Cardigan Today/Tomorrow (Winter, 1981)

toda1/t CARDIGAN · _ ~omorrow Canaan, N.H.

Winter Issue, 1981

From The Headmaster's Desk

Vol. 1 No. 1

CARDIGAN SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES GREATEST CAMPAIGN IN ITS HISTORY n early November, barely four months

s we reach the point of our 34th year, I cannot help but reflect upon the strengths of this great school on the Hill. My job frequently takes me to many places throughout the country and abroad and the excitement and joy of returning here after each trip never diminish, even after twenty-five years.

Just what makes Cardigan a special place and what are these strengths I refer to? Certainly, the environment and location in which we live set us apart from most other institutions . We are fortunate to have a 400-acre campus surrounded by mountains and situated on a lake.

There are endless miles of trails for our boys to hike and cross country ski upon in an atmosphere of peace and serenity known only to those lucky enough to experience it.

The continual growth of our academic, athletic and cultural programs helps stimulate and challenge the student body. Augmented by one of the finest and most dedicated staffs assembled, the future indeed looks bright for the School.

Many years ago a small group of men led largely by Hap Hinman and several distinguished Dartmouth Trustees saw their dream come true with the opening of Cardigan's doors. Since then the School has been blessed with very active and dedicated men who serve as Trustees and Incorporators . Through their endless hours of work Cardigan has been able to grow to what it is today.

A midway

ago, Cardigan's trustees and incorIporators announced the Cardigan Today/fomorrow Capital Campaign to raise $5 ,000,000for a new Learning Center and to strengthen the school's endowment. Thanks to extraordinarily generous responses by members of the Board, parents, and a few close friends of Cardigan , gifts and pledges now stand at $1,203 ,000.

Trustee President Savage Frieze, in announcing these figures at a February Board meeting, said; ' Tm sure all of you are as pleased as I am by these tremendous results. They give us courage to think that we may be able to break ground for the Learning Center this spring, right on our original schedule.

However, we won't be able to do that until the entire $2,000,000 cost, plus sufficient endowment to carry its incremental annual maintenance , has been underwritten and that means we have to more than double what we've done so far in a very short time."

According to Headmaster Norman Wakely, "It is the beliefof all of us here on the Hill that the proposed Learning Center will fill the last existing gap in the facilities needed to make Cardigan's educational program second to none. It will include a first-class library, an auditorium/theater large envugh to seat the entire school and then some, headquarters for our Reading and Language

Departments, and several sorely needed classrooms. The building will become the educational and cultural heart of the school.·,, (A description of the functions the Learning Center will fill can be found onpage2.) / Chairman of the Board of Incorporators Robert Gillette brings to the school and the campaign a financial perspective gained throu man years in hispositlon as Chairman of National Life Insurance Com an of Vermont.

He sa s: "I feel strongly that the $3,000,000 endowment segment of the campaign is of equal or greater importance to Cardigan as the perhaps more appealing Learning Center. Bricks and mortar capture the imagination of prospective donors more than mundane endowment. It's just like the difference between buying a new car or a life insurance policy. The car can get you where you want to go in style, but the life insurance guarantees the financial security of you and your family . So will adequate endowment undergird the financial health of our school. In this era when costs for plant maintenance and energy are spiralling upward, the need to increase salaries to !lttract and keep topcaliber faculty members is great, arid as the requirements for sufficient scholarship funds increase, a strong endowment for Cardigan is, more than ever, an essential ingredient."

