Cardigan Today/Tomorrow (Commencement, 1987)

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COMMENCEMENT ISSUE 1987 Graduate Relations This year ' s Senior Class included ten boys who have Cardigan relatives : HuiNeng Amos - brother of Bodhi ' 85 Anthony Emerson - nephew of R. Alden Burt (ex-faculty ) Sean Finnerty - brother of James '84 Michael Golden - brother of John ' 85 Christian Hartmann - cousin of Anton '83 Jeffrey Littlepage - cousin of George (Chip) Graham ' 86 Sean Powers - brqther of Kevin ' 82 and Scott ' 75 Davicfschmidt - brother of Bruce ' 82 Jon Taufman - brother of Joshua '86 Peter Whitehead - son of William ' 59

Seniors in the receiving line after Commencement.

61 Seniors Graduate Sixty-one members of the Class of 1987 were presented their diplanas by Savage C. Frieze, Jr., President of the Board of Trustees , qn Saturday , May 30th . The graduates came from 18 states fran Maine to Florida and fran New York to California, and also included boys from Bermuda , Finland and Mexico .

The 41st Commencement Exercises took place on as glorious an early summer day as New Hampshire ever produced . It was warm enough to make the white jackets of the graduating class the perfectly proper at tire , and the clear , blue sky and bright sunshine provided excellent conditions for photography .

The Commencement address was given by Dr . Wade Davis , ethnobiologist, teacher, lecturer , explorer and author of the book : The Serpent and the Rainbow. Dr .

Davis spent Friday afternoon and evening at the school getting acquainted with students and their parents , and his advice about caning of age and becaning your own man were pertinent and suitable for the graduating seniors .

Board Presidmt Savage Frieze with Dr. Wade Davis, Commencement speak.er.

Scholastic Awards 6th grade 7th grade

English/History History/Science Benjamin Geoghegan Luis Martinez Science/Ma th History/Seanish Spencer Thrall Alex Seabolt

Math Daniel Bearp English Ronald Wagner

Reading Matthew Robinson French William Lanigan

Art Benjamin Geoghegan Art Reavis Eitel

8th grade

English/History Science Douglas Wendt

French/Ma th

Science

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Rex Savage

James Marrion

Peter Nigra

Art Marston Price Michael Decker

English/History Mark Dantos

History/seanish David Schmidt

Math David Kahn

Sc ience Benjamin Misrahi

French Derek Gordorr

9th grace

ENGLISH EXPRESSION AWARDS - b~sed on a 50 minute extemporaneous composition on an assigned topic which was "A friend in need is a friend indeed."

6th grade Benjamin Geoghegan

7th grade Edward Wang

vK)RKSHOP AWARDS 7th grade: Jon Montanus

8th grade: Gregory Bell

MUSIC AWARD: Douglas Wendt '88

Recipients qf Faculty Prizes

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8th grade Daniel Collins

WILLIAM K. MORRISON AWARD:

9th grade David Schmidt 9th grade: Benjamin Misrahi

James Marrion '88

CARDIGAN~

Commencement: Carlos Wright, Mark Dantos, Amos Paine, Douglas Albert, HuiNeng Amos. '

1987 Commencement Prizes The The The The The

Senior Prize Hinman Prize Founders Prize Pannaci Memorial Award Caldwell Prize

The Skibiski Memorial Award Addison Memorial Prize for creative writing The Faculty Prizes

Outstanding Underclassman Award

David Schmidt John Hogan Jukka Penttinen Peter Whitehead HuiNeng Amos Jukka Penttinen Peter Greenstone Hudson Flanigan Arros Paine Douglas Albert, Jr. Carlos Wright Mark Dantos HuiNeng Amos Scott Musburger '88 2

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, HeadmasterJoseph 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

HEADMASTER'S DAY Headmaster's Day, like the 4th of July, canes ' round once a year; and it's an ongoing challenge to the Headmaster to come up with sanething new and different to make the day e xtra special. The date is always a surprise, and the announcement a t breakfast is greetErl with great enthusiasm.

What could be better tha n a day off fran classes, school dress, sitdown lunch - a whole day to run and play without schedules, or homework or bells.

"Gener ator, 440, High Voltage " said the signs on the truck that was parked outside Hopkins right after breakfast. Out of it unfoldErl a great carousel with music and horses that went round and round and up and down. At the same time, a soft drink bar was being connected , the wonderful soft ice cream machine was started, and beside the carousel a cotton candy maker was whirring. A whole carnival right on our campus , and no tickets to buy!

