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CARDIGAN BEGINS THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
1976-77 ANNUAL FUND EXCEEDS $25,000!
September 17th marked the begi nning of Cardigan's thirtyfirst year and the twenty-first on our present campus . Total enrollment stands at 166 and of the 74 new boys, 40 attended the 1976 Summer Session. Twenty-four states are represented on campus this fall and the number of students from foreign countries is again large at 15. Canada and the Dominican Republic have the largest representation. Other foreign countries include Africa, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, and Holland. Six new teachers have joined the Cardigan faculty this fall. In English are Messrs. Charles Sachs and Jay Rand. Mr. Sachs, a graduate of Colgate University and former teacher at the Kil donan School in New Jersey, teaches seventh and eighth ·grade English. Mr. Rand, a teacher-intern assisting in several classes, is a graduate of the University of Colorado and a current member of the United States Olympic Ski-jumping Team . He will coach ski-jumping this winter while keeping in training for the 1980 Winter Olympics . Mrs. Jenny Koch, wife of Robert Koch, C.M.S. '64, complements the Developmental Reading Program this year. A graduate of the Un'iversity of New Hampshire, she taught for several years at the Hallsville School in Manchester before coming to Cardigan. Teaching Art and Shop respectively are Mr. Richard A. Clancy and Mr. Daniel Leonard. Mr. Clancy, born and raised on the Cardigan campus, graduated from C.M.S . in 1967 and from Plymouth State College in 1975. He has taught at the past three Summer Sessions. In addition to having been a full-time carpenter after his graduation from Amherst, Mr. Leonard is also a skilled musician, playing guitar, string bass, and electric piano. Mrs. Candace Stanley has returned to C.M.S. this fall to teach Language Training. She and her husband, Gilbert Stan ley, were on the faculty of Cardigan during the 1960's. After having taught at C.M.S . for four years and several Summer Sessions , she taught in the Remedial Reading program for two years at St. George 's School in Newport, Rhode Island . She is a graduate of Skidmore College. Banks House is almost ready for occupancy. As soon as all the details have been taken care of, Mr. and Mrs. Collins and t heir eight students will take up residence in Cardigan's sixth faculty house.
At the time of this writing Cardigan 's 1976-1977 Annual Fund is just over $26,000 . This puts the Fund approximately $14,000 ahead of last year's Fund at this same time. We have a great start towards the total of $70,000, which the Trustees have set as our goal again this year. The needs have never been greater and we hope you will want to join with us in this undertaking if you have not already done so.
NEW PARENTS' WEEKEND 1976 New Parents' Weekend was held the weekend of October 8th and over 150 parents of new and old boys visited the campus, many for the first time. Although not quite as structured as the winter Parents' Weekend, it offers parents the same opportunity to see the school in session and to become acquainted with the type of life that their sons lead at Cardigan . On Saturday morning, the visitors were welcome to visit their son's classes. Many took an active interest in the class discussion and some even took the quizzes that the students took . (There were few takers for this option!) After the buffet lunch, a program of folk and popular music was performed in the Chapel by the Glee Club and Small Singing Group. Mr. Wakely took this opportunity to extend a warm w elcome to all the visitors and to talk about Cardigan's past history and future plans . Tours of the new construction were offered , and for those who did not mind the rain, there were football and soccer games against Eaglebrook that afternoon. Those who stayed on campus after dinner were treated to a showing of Murder on the Orient Express . Sunday Chapel was at 9:30, leaving the students free to spend the rest of the day with their families .
I KENERSON ATHLETIC CENTER The finishing touches are now being added to the new Kenerson Athletic Center. By the time the boys return from Christmas holiday most of the work will be completed. To date we have raised approximately 75% of the funds needed to cover the cost .of these new facilities. We wish to express our sincere ·thanks to those of you who have already contributed. Our goal is to have this facility full paid for and endowed for at least $100,000 before its completion. It is through the interest and support of people such as yourselves that Cardigan Mountain School has been able to continue to maintain her high educational standards.
