Chronicle (March, 1966)

CARDIGAN CHRONICLE VOL. 15, NO. IO

CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, CANAAN, N. H.

MARCH, 1966

Cardigan's Winter

1966

On Pinnacle snow

Clark-Morgan Hall's entry, the hunter and Bugs Bunny, won first prize in Parents' weekend contest.

The Headmaster's house

Alumni Weekend April 30, 1966

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Log of a Headmaster's Journey Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Wakely visited schools, friends and alumni .a long the Eastern Seaboard. Their log is as follows: January 20 Suffield Academy, Connecticut; visited with Alan Hirsch '65, David Johnston '65, James Neidrighaus '64, Ken Wynn '65.

Hotchkiss School, Connecticut: A wonderful tour with Director of Admissions Boliner.

Kent S!chool, Connecticut: Tour ,a nd visit with Director of Admissions and Mrs. Uhle.

Millbrook School, New York: Visit with Tino Langfield '64 and Keith Johnson· '65.

January 21 Ashland New Jersey: A brief visit with the Robert Johnstons of our Summer School staff.

St. Alban's School, Washington, D. C.: Visit with Rick Francis '64 and his Headmaster, Rev. Martin.

Blue Ridge School, St. George, Virginia: Visited with Bill Watkins '65, Jake Milliken '65, and Bob Jamison '63.

University of Virginia: Ernest Brown '59.

January 22 Camden, South Carolina: Visited with Steve Hanley '58, home from Viet Nam and stationed near his home.

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Mt. Dora Florida: Visited with Dr. and Mrs. Morgan, a trustee of Cardigan.

Orlando, Florida: Visited with Bill Allen, ex-faculty (1961-1962).

Januacy 24 Pompano Beach: Visited with John Knox '64. . .

Saint Andrew's School, Boca Raton: Visited with Victor Ke1lhauer '65 Clayton Scott '65.

Fort Lauderdale: Visited with Bob Effringer '63.

Januacy 25 Ransom School, Coconut Grove: Headmaster Cameron conducted a tour for us.

Captiva Island: Saw a picture of Mike Sheble '62 in Virgina Episcopal School yearbook.

Walking to School

By Haydn Pearson

Do you remember when you walked to school? Remember how ,pleasant it was on spring ·d ays to start from the farm with a lard pail of lunch and realize you had plenty of time to ,g et to District Number Nine before teacher came out on the steps and rang ,the hand bell?

Education like everything else has changed in the recent decades. In 1910 when we expected to walk to sch~l in ,pleasant weather, there were about 200,000 one-room schools in the nation. We know that in 1918 there were 196,037; today there are about 10,000 still in use.

I enjoyed school in spite of the fact that the three sisters always brought home report cards with a monotonous row of A's. In grammar school days I was content with C's, although I know that my marks puzzled and disappointed father. The

fact that I am entitled to wear a Phi Beta Kappa key today does not change the situation a long ago. Except for reading and writing, I was bored by routine scl:_1001 work.

But I thoroughly enJoyed walking to school, and I was glad to finish farm chores and breakfast and be ready to start at eight o'clock. If you have ,a n hour to walk a mile, it means ,time to explore along the way.

In the eighth grade when father and Miss Meigs decided I should write a .500 word composition each day, I would find a ,s ubject in the morning, write it during school for Miss Meigs, and then rewrite it in the evening for father.

Along the mile from G lenrose Farm. to the -school, we had woodlands, open fields, two good,sized brooks with plank bridges, boulderstudded hillside fields, meadows and swamps. Memories of that . walk a -

long the dirt rnad come back to me today. I can see that small .g rove of gray beeches in a woodland, a line of patriarchal old -sugar maples, and the grove of densely-dustered hemlocks.

I remember the patch of blue iris that p,ainted a picture near one of the bridges, and the convention o-f cattails that rimmed a swampy spot.

Beneath that first bridge lived a long dark water snake and when I tosfod a rock into the water, it sometimes went slithering away with its head held above the water. It looked like the sea serpent pictured in Nature's Book of Wonders that mother bought from ,a persuasive book salesman.

There were times when the telephone wires made music and .the haunting melody varied in pitch and intensity according to the weather.

There were days of wind -a nd clouds, days of showers that pattered on the sandy road and the drops left little circular spots like miniature saucers.

We -cannot turn back the hands of progress. Today I see big yellow buses going along country roads. 'Dhe old district schools are gone. Children don't carry lard p•ails and teachers don't stand on the steps and ring a bell. It is ,a ·n ew world, but some of us old timers think if modern children walked to ,school it would be a valuable life experience.