There were skateboards, and scooters , and bicycles, and frisbees, and kites, and balloons, and about as many different ideas for playing with them as there are boys at school .

The day, of course , was clear and sunny despite advance forecasts for rain. Just right for a great noontime cookout with ribs, hamburgers, hotdogs, pizza, chips and salad served on plates that turned into real frisbees.

The evening program was another surprise .

Alan Schoenberger presented his program : "Schoenberger Skis the Stage" .

From his enjoyment of downhill and especially trick skiing, Mr. Schoenberger's interest turnErl to ballet. With great ingenuity he combined skiing and ballet into a performance that can be _done indoors. The house lights dimmed , classical music sounded from the speakers , lights played artistically around the stage , and then we saw him - on skis - actually skiing right there in the theatre .

Not a movie , not slides , but a man really skiing , moving down, across , and up . UP? Our stage is large , but not enough for a mountain to ski up. As the light show progressed, we began to see

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Owen Cary '90 and Nick Loeb '90 enjoy the carousel.

that there was some sort of track or belt that was moving from front to back and uphill, so that he could slide downward toward us and then tum and ride up the track to the top - in effect a moving ski slope on the stage . The grace of the downhill skier , the movement of ballet accompanied by music in many styles , and lights beautifully synchronized resulted in a performance that was totally unique and captured the full attention of the audience.

There was literally not a sound during the performance , but at the end , what applause!

Afterwards we were invited on stage to look at his magical moving carpet and to marvel at the computer console from which the lights and sound ¼ere controlled.

It was an evening we' 11 never forget .

Leona Fiske serves pizza on Headmaster's Day.

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Librarian Carol Shelton and Virginia McKinney enjoying lunch on Headmaster's Day.

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POWER for Headmaster's Day.

Bill Roach '88 rounds the comer.

Cl\-AS Cycling Goes Bananas

By Mr. Terry Decker What do click shifters, snake bite, and bananas have in common?

They' re all part of this year' s cycling season at CMS. While the racers on the team Doug Albert '87, Bill Roach '88 and Geoff Wendt '89 - learned all about indexed shifting and the new innovations in cycling, the recreational riders - Eddie Wang ' 89 and Gordon Reese ' 90 - enjoyed the daily training rides of up to 25 miles . Eddie's determination took him to the top of every hill, which is saying quite a lot in New Hampshire, and by the end of the season , the New Orleans flatlander, Gordon, at least conquered the hills of Canaan Street.

Our racing schedule took us to time trials in Franconia where the boys competed against the clock rather than against other riders .

Doug completed the 11 mile course with an average speed of 19 mph , and Bill slightly behind at 18 mph.

Geoff lost his chain 30 feet after starting but lost very little time as a result and finished with a 16 . 5 mph average speed .

At a closed course race, known as a cri terium , Doug and Bill each fell off from the le 9d pack and matched their skills against Kennett riders. Each was eventually able to triumph in his individual competition and managed to finish 10th and 12th overall. The CMS boys were the

young.e st team a't each race, and while~ did not go into our races with the attitude that we were going to win, the boys did display a winning attitude .

Our other races provided experience , frustration and laughter. During a 20 mile road race, Doug stayed with the lead pack to the surrmit of a three mile climb only to have a flat prior to the descent . Then there was the track race at Loudon where Geoff mistakenly went to the starting line with the -girls division and waited patiently until he realized his error moments before the start.

The boys learned many new maintenance techniques such as wheel truing, derailleur adjustment, seatpost positioning, and brake repair. All of the flats this year had two small holes next to each other , so we decided to attribute this to snakebite , although we never did see one of these vicious creatures .

As the season closed, we had accumulated over 300 miles from our daily rides . Pleasure rides, such as the one to Hanover to watch a CMS lacrosse game, provided Doug and Bill with 46 additional miles in one afternoon.

Oh, by the way, about the bananas ; they contain potassium, which allows the veins to ~ilate, and this helps the rider's cooling system to work better. Thus we adopted the banana as our team fruit and Doug , th~ banana-man , took potassium le~els to new heights .

So if you have a bike, strap on a helmet, grab a banana , and join the fun . At a calorie burn of 500 to 800 per hour , it may be just the exercise you're looking for .

Mary A11Ws, Bill Beard, Carol Pollock, Ruth Beard, David Pollock and Mary-Ellen Kiley at the Parent Phonathon for the Annual Fund on April 20, 1987.

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Sailing Team

by Mr . Stuart Willett The sailing team competed in four meets this year and lost all four . This is not a surprising result since we rare against prep schools , and the other team ' s sailors often have three or four years more experience thai-1 our sailors. Our main objective is to have fun and to give our boys racing experienre at an ear,1y· age .

