Cardigan Today/Tomorrow (Christmas, 1986)

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CHRISTMAS ISSUE 1986 . '

School Starts On A New High

Getting acquainted with the Kirk Library - Parents' Weekend 1986

Hundreds Attend Parents' Weekend While the hills of New Hampshire still retained their Autumn splendor, over 300 parents were on Campus to enjoy the weather, the scenery , and a visit with their sons on Parents ' Weekend, O ctober 11-12 .

The Summer Session ran to capacity This was the largest number ever to attend with 160 boys and girls who came for extra the annual Fall weekend. Registration help in basic skills, for review, advanceopened at 7: 45 am so that parents could ment and enrichment academic work, and visit classes starting at 8 o'clock. After classes, a welcome from the Headmaster to enjoy the pleasures of the campus in summer. Computer courses and typing and a buffet lunch, parents and students were popular choices and Latin was added had a choice of five soccer games and one football game to fill up the afternoon. In '{o_ the usual offerings of French and between they warmed up and visited in the ~anish language studies. Mornings six days a week were devoted to academics and Kenerson Social Center. When the games were over, most parents and their sons afternoon and weekend activities included a wide variety of sports, skills, crafts and went off campus for a "real" meal and a hobbies. To take advantage of the school's long evening. Parents were guests at Chapel Sunday morning, and the rest of New Hampshire location, 3 day hiking and conoe trips were scheduled throughout the the day was free for more visiting. If you summer session . weren't here, we'll do it again on January 30th. Put the date on your calendar now so Plans are already underway for the sumyou won't miss our Winter Wonderland! mer of 198 7 and since these sessions fill

Summer Session 1986

All day Saturday new students and their parents arrived, registered, unloaded cars and station wagons, carried luggage into the dormitories, met floor leaders and dorm masters, said good-byes, and the boys started settling into their new environment. Everyone gathered for dinner in the dining room and the Headmaster did his best to make the new boys feel that this would be their happy home for the months to come. Then he announced: Tomorrow everyone gets up at 5 am and we're going to climb Mt. Cardigan together. Busses left the campus in the dark, boys struggled to find the rocky mountain path in the light of their flashlights and shivered in the early morning cold . Finally they were at the summit, and _in time for the real surprise -as beautifully spectacular a sunrise as New Hampshire could ever produce, viewed from their 360° outlook. Despite the hour and the darkness and the strangeness - it was an experience never to be. forgotten .

So started the 41 st year at Cardigan Mountain School. · The opening enrollment of 180 boys is a near record . If geographical diversity is any m ark of greatness, the school has it. The 1986-87 stud.e nts represent 28 states from Maine to Florida and from New York to California. Adding an internatio_nal flavor are 13 students from outside the USA : from Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda and Canada on this side of the Atlantic and also from Finland and Spain . Since 19 % of this . year's students are receiving ·some financial aid, up to and including full scholarships, the Cardigan experience exposes boys to a wide variety of differences in social, economic and cultural backgrounds.

quickly, those interested should request information from the Admissions Office without delay .

<?ARDIGAN MOUNTA~N SCHOOL I CANAAN,.. NEW HAMPSHIRE 03741 / (603) 523-4321

Beyond The Classroom November 10 - 21, 1986

In an effort to involve more of the different departments in the school's curriculum, a suggestion from the Humanities Committee resulted in each department's being responsible for providing an activity for one afternooh which would· involve the entire student body during the fall season when all team and competitive sports have finished their playing schedules and the weather outside is · often too inclement to continue a regular outdoor activity session .

The departments therefore took responsibility for events or performances which were termed ''Beyond the Classroom'' -resulting in programs which might be termed enrichment and which might be otherwise difficult to fit into the regularly scheduled day. '' Method and Madness'' (English department) a performance/lecture produced by the Boston Arts Group examined aspects of the creative process that everyone faces, from the professional artist to the student preparing for a term paper.

A collage of scenes by one performer, helped the audience to begin understanding how to apply the creative process to personal work and to the liberation of the imagination .

"Climbing Mount McKinley" (science department) was an evening presentation by a member of our faculty, Bruce Hennessey, who participated in an attempt to scale this mountain during the month of May, 1986. Slides and demonstration accompanied the lecture.

