Chronicle (August, 1967)

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CARDIGAN CHRONICLE VOL. 16, NO. 5

CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, CANAAN, N. H.

AUGUST, 1967

-"Dear Uncle Jim, Thanks for writing while .

I was at Cardigan The 1noney was welcome, too. Camp wasn't so bad, I guess. I took a few pictures, as you'll see.

1967 Summer School-Camp Lt is quite evident from the atmosphere around the campus that this has been an enjoyable_summer of work and p~ay for the students, as well as for the faeulty.

A serious attitude toward school work has been the primary theme of the summer school. However, we comfortably supplemented the serious outlook on summer school with an e:,citing recreational program of land and water sports. Cardigan also hired entertainment to I!el'lform on campus and provided numerous off-.c ampus trips.

This summer's group of studentc-ampers seemed to take moi;-e advantage of the natural resources and beauty than the boys have in previous summers. There was outstanding enthusiasm for hikes, canoe trips, mountain climbs and sailing.

To the boys, Cardigan says "Thanks for coming. W,e enjoyed spending the summer with you and we enjoyed helping you. May your winter be easier academically as a result of the deliberate work which you achieved this summer.""

Summer School Director Thomas Rouillard ar.d Director of Studies, Thomas P. RouiHard Raymond Jenness (right) betUJ.een July classes.

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Canoeing

This summer edition of the CARDIGAN OHIRJO'NltCLE . is pwblished by Ga,rdigan Mountain School and . written by · those students whose names appear and members Off the school faculty ; under the direction of Mr,s. Bir,ch and Mrs. S.heHon. It is printed by · the Reporter Press, Oanaan, N. H .

The canoeing activity 'this summer has been q~-ite an active one, with close to s-iicty boys p,a rticipating. The program, which is based on the American Red Cross Basic Canoeing Course, is something quite demanding and requires much effort on the boy,s' part. The students were ahly helped by Givens Goo'dspeed, who acted as as.sistaillt irnstructor throughout the program.

"I spent some time in the dining room . .. " Headmaster Abroad

Hank Chadwick, Mac . Lloyd, Louis ·Mercer, J:ami_e Mills, Doug Roberts, John Rosenthal, Duncan Scott and Geo£ Shepard must be recognized f.or their outstanding achievement.

Headmaster and Mrs. Wakely will arriv1e home on August 24 ~fter a three-week visit to England. Attending an international meeting of prep,aratory school educators at Bishop Otter Teachers' Training Colle:ge in Chichester, the Wakelys took · part in a conlference centered ~m the themes, "·E ducation in a changing world," and "The Schools' Respons~bility for the Future."

A weekend c·anoe trip to Kezar Falls, Me ., climaxed the summer term of canoeing.

Pajamas and Fireworks Tuesday, July fourth, was special for the boys at Cardigan this year. Although many Off the· boy1s eX!l)ected nothing more than a sparkler, they were treated to much more.

At six that afternoon, eve-ryibody enjoyed a cook-out, and stuffed themse·lve/s with corn on the: cob, hot d·ogs and hamibu;rgers, washed down with soda p.op. Over-indulgence was enjoyed by almost all.

Alt sev-e n o'clock, regular green Fireworks began to blast off. Bursts and wh~te activities were held. The of beautiful rainbow colors began boys divided the green and white to travel from near the newly conperiod evenly between hurdles, disstructed athletic building across the cus and shot-put, tire pull and other horizon in front of them , all in full a1s sorted rec games. They enjoyed themselves but the Green team lain a mented sliightly for they were not the, victol'!s.

The boys then went to their dorms as directed and returned to the field all prepared for bed. The question in the minds of many was, "Why are we wearing p,ajamas? Itf we sleep .ou,tside, won',t the mosquitoes be awful? " Of course, they didn't sleep out.

They were entertained inrste,a d by "iMr. Norris and his Oarele,sis Couple•." The group was composed of Mr. Norris, Mr. Jason (the velvet frog) and J-im Bodine. Mr. Norris and Jim Bodine played their guitars while Mr. J·ason led the students in a folk sing.

After several e~cellent numbe•l'S, the boys' attention was dr awn t o strange am:ber light s coming from the opposite end olf the field. Then, wh at many had su!ij)ected, took place.

