Cardigan Commentary (March, 1980)

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CARDIGAN COMMENTARY March, 1980

Vol. 1, No. 2

CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL Canaan, New Hampshire 03741 Carven Dalglish, Editor Carol Shelton, Associate Editor Published at regular intervals throughout the school year

VOL. I NO. 2.

CANAAN, N.H. 0J741

MARCH 1980

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Views from the Plateau In the Classes

"The Whistle Blowers" these troubled times, the role of the whistle blower Icrynbecomes increasingly important. These are the ones who havoc for us, whose example troubles our sleep as they

The Foreign Lan.gua~e Department arranged earlier this year to sign up Cardigans 8th and 9th Gr. French and Spanish students in the International Youth Service's pen pal program. As a result, the names and addresses of young people from many French· and Spanish speaking areas have recently arrived, and the boys are writing letters and eagerly awaiting replies .... perhaps to start some long-lasting friendships!

carry out acts of daring challenge to correct wrongs, often at great risk, even death. One high official in the Air Force whistles Congress to the alert over a $2 billion C-SA overrun at the Pentagon and is demoted. A Vietnam POW Medal-of-Honor vice admiral slashes his wrist in desperate recourse to shield by his own unconsciousness the identity of his fellow prisoners joining him in a resistance movement he started. While blowing the whistle in a plutonium plant over unsafe conditions, one young woman attracted national awareness of her discovery of the problem when she was killed in a mysterious auto crash coincidental with the exposure. In a small New Hampshire town, irate citizens, heedless of probable reprisals, formed a small band to track down and arrest the teenage vandals involved in a $7000 tire slashing.

Everywhere individuals seem to be rooting up the anchorages of tyranny in one situation or another to dislodge the power, which Lord Acton warned us would corrupt, the more absolutely as it became more absolute. Now, to our dismay, corrupt power is the rough beast afoot again in the East "slouching towards Bethlehem to be born," as the poet/.

Wil 1iam Butler Yeats,warned us in his "The Second Coming. ' Will our whistle blowers win the cold war before it can get hot?

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S.S.A.T. for 7th Graders; 2nd term ends 3rd term begins Hockey Team leaves for Finland Mediterranean tour departs; Switzerland trip departs Spring vacation begins, 6:30 a.m.

Spring vacation ends, 9 p.m.

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"For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those who discovered them.,, -Albert Schweitzer Such examples of v1s1on and inspiration by men and women of courage should form new constellations in our firmament of heroes. It is hoped that such action will inspire our young to see through smoke screens of cynicism laid down by those who see heroism as an ego trip, selfless motivation as phony, a spurious reach for glory, as Ayn Rand once tried to sell to us. Can Cardigan boys sustain the enthusiasm they showed for star Andy Johnson of the New England Patriots when he s_poke at our Awa'rds Night Dinner? "I don't think," he said, "winning is everything. You can get carried away with winning. Don't throw away everythin~ just to win. And if you're beating somebody, don t overdo it.' The very word "sport" presumes that the game's the thing, not the conquest. Try to sell that idea, worthy as it surely is! Newsweek reminded us of our current fashion of cutting everything heroic and virtuous down to size. "This

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cynical age," it said, "now accepts the tarnished coin of celebrity in place of heroic virtue, and thus the best seller lists are filled with books about Watergate felons and their conspirators." ear the Alamo in San Antonio, shrine of a brave battle, hookers clog the streets with a lure more attractive to tourists than the homage to heroism nearby. Our space heroes, Newsweek further observed, once having taken a giant step for mankind, seem at last to have then been expounding mere rhetoric now that their example of heroism is tagged to TV commercials for gas-guzzler automobiles_. A cruel indictment, perhaps, but there they are, without shrines. From such bleak ashes, can the phoenix of leadership really rise? Another commentator in that magazine recently excoriated the type of democratic misconception which devalues intellect and asserts that ignorance and knowledge should have equal respect and attention.

Are the ashes really dead, or somewhere in the embers of memory, is there not a spark to be fanned by the hand of the seeing eye of the teacher, of the athletic leader, of the school head? Stubbornly at Cardigan the reach for discovery is constant, the hope for leadership among the students asserted and made a goal. Certainly Cardigan, as with all educators, sees that it is a dire need in our society, this oiling of the whetstones of leadership to make keen the edges of intelligence, perception, insight, ability to command loyalty, moral rectitude, strength1 solid!tY, honesty and, yes, even personal charm. Such are tne tahsmen handed down from the very beginning of things in our country by men who saw the self-evident truths, who protected them and wrote it all down for our security. It certainly is time among us here on this plateau, as everywhere when vision can be clear, that such shaping and sharpening of our vision must come about.

