Cardigan Commentary (June, 1980)

CARDIGAN

COMMENTARY

William Knapp Morrison (1966-1980)

Willie Morrison, son of Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Morrison of Essex Junction, VT, died after a short illness on Saturday morning, June 7th. He had completed the 7th Grade in May. ~illie entered the 6th Grade at Cardigan in September 1978 and distinguished himself in reserve football, showed promise of being an outstanding basketball player and was the spark plug of the 3rd baseball team. Born on February 23, 1966, Willie was of a sunny disposition, a faithful member of the Glee Club, well liked by his peers and faculty.

He will be greatly missed. He had a brother, Charles, CMS graduate in 1976, now attending Northeastern University, Boston, and a sister, Victoria, aged 12. His father, Dr. Morrison, CMS '50, has been a member of CMS Board of Trustees since 1969.

CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL VOL.1 NO. 3

CANAAN, N.H. 03741

JUNE 1980

Views from the Plateau "The Golden Door" omeone once tried to number those in all history who S were truly great and came up with a miserly five hundted.

The criteria must have been strict. Yet, as Plutarch observed, "The best things are most difficult." The figure may be quite .reasonable when you consider that most people . seem content to exert themselves only until they gain some kind of tenure. They survive in a comforting conformity that doesn't rock the boat, bedded down in a relaxing mediocrity.

Twenty years ago, long before the need for excellence, in high places especially, became a national emergency, John W. Gardner found that all too many miss excellence because they lack the "quality of mind or spirit to achieve it, if they could conceive it. But many more can achieve it than now.

And the society is bettered not only by those who achieve it but by those who are trying."

"A man becomes Man only when in pursuit of what is most exalted in him." -Andr~Malrau>';

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ut for some,excellence is a form of loneliness, a guar~ntee I B of isolation, of being singled out as a paragon. A student of mine years ago felt this way as she asked to be transferred

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from my advance placement senior English class because I had praised her. She cherished her popularity over her excellence, and so did her parents in a tearful interview with the principal. I'd like to think her case was unique, but I sensed then and do now, that even those who win honors sometimes are fearful of losing friends in their peer group. A friend of mine put away his Phi Beta Kappa key in a drawer.

Behind such timidity or misguided modesty lies something more profound, a simmering anti-intellectualism which pervades our society at many levels in and out of schools and colleges, as historian Richard Hofstadter has fully documented. It is urgent that educators be first to urge the life of the mind and inspire students to be proud to explore and develop their best, even should their peers mock th"em.

Students should be armed with as much exposure to the . good as possible, not only to be aware that it is there, but if possible to enable them to resist prejudging, to examine and test popular taste against the best, to keep their values in perspective. It's much like the advice Winston Churchill gave about splitting an infinitive: "It's all right as long as you know you're doing it." Each new class graduating .has an opportunity to mount the ramparts and defend individual judgment, defend things that are good and enriching against the hasty, quickly gathered assortment of books and movies and plays and fashions and ideas that flash at them across every page and screen of their days. The fine mesh of the developed mind must clearly filter the real from the

spurious. Tolstoy observed that the purpose of literature to take only one facet of the curriculum - is to "inspire people to be good by choice." Albert C~mus added: "The first task of the mind is to choose well by d1stmgmshmg the true from the false." t Cardigan this spring, eight students were tapped for A membership in the National Junior Honor Society in recognition of their progress towards excellence in several categories of their school careers. Their selection by faculty committee was organized by Mrs. Rita Carey of the faculty and formed a new chapter in the organization and in the history of Cardigan. . .

Criteria for this historic grouping of an elite on the Cardigan campus were that these young people possessed qualities of a surpassing or~er in scholarship, leadership, citizenship, character, and service. Such ideals have long been beacons at Cardigan. It was heartening to all, therefore, to see such a constellation of virtues affirmed in a formal body to which students could now look for inspiration. world as it is today, there is much to be treasured Iatnandthethemuch also to mend. It is certainly never too early, even emerging level of Cardigan students, to set up such models of excellence, at an age when concentrated effort comes hard, where ideals seem visionary, even unreal perhaps, and high goals remote. It is not too early to encourage the shuffling off of the bonds of teenage cynicism with which too many are tethered to group approval. In the rat race for success, it is not too soon t_o develof awareness of what it will take to make the best choices m al the dec1s10ns ahead, to develop judgments that will serve them then.

'Tooften be a winner at some levels in our society means very to succumb to lures which stifle creativity and suppress individual fulfillment. It is often a struggle with ·the young to equate success with hard work, to get them to settle for something more than the lowest common denominators of achievement. Titters are likely to greet the old maxim: "Things won without effort are worth what they cost things easily won are easily lost." Yet in today's world they need the strengths to survive in megacorporate opportunities where only those who excel escape the humdrum of work without climax. The safety of anonymous effort too often submerges them. I once asked an industrialist how many people worked in his vast plant covering many city blocks and he replied: "About half of them." He seemed to imply that for the other half it was not an opportunity but a shelter they had found in employment there.