NEW TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION NAMED. Cardigan Mountain School has two new trustees ·and three new members of the corporation this fall : The Trustees are.Mr. Dpvid M . Johnson and Mr. G . Ware Travelstead . Mr. Johnson, father of Craig Johnson, C.M.S . class of 1978, is Chairman of the board of Petroleum Equipment Tools Co . of Houston, Texas . Mr. Travelstead, also appointed to the Trustees, is the President of Total Concept, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland. His son, Greg, attended Cardigan as a seventh grader last year . To the Corporation were named Mr. Richard Purnell, Mr. George C. Lodge, and Mr. Charles 0. Banks. Mr. Purnell, father of Peter Purnell, one of our current seniors, is the President and Chairman of the Board of Johnson and Higgins of Wall Street. He and his family reside in Locust Valley, New York. Mr. Lodge is a Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His son, David, is ~lso a senior this year. Mr. Charles 0 . Banks has been a long-time friend of Cardigan . He is semi-retired from The Islip Coal and Feed ·Company, which he founded. He and Mrs. Banks live in Bayshore, Long Island.
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HUMANITIES COMMITTEE PRESENTS FULL SCHEDULE OF PROGRAMS For three years now, Cardigan has been offering evening programs designed for the enrichment of its students, faculty, and friends . These have been well received; however, in an effort to serve the Cardigan community more specifically, Mr. Robert B. Fahrner, Programs Coordinator and Chairman of the English Department, formed a Humanities Committee the latter part of this past school year. The Committee, with membership mainly from faculty members most closely associated with the humanities, met several times last April, May, and during the summer months to discuss and plan a series of evening presentations for the 1976-77 school year . The Humanities Committee's main objective for the evening offerings was to bring to the students and faculty programs which w ould satisfy intellectual and entertainment needs beyond what is normally available . The series began Thursday, October 21 with the showing of the motion picture, "The Making of a President-1960." The film was well timed since it highlighted the Nixon-Kennedy Debates at a time when the Ford-Carter Debates were of paramount importance to most Americans. The second evening program was a musical presentation Wednesday, October 27 by the "Back Forty," a popular Upper Valley folk group. The response to this professional performance was enthusiastic. On Friday, November 12 thirteen craftsmen from the Canaan area demonstrated their talents at Cardigan. Among those on hand were a silversmith, puppeteer, weaver, and paddle maker - to name but a few. Mr. Daniel Leonard, Mr. David Shelton, and Mr. Richard Clancy, Jr., all from the Cardigan faculty, demonstrated their skills in silk-screening, carving, and silversmithing. The Keene State College Jazz Ensemble performed Sunday, December 5 and were an instant hit with their I ively selections. Cardigan parents, relatives, and friends are invited to joint the school for the evening offerings.
Mr. Clancy demonstrates the art·of silversmithing
PLAYERS PRODUCE ''TO KILL A MAN" The C.M .S. Drama Club presented their first production of the year on Saturday night, December 4th. The play, To Kill A Man by Gabriel Timmory, concerns an out-of-work actor who gathers an audience and a small fortune by threatening to kill himself in public. The frightened onlookers, fearful for his safety, persuade him not to commit suicide by buying his revolver from him . The catch-he has sold two or three revolvers per day, up until the time that he meets the other characters in the play. The play opens with and traces one of these "performances." The three characters in this comedy-drama had many lines to remember, but they performed with great polish. They were: Chris McClellan, Sascha Rizzo, and Peter Purnell, all Drama Club regulars . Thanks are also due to John Todman, Nate Brown, Bob Flanagan, and Curtis Kise, for their work on direction and set construction, and, of course, to Mr. Dunn, who directed the production . More and more students are becoming interested in writing and directing their own plays. Currently, Peter Secor, Matt DiBenedetto, Rick Brickell, and Bob Morrow are writing a one-act adaptation of Jimmy Breslin's The Gang That Couldn 't Shoot Straight. James D. Iverson is also busy writing his adaptation of O.Henry's short story, The Ransom of Red Chief. The student playwrites hope to put on their productions in the near future.
CLUBS ACTIVE THIS FALL
"The Back Forty" in concert at C.M.S. October 27
CARDIGAN HOSTS ST. LAWRENCE EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE Cardigan students and faculty were pleasantly surprised on the afternoon of October 12th, when the St. Lawrence University Early Music Ensemble presented a program entitled "Musical Views of English Life." The group tours the northeast, visiting school and college campuses with this collection of serious and light music qrawn from the Middle Ages and Renaissance of England. All of the music was played on reproductions of the original instruments used during this period. After the concert, which lasted forty-five minutes, the audience was invited to ask questions about the instruments and music.