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Reprinted with permission of the Boston Herald

Winter Talent Show Jerome ·Goodspeed, a sixth grader with his friend "Sylvester," gave a fine ventriloquist exhibition. The S.atans played in their usual fine style. "Tiny" Taylor was .on the lead guitar; Sandy Ritchie on the rythm, Tex Ritchie on the drums.

The new attraction is Jay W,alker as their lead singer.

Ed. Stulb

Slave Sale On March the Student Council auctioned ·t hemselves off. The auctioneer was Mr. Wakely. The slaves were sold from four dollars· up.

On Sunday, March 6, the slaves had to work for their owners one hour i.!l the morning and three hours in the ,a fternoon. The proceeds from this s,!lle went to the Student Council Fund. This is. one of the many traditions · here at C.M.S. E. Stulb

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Cardigan Parents a Snow Scene Cardigan Mountain School held its annual Parents Weekend Feb. 26-27 with 200 parents attending.

Opening the festivities was a ski jumping exhibition with Cardigan students Barr Kayser, John Thaxter, Carl Nydegger, Dennis Johnson, Richard Clancy, Brad Davis and David Aldrich demonstrating their jumping skill.

The school's hockey and ski teams were defeated in both their afternoon athletic events with the hockey team losing to Holderness School 2-1 and the ski team losing its alpine meet to Vermont. Dormitory rece-p tions for the boys and their parents concluded the afternoon program.

Bullmoose was a hit. did the job.

The boys in French Hall

An evening assembly included student entertainment by the glee club; Jerry Goodspeed, ventriloquist; and the Satans, a musical group. Receiving trophies for the ski jumping exhibition were Carl Nydegger for placing first and for having the longest jump of 37 feet; John Thaxter for. placing second and also trying for the longest jump; and Richard Clancy for placing third. Announcement was made of those students who made the Honor Roll for this term. After this many parents and boys adjourned to the school ski slope for night skiing.

Sunday morning Headmaster and Mrs. Norman C. Wakely welcomed parents at a morning coffee hour in their home which was followed by a chapel service in the Cardigan chapel with Chaplain Arthur G. Broadhurst officiating. The weekend concluded with lunch and afternoon skiing.

Teena Linn is proud to show off the 'sculpture of Snoopy, feet up on his doghouse.

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Alumni News

Honor Roll Third Marking Period February 1966

High Honor Roll Goodspeed, J. Thuneanu Smith, H. Stella, Honor Roll Duguid Foley Thomas, w.

Mainzer Kenly Thomas, G. Zamore Effort Honor Roll Austin Goodspeed, J. Smith, H. Truneanu J. A. C. List

Alden Austin Bazley Bergeson Burton Colie Davis Dickie Douty Eustis Foley Gerard Gerould Goodspeed, E. G. Goodspeed, J .

Hartdegen

Herbert Hicks Hilton Hogan Jeanneney Johnson, D. Johnson, F. Knowles Littleton Mcilvain Mainzer Martin · Morris, A. Morris W. Newman Nydegger Parmley Pipes Place Richards Rowe Sculthorpe Seith Shethar Smith, H. Smyth Ste.arns Stevens Stone Stulb Swenson Thaxter Thomas, W. Thompson Truneanu Tucker Whaland Wirene Zamore

Class of '63 Tony Freed ~ang with the Proctor Glee Club here at school recently.

John Hart is attending Parsons College.

Geoff Hoots is a senior at Berkshi:·e; he visited on the campus during the Christmas holidays.

Dudley Houget is a senior at Sterling. Mr. and Mrs. Linn visited w~th him there recently.

Bill Luria is a senior at K. U . A. and visits his younger brother Al~x here at Cardigan; frequently .

Leonard Ossario attends the Northwood school.

Sky Peck is a senior at TrinityPawling and stopped in for a nice visit recently.

Kirby White sang with the Proctor Glee Club when they presented a concert here recently.

Jim Brewer and King Humphrey visited the campus March 5. They attend Kents Hill School, Maine.

CHRONICLE STAFF Editor-in-Chief

Alfred Johnston

Assistant Editor

Schuyler Rains P. McDonald

News Editor

Robert Manley

Sports Editor

C. Durling

Ski News

D. D. Ritchie, Edward Stulb

Music Editors Business Manager

Delavan Colie

Advisor

Hugh H. Addy

Advisor Emeritus

Mrs. David Shelton

Mimeographer

Mrs. Douglas S. Johnson

Addressographer

Mrs. Harold R. Wyman

Alumni News .

Mrs. Norman C . Wakely Mrs. Lawrence W . Talbert

Published by Cardigan Mountain School The Reporter Press, Canaan, _N. H.

Class of '61 Tom Corney is attending Babson Institute.

David Easter is working near home.

Walter Fifield attends N. H. Technical Institute.

Rusty MacLeod is in the Air Force.

