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Weather is better, snow~ gone, Mr. FetsSTUDENT LIFE cher is taking bets on how long the mud will be here and Mrs. Shelton on the iceRec ently Hayward Hall has be en in a out . near state of anarchy. We eks ago, all the students staged a 17 sleep" in and on the Travelers b ack--four days in Rome and hallway floor to express their dislike for Rest Greece . the rule which denies students the right to place their bodframes sideways. When Mr. Y.1a.t zki is engaged to Miss LyrnPills- that action did not succ eed, students r ebury. Planning wedding for June. sorted to violating every rule and dorm policy to express their unhappiness. iiather than sc aring students to the End of marking pe riod 4/19/70--one more verge of hysteria to keep discipline it Mr. Gagne had a French film. French I would seem more feasible from the viewpoint went Marooned. IvJr . Yaggy and a few boys of the dormitory, to go t o the roots and attended the electronic concert at Dart- caus e s of the havoc instead of clamping mouth. It is surprising that no one went . down as is now the case . Conflicts between dormitory masters and students that We are happy to r <,; port that Hrs. Yaggy ar e not resolved by honest communication is up and around . and compromise and that l e ad to strife and discomfort for all concerned must be mediaThe undefeat ed ski team was taken to t ed by others if the promise of the school dinner at the Norwich Inn. is to be kept. Something must be done to correct the situation in Hayward Hall! Comet-watching has b ecome a new fad. - Staff article Ray Montana has startod an astronomy club . We wish to ext end a warm welcome to the Goe s and their three children and their dog~ Belinda . We have been cel ebrating National Library Week . Rumor has it t hat Tom McClintock went all the way i n the Peace Fast. Atlee and Lydia, song writers, entertained the student body in the Chapel on Sunday Evening. It is r eported that they we r e ver y sucessful and enjoyed by all.
TALKING IT OVER On April 14, Hr. Fahrner 1 s ninth grade speech class pres ent ed s even speeches in fr ont of the student body. The student's English grades were greatly dependent on those speeches . The speeches were by Fred Savage on the American Black, Hod Gotier on the N. A. A. c. P. , Mark Guarino made a funny littl e number about tho clangers of milk, Andrew Worthington on schools , Scott Penney on r evolution tonos, Greg Vickery on pollution3 and Timothy Fleming contributed an runusing little speech about the kitchen. Summarizing the entire program, two speechef had extremely senuous overtones, but the overall effects of the s e spee ches wer e somewhat ov8rweighed by the slapstick comedy of 'rim Fleming I s delivery which got the great e st reaction because of its content.
THE MOUNTAIN i"iESSENGER SPORTS NEWS De spite waiting for the snow to melt and the ice to go out, Spring activities have begun in earnest. One last item of the winter sport's scene was Cardigan7s ~irst b asketball t eam against the Mascoma JV. We .lost in a one-minute overtime a week ago Wednesday night. Ther e were a lot of mistakes by both teams, but it was a great game to watch. Maybe next year the t eam will have more games cmd will do better. Now for a Spring rundown : Baseball The coaches, Mr. Marrion, Mr. Weeks, Mr. Sheperd, and Mr. Gramse, are both optimistic and pessimistic about prospects for this s eas on. Two main f actors will be the weather and also how strong the opposition is. We hav e a strong f enc e but wonder about the offense. Last year I s games s aw score s more properly associated with football games and it will be int eresting to se e what this season brings. Lagr~~ Four s eniors are the only men returning from l as t ye ar's Varsity Squad, but t he r e ar e a number of good prospects. The biggest problem will be defense, but Mr. Jipson, the coach, promises a high-s coring offense. There will be two t eams--Mr . Jipson and 1'1r. Logan will have the Varsity and i'1r. Fetsche r will have the lle serve . Their policy will r ely not on one person but on precision t eamwork. They promise a fast, exciting season. Tennis: Without many lettermen r et urning, the outlook for tennis is somewhat dubious. Since it is a young t eam i t will be a r ebuilding year. Much w:i.11. be expe cted from Bedford, Wakely, and Whiting. Ther e will be twelve matche s this year. Sailing: Mr. Coes and Mr. Caldwell both feel that if they can ever get the boats in the water , life will be better. Rig ht now they ar e not s aying. SUPPORT YOUR FAVOR ITE TEAM!! - Morgan Dickerman
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The mighty machine burns and growls, as its steel parts collide, and the hot rubbe r churns and grinds, on the solid cold concr8te, the mass of steel and heat moves and moves ; and gradually increase s speed. A power - thirsty mind clutches the wheel, he tenses his muscles, and grits his teeth, as his mighty animal, r eaches incredible speed, his heart accelerates, and his eyes are fill ed with greed, his thoughts are many, of violent esctasy. -and then an obstacle comes in sight, it comes closer l closer! closer! in the violent night UHISON IS REACHED the mighty steel mass and its controller collide, then a scream of anguish, from the defying mind, a whorl of fiery horror, surrounds all, in the dark of night, the impenetrable mac hine and mind, have been penetr ated, in such a deathly light. Scott Penney 'UNTITLED 1 The black paper between a mirror breaks my heart The moon fr aye d thru dark v elvet lightly apart The wild goose fli e s from winter Breaks my heart that I can't go Energy flys thru a fi eld and the sun softly melts a wheel The black paper between a mirror breaks my heart The swan, their f eathers don't grow They're spun Grain . grows rainbows up straw hill It break s my heart to s ee the highway cross tho hills. Pe t er Hubbard
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EDITORIAL Months ago our headmaster agreed with the student council to get a new, longer ~ haircut rule passed. The students would "-' be able to grow their hair to longer ex\ tents than previously. But, so far, no \) change has been made in the haircuts. What has happened to the agreements made? --;::,J Here are some comments concerning the issue by students and masters :
Mr. Jipson: I think it defeats its purpose by interfering with the educational proce ss rather than enhancing it.
