Cardigan Today/Tomorrow (Winter/Spring, 1982)

CARDIGAN Canaan, N.H.

today

· tomorrow

Winter/Spring Issue, 1982

CARDIGAN CAMPAIGN

Vol. 2 No. 2

THE STATE OF THE ARTS

1981-,1982

by Hal Finkbeiner

EXCEEDS

$3,000,000 ardigan Todaytromorrow, our much written and talked about program to raise money for the new Leaming Center and Endowment has recently surpassed the $3,000,000 mark. To date, $3,182,245 has been received and pledged, representing 230 gifts fro~ Trustees , parents, grandparents, alumm and foundations. What a great achievement for Cardigan, particularly when one considers that the drive is not even eighteen months old! To all who have thus far given, we again say "thank you" for your generous support.

The Cardigan Horizons (Annual Fund) now stands at $52,000 towards our June 30 goal of$90,000. We are running somewhat behind last year's giving schedule and hope that all of you will send wh;tever you can to support this vital campaign.

Lastly, we are once again planning Area Gatherings in Boston and New y ork. Last year the turnout for both occasions was tremendous . So, we hope to see all of you again, plus some new faces on Tuesday, April 27 (Boston) and Wednesday, April 28 (New York).

In addition, a new gathering in Houston Texas will be held Thursday, May 20. Invitations for all of these gatherings, with exact times and places, will be forthcoming.

A pleasant Spring to you all.

C

Schuyler V. Peck '63

hen I first arrived on the Cardigan

campus thirteen years ago I knew W that I had become a part of something great, but little did I know. at that time what would lie in store in the years that were ahead. Having been the first fulltime music teacher I had my work cut out for me. I inherited a Glee Club of twelve voices, a portable stereo, which was carried from classroom to classroom, students who could not see the value of music in the curriculum and an organ which was both limited in sound and in temperament.

Thirteen years have passed. The Glee Club numbers forty enthusiastic members a stereo as good as any the students hav; occupies one music room, thirty students are involved in instrumental instruction, a beautiful, versatile, threemanual organ graces the chapel and now within a year we will have a new auditorium further to enhance the progress of the arts.

Cardigan is blessed with a wellrounded program in the arts. Mr. Gary

Paul Stein as " Snoopy; '

Marks the woods hop teacher, has the great ~bility to bring out the best in his students. From the hand-crafted watch case to the colonial desk, all work is done with loving care and concern for beauty. His wife, Nela, a fine artist, has done amazing things with her classes, working in more mediums than I knew existed.

The thespians have their outlet also.

Under the direction of Mrs. Rita Carey and Mrs. Thurza Small, every young actor has a chance to smell the grease paint and experience the roar of the crowd.

It is truly a great thing to see that the star athletes are oftentimes the star performers in the arts as well. This was the Greek concept of education at its finest - that a young lad be expos\!d to .all areas of learning and experiences, t:Xcelling in all things. Cardigan gives a boy the chance to be this kind of ''. Renaissance Man." All ofus in the field of arts at Cardigan are excited about our new auditorium which will be in the new learning center.

With this in mind we proposed io the faculty and administration at its June meeting a plan to further explore the talents of both students and staff. It was proposed that all students be !µYen the opportunity to engage in a one~term alternative activity in the area of the performing arts - at present dram;:t and music. This would be an optional activity and would result in a dramatic performance or musical recital at the end of the term. This activity would be offered each term during the regular activity period. (continued on back page)

VIEWS FROM THE PLATEAU Priorities

irst things first . Never put off until tomorrow what should have been done in the seventeenth century, as a friend of mine put it in a puckish perversion of Ben Franklin's dictum.