The club program is very strong at Cardigan this fall and many students have already signed up. The list of clubs is long and offers many different types of activity. . Mr. Mahoney is offering for the first time this year instruction in amateur radio broadcasting. In the course of their instruction, the members of the Novice Radio Club will learn the requirements necessary to obtain an F.C.C. Novice Class license. In order to pass, they must be able to send and ~eceive Morse code at a rate of at least five words per minute. In addition, they must have a working knowledge of basic radio theory and know thoroughly the rules and regulations which govern the airwaves . Those that do qualify will be licensed to broadcast in code on amateur, or " ham", radio frequencies up to 250 watts. . Another radio-oriented club got its start in early Ni:)Vember. Mr Fahrner, a veteran of commercial radio broadcasting, has taken a small group of boys and is teaching them the basics of broadcasting. Using a low-power FM transmitter, the boys will become the staff and disc-jockeys of WCMS-FM and will produce musical programs of general interest to the Cardigan campus. The station's format will be "middle of the road," modeled after WTSL in Hanover, New Hampshire. (Continued on next page)
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An avid model railroader, Mr. Fedor has managed to infect select group of students with his passion for model trains. The club has begun construction of a platform for their layout in the former Hinman T.V. room . Although the H-O gauge train is currently the most popular, the Model Train Club will start out with the larger O gauge made by Lionel up through the middle 1960's. An H-O layout is planned for later on. Interest in chess has been on the rise this fall and, under the guidance of Mr. Leonard, a chess club has formed. Those students who know the game help to instruct others and tournaments within the school are planned for later this year. The Math Club, led by Mr. Ramos; participated in a contest at Windsor High School in Windsor, Vermont on November 16th. Schools from all over the area competed on problems in various areas of mathematics. The club members competed individually and as a team and finished 5th out of 15 schools entered in the competition. The Photography Club is active again this year and Mr. Hicks is instructing the club's members in the techniques of shooting good photos and developing them into paper prints. Many of the pictures for The Blaze, The Scribe, and other school publications are done by these boys. More of a school organization than a club, the Cardigan Glee Club has, according to Mr. Finkbeiner, their director, some of the best voices he has ever heard in a school choir. The turnout was great this year and as a result, the Glee Club is large, with strong singers in all parts. In addition to performing at special events and at other schools, the Glee Club provides all the choral music for the Sunday Chapel services. Some of its members are also in the Small Singing Group. Made up of eight voices, these boys sing folk and popular songs to guitar accompaniment, provided by Mr. Ladd. Along with their performances on and off campus, they are helping to record jingles for WCMS.
afternoon after their arrival, and after dinner was able to disperse to an assortment of thirty campus beds, including four in-firmary bunks . A weekly state newspaper recently focused on a Cardigan alumnus and his work with solar energy on Cardigan Mountain's summit. Peter Solomon has been working this fall with N.H. state officials in pioneering solar communications equipment. Meanwhile, back nearer sea level, Mr. Blunt has become one of the area homeowners chosen by the Granite State Electric Company to experiment in solar equipment for fam ily use. Mr. Blunt is concerned as this issue goes to pr·ess; no sun has been in evidence for a few days now. lntramurals has had an interesting fall as a group. In addition to perfo rming chores such as putting canoes and sailboats into storage for the winter, and gathering brush for the Eaglebrook rally bonfire, the group has been hiking rather extensively. A seven-mile hike to a mica mine in Orange, an exploration of an abandoned quarry in Lebanon, and another seven-mile foliage hike in the campus' "back beyond" gave both boys and masters ample opportunity to check out leg muscles. Exploring cemeteries, cellar holes and abandoned farms along the way provided change of pace and word has been circulated that Doug Humphreys sighted a very rare large "moose mouse." At this point, snow in a rather long-lasting variety, has covered the campus and we are biding our time until Thanksgiving vacation. Following that interim, skates and skis will appear again and we are hopeful that some parts of the new gym facility will enable students to enjoy such sports as basketball and gymnastics. The senior portraits have finally been taken and the surprises in June will be evident when the graduates· compare their November picture with the real more mature boy . Right now it doesn't seem so far away at all.