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Unquestionably, Cardigan draws its main source of strength from the students themselves and their parents, who for one reason or another, make the sac(continued on page 7)

Mr. Savage Frieze

Mr. Robert Gillette

Mr. John To wer

Potential Benefits Of The New Learning Center

Two Major Gifts For Cardigan

In order to fu lly understand the impact the new Learning Center will have on the School' s educational program, Cardigan interviewed Carol Shelton, Head Librarian , and Beverly Wakely, Reading-Study Skills Director.

wo industrialists from w·aely differ-

ent areas and different eras have enT dorsed Cardigan's campaign through major gifts to the Leaming Center. They are Mr. Robert Stoddard , the honorary Chairman of Wyman-Gordon Company of Worcester, Massachusetts and a Cardigan Incorporator virtually since the School's founding and Mr. David Johnson, Chairman of Petroleum Equipment Tools Company of Houston, Texas and the father of four Cardigan students during the past eight years.

Mr. Stoddard, a graduate of Worcester Academy, Yale and the Harvard Business School, spent most of his business career with Wyman-Gordon, serving as its president from 1955-1967 and as Chairman from 1967 until his retirement in 1972. He holds honorary degrees from four colleges, served as director for numerous corporations and has been extremely active in civic pursuits in the Worcester area.

Mr. Johnson gr.actua'ted from the University of J::6uston in 1~959 and, after holding;Various positions in the oil field service business ecame Chairman ~f PETCO in 19 , a position he s{ill holds. All fom: of his children have attended Car gan. He has been a Cardigan trustee since 1976.

In ma ·ng these g{nero~s gifts, both donors ha ressed the hope that other members of the Cardigan family will add to the momentum already established, through their own support of Cardigan Today/Tomorrow.

C - What will the Learning Center do for Cardigan?

CS - It will act as a catalyst for many elements which have been unable to operate to full potential in present scattered settings. For example, the basic competencies which provide a focus for the Reading - Study Skills program will be offered from one location, combining the resources and teaching staff of the department with the materials and staff of the Resource Center (library). For courses in organizational skills, the setting will reflect the organization and logical progression of such work. Expanded facilities under the same roof with a larger book and resource collection will result in greater choice for the student and less costly duplication by the school.

C - Specifically, Mrs. Wakely, how will your department be improved?

BW - As the Reading-Study Skills and Language Training departments now function, six department members shuttle themselves and their working materials among several classrooms. Books and papers must be constantly moved from place to place. No place exists to leave teaching machines and other displays set up for immediate use. To solve those problems, the new Center includes a skills area with two large instruction rooms, four small tutorial rooms and work and storage space combined under one roof with a "reading comer" focus.

Meeting in the reading lab areas will permit instant access to the wide range of materials offered as part of the program.

Other needs are not so apparent.

Teacher use of student test scores and analyses involving basic skills will be

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greatly enhanced when all the materials and staff members can be found in one spot. When the central locatioil'is available for use by the professional staff, improved skills and contented teachers will result.

C - How will the Reading Department relate to the Resource Center?

BW - Students needing access to instructional machines will not be hampered as they are now in making full use of their options in preparing their work.

They will even be guaranteed a blank wall in the new area to transfer drawings via transparency to full-size map or sketch for class reports. Such undisturbed and usable space is currently not available.

The Resource Center and the skills labs are also considering computer and typewriting possibilities for the new area. These two programs would contribute greatly to the learning skills of our students.

C - What other benefits will derive from the new instructional space?

CS - Other potentials of the new building include areas related to a variety of other school needs. Students and faculty will find spots for undisturbed work w_ith tape and video recorders. Recording and playback need quiet and privacy; two elements that are almost non-existent presently.

Back issue reference requests will be instantly met by much more convenient means than our present ''folding ladder and dark attic'' system. Faculty will find (continued on page 7)

Mrs. Wakely and Mrs. Shelton outline their Learning Cen ter plans.

Views from the Plateau "Awake, arise, or forever be fall'n." Milton AWAKENINGS outh is a time of continuous discovAnd of steady rejection of those discoveries.

It is a time of excitement.

And of terrible boredom.

Of laid-back self-assurance.

And many secret self-doubts.

A time of predatory anonymity and aimless rebellion.

A time of extremes and paradox. And a time on dead center, where nothing seems to happen, and where everything is known and hardly worth it.