One of the bright spots during the season was that one ninth grader was able to get individually the First or Second Skipper place in three meets. Another bright ·spot was that several seventh graders who were unsure of themselves at the beginning of the season were confident about skippering the was able to get individually the First or Second Skipper place in three meets. Another bright spot was that several seventh graders who were unsure of themselves at the beginning of the season were confident about skippering the boat by the end of the season . As far as next year, I expect the goals will still be to enjoy ourselves and to give racing experience to as many boys as are interested .

A quiet 11Wment on the lake dun·ng Grandparents' Weekend '87,

National Junior Honor Society During Grandparents' Weekend, on May 2, 1987, 15 boys were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. 8th and 9th graders may be electro to this Society by a faculty committee if they meet these requirements: are in at least three upper sections have attended Cardigan for at least 2 terms have earned a cumulative average of 85% in the first 2 terms of the year

are taking a ' foreign language have exhibited characteristics of leadership, school citizenship, character and service Five ninth graders who were in the Society last year were re-elected: NuiNeng Amos, Hunt Durey, Mark Dantos, Sean Finnerty and Carlos Wright. In addition, ten students were inductro for the first time. 9th graders: Matthew Campbell, Thomas Hunt, David Kahn, David Schmidt and Jon Taufman. 8th graders: James Marrion, Peter Nigra, James Schriebl, Will Stormont and Douglas Wendt.

J.V. . Baseball

by Mr. Tom Schenck They were known as the "Iron Web" infield, but this season too many flies were tougher than the "Web". While sustaining an 0-8-1 record, the team, nonetheless, approached every game of the season with enthusiasm. Captains Neil Alford '88 and Graham Muckermann '88 consistently encouragro their teammate~. · t-bst games were close; in fact, 4 games were lost in the last inning.

Many fine individual performances occurrro all season: ~ Barnum's (88) tome run performances, Mark Keough's (88) fear less base running, Chuck Hick's (89) clutch singles, Jon Montan us ' (89) s tea 1s, Doug Kcoluris' (90) power hits down the line, Tom Gordon's (89) leadership, David Rafferty's (88) clutch relief pitching, David McLean's (88) pinch hitting confidence, Dean Taylor's (88) ability to play all positions, Carl Landa's (88) exciting throws to first, Graham Muckermann's never-say-die attitude behind the plate, and Neil Alford's (88) tough play at first base.

Coaches Wells Smith and Tom Schenck thank all the boys and hope to see them again next year.

6th grade grandparents in Mrs. STTUJ.ll} class.

GRANDPARENTS'WEEKEND

Grandparents' Weekend 1987: greeting Rev. Mahoney after Chapel.

Grandparents' Weekend 1987

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Reserve 'N. Lacrosse Records 6-3 Season

by Mr. Neil Brier This year' s Reserve ' A' Lacrosse Team compensated for its lack of previous experience with hard work and a desire to succe ed .

The team was led by veterans David Franklin '88 and Matt Husson~ Matt scored a team record of 24 goals in 9 games and was also high on the assist list . The backbone of the team was goalie Sanford !:29:l ' 88 who was in the net for all 6 wins . The highlight of the season was the team's 9-6 win over Eaglebrook . It had been several years since CMS had achieved a win at this level.

Of the team's 22 players, more than half had never before played lacrosse; yet by season's end, only a measles epidemic in Hanover which cancelled the Hanover Tournament could stop the team. Coaches Brier and Low were extremely grate ful to the many players on the squad who spent hours of their free time improving individual skills and to the large group of parent specta tors who braved all sorts of weather to cheer the team on.

Jeremy Marks '88 at bat.

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R eserve A L=osse. J oe Smith '88, Chris Iovino '88, Matt H usson '88.

Reserve 'B' Lacrosse Varsity Baseball

by Mr . J . D. Clark

by Mr . James Marrion

This year' s Reserve 'B' Lacrosse Team surprised itself.

After a first game loss to Hanover , they ran off eight straight wins .

The final weekend of the season was most exciting .

On Friday , we travele d to Proctor to play a fired-up Kearsarge team. Behind in the final period, we tied the score at 7-7 and won on a Greg Bell '88 goal with 20 seconds left in the game. The following day , playing at home · against Eaglebrook , Jesse Hord '89 scored with two seconds left for a 3-2 victory.

