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WINTER ISSUE 1987
Math Counts by Mr. Ed Ramos Cardigan's Math Counts team placed second in a field of seven teams and 30 individuals in the chapter competition held in New London, NH on February 14th. Rex Savage was the first place winner in the individual category and he also finished first in the special topic oral round. The Math Counts contest is a nationwide math contest for 7th and 8th grade students . This is a cooperative project of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the CNA Insurance Companies and the U. S Dept. of Education. The contest itself includes a written round, an individual round , a team round and a special topic- oral round . This year's special topic category pertains to Functions and Applications. Cardigan has fielded three teams to the state level competition since the contest was first conducted in 1984 . This year's team will enter the state level competition in Concord , NH in · the Spring . Coached by Mr . Ramos, Head of the Math Department , this year's team members are : David Edy, Matt Frazier, Peter Nigra, Trevor Robertson and Rex Savage.
Humann Theatre Dedicated During Parents' Weekend An integral part of the Stoddard Center, completed in 1982, is a beautiful 250 seat theatre. The auditorium with brick walls and brown upholstered seats is masculine in tone and appropriate for an all boys school . In the projection booth are an excellent light control panel, backstage and dressing room intercom, film projector, follow spot, sound system and a video tape projector. Performers on stage are delighted with wide wings, a deep stage and large work area behind the rear curtain. There is direct access to the stage from dressing rooms on the floor below, and the building is designed so that a piano can be wheeled from the orchestra pit to stage level without negotiating stairs. The theatre auditorium is a necessary and useful place for school meetings, for taking exams, and for Saturday night movies . But the real function of a theatre is for the perfo~ming arts - dance, music, singing, acting - a space where the excitement of interaction between performer and audience takes place . The program of performing arts is growing at Cardigan and now will continue to grow thanks to the generosity of the Christian Humann Foundation in establishing a $250,000 endowment for the support of performing arts. Income from this endowment will enhance and augment Cardigan's own dramatic and musical programs, and also provide for outside performers to share their talents with the Cardigan community. cont. ·on
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