We may indeed have to look that far back to see what the Pilgrims really sought here, since the priority hunt still continues. All ofus now seem to be chasing after elusive wisps of our ideals, gathering basketfuls of priorities in such confusing haste that we arrive at a stasis of mind, spirit and will that seems to make us powerless. For some, it takes terrific effort to stir from a television screen to pick a book off the shelf instead. Or to visit a friend who may be waiting in loneliness for help. Or to take a walk in the beauties of a New Hampshire forest. Or for the Cardigan student to write that rough draft composition before the last-minute panic freezes his creativity. Or to read that book while the deadline is still at a safe distance. Procrastination is the thief of time, as Don Marquis once told us.

Outside these hallowed halls, mankind, as if seen from a satellite, might be viewed to be now whirling through chaos. Is it a military supremacy that should be our first priority? A balanced federal budget? Social reforms cut away to assure peace? Third-world defection to a feared ideology from the East? The fear of fear itself? Or the fear of invasion which dictates our self-destruction? The vision of a mushroom cloud rising over Cardigan Mountain? Teaching a lesson to our enemies? One more assassination that will send a nervous finger to the fatal button? Tum back O man, forsake that foolish way? Priority where is thy sting?

F

riority is a word which indeed has

P only in our time become household.

Advertising copywriters, those spokesmen for the word-yearning businessmen, have, as Edwin Newman has pointed out, "prioritized" their motivations in some ultimate purity of purpose to assure approval and hence success.

Just as they have "metamorphosed" their methodology with the computer, as a shameless New York Times reporter dared to note. This aura ofrespectability now surrounding the priority probe into the outer spaces of our minds nevertheless still leaves a vacuum. And since nature abhors a vacuum, as science tells us, it must be expected to be filled. But will it? ''Compositionwise' ', writing still remains a priority at Cardigan and the uncertainty of the result is a spur to our constant effort, you may be sure.

The year at Cardigan now is well along. And yet, in looking back, we can see how far most of the students have come since that day, glutted with summer memories, they took up their planbooks for setting the course they will take on each day's march to wisdom.

They had brought back their trophies of accomplishment in their summer projects and had displayed them for the Octoberfest for parents. And since then the parents have come again on Parents' Weekend in February to confer in close sessions of teacher-parents-student to assess the journey they have taken. hasing after their priorities, stu-

dents began this journey with the C well rested mind, then continued with

the eagerness of early discovery. By now, it is hoped, the mind is beginning to acquire some semblance of enrichment and preparedness for advancement. The hopelessly tautological mishmash of early writing is gradually replaced as the groping instinct for communication, hopefully now, has had some harnessing after trials and errors that at first seemed endless. Signals of fluency and ease and organization are now reaching the paper as the flow of ideas takes hold. No longer 2

is it possible, we say hopefully again, to remark that as one teacher observed about thought, '' an idea entered one ear picked up speed, and went out th~ other." Some now cling to the growing cerebellum.

Such are the treasures of the kind of learning available in small classes, in a homogeneous and well supervised e'nvironment such as Cardigan offers. The books are now being found held in the hand in the library or even while waiting for something - a haircut . . . a meal ... a change of classes. Here and there awakenings are taking place. The banality of a sentence reading "Either it will rain tomorrow or it will not rain tomorrow" is replaced by a statement such as "Thinking must be caught before it dies," as one student wrote in a log encouraged in a daily single-sentence entry in one English class.

In Math now, the addition of the wonders of a Radio Shack TSR-80 - a set of four - has enabled about 50% of the 7th Grade and 60% of the 9th Grade to take a full-time course in computer theory and programming and optional for students during the Spring Term, assuring response to today's demand for "Computer Literacy.'' s the year continued, students ·had

frequent enrichment brought to A their Cardigan experience. Early in the year a trip to Vermont's Shelburne Museum took the 8th Grade to observe a collection of Americana as part of their awakening to the wonders of our heritage. A Ski Holiday in mid-winter gives the boys a chance to free themselves of studies for a day in the open when all these hills are glorious, dres_sed in the incomparable New Hampshire snows.