Youth is that time of life when -life seems all frustration one day, all wonder the next and irksome, endless internment always.

A time of small sorrows and tremendous trivialities.

Of crushing defeats and soaring triumphs , infinite possibilities.

It is such a wonderful time, youth, that, as has been said, it seems a shame it is wasted on the young.

Y ery.

et more attenis bestowed upon youth today than ever before, so they say.

More fashions are determined by their whims. Speech, enMr. Dalglish tertainment pick up their cadences. More scenes of youthful revelry are splashed across our magazines to exploit their supposed hilarity over cigarette smoking, vodka on the beach, cars doing ninety around dangerous curves, hair flying in glorious abandon. Young millionaires are born every minute to the throbbing beat of their record sales, while cults swell around them. And so on. We only half believe it, of course. But it's there. All sport is theirs, naturally. All exotic isles, too, if we are to believe the ads again. All languid retreats are cluttered with people under thirty, it would seem, tan-

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ning under suns never setting. All credit cards assure frenzied young travelers they are safe. Ah, the glamor of all young men sprinting with indestructible attache cases and slim suit bags to their computerized deals via gleaming jets, luxury hotels!

And that, as our favorite local broadcaster would say, is the ··nature of things," - that ineffable Will Curtis.

They must cope with the nascent longings, the contradictions of their energies, their_conflicting lures and confused values so as to avoid the snares that lie in their paths of self-discovery. ll of this begins with revelations in

A the classroom, continues in their sports and rounds out in their dormitory relationships. "To learn to live and work and play with others is what Cardigan did for my son,'' said one father recently and of a son who is a top honor society student here. Awakenings.

In one class, the reading of a poem, first greeted as "stupid" with that arrogance of ignorance so often seen at this age, became finally with good teaching, a treasure of fascination. Another class groaned as a thick book was being distributed as next reading, only later to be in every hand at every chance on a "can't-put-it-down" startled awakening, once teacher guidelines had been followed.

In Science, good notebook making is the key, where discoveries are recorded, mysteries explained, skills exercised, experiments taken down in life and earth science until as seniors they try to find evidence of an atomic model of matter to serve as a foundation for later courses in physics and chemistry.

Skills too in foreign language training.

At their zenith, such courses in other tongues offer many opportunites to learn through audio-active casettes and headphones, films and film strips that augment cultural awareness.

But what of the quite young, those at Cardigan for example? To what are they 3

awakening? To what opportunity will they rise on that not too distant dawning? In a world where eight hundred million live on the edge of starvation , what must they try to do? Despite over a trillion dollars flowing in from rich c·ountries? art of the of the task of awakening will

P be to know how to recognize- the

truth and to be wary of deception. They must recognize that all about us lie the skills , the means , the instruments , the imagination and the determined plans to begin reaching for solutions for global turbulence. They must be the appreciative and hepped-up beneficiaries of the surplus wealth that has made the quality of their education possible, that bonanza of the free enterprise system which alone should justify its existence against its critics. The frontiers of economic, social , scientific and cultural progress have been barely seen and we use less than 10 percent of our human potential. They must have their awakenings in this great arena of human creativity . In the wake of our last most futile war, with more than a quarter of a million boat people, most of them children, believed to have perished at sea, they must awaken to the strengths and responsibilities of free people coming to the rescue.· Our job here on the plateau is to stir hearts and minds, to rouse _ creative spirits to advance toward the day when they will open new doors , light higher lamps in that outer darkness that waits for them in this troubled world.

Social Studies project for the student views of western civilization through books, TV, trips to historic sites - including one to Greece - and here again focus is on skills such as how to study, take notes , make outlines , write reports, study maps.