Field Miller is safely home from Marine duty after receiving the Purple Heart.

Charles Noble attends Parson College.

James White made his first visit to the campus since '61; he is attending Newton Junior College where . he is Chairman of the Athletic Board.

Michael White is attending Monmouth College iri Illinois.

Robert Weber graduated from Southern Arizona School for Boys in Tucson in May and is now -at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio.

John Togba '61 telephoned from White River Junction. He was on his way to Mt. Snow to ski. John is currently at Friends University, Wichita, Kansas; he is a sophomore, majoring in Economics and prelaw. He is vice-president of the International Relations Club. This summer, he will be at the University of California in BerkleY,. He may transfer there next · fall; presently his address is in care of Friends University. .

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Faculty News

And then he wrote As the snow slips further and further down the sides of Mt. Cardigan, the warm s,p ring-like gusts buffeting at us from dorm to dorm here on the hill turn our thoughts instinctively toward far-distant places and the urge to be on the move. One person who succumbed to this urge all hts life was Jack London, the subject of an exciting biography by Irvin1g Stone. The story of this well-known writer, entitled JACK LONDON, SAILOR ON HORSEBACK, is a ,p opular ·s eller from •our school paperback rack and a top contender for the book most likely to capture the interest of readers of all ages.

Did you know that the author of CALL OF THE WILD was a :hobo by the time he was fifteen? He was called "Frisco Kid" by the others on The Road and delighted in the unexpected twists and turns of his trips throughout the country, sometimes starving for food and warmth, sometimes comfortably bedded down in a railroad car with a pocket full of bread.

But London had a mother and sister to provide for, when he had time to think of it. In a desperate search for a means to support them ,all, he knew that he enjoyed writing more than any other occupation. He also knew it required a -good deal more education than he had, so he determined to teach himself about the world and life by reading. He spent months at the public library and read everything he could get his hands on . When his eyes ached from reading, he memorized lists of words he didn't know and he labored over stories of his own invention. And he sold some.

But it was a long road to success, for Jack London was as unpredictable as the wind and his interests ranged from vehement socialism to land development, the Gold Rush in the Klondike, two wives and many loves, sailing the seven se,as, and a constant ur:ge to improve upon what others had done.

He drew fr.om his own life when writing and as he · lived and experienced more, the better and more successful his stories became. He lived with a flourish of lavish extravagance, spendling most of his

writing income by entertaining and supporting his costly ventures into farming, boat-building, and other schemes. He was constantly in debt and, when he took his own life at forthy, he was broke.

A review has stated that this is "one biography to make you want to go back and .read the stories." London's works include WHITE FANG, THE SEA WOLF, BEFORE ADAM, A DAUGHTER OF THE SNOWS, and MARTIN EDEN, in addition to many short stories and other writings.

Many Cardi,g an students have already found that JACK LONDON, SAILOR ON HORSEBACK is entertaining as well as factual biography.

Irving Stone, the author, has written about Michelangelo, van Gogh, Clarenc e Darrow and other famous people in a style which is brisk in dialogue and pace yet well-researched and documented. This thoroughly enjoyable presentation of one of° America's best known writers makes a story well worth reading.

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Mrs. David Shelton, Librarian

Bradford Y a g g y, Director of Studies, attended, a one-day Independent School Testing meeting on Jan. 14 in Brookline, Mass., sponsored by the Service. A panel discussion on Admissions ,a nd Testing was led by Roger D. Coleman of the Independent School Testing Service followed by a second discussion concerning Reading Problems in the Independent School conducted by Miss Mildred Downs, reading consultant. The meeting was eoncluded with a third discussion dealing with School Problems: A Physician's Viewpoint with guest speaker, Dr. Robert P . Masland, associated with Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

On January 18, the Business Association of the I n d e p e n d e n t Schools Association of Northern New Engl•a nd held a winter meeting at Cardigan with representatives from various independent schools present. This association is comprised of the business officials of the independent schools and is concerned with the financial part of operating schools. Mark J. J. Leonardi, Business Manager -a nd Treasurer of Vermont Academy is president of the group. *

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Honor Roll Proctor Glee Club Under the direction of Mrs. Doris Swett Pierce, the Proctor Glee and the instrumental group, The Squires, gave a concert at CMS on February 24 at 5:00 p .m. This delightful group w,as well received. They were our. guests at dinner, after which they enjoyed a tour of our campus.

PAPER PATRONS

Mr. Francis A. Harper Mrs. Kissell Adams Dr. Phelps P . Luria Mrs . John F . Howe N.A.I.S.

Headmaster Norman C. Wakely, and Senior Master and Mrs. Theodore Linn attended the National Association of Independent Schools in New York City, Mai-ch 3-5.