There was spirited competition throughout the season among Greg Bell , Bill Elli3 ' 89 , Mark Rowe ' 88, Dan Collins '88 , Mourad Nouri ' 89, Jesse Hord ' 89 and Charlie Wingate '88 for top scoring honors , but the most gratifying thing from a coach's point of view was that ·fourteen of · our fifteen regulars got at least one goal . The one non-scorer was goal tender Joe Manheim '89, who was too busy keeping the ball out of our goal to worry about putting it in the opponent's net .

It was an exciting season with experienced players helping the neophytes learn and enjoy the game .

This year Varsity Baseball had a very young and inexperienced team. It was comprised of 9th graders Captain Matt Tebbetts (pitching and catching), Mike Golden (1st base and pitching), Tucker Hunt (3rd base) , Leigh Weld (left field), Jeff Llttlepage (center field) and Andy Kislak (righ~ field) . The following 8th graders made up the remainder of the team: Scott Musburger (pitching and catching), Noah Shore (2nd bas'e ), Nick Tibbetts (shortstop) , Forrest Kiley (left field and shortstop) , and Jay Cedrone (2nd base and shortstop). The team ended the season with 5 wins and 6 losses. They defeated the KUA and Bow baseball teams both times they played them and soundly defeated Woodstock . Losses came from Tilton, Eaglebrook , New Hampton, Claremont, Deerfield and Vermont Academy .

The two Coaches Awards went to Matt Tebbetts '87 and Scott Musburger '88. Coaches Collins and Marrion pointed out that the team v.Drked hard, had a great deal of enthusiasm and a positive attitwe. · 6

Sixth Grade Cape Cod Trip by 1'1:itt Robinson '90 [In April, the sixth grade spent a week· at the Cape Cod National Seashore on an environnental studies project. The boys were requirE.>d to keep a journal, and these excerpts from Matt Robinson 's journal give a good picture of an interesting week.]

Cape Cod - day #1 This morning I woke up in the Small's apartment at 6:04. I sle epily turned off the alarm clock, got out of bed, took a shower, and got dressed. After breakfast, we climbed into the van and drove for a few hours and finally got to where we were staying.

After lunch we were split into groups. We hiked a 11 over the place. We saw a rabbit and lots of other things like Sri tish Soldier, Bear Berry, Pixie Cups and Skate s.

Leafy and Reindeer Lichen are some other things that we saw as well as frogs, kelp, sea grass, dunes and seagulls. We learned something about eve rything we saw. Then we played camouflage which is a game where you have to blend into your environment.

Cape Cod~-~~ This morning I woke up about 7:10 and lay in bed and thought about the day before. After breakfast, we sang a song and then we went outside for our da y activity. We all got into the van and drove to the Marconi Site. We walked up to a place whe re the first wire l e ss message was sent across the Atlantic Ocea n to the King of England who was in England at the time .

After dinner, we had quiet time when we did some work. When quiet time was over, we went on our night activity. We walked down along the dunes, onto the beach, and then saw something that was glowing coming down the beach. Pretty soon you could see that it was somebody dressed in white walking toward us. Soon a person from the Life Saving Service had stopp::d and we we re talking to him. He said the year was 1902. He told us a lot about the life saving service and how much money he made. He 0

answered our questions and told us a lot about shipwrecks, etc. He told us once he had been stuck underwater except a friend of his saved him. We talked for a long time and then he left.

Cape Cod - day #3 After dinner Ranger Perry showed us some slides about a fishing boat. Afterwards he showed us some really interesting fish.

The fish were of all different sizes. He told us their names and let us touch some of them. He told us that the tail of a Goosefish is called "poor man's lobster", because it tastes like lobster and is cheaper. After the fish, he did lots of neat knots. He is really good at them and taught us how to do a f e w.

Cape Cod - day #4 Afte r breakfast we went to a really neat museum in Provincetown.

There was a tower which we cJimbed.

It was really high and it took a while to climb. When we were done with the tower, we came back down and looked at the museum. There were lots of really old things in it from the Mayflower and some things from a little later on.

Afterwards we had lunch and then went to look at seals just off the beach in the water. We watched them for around 30 minutes. When all of us had had a few goc:rl looks at the seals, we left and went back to the salt marsh to look for certain shells, animals and plants. When we had found what we could, we went back to the van.

Then we drove to an old Life Saving Station. It was · really neat inside. Mrs. Muller explained about everything. There were two breeches buoys, two life saving boats, one cannon, and one cart that was towed by men and it carried rope.