The dreadful formulations that now cloud the skies at this writing should taunt us as did the words of George Orwell when he pointed to the montrous paradox that the object of war is peace. Are we to be driven by the mumbling shibboleths that make us helpless because leadership is blurred by political cliches? Stephen Vin~ent Be~et, the poe~1 wrote of Wirtz, the tyrant of Andersonville dunng our Civll War, the predecessor of Hitler's Eichman: "Some men wish evil and accomplish it. But most men when they work in that machine just let it happen somewhere in the wheels. The faul~ is no ~ha~p, villainou~ kn~fe, but the dull saw tha~ is the routme mmd. From Cormthians, add a footnote: If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for battle?" f course, not everyone wants to be a leader, though the job has prestige, usually more money, and the aforementioned power. Men may be born equal, but not equal to the same thing, necessarily. Good leaders, however, need good followers, so there is a job for all of us. The chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Paul A. Volcker, comes to mind as one who must depend on good followers, for he is recognized not only for his genius as an economist, but because he listens more than he talks, and can, as one interviewer put it, "thus provide accurate summations."

The process of selection of leaders in a democracy is by its very nature a gamble; we do not always get what we thought we were getting. Some men are born leaders, just as some are born great, as Shakespeare noted. But others have leadership thrust upon them by a blinded electorate. "As I stand aloof and look," Walt Whitman wrote, "there is something profoundly affecting in large masses of men following the lead of those who do not believe in men." Theodore Roosevelt,

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beneath that fierce determination that lifted him from invalided youth to Rough Rider vigor, was gentle, empathetic, compassionate, descri?ed as prob~bly America's only lovable president. Iron-willed, yet _with a sense of humor to add spice and humaneness to his strong taste for command he was followed with gusto by the people "for the fun of hi~" as one obituary put it. The confusion in the popular mi~d in the concept of the "strong man" as synonymous with .leader is probably a paradox, for, we suspect, such men as heads of some countries, trying to rule by fear, reveal th~ fear in themselves as the wolfpack at their heels steadily threatens their power. Such confusion is the trap democracies fall into in supporting such governm~nts. he true leader has the inner stability t~ form ~is own bastions and can face his own shortcommgs with the selfT knowledge and insight which stimulate growth ip himself and loyalty in his followers. He can assert a clear vision of where he stands and what he must stand by. His star is hitched to the soaring visions of human potential, not to the grovelling scramble fo~ power that ~louds ~hat ':ision. Sir Thomas More, in Bolts play, said: If we hved m ~ state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good and greed would make us saintly, and we'd live like animals or angels in the happy land that needs no heroes. But in fact we see that avarice, anger, pride, sloth, lust and stupidity profit far beyond humility, chastity, fortitude, justice and thought, and have to choose, to be human at all, why ...Je must stand fast a little even at the risk of being heroes."

At Cardigan, 35 are elected fr?m the student b_od)'. for j<;>bs to be filled by all-faculty assignment, _t~e cntena b~i11;g . mostly relative to character. Some pure ehxu of leadership is sought what Benet called "essence of essence from the hidden' star" to describe the quest of the Founding Fathers, and what Emerson called "the right action which seems to fill the eye and be related to all nature." Such a ~elationship at Cardigan may color the hopeful tone of our gmdance as we watch the hockey team respond to the flashing lure of the ice-held lake there to see them strive for excellence. Our accessible mbuntains, too, offer the metaphor of fulfillment of skills for skiers and a metaphor to our classrooms overlooking the peak of Cardigan as we try to harbor the straying impulses in our endless tracking of the young wayward human animal! braham Maslow late famed psychologist with a theory A of human fulfilfment he called self-actualization, was probably defining the true leader when he sought out the following traits for the self-actuali~ed person: a_mo~~ ef~icient perception of reality; a refreshmg spontaneity; a JOY m living without certainties; a desire to be problem-centered rather than ego-centered, therefore to help o~her~; a ~o. tivation for growth, not status; an abs_ence of cnpJ.?lm~ gmlt over bodily instincts; absence of deficiency-mot1vat10n so compelling to neurotic perfectionism; who asks not what can I have but what can I do?; not what do I possess, but who am I? Such people are the whistle-blowers at their-outpost_s.