On the playing fields, a football season gave them a taste of victory early in trouncing arch rival Eaglebrook, followed by other contests through the season in this sport to test their skills and sportsmanship in triumph and defeat. (contimied on page 3)

(Priorities continued from page 2)

Alumni News

With the recent contests over the February Parents' Weekend, the School and 262 visitors watched eight teams contested, the largest assembly of challenges over any previous Parents' Weekend. There, too, the sweet taste of success and the lessons of defeat alternated as the world must always teach them to expect. Alpine, Nordic jumping and cross~country, hockey and basketball, a new wrestling mat for this new Cardigan sport, kept the fine facilities for sports on the hill here throbbing with color and life.

Charles P. Schutt, Jr. '58 is the Asst.

V.P. of Dean Witter Reynolds (sub of Sears), where he has been for 13 years.

He is also the President of the Board of Trustees of the Pilot School, Inc·., a small school for learning disabilities.

Charles is the Treasurer of the Boys Club of Wilmington. Charles and his wife live in Chadds Ford, PA with their 3 children, Porter 12, Jake 10, and Kate 7.

Edwin Stulb '66 is the father of a lovely daughter, Lydia Willar Stulb, born 7/31/81. He is the President of Stulb Paint and Chemical in Norristown, PA. His wife, Laurie, is a paralegal with Dechert, Price and Rhoads .

James Taylor '66 and his wife, Karen, and son, Adam, are presently living in Boca Raton, Florida, while Jim completes his Master of Music degree at the University of Miami. Jim and his family will be moving to Nashville in the spring where Jim will be working in the music business.

Kurt Knowles '67 and his wife are the proud parents of a son, Tyler, born on Dec. 5, weighing 9 lbs. 14 ozs. Congratulations .

Mark. B. Cleveland '68, now married to Elizabeth 0. Hickman, is almost finished with his PhD in bio-chemistry at Columbia University in N.Y.C. Robert Vickers '68 married Maureen Munroe on Kauai, Hawaii on November 30, 1981.

Thomas M. Hunt '69, President of the Aurora Arsenal Soccer Club., Inc. of East Aurora, NY, this past summer led his B Division to an 11-2-2 record, winning the League Championship. Tom was then appointed as East Aurora High School Head Coach. He led his team to an 8-8-2 record, ending up i~ second place. In December, 1981, Tom took his A Division team to Binghamton for the State Indoor Soccer Championship.

They are now ranked #2 in the State.

Steven Mervis '69 is in the MBA program at the University of Rochester.

Thurza and her husband Bob Sma ll.

s we look back at the year again at

A this mid-point, we see how it began

with fine new additions to the faculty to heighten the possibility of meeting our very first priority - to teach a little better each new year. We recall how last fall the skeleton of the new Leaming Center stirred our imaginations as it rose in the grass in full view from the windows of Hopkins facing Mt. Cardigan. And now, with appreciation and excitement its red brick fa<rade is seen climbing its sides to match the other buildings, telling us it too will soon belong! Another priority being reached in the fulfillment of a dream!

Garven Dalglish Co-Editor

" Priority" Cunliffe McBee '85 heading home for the Christmas Holidays .

Faculty Profile rs . Thurza Small, Sixth Grade

M Teacher: Joining the CMS faculty as Sixth Grade teacher in the fall of 1981 , Mrs. Small brought to this position a variety of experiences and interests . Her most recent role was as Director of that fine theatrical production of CMS students and faculty, You 're a Good Man , Charlie Brown.

In her training, as in her subsequent teaching experience, Mrs. Small acquired some of the judgments and techniques which helped to account for her success in directing the CMS production. She took drama as her minor in studies for her BS degree received in 1961 from North Adams State College in Massachusetts where in 1971 she also took her MED. During her undergraduate days she worked in all phases of dramaturgy including acting, directing and lighting. Such experience offered her opportunities to work with original productions written by students.