After quiet time we had our night activity which was singing sea shanties with a ranger who had come over tonight. We sang sea shanties for half an hour, and stopped when Mr. Z. came in the roan and said that Mr. Koop had found a Woc:rlcock. We got our coats and hid down behind the trees, and soon we saw the Woodcock. We watched him for 15 minutes then went back into the house and had some hot chocolate .

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Cape Cod-day #5-leaving After breakfast- we had our picture taken. Then we all got in the van and left for Plymouth or Plimouth .

When we got there we stopp::d to see Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower II. When we had finished looking at both of them, we got in the van and headed back to CMS.

Chris Hartmann '87 going for the return.

Varsity Tennis

by Mr. :Edilberto Ramos This year's Varsity Tennis team enjoyed a winning season with a record of 8-3 • The top six players consisted of: Chris Hartmann '87, David Kahn '87, Jeff Barclay '87, Lee Glickstein ~ Jukka Penttinen '87 and Ji;Ulles Wiberg '88. Adam Englander~ Luis Martinez '90, Fernando RuizGalindo '89, Jerry Register '87, Tom Sullivan '88, John Hogan '87 and Skip Walker '88 provided support and the excitement in the weekly challenge matches which decided the weekly standing of the team members.

David Kahn received the Most Improved Player award and Jeff Barclay received the Coach' s Award for having participated in the tennis program since he was a sixth grader and for having been ranked in the top four since he joined the program.

A singles tournament for students in ninth grade or under is in the planning stages. The tournament will be held next May and private and public schools in the region will be invited.

Gabe Lee '87 Is On Track

by William X. Barron Captains Tony Emerson '87, Gabe Lee '87 and Mark Sevilla '87 led tc-ack to a 3-3 meet record this season with victories over Kings...ood, Springfield and Hartland . MVP Gabe Lee set two new school records in the 1500 meter run (5: 15.0) and the tr'iple jump (32 ' 7") while also recording the season ' s best times in the 1600 meters and all hurdle events (low, intermediate, high) • Dominating the weight events was Tony Emerson with the best distances in the shot put, discus and javelin , including a javelin throw of 107'5" . Both Gabe and Tony (who earned Most Improved) rallied the team with their enthusiastic participation and positive attitudes .

Mark Sevilla had bests of 15' 6" in the long jump and 5' O" in the high jump while also competing in the 100 and 200 meter sprints .

Roberto Andrade ' 89 and Oliver Summers '88 represented Cardigan in the N. H. Junior High State Meet at Kennett (limited to 8th grade and below) . Roberto ' s specialty was the long jump while Oliver ' s favorite was the javelin.

Marston Price ' 88 had the unusual distinction of having the season's fastest time in the 100 meters while also recording a 1600 meter time just a second behind Gabe ' s. Dav id Edy' 88 and Mike

Decker '88 along with" Lee helped Cardigan dominate the hurdles in all of our · meets.

Our final goal for the season was achieved when all members of the track team finished ahead of Mr. Wakely in the annual all-school race-around-the-lake on May 25th.

Tracksters Price, Lee, Emerson and Sevilla ran an epecially strong race finishing in 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th places respectively . Coaches Mr . Barron and Mr. Tautkus look forward to the return next spring of underclassmen Decker, Edy, Price and Summers.

Soccer Goalkeeper Club

by Mr. Neil Brier This Spring eight enthusiastic students spent Thursday afternoons learning the tactics and techniques used to train soccer goalies . Members of the club included experienced goalkeepers from last Fall - Matt Calder '87, Aaron Israel '88 and Oliver Summers '88 - as well as newcomers Hudson Flanigan ' 87 , David Franklin '88, Dan Collins '88, Jon Montanus '89 and Adam Ray '89. Whether they ever pursue a career stopping world cup shots or not, each member of the club now has a great appreciation for the hard work and dedication required to play "soccer's most important position".

The start of the Race Around ·the Lake.

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Matt Tebbetts '8 7 on the mound.

Reserve Baseball

by Mr . James DeLallo This year's Reserve Baseball Team consisted of eleven spirited 6th, 7th and 8th grade boys .

Nicholas Loeb '90, Peter Nigra '88, Douglas Wendt '8 8, Trevor Robertson '88, Matthew Winter '88, Spencer Thrall '89, David Boegner '88 (co-Captain) , Rex Savage '88, Scott deLage '88, Jeremy Marks '88 (co-Captain) and Peter Diebel '88 all contributed to a respectable 3-2-1 record .

The highlight of our season was the final game against Eaglebrook. Spencer Thrall '89 and Dave Boegner ' 88 combined for a 4 hit, 7 strike-out pitching performance. Solid defense · by the infield held Eaglebrook to 5 runs .