At Cardigan, · the chances for individual growt~ of this kind abound in an environment of school family, each adding to the whole our individu~l essence for the be~ter savoring of our days and for fulfillment of the promises we must keep to those whose trust we hold. · -Garven Da1glish,

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On and Off Campus Olympic Skating: Mr. Larry Goldthwait CMS science teacher, recently broke some records in speed skating at Lake Placid after having skated in speed skating there for the past 7 years on the 400 meter (olympic) tracks. This year, entering the 65-69year dass, he competed against skaters from U.S., Canada, and one Dutch skater (via Idaho) to make this new record in four events. But that is not what he likes to talk about; for in his own words this activity at his age gives him deeper satisfactions. In addressing the student body about this philosophy he stimulated a standing ovation, not for the statistics1 but because of the modesty of his account ana because of what he told them about the sport -any sport. "The greatest return," he said, "comes from the stimulation around new - -ideas ... doing one's personal best. The effect of . exercise on the cardio-vascular systems ... maybe not lengthening my life but enabling me to enjoy many demanding activities I have always thrived on -skiing, mountain climbing, swimming, wood-splitting ... .It all makes growing old sort of fun -growing olaer to be sure, but growing... .! cherish a bit of each day that is devoted to striving for something that is always beyond reach -perfection."

Video News The Audio-Visual Department provides a constant source of films and visual aids. The day-to-day operation involves the contribution of Stewart Dixon, 9th Grader who has created such films as "Cardigan Alive" and "Jaws 3". He expects to do a film on the upcoming Mediterranean Tour which he will then enter in the N.H.Media Festival in May. Addenda: 3rd Soccer finished its season with a record of 1-7.

The victory was the 1st by a 3rd team in recent history.

Faculty Family Fertility: With the arrival to Michael and Evelyn Madar of Miss Lauren Kirstin Madar, 8 lbs. 5 oz., Dec. 2.6, 1979, faculty children now number 2.1, including those away at schools or colleges.

Indian Lore at CMS: Under guidance and direction according to authentic Cheyenne design by Spanish teacher, Craig Howland, himself of Indian descent, a tipi rose at the foot of Clancy Mt. on CMS forest land during last fall. 16 ft tall and 16 ft. in diameter, heated by a wood stove, its 17 poles 2.0 ft. long lift the 2.-layer 10 oz. duck cover to a conical shape to provide ventilation, a smoke outlet, warmth and space for 11 boys for sleepouts ana as a base camp for a survival club which will also use nearby woodsheltersall of this having been the work of the boys under the instruction of Mr. Howland who has done extensive research in Indian lore and culture.

CMS aids Cambodians: Under the leadership of Tomas Saldarriaga and Mike Seatter, who began their initial campaign with a collection box for personal donations, $189.33 was collected, including the take from the Senior Dance and a day at the CMS Snack Bar. Acting as intermediary, the Dalglishes sent this money to the Cambodian Relief Fund as part of their continuing interest in the family of Kan Oum whom they helped resettle in Cincinnati through a three-year perioc!, teaching them English and orientation to the American way of lite.

Song Concert Thanks to Mr. John Rich, Admissions Director at CMS, the students had a hilarious evening Jan. 10, listening to the Yale Spizzwinks sing some old college songs, rowdy ballads, some facetious numbers to marvelous harmony in the Chapel to which this group in varicolored ties and tails drew the student body after joining them for dinner.

Cardigan's Educational Tour to Greece and Rome, a program initiated in 1970, will take 8th and 9th Graders from March 10 to April 1 to this cradle of Western civilization. The tour, augments campus instruction by on-the-spot extension of the 9th Grade World History course.

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Humanities program added further to entertainment for CMS students by bringing the famed Columbus Boy Choir to the campus on Jan. 18th. Under the direction of Donald Hanson, brilliant Canadian conductor, and with headquarters 1 ,t \ in Princeton NJ this group of gifted boys "I 4 , ,. gives concerts ah over the world. A regular curriculum of studies is provided for the group, which at Cardigan were housed in various parts of the campus, dining with the students during their overnight stay. Another humanities event on Jan. 11 brought to the campus an experienced western fire fighter John Q. Ricard of Canaan, with slides and actual fire gear to discuss with an avid audience how forest fires in the wilderness are confronted with men and materiel.