Among the young, a term is being worried around to describe those who are "not making it" one way or another. It falls upon the inept, of course, the immature. But it is a cult word, exchanged among those who consider themselves regular fellows. Yet its implications seem rooted m tendencies in our society to put a premium on a kind of insensitivity on heartless aggression, perhaps, certainly on winning sorr{ehow, and fast, paying later. The "loser" meets not disapproval, but dismissal. The winner takes all. he popular concept of the Renaissance man_ - or T woman - has risen out of the need to descnbe the exception: the businessman, the doctor, the lawyer, the teacher, scientist, who, despite all the_ demands J:?a<l_e. by organizational routine and its interlacmg respons1b1ht1es, lives an inner life of some worth. This is where the human

achievement can soar and where history is made, new frontiers identified. One might say that they succeed in their versatility because their inner lives are sustained in a state of grace, because they can balance between the known and unknown, between the promise and the frustration, between things as they are and as they can be. For such people, the goal of living is to explore, discover, contribute and commit themselves somehow to doing some good for mankind.

Certainly the best of our scientists in fencing with the unknown have leapt across dark crevasses to new heights of discovery, Einstein coming to mind, and those now working on DNA stir new possibilities for unforeseen heights of · human possibility. And the poets - ah, those impratical ones, who "give to airy nothings a local habitation and a name," as Shakespeare knew, "dreamers of dreams .. .world losers and world forsakers," as poet O'Shaughnessy saw, but saw them too as "makers and shakers of the world for ev~r, it seems."

One of Cardigan's present seniors can move us with his poem, Brad Forcier's "Moon": his sensibilities are as apparent as his athletic skills - this year's tri-captain of lacrosse.

"Oh moon, with your silver glow Do haunt the night of us below You hover above us and give us light Like a giant bird in endless flight.

In ages past they thought you fraud, A hostile spirit, an evil god.

But now we know better; We will not run. You are to be loved As mother earth's own son."

"We have art," wrote Neitzsche, "in order not to die of the truth." Through vicarious extension of our own direct experience, art arranges, selects, explains, helps us to assimilate reality. erhaps now, with the symbol of a national honor society P in our midst, the reality of excellence will be widely assimilated throughout the student body - in time, in time!

The highest reaches of human excellence have always struck awe. Mozart writing opera at 14; Goethe reading Greek at 3; men on the moon; heart transplants; preventing polio; antibiotics; computers replacing irksome, time-consuming calculations to free us for soaring further . The examples are but mimes of reality, inspiring us to reach beyond that 10% they say is all we use of our potential. The duality of human striving is always constant in tension to overcome ,.,eaknesses, affirm strengths, awaken imagination, tame the young human ammal - tasks for teachers which are as demanding as they are inspiring. The steadying of-the dedication must be the key: to relax while summoning one's inventiveness, suppressing neurotic compulsion, replacing it with creative patience, the stern but understanding disciplines and asking for forgiveness for our hu manness, reaching for excellence, not as an absolute, for absolutes can be self-defeating, but as a flow, a continuum forever carrying us to some open sea where all the ships we launch bear up well.

At Cardigan the new honor society comes just in time to see the open ing of the Golden Door. Paracelsus, 15th Century Greek phys ician, might easily have written the inscription for it:

IBM Office System 6, a major purchase for school affairs, arrived in January to be utilized mainly by the Alumni Office, then also by the Business Office and the Athletic Department. This system, the OS16, will store in memory bank: all addresses and giving records previously kept by the Alumni Office, thus extending the capabilities of the Office greatly.

He who knows nothing, loves nothing.

He who can do nothing, understands nothing.

He who understands nothing is worthless.

But he who understands, also loves, notices, sees . . .

The more knowledge is inherent in a thing, the greater the love.

Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries, Knows nothing about grapes.

-Garven Dalglish,

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On and Off Campus Educational Tour to Greece and Rome Ca n you an sw er th e following! 1. Nam e and briefly desc ribe th e two great civilizations which flouri shed during th e prehistoric period. 2. Why do w e call th e 5th Century B.C. th e "Golden A ge" of Greece! 3. Name the three major orders of G reek architecture. 4. Describe Roman temples as compared to G reek temples. How do th ey differ! 5. Thinkin g of Rom e and Ostia as examples, nam e th e different kinds of buildings found in th e fo rum s of an cient Roman cities.

These and similar questions were answered by I 5 Cardigan students, 8th and 9th Graders who together took advantage of this year's biennial trip to Greece and Rome, Cradle of Western Civilization. Prize-winners in writing test papers at end-of-tour in Greece were by Willie Willauer, Andy Iverson, Tom Dust, and Harrison Ruffin; and in Rome by Bobby Perkins, Andy Iverson, Sam Morgan and Tom Dust.

By chartered bus the group went from Athens to Corinth, to Epidaurus, Olympia, Delphi and other historical sights.