Cardigan bats thundered as 28 runs were scored. Scott deLage '8 8 had a super day with his 10 RBI effort including a grand·slam home run .

This year's MVP award went to Spencer Thrall '89 _ who did an outstanding job defensively at pitcher, catcher, 1st and 2nd base . Spencer also had a good year at the plate. Our most improved player is fleet-footed Peter Nigra '88.

Jesse Huot - Berkshire School Henry Jones - St. Paul's School David Kahn ·- Lawrenceville School Graduates of the Class of '87 will Andrew Kislak - Cushing Academy be attending a variety of Geor~e Kuckly - Trinity-Pawling secondary schools next year. The Gabriel Lee - New Trier High School complete list follows.

Jeffrey Littlepage - Kent School Daniel_McCarthy-Boston Col. H.S. Do~glas Albert - Gould Academy Bria~ Mclnerney - Gould Academy HuiNeng Amos - Groton School Travis McLennan - Kents Hill Jeffrey Barclay - Berkshire School Derek Marshall~ Avon Old Farms Matthew Buffone - Lawrence Academy Brett Maxfield - Cate School Desmond Butler - Phillips Academy Benjamin Misrahi - Lawrence Acad.

Matthew Calder - St. George's Clarke Murdough - Berkshire School Matthew Campbell - Middlesex George Needham - Governor Dummer Santiago Casas ·_ Salisbury School Henr:r Nusbaum - Episcopal Academy Brendan Daly - Governor Dummer Patrick Outlaw - Kelly High School Mark Dantos - St. Paul's School Anos Paine - Cambridge Sch./Weston Clay Duda - Cushing Academy Kirk Peebles - Orme School Hunt Durey - Westminster School Jukka Penttinen-Vehkojan Yla-aste Anthony Emerson - undecided Andy Pereira - Tilton School Adam Englander - Berkshire School Sean Powers Tabor Academy Chad Ferguson - Brewster Academy Jerry Register - Overlake School Sean Finnerty - St. Paul's School Narric Rome Pomfret School Hudson Flanigan - Cate School Hugh Russell undecided Rodrigo Franco-Institute Irlandes David Schmidt - Deerfield Academy Ashley Ganley - Tabor Academy Chase Scully - Tabor Academy Francis Gilbert - Kent School " Mark Sevilla - Tilton School Lee Glickstein - Avon Old Farms David Smiley Berkshire School David Glossberg - Kent School Jon Taufman Salisbury School Michael Golden - South Kent School Matt~ew Tebbetts Cushing Academy Derek Gordon - Suffield Academy Pa~nck Walsh Xavier High School Peter Greenstone - Gould Academy Leigh Weld Kinkaid School Christian Hartmann - Proctor Peter Whi~ehead - Proctor Academy John Hogan - Summit High School Carlos Wright - Phillips Exeter Thomas Hunt - Hotchkiss School

Senior Placement

Dr. Crawford Hinman (Trustee) tak.is a moment to chat with Mary DeLallo (faculty) during a break between trustee nuetings.

New Board Member John D. Pfeifle of Bradford, N.H. was elected as a member of the Corporation of Cardigan Mountain School at the May meeting. Mr. Pfeifle is the father of two Cardigan students: John T. (Trask) , Class of 1986, and Barrett H. (Bret) currently in 8th grade . A graduate of Dartmouth College , Mr. Pfeifle is the Plant Manage~ at Universal Packaging Corp. in Bow, N.H.

In Memoriam Andrew K. Powers, father of three Cardigan alumni , died suddenly last April. After the ft:neral, one of his _s on's classmates wrote the following sonnet which W:! are printing in his memory.

Final Thoughts

by Sean Finnerty '87 The morning I heard of the tragedy , My s~dness startEJ to show in my eyes.

I tried to.reach the mourning family , But people were taken by such surprise.

To gather all the people that loved him Would be a hard job to do. To see all' The family repenting for their sins .

The people came from all over to call God down to save his soul. _The cousin that You have not seen . The aunt that you named Jean. The mourners wanted to meet back at The house to reminisce about his famed Life . When it came time to say the final Good-byes, I said a prayer that was special.

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ALUMNI NEWS 1947 Thanks to _the efforts of Class Agent Stuart R. Kaplan, the Class of 1947 is the first one to achieve 100% participation in the Annual Fund. They were the first class to enter Cardigan Mountain School and were the first graduating class in June 1947.

Congratulations on your -40th Anniversary , Class of 1947 !