Admissions office report: For both CMS Summer Session and September, 1980, inquiries and applications are in excess of this time last year. Since CMS opened with an overflow in Sept.

1979, re-registration as soon as possible is now urgent'as soon as parents receive the re-enrollment notice.

Cardigan Mountain School has always and will continue to welcome students of any race, color, national origin or religion as equal members of the student body. The School does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, national origin or religion in administration of its admissions and educational policies, financial aid, athletic programs and other activities.

Applicants are boys who have completed grade five and who have not advanced beyond grade eight. Acceptance is based upon previous school records, school and personal recommendations, and, whenever possible, an on-campus interview. Requests for additional information and for arranging campus visits should be addressed to The Director of Admissions, Cardigan Mountain School, Canaan, New Hampshire 03741. The school telephone number is (603) 52.3-432.1.

Ski Trip to Switzerland: CMS through cooperation of Aiglon College in Villars, Switzerland (actually a prep school for boys and girls) offers a ski trip to the Alps, March 10-2.4th1 chaperoned by Bill and Shelly Farrell. Reached by Swissair trom Boston and housed at Hotel Marie-Louise in Villars near the Ai~lon campus, the group will receive instruction from the Aiglon s ski school.

With skiing conditions unsurpassed anvwhere worldwide, the bovs will compete with Aiglon, an English-speaking school for boys and girls preparing for higher education in the U.S. and Great Britain.

CMS Reading Dept. activity: Besides taking a leading campus role, this department last October sent Tony Carey and Jane Dalglish with department head, Mrs. BeverlyWakelyto an all-day session of the New England Reading Assoc. in Hartford, Ct. where they joined hundreds of other top-ranking reading specialists, school superintendents, principals, and instructors to discuss such reading problems as too much TV watching in darkened rooms as bad for effective learning. Color TV, especially, permits certain light rays to penetrate through the eye into the central brain area to cause hyperkinesis, a warning especially to "hyper" students. TV watching creates passive time better used for writing, reading. Early in the fall Mrs. Wakely, Tony Carey, and Marilyn Johnson presented a demonstration of SQ3R at a faculty meeting. Developed as an aid to effec,tive reading and study habits, this approach proves helpful to many students.

Yoga-type exercises and meditation according to a Denver newspaper article, are found to have great benefits for skiers and hockey players; thus some Cardigan faculty both men and women have since Sept. been taking Monday evening sessions at the gym under the leadership of Mrs. Garven Dalglish. She and her husband, Carven, were students of nationally known Lilias for 3 years in Cinn., Ohio before coming to CMS, ao_d C.r:aig Howland, whose previous experience in yoga has made him an example to follow.

The Psychological Rights of Children, an international commission of world psychologists, is the focus of some new CMS faculty endeavors. At a meeting with N.H. liaison officer to the commission, Mrs. Jane Dalglish, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Collins, Dr. Calvin Catterall, Ohio educator and author bf a book on methods of learning, told of his recent trip around the world in attempts to formulate a working group of international educators and psychologists to promote the psychological rights of children everywhere. Mrs. Carol Shelton and Mrs. Marilyn Johnson from the CMS community are joining in the project, which is not accepting federal funds, though future projects may involve other schools and local educators in workshop situations.

Language Training at CMS has a coaching activity as zestful as that on the athletic program, with its l-to-1 tutoring as problems show up in student reading and writing in their content area subjects. Bilingual students have too often overlooked the niceties of the English language and thus the program provides training in spoken and written English to prepare students for entrance to schools and institµtions of higher learning. Mrs. Beverly Wakely, program director, recently organized a Games Night· at CMS Social Center to provide fun to the process of learning language and comprehension skills, ending the session with an appeal to gustatory enthusiasm with ice cream and cakes baked by LT teachers.

Clubs: Thursday afternoons at CMS is devoted to activity in 17 club groups, allowing each boy an hour and a half to devote to his choice among staff-lead music, ping pong backgammon, magic, drawing1 volleyball, models, leather crafts, horseback riding, bowling ana go-cart making, stereo-building, drama, woodcarving, weight-lifting, sportsman and the Blaze, Cardigan's yearbook.