ONCE OVER LIGHTLY . by Carol M. Shelton It's been a busy fall. Shortly after the return of "old boys" in September, a display of summer projects was exhibited in the library resource center. A popular vote revealed Mitch Handler's wheeled baseball manager's cart to be "Best of Show." After an early Mountain Day (in September yet!), we were all treated to a Columbus Day visit to the Sandwich (N.H.) Fair. A final tally gave 16,620 as the total number who paid attendance to the one-day fair; Matt Paskus guessed closest at 16,200. A fine day was enjoyed by all and some students couldn't resist adding ten long-eared furry additions to the surprised Cardigan family. The Hopkins greenhouse was literally hopping with activity that night. The Shelburne Museum again managed to survive a CMS history field trip. Lots of good photos resulted; we now have our '76 edition of the seventh graders in stocks for the Blaze . The Sixth grade, under Mr. Gallien's guidance, has begun the winter garden greenhouse. Many hopeful plant owners have entrusted their summer successes to the group; the guardians are beginning to feel it's a long way to spring. The sixth grade also traveled a bit on their own just recently. They took a morning off to visit the Montshire Museum and the Dartmouth College Museum, both in Hanover. Checking over a closetful of genuine swords and other regalia was a high point of the visit. A new group of athletes came through the gates this fall. We hosted the Harvard freshman soccer team, who needed lodgings before a Harvard-Dartmouth day in October. The team passed along a few pointers in soccer to our boys on Friday
Harvard coach puts C.M.S. soccer teams through their paces
NEW SEWAGE SYSTEM UNDER CONSTRUCTION Construction began shortly after Summer Session dosed in August on a new sewage disposal facility more efficient than Cardigan's previous one. The new system consists of three new concrete septic tanks and absorption areas: two are located behind Hinman and French Halls and one behind Hopkins Hall and the Brewster parking lot. The new disposal system will be able to handle 25,000 gallons per day. The tank behind Hopkins is now finished and in use, and the projected completion date for the other two is spring, 1977. The construction, done by a local contractor, cost $28,000.
FALL SPORTS WRAP-UP Cardigan's Varsity Football. team had quite a full schedule of games th is fall. The team had only eleven days of practice to get in shape for their first game, but both offens ive and defe nsive squads developed quickly and throughout the season never lost their drive. Towards the end of their game schedule, they were strong enough to defeat several of the teams that they had tied in earlier games. Coach Marrion credits part of the team's success to the strong leade rship on the parts of the Varsity's two.captains . Captain Walter Williams passed on his spirit and determination to his teammates and Captain Dean Antonucci, the wo·rk-horse of the team, set a fine example with his hard work and devotion to the game. Other fine players include Bill Lakeland and Bob Morrow. The team had an uphill battle this fall, facing poor weather conditions for all but three of their games and opponents who had been training for two weeks or more before Winter School even started . A rash of injuries put seve ral important players including Mike Davis, David Iverson., Matt Paskus, and Bill Lakeland, on the sidelines for part of the season . One of the highlights of this season was the Eaglebrook game, played on New Parents' Weekend . Eaglebrook fielded one of its best teams in a decade, yet despite their size and strength and the continuous drizzle, the team was able to hold them scoreless , for a 0-to-O tie . The record for Varsity Football's 1976 season is five wins, two losses, and three ties. Reserve Football played a seven game season and ended it with a three win, four loss record . Some of the Reserve players, such as Chris Kennedy, will be good Varsity material for next fall. Mike McLean quarterbacked this season and did a fine job. Coaches McNeish and Peck had a hardworking team this year and all the boys on the squad can be proud of their effort and teamwork . The 1976 Soccer season was originally slated as a rebuilding year. Only one member of last year's successful team returned to Cardigan this fall and unexpected losses from the Reserve team made the potential of this year's teams a largely un-
Jeroen Kerrebijn's fancy footwork shown on a downfield run
known quality. The season's first practices, however, held many surprises. The resulting Varsity and Reserve teams were characterized by youth and depth. Seventh and eighth graders filled important starting positions on both teams and the Third Team similarly fielded an impressive array of young future talent. Good athletic skills and sportsmanship were evidenced on all levels and the schedule's fine results, exceeding everyone's expectations, forbade well for the future. The Varsity team rose to a 7-4-1 record guided by Messrs. Hicks and Ramos . A strong defensive unit allowed Jeroen Kerrebijn's 17 goals for the season to have a winning effect. The youngest and strongest Reserve team in years ended with a 5 and 5 season in which Sandy Hovey, Carlos Moreno, and Danny Nixon played a crucial part. The Third team, although plagued by scoring problems and bad weather, played a full season and developed several good prospects for next yea r's Varsity team. A highlight of the season was the appearance of the Harvard University Varsity team on the Cardigan fields October 15. The team arrived in the afternoon for practic_e and spent the night on campus before playing at Dartmouth's Homecoming in Hanover. The visit proved to be a success. The Harvard players seemed to appreciate the School's facilities and location and our boys were, needless to say, impressed by their skills and drills. Harvard needed more inspiration and stimulation than even Cardigan could provide, however, as they lost a close game to Dartmouth the next day.