1948 T. Wesley Dodge was recently pranoted to Operations Manager of Nernow Land Properties , Inc. 1951 An interesting interview by Charles Paolino in The News Tribune of Woodbridge , N.J . with Thanas C. Colt III who is the great-great-great-grandson of Andrew Johnson.

"I first saw 9olt , and learned that he lived in Montvale , when he appeared on the Joan Rivers television shO\v on Presidents' Day, "Colt, who is 52 , called on me this week. He told me he was born in Virginia; served in the Army in the Far East , where he wrote 'propaganda broadcasts' ; and worked for six years as a reporter for The Record of Hackensack. He also has been a free-lance writer and a postal worker , and now he is self-employed as a limousine driver .

"There are nine living descendants of Andrew Johnson, including Colt, his mother and sister , and Johnson's greatgrandaughter, Margaret Bartlett of Tennessee.

"Johnson had three sons and two daughters, but Martha Johnson Patterson is the only one of them whose descendants are still living.

"Colt remembers many trips with his grandmother across the Smoky Mountains to Greeneville, Tenn. where Johnson worked as a tailor and established his lifelong home."

1955 Tom Lovett came down from Falmouth, Maine on May 23rd - to umpire the Varsity Baseball game with Eaglebrook. Tom recently completed a five-week NCAA baseball umpires training course in Florida , and appeared on campus in his full uniform - looking ready to step into Fenway Park . The boys were thrilled to have such great talent here , but nevertheless went down to defeat at the hands of a strong Eaglebrook team .

1959 A nice note from Toby M. Kravet from Honolulu responding to the Ice For Cardigan mailing . He writes: "I was at Cardigan in ' 59 when we first attempted to build a rink in front of Clark-Morgan Hall. We put up sidings , floooed it, but never got it 'skateable'.

In the spring., we put a pig in the rink, now a mud pool , and had a greased pig wrestling contest."

An article in The Brewster Review tel ls of Dick Weeks' first year as Dean of Students at Brewster Academy . Dick has been at Brewster since 1981 as Director of College Placement and Coordinator of Advising. He was a member of the faculty at Cardigan in 1968 and 1969 leaving here for Colorado Academy al though he returned to teach in the Summer Session for several years.

1962 For the past 14 years Peter Solomon has spent his surrmers in the fire lookout tower atop Mt. Cardigan for the N. H. Forestry Service . He was featured recently in an interview with Sallie Graziano in the Lebanon , New Hampshire Valley News.

"Though alone for the· most part, Solomon sees his share of visitors ; around 10 , 000 a season , from April into October or November. He gives them the history of fires in the area ,· like the one that burned a spiral up a nearby ridge, now called Fire Screw Mountain. He also learns more about the mountain he sits atop. 'You always find somebody who used to climb here when they were a boy or a little girl' , Solomon said .

"In the off season Solomon does various jobs : forest management, a job as a security guard , work at a ski area . But every April he comes back to the mountain ."

1965 Sherman C. Bedford is stationed in Germany for 3 years.

With him are his wife, Pat , and daughter Ashley.

Wade Knowles reported the birth of his son, Trevor , on February 28th .

Congratulations to Wade and Jeanie! That should make TFevor right for the Class of 2002 .

Alumni sponsors of Boston galhering April 22, 1987: Tim Smith '77, Bruce Marshard '64, Kim Ken!), '68, Eric Jones '76, Steve August '69, -

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ALUMNI NEWS · 1976 Terry Mitchell wrote in March that he is ¼Drking hard in the ranching business and is glad that it has finally quit snowing in northeastern New Mexico.

1978 John R. Emery III writes that he is currently employed by PCG Aviation in Manchester, N.H. as a Chief Flight Instructor and Charter Pilot.

George Iverson '75 and Headmaster Wake!), at Boston gathering.

1967 Clayton G. Gallagher, Jr. is now a MaJor in the U. S. Air Force currently stationed atLangley AFB in Virginia. He and his wife, Helen, are parents of a son, Gregory, born last September.

1979 Frederick (Sandy) Hovey is finishing his final year at Corcordia University in Montreal, Canada where he is also working as a Remotivation Therapist with the elderly.

Jon Leonard graduated in May from Bowdin College in Maine.

1969 We sent Parker Brown an invitation to the Boston gathering, and his mother replied that Parker doesn't like cities.

He is Vice President for TriCounty Contractors Supply Company in West Springfield, MA. He is also an appointed member of the Finance Committee of the Town of Monson (MA) and in his spare time is an amateur gardener.