"History of the Trumpet in Sight and Sound" (music department) - a concert/demonstration by Dr. Walter Chestnut, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, which incorporated a selection with the school's theatre organ and our own music man, Harold Finkbeiner.

The ninth grade trip to • Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and Fanuiel Hall Marketplace (all day) took place while all underclassmen on campus participated in the running of the '' Annual Turkey Trot'', a traditional new-games activity which covered the campus in a full afternoon of relay-type activities, carrying logs through the woods, boiling water in a field, and successfully completing an obstacle course in a team effort .

"Humpty Dumpty Classic" (math department): beginning November 10, classes in math started constructing a container made of certain ~pecified materials in an effort to devise a package which would protect a raw egg from breakage

Honor Roll First Mid-Term October 1986 HIGH HONOR ROLL: The following students have earned grades of "B" or better in all courses with a grade of "A" in at least 3 full courses.

Grade 7: Charles Heenan Grade 8: James Marrion Grade 9: Mark Dantos, Brett Maxfield, Benjamin Misrahi, David Schmidt, Carlos Wright HONOR ROLL: The following students have earned grades of "B" or better in all classes. · · Grade 6: Benjamin Geoghegan, Nicholas Loeb, Matthew Robinson, Neil Turner Grade 7: Jesse Hord, Erik Pollock, Alexander Seabolt, Spencer Thrall, Ronald Wagner Grade 8: Daniel Collins, Richard Conly, Sanford Fogg, Scott Musburger, Rex Savage; James Schriebl, Brian Sirgutz, Daniel Sullivan, Nicholas Tibbetts, James Walker, Douglas Wendt Grade 9: HuiNeng Amos, Desmond Butler, Matthew Campbell, Anthony Emerson, Sean Finnerty, Ashley Ganley, Thomas Hunt, Henry Jones, David Kahn, Gabriel .Lee, Henry Nusbaum, Jukka Penttinen, Peter Whitehead EFFORT HONOR ROLL: The following students have received an Effort Grade of '' l '' in all courses.

Grade 7: Spencer Thrall, Ronald Wagner Grade 8: James Marrion, Peter Nigra Grade 9: Mark Dantos, Carlos Wright

when dropped from the ski jump on Friday, November 14. Prizes were offered to the winning group . The afternoon activities began with a short film on the history of flight and culminated m the classic egg drop .

"Foreign Language Films & Food" (language department): afternoon films in both Spanish and French were shown and followed by a special dinner featuring ethnic foods.

"Feeling Good about Yourself" (health curriculum). Ellen Rosenberg, nationallyknown author and adolescent psychologist presented an afternoon lecture and dialogue for the entire ·student body. She spent some time with a faculty group before leaving campus. ,- -~"How Learning Fits In" (reading/study skills department). Concurrent workshops were offered: a specialist in learning styles worked with groups of students while other groups were entertained by '' Stage Fright", a Maine storyteller in performance. The storyteller gave a lecture on the history of the horror story. In addition, , several films on master story tellers were offered - Poe, Chekhov , Twain and O'He_nry.

"The World Around Us" (social studies department) was a presentation about the Peace Corps by two former Peace Corps members now on the Cardigan faculty.

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Area Gatherings Planned For 1987 Starting early in 1987 Headmaster Norman Wakely and Director of AdmissionsJeffrey · Hicks will visit Philadelphia, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Washington, D.C ., Boston and New York to meet prospective students and their families, alumni and parents . If you know any families in those cities who would like to meet the Headmaster and hear about Cardigan, please contact the Director of Admissions at the School.

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Newsletter of the Cardigan Mountain School

Cardigan Today/Tomorrow is published three times yearly in fall, winter, and spring. It is sent to alumni, present and past parents, grandparents, and friends of the School who wish to receive it.

IF YOU CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS, please inform the Development Office, Cardigan Mountain School, Canaan, NH 03741.

Norman C. Wakely, Headmaster Joseph M. Collins, Assistant :Headmaster Jeffrey D. Hicks, Director of Admissions James N. Marrion, Director of Athletics Richard R. Rearick, Director of Development Editor, Today/Tomorrow All photos in this issue cou~tesy of the Blaze staff.

The Arts At Cardigan

Cardigan Theater Fund

by S. Wells Smith, Head of the Art Department There were several events of special interest to the School during the Fall. We are fortunate to have an actively creative community that supports these endeavors.