Mrs. Small began her teaching in Hayward, Calif., then a year later continued at Stony Point, N.Y. in an elementary school. She taught in Williamsburg, Ma. for five years. Before coming to Cardigan, Mrs. Small held a position for four years in an elementary school in Harwich, Ma. She was in charge there also of the State-funded Gifted and Talented Child Program for the year 1980.

3

(continued on page

7)

Ne~s Froin

he headliner for the past news cov-

ered by this issue has to be Parents' T Weekend, a three-day - Feb. 5-7th -

visitation of 262 people representing among them 134 families out of the enrollment of 170 boys now attending Cardigan ... something of a record. Add to this perfect weather, a record number of teams - eight altogether - competing in the various winter features of the CMS program, the enthusiastic presence of some trustees, a simply superb theatrical production (reported on elsewhere in this issue) put on by students and faculty, a musical no less, a cuisine that expressed Bob Stevens' talent for gala productions too, colorful ski costumes, enthusiastic running around from event to event, and you have indeed just what was hoped for in bringing so many from far points and near to the hills of Cardigan. And, most important of all, the three days provided ample opportunities for parents with their sons to sit down with the individual teachers to take a look at the record and the prospects as this good year continues. Some triumphs on the hills and on the rink and elsewhere, - all reported further on in this issue - and you can be sorry you couldn't come all over again or if you did make it, glad you were here and can now relive the many pleasures of your son's school environment as you read all about it. nd so the play, which brought into action 25 talented faculty and students to present You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, in the auditorium on the evenings of Feb. 5th and 6th, packed with delighted parents and children on this Parents' Weekend annual gathering.

That it was a musical was wonder enough, an ambitious project certainly , but really a marv~l carried out under the musical zest and talent of Mr. Finkbeiner who provided the beautiful sounds for the songs from a single upright piano - .a one-man orchestra that was just right for this type of production.

Sixth-Grade teacher, Mrs. Small, as Director inspired the set designers to use simple props for each of the 6 members of the cast who among them brought to life in living color all the beloved and familiar traits of the cartoon series' famous characters. Mrs. Carey as Producer mounted a well-paced, beautifully staged, fully synchronized series of skits in which the humor, poignancy, romance and spirited roles were given full liberty to act their natural selves, so familiar to millions ofreaders of Schulz' s master series. Clark Orton as Schroeder, sat at a 12-inch-high piano, simulated out of plywood, "playing" on imaginary keys to Mr. Finkbeiner's accompaniment. Charlie himself, forlorn and timid, portrayed by that fine actor, Scott Swaebe, held center stage while all around him the sympathetic family of this series tried to bring him happiness.

The antics of Snoopy, a show-stealing role played to the hilt by Paul Stein - a new addition to CMS and with much talent - jumping off and on from his doghouse roof, brought down the house.

Cathy Shelton as the wistful and yet

probing Lucy was delightful in adding her beauty and song to her role. As Peppermint Patty, Stephanie Small was a chattering, lively highlight of the perplexities of life among them all, especially in the homework scene which was hilariously too true for the knowing audience. As the soulful and desolate, Linus , sluggishly shufiling around with his comforting security blanket forever hugged to him but for one flash of rebellious independence, Tony Smart drew our giggling sympathies and our indulgence. And to the following, in appreciation of many devoted hours, orchids: Rev. Harry Mahoney for fine makeup work; Mr. Marks, set design, truly unique and appropriate to a "tee" for this episodical play; costumes, programs and publicity, Mrs. Shelton Mrs. Ellis assisting in costumes; set construction: Eric Braun, Katie Carey, Richard Lemieux, Keving Mahoney, Alex Mendoza, Paul Moyer, J .J. Ortiz, Stephanie Small, Paul Stein, Leonard Stone and Scott Swaebe. Lighting had the expertise of Chris Humann and Mark Koch. Sound - a prime feature of the production that had to be just right was just that under the control of Mr. Thomas McCabe. This production was a wonderful piece of evidence that CMS can really move right along with all this talent and cooperation to make its Activity in the Performing Arts a vital part of life for us all on the Hill!