In mathematics, programs prepare fe,_ the more difficult comprehensive and intensive courses they will get at secondary school. The school computer, a Digital PDP-81, is always available and ( continued on pag£' 7)

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he CMS Chapter of the National

Junior Honor Society, newly estabT lished last year, sponsored an Alumni Panel, November 16th at the CMS Social Center. Addressing the entire 9th Grade and several faculty members, under the guidance of Mrs. Carey of the faculty and advisor to the Society, the eight panelists from preparatory schools in New Hampshire, led by Moderator Tom Brown '78 of Kimball Union Academy, discussed the subject of application to preparatory schools and preparation for preparatory school experience.

Questions were primed by those from CMS Society members , Guy Renkert and Peter Jacob, both '81. Other panelists included: Sandy Hovey , '79, KUA; Chuck Lawrence '79 and Michael Stevens '79, Tilton Academy; Josiah Miles '79 and Pat Gilligan '80, Holderness School; David Mccusker '80 and Chris King '79, St. Paul's School. Kari Kontu '80 also visited from St. Paul's for the evening. This was the first activity ever sponsored by the N.H. Chapter of the Society on the CMS campus, and stirred such an enthusiastic response that participating alumni expressed a desire to plan other such activities by the Society.

Humanities African explorer, Quentin Keynes, presented his popular filmlecture on January 16th to an attentive audience. The explorer, a great grandson of Charles Darwin, took viewers "In Search of the Twisting Makonde," an African tribe with some interesting and unique characteristics and history.

A second program for January was the Greenpeace Foundation's program on the 28th, "Save the Whales," consisting of a well-done film and lecture by the Foundation representative, who also led discussions after the film. The program proved to be a moving document of man's callous disregard for a highly intelligent and uniquely dramatic species.

Scenes were shown of wanton killing and the courageous efforts ofindividuals in small boats to block the harpooning by powerful gun-like machinery for sure destruction. By actually maneuvering their craft into the line of fire, their efforts vividly portrayed the plight of these poor mammals, and spotlighted the value of individual action.

Drama Club presented on Feb. 6th before a packed auditorium on Parents' Weekend at CMS, Twilight Zone dramatist Rod Serling's "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.'' An excellent two-acter lasting a brief 32 minutes, it was expertly directed by Mrs. Carey which gave the thriller evidence of fine preparation with all 13 on-stage participants doing a finished job: Richard Stevens; Clark Orton; Benji Malcom; Pong Lamsam; Scott Swaebe; Russell Sanders; Billy Goodrich; Chris Meyer; Brad Wilson; A lan Yacavone; Chris Goldfarb; David Wargin; and Frank Brants.

Others involved were: Mrs. Dalglish, Drama Club advisor; Mrs. Shelton; Mrs. Crowell; Mrs. Marks; Mr. Mahoney; Tom Dust; Jim Forsyth; Todd Hartnett; Tomas Saldarriaga; Cathy Shelton; Ben Schuckburgh; Robert Little; and John Whalen.

Yale Spizzwinks made a return engagement January 8th in the CMS Chapel.

Primed by memories of their previous appearance last January, the audi~nce was enthusiastic and responsive to the amusing antics and fine singmg which this college group brought to the campus. Following the concert the 16member group gave a similar program to the Lebanon Rotary Club being given a dinner in Hayward Dining Room. At this, their Annual "Ladies Night," the business club also enjoyed dancing.

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Parents' Weekend: Parents of 110 boys at Cardigan arrived over the February 6-8th weekend from points f¥ and near for this annual event which is always so meaningful to parents and ·students alike. A series of athletic contests and ice skating and ski opportunities kept the festivities humming in good srtow conditions; with a fall toward the end to freshen up the hills. Parents had opportunities scheduled Friday night and Saturday morning to bring their sons to teachers for conferences. This excellent provision for interchange and survey of a student's work and progress has always been a highlight, invaluable in giving many helpful insights. Unscheduled opportunities for conferences abounded as various social occasions went on, teas and buffet lunches and suppers among them. Reports of the athletic contests appear elsewhere in this issue.