From October 10th through the 22nd we had a very successful community art show in the Stoddard Gallery. Works in the exhibit by faculty, staff, alumni and students displayed a wide rapge of talents. The spectrum of work included quilting, wood carving, photography and model making.

Faculty · and ex-faculty exhibitors were: Alden Burt (art), Rita Carey (social studies), Terry Decker (history), Karen Dingle (science), William Hart (English), Marie Hicks (French), Lee McLendon (French), Tom Schenck (English), David Shelton (social studies), Thurza Small (6th grade), Wells Smith (art), and Beverly Wakely (language training). Other exhibitors were : Timothy Collins (alumnus), Lorraine Hennessy (bookkeeper), Jeffrey Hicks (Director of Admissions) , Janet Labrie (housekeeping), . Jacqueline Lary (Assistant Treasurer). Current students whose work was on exhibit: Peter Greenstone '87, Reavis Eitel '89, Amos Paine '87and Adam Taub '88 . The show was open during the Fall Parents' Weekend.

Currently at the Stoddard Gallery is an exhibit of photographs by Lee McLendon, a member of the foreign language department. Ms. McLendon spent much of her life in Vermont and feels an affinity for its landscape. She has felt very close to the New England setting, and this is reflected in her work. Each photograph tells a story for her: it is a special place or a moment in time. She developed, printed and mounted all the works in the display which will continue through November.

In October a small group of students were fortunate enough to see a delightful production at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College in Hanover by a group called "Das Puppenspiel". The play, entitled " Pictures at an Exhibition" dramatized one child's journey through Russian composer Modest Moussorgsky's composition "Pictures at an Exhibition". Banraku puppets and large mime masks were used to create a fantastical setting. The short piece was a good introduction to serious music through engaging narrative and was thoroughly enjoyed by students and faculty.

The Landscape Painting Club has enjoyed a terrific season. Autumn landscapes afforded us many spectacular views throughout the upper Connecticut River valley. Outings to various sites including the Hart residence in Canaan and Orange Gorge proved particularly productive.

Last Spring the Trustees announced their plan to raise $250,000 for an endowment to support the Dramatic Arts Program by dedicating chairs in the theater of the Stoddard Learning Center. For $1000 you can dedicate a seat in the theater which will be commemorated with a brass plaque permanently attached to it. Already five seats have been dedicated.

The seat you dedicate will hav~ a ·permanent place in the School and your gift will add to the permanent endowment to support dramatic arts at Cardigan. Income from this endowment helps fund the cost of the school's own drama productions and makes it possible to have performances by groups such as the Boston Ballet, the Maine Acting Company and the Boston Fine Arts Group which add so much to the cultural enrichment of Cardigan students.

Send your check to the Cardigan Theater Fund, Cardigan Mountain School, Canaan, NH 03741 and include the name and date to be engraved on the plaque.

Summer Projects Awards Announced

Performing Artists In The Theater-Headmaster Wake?,, joined Cyrus P. Koski III and Benji Marantz for a performance in acrobatics and juggling and the boys loved it!

Works by members of the Club are currently on display in Hopkins Hall. The paintings were done in acrylic with pencil sketching involved. Members of the Club are looking forward to further success m the field.

Coming Attraction From January 30th through February 25th a series of wood engravings by Mr. Herbert Waters will be presented in the Stoddard Gallery. Mr. Waters is a resident of Campton, N.H. and has been an educator and artist for many years. The works to be on display will show his skill as an artist and as a craftsman as well. Mr. Waters' work is held in many public and private collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York . He is recognized throughout New England and recently · has sold his work through a gallery in London.

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Each year in May every student planning to return to Cardigan in the Fall submits plans for a summer project to be completed before September. Every boy devises his own project on which he is to spend a minimum of 40 hours. At the start of school, projects are evaluated and set up for display during Parents' Weekend at which time students vote for the best projects in one of several categories. This year's projects included reports of trips taken during the summer, a variety of models which were constructed, and many craft items built by students including a kite, gun case, knife & case, horse collar frame, bookcase and a carved sign.

Ten projects received honorable mention, and five were chosen as top winners: Most creative - a videotape by Douglas Wendt '88 Best written - essays by David Smiley '87 Best for workmanship and usefulness -a guitar case by Patrick Outlaw '87 Best new idea - a simple . astrophoto graphy report by Matthew Frazier '88 Best organization & thoroughness - a darkroom photography report Charles Wingate '88 These five boys will be treated to a steak dinner off campus during· November.