A

The cast of "You 're a Good Man Charlie Brown. "

The Hill FINLAND-RUSSIA HOCKEY TRIP

Andy Cohen, Class of '83 at the fou l lii1e.

Sports: As of this publication deadline (Feb. 22): - The athletic program thus far has benefitted from plenty of snow, which, as Director of Athletics, Mr. Marrion observes, " has made our winter at CMS spectacular." Records are now accumulating: Jumping - from Bear Mt. NY, CMS captured numerous trophies in all divisions. Alpine: in a full schedule including competing in the Lakes Region League, from which involving 7 teams including CMS, results have not yet been returned. Wrestling: is now in full swing in its 2nd year. It has been to 3 tournaments and is now being prepped up to compete in the New England Tournament at MIT, Cambridge on Sat., March 6th, where numerous New England schools will be contesting. Varsity Hockey won for the first time in 10 years, the St. Paul's Tournament involving 8 other teams. Reserve Hockey is now leading the Upper Valley League, having won all games so far. It is now awaiting the play-offs on the weekend of March 6th which will involve 8 teams, including CMS. The Cross-Country Ski team recently returned from defeating Eaglebrook and will be finishing this season March 1st. The team has shown great improvement, with many young members returning for next year. The (continued on page 6)

Over the past Christmas vacation the Cardigan Mountain School Varsity Hockey Team journeyed overseas to Finland and the Soviet Union . Accompanying the team were varsity coaches Schuyler Peck and Francis "Rip" Rives and junior varsity coaches Ed Cooper and Dudley Clark. The trip also presented an opportunity for a number of Card igan parents to travel to Europe and watch their sons in international competition.

The long voyage began for most at Logan Airport in Boston where we boarded the Eastern Air shuttle to New York ' s LaGuardia Airport. After landing there we crammed ourselves and all our baggage into a transit bus that took us to the Finnair terminal at Kennedy International. After checking in our monumental amount of baggage we settled down in various places to wait for our 7:30 p .m. departure for Helsinki.

As usually happens , our flight was delayed and it was 9:30 before our huge , completely full Finnair DC-10 left the ground.

The flight was comfortable and uneventful and we arrived in Helsinki at 10:30 a.m . the next morning. A bus was waiting and after passing through passport control and again . loading our baggage we transferred to the Inter-Continental Hotel in Helsinki .

There the boys were met by the Finnish families in whose homes they would be staying while in Finland. This was an outstanding cultural experience for the boys and gave them the chance to see first-hand how the Finns live .

The faculty and parents stayed at the Inter-Continental Hotel, where the boys met us for sightseeing tours and transportation to the games. A first-class hotel , the Inter-Continental was . complete with saunas , swimming pool and two bars and restaurants . After our arrival we unpacked and tried to nap before our first game that evening. We were to play six games in Finland, before flying to Russia . That evening's game was played against one of Finland ' s finest junior hockey teams . The game was fast-paced and evenly matched until the middle of the 2nd period when our boys ' jet-lag became evident. By the end of the game our team was exhausted and the victim of their only loss on the tour, 5-1.

Following a pre-dawn outdoor practice (the sun didn't come up until 9:30) we spent the day sightseeing in and around Helsinki.

The evidence of Finland's past and present was apparent, with statues and buildings from Finland ' s age as a Russian Grand Duchy ; and modern steel and glass buildings world renowned for their modern and artistic architecture.