By cruise ship they visited the islands of Aegina, Porns and Hydra. They found most enjoyable of all,their 4-day stay on 'th e Isle of Rhodes, where they rode donkies to the high acropolis at Lindos and swam in the Bay of St. Paul, to which the apostle escaped from a raging storm while on his first journey from Asia Minor to Europe. Measuring the actual 'mileage of the first famous runner from the battlefield at Marathon to the marketplace at Athens, they found the distance to be the same as marathons of our own time. They explored ancient Rome and climbed to the top of St. Peter's, world's largest cathedral, in front of which on Palm Sunday the Cardigan group attended morning mass, with Pope John Paul II as celebrant.

The three-weeks odyssey ended April 1st, with return to Cardigan for spring term classes. There is little doubt that these boys brought back considerable on-the-spot learning, a "western civilization course" which will keep "the everpresent past" alive in their memories for many years to come.

Summer Session 1980: Enrollment is ahead of last year, full capacity of 140 expected. Review and enrichment classes in English, Math, French, Reading and Typing will be given by well qualified staff from private and public schools throughout the country. Peter McWilliams will lead the English Dept; Ed Ramos, Math; Tony Carey and Pamela Quale, Reading. A new activity will be horseback riding at the Dartmouth Riding Club. The ever-popular gymnastics program will be available, as will swimming, sailing, canoeing, tennis, soccerl trap shooting, arts and crafts, drama, and many others. 'We look forward to welcoming the children on June 25th for a rewarding and funfilled six and one-half weeks," says Director Jeffrey Hicks.

Museum Trip: Mrs. Carey and Mrs. Hart took 9th Graders to Boston recently for a viewing of "Where's Boston," a multi-media program of the history of the ethnic sections of the city and a tour of the Museum of Fine Arts to see the artifacts in the Egyptian rooms, intricately carved signature seals of semi-precious stones in the Classical Section.

Fascinated by all they saw, especially the mummies, one student said: "You can read about all this stuff, but you realJy understand it when you see it." On the trip were: Chris Jude, Kari Kontu, John McGrath, Willy Thompson, Tim Bright, Kevin Rimel, Dave Snyder, Mike Stevens, Duncan McLane, John Russell, and Dan Babcock.

Swis~ Ski Trip: Shelly and Bill Farrell accompanied 14 boys on a Swiss Alps ski trip to Villars, Switzerland, March IO-24th, an exchange with Aiglon College, a co-ed prep school there. Staying at the Marie Louis e Hotel acros s the street from the train depot, embarkation point for the trip to the top of the Alps, the boys enjoyed daily skiing in deep powder under blue skies and 5-course meals each evening at the hotel. Two evenings were spent at Aiglon College, for dinner, at one of which a debate on boycotting winter Olympics was presented by Aiglon students. Those on the trip from Cardigan were: Rick Palmer, Ben. Schuckburgh, Doug Bowers, George Hale, Kirby Goode, Tim Frost, Anthony Traad, Patrick Gilligan, Scott Ballard, Brad Forcier, Pres McKee, Patrick Spohrer, and John Fanning. Reports of the· fun have stirred the hope that this will be an annual Cardigan event.

Rotarian Luncheon: local Rotarians were guests on the campus May I 5, when they were entertained by Glee Club singers after a campus tour.

Grandparents' Weekend, May 3, 4, included class visits, athletic contests, a social hour at the Headmaster's House before dinner, an evening concert combining the choir and selections played on the new electronic Allen organ by Mr. Finkbeiner, followed by a movie, "Casey's Shadow," in the auditorium.

Slide Show: Mrs. Debby Crowell's photographs of wild flowers from the Canaan area was the featured program at the Social Center April 28. The display featured slides and mounted prints accompanied by a lecture, open to the public and interested students. Donations were for the benefit of the Canaan Elementary School which suffered a fire in late winter that destroyed half the school.

Aviary Display: An unusual papier-mache rare ·bird display from Mrs. Rives' 8th Grade art classes hung to ceiling branches in the Resource Center began May I 5th.

The exhibit was a fine finale to a year of excellent endeavor in art classes of all grades : 6th Grade puppets; 7~h Grade linoleum block printing; 9th Grade pottery, all on view during April.

5th Annual Student Media Festival, held at Sunapee State Park May 10, brought entries by Ben Schuckburgh, John Mahoney, and Stewart Dixon and Ala~ Yacavone presenting a workshop table on photo sketching. Dixon's film, "Jaws III", was awarded 1st place in the dramatic category for grades 7-9; Mahoney's documentary film "How to Process Colored Slides", took 2nd in his category. Mahoney's "Studies in Infrared", and Schuck burgh's "Sunset" were shown in the photo exhibit. Mrs. Shelton, a member of the N.H. Educational Media Assoc., was director of the state-wide Festival.

Freedom Trail Trek: This annual 7th Grade event in April, took social studies teachers, Mr. Peck, Mr. Carey, and Mr. Rives for a day-long commentary nde under direction of Mr. Mahoney all the way from Bunker Hill and Paul Revere's qouse to Lexingt_on and Concord. Trapped 60 miles from school on return tnp by flat tires on the bus raised a new question about freedom and a call for Paul's famous horse!

Jacob, Frank Morelli, Guy Renkert, and Richard Sincerbeaux. Ninth Grade: Tomas Guterres, Francis Humann, Jaap Kerrebijn, and Taco van der Valk.