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CARDIGAN 1945 This fall, a new organization was formed called CARDIGAN 1945. Its purpose is to provide funds to help meet the budgetary expenses of a continually growing school, and it lists in its membership rolls those members of the Cardigan Family who
Alumni Notes 1954 DAVID HELMSTADTER '54writes that he and his wife, Joyce, are the proud parents of a baby boy, Christopher. Congratulations!
1958 JOHN A . BELL '58 joined the F. Houghton Co., of Philadelphia as Vice President on June 1, 1976.
1960 GILBERT R. SUITOR '60 is back in school working towards a Doctor of Optometry degree at the PA. College of Optometry after 2 years as a VISTA Voluntee r and 3 years with Hu man Services Agencies . Hel lo to my 1960 Card igan roommate, Tony Harris!
1961 HOWARD J. MILLER '61 plans to expand his funeral homes in Fitchburg and Lunenberg, Mass. and open a branch of the two firms in Westminster, Mass .
1965 MICHAEL W. SANDS '65 , was married to Elizabeth Dietel of Ridgefield, Connecticut on September 25, 1976. Congratulations Mike! DAVID G. JOHNSTON '65 vis ited CMS and tells us that he married Jane Penfield , Sept. 18, 1976. David is building pipe organs for Austin Organs, Inc. in Connecticut.
1968 WILLIAM H. BUCHSBAUM '69 is a Freelance Photographer (Commercial) in Denver, Colorado. F. CORNING KENLY , Ill '68 graduated from the University of Rochester in 1975. Since then he has been working for the Travelers Insurance Company as a Group Pension Underwriter.
1969 MARK CLEVELAND '69 is doing very well. A Cum Laude degree at Boston University, a w ife (Lillie Heckman) in June and now on to graduate school. Great!
contribute $1,000 or more to our Annual Giving Fund. CARDIGAN 1945 commemorates the founding of the School in 1945 as a private, non-profit, non-sectarian corporation by Harold P. Hinman, assisted by Ernest Martin Hopkins and William R. Brewster. In the coming years the existe nce of CARDIGAN 1945 will prove increasingly valuable in order that we can continue to offer quality education in the face of rising costs.
JAMES STONE '71 is employed at Interactive Data Cor., Waltham, Mass., as a communications technician. Also studying for a BS in computer Engineering at Boston University night school. SAMUEL H. FLETCHER '71 is going to Northern Essex in Haverhill, Mass. Also, wo rking for family Granite Company in Chelmsford, Mass.
Staff MR. RALPH HALBERT (Staff) came east and made a visit with us while visiting his daughter, Lynn and other friends .
1972 RICHARD WILSON '72 is a freshman at Boston University majoring in Biology.
1973 CHARLES S. SMITH, Ill '73 is attending Lake Forest College. Chad is involved in the College Student Government, and his intent is to major in Business. JAMES H. BRITLAND '73 is a freshman at Marietta College and a defensive guard on the college's football team. Jim was a 1976 graduate of Vermont Academy, where he lettered in football, hockey and was chosen Most Valuable Player of the lacrosse team.
1964 STEPHEN A. WORCESTER '64 is with Pride Homes in Salt Lake City as a contractor's assistant in home and business bui lding.
enjoying school and flying a lot. " Rob" played Varsity Soccer this year, and his team was undefeated: #1 in the NESCC.
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ROBERT S. DAVIDSON '71 is majoring in Forestry at North Carolina State University.
ROBERT NEWBERRY '74 is now attending New England Aeronautical Institute in Nashua, N .H . He's
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