The evening arrived and otir team , somewhat rested , outskated a strong team and won comfortably 5-2. The next day we bussed up to Hyvinkaa , a trip of about 40 miles . Here we were to compete in a 2-game tournament against Hyvinkaa' s Ahmat teams , our hosts of previous years ' Finnish trips . We handily won the morning game 8-3, and were treated to ascrumptous lunch at the Rantasipi Hotel by Haari Yrjanen , father of Cardigan' s Finnish defenseman Jukka. After an afternoon of saunas , swimming, and cross-country skiing, we returned to the rink to play Ahmat's older, advanced team. In a snowstorm in which snow was falling at a rate of an inch per period , we played a see-saw game which saw our team twice come from two-goal deficits to tie , only to give up the potential winning goal. With less than one minute to play we tied the game up and won 6-5 in sudden-death overtime .

View of the Neva River, Leningrad The day before New Year's was our day . to rest. A leisurely day turned .into New Year's Eve. We had all been invited to the home of the American Labor Attache in Finland, Edward Archer. Ed and his wife Linda are the parents of Cardigan 9th grader, David Archer. A traditional American New Year's Eve party was culminated at midnight by a walk of 10 mim1tes to the Baltic to watch the traditional Finnish New Year's fireworks display. (continued on page 6)

(Sports continued from page 5) (Hockey Trip continued from page 5)

Varsity Basketball team recently l~st in a consolation game to Woodstock, 40-44 , having won a few this season so far playing all N players of the preparato; school level. R eserve Basketball rs preparing to enter the Hanover Basketball Tournament and then is making ready for the Lyons Club Tournament the first week in March. Just recently, February 19th, the team defeated Hartford , Vt. in its first away game.

New Year' s Day found us all nervously · excited about that afternoon'· s flight to Russia. Eventually , our boarding time arrived and we boarded the bus that ferried us to our Aeroflot plane . Despite the plane' s dirty and smelly interior (it must not have been cleaned in a week) our 45-minute flight to Leningrad was smooth and uneventful. A 2-hour wait at Russian customs tested our patience, as did body searches of some of our parents by Red Army customs agents. However, we soon boarded our bus and rode the 20 minutes to the Hotel Leningrad, where a dinner of "mystery meat" and fried potatoes awaited us. We were all rather surprised by the highlight being hand towels with flowers for our bath linen.

The next day was dominated by sightseeing in Leningrad. We saw most of the great structures remaining from the Czarist era, the Cathedral of St. Isaac , the fortress of Peter and Paul, the Admiralty , and the Academy , a school for girls started by Cathenne the Great. However , in spite of the cultural significance of our sightseeing , all ofus were really thinking about the Russians . It was almost unreal , we were going to play the Russians! It became all too real however, as we reached the arena and saV.: our opponents. They were enormous , mostly mustached and bearded. Surely this wasn 't the team we were going to play?

Unfortunately, this seemed to be the case.

The whole situation was complicated by the fact that our interpreter-tour-guide was away trying to get us tickets to the ballet.

Finally , by exchanging the year of birth of our respective players we were able to come to an understanding over the age team we expected to play .

After a nervous first period we found ourselves on the short end of a 3-1 score .

Our jitters gone, we closed the gap 6-5 by the end of the second stanza. The third period saw us take what seemed to be a commanding 8-6 lead with only two minutes to play. Two extremely questionable calls by one of the Russian officials gave them a two-man advantage situation with time running out. They quickly converted this into a goal , which released one of our men , but they scored again with us one man down, and suddenly it was a tie game . The last 30 seconds were anti-climatic and the game ended an 8-8 tie . The players were upset, but we reminded them that they had just undergone an experience that few other Americans ever would, and they had come away even with the players generally accepted as the world's best.

·'Facing Off in H elsinki' '

The remainder of our Russian experience passed quickly . An evening at a Rus-1 sian restaurant was followed by a sound , sleep and a full morning at the Imperial Winter Palace, former home of the Emperors and Empresses. Culturally , this had to _be the high point of the entire trip . The Wmter Palace and its Hermitage Art Museum are truly one of the wonders of the world and one of the greatest art museum ' s anywhere , with rooms full of Picasso' s Van Gogh' s, and Rembrandt's to name but a few . After returning to our hotel and collecting our baggage we bussed out to the airport and after passing through customs , and some more humiliating body searches , we boarded our Finnair plane. After a minor delay we took off to a round of cheers from the passengers and after the s~oi:: fli~ht landed in Helsinki. Although still m Fmland we felt as if we were home!

