CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, CANAAN, N. H.
DECEMBER, 1962
Bell Elected Editor of Blaze Richard Bell has been elected ectrtor of the Cardigan yearbook, "The Blaze." Dick entered Cardigan in the eigh'. th grade and joined the Chronicle staff immediately, providing them throughout the year with numerous cleverly written articles. In the spring of his first year he was voted to two of the most responsible jobs on the campus. He was elected Dorm Leader of French Hall. This job requires a great deal of mature judgement, for he has to see that all of the boys are succeeding at their studies and are trying to become better school citizens. As a member of the Student Council he has to share in the evaluation of school rules and policy, to vote on new ideas, and always in behavior uphold the name of our school. In his second year here he received an early acceptance to Governor Dummer Academy. During the football season he worked hard as a left guard. Yet behind all this activity Dick has proven to be an excellent, consistent student, often approaching the High Honor Roll. Paul Westervelt '63 Up! Up! Up!
The Chapel - Steel and Brick Cardigan has always been a growing school and there is no better proof of this than the fact that there always seems to be an extensive building project in progress. The Chapel is the third such building project in four years. The Chapel is of colonial design, featuring brick and wood ex terior. The construction will be of steel with plaster interior, with two columns, two pilasters, and a steep:e in front. The interior will have a narthex, a nave, chancel, and a balcony. An electric organ will be installed and chimes will be placed in the steeple. The entire Chapel will seat 250 persons v,ith room for fifty additional in the balcony and with 176 persons being seated on the main floor.
On the ground floor there will be a seminar room with a fireplace and a stereo record system, a small serving kitchen, four soimdproof music practice rooms, an art room, and a choir and band room with a seating capacity of 75. There has been some question as to why the Chapel was not made large enough for commencement. The reason is this, it is not economically sound to make a building large enough to seat 500 persons for a once a year event. At the present time work is a little behind schedule be:::ause of the late arrival of steel, but work is continuing rapidly and the completion date is still set for early summer ·of 1963. Terry Baker '63
Trip to Spectacle On Saturday, Oct. 20th, Mr. Wakely took a group of nine boys on a canoe trip to Spectacle Lake, which is about 15 miles east of CMS. We made the trip over there in about 45 minutes and quickly launch ed our canoes. For about an hour we paddled up and down the lake and beached our canoes at an old camp site. Then we walked for about a half mile up to the top of a cliff. There we saw the surrounding countryside and the sunset. We paddled back to the car and put the canoes back on the trailer and headed back home. We cooked our supper at the Cardigan State park parking lot. Mr. Wakely's cooking was adequate! I think this canoe trip was fun for the whole group. Roger Earle '64 0