to study in the summer. Now, I feel that the addition of eight weeks of extra help to a thirty-one week work year is a very small hardship indeed, and mandatory for the stud ent who is to achieve his proper place in the educational procession. Very few boys are fortunate enough to be able to afford, and have available, a Summer School opportunity where they can bring their language skills up to snuff. It is time it is grasped with enthusiasm.
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The Ski Team
The Ski Season At the . half-way mark of this year's snow season, the school's ski team remained undefeated. On the 18th of February, Deerfield Academy and Dublin School were outpointed by Cardigan, giving us our fifth straight victory. We competed with Proctor on the 8th of February in the first half of a meet scheduled to be completed on the 22nd of February. We won the downhill by 6.5 points, and the slalom by 10.3 points. In the slalom our four lead men were Bob Lincoln (53.3 seconds); Field Miller, second, (55.2 seconds); Jack O'Connor, third (59.7 seconds) and fourth, Chris Venn (65.4 seconds) . Final score for this part of the meet: Proctor, 178.5 points, Cardigan 195.3 points. Our second meet was with Vermont Academy, at Cardigan, and this was a four-event affair. C.M.S. won again with a total point score of 395.0 to 349.4. Our four top slalom performers were Bob Lincoln (76.7 seconds); Bruce Fenn (79.0 seconds); John Christy (81.0 seconds); and Field Miller (83.8 seconds) . Jon Joy was our best jumper with a combined score of 74.0 feet. Other Cardigan placers were: Jim Caldwell (71 .6 feet); Bruce Fenn (69.2 feet); Bob Lincoln (69.2 feet) . Vermont Academy's Larson had the second , best total. V. A.'s Johnson had the best score in the cross-country, (782.8), but Cardigan won the event 98.6
to 92.1. Cardigan placers were Bruce Fenn (786.0); Jack O'Connor (804.0); Jim Caldwell (817.0); and Field Miller (827.7) . Jon Joy also led us to victory in the downhill with a time of 25.4 seconds. Cardigan won 100 to 90.1. Bruce Fenn's time was 26.6 seconds, Bob Lincoln's 26.4 and Field Miller's 27.2. All of our best men had better times than the best V.A. times. On February 15th we played Kimball Union Academy. It was a two-event meet, jumping and cross-country. The second half of the meet has been played, but the official results are not yet available. In the jumping, Joy took first place with a total score of 73.3 points . Bruce Fenn was second with 67.5 points, Jim Caldwell, 65.9 points, and Jack O'Connor, 64.8 points. Our total was 97.3 . The top men for Kimball Union were Gillespie, Swim, Aja, and Bean. Their final score was 96.0 .
' In the cross-country we also took first place, with a total scor'.e of 98.2. Caldwell, Miller, O'Coq.nor, and Fenn took top places, iµ that order. Top men for Kimball Union were Bean, Aja, Gillespie, and Hough. Final scores : Kimball, 190.5; Card\~ an, 195.5.
In our next meet our team came through again. The meet was a combined one with Dublin and Deerfield. The first event was jumping. Bolton of Dublin came iri. first in the meet with a jump of 49.1 feet. The other ·placers for Dublin were Brown, 44.7; Daly,
38.1; Eyles, 34.9. The total score for Dublin was 87.85. Jon Joy of C.M.S. had the second best jump, which was 48 .3 feet. The other placers for Cardigan were Jim Caldwell, 46.8, Bob Lincoln 46.8, and Rickey Worthen 44.3. Our final score was 98.53. Deerfield's final score was 94.86. Their four top men were Hosmer 41.1; Sandri 38.1; King 37.6; and Hickock 34.4. The next event in the meet was er-a ss-country. Dublin came in first with a total score of 99.03. Their best times were Teusch~r with 12.14 seconds, Kuster 12.61 seconds, Atkins 12.67 seconds, and Macsherry 13.17 seconds. Deerfield came in second with a score _of 89.73. Their four best men were King with 12.16 seconds, Hosmer, 13.42 seconds, Ripley, 13.67 seconds, Kautz-Scanary 14.16 seconds. C.M.S. was close behind with a score of 89.80. · Our four placing men were Bruce Fenn, 13.05 seconds, Jack O'Connor, 13.27 seconds, Field Miller, 13.60 se-c onds, and' Jim Caldwell, 13.60 seconds. In the Giant Slalom, C.M.S. came in first with a final score of 97.69. Jon Joy was first again for C.M.S. with a total score of 78.6. The next three for us were Bnice Fenn 91.3, Field Miller 92 .1, Bob Lincoln 93.6 Deerfield was second with a combined score of 91.98. Dublin came in third with a score of 76.99. The final standings were Cardigan, first, with 286.02 points to Deerfield's final score of 276.57, and Dublin's final score of 263.81: Robert Drake '61
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Trustees' Meeting A quarterly Board of Trustees meeting was held at the Headmaster's house on Friday, January the thirteenth, from nine in the morning till shortly before lunch. All but three of the trustees were present. Several matters were consider~d. The building of the assistant headmaster's house and the rebuilding of the school shop were discussed. The school was authorized to spend money for installing a new bathroom in the infirmary. Mr. Burbank was also authorized to hire a heating engineer, to see about converting the heating systems in Brewster, Hinman, and C1ark-Morgan Halls from steam to hot water. since the present steam heating has proved faulty. Educational matters, such as the progress the boys were making this year were .also discussed.