Club Activities: The Thursday afternoon program got off to a good start in February with meetings of 17 groups brought into action and conference by a great disparity of interest: the yearbook, BLAZE, staff; Cooking; calligraphy; drama (see story elsewhere this issue); electronics/stereo; fly-fishing; gymnastics; juggling; magic; models; music; public speaking; ski touring; sportsman; weight lifting, woodcarving, and woodworking.

Class trips : As part of an analysis of comic books as satire on political, social, historical and ethical aspects of our society, Mr. O' Malley ' s in-class discussions and trips afield - such as to see the comic strip movie "Popeye," have held the interest of his Sixth Gra~er group.

This also involves writing, and enactment of skits portraying comic strip stories and characters.

Class newspaper: Mr. Barron's 8-2 English class have been learning something about journalism and getting a thrill out of the effort. Appearing in time for Parents' Weekend, their 8-page mimeographed first edition contains some 30 stories by different class members.

Much of the copy deals with books they have read, good commentary on various school activities. Good luck, boys! A real student voice!

The Hill This shrinking world: The world has become considerably smaller for some Cardigan students, thanks to Chaplain Harry Mahoney's amateur radio station on campus . Hakki Hakala of Finland, J.J. Ortiz of Guatemala and Peter Jacob of Surinam, in South America, have been able to contact their families this way. In addition, radiograms , a free service of "ham" radio operators, have been sent to several families here in the states when messages needed to be passed quickly. If you know a " ham" and you want to send a message to your son at school , tell him (or her) to send it to your son% WB-1-CDR on the Granite State FM Net. If you don't know a ham, why not find one? (After all, it's for free!) For information call (603) 5239928.

Sports: Varsity basketball has made a fine start with their record of 9 wins and 1 loss. So far they have defeated most Lakes Region J.V. teams , lead by outstanding players E. Lake, D. Harrison and M . Ramsby. Coached by Mr. Slaby and Mr. Marrion, the team is gearing up for the first freshman tournament being held at Cardigan.

Winter season' s big first is the development of a wrestling team, 15 students lead by co-captains J.B . Ritter and Mark Mitchell. Coached by Mr. Barron and Mr . Brier, the team has recorded 2 wins and 4 losses , capturing 4 seconds, 2 thirds and 6 fourths at the Springfield tournament as a season starter, winding up with Eaglebrook and Fessenden.

Progress and tremendous spirit helped launch this new Cardigan sport with the following team members: David Archer, Hugh Stevens, Matt Smith, John Cassidy, Sam Miller , Ed Marshall, Pat Forristal, Dockie McMurray (also manager), Alex Lippe, Ronnie Bryson , Benji Malcom , Tim Frimpter.

The Alpine Ski Team is off to a fine start with 8 wins, no losses. Coach Farrell is pleased with the performance of G. Hale, P . Spohrer, D. S wallow andB. Schmidt.

The Nordic Team has been preparing the jump while waiting for more snow and working out on the cross-country course. The jumping team performed well at Bear Mt., N.Y. Mr. Cantlin's boys, D. Alexander, T. Drummond and C. Pullen doing just fine . Cross-Country did a good job at Peterborough, N.H. with a citizens' race, participants being N. Stolt-Nielsen, placing 2nd in his class and Mr. Wakely second in his, both against excellent competition. The Recreational Ski Program under Mrs . Farrell is going well.

Another first for Cardigan was the entrance for the Reserve Hockey team into the Upper Valley Youth Hockey Program. Eight teams are in this league, with Cardigan's 4-0 record in the lead.

H enry Stout and Randy Shaw are Captains.

Reserve basketball began another first by entering the Upper Valley Youth Basketball League, with six teams involved. With Greg Ramsby as captain, the team has faced stiff competition, the record so far O wins, 7 losses.