Af the candlelight ceremony five members of the Masccima Valley Regional High School Chapter of the Society explained each of the five qualities which determined the selection of the .members: scholarship, citizenship, leadership, service, and character. One of these Mascoma students was a CMS graduate, Alan Fahrner. The program was introduced and candidates presented for membership by advisor Mrs. Carey and Mr. Wakely, Headmaster, administered the oath of office. Mr. Finkbeiner provided music on the organ. Present at the ceremony were the entire student body, the faculty, and six members of the Cardigan Board of Trustees.

Humanities Programs: In April Mr. Sam Child of New London showed slides of Afghan country and its people.

In May Malcolm Dalglish and Grey Larsen, whose records on folk music of America, Ireland, Scotland and England have been widely distributed, gave a concert on the hammered dulcimer, bones, spoons, fiddle, melodeon and other old time instruments . The dulcimer was a product of Dalglish's workshop where he produces these ancient instruments on order.

Ritz Cardigan under the Senior Class culinary experts -directed by Mr. Peck, class advisor, and Mr. Coffin, resident Ritz expert, held its annual fund raiser for an overflow crowd May 10th in the Social Center. After a feast of steak and lobster, music was provided by John Fura, 'Benjy Malcom, Shawn Orr and Dave Snyder.

Spring Dance, held April 26th, another senior event and a first for Cardigan, limited to semors and then dates, included a special hayward Hall meal, where dancmg went on following with DJ, . Mr. Slaby, providing recorded music.

The New England Association of Schools and Colleges completed another stage in the evaluation of Cardigan by a visit for three days on the campus May 4-7th, interviewing faculty, staff, and students for a report to be rendered some time in the fall.

Headmaster's Day to celebrate Mr. Wakely's birthday took place May 7th with a day off for all. From breakfast on, casual dress and activities reigned supreme, although many students were involved in athletic contests in the afternoon.

Balloons and circus horses in the dining room put the Headmaster in his favorite setting for a joyous occasion.

Cardigan Mt. School Installs Honor Society Chapter, On Thursday, May 81 1980, C_ardigan Mountain School inducted a new chapter of the Nat10nal Jumor Honor Society. Establishing such a group in the school was also a new step for Cardigan, the first formal recogmt10n of honor accomplishment given by the school on a nat10nal scale.

Eight students were singled out by faculty vote. Those tapped for this distinction were: Eighth Grade: Peter

New chapter of the National Junior Honor Society at Cardigan. 1st row: Frank Morelli, 8th Gr.; Karel Kerrebijn, 9th Gr.; Francis Humann, 9th Gr.; back row, 1 tor: Taco van der Valk, 7th Gr.; Tomas Guterres, 9th Gr.; Guy Rt;nkert, 8t;h Gr.; and Peter Jacob, 8th Gr.; Missing from picture, Richard Sincerbeaux, 8th Gr.

Honor Roll: High Honor roll for April (B or better in all courses with at least 3 A's): S. Miller, 7th Gr; P. Jacob,J. Putz, Gr. 8; Guterres, Kerrebijn, van der Valk, 9th Gr. Honors (B or better in all courses): Mayfield, Powers, Rice, W. Smith, 7th; Cobb, Daniels, Sincerbeaux, 8th· Bright Humann, Mccusker, Moore-Jones, Pu~cell R~ssell, 9th. Effort Honor Roll (effort gr of 1 in all cour;es): Dobrowski, 8th; Guterres, Kerrebijn Mccusker, Lane, 9th.

Advance Study: Some Cardigan staff are not only making out finals for students but taking them themselves: Mrs. Wakely in linguistics; Mrs: Hart, library science. Mrs. Rives is working in Japanese art, Mrs. Hicks,.oil painting, Mr. Sawyer, Accounting, and Mrs. Sa'Vyer in painting.

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Independent School Association of Northern New England: April 21, Francestown, NH. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Hicks went as Cardigan representatives to the membership council for 36 independent schools, whose common concerns were discussed. A smaller group composed of steering committee met on Cardigan campus May 8 at luncheon in the Social Center to produce a proposal for workshops for new teachers. Mr. Cooper, secretary of the group and Mr. Hicks are members of the Teachers' Service Committee.

Resource Center "Bi rthday Book " program, held for the second year in a row. to display lirect support of current parents. The innovative affair enables gifts from a list selected by Mrs. Shelton, librarian, of bookplated volumes identified by donor which name the "Birthday Boy" in whose name the book is chosen. A combined birthdaycake-and-book preview party marks the ceremony and was held twice last year, when 150 volumes resulted. This year's is about 200. Among "Birthday Boys" is · Headmaster Wakely. An anonymous donor donated titles honoring birthdays of Mrs. Wakely. Other anonymous donors have had fun choosing titles: for Mr. Rich ("Dragons"); Mrs. Lary ("Underground"); Mr. Collins ("World on a stringYoyos"); and Trustee President, Mr. Frieze ("Gotcha").

Clubs: Bowling is one of the more popular, with Mr. H a rt and Mr. Likshis taking the 20-boy group to Lebanon on Thursday afternoons.