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Junior Honor Society Presents Alumni Panel Sunday evening, November 2nd, after dinner 10 recent graduates of Cardigan returned from their prep schools under the auspices of the National Junior Honor Society at Cardigan to participate in a panel discussion for Seniors dealing with questions about their experiences in prep school.

Craig Johnson '84 and Doug Weissman '86 represented the. Holderness School; Trask Pfeifle '86 and Cammy Clark '86 were here from Proctor Academy; Chris Small '85 and Pierce Runnells '86 came back from St. Paul's School; Bodhi Amos '85 and John Barto '86 told about the Groton School; and Franklin Staley '85 and Nat Evarts '86 were sole representatives from the Brooks School and Kimball Union Academy respectively.

They discussed the amount of homework that was expected, the daily schedule and how it compares with Cardigan's, and the problems and advantages of the less structured life in prep school. Universally they expressed their feeling that the highly structured program at Cardigan was a great help in preparing them for the larger degree of responsibility for their own success or failure they found in prep school.

Our Seniors wanted to know how life in a co-ed school affected them, and how difficult it was to adjust to a larger school.

Many of the alumni said they were surprised to find they were reviewing work completed the previous year at Cardigan, and agreed their academic preparation here made it easy for them to meet the more rigorous expectations of their new school.

The Morrison family - Charles '76, Richard '50, Mrs. Beverly Morrison

Morrison Infirmary Dedicated On October 3rd, during the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, the William K. Morrison Infirmary was formally dedicated. Through the generosity of the Morrisons, interior and exterior renovations on the infirmary were completed, and a permanent endowment has been established for the maintenance and upkeep of that facility.

1986-87 Cardigan Faculty Back Row, /. tor.: Dave Crittenden, Neil Brier, Jeff Hicks, Joe Collins, Harry Mahoney, Jim Tautkus, Stuart Willett, Jim Dingle, Bruce Hennessey, Dudley Clark, Tony Carey, Tom Schenck, Nancy Schenck, Zee Mathews, Wim Hart, Norman Wakery, Bob Small.

Middle Row , I. to r.: Bob Low, David Gundaker, Wells Smith, Rita Carey, Kathy &anlan, Lee McLendon, Sheila Marks, Ginny Crittenden.

Front Row, I. to r. :Jim Marrion, Connie Marrion, Marie Hicks, Ginny Hart, Harold Finkbeiner, Ed Ramos, Karen Dingle, Don Blunt, Jim DeLallo, Carol Shelton, Thurza Small, Mary Amos, Bill Barron, David Shelton, Beverry Wakery.

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Foreign Language Department Announces Additions To Language Lab Six new Tandberg TSR 112 audio-active

¼ track 4 channel cassette players and headsets have recently been added to the 13 sets in the foreign language laboratory.

These players are valuable additions to the lab and will assist students in the acquisition of foreign language verbal fluency.

The four channel system allows students to listen to a sentence or phrase in the foreign language and to · repeat the sentence, which is then recorded on the tape. They can play back the original and their version to compare pronunciation, inflection, etc . If they are not pleased with the result, they can record it again and keep repeating the sentence .until it satisfies them. With this equipment, students can work alone and at their own speed to increase their proficiency in the language.

The lab has been a valuable and well used part of the foreign language program at Cardigan for many years and this new equipment will enhance its usefulness .

Secondary School Placement

by Jeffrey D. Hicks, Admissions and Placement Director Cardigan's ninth grade students and their parents have been bu1?ily engaged since summer in the important matter of secondary school selection, a process which will culminate on March 10, 1987 when schools notify candidates of their admissions decisions. Applicants have until April 10th to inform the schools of their intentions.

The process actually begins in May, almost a year earlier, when the Placement Office asks each eighth grade student to complete a placement questionnaire which seeks information about the boy's interests, priorities and aspirations. His parents are requested to fill out a similar questionnaire.