Varsity Hockey , playing one of the most difficult and competitive schedules ever, has a 5-7-1 record, with 5 of the 7 losses by one goal, causing some disappointment. Visits by 2 all-star Massachusetts teams and a Stockholm, . Sweden team highlighted the season.

Two recent victories and a loss in double overtime at the St. Paul's Tournament gives them much encouragement for the rest of the season. Tri-Captains are Mike Kinnaly from Saugus, Mass.; David Dobrowski, Manchester, N.H. and Ron Hill, Reading, Mass .

Calendar Apr. May May May May May May

8 2-3 23 25 28 28 30

Third mid-term ends Grandparents' weekend Third term ends Final exams begin Final day of classes.

Recognition Assembly Commencement, 11 :00 a.m.

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Faculty News Neil Brier joined the Cardigan faculty this fall. He teaches American History to one seventh and two eighth , grade sections . Currently he is also helping to coach wrestling and to run an " ethnic foods" cooking club.

On Friday nights , Mr. Brier conducts a short " kiddush" service for our Jewish students.

Mr. Brier graduated from Moses Brown School and received his BA in American Studies from Union College in 1975. He also attended Lawrence University and has studied in England and Israel. He comes to Cardigan with ten years of summer camp experience at Camp Alton in Wolfeboro, NH and a dedication to working with students both in and out of the classroom.

Jeffrey D. Hicks, Department Head in French and teacher of Social Studies , in his 8th year at CMS, has been appointed Director of Admissions to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of John Oliver Rich effective in April, 1981. Mr. Hicks, who will also be taking care of secondary school placement, earned his undergraduate degree in history and government at Rollins College, his Masters in History at Trinity College (Hartford) and has a Certificat D'Etudes Francaises from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Prior to joining CMS he taught in a public school in New York State, and at the Avon "Old" · Farms School. lje has been the Director of the Summer Session at CMS since 1978.

Stephen L. H eath, CMS Science teacher, has been appointed Assistant Director of the CMS Summe.r Session this year. He brings to this five years of service to the Summer Session as Director of Activities. Among his duties will be residence halls and the job program.

Alumni News Frederick G. i Professor o Ortho sity of W shington in S G.uYo ' as married to Gayle Scoggs in t e summer of 1980 in New Hampshire. Guy and Gayle are currently living in northern New York where Gayle is teaching at St. Lawrence University and Guy is in the final stages of writing his thesis for his M_aster's degree in eolo from San Die University.

Gilbert Suitor ("Gib") '60 graduated from op!9metry school May 30, 1980 and is practicing in Burlington, Vt. Fred Savard •~ actuated ft9m Buxto _ in 1979 and is now at Sarah Lawrence College.

Gregg Heidenreich '79 recently completed his second year as varsity goalkeeper of Avon Old Farms soccer team.

Gregg was also elected Captain of the 1981 soccer team.

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Carlton Erikson '69 is currently working in th~ Marketing Systems Department of L.L. Bean, Inc. in Freeport, Maine.

Nick Rhjrpmhhaki '73 received his B.A. ctew"ee in Economics last May from.Roston University and is currently_w.o.i:kmgon hi~.:M:A Nick got his 1st degree Black B t this past year and is now teac ng t B. U. and Dana Hall.

Ken Gould '71 is attending Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY and maJ ·ng in Mechanical Engineering. This winter he will be working in Portland, Maine, for Fairchild Semi-conductor.

Tom Flavin '70 was married in May to Mary Jeanne Luckey. They are both potters and have established a pottery shop in East Madison, New Hampshire.

David H. Timlin '71 is working as a bacteriologist for two Omaha hospitals.

Dave will be getting married this June to Mary Margaret Gillespie', who is a nursing student in Omaha. ,

Peter Klinefelter '72 has decided to pursue a professional career in music. He is presently playing with a band called TRESPASS and \1/ill be playing soon in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia areas. Pete sends congratulations to Larry Diggs and his new wife.