Names of those students who made the Honor Roll and the Effort Honor Roll for the second marking period were recently released and certified presently to the boys. · High· Honor Roll students included Paul SteUa, Halsey Smith and Luis Truneanu; Honor Roll, John Newman, Corning Kenley, Robert Foley, Christopher Zamore, Jerome Goodspeed, and -Grove Thomas; Effort Honor Roll, Byron Austin, Robert Foley, Halsey Smith, Paul Stella, Luis Truneanu, ,and Christopher Zamore. /';. certificate of award was also presented to the boys of Proctor House for having the highest combined average of all the dormitories. The day boys received a certificate of award for making the greatest · improvement and increase in their combined averages .

Coming Events March 18, Spring Recess Begins.

April 5, Spring Recess Ends.

April 30, Alumni Weekend.

May 7, Spring Dance.

June 4, Graduation, _11 a.m.

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Cardigan's Club Program Here is a listing and brief description of the clubs that meet during the three club periods on Saturday mornings .

AMERICAN POLITICS - Here is an opportunity to learn about our government and the political parties that oause it to function as it does . Discover the difference between politicai parties and evaluate their ideas and legislation.

ART CLUB - No special abilities are needed. If you enjoy <kawing or painting and would like to receive instruction and improve your skills sign up here . This club is open only to those boys who are not scheduled for art during the week.

BOAT CLUB - This club is available for boys who hope to be on the sailing team next spring. The boys will work on boat maintenance .a nd repair and learn more about sailing techniques and racing procedures.

THE · BRIDGE CLUB - Open to boys in grades 8 or 9. The fundamentals of the most challenging card game will be taught. Th.is game has had an unrivaled popularity through the years and is popular with people of .all ages.

C CLUB - To be a member of this club you must have won your Cardigan C. The purpose of the club is to teach more than is commonly known about different sports and to prepare boys to be of service to the school in the athletic area .

CHESS CLUB -- For both beginners and experts, this club welcomes all boys interested in chess.

This game teaches you to think ahead and gives the thrill of trying to outwit your opponent.

CHOIR - The members of the Cardigan Choir are chosen by try-outs. If you are lucky enough to be chosen, many good times will be forthcoming.

CHRONICLE - The Chronicle is Cardigan's own newspaper. Here is the opportunity to see your writing print - whether it be poems, short stories, or news articles.

Learn all aspects of school newspaper work. Talents of many types are necessary.

DRAMATICS CLUB - All the world is a stage. Short plays of different types will be produced

during the year. You can gain valuable experience in dramatics that can be used in the years ahead.

(Actors and stage hands are needed.)

FISHING CLUB - The emphasis will be on fly-tying. Study and make different types of artificial lures and their uses so you will be re-ady for spring.

THE BLAZE - The Blaze is the name of Cardigan's yearbook. The student staff does the write-ups for the grnduating class, the various activities, and special campus events. Photography, the lay-out of materials, and the soliciting of businessmen for advertisements are other areas of interest.

THE KOBALTIS CLUB - The Kobaltis are little people who live in the woods and s-o will you in this club. The study of plants, animals and minerals by use of laboratory and field trip is both fun and interesting.

MAP CLUB - Le,arn how to get to East Podunk and return. Topo grahp1cal, navigational, and road maps will all be used. The use of the compass for plotting courses and for. looating yourself in wilderness areas will also be undertaken.

MATH CLUB - Brain twisters, mathematical puzzles, and games are included. Math can be both challenging and fun as you will see.

MODEL CLUB - Build and fly you own p1ane. Ships and other appropriate models may be built.

PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB - Take, develop, and print your own pictures of campus events, athletic contests, scenery, friends, etc. The best may end up in THE BLAZE or THE CHRONICLE. RADIO CLUB - Cardigan has its own radio station that went into operation this fall . Club work involves speaking practice, script prepar ation, p r ogram organization, and actual broadcasting.

ROCKET CLUB - 3-2-1-0-Ignition! Learn ,a bout the space age first hand. Build ,and fly your own rocket. Types of missiles and their uses will also be discussed.

SCRABBLE CLUB - If your vocabulary and spelling need improvement here is a way to do it and have fun at the same time.

Your score will be kept from week to we ek to determine a champion.

SHOP CLUB - Meeting first and second periods this club is open only to those boys who are presently taking shop or have an unfinished project to complete.

STORIES AND L E GE ND S CLUB - A relaxed look at folklore , famous legends, ,a nd short stories for your own pleasure. ·open to boys in grades 6, 7, and 8 only.

TRAVEL CLUB - It costs money to travel, but_here is a way to learn about far away places fo•r free. A glance into foreign countries will be achieved by use of discussion, slides, movies, and personal experiences.

