CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, CANAAN, N. H.
AUGUST, 1962
Blaik of West Point Joins CMS Leaders
Architect's Drawing of Cardigan's New Chapel
Chapel Rises on Campus Everybody is talking about the new chapel. Ever since the school moved up on the hill, the only chapel that we have had to .c all our own has been in the auditorium in Hinman Hall. Though many hearts have been spiritually lifted, the auditorium has lacked the feeling of holiness which could only be sti-
mulated by a real chapel. Cardigan Mountain School will soon have its new chapel, which is expected to be completed for the fall of 1963. The new chapel is certainly awaited anxiously at Cardigan Mountain School. - J.o hn Bronos
Colonel Earl H. Blaik, nationally known football coach, has been elected a member of the Corporation of Cardigan Mountain School, according to an announcement by President Harold P. Hinman. He is presently a director and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Avco Manufacturing Company, a large diversified corporation whose activities are in a variety of fields from "Space" research to television broadcasting with headquarters in New Y.ork City. As head coach at Dartmouth, 19341940, Col. Blaik .attained his first national recognition, among his many accomplishments being Dartmouth's first victory over Yale. Called to his alma mater, West Point, he was head coach there, 19411959, and director of athletics, 19481959. He resigned ,a t the end of his well-known "Lonely End Year" to become affiliated with Avc.o after having been recognized as one o.f the great all-time successes in football coaching. Mr. and Mrs . Blaik possess a deep affection for Hanover and have many friends in the area. He plans to attend Cardigan's annual meeting in Canaan on Oct. 5. Their son William graduated from Dartmouth in 1951.
Summer School Jobs Summer School, 1962 The 1962 Summer School session opened on July 1, with the arrival on campus of 97 students from 17 states, from California to Rhode Island and from Illinois to Texas. Canada was also represented. Leading in representation once ag.ain was Massachusetts with 28 students. Classes in English and Mathematics, met during the morning, while the afternoons were occupied with such activities as riflery, archery,
shop, tennis, campus improvement, and aquatics. Four evenings weekly were .assigned to reading periods and three evenings were taken over by recreational activities. Recognitim1 goes to the following boys who earned A-minus ,o r better effort marks in both their English and Math for the eight-week period: Michael Mosher, John Stocki, David Bishop, Jeff Coan and Mark Foley.
When Summer School started on July 1, some boys arrived to find themselves with responsibile jobs already outlined for them . The boys and their job assignments were as follows : Job Foreman, Wally ·Harmon; Dorm Leaders, Brewster, · Sky Peck, Clark-Morgan, Al Robertson, French, Bob Effinger, Hinman, Kirby Whyte; Dining Hall, Len Ossorio with Elliot Bridge as Assistant; and Hopkins Hall, Bill Luria with• Joe Hallowell as Assistant. -Wally Harmon
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Sixth Annual Fund Drive
Sum1ner School Roundup Sailing
Workshop
Sailing at Cardigan Moun tain School this summer has become very popular. Cardigan has acquired six Tech sailboats for its fleet. The enthusiasm this · summer for sailing has been overwhelming. Every afternoon there are two- s ailing classes in which the students participate. First Mate, Skipper, and Captain are positions of a student's sailing ability. On the last Thursday of each activity period, there are two races. The six winners clash in a final race the following day. The o verall winner b ecomes Captain of the fleet for the period. Everybody can have a lot o.f fun sailing, if the rules drawn up by the Baldwin & Bigelow Sailing School are obeyed. Of these rules are n ot obeyed, the students will suffer the consequences. Altogether the '62 summertime sailing course has b een most successful, and everybody is looking forward to· another superb y ear. -Steve Perlmutter
The shop this summer is con ducte d by a professional shop teacher named Mr. Nyhus. Mr. Nyhus taught at Enfield High School in the winter but he luckily could come here this summer. Mr. Nyhus spends individual time with us during the 45-minute a ctivity period. He looks at our plans to see if they are all right. He then shows us how to do it and afte r lh at we start o,n our project. ' There are 16 boys in shop, makin:;: different things. Some of the things are : coffe e tables, lamps, bird houses, boxes for odds and ends, candle stick holders, and b ookcases. Shop is fun and worthwhile; that's why I signed up for it. -Gordon Stuar t
Camp Inspection Miss Marjorie Camp and Miss Barbara Ellen Joy from the American Camping Association were on Cardigan Mountain School Campus Friday evening and Saturday morning, Aug. 14 and 15. These ladies are a team of standard visitors sponsored by the Ame rican Camping Association, whose inspe ction visits, made every fiv e years, insure the maintainance of high .c amping and summer school standards. The obectives of the American Camping Association, which Cardigan Mountain School strives to maintain, are to further the welfare of students in e ducational and r ecreational b enefits and stimulate a high professional standard of summer leadership. This is most important to the welfar e of the s tude nts and gr.ant assurances to parents that their children are· receiving the benefits of approved standards of care and guidance. Miss Camp and 'Miss Joy run th e Barcadia Camp Service at Mt. D esert Island, Maine , taking time from their duties there to make this inspection tour.