Magic Club attended the Magic Convention in Boston on the weekend of May 17th. Mr. Mahoney and the following would-be magicians attended: Willie Will'auer, Bob Perkins, T i m B right, David MooreJones, John Russell, Cran Eager, Brad Wilson, and Benjy Malcom. This annual event features some of the .finest magicians to be seen today. Proceedings, in accordance with the mysterious nature of the occult, are not . revealed by members!

Drama Club: Beginning with a few zealots, the Club has grown because of increased enthusiasm shown in production of two plays since its founding as late as February of this year. Membership now numbers ten; recently on invitation joined the New Hampshire Educational Theatre Guild. First was Creatures of the Woodland, given May 1st, as a benefit for the children of elementary school age whose building was burned down last winter; it was adapted frcim stories by Garven Dalglish of CMS faculty, with poems and chants by students. Doug Burke added a poem about one of the characters, Big Jock, the turtle, for this production.

This fantasy was thrilling to the elementary school children from Canaan, about 200 strong, and their teachers. As it was Grandparents' Weekend at Cardigan, present among that contingent were: D r. and Mrs. Fra nk M a yfield of Cincinnati, whose grandson, Fr a n k Mayfield, helped to build the stage setting; Dr. R o b e rt St evens, Pres. of Haverford College, whose son, R i chard, is a CMS student; M r. and Mrs. Moha med Bagh e rz ade h , parent s of Ami r and R eza. Other out-of-town guests were: M rs.

Sandy Br own of New London, NH, and her children, .

Laura and Scott; and Mrs . Su e R oos and sons Chris and Petie. Benefit collection to go toward rebuilding Canaan Elementary was $ 130.00 in voluntary sums. Besides officers and members of t he Club, casting included: Mrs. Wakely; Mrs. Farrell; Mr. Carey; Mrs. Peck; Mrs.

Bouche r; Mr. Howla nd; faculty children Ji mmy and Steph ani e Marrion, H e ather Blunt, Kate Carey Kim ? a n d Keoki John son , M andy Heath, Pe t e; Perrtnez, Mark Banjak, N atalie Hicks, N ikki and Jason Peck, John Perrin and D amien Cushman.

Mem.bers of the club and officers are: Josh Knauer, Pres; Chris Hancock, VP; ScottSwaebe, Secty and theatrical duector; Pon~ Lamsam, Treas; Richard Stevens• Todd Fradkin; Dun can McLane; Alex Mendoza~ Mark Mitchell and Sam Morgan on lights. ' The second production was a spoof on international spying, called A Case for Two Spies, benefit of the New Learning Center. Put together in a pre-exam haste, ·but enthusiast1ca~ly produced,_ with an afternoon and evening performance, 1t was a h1lanous hour for a full audience. Big boost for the fun came from the fine hand of Rev. Mahoney who applied his makeup skills to turn to -agi'ng of the boys in the cast to aitering faces so that Todd Fradkin became a perfect 1920's flapper and Alex Mendoza a coy and persuasive temptress. Players were drawn from the membership except for Kathy Shelton cast as a famous international spy, complete with phony baby. Swaebe, besides taking a part, directed, in the last scene reclining as_ a friendly corpse beneath a desk, smiling, wavmg to his fnends m the audience. Realism beyond bounds! For a take of $32.55 for the new Learning Center at CMS and $10.00 from the Drama Club itself. Costumes were

by Mrs. Rives, Mrs. Crowell, and Mrs. Collins· Posters by Todd Hartnett and CMS art students; pro'. grams, Mrs. Shelton.

Sprin~ Saili_n~: The Mrs. Sh elton_ contest for "ice-out" mean~ boats-m . Some. seasons. we wait weeks after spring vacation and use the time to fix rudders, fiberglass hulls· cut and whip lines, sew sails, never really completing all this work to make 13 boats perfect. This is educational and Mr. Cro w ell and his crew are justly proud to have this sailing activity floating mainly on its own efforts. "Ice-out" - was early this year and the boats were ;~..., hurried into seaworthiness in record time. "Our navy of about 20 boys," says Chief Skipper Crowell, "and occasionally some faculty wives have been practicing, racing, and just enjoying sailing afternoons. We think sailing offers a special combination of nature, beauty, teamwork and physical-mental coordination. Most important, it is also fun." Sailing ended with a record of 2 wins 5 losses. Most valuable skipper: Francis Huma nn; m~st valuable crew, Sam Morgan.

Polar Bear Club, newly organized under direc'tion of Mr. H o w l and, this intrepid group rises at 6:00 for a swim in the lake these chilly spring days. Participants in the freeze are Bob Bruni, Scott Sw aebe, Mark Sa nchez, Danny Stewart, Lee Kemper, Max Astor, and Nick Green.