Stuart A. Eisenkraft '74 is now an account executive for Naarden International in New York City. He specializes in the sale of fragrance raw materials to industrial perfumers; also sells fragrances to household product and detergent manufacturers. He enjoys his unusually interesting occupation and still benefits from the writing skills drilled into him at Cardigan (not to mention ice hockey).

Charles S. "Chip" Edwards '63 lives with his wife Betsy and two sons , Skipper, age 11, and Jason, age 9, in Guilford, Ct. He has worked for the Southern New England Telephone Company for 12 years.

David D. Gaillard '66 and his wife, RtHh, have an organic vegetable farm in northern Vermont and keep bees and dairy goats. David moonlights by playing bass with a trio at a local club. They have two sons.

Wilson Langworthy '70 was married to Emily Nisson on September 27th, 1980.

Congratulations!

Chris Kennedy '79 started as a so~homore on St. Sebastians Varsity Hockey team that won the Independent Private School League Vincent Murphey Cup for the first time in its history. Chris also started as linebacker for the past two years and this year played fullback as well. Chris was also elected captain of the football team for '81.

Peter Garrison '70 and his wife Anne are living in Carlsbad, California, where Peter is now Business Manager for Hoehn Motors .

Richar.!f Whiting, Jr. '71 within the past year has epamted from the Marine Corps after being in four years as a sergeant. He is now finishing his degree in ZoolQSr_ at the University of Mi;u-yland. He isriiarrieclano as a ,two-yearold son.

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William (Bill) Wurster, Jr. '60 and his wife, Judy , live in Spokane, Wash. with their two children, Birgith Kristine and William III. Bill owns Wurster Designs , a fine arts sales and picture framing business.

Alec Koromilas '79 was recently elected Junior Class President at Dover High School, Dover, N.H. Andrew Jensen '77 is a freshman at the University of Wisconsin and is enj.oying it very much.

Eduardo Grullon '78, attended Landmark School for two years and is currently attending Chapel Hill-Chauncey Hall in Waltham , Ma. He is playing racquet ball. He spent the summer in · Dominican Republic, working with computers.

Peter Nash '76 came by the campus Sunday morning, Oct. 19th, 1980. He is a student at Kenyon College, where he frequently sees Dave Killary '75.

Mark Rainville '76 graduated from Avon and is now a sophomore at Nichols College, majoring in Business Administration. He is on the lacrosse team.

Jonathan Lowe '71 is a graduate of Deerfiel~ otlege. He taught American History last year in Newton, Mass. summer school program for senior high school advanced students. He is now a counselor in Me:;1dow Brook Junior High in Newton while studying for his Master's degree nights at Suffolk Univ. to be completed in June 1981.

T. 0. Doggett, Jr. '68 arried Pamela K. Ark1fofCoiumbu , Omo. He gra~uated from Ohio Stat ith a Masters Degree in A r c ~e . He is now associated with the Ar6hitectural Allianc , Ltd., Columbus , hio, and is Presi nt of Aicheus, Ltd., a newly forme erna 1ve vision offfie .:i::N~~__,-;~ ce. T:O. is a member -..,_,,...e Columbus Lacrosse Club, mid-west champs 1980.

Watch for Telethon Monday, March 16 from Boston.

Two area gatherings, Boston and New York, April 21 , 22. Further details later.

Headmaster's Letter cont.

Faculty News cont .

rifice of entrusting to us their sons for a period of from one to four years. The faithful support of all th~ parents, whether it be their help in the Annual Fund Drive, "Cardigan Today/ Tomorrow," or in the overall activities of the School cannot be underestimated.

Their contribution will pave the way for the continued success and growth of the School.

These are very exciting and challenging times for a small school such as ours .

However, with the new additions of Schuyler Peck to help me in fund raising and alumni affairs and Jeffrey Hicks who will soon take over as Director of Admissions, I feel confident that our school will forge ahead in the decade to come.