In the stereo-building club, students put together electronic kits, making speakers for a "home-made" stereo system. One group, working with Mr. Crowell and Mr. Blunt, are cutting, glueing clamping and sanding wood; a second group working with con' struction of a power amplifier/ preamplifier and sound-effect amplifier, carried out under Mr. Hicks supervision.

Honor Rolls mid-term, Jan. 1980: High (B or better in all courses, A in at least 3) Grade 7- J. Haynes, S. Milleri Gr. 8- J. Cobb C. Daniels and J. Putz; Gr. 9- J. Kerrebitn and T. van der Valk. Honor Roll !B or better in all courses): Gr. 7: K. Powers, S. Toland; Gr. 8- i>. Jacob; R. Sincerbeaux; Gr. 9- F. Humann, J. Lance,D. Mooi:e-Jones. EffortHon~!s: Gr. 7- P. Hadlock; Gr. 8- C. Daniels; Gr. 9- J. KerrebiJn, D. Mccusker, D. McLane, D. Moore-Jones, T. van der Valk.

CMS Cultural Olympics: To increase appreciation for cultural heritage, the Developmental Reading Dept. under Mrs. Beverly Wakely, head, has displayed on school bulletin boards detailed artifacts and other types of contributions to our lives by various countries, actually to increase awareness ,too1 of how students and facult y alike can reflect the culture of tneir own backgrounds. The displays also set up maps, various country reports, a recipe book, newspapers from other parts of the world, especially the comics. A bibliography of short stories from different lands is ho_ped for out of class work and an international meal will be planned for serving in the dining room.

National Junior Honor Society: At a spring honors ceremony, a Car igan cha_pter will begin with the induction of members chosen because of their cumulative average at 8th or 9th grade levels of 85% and showing qualities of leadership, citizenshi_p and service. Mrs. Rita Carey, advisor to the group, is a member of Who's Who in Colleges ana Universities ana a former member of the National Honor Society. The junior group is sponsored by the National Assoc. of Secondary School Principals.

Cardigan's First Annual Paper Airplane Contest was held uncler direction of Mrs. Carol Shelton Jan. 27 in the gym, with 25 entrants and many interested bystanders. School-wide1 it featured one-piece handmade paper models in 5 categories: aistanc~, won by Graham Boyle, 1st, H.M. Lighthall, 2nd; longest time in the air, S. Thompson, 1st, B. Malcom, 2nd; smallest to fly 14 ft. min. B. Duncan, 1st, W. Thompson, 2nd; best trick flight, B. Duncan, 1st, S. Thompson, 2nd; best design,

Jean-Michel Hicks, 1st B. Malcom, 2nd. Judges: Cathy Shelton, Mr. and Mrs. Shelton, 7th ~rader S. Tharp, 8th Gr. M. Seatter, and Senior Judge, Tim Bright. Special thanks to B. Duncan who thought up the whole idea.

Alcohol and Drug Counselling: Aware of the national problems in this area among school children, CMS brought to the campus in late January for four days a representative from the growing organization known as Freedom from Chemical Dependency to present to seniors who are scheduled in place of classes for the period in .various groups each day of the visit, problems in handling alcohol and marijuana besides other mind-altering chemicals. The aim is to demythesize the subject and to present experiences and scientific and legal aspects so that students can make intelligent and informed choices in this area. "No preaching, no scare tactics," is the way the approach is described. •