Tennis This year Mr. Cutting and Mr. Gallagher have given us a 1ot of help. They pulled out the "Ball Boy" and drilled us on our shots. As we played they would give us pointers and h elp us out with our fo r m . The champion tennis player of the SS was Dick Boothby _ Also, this summer, work was commenced on two new courts. On the whole there has be en great improvement made at the t e nnis courts. - Bill Luria
Sunapee Playhouse Lake Sunapee Playhouse is a training ground for actors to, develop n ew and better skills. They gav<~ five plays this summer and each actor played various roles so that no one actor had the main part in all the plays . Teahouse of the August Moon and Time Out for Ginger wer e the two comedies. East Lynne was the on ly melodrama . A m elodrama is a play where the hero is always complet ely good and the villain is always completely bad. The Mousetrap and Double Door wer e the two mysteries and were well performe d. -Bob Effinger
As the Sixth Annual Fund draws t o a close, we are proud to, report a total of $10,505.76 contributed by 198 p e ople . To all who have sent gifts over the year, our heartfelt thanks for this expression of their inter est and loyalty to Cardigan. We want to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to the Fund Chairmen: Anthony NI. Harris '60 ; Mrs . Goodhue Crocker Friends and Neighbors; Mr. and Mrs'. James H. Righter, Parents of Students ; and Mr. and Mrs. John B. Oliver , Parents of Alumni. The ab ove totals were achieved only because -of their excellent assistance. Our warmest appreciation also to the following people who have given since ,our last published Chronicle in June: Mr. Alan W . Ellis '54 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T . Barney Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Bowie Mr. William J . Byrnes, Jr. '56 Canaan High School Seniors Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Clarke Mr. and Mrs . William J . Connell Mrs. J . A. D elaney Dr. and Mrs. George Crawford Mr. and Mrs . Arnold W . Dyer Mr. and Mrs . Harold Eggleston '50 Mr. and Mrs. Br uce Fenn, II Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. French Mr. James Gray '60 Mr. and Mrs . Hugh S . Grey Mr. and Mrs. Donald W . Hack Dr. and Mrs. Edward T . Haslam Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Hunt Dr. and Mrs . Albert C. Johnson Mr. and Mrs . Edward L . Lawson Mr. Craig F. Lighty '52 Mr. and Mrs. John Mascitis. Mr. John S. Mascitis '60 Mr. Timothy Milham '57 Mr. :and Mrs. Robert M . Monsted Mr. and Mrs. Jerald B. Newton Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Nutter Mr. Stephen Osgood '53 Mr. J·ohn Pears on SS '62 Dr. John A. Putnam Mr. and Mrs. James H. Righter Mr. Ro ger Rice '60 Mrs . M artha Stevens Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Smith Mr. D avid Walker SS '59 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Walker Mr. and Mrs. Rob er t S . Weeks; Jr. Mr. Timothy S. Winship '60
Summer Session
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A Summer of Sports, Fun, Hobbies and Study
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C. M"S. Alumni News 1950 Dr. Richard D. Morrison who graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Vermont Medical School has, this summer, announced the opening of his office in Essex Juncti-on, Vermont. 1952 Gr.aham D. Balfour is t eaching English :at South Arizona School in Tucson, Arizuna. He will r eturn for one more year in the fall, then go t o graduate schoo-1 for an MA. Craig Lighty is in the real estate business in Walpole, Mass. He recently became the proud father of a son. 1953 Stephen Osgood graduated from James Lich High School and San Jose State College (California) then joined the U . S . Coast Guard. He is presently employed as an electronics technician at Watkins Johnson Company, Palo Alto. He was married in June to Mis s Sharon Jantzen. Congratulations! 1954 Alan Ellis and a friend visited Cardigan in August. He is wor king in the family business, City Brass Foundry, Tiverton, R. I. Word has been received of the recent death of Raymond Turley's fathe. T·o Ray we extend our deepest sympathy. 1955 Steve Carpenter graduated from Colby College (Maine) in June. While there he was Captain of the Ski Team .and a member of Lamba Chi Alpha Fraternity. 1957 Thomas Dunn who has been stationed with the Army in Germany arrived ho-me in June and is very happy to be back in the States ag.ain. Richard Renner graduated from the Windham (Maine) High School in June and has a job with the Portland Gas Company until December when he expects to join the Air Force. 1959 Thumper Auer graduated from Kimball Union Academy in June and will go to Nichols College , in Dudley, Mass ., in September.