Snow Sculpture A snow sculpture, as it implies, is a sculpture made from snow. The sculpture usually represents a cartoon favorite or an easy-to-identify TV celebrity Each dorm is using cartoon strips such as Peanuts (Hinman), Bulwinkle (French), Peanuts (new dorm), Bugs Bunny (Clark Morgan)', Bugis-. Bunny (Brewster), and Snoopy (Proctor House) . E,ach dorm makes an ice base and from this they copy a cartoon strip.

They make a rough outli.J;le of the cartoon celebrity and then spray it with water. Once the rough sculpture is hard, slowly and labori-ously, the boys sculpture the face and body. When satisfied with their sculpture for the last time they water it lightly to give it a hard cooling surface. ·

Education The highest object of education is development: drawing out and unfolding the whole nature, physica l, intellectual,,, moral, and spiritual All things else come · easily when the soul of man is well developed.-James Freeman Clarke.

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Chaplain's Corner A PARABLE ABOUT KNOWLEDGE

By Arthur G. Bro,a dhurst, Chaplain

Once up·on a time there was a boy who set out on a very long journey on a road ,over which he had never been before. When he set out, he did not know where he was going, or where he would end up, or how long it would take to ,get there.

He set out on his journey when he was only ten years old. The first stop was a prep school far off in the mountains a long distance from his home. It was a new experience for him but it did not take him long to get 'accustomed to it. He found that there were so many new and exciting things to do. He j,oined with others in games and went sailing on the lake and hiking in the mountains; he threw candy wmppers on the lawn and flunked inspection, punched his roommate and got slips for talking during study hall; he did pretty much what everyone else did.

He went ,to classes and read books, and learned about writing sentences, and what the elements· of matter are, and how to solve equations, and who was resp·onsible for · the Civil War. And he thought to himself, "There is so much to learn. I wonder if I will ever le.am it all."

Then, one day, he became a big wheel. He wa.s elected to the Student Council, a~d was a leader in a dormitory, and served on this committee and that. He was pretty important.

He knew his job well. And one day when he was thinking about his great responsibilities, he said to himself, "Maybe there is more to learn than history, and algebra, and English."

And he kept thinking about it, and sure enough, very quickly he recalled other things he had learned. He looked back on himself and remembered what a jerk he had been when

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he came, and he looked with more understanding on those who had still to come by that same road.

Then his thoughts wandered again, and he had to face into the uncertain future, and think of more schools, and jobs, and decisions. And he thought to himself, "There is still so much more to !,earn.'' He thought about responsibility, and how he often let things slide-time, assignments, jobs. And he thought to himself, "Anything worth doing, is worth doing well." But he couldn't seem to get into the hang of doing things this way. But all in all he was feeling pretty confident in himself; and the way he was increasing his knowledge, surely it wou1d not take too much longer to know everything.

Then one day while home for a weekend, he ran into a very strange creature on the street, a man who seemed to have some strange black scales over his eyes. He could not u~derstand how the man could find his way around, or see where he was going. Then he noticed that the strange manlike creature was mumbling some words, and he listened very closely to make out what they were; he heard the man say, "I've got it! I've got all the answers!"

Surely the boy thought, either the man ,is crazy or he's a Dartmouth student.· And he was very sur,p rised.

For it seemed so strange for anyone to say anything as foolish as ,that.

The man must have been off his rocker. And he started to laugh, but then he thought better of it and ,t ook pity on the man and thought, "Poor fellow. He can't see very well. He can't see any further than his nose.

He doesn't really see how little he understands. He has a· strange kind of blindness."

And when he got home, he discussed it with his father, who wa,s ve,r y wise, and seemed to be getting smarter as his son got older. And his father explained to him that sometimes for reasons unknown people get a disease called "over-tired brain" and the brain stops working, and they stop learning and thinking, and evetually they die from the neck up.

All the way back to school he thought about it again. And back at his room on the campus, strangely enough, he got into a rather heated discussion; and even more strangely, it was about religion. And his room

mate kept insisting ,t hat he was right, and all the boy could think about was the strange man with the scales over his eyes.

On his way to Chapel one morning, another thought occurred to him, and it seemed to be a thought worth thinking a•b out some more. He said to himself, "There is so much that 1· do not know. Truth is so big and vast, I don't see how anyone could have all the ,a nswers." And aga,ip he thought, "God is big,g er than the words we use to describe him or talk about him. I do not have all the answers, and I don't have near enough knowledge ,about God. Maybe my room mate does know something that I do not know. And if he does maybe it is important that we share our truth".

The more he thought about it, the more it seemed important that there was truth enough for everyone to have a share in it. And he said to himself, "Maybe those who have some truth would be willing to share it with me, and if I am patient and willing to learn, maybe I shall find truth I did not know existed. Truth seems to be found in so many different places.'