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view. From time to time, the boys would break into applause when an e:,pecially beautiful or loud display erupted. At times, the boy,s c-ould also see , far in the distance, other fireworks flashing in the sky. These, they learned later, were part of the Canaan Fourth of July Celebration.

When the entertainment ended, the students were happy to return to their dorms. They had had a long day and welcomed the night's re-st ahead.

the water!"

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On the Beach w ,atel'lfvont activities moved into full siwing · right from the start :of summer school. Each studen'..t was given, a s1wimming te,s t by the waterfront director and pfaced in the pool to which he had quaHfied.

E ach student had an instructional swim four tim,e s a week. Duriillg this time, the individual student, depending on his a'bility to cooperate, ha.d a chance to le,arn more about the proper technique of s,w1mming various strokes and water s,a foty.

Class es were organized from beginners to Junior Life Saving. We a,lso had many boys working on a Siwim and Sltay Fit progr,am, trying to swim 50 miles during the summer.

An old c'lulb was resurreoted this summer: 11he Bolar Be·a r Clulb. To join the cluib, one had to make eight 1

out of ten early morning swims starting at 6:30 a: m. Fifty boys met on the first day. However, toiward the end of the summer the c-lulb memibershiip had dwindled to approximately twenty-two.

'One of ,t he highlights of the summer was a Green and White competition at the wate11front, with ,swimming races and other events scheduled.

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a few woodsy projects.;, Memorial Trail Work Progresses

Summer work on the Memorial Trail is progressing, according to Mr. W. D. Stires, director of the TraHblazer1s ·,who are ,working on the project.

Over one and a haLf miles of paths and new "trails" have 1b een ,cleared since June.

The Founder's Spot is presently being constructed at the rear of the Chape,l and will include plants from each sec tion of the 200-acre campus and perennials donated to the project.

With the warm, moist weather of came a wide selection of mushrooms and ferns . Colored sUde,s from this summer's "Nature,w ork" are available to intereste·d groups if they wish a brief program .f.or a meeting this fall or winter. ,1 uly

Liver Liver Liver Liver Liver

Folksinger Is July Campus Guest Raliph Freunlich, itineren!t folksing,e r, pr.e.sented an evening of soillg and story for our summer enjoyment. Mr. Freunlich was the f,irsit in a series of guest artists performing at Oardi,g,an.

Particular favorites of the audience were "Old Blue,'' concerning a boy and hi<s pet dog, and several of the more recent fol:k-'J)OP hits.

Gunsmoke: Cardigan Style

today, liver tomorrow; has al!W,ay.s plenty of sorrow. from pig;s, liver from coiws; is awful foul.

Liver for breaktfast, liver for lunch, Lt i!s even bad at brunch.

Liver is healthy, liver is good; But why God invented it is ,b eyond me.

Author, editor and pU!bli<sher Ted Lindberg

Unde:r the aible leadership of Mr. Shelton and Mr. Fahrner, rif,l ery was a,gain one of the more popu-lar summer school adivities. 1Hec.ause of limited facilities, only 24 boys participated per cycle , though many more_ would have Iike.d to . Mos,t of the bOY'S had never shot for National RH1e A.ssodation' .a,wards betfore but soon found themselves c·ouniting the targets they still needed to get NiRA Mar:IDsman or Sharp1s'hooter ceT'tifioation. Others we:re ahle to c'o ntinue

to the higher "•Bar" a:wards.

Interc:amp competition was also a part of the riflery program. The first match, with ,Camp Pinnacle, was our first loss in four yea·ris, though the Cardigan team sho.t vecy well . .Cardigan was invited back and though the team S'hOIWed comstderaible improvement, Camp Birnracle won again. Joe Sfattery was outstanding in both these matches.

A victory was S1c:ored, however, against Oamp Mascoma.

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"Capture the flag was great sport . . "

Sports and Games A lar.ge part of this year',s summer activities have revolved around the Green and White competitions held throughout the entire summer term.

Under the direction of Mr. ,Chamlberlain, a new activity has also ,b een introduced called Recreational Games, taking place during the Thursday evenin,g activity periods.