We returned to the airpot the next day for our flight home, but delays made us change our plans . We decided to fly to Montreal and then charter a bus to Canaan . This turned out to be a wise decision as we were back on campus by 11 :30 that evening.

The 1981-82 Cardigan trip to Finland and Russia provided Cardigan students and parents with an experience that they will never forget. The cultural exposure and athletic competition of this international jaunt made the long hours and hectic schedule all worthwhile . All credit is due to Mr. Schuyler Peck whose tireless efforts and preparation made this year' s trip the most successful to date .

-:Rip Rives

Admissions: Mr. Hicks, CMS Director of Admissions, reports a bright admis- ' ~ion~ I?icture this year. For Sept. 1982 , mqmnes, applications , and acceptances reflect a continuation of the increase seen last year and the year before. The same substantial numbers are seen in summer session enrollment. CMS now has 178 students in classes . Mr. Hicks recently completed a 9-day admissions trip to Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco, visiting educational consultants and many s~hools. In the summer session planmng, now moving ahead rapidly , a large number ofreturning teachers and activity staff is clearly seen. "We are looking forward to a nice group of kids who will be getting a fine camp program in afternoons and weekends ' ' says Mr. Hicks , "while they· recei~e individualized help in English, Math, and Reading. Also offered will be French, Spanish, Typing, Computer Programming. Class size in summer session maintains a maximum class size of seven students. "

Some of the special features of Summer Session are: A trail camping program (2½ days in the wilderness, in gro~ps of 8, plus two faculty , all eqmpment provided), horseback riding at Dartmouth Riding Club; and gymnastics.

Placement: Seniors have now com-

pleted all applications to se.condary preparatory schools . A few have already been accepted, but most must wait for decisions, mailed on March 10, 1982 (common reply date).

Scholastic Honors: Six students from the various grades made High Honor Roll, which requires B or better in all courses, with a grade of A in at least 3 full courses. Privileges for this achievement include freedom ·to use the daily 7-9 p.m. study hall in any way they choose providing it is constructive. Students named for this rank were for the Second Mid-Term: Grade 6: B . Amos, A. Black and C. Small; Grade 8: B. Brewer, M . Sukhavanij; Grade 9: N. Dorion. Honor Roll: For grades of B or better in all courses, students who also enjoy the same study hall freedoms were: Grade 6: F. Reimers; F. Staley. Grade 8: A. Baril, G. Brown, A . Cohen, D . Dawkins , A. Hartmann, C. Linehan, A . Samos , J. Whalen; Grade 9: D. Archer, R. DellaRusso, I. George, E. Krayer, and S . Miller. The Effort Honor Roll for a Grade of "l" in all courses named: Grade 6: C. Small; Grade 8: G. Brown and M. Sukhavanij.

(Alumni News continued from page 3) Don Westwater '69 is in his first year of MSHA & MAE Program at the University of Michigan, with concentration in health in developing countries. He expects to return to Southeast Asia upon graduation.

Steve A. Ris '71 married Jean Balentine in June of 1980. They are both teaching at Darrow School, New Lebanon, NY. Steve is teaching History. and Speech.

He also coached the J.V. Soccer Team to a very successful season.

Erik M. Steele '71 married Nancy Brinkman, a Bowdin College classmate, in Aug. 1981. Erik is now applying to medical schools. He has moved to Farmington, Me. Richard Whiting, Jr. '71 is now attending the University of Maryland and living in Takoma Park, Md. where he coaches one of the local high school hockey teams. He expects to receive his degree from the University of Maryland in December.