And the boy learned how to listen and to share his thoughts in humility. And he grew to be wise, and sympathetic and understanding. He was known for his wisdom and his knowledge. And people said of him that he was a great man and that he knew God. And someone asked him, later in life, how he could know so much.

And he said, "I found that truth is bi,g ger than I am and it is found in so many unlikely places. I learned to listen for it and to share it with others. And so I found that by listening and sharing, there was so much to be learned."

And he said this, too, and it was the. last thing he said-"Learning this is a mark of growing up.'' Go, and do thou likewise.

Chapel Speakers Nov. 7, 1965, H. H. Addy, CMS F·a culty. · · Dec. 1965, Richard Jae.ger, Dart.mouth.

Jan. 23, Christopher Brookfield, Chaplain, Philips E~eter.

Feb. 20, Charles H. Whittier, Chaplain, Berwick Academy: March 13, Charles H. Groesbeak, Chaplain, Dublin School.

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Alumni News Class of '52 Warren D. Huse, 2·52 Pleasant St., Laconia, 1New Hampshire, visited here in January. He was on his way to Vietnam early in February . .

Class of '53 George E . Harris, P. 0. Box 398 Millertown, New York 12546, visited the campus in January. He is a student at Yale Divinity School and pastor of the Millertown Methodist Church.Uichard Harris is profess·o r at Central Connecticut State College in New Britain, Connecticut. He will enter the doctornte program in sociology at Brandeis, University of Chicago; -or Yale.

Class of '55 Mr. and 'Mm. David Webster o.f Los Angeles spent' the Christmas holiday with Mrs. Webster's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Wyckoff.

of '56 · John Bell is working in Rochester, N. Y. , after graduating in Jan. 1965.

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Class of '58 Bill Dyer is working in Falmouth, Mass.; Peter ,Moore graduated from Middlebury . .

Ste,pheri Hanley is back from Viet Nam . and stationed at Ft. Jackson. home is in Camden, South Carolina.

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Class of '59 Ernest Brown graduates from the University of Virginia in 1966, expects to do gradaute work at the University of Wisconsin in Journalism next year.

Dick Meynell is attending Columbia University.

Mr. and Mrs. William Talbert an• nounce the airrival of rtheir first child, Timothy W alke,r Talbert in February.

Richard Weeks announced his engagement.

Blake 'Munro visited the campus recently.

Class of '60 Ed Ball is in the Service.

Willett Cobb is ,a ttending Belknap College.

Nick Wilson is attending Rochester Institute of Technology; he visited the .c ampus at C}1ristmas.

Alan Wood IV stopped to visit en route to Tremblant to ski.

Class of '62 J·o hn Christy attends the University of New Hampshire .

Arthur Cox visited the campus in the fall and he attends Alleghany Oollege.

Paul Gardent attends the University of New Hampshire.

Peter Jagoda of Ash1and, Ohio, stopped in for a nice visit recently.

Peter Weeks is a post-graduate student at Kents Hill School where he was captain of his so·c cer t eam.

Class of '64 Gardner Cox attends Sterlin,g School; Mr. and Mrs. Linn visited with him recently while visiting that campus.

Drex Douglas was the star backfield member of Mr. Babcock's football team at Fountain Valley School, Colorado.

Rick Francis is doing well at St. Albans School; he plays the organ once a week for chapel.

Tino Langfie1d visited the campus recently.

Mike Mosher was here for a visit recently.

Jim Neidringhaus was a goalie for Suffield Academy Hockey team; he went skiing in Europ a with Allen Hirsh '65.

Peter Gardent has bean over from K. U. A. many times it-0 check on his younger brother at Cardigan.

David Johnston broke his arm during a wrestling match.

James Reswick who is attending public -school in Cleveland was here for a visit recently.

Jack Shaner paid a visit to Cardigan's campus recently.

Class of '65 James C. Wemyss III attends KUA and visited the campus last fall.

"Duncan Harper is doing well at Dunn School, at Los Olivos, California, a boarding school some 30 miles from our home in Santa Barbara, ,and is on the soccer team."

IiN MEMORIAM Oolin Robert Sanborn Class of 1965 FACULTY Ray Jenness teaches at Worcester Academy.

The Harrimans are enjoying retirement and are vacationing in , Florida.

Dick and Beret Leavitt have a new addition to their family; Lise will be one in May; they are at the Hinckley School in Maine with Mr. Ackley.

Dr. and Mrs. Eric Weber stopped in for a visit over the holidays. They are in Boston while he finishes his residency. ·

(Kindly send address if you know the whereabouts of these Alumni.)