The new activity featured games decided upon by the boys taking part each day in the group. Su.oh activities as bocce-croquet, tire p·u n, volleyiball, fishing skills, and kickball have been enjoyed. Invalids· have also ·participated for there were several types of inactive or limi<ted games devised for their enjoyment.

o ·own Among the Bogs 'nwo .g ames of "Oapture the Flag" have been staged during the summer in the "1Hog1s," a section of the campus adjacent to Canaan Street Lake and behind Brewster Hall.

E~h time th~ boys were directed to wear their "oldest, grubbiest" clothes. The white team won the first contest; the Greens gained the most points in the sec.o nd game.

Shooting the Shute We all met at the school wagon and shoved ofJf · on our great adventure into the wHdernes,s. There were ten olf us in all, including our mountaineer, Mr. A1:dTich. · Wihen we arrived at Ovange Gorge, we hiked for .awhile iwith our coach, Mr. Aldrich. Then about five of us, including the big,g est and funnieslt on campus, Jeff Blair, went inito the water. Jeff was one of the best S!P011ts of the day. I,t was hi•s first time to Orange Gorge, but I think he was the only one who hadn~t been there before. When Jerf'lf went off the shute, Which is jusit a shee,t of ro:c k which is veTy wet and slippery, he looked like he wias going to full into thirty.Jf1our -degree water.

Actually, the wateT was about fiftyone de•g rees.

Our siwimmilllg attire ran,g,e d from Oampion shmits to cut-off le¥ies,· so we were a sight to be seen.

Our most aimru1sing incident was Jeifif going dQwn one of the two shutes. So that .concludes our editodal on Orange Gorge. ·· Jiohn A. Boyd

The Green and White c·o mpetition featured traditional games suc-h as Capture the Flag, Tire Puill, shot put, discus, hurdles and dash, crazy relays, and dou!ble soccer, a game wi'th soccer rules but two goals at each end and tiwo or three soccer balls. These games took place on Tuesd~y ev,enings.

The last Thursday in the term was devoted to a green and white 3ftemoon to determine which of the :wo closely-matched teams would t>e the summer's victor. After being ·m the lead most of the summer, the white te~m won the day's events and emerged the winning team for the summer.

Overnight Near Eagle Pass On one of the first · overnight -.ampilllg trips this· summer, e,t ght ,oys, a.ccompanied by Mr. Aldrich nd Mr. Fetcher packed up and took [if for the White .Mountains. ,w e slep,t n Saturday night near M't. Washtg,t on.

"even if my team lost and I'm minus . one sweatshirt."

We ate scrambled eg,gs and cornuread, which everybody cook~d. Nobody's cooking w.ould have· won any prizes, though. We hiked to iE}a,gle Pass and were back at C-a-rd-igan on Sunday by f-Our-t~irty.

The only problems while · a.way were that it rained and Glidden and Aspinwal:l's tent feM down.

Richard Graham

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Students Divide For Three-Part Holiday The annual summer schooI holiday, a highly publicized event though a weH-kept secret as to date, was enjoyed by 0ardigan students and masters at three diiMerent places this year.

The largest group boarded busses for Lost River in the White Mountain National F·orest, where they ~pent a good part of the day squeezing throuigh narrow passages along the underground river and clambering over a scenic but sometimes precipi'toms path, 11wo smaller groups went elsewhere. One to Mt. Washington, where they took the famous Cog

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Railway to the top of the mountain.

Some rode baok down via the railway while others took the more strenuous footpath down.

A third student group went to Canobie Lake Amusement Park in Salem, N. H. A day of dodge ems, as,t ronaut rides, and roller-coasters managed to wear them out to the same tiredness as those who climbed mountain trails.

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When all had returned to campus that eveni~g and bed-time arrived, there were few arguments; everyone welcomed a chance for rest and recuperation.

"/ even learned a few new skills.

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The fbllowing questionnaire was answen~d for us by David Dethlefs, one of the members o;f the Mt. Cardigan "Hour Clu:b." In order to join;· students pmst have climbed up and down Mt.1,cardigan in an hour's time or less. i ls the , <\limb easier going up qr coming do,wn? - Down.

Is ther:e any special clothing bes1t suitable [for climbing at this rapi,d speed? ~ Preferably shorts and ·l\ T-shirt. : What kind: of shoes do you recorri'. m-= nd?

Hiking s.hoes.

What lj:ind did you wear? - Hiking shoe~..