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On the fields: The CMS hockey season OJ?ened well and continued with distinction against tough op_posit10n, Varsity preseason defeating Peabody and Middlesex Islanders an(j losing to Melrose, wins over Vt. Acad. and KUA JV, a loss to St. Paul's JV, win over Hanover JV a loss in St. Paul Jr. Tourney after reaching semifinals in a fiela1 of 7, a win over Manchester B over Parents' Weekend, brought the press-time tally to W6-L3. Highlight of the season will be a Mar. 6-17 trip to play at B.y:vinkaa, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden, besides sightseeing and social events. Reserve Hockey, won against Kearsarge twice, against Woodstock, and lost to Claremont, _Lebanon, Concord and Manchester, press-time tally being W3-L4. Varsity Basketball won against Mascoma Jr. High, Christian Fellows, and Woodstock Freshmen (over Parents' Weekend) and lost to Hanover Frosh, twice, lost to Woodstock Frosh, to Hartford Frosh and Mascoma Jr. High, presstime tally W3-L5. Reserve Basketball entered the season with a team of newcomers to the game and lost all its 8 games, -a training program! Lack of snow did not defeat other winter sports, however: spurred by some ingenious packing of snow scooped off the lake to make good surfaces for alpine jumping, xcountry (on a 5 kilo lake course' 1st time in CMS history!). Results were: in a triangular Parents Weekend meet, Cardigan placed 2nd in Nordic, against KUA and Vt. Academy. AI.vine against Eaglebrook saw Cardigan winning 12-30. Recreational skiing is of course non-existent at the moment but ice-skating on the lake has • been the best in years and ice-boating with Mr. Crowell and Mr. Hart has been excellent. Some weekend trips to Waterville Valley and Suicide Six have been popular as the skiers patiently (up until now) wait for a decent snowfall to pack it into Clancy and the Pinnacle. Despite discouraging snow scarcity, as you can already observe, the Alpine team has been keeping in shape for eventual snowfall: 35 members divided into A,B and C teams, daily training including x-country on the lake, weight training and working on skis, placing the CMS A team in unofficial 1st place in the Lakes League; attending two intense weekend slalom and giant slalom sessions at Berkshire East Ski Area in Charlemont, Mass., and with the use of newly acguired "Ski Tuner" machine which sharpens the edges, flattens the bottoms and even waxes the skis.

Cardigan's ingenuity was put to severe test as Parents' Weekend took place during the tirst no-snow year in the school's history. A 3kilometer oval cross-country track was laid out on the lake's cove ice for a first-ever on-the-flat competition against Vermont Academy and Holderness.

A new ski peak appeared during the weekend: Mt. Ho_pkins was initiated as a new slalom course after a wastebasket brigade of many students had produced an instant snowfall. Snow was plowed from the lake by maintenance. Entire Alpine team worked for 3 days J)Utting snow in trash barrels and watering the hill with literally thousands of gallons of water. Instant snow cover was also produced in the same manner for the 12-meter jump in competition against Holderness and Vermont Academy. First compe"titive meet was held on this hill on Feb. 2 (Parents' Weekend) with over 50 participants. Cardigan won over Eaglebrook, Cardigan placing 4 men in the top 5. Return match against Eaglebrook on Feb. 8 saw Cardigan skiers dominate the slalom race at Berkshire East Ski Area in Charlemont, Mass.

Anthony Traad '80 has won 3 consecutive races, both giant slalom and slalom races. He continues to domin/lte all of his

competition this year, winning some races by over 1 second each' run.

PARENTS' WEEKEND Groundhog Day on February 2 provided the background for the 1980 Parents' Weekend and lack of snow meant little. Dinner Friday evening was larger than usual, with 110 families registered. The Finkb_einer organ recital, the evening's dedicatory program for the new electronic organ, included works by Bach, Sleeth, Purvis, Franck, Mendelssohn, selections by the CMS Glee Club, and a well-known extravaganza by Widor as encore for the recital program. Besides athletic competition, Saturday's events included parent-teacher conferences. After lateafternoon social gatherings for parents according to their sons' class year, a buffet was served in Hayward Hall and followed by the movie, "Superman." Chapel on Sunday Morning marked an end to official activities. .

Special mention should be made of the "Art Circus" exhibit on display during the weekend in Hinman auditorium. Mrs. Rives' art classes provided painted clowns, carousel horses, and a circus sideshow of characters in a setting which gave spectators ample opportunity for fast camera work resulting in funny pictures.

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Perspectives On Selecting A Faculty nce a school is founded and established with stated O objectives and purposes there follows the continuing need to attract and to maintain the group of people who are

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primarily responsible for bringing the words and ideas to life.

The breadth, depth and quality of the complete educational experience depends upon the attitudes, skills and interests of the faculty. One hears about the surplus of teachers available today, but the shortage of good teachers is as acute today as it always has been. The shortage is even more acute when one at'tempts to find expertise and competence in academics, athletics and dormitory management ;rnd counselling in a single individual.

Each school has characteristics that make it attractive to some teacher candidates and unattractive to others. Many teachers will not consider a boarding school with the long hours, lack of privacy and the personal restrictions that are involved. Others welcome the opportunity to be part of a close community and to have the unique possibility of working with students through a variety of experiences and circumstances. Factors such as geographic location, comparative isolation, age level of students, size of the school, the atmosphere or "style" of the school are strong attractions to some candidates and complete tum-offs to others.