Spring Media Club: Students from the Club journeyed to two Upper Valley communication centers on May 16th with Mr. Howland and Mrs. Shelton, advisors. They visited the Office of Instructional Services at Dartmouth, where Prof. William Smith explained and displayed the College's new video disk TV unit, then went to radio station WNHV in White River Junction for a tour to see how another medium works. The students were: Stewart Dixon; Tom Dust; Bill Rice; Jim Forsyth. ·

Poems published: Mrs. Dalglish, an instru ct or in the Reading Department, has had two of her poems published in "Write On", Vol. 16, No. 2, Dec. 1979, a magazine publish ed by the Writers' Workshop of the Northland Public Library, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ice-Out came on April 15th, officially to hail spring.

George Perdomo won the $5.00, presented as the best guesser, appropriately in five bills encased in ice.

Confirmation Classes this year at CMS prepared 10 students for their confirmation by Bishop Mulvee at the church in Enfield, an inspiring service attended by Headmaster Wakely. The boys were: James Purcell; Robert Bassett; Chris Jude; Robert Morkunas; John McGrath; Scott Conniff; David Mccusker; Kent Williams; Tomas Guterres; and William Earthman.

Spelling Bee: Winter wi:nner, 8th Grader David Sampsonis; Spring winner, Taylor Sands, 6th Gr. Beginning with the spell-downs, each English class produced 2 entrants from each grade. Directing the events: Mr. Hart and Mr. Likshis of the English Department.

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Computer on deck: An IBM 5100 portable· computer with 5103 printer and 5106 auxiliary tape drive. The unit came with a Hitachi T.U. Monitor, (supplied special desk).

This was donated by Mr. John Wargin, father of Greg and David W argin, CMS students. Mr. John P. Banjak, father of Mark Banjak, provided the School with tape cartridges, manuals and a box of computer paper.

The installation of this teaching aid will be especially of interest for extensive use in the top 8th and 9th Grade math sections, with available programs for other subject areas such as social science and foreign language. Computer games have been popular among students. The arrival of the IBM 5100 unit generated a lot of interest in computer work. _The School hopes to purchase more microcomputers.

At the annual Investiture ceremonies held May 27, student leaders for 1980-81 were announced. Heading up the , leadership roster will be Douglas Burke; job foreman, David Dobrowski; chaplain's assistants, David Alexander and Frank Br ants; and the following floor leaders: Brewster I, Guy Renkert; Brewster II, Thomas Dust; Clark-Morgan II, Kevin Powers; Clark-Morgan III, Hugh Temple; Hayward, Michael Brang; Hinman I, Peter Jacob; Hinman II, Joe Dodi; French I, Mike Denby; French II, Michael Kinnaly. Floor leader positions in the houses went to: Newton House, Tomas Saldarriaga; Proctor House, John Fanning; Stowell House, Peter Hadlock; Franklin House, Sam Morgan; Banks House, David Roth; and Greenwood House, Ron Hill.

Other leadership positions announced were dining room assistants Mark Mitchell, David Sampsonis, John Putz, and Neils Stoldt-Neilsen; co-monitors, Bruce Schmidt and Sam Miller; audio visual assistant, John Roth; public relations co-directors, Jim Forsyth and Bruce Griffiths; foreign langua ge assistant, Scott Swaebe; laboratory assistant, Lee Kemper; auditorium care, Brad Wilson; and Hayward Hall, Ted Drummond.

Hopkins Hall cleaners will be headed up by Mike Seatter and Richard Stevens; student recreational codire ctors will be Eiki Mera and Hans Stevens.

Scribe, campus literary magazine, direction of Mr. Hart, editors Francis Humann and Brett Duffy assembled from all four grades this annual May appearance. Cover by Shawn Orr, art work by various students.

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On the fields: Spring activities: With most of the snow coming at the end of the winter season, much rearrangement of practice schedules took place. However, fielding of 50 ambitious boys for baseball provided players for 4 teams.

Varsity ended with a 10-3-1 record, with co-captains for 1980, Dan Moody and David Mccusker leading the squad. Recipient of the most-valuable award went to Oan Moody, who did an outstanding job behind the plate.

Kent Williams received the most improved award.

Reserve baseball ended with a 4-8-1 record. Emphasis was on skills, Tim Frost, doing a great deal of the pi t c;.hing, received the most valuable award, Tom Guterres, most improved. Third baseball, challenged by a tough schedule was unable to win a game, most improved l)eing Reza Bagherzadeh. Fourth baseball, formed because of interest and number of boys out for the game, came up with one win, four losses, most improved, Peter Jacob.

Varsity lacrosse, under tri-capts. Brad Forcier, Mike Stevens, and Jim Purcell has a season-end record of 8-5, most valuable to Jim Purcell, most improved to Mike Kinnaly. Reserve lacrosse ended with a 1-8 record, showing a good deal of promise as a feeder system for next year's varsity. Most valuable player Bobby Bruni, most improved, Vernon Alper.

Tennis formed two teams this season: varsity ended with an 8-3 record, reserve 1-2. Varsity came in 5th in a field of 16 at Fay School Tourney. Most valuable player: Willie Smith, most improved, Joe Dodi. · Cycling ended its season by taking 2nd place in the prep school championship. Most races are individual competition. Most valuable member, Pat Spohrer; most improved.