This information and the boy's overall school record - including grades and comments, extra-curricular profile, and testing record (WICS, SSAT results and scores from our own ERB exams)- are used by Mr. Hicks in June andJuly in drawing up a list of eight to ten schools for the candidate and his family to consider as a stars ting point. This is followed by discussion, reading of catalogs and sometimes conferences with educational consultants who may originally have referred the family to Cardigan. By the end of August, students and family have narrowed the list to four to six schools and made interview appointments during our Fall Term Long Weekend in October. Applications are filed by the student and his parents in November and December and then the waiting begins .

Rock ~limbing A very popular activity -this Fall, offered as an alternative to team sports, was Rock Climbing. Led by Coaches Lee McLendon, Jim Dingle and Bruce Hennessey, 21 pays turned out four to five days every week to learn about rock climbing. They start on Cardigan's own ropes course where they learn safety procedures, belaying techniques and build confidence working at 20 to 30 foot heights . They also practice trust games to learn teamwork - the faith that a team member w_ill be there to catch you if you fall.

The first off-campus trips are for "bouldering" - climbing on rocks not high enough to need ropes but where you use climbing skills, find hand-holds, etc.

This Fall's group was very enthusiastic and learned that rock climbing is hard work, can be done properly, must be done safely and is a lot of fun. They are eagerly awaiting the resumption of this activity in the Spring.

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer

Grade 8 James Marrion Scott Musburger Joseph Smith James Walker

Mike Decker, grade 8, " bouldering " in Rumney

Class Officers Elected Early in November, students in each class elected officers for the current school year. The students so honored are: Grade 9 President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Grade 7 Dexter Kancer John E. (Ted) Smith Charles Hicks Jesse Hord

At the same time the candidate is considering choices for next year, he must also be concentrating on the important tasks at hand in his senior year at Cardigan.

Sometimes a boy who has experienced difficulty in adjusting to Cardigan's expectations begins to set higher goals for himself as he enters his last year, and this improved attitude and performance may well make the difference in how his applications are received by secondary schools.

Cardigan is proud of its tradition of helping boys achieve in line with their potential and we hope that in secondary school each boy will continue to build on the firm foun dation established here.

At the summit of Mt. Moosilaukee - Mountain Day 1986

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Sean Finnerty Jesse Huot David Schmidt Mark Dantos Grade 6 Michael Whitcomb Matthew Robinson Nicholas Loeb

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tory over an undefeated Plymouth team that had defeated the Cougars earlier in the season .

Varsity Football Has Lean Year

by Joe Collins and James Marrion, Coaches As soon as school opened a small but determined group of twenty-five footballers began training for the busy season ahead.

With only six returnees from last year's team, they had their work cut out for them.

Injuries reduced the size of the- squad still further, presenting the players with the challenge of having to play both offense and defense .

The team lost its first four games by small margrns without scoring a touchdown. The thumping by Windsor had the consolation of a first touchdown to brighten an otherwise bleak afternoon. In each of their losses the Cougars were in scoring position on several occasions but could not come up with the scoring play.

The defense played well in every game but lack of experience showed as opponents scored on long pass plays or long runs as the result of a missed tackle or assignment .

Led by tri-captains Hunt Durey '87, Hank Jones '87, and Sean Powers '87, the Cougars maintained high spirits and positive attitudes. They were undaunted at the prospect of facing a high school freshman or junior varsity team each week and entered each game determined to win.

Behind the leadership and passing of Sean Powers and Matt Tebbetts '8 7, the offense made steady improvement. Running backs George Kuckly '87, Jim Marrion '88, Pat Walsh '88 and HuiNeni Amos '87 took good advantage of holes opened by the front wall of Hunt Durey '87, Andy Kislak '87, Hank Jones, Jeff Littlepage '87 and Derek Marshall '87. Scott Musburger '88 and Brendan Daly '87 cleared the ends and were capable passreceivers.

Helping to bolster a losing cause by alternating at offense and defense were linemen Peter Diebel '88, Neil Alford '88, Derek Gordon '88, Jerry Register '87 and Brett Maxfield '87 . Matt Campbell '87, Mark Keough '88 and Scott Spinks '88 were heavy duty defensive ends backed up by cornerback Dan McCarthy '87. The squad missed the services of Kirk Peebles '87 and Mike Golden '87 whose injuries kept them on the sidelines for the season.

The team improved steadily over the season and finished with strong showings against a good Hanover team and a big and experienced Monadnock squad. The high point of the season was the final game vie-

Team members agree that in spite of the record it was an enjoyable season. The coaches report that the players never complained or became discouraged and they approached each practice with a d_e sire to improve.