Please make note of our two area gatherings , one in Boston and the other in New Yark City on April 21 and 22 and should you be in the area, why don't you plan to join us? More information concerning these two events will be forthcoming. Also, we have once again planned Alumni Day for May 2. Mrs. Wakely, the faculty and I extend an invitation for you to join us. Our best wishes to you all for a happy, safe and successful year ahead .

Joseph M. Collins, Assistant Headmaster and Director of Studies at CMS is now on the Board of the New Hampshire Youth Orchestra. Faculty daughters Catherine Shelton, English Hom player and 8th Grader, and 10th Grader Debbie Crowell, 1st clarinet, are members of this distinguished group which gives statewide concerts . Last fall this orchestra received the First Annual New Hampshire Governor's Award for the Arts in honor of outstanding achievement and excellence in the arts.

This is the highest honor New Hampshire can bestow. A competition of more than one hundred statewide arts programs was considered for the award.

John Oliver Rich has resigned his position effective April 1st, 1981 as Special Assistant to the Headmaster, Director of Admissions and Placement Counselor.

He joined at CMS administration in Sept. 1969, continuing his Educational Counselling Service for Schools in Europe, begun five years earlier, as a part-time enterprise. He will now expand this service from new offices in Central Florida, where he was Dean of Admissions at Rollins College from 1949-1964. In September 1981 he will also become the representative in America of Aiglon College, an international prep school situated in Villars, Switzerland. We wish him well.

Norman C. Wakely

Greatest Campaign cont.

Campaign co-chairman John Tower, who has spent more than a year in the planning and organization of the drive observes: " Despite the sensational start we have enjoyed, which has resulted largely from the generosity of the Trustees , the Incorporators, Parents and a few close friends of the School, our remaining task with Cardigan Today/Tomorrow will not be easy. It's a tall order for our small school, but one that has to be done for the benefit of most of the present and our future students. As we present our case to more and more people , I'm sure they'll respond with the kind of support and enthusiasm which we have seen so far . If we do our job properly, I'm confident that our ambitious goal can be achieved."

Learning Center Benefits cont.

a classroom within the new center which will provide research materials for class reports and darkened quarters for video viewing or studio work. The multipurpose area may be used for club meetings and more specialized work by both faculty and student groups.

Students and faculty alike need a place to read or think quietly; to reflect and plan. When all our diagrams become realities, that may be our greatest resource. Providing the setting is only the beginning.

In the next issue, the other major components of the Learning Center, the auditorium/theater and the F01 eign Language department, will be described.

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Views from Plateau cont. programmed in Basic and Focal Computer languages .

Language training and reading ·development have now been reorganized and intensified as Reading Study Skills to coordinate this important basic of the learning process, some of it tutorial.

Balancing the program are required courses in art, studio art and woodworking. Dramatics is available as part of the Club Program , as is public speaking.

Music courses are taken each year by every boy, with individual instruction available in instrument training and vocal training as part of the Glee Club program. Theory, history and appreciation become possible awakenings beyond the level usually settled for by the average youngster with his hi-fi choices.

Religion is a focal point at Cardigan, with Chapel each Sunday required. Classes once a week thrash out such puzzlers as "How can you believe in a God you , cannot see?" or " Creation and Evolution," and " How can you believe in a God who allows such terrible things to happen as we see today?"

ll men are created equal, but not to

A the same thing, as we know. This

truism, nevertheless, inspires us at Cardigan to use the advantages of smallness to stir individual awakenings •that capacities here can be recognized; inspired and developed. No one is submerged in a maelstrom on this plateau.

No one passes through unseen, unheard.

Each student has the opportunity to attune himself to the exciting rhythms of growth and awakening all around himif he but listen.

- Garven Dalglish, Co-editor

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CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL Canaan, New Hampshire 03741 Editors Garven Dalglish Schuyler V. Peck Carol M. Shelton .

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