LOST ALUMNI

1947 GOSS, Sherman KAPLAN, Stuart R. MOREHOUSE, John D. 1948 ARGUELLO, Guillermo COX, Philip W. LAWSON, Donald PRINCE, Lowell B. 1949 BARRETT, Bruce FARRIN. William 1950 PIERCE, Douglas RANGER, Joseph WATERMAN, Donald WHEELOCK, Hr.ad.ford WHEELOCK, Hugh KITTELL, David 1951 RAND, Peter SHIELDS, Daniel W. WILSON, William B. 1952 BYRNES, John HARLOW, Barry 1953 HEWETT, Harold James 1954 SHARP, Philip 1956 ANGLEM, Thomas FORT, Lamar E. Jr. MILHAM, Jeffrey RANDALL, Harold RANDALL, Peter 1957 ADAMS, Thomas APOLANT, Robert HAMBLETON, James HOWELL, Walter JUDGE, Frank MOORE, Norman, . Jr. ROY, Donald A. 1958 ABRAMS, Kenneth A. BOWMAN, Michael WHITTELSEY, Henry N. 1959 KELLEY, Lawrence OHTA, Yasuteru WHITEHEAD, William L. Jr. 1960 MCCLELLAN, George McKinley, II 1961 NOBLE, Charles R. CAMACHO, Manuel F. 1962 SMITH, Roderick '· STERNBERG, Michael S. 1963 MACK, Edward J.

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Summer School French Program

By Theodore F. Linn, Jr. Senior Master Co-director, Summer School

recovery operations for various astronauts.

Further information may be obtained from Mr. Black or from the Summer School Directors. Cardi-. gan Mountain School, Canaan, N.M.

Cardigan Mountain School has initiated a Summer French program organized to provide concentrated instruction _on · an individu.al basis for both students who need reinforcement in the French language skills. as well as for those who wish to accelerate in this language area.

Each student's proficiency in the language is considered in devising a curriculum to meet his needs.

Because of our language facilities and a student-teacher ratio of 6-1 the Summer School French department is ,able to accommodate beginners as well as the more advanced students of our age group.

We at Cardigan believe that this program provides a unique opportunity for our boys to gain a mastery of French while ,a t the same time to participate in the athletic and recreational phases of the summer session.

Living in a "French dormitory" and dining at "French tables" provide relaxed opportunities to practice spoken French. While living in this environment, boys are constantly encouraged to think in French. Boys in the French Program, however, participate in the regular afternoon recreational and athletic phase of the Summer School, and there are no pledges or penalties for the use of English.

Directing the French program is David Hills Black. Mr. Black is a gvaduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College, where he also earned his M.A. He has been a Fullbright Scholar at the Sorbonne, taught French at Harvard, Browne and Nichols and Exeter, and is currently at Brooks School, North Andover, Mass.

Weddings Miss Carolyn Cobb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmons Cobb of Canaan Street, and John Russell Larmon were · married on J.a nuary 21 at the Trinitarian Congregation.al Church of Concord, Mass. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell R. Larmon of Balch Hill, Hanover.

The bride was given in marriage by her father. Her matron of hono. was Mrs. Murr.ay D. Mills. Best man was Mr. Peter Gamble. The cert:mony was performed by Rev. Robert H. Barber. A reception for the families was held following the ceremony at the Colonial Inn. The couple is now living in North Kingston, R.I., near Quonset Naval Base where Mr. Larmon is stationed :as .a crew member of a Navy helicopter unit. His unit is attached to the airforce carrier WASP, which has figured prominently in

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The Cardigan Mountain School Chapel was the scene of the August la wedding of Miss Theresa Clancy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clancy, and Stephen Purcell, son of Mrs. Helen Purcell, New Jersey ..

A luncheon reception for 150 guests followed the ceremony which included Miss Jean Wycoff as maid oi honor, and Miss Mary Haurlicl{, a cousin of the bride, Miss Ann Purcell, a sister of the bridegroom, as bridesmaid. Best man was Mr. Pur: cell's brother, Robert; ushers included Michael Clancy, the bride's brother, David Hautlick and Bruce tiagley. Mr. Clancy gave his daughte;· in marriage. · Rev. J. Yorke Peeler of Norwich, Vt., performed the ceremony and .cielen Dennis was the organist.

The Purcells now reside in Gillette, New Jersey, where he is employed at an electronics firm in Newark.

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AMan Or a Dream?

Why do we kill so many innocent people

to prove that we want peace?

Why do we spend so much money on weapons and then say we want disarmament?

Why, if it isn't really a war, do we continue to send so many thousands more?

Why do we call a soldier who cannot take the strain, and runs into the enemy's fire, a hero and honor his name?

And yet, when a person burns himself, in a last request for peace, we call him cr.azy, a maniac on the loose, that his sort of people should be locked up in a cage.