The six players who will return next year have a legacy of character to maintain if not victory.

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Opponent St. Johnsbury Plymouth Eaglebrook Newport Windsor Hanover Monadnock Plymouth

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JV Football Fall '8.6

by Tom Schenck

New Faculty 1986-87 I. to r.: James DeLallo (shop) BS Keene State College Industrial Arts Education Robert Low (English) BA Plymouth State College S. Wells Smith (Art) BFA Rhode Island School ,if Design James Tautkus (Math) BA University of New Hampshire Stuart Willett (Math) BA Rice University Mary DeLallo (Language Training) BS Ed Keene State College

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It was a rugged, 11 game season that truly challenged the spirits of the JV squad.

Finishing the season with a 1-9-1 mark, this young group of scrappers fought every game with fire and heart. When balls seemed to be bouncing the wrong way at every turn, nobody ever gave up .and eagerly played to the final whistle. At ttie end of the season everybody had acquired new skills and abilities which they can use next year.

Many boys on the team were 6th or 7th graders and will be back for another season of JV football. They will bi;: ready and hungry. Look out you other guys!

Mr. Heath and Mr. Schenck wish to thank all the parents for their steadfast support all year long.

Reserve 'A' Soccer: We Have It A}J

Reserve 'A' Soccer Destroys Eaglebrook

by Cody Morgan, Captain Mark Shirazi, Captain

By William X. Barron, Coach

(sing to the tune of the CMS hymn) To Cardigan our favored team By goals we will defeat We score our goals with fearlessness With speed that can't be beat.

While not mastering the theme song which inspired their 5- 2 victory over arch-rival Eaglebrook (the first win at the Reserve 'A' level in several years), Cardigan's second soccer team perfected the skills necessary to earn varsity st31tus next season . This collection of skilled yet sometimes disunified players won but three games, yet we had outstanding hust_le and spirit game to game from Co-captam and MVP Cody Morgan '88, forward. Matt Husson '88, fullback Sanford Fogg '88, and Co-captain Mark Shirazi '88 .

With Skipper's speed And Noah's deed · We'll do our very best Then Husson and Shirazi take care of all the rest.

Cody helps us win the brawl· To Ronnie goes the checkered ball With Mike and Ross to assist and clear Brendan puts it in high gear .

Soccer Goalie Matt Calder, '8 7 in action

With Forrest off to score he dreams Izzy will race to fill the seams When Sanford runs to clear the fog Chris and John will never dog.

Varsity Soccer

Luis will score the final goal That makes the Bird retreat and fall Then Eaglebrook to home will crawl Reserve 'A' Soccer has won it all!

by Neil Brier, Coach

The Walking Club This Fall's varsity soccer team compiled a very strong 9-3-1 record which included wins over Hanover and Brooks as well as a tie against Eaglebrook . At the end of the season the team competed in the annual Eaglebrook Junior Prep School Tournament where an all-day heavy rain became the equalizer to the team's speed and quickness. At the tournament, Cardigan compiled a 4-1-2 record to finish fourth of sixteen teams. The team goals scored for the season (50) versus total goals allowed (21) reflects just how successful we were.

Many players including tri-captains Sean Finnerty '87, George Needham '87, and Peter W hitehead '87 played exceptionally well throughout the year; in fact George allowed only one goal during the entire time he was in the nets during the Eaglebrook Tournament . A special word of praise about sweeper back Jesse Huot ' 87 who played outstandingly throughout the season on sore knees that had prevented him from playing organized soccer for the past si:x years! Coaches Brier and DeLallo will sorely miss but wish good luck to the team's 12 talented seniors whose senior prep school soccer careers look quite promising.

This Fall Mr. Brier and Mr. and Mrs .

Mathews introduced a new club to Cardigan called The Walking Club. Every Thursday the group explored a different area of interest. Our excursions ranged from local graveyards to horse and donkey farms to the cross country trails and ski slopes of CMS. Members of the club who braved many a Thursday afternoon rain shower to complete their missions included: Chris Hartmann '87, Cody Morgan '88, Warren Prescott '88, Jon Taufman '87, and Scott Spinks '88 .