Aside from good academic·and scholastic credentials, the next most important ingredients of a school faculty are variety and versatility. At this age Cardigan is attempting to offer as broad a range of skills and experiences as it possibly can to provide a base for our students' entrance to secondary school. This of course means a faculty with a variety of skills and experiences. The age span of our faculty is six decades and presents the combination of enthusiasm, wisdom, strength, energy and experience expected of such breadth.

Combinations such as the science teacher (in his midsixties) who wrote the text being used in his classes and is still breaking speed skating records at Lake Placid each year, a School Chaplain who is also an accomplished magician{ the math teacher who has been a professional ski anct cycling racer, the English teacher who has been a disc jockey{ teachers, who in spare time or in previous occupations, buila complicated model airplanes, research and design alternative energy systemsi publish books and articles in and out of their academic fie ds, teach university-level extension courses, operate a small farm, play in local musical groupsf exhibit and sell art and craft work, hold offices in loca government and the fire department and participate in highlevel athletic competition provide models for living and sources of information and instruction that go far beyond the classroom. These are the things that make our school a real learning and living experience.

Developing a balanced faculty also includes attracting women and minority group members. There are difficulties with the former due to the dormitory supervision and athletic coaching duties required of all teachers. There are difficulties with the latter because our rural location is especially isolated in terms of ethnic and cultural social opportunities. henever possible we employ married te~chers and the women on campus provide an invaluable and often unappreciated dimension to school living. In an unofficial and informal fashion they often provide the warmth, and

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r.)'1 Stephenson '80 in competition on CMS jump "hand-tooled" with snow from e lake.

little extras that are often missing in an all-male environment. The counselling, companionship, attention and occasional scolding that they offer on a daily basis means a great deal to many of the boys.

The faculty-housing available places some limitations on faculty selection but in recent years we have been able to enlarge and improve faculty apartments. The gifts of houses from Mr. and Mrs. Banks in recent years have greatly improved campus housing for both faculty and students.

Since the opening of school in September we have received about fifty applications for positions next year and there will probably be close to two hundred before hiring for next year is completed. When our needs for next year become known, usually during March and April, letters and resumes will be re-read and screened, references checked and interviews ~rranged. It is a very time-consuming process but so vitally important to the school and to the teacher that it is worth every hour that it takes. .

Cardigan is J)Ioud of its faculty and the job that they do.

They are equally proud of the school and this is reflected in what they offer to your children.

-Joseph M. Collins, Assistant Headmaster

Alumni News \ Erratum: In our first issue, due to a bookkeeping oddity we had it that John Milliken '65 was to be married in June, 1980, whereas he got that all tied up in June, 1979. Our apologies and congratulations, John!

Robert Newberry '74, is now assistant foreman for Aspiundh Tree Experts in Phil., Pa. Steven Mervis '69 is press secretary for a number of assemblymen in the N.Y. State Legislature, lives in Rennselaer, NY. Roger Rice '60 and wife, Peggy, South Weare, NH, now have: Glenn, 4; Holly, 2; and Dustin, 1 mo. He says it's the year for '60 to be #1 in donations!

Charles I. Kaplan '57, moved with his family to Dallas, Tex. in Sept. '78, practicing law and running a manufacturing business.

Terry R. Mitchell '76 is a freshman at Texas A&M where he has joined the Texas A gies Corpshmajor: Animal Science.

Michael P. McLean 977 reports is back-up quarterback role on Trinity-Pawling vars. football; in 32nd annual Lawrenceville, N.J. School Hockey Tournament, scored a goal a game helping Trinity three teams to win the championship.

Keith Miller '72., after 3 yrs . in the U.S. Army, is attending Denver Diesel and Automotive Technology College and working full time as a civilian in the Lowry Air Force Base Motor Pool.

John Wahlstrom '73 is attending Norwich University in Northfield, Vt. and hopes to go to West Point.

Jim Anderson '78 is still at The Lebanon School, Glen Arbor, Mich., active in soccer and skiing.

Tom Slavin '70 graduated from Kansas City Art Institute and is• setting up a pottery with his fiancee, Mary Jeanne Luchey in East Madison, N.J. Paul B. Gardent '62 has joined Mary Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover, NH as Assistant Administrator.

David Timlin '71 works in bacteriology at St. Joseph's Hospital, Omaha, Neb., having graduated from Colorado State U., B.S. Microbiology and Medical technology.