Chad Tatham. , Finland Trip: An 8-hour flight from NYC took the hockey team, a party of 20 including Coaches Peck, Cooper and Heath to Finland and Sweden for a round of games with various teams, including a tournamen t with a field of 7 teams. The final tally, including a victory in the tourney was a 6-1-1, two of the games in Sweden, the others, Eni .. ~-1..

These emissaries from Cardigan were gone from March 6 to 17th and saw many sights besides the challenge of other hockey players: visits to schools, a dancei to a ski factory, to Lahti in Finland, site of the 1978 worla cross-country ski championships, to an elevator factory, a lunch with the mayor of Hyvinkaa, the town where they stayed in Finland; a farewell party after a game one night, shopping in Helsinki-, a boat ride to Sweden-an initial voyage for many, visit to the King's palace in Sweden, to the Vasa ship which sank during the 18th Century, watched a professional Swedish hockey game, then home.

Brunch Party for LT students took place on Baccalaureate Sunday before the services, at the Wakely home.

CMS and the Community: In furthering relations with the Canaan community, many aspects of school interest are expressed, socially, professionally and in entertainment. But also in services. Steve Heath, for example, of the Science Dept., joined the Canaan Volunteer Fire Dept. in· 1_973, his

father having been a professional fire fighter. Then in 1976, several members of the community formed a group to take EMT training and establish an emergency medical service for Canaan, Orange and Dorchester. The initial goal was to provide immediate medical attention to accident victims or other medical problems, to stabilize the patient until the arrival of an ambulance. The Canaan Fast Squad, as it was called, operated in this manner for about 6 months before acquiring an ambu_lance to be used for transporting equipment. August, 1976 saw the squad involved in transporting a heart attack victim, on request of the patient's physician, since there was no time to wait for the ambulance from Lebanon-30 minutes distant.Thus the Canaan Ambulance Svc. was begun. Since then the squad has answered hundreds of calls at all hours of the day and night. Registered now as EMT's are currently 15 personnel, including Jim Marrion, who, like Mr. Heath, is also a Cardigan Faculty member. The squad does not charge for its services, operating entirely on contributions and money allotted from the towns served.

I Alumni News I James Casselman '60, is now Head of Landscape and Site Department of Eisenberg Haven, Assoc. Inc., Architects Planners, Boston, MA. John Pearson, Jr. '65, has been re-elected Pres. of the Lowell Ass'n for the Blind, also elected as a director of the Lowell Development and Financial Corp., which provides funds for the revitalization of the City of Lowell.

David Cheever '52, writes: "I now have my own consult·ing firm called-what else-David Cheever Marketing." He says even his small number of clients keep him too busy to travel in the near future.

Geoffrey M.B. Troy '68 is Exec. VP the Trayler, VP of 'Fleet Development Arco Auto carriers. Also Director and Chairman of the NY Wine & Food Soc. William Littleton '66 is Personal Loan Officer at Girard Bank, Philadelphia, PA, and owner of Rushlight Antiques, Ambler, PA. Thomas Hale '60 is San Miguel County Commissioner, elected official-3 yrs.

Geoffrey A. Blair '68 is Acct. Exec. Profile Broadcasting Co. Inc., Radio Station WLTN. G. Richardson Cook '67 got his B.F.A. Cranbrook Inst.

Fine Arts, 1975, attended Denison U., rec'd Guthrie Theatre Award Lawrence Acad.; currently writer/producer for Separate Flights Co., Inc., Los Angeles, CA. Also director Westbeth Theatre, NYC. Brad Davis '68, self-employed in custom wood design, builds cabinets, furniture, boats, restores wooden cars, houses.

David Jeffrey '77 is now at Harvard (having been accepted at Yale, Trinity, Northwestern, U. of Penn, Dartmouth, Tufts, Vassar, Bucknell!)

John H. Chandler, Jr. '71 is in Officer Training at the Jackson Nat'l Bank, Jackson, Tenn., and does farming in cotton, soybeans, cattle.

Gregg J. Heidrenreich '79 now at Avons Farms School, on honor roll, Varsity Soccer, starting last 11 games in goal, was one of 2 tenth graders to make Varsity Hockey. After CMS graduation played baseball for local Babe Ruth League, on All-star team which won District, State, New England titles, going on to Nat'l Competition in Nogales, Arizona,

Frank K. Zeller '71 recently earned citation in Metropolitan South Florida fishing Tourn., for 27-lb. kingfish in 20lb. division. Also earned a Gamefish Release Award when he caught and released a wahoo. Fished out of Key West on the Jolly Roger.

Kurt A. Knowles '67 announces wife Pattie gave birth to daughter, Kyle, 4/20/80. Congratulations!

John V. Lindsay, Jr. '76 is in a partnership of Cammann-Lindsay, an insulation company in Bridgehampton, NY, specializing in blown insulation.

Ed Nielsen '71 was in a car crash and hospitalized from Sept. '78 to Mar. '79. Now teaches skiing and lives in Ma1ne in the Sugarloaf Ski area.