Do you ¢ecommend eating or drinking ,Iany~hing on this climb,?

What?

Some water out of a st re.am which is about two-thirds of the way up. :Drink this on the way I down.

Do yo4 haj.,e any s•p ecial climlbing techniques? +- No. .

What ltind of pace did you main- · tain in o~del/ to climb up and down in 55 minutes? - Going up we walked at a swi~t pace all the way with no stops.' Cf/lming down we walked. at the sa:m e: pace until the last onethird, when we jogged.

Do you think you can do it a1gain?

-Yes. Are you · wiUing to try it again?Yes. What lAappenes if a member of the climtling group drops out along the way?-When sta11ting the cil.imb, everyone1 in the group agreed. that if one person dropped out we would all s-top. ;Everyone in the group had to make lt under an hour to make it official. I

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Hike to the Fails Aibout twe[ve of us and Mr. Aldrich went on a hike to Franconia Brook Fans on a weekend afternoon. lt took aibout one and a ha1f houI1S each way by ca-r. We hiked pr0iba1bly four and a halif miles on an old ra,i,lr,oad bed and we picked many delicious• rasplberries.

I suppos.e one of the amusing incidents would be my getting stung by a bee, which wasn't too bad except I'm allergic to them.

Howeve-r, I would like to go aigain and I think many others would too.

It is a lot o;f walking but when you get there and get in the water y,ou are g-lad y,o u went.

Ohip Button

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. used up a lot of practice ti-m,e I

and got quite a bit of help from the inaster/s ."

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Alumni News Class of '52

"OJ. course, there were days when I wished I were someivhere else . .. ''

·ClAm. WARIR!EIN J>. RUISE writes, "Despite your news item in the May Chronicle, l',m still a captain." He ,willl be at Fort Bennin'g, Georgia, until next April. ~is new address: 20th Co 2nd Stu Bn TSIB, Fort Benning, Ga. 3;1905.

•OOAIHIAiM J. D. B~OUIR has notified us that he iis now at Colorado Academy, Englewood, Colorado.

He is noiw a colleague of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hu.~bert, f.ormer CMS fa. culty members. Graham sends regards to Clancy.

Class of '60 Another error in · our May Chronicle was pointed out to us by E .

NiUOHOLiAIS WILSON who was reported to be w;aiti11Jg for the Armed Force•s to claim his services. Nick re,ports that whtle they may be waiting for him, he's not waiting for them. He is not yet through school, has one more semester with plans to graduate ne:ict Felbruary. This summer he's working in the Ll,F1E magazine color lab in· New York City. His summer address i,s R. D., Canandaigua, N. Y. 14424.

T. RUM!SEY YOUNG, JR visited campus this summer and reports that since leaving Cardigan he attended Deerfield Academy and Dickins-on College, class of '67. He has started work as a Civil Engineer for JS.. E. Minor in -Greeruwich, Conn.

He pfans to enter the flight program of the U. S. Marine Cor,ps in November.

Summer School Olass of '62 N-otiee has been received that S'l1EVIEN P. PE}RJLMiUTTER graduated from Deerfield Academy this June.

Ola•ss· of '63 As indicated in the Mirror, school newspaper of Northwood Schoo.I, I.JEONA1RID G. OSISOru:o was awarded two prizes at Northiwood':s commencement. He was given the Malcolm Sportsmanship Prize and the Sch ool Sea·l Prize for excellence in athletics, good conduct and highest ser vice to the school through intl u ence of character, SiCHIUYiLIER V. PEiOK writes thait he is working on a clam boat this summer. It pulls in over 1000 bushel'S a d,ay. He hopes to get up to vis it Cardigan this summer.

Class of '64 AiNmHONY R. GEIRARD was awarded the Academy Prize at his Commencement from -Governor Dummer. In presenting the prize, Mr. Wilkie said of Tony, the senior class pre·s ident, "A strong student, a fine three-sport athlete, a n editor o1f the Spire-he has achieved personal ac,comlI)lishment. But of greater importance he has led the school with thoughtfulness, with strength, with tact and with consideration. He has given full measure of himse~f for his fellows and for this Academy. Governor Dummer has indeed been a stronger -school for his presence."