Steve Green '65 has a Nat'l Council for the Humanities grant (his 2nd) to work on Folk-Music-in-Vermont Project, studying at Marlboro College.

Roddy Brickell '79 is on the 112 lb wrestling team at Tabor Academy.

Josiah Miles '79 attends Holderness, which he says he enjoys.

Mike Stuber '78 is at Ridley College, St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canadaf where he is a goalie for both ice hockey and soccer.

An a umni-parent gathering at Mr. and Mrs. D.O. Barry's home in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 14: attending from

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Boca Raton were Mr. Stephen Strickland, assistant director os summer school, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pooler '61, and Mrs. Helen Pooler, Charles' mother who is also a neighbor on Canaan Street.

Other alumni in attendance were Jim Taylor '66 Clayton Scott '65, Louis La Fontisee '78 and several Barry children: Dan '71, to be married in May, now a graduate of Tulane University; John '72, now in law school at the University of Miami, after graduat10n from there with a BBA is also engaged· Bob 77', now attending Palmer School and Jan.;, a CMS summe{ school alumnus, now attends Ransom E_verglades. Bill Barry '7 4 1s now studymg at the Umvers1ty of Flonda while taking a semester off from the University of Michigan and he was not able to attend the Florida gathering.

Bob_ Morrow '77 dropped in on campus during Christmas while lookmg at colle~es. Now living and studying in Florida, he would prefer a college m the north strong in the dramatic arts. Bob has a small part in a ~hevy Chase movie being released this summer.

Fred Senese 74 v1s1ted one evening m January with news of interesting studying he is now doing in a program at the New England School of Photography in Boston. Fred plans to have several samples of his work on display here at Cardigan during Grandparents/Alumni Weekend this spring.

Luke La Chance '69 is the manager of a furniture and appliance store, Lachance, Inc., m Gardner, Mass., where he is also Chairman of_ that city's Chamb~r of Commerce. Luke lives in Rindge, NH. Alfred Johnston 66 works at Manayunk Realty Grciuf Inc. in Philadelphia as real estate sales and Investment Genera Partner and Chief Executive Officer. He is currently president of the Business Association of Manayunk.

Sam Garfield '73 is now attending New Hampshire-Vocational Technical College, Berlin, NH. Robert Flanagan '78 visited CMS this January on break from Brooks School, where he is president of the Young Democrats and is a member of the Choir, glee club and school newspaper staff.

Roge_r Earle '64_is a sheet metal worker at General Dynamics/ Electnc Boat D1v1s10n m Rhode Island and is enrolled in the University of Bridgeport's College of Engineering. He is chaplain of t~e American LeP.ion Post# 16_. .

J1_m Douglass 7 4 1s workmg m preparat10n for part ownership at Vmyl Master International in Florida and is also currently attending a real estate course.

George Morrison '76, while only with us one year, has kept contact with others here, such as Lmc Turner and the Mitchells in New Mexico. He is presently planning to begin college work in September, 1980, and is living in Aspen, Colorado.

Richard Harris '57, reports he is Chairperson, Dept. of Sociology_ and Anthropology at St. John's University, a psychotherapist m J)rIVate practice, and belongs to the National Association of Social Work, the Executive Board of Nassau County, and is cochairperson of the Council on Families and Children. He is living in Valley Stream New York.

Henry Fairlie' 65, reports from Chesterfield, MA. that he is now president of Fairlie Alternative Energy, a distributor of solar and wind systems.

C~arles Ellis '63, is _a layout_draftsman at Butler Service Group, Plaistow, N.H. and Vice President of the New Hampshire Independent Living Foundation.

Alan Ellis '54 reports from Adamsville, R.I. where he is the owner of City Brass Foundry. ' Michael Davenport '60 is president of CEO Pickering Oil Heat, Inc. in Salem, Ma. Charles Schutt '58 is a stock broker at the Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. in Wilmington, Del. and is the president of the Board of Trustees at the Pilot School.

Charles F. Pearce '59 reports from Lyme, N.H., th.a t he is a partner in Pearce Studio, now wholesaler with 300 accounts throughout the United States, including Hawaii. Fred is a designer craftsman and manufacturer of precious jewelry. He was a re'. presentatlve to the Amencan Crafts Council for the New England region during the years 1971-75. · Joe Jangro '75, is a·letterman on the Dartmouth Varsity Hockey Squad for 1979-1980. .