I hold the same, no-, more respect for the latter of the two.

I believe he knew more of what he was about.

He died for peace, he died for America, he died for the world, he died for you an' me too.

His death brought shock to many; a £act too harsh for their feeble minds.

And yet to many others he made them realize that peace was the only solution for the problems of today that it could be achieved, even with L.B.J.

Don't get me wrong, don't put me down, I ain't no fan of Barry's.

Sure, of the two (in my opinion) Lyndon is the better.

But somewhere in this world today there are people many times his superior Now I remember, at the last election, everyone was sayin' that with Barry elected there'd be a war that would blow us all to hell.

But with our man Lyndon peaee would come easy, it wouldn't be hard to get.

Now, I ain't got no regrets 'bout supportin' L.B.J. I just wish another man had come along the way.

A man independent of others, able to stand away from the crowd when it was needed, and join in with them when that was needed.

A man aw.are of others.

A man who has feared, and can recognize another's fear; a man who has cried, and can recognize tears ; a man who has felt pain, and can see the pain of others; a man who has known misery, and can recognize the misery of others; a man who knows when he's gone too far, and who will stop when he knows he's gone too far.

-dev colie

THE LAST RUN The air was brisk The snow w.as firm, The trees were huge, white monsters.

My leg,s shook in the brisk air.

My poles squeaked. in the firm, cold, snow, My mind was carefree.

Away from the lift I poled, My skis soaring over the snow.

The trail I chose was lonely.

The headwall was ,a challenge.

The runoff was fabulous.

I poled, the moguls and, Schussed to the bottom, No fall all the way down.

I was feeling great When I caught an edge And fell flat on my face.

-Guy Swenson

MOGULS They stood there Solid, steadfast, immovable.

They're on every slope.

They throw their creators.

They're poled by others.

They're a thrill.

They're a hazzard.

They're praised They're sworn .a t.

To me they're heaven.

To others they're hell. ~Guy Swenson

Cardigan Chronicle

Page 11 A LIFE

Reincarnation

By Richard Kiberd

The sun beats down oppressingly Exco11ciating the body on the sand.

The sounds of children busily engaged, The odor of se.aweed: pungent, sickening, The rocks grinding in the distance; The shatter of w.ater breaks the silence.

The beating of the shovel on the sun-baked sand; The patter of flesh as it smacks across the sand, · The blood bursting in one's vessels . ..

The inexorable, excruciating sun, The hot, stifling. wind torments the obsequious Flesh; both eating away, dissolving, devouring One - and still the grotesque body lays exposed.

The rays roasting . . . . . . . . .

The The The The The

oder of seaweed becomes stronger; water bursts .about the tarsals . shock? Cold, frigid - INVIGORATING ! water breaks about the patella; submerging, feeling comes again.

The children splash, their feet oozing in, The dirty muck . . . . . . . . . .

The groin: encircled, refrigerated The BODY stirs! A leg moves.

Suctton undermines the back, the head raises, The salt ,clings in hidden corners.

The B-0-D-Y rises ,a nd yields up to the water Now completely covered, water churning .. . .

It returns, it lies, prostrated, stretching.

The sun impales itself with exuberance The water, the steam, the bare legs, The groin, the back, the face - It dances hungrily upon the neck The body stiffens, the leg twitches; all serene . . . . .

The sound of feet wet upon the sand - The pails, the shovels slapping on the crust.

The seagulls' call, the distant water; The cacophony recedes.

The waters of the mouth secrete, the cheeks Glisten. The disappear.ance on the heated sand.

The eyes close slowly; The vanquished.

Remember the days of yesterday, my friend, Because tomorrow will be harder.

Remember the hours •o f freedom and joy, my friend-, Because tomorrow will be different.

Prepare for the life of tomorrow, my friend, Because tomormw will be tougher.

Prepare for the work and toil, ID3i friend, Because there will be plenty of it.

Help the generation of tomorrow, my friend, · Because those who don't take heed will need help.

Givens Goodspeed

I WONDER

I wonder what will happen to this To this world of ours tomorrow.

I wonder if it will be over populated in every corner.

I wonder if atomic bombs will be dropping on it.

I wonder if there will be enough food for all.

I wonder if there will be peace and unity of all.

I wonder why I can't help thinking that it will be no better off than today.

Givens Goodspeed

WHY WORRY?

Why Worry?

When your boss fires you the night before Christmas.

When your wife has divorced you And kicked you out as soon as you made the last payment on the mortgage.

When your kids call you fink When your dog growls When you come home to the door (crazy mutt) When your two-year-old swallowed The anniversary present that you put in this rut.

Why Worry?

When you know you've had it Why Worry,?

Because Mister when you're in a mess like this it's the only thing left to do.

Alan Weiner -

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