Olass of '65 C. Wll!L!SON SULiLIVAN wa,s elected to the position of Edit-0r-in,Chied' of the Governor at Governor Dummer for next year. In the announcement of his election, the present editor stated that "with Wil at. the he·a d of next year's board, they will have de.finite possibilities of attaining the heights o.f success and achievement reached !by the· 1967 board."

Olass of '66 HATuDY L:I'D11IiEITON vi-sited Cardigan at the end of Jcrly.

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On the Courts

"The classes and · jobs made my schedule pretty heavy."

Tennis, a,s an activity, wais popular with the boys this term. Three activity periods, each an hour long, were held each d;ay under the supervision _of Mr. Goodspeed and Mr. Johnsito~.

'Approximately sixteen boys were in each of the three activity periods.

These sixteen competed with one ~nother to gain as high a "rung" as possible on a "tennis ladder."

An outside match was held with Camp Pinnacle, but we were soundly defeated by the opponents, who were superi-or players. Despite our loss, this match was enjoyable as well as instructive.

At the end of summer school the customary school tournament was held to determine the best tennis player in the school. This year's winner was Mac Lloyd.

Outstanding players throughout the term were Mac Lloyd, Pete Kenda ll, Dave Dethlefs and Bill Phipps.

"But letters fro1n home helped a lot.

FORMER F1A1CULTY GIEORiGE W. BLAJCK of Concord, N. H., was recently installled as, presic.ent of the N. H. Music Educators

Association. The 200-member group represents the state's music educators who teach or supervise music on all levels from kinder,g arten through college and also includes student members from the state's colleges and university. Mr. mack is supeTvisor of music at Rundlett Junior School and ·will be the New Hampsihi!·e repre.senta.tive on the executive council of the Northeast Region of the Music Educators Nati,o nal Conference.

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"In the last week we had d Carnival; I stuffed myself at th'e 'Saloon.' . "

Spirited Carnival Climaxes ~even Week Summer Term An enthusiastic crowd of faculty families- and summer studentsi' strolled through the Cardigan OarnivaJ grounds on August third, the area otherwise known as the "s,p-ace between the tennis courts." For the first Oarnival, however, l\1r. Stires and his Trailblaze11s had converted the gounds into a bona fide amusement arena, complete with colored, lights and games of chance.

Such games as "Hit the Target and Wet the Ma·s ter," "CatchaFish," Rrope baseball, Turtle · Races, Pine Gone Thro,w, ,Sponge Throw and others were among those offering "chips" to the winne11s. "Chips" were the necessary form of exchange for the auction sale later in the even.ing,

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Other booths featured a bearded lady, alias "Donella" Blunt, Po-laroid pictures , a spook house, hat sale, and a saloon and refreshment stand.

Music for the evening was provided by the student guitar group. The float for the Cardigan entry to the Canaan Fair parade was on display; entitled "Land of Milk and Honey," the float is a huge banana split.

The auction sale wrapped up the evening's activities. Mr. Fahrner was able to unload many items of junk and otherwise to a wildly bidding audience using "chips" as cash. Top prices went for cakes and army jacket•s.

To the Trailblazers and Mr. Stires: It was great; let's do it again next year!

" .. sat in the front row for the entertainment."

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". . . and managed to soak Mr. Norris in the popular 'Teacher-dunk.' " "A1 ost of the masters were good sports; even those who had to sit in the jail for a while until somebody bailed them out.

"So all in all. . . "

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HONOR ROLL .{,

Final Term, Summer School

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EFFORT HONORS Franklin Billings Duncan Scott

B EFFORT HONORS Robert Aronson William Aspiruwall Jireh Billings Richard ·B irch John :Boyd David Dethlefs David Eastman Peter •F aillella Afan Glidden Phillip Hawkins Robert rHurst Peter Jacob James Jamison Peter .Kendall Wilson •L angworthy .David ·L atoff Colin Lincoln !Robert Lloyd Christopher .McGill Lewis .Mercer Curtis Middleton William Phipps William Rand Edward :Remington Gerrard Schaefer Rudolph Schmidt James Sculthorpe Michael Shefrin Thomas Thayer Victor Toft Chapin Wright

CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL on Canaan Street Lake CANAAN, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03741

"I guess I won't mind coming -back."

Your neph·ew,

.... DICK

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