Steady and at times spectacular play from goalie Aaron Israel '88 helped us stay close, while striker Skip Walker '88 (Most Improved) always challenged opposing goalies for loose balls. Seven players ~a~e the all-star team which opposed varsity m November: forwards Husson, Walker, and Richard Rossmassler '88; halfbacks Morgan, Shirazi, and Forrest Kiley '88; and fullback Fogg. Tying for team honors as leading scorers were Brendan Dinan '89 and Luis Martinez '90. Diminutive but determined Noah Shore '88 backed us up at goalie and striker, while Chris Iovino '88 and John Whitesides '88 provided aggressive defense at fullback . Coaches Barron and Smith have high expectations for the much-improved underclassmen who return next fall at this level or varsity: forwards Martinez, Adam Ray '89, and Mike Whitcomb '90; and fullbacks Dinan and Ron Wagner '89. ·

CHRISTMAS PAGEANT: December 17th The students, faculty, and staff extend a cordial invitation to the Cardigan Family and Community to attend the annual Christmas Pageant which will be held in the Cardigan Chapel at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17, 1986.

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Noah Shore, grade 8, ready for the kick in JV Soccer

Alumni News 1965 David Warner is currently finishing work on his Masters in Fine Arts degree at the University of Arizona - w'ith his wife and 2 year old daughter . At the time of publication, they were momentarily expecting an addition to_ their family.

1973 Seth Nash is workin g for Alpha Industries in the Boston area as an engineer developing new semi-conductor chips.

1976 Philip Law was m arried in October to Laura Saffer. The wedding was in Newport Beach, California (her home) and . the newlyweds are now living in Atlanta, Georgia .

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Paul Brierre graduatecl cum Laude from Boston University this year and received the Boston University Alumni Student Award which is given to honor' students with distinguished academic careers . Paul now lives in Tamworth, New Hampshire.

W arner Brown graduated from the Berkshire School and is now a freshman at Centre College in Danville, KY. He reports flying and polo lessons are keeping him very busy.

Jeremy Byk is a sophomore at the University of C olorado at Boulder and is active in h is fraternity, Sigma Chi .

A lec K oromilas was j ust elected to his first term as State Representative in Strafford County (D over, N .H .) . At age 22, Alec was the youngest cand idate in the county election and won with 1,745 votes.

During his campaign, Alec said his top priority is keeping the public informed about what transpires in Concord . The Boston University political science graduate said he supports stronger right-toknow laws and says they should cover the governor and his executive council as well as other governmen tal bodies .

1980 Timothy Byk is a senior at Arizona State University and playing LaCrosse .

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Stewart Dixon reports he had the opportunity last summer at Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles to work on the ABC -TV series '' MacGyver'' and also on the movie "Top Gun". Next May he will graduate from Ithaca College and plans to return to LA .

D oulgas Humphre)'S and his wife Kelly are living in Vermont where Doug has started his study of law at Vermont Law School.

Nicho las K obusch now at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth majoring in Economics/Political Science and looking forward to graduation next year .

john Todman writes that he is to be married on May 16th - but no other details.

Who is the lucky girl, John?

Robert Cook is now a freshman at the University of Mississippi and loves it. He joined Kappa Alpha fraternity and so far is earning 3 .2 avera ge - taking Economics , Government and En glish.

George Pinson graduated in j u rie 1986 from Sou th Ke n t School producing a fine yearbook of which he was Editor -in-chief.

He is now attending Schreiner College in Kerrville, Texas .

Corey Pullen is currently a freshman at the University of Texas where he has pledged Phi Gamma Delta.

1986 Chip Graham is doing well at Avon and sees a lot of Cardigan alumni. Played 3rd string football this fall.

Pierce Runnells reports that he is thoroughly enjoying St. Paul' s School, running with the Cross Country team this fall and hoping to be on the Crew in the spn ng.

Keith Skilling turns out to be the most prolific correspondent from his class.

Writes that he had a great bicycle trip last summer through England, Ireland , Wales and Scotland - over 900 miles in 37 days. He also reports enjoying foo tball at Brooks School where he sees M ike Chudzik frequently as well as other Cardigan alumni : Doug Beeman ('85) , Franklin Staley ('85) and Steffan Fletcher ('85). He saw Bodhi Amos ('85) and John Barto ('86) when Groton's football team played Brooks.

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