1970 Charles Wakely made the Headmaster a grandfather for the fourth time with the birth of Timothy Mullen Wakely on the first of May. 1974 George W. Cutting III writes "My wife Linda and I are doing well. We live in a custom log home in a small town called Knox (west of Albany, NY) and we are expecting twins in July."

1975 birth April proud

Joseph P. Jangro .reports the of a son, David Joseph, on 5th. Congratulations to the parents, Susan and Joe!

1982 Gregg Whitcomb writes that he is playing on the T .P.A. golf team and this June will be starting the New England tour. We hope he'll find time to visit the campus while he's in the vicinity.

1983 Roger Woodbury is a fre~hman at Colby College in Maine after having performed with the National Youth Theater in Britain .

1984 John Burke is having a successful year at Cushing Academy where he received the MVP award for hockey and also was voted Defensive Player of the Year of the Private Schools of Mass.

Finn Caspersen is finishing his Junior year at Pomfret School where he played on three varsity sports teams and has been elected President of the Senior Class for next fall.

Laurence Rodman plans to atte nd the University of Tampa in the fall. This year at Be rkshire School he directed the spring play "Plaza Suite".

Headmaster W ake!J, with Tom Graves '79 at his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy.

1980 Patrick Gilligan sent the Headmaster a nice postcard from Long Beach, CA thanking him for the Cardigan birthday card. Pat is now Corporal Gilligan.

On Ski Holiday at Loon Mountain this year, Mrs. Wakely met Derek Underwood who has just completed service in the Navy's SEAL program (underwater demolition) and plans to attend the University of New Hampshire this fall to study forestry.

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Alumni at New Orleans gathering February 9, 1987: Cunliffe McBee '85, Mike Jackson '85, Fred Smith '62, Mr. Wake!),, Bill Barry 74, Bob Monsted, Jr. '63.

Faculty Education Last summer Lee McLendon spent four weeks in Wyoming at the National Outdoor Leadership School attending an outdoor educators course designed to teach leaders of wilderness programs.

In her group were nineteen students ranging in age from 18 to 40, half of whom were ·full -time teachers.

The main part of the program was a 23 day wilderness experience. Her group, with 3 NOLS leaders, set off 30 miles into the wilderness of Northwestern Wyoming carrying all their food, clothing and equipment in backpacks. One week was spent rockclimbing and the rest of the time hiking. The NOLS leaders guided the group for the first few days, then a member of the group served as leader for a day, planning the route and activities and handling decision-making situations as they arose. Since they were not following trails, each day's route had to be planned from the map, and constant decisions made about surmounting natural obstacles including fording streams. Day by day they learned safety techniques and wilderness first aid as well as the usual mechanics of picking and establishing campsites, trail cooking and care of equipment. A major chore for all the participants was getting acclimated to hiking at an altitude of 8,000 to 11,000 feet.

The 15 days of rain they encountered was an unplanned obstacle; it was a gocd exercise in

learning how to keep dry, how to dry clothes overnight and how to keep up · morale under those conditions.

Lee McLendon, who holds a BS degree from St. Lawrence University, joined the Cardigan faculty in September 1985, teaches French and coaches rock climbing and skiing. She's a fine photographer and mounted an exhibit of her work in the Stoddard Gallery last fall.

School Leadership Positions 1987-88 School Leader Job Foreman Chaplain's Assistants

James James Chris Peter

Floor Leaders: Banks House Brewster I Brewster II Clark-Morgan II Clark-Morgan III Franklin House French I French II Greenv-.Dod House Hayward Hinman I Hinman II Newton House Proctor House S towel 1 House

Keith Gordon Douglas Wendt Daniel Collins Scott Musburger Aaron Israel James Wiberg Mark Shirazi James Walker William Stormont Warren Prescott Oliver Summers Graham Muckermann Cody Morgan Joseph Smith Jay Cedrone

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Last month a campaign was started to raise money for artificial ice-making equipment.

The school has a fine indoor rockey rink, but making natural ice depends on the weather. This winter, ice wasn't ready for skating until the middle of January. Although competitive teams start playing on home ice early in November, Cardigan .teams rent ice-time wherever' it is available until natural ice is ready.

A committee of parents and alumni headed by Dennis A. Dinan, father of Brendan '89, is at work following up the general mailing with telephone calls. The cost of this project, including endowment to support the cost of operation, is $500,000 and as this isssue goes to press, gifts and pledges have been received totaling almost $140,000. Further information about the campaign may be obtained from the Development Office at the school.

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Cardigan Mountain School Canaan, New Hampshire 03741 (603) 523-4321

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