Notes from Cardigan
Nonprofit Organization U.S. POST AGE PAID
C,1naan, N.H. Permit No. 1
Cardigan Mountain School Canaan, New Hampshire 03741
Issue No. 3
Apri 1 1976
School resumed on the ninth of April and all the snow which had covered the ground when the boys left for vacation was gone except for two or three small patches which were the last vestiges of the Parents' Weekend prize snow sculptures. These were soon to go as the temperature reached an incredible 90 degrees plus over Easter Weekend. This month has been a record for temperature extremes, with a 70 degree variation within a period of only five daysi April has finally brought its usual rains, which have been sorely needed for the grass and plants. Vacation was anything but a rest for thirteen students and two masters who fled the New Hampshire March to fly to the Mediterranean for three weeks. Under the supervision of Messrs. Finkbeiner and Rich, a group of eighth and ninth graders spent the vacation touring Italy and Greece, visiting the seats of ancient civilization, absorbing the local culture, walking and running off the pasta they consumed, and generally having an excellent time. All of them returned to Cardigan suffering from jet-lag, but much the richer for their experiences. The spring term is now at the half-way point and is in the process of winding up for the final stretch until final examinations. April has been a month of much activity, with spring sports getting the ball rolling, so to speak, and the many activities which have been planned and are or will be taking place from now until the end of the year. This has been an unusual spring in one very important respect, as those of you who have been to the school recently will attest. Since the groundbreaking early last month, the progress on the new Recreational-Social Center has been steady and there is now a huge gaping hole where the driveway down to the locker building used to be. A trench for the new water pipes has been dug from between Brewster and Clark-Morgan Halls, all the way down to the foundation hole. The new building extends from the Hopkins Hall side of the Kenerson Locker Building and will be an exciting addition to our athletic and social programs beginning next year. Through the generosity of Mr. Malcolm Stuart, father of John, the school has been permitted to premiere the newest film version of Jack London's 'The Call of the Wild', with the proceeds to be donated to the Cardigan Student Scholarship Fund. It is a rare opportunity to be able to show a film which has not even been commercially released as yet, and we are very grateful to Mr. Stuart for his consideration. The film will be presented at school the first weekend in May and at three special showings at the Lebanon Opera House the nights of May 3 and 4, and on the afternoon of Monday, May 30n Thursday, April 29, sections 7-3 and half of 7-2 traveled to Boston to take the Freedom Trail, a walking and riding tour of Revolutionary Boston. This is an annual trip which has taken on additional significance in this Bicentennial year. The students were able to see the places that they have read about in their history lessons and in JOHNNY TREMAIN. They returned footsore and tired, but they had an interesting and informative day. The remainder of the class will take the trip on May 13. The day before the seventh grade's trip, the sixth grade returned from an extended weekend which they spent in Maine. On Sunday the 25th, Mr. Wakely and Mr. Gallien took
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them 1 down east• to camp out and to see some of the industries and attractions of the Maine coast . In a two and a half day period, they managed to visit an impress ive list of places, in cluding the Penobscot poultry factory, the Camden State Park, lecture and t ou r of the schoone r Bowdoin, the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland,Maine, the Bath Marine Museum, Fort Edgecomb, Apprentice Boat Building, a U.S. Coast Guard station, and the Bath Iron Works. The group spent one night at the Wakely summer home on Islesboro and were able to talk with some of the townspeople about life on the island. Added to this were a les son in lo bstering and a chance to go clamming - experiences which they are not likely to forget! The campus is now getting prepared for Grandparents• Weekend which will be held the second wee kend in May. That' s about it, so, so long until next month!