Lincoln en Route to Slalom Victo;i-y
Visual Equipment On Trial Last week two rather expensivelooking pieces of equipment appeared in the Audio-Visual room . They were a Vu-Graph Overhead Projector and a Beseler Opaque Projector. The school is considering buying one or both of these machines if the Faculty should consider them useful aids in instruction. The Overhead Projector will project large images of transparencies and also of anything drawn or written with a wax pencil on a transparent roll. The Opaque Projector will project, in color, images of objects ,t hrough which light cannot pass, such as pictures, stamps, or small posters. So far, the Faculty has responded with an enthusiastic show of interest. The total cost of the two malhines is about $675.00. M. Sternberg '62
Group Pictures The school would like to have a group picture of the graduating classes for the years 1947-1950, 1953, 1955, 1957, to hang in the Senior Waiting Room. If you could furnish any of them, we would be grateful.
Weight Lifting Club The Weight Lifting Club is a new addition ,to the school's activities this year. Its President is John Joy, and Mr. Linn is the Faculty Adviser. It meets every Thursday evening. The program includes wrestling, weight lifting, and other ex·e rcises that enable the members to have many of the benefits of a regular gymnasium. Mr. Linn recently treated the members to a deer-burger dinner at his apartment. Jay Robinson '62
The next meeting will be held in Boston in May. J . Nelson '62
New Ski Sweaters The new sweaters have just arrived. After a long wait the team now has a uniform sweater. They were designed by Mr. Leavitt. The sweaters are green wool . with a white neck and two white qands around each arm. Ed. Righter '62
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The Hockey Squad
Hockey Season On January 20, the boys on the hockey team and the Cardigan spectators left for their first game at Vermont Academy. We arrived there at 2 o'clock, re.ady for a tough hockey g,a me. The starting lineup for game was Captain Dave Irwin at center, Jim Barker at left wing and Malcolm Jenks at right wing. Playing d efense were John Oliver and Fred Smith, and at goal Mike White. The boys that helped out the first team and let the first string players rest were Tom Corney, John Togba, Paul Gardent and Jay Robinson . All of the boys played a fin e game. The two goalies, Mike White and Rick Hosley, played wonderful games with Mike Whi'tle making ten saves and Rick Hosley five saves. The final score was Vermont Academy three and Cardigan one. Holdernesss On th e 1st of February, Cardigan was host of Holderness at hockey. The starting line-up for Cardigan was Peter Weeks and Malcolm Jenks at wing positions , and Jim Barker playing center. At defense were Dave Irwin and Paul Gardent. The starting goalie was Rick Hosley. The first score -o~ the game was by Mal Jenks, unassisted . At the b eginning of the third period, Holderness made its first goal. At the end of the period, Cardigan put on pressure and scored another goal by way of Jim Barker and an assist by Jenks.
Rick Hosley played a strong game, making ten saves, and not letting anything pass him. Mike White had five saves and one by him. The final score: Holderness, l; Cardigan, 2. Vermont Academy In the second game of the season with Vermont Academy, Cardigan ran into rough going. Our starting lineup was Mal Jenks at left wing, Peter Weeks at center, and Jim Barker playing right wing. At defense were Dave Irwin and Tom Corney. The two goalies were Rick Hosley, star~ing, and Mike White, who played the last quarter. Rick made nine saves, and allow ed two to pass; Mike made two saves and let one pass. Cardigan's only score was by Jim Barker, unassisted. Final score: Vermont Academy, 3; Cardigan, 1.