Benedict ~ Even in sports long hair is not out of the ordinary. And our promise for longer hair still has not been met fully.
¥1r. Brayman ~ I think it is a personal matter of the individual student.
Gorden: I think that the way the school is run now it was very modern in the 195O's but times change and so do people.
Mr. Fahrner:
There is inconsistency in the barbershop. Some haircuts are good and some are bad. I think something should be done about it immediately. Possibly a me eting with the barbers.
Jacobs: I think that the reason we have shorter hair is because of the barbers and because of Mr. Wakely.
Goncharoff: I think that Mr. Wakel y should Hair at any length is accept- keep his word on the haircut situation, he able as long as it's neat. complains about us harassing him, why shouldn't we harass when our situation has not improved despite months of talking?
Mr. Blunt:
Fred Spencer:
Pretty Hairy Situation!
A NE'vv IDEA
The people involved with creating the l1Iountain Messenger have f elt that they have fail ed in trying to make this a paper that amplifies the student's thoughts.
So inste ad of trying any
harder to do so, we have a hope of putting a big bulletin board somewhere in Hopkins.
There you can put anything expressing your
thoughts and opinions. student enthusiasm.
To make this possible what we need is some
Please t ell us is you're intere sted. Peter Hubbard.
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RECORD REVIEWS
MY REVOLUTION!
Swimming through the endless oceans of time and space take my hand and youtll make it, don't sink. With the freedom of the suspension of the earth from your system you are FREE. Think, if it is not forbidden, and .find the peace within yoursel·f, and conclude the confusion. Don't give up, to you the world is given, make it work. Do what you want, Do what you really want, and it will come. Don't sit back, make the revolution on your own terms, and work for them. Be a leader, a true leader, lead yourself, it is the hardest goal, but only with that achievement will you do it. Hold your mind, examine it and only by examining it will you see yourself in it, and then you will know where to begin to be FREE with yourself, and with your mind. Know it's limits, how much it can take, don't push it. Then you got it made.
LIVE DEAD by the Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead is one of the original western groups who have stayed out of the commercial medium. They have their fourth album out now. It's recorded live at the Filmore. The group consists of seven musicians who are masters of their own field of music. Their music ranges from hard driving blues as in "Death Has No Mercy" to soft organic percussion pieces like 17 Dark Star". The music is mostly instrumental. But as shown on the leaflet enclosed in the albUJTl, the scarce words are strange descriptions of dreams and madmen. The album is a long one--an hour and fortyfive minutes, and to some people it is very complicated. But LIVE DE!i.D should be listened to with open eyes, open ears, and last of all with open minds. - Hubbard
With you I will hold the sky Together we will live and die sear with your fire the Universe Your mind to be the king The sovereign of space The ruler of time. P.
Goricharoff
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The cold corpse covered with cold yellow flesh, so leathery, is filled with marks of the living past, his expression, inscribed on his pale lips is neutral; he sits still, oh so still in his tranquility the tired carcass has separated from everlasting soul; now no sign appears of the warmth this man once had; only flesh and bone and matter decaying. life has departed.
UNMAGUMMA Ummagumma is Pink Floyd's third album. It 1 s a two record set being sold for the price of one. One r ecord is recorded live--the other is studio recorded. The music ranges from flies and birds captured in a record ng studio being tortured, too loud screeches and smashing of instruments. On rrsysyphus 11 every type of percussion is used to make a v.:i.st range of sounds. tn,.IMAGill1i'-fA. .s an album to be played when one is in a depressed mood. - The Octofish
April 20, 1970 EDITOR ASST. ED. SPORTS ED. ART ED. STAFF ADVISOR
Penney Hubbc.rd Dickerman Edgerton Kaupe Rudert Wemyss FetCi#cher