Bill Barker will be attending Boston University (Mass.) in the fall. Dave Freeman graduated from Proctor Academy in June and will attend Norwich University next year. He has been working this summer at the Woodsville Country Club (Vt.) Dave Ber geson graduated fro m Nashoba R e g i o n a 1 High School (Mass .) in June. While there he was catcher -on the school baseball team. He visited Cardigan in July and is making plans for College in the fall. J effrey Slawsby is attending Devereux School (Penn .) until August. William Talbert graduated in June from Lebanon (N.H.) High School. Biff Williams enlisted in the Marine Corps in January and is now stationed in Washington, D. C., on Embassy duty.
1960 To Roger Cheney we sympathy in the recent mother. Malcolm deMare will at Vermont Academy in
extend our loss of his be a senior September.
Wallace J.arvis has been doing very good work at The Choate School (Gonn.) and starts his senior year in the fall. Dave Rawtsron, a senior at Dublin School (N.H.) next year, has been elected President of his class. We are especially proud to report that he has the highest academic standing in the school. John Stowe visited Cardigan in August. He will be a Senior .at Dublin School (N.H.) next fall and has been elected President of the Glee Club.
1961 Dick MacLeod who is a student of Stowe Preparatory School (Vt.) is president of the Riding Club and manager of the school horses. Rene Payot has spent the summer at Laurel Crest Academy (Conn.) Bill Smith visited Campus in Ju!Y, coming up from Camp Red Fox in Bristol, N. H., where he was a councilor this summer. Next year he will be at Kents Hill (Me.) Bill was elected Secretary of the Alumni Association at the May 1962 meeting.
1962 Ed Righter has worked at the Buffalo Evening News (N.Y.) this summer and will attend Northwood School (N.Y.) next ye.ar. Doug Dade visited Cardigan in August coming o-ver from Lake Winnipesaukee (N.H .) where he has been working at Goodhue Boat Shop. He will be at Kents Hill (Me.) next year. Jay Robinson stopped at Cardigan on his way to- Maine to meet his parents. When he returns home he plans to visit Rip Uihlein in Milwaukee. Jay will be entering Kimball Union (N.H.) this fall. Jay is Secretary of the Class of '62 and is the first contributor to the Seventh Annual Fund. J.ack Stimpson was on Campus in August and will be a studel).t at Kents Hill (Me.) next year. Summer School 1958
at 'Bradford Academy High School (Vt.) was president of his freshman class last year. 111r,,,..chall ~1"1.P, " ~tnrlPnt
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Tim Winship has been working in a hardware store in Calais, Maine this summer and will be back at Lee Academy (Me.) in September.
David Walker is entering his junior year at Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., in the fall.
Nicholas Wyeth has been working this summer in a boatyard in Camden, Maine and spent some time at the Wyeth Art E>xhibit on Islesboro where he sold several portfolios of his father's work. He will be attending Berwick Academy (Me.) as a senior next year.
Faculty An announcement has just been received that Mr. and Mrs. George Black have welcomed a daughter, ' Holle Lea , to their family circle, in August.