William F. Austin '71 is living and working in Waltham, MA as a computer programmer for a payroll service. He will be joining the National Ski Patrol this year in the New England Region, teaching CPR and first aid with the Red Cross.

Robert V. Chartener '73 is working in the mergers and acquisitions department at Goldman , Sachs & Co. in New York and enjoys it very much. Last October he traveled in the Outer Hebrides and Scottish Highlands for about two weeks, staying in fishing villages and farmhouses.

CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL Canaan , New Hampshire 03741

Jody Collins '74 is a management engineer for a management service company. He graduated from Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY, with a BA in Economics. He was Financial Manager of the college pub and a brother of the fraternity, Alpha Chi Rho . Moved to Smyrna, (outside Atlanta) in October 1981, Jody sees Joel Sorofman often.

Editors Gai-ven Dalglish Schuyler V . Peck Published 3 times throughout the school year

David Morse '74 is now working for Oil Services Company on one of their rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Pictured are Peter Hadlock and Jon Mayer. class of '82. Ha lloween Night

lodayr CARDIGAN _ J tomorrow

7

Robert Pulitzer '74 is now working in sales for U.S. Telephone in Houston, Texas. Bob graduated from Ohio. Wesleyan University in June 1981.

Charles M. Skillas '74 graduated from Roanoke College, Salem, VA 'with a BBA in Business Administration. He is presently working with his father in a government consulting business.

Peter Welch '74 is gold-mining and trapping in Ramport, Alaska on the mighty Yukon River. He will have been there three years in May and has enjoyed camping in the Brooks Range, ferry trips from the Islands in Prince William Sound, plus bush-flying with his many friends.

James Fairbanks '75 dropped by the CMS campus in December to say hello and wish everyone a Merry Christmas .

Jim is doing fine.

Robert Flanagan '78 is a Freshman at Trinity College. He is rowing on the freshman heavyweight crew. Bob is enjoying a long winter vacation. He's been helping the Cardigan wrestling team on his visit to the CMS campus.

Daniel Babcock '79 worked at the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor, Me. last summer and did lots of sailing. He ' s now at Watkinson School, playing soccer and intends to take up racketball.·He can't wait for skiing to start.

Gregg Heidenreich '79 was presented the coveted Jennings Cup at a recent special assembly at Avon Old Farms School in Connecticut. The award goes to the outstanding student-athlete selected· by the school faculty, which, in its opinion, shows superior athletic ability, school spirit, and leadership, both on the field . and on the campus. · Daniel M. Nixon '79 has been skiing and working in Vail, Colorado for the last two years. There' s lots ofx-country skiing, camping and mountain climbing to enjoy.

David H. Jacobs '80 has been elected co-captain of the 1982 football team at Milton Academy, Milton, MA.

p;;>1s;;,nb;u

UO!IJ;l.UO:>

ss;uppy

ivL£O ·H"N •uuuuuJ jOOlFJS UIB)UOOVIJ UB'illpJBJ

·H"N ·umme:::, I ·oN l!WJdd

O!Vd 3DV.LS0d

·s·n

U0 1)1lZIU1ll!JQ l !.J0Jd-U0N

(State of the Arts continued from page I)

An individual student would be able to choose such an activity only one term each year. This proposal was adopted and the first winter school musical in Cardigan' s history was produced - You're A Good Man Charlie Brown.

This selection was made by a group of interested students and received enthusiastic approval of those involved in the arts.

Next year, more elaborate plays and musicals can be performed. Just think a real stage thirty-two feet by thirty feet, a property and scenery storage area, a costume room, dressing rooms, seating capacity for two hundred-and-fifty, plus an additional fifty seats in the gallery, all lined by exhibit walls for fine art displays .

This just adds to the excitement I have had as a part of Cardigan. Indeed, alumni and friends of the school can be justly proud of the progress the school has made . Don't take my word for it.

Come and see for yourselves.

French Ha ll's Dinosaur snow sculpture.