A Save by Ho-s,l ey
Holderness On February 11, the Cardigan team traveled to Holderness for its second game with the Holder' ness boys. The starting lineup included Jim Barker at center, Jenks at left wing, and Peter Weeks at right wing. Playing defense were Tom Corney and Mike White. The first goal was scored by Doug Dade, unassisted. The second was by Peter Weeks, also unassisted. The third was scored by Jenks via a pass from Peter Weeks, as was ,the fourth, by Jenks from a Jim Barker pass. Mike White, at goal made eight saves, and Rick Hosley, playing the remainder of the game,· made thirteen saves. Boys substituting for ,t he first team were Dade, Peter Wojtul, Sanford, and John Oliver. Sup, porting the defense players were Fred Smith, Paul Gardent, Dave Easter, John Togba, and Lenny Ossori-o . The final score was: Holderness, 0; Cardigan, 4. Proctor Academy We played Proctor for the first time this year on February 17. Our starting lineup was Weeks at left wing, Barker at center, and Jenks a,t right wing. Playing .defense were Fred Smith and Tom Corney; Mike White was the goalie. Cardigan ran into a streak -o f bad luck, and only .Tim Barker, with an assist from Peter Weeks. was able to score. Score: Proctor, 5; Cardigan, 1. Jim Lawson '61
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Alumni News Bruce Murray, '54, President of the Alumni Association, was a campus visitor Feb. 21st, helping to formulate plans for making Alumni Weekend, May 6-7, a particularly full and pleasant one. As soon as the schedule is completed it will be mailed to all Alumni. Meantime, Alumni; save that date -,May 6-7! 1949 Walter Alexander called on campus during Christmas vacation, when he and his wife were visiting his parents in Franklin, N. H . After Cardigan, Walter attended Franklin High School, then Boston University. Through Boston University R.0 .T.C. he became a 1st Lieutenant in Infantry and has been in service for three years. He received his flying wings at Fort Rucker, Alabama, the 17th of this January. 1950 Born to Dick and Brenda Morrison, their first child, a son, Charles Leland, January 14, 1961, at Burlington, Vt. 1952 Graham Balfour has completed four years at Trinity College in Hartford majoring in Romance Languages. He also did intensive work in the field of English Literature. At present he is at home in Madison, N. J., taking more courses in English Literature at Drew University. He plans to go into private school teaching, and take summer -c ourses toward his Master's. 1954 Norman Pierce is at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christy, Texas. He is in the Chaplain's Department. According to a letter from his father, the Rev. Robert Sharp, David Sharp will be graduated from the University of Illinois in June 1961, as an AB in English. He received his degree of POP in June of 1959 when a son was born to him and his wife,. the former Miss Nancy Webster of Canaan. Bruce M;urray, President of the .Alumni Association, drove down from his home in Perkinsville, Vt., where he has just returned after taking a course in interior decorat-
ing in New York, to visit campus, February 21st. He 'came to help formulate plans for Alumni Weekend May 6-7.
for a ski holiday and Wayne visited old friends on campus and had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Linn, Tuesday, Feb. 21st.
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1960 Charles Hall and Nick Wilson came up from Proctor one Saturday afternoon in January to ski with their friends here . They were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Christiansen at their home in French Hall. John Randall received his letter in Soccer at Kents Hill School. He is skiing this winter and "doing · fine " in his subjects . . . his quotes! Roger Rice is a sophomore at Cushing Academy. During Christmas holidays he and Mr. Brayman took a trip to Quebec City, Montreal and St. Jovite, where Rog er enjoyed a day's skiing on Mt. Tremblant. Roger will take an extended tour of Europe with Mr. Brayman this coming summer. Bill Wurster received a J .V. Letter in football last fall at the Clover Park High School in Tacoma, Washington, where he is going to school while living at home with his parents.
Tommy Dunn's father writes that "Tommy sailed ; for Germany on November 29th for the next eighteen months. He went into the Army last J_u ne and took his basic ,t raining at Fort Dix, followed by a course in driving trucks, which is now his occupation on the Other Side. I gather he is driving an ammunition truck while the troops are in the field . He is· stationed about twenty miles east of Frankfort." William Sharp is enrolled in Illinois State Normal University working toward a degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. His Major is Bass Music and his Minor field is Voice. 1958 Peter Davidson has been accepted •a t Babson Institute of Business Administration for next year. Chip Shutt has been elected Cocaptain of the track team at Tabor Academy. Oren Anderson is living at home and attending North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, Maine, as a day student this year. 1959 David Freeman came in third in Cross Country skiing when Proctor's team went to compete in a tri-ski meet with Dartmouth and New Hampshire State Freshman teams at Hanover, Thursday, January 12. Stuart Gillespie, who attended Cardigan Summer School in 1956, was on campus with K.U.A. for our ski meet. He told Mr. Burbank that he has bought a kyak, and expects to run the Connecticut in it . later on in the spring. Yachti Ohta's name appears on the list of boys on the Photographic Board of the "Deerfield Scroll." Karl Pannaci is reported as dotng well at the Gow School, by none less than the headmaster. Wayne Sargent is living at home in Meriden, Conn., this y~ar and attending Meriden High School. He and his family stayed in Canaan on their way to Waterville Valley
1961 Jim White writes so enthusiastically of the value of good study habits, from back of his more difficult home-work assignments, at Hebron Academy, that his letters are read in Headmaster's meeting! Peter Waterman received a Varsity football letter at Park High. School, Buffalo, New York, last fall. Former Faculty Former Headmaster and Mrs. Wilfred Clark, now of Chapel Hill School, Waltham, Mass., have _announced the engagement of their daughter, Margaret Clement (Buzzy) to Nicholas Cannistraro, Jr., son of Mrs. Nicholas Cannistraro, Sr., of Waltham. Miss Clark graduated from Chapel Hill School, and is now studying at Brandeis University. Mr. Cannistraro is a senior at Harvard, where he is a member of the Hasty Pudding Club of 1770. A Fall wedding is planned. The Rev. Robert Sharp (1948-55) is now teaching a course in World Religions at Bradley University, Illinois.