David A. Jennings '77 is presently in Okinawa as a medic in the U.S. Navy and is shortly to leave forJugi, Japan, thence to Thailand. ' John M. Rowland '74 was Rush Chairman of Kappa Alpha fraternity at Tulane this year, a junior majoring in sociology. He does some "lab work" as a part-time bartender for the Tulane Alumni House and at a commercial "pub" which caters to the college crowd.

George Hutchinson '68, who went to the Pomfret School, then for his BA in 1975 from Hampshire College, thence to the Univ. of Minnesota until 1979, is now Architectural Designer with the Adams Group, Inc. Sally Goodspeed '73 has returned to Tufts for her last semester after a semester in Crewe, England, where she did student teaching, a Tufts program in Early Childhood Education. Her most exciting news, she reports, is her recent engagement to Arch Wilson Riley, Jr. of Wheeling, West Va., who is at the College of Law at West Va. U. Wedding is planned for August.

David Timlin '71 is bacteriologist-medical technologist for St. Joseph's Hospital (Omaha) and Clarkson Memorial Hospital (Omaha).

Timothy S. Winship '60 is President/Owner of Rent-A- ~ Sign, Inc. Thomas K. Yameen '58 is Vice President of Butcher Boy Markets, Inc. Scooter McCowan '67 and his wife, Cindy, are living in Gilmanton, NH, and heading up the solar and wind energy part of a Concord engineering company. They had a new baby girl, named Erin, last July.

David Peake '67 is living and working in Denver after having graduated from Denver University in 1976.

David Hedinger '75 is finishing his second year at Winthrop College, majoring in physical education.

Bruce Bedford '72 is about to graduate from FairleighDickinson and still doing well in tennis. · .

Sherm Bedford '65, a captain in the Air Force, is now Commander of the aircraft pilot rating. He is still stationed at Maguire Air Force Base in New Jersey. He has taken many trips to Europe and the Middle East. He is also busy adding a deck to his house in Vincentown.

Mashahiko Inakage SS'75 is at Oberlin College.

Edward A. Ball '69 married Sharon on February 3, 1979.

Daniel 0. Barry, Jr. was married to Lisabeth Archer Anthony in West Palm Beach, Fla., on May 17, 1980.

Carey Durling '68, a grad of Cornell in '77 with a B.S. is the Director of the Real Estate and Construction Department for Quick Chek Food Stores, a chain of 79 convenienttype food stores. In June '79, he married Donna Dufek, spent their honeymoon in Sardinia, Italy, now living in New Jersey.

COMMENCEMENT May 24th - May 31st 1980 To set the theme for the week (and as it turned out, much of the communication, in speeches and in editorials, was drawn up separately by various participants in the week's festivities). Rev. Harry Mahoney took as his message the words "You Too Can Win the Gold" from the talk the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team coach gave to his team before they had won. Victory, . he pointed out, could come about if every man believed in himself, that he had the potential to win, that victory itself was not necessary for fulfillment, but that the effort to win was the needed ingredient. They could take the gain from the effort as much as from the gold.

BACCALAUREATE SUNDAY:

Reports of the records of the various teams and activity groups (covered elsewhere in this issue_ under "On and Off Campus"), were presented in the Chapel to a crowded assembly of students, parents, staff and friends. Other awards were: Music: Kevin Rimel for his assistance to Mr. Finkbeiner in numerous programs; Art: Kari Kontu and Tom Guterres, 9th Gr.; Todd Hartnett, 8th; Felipe Castaneda, 7th; In presenting the awards, Mrs. Susan Rives, art teacher, said: "We are all interpreters of our world. The students I've worked with have inspired me and I hope I have inspired them. Their visual interpretations have been exciting, creative, even shocking at times .. . all of us are Michelangelos in many, different ways." Shop, presented by Mr. Perrinez, shop teacher: Danny Babcock, 9th; Jon Roth, 8th; and Peter Hadlock, 7th. English Expression Prizes, presented by Mr. Dalglish, Eng. Dept. Chrmn., were: the Edward A. Barney Written Expression prize awarded to the boys in each grade who best express themselves in a 35-min. impromptu writing exercise, went to Franklin Taylor Sands, 6th; Kevin Michael Powers, 7th; Richard Nathaniel Stevens, 8th; Tomas Antonio Guterres, 9th. Scholastic Awards, presented by Mr. Collins: to the top students in each advanced course in each department in each grade: Eng.: Taylor Sands, 6th; Sam Miller, 7th; John Putz, 8th; Tomas Guterres, 9th.

Math: Alex Samos, 6th; John Haynes, 7th; John Putz and Eiki Mera, 8th; Kari Kontu and Jaap Kerrebijn, 9th. Hist.: David Leffman, 6th; Sam Miller, 7th; John Putz and Clark Daniels, 8th; Tomas Guterres and Jaap Kerrebijn, 9th; Frenc~: Sam Miller, 7th; Peter Jacob, 8th; Jaap Kerrebijn, 9th. Spanish: Clark Daniels, 8th; Kent Williams, 9th. Reading: Taylor Sands, 7th.

RECOGNITION ASSEMBLY:

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With Pat Gilligan, Senior Class President, presiding, Mr. Wakely was presented with the Senior Class Gift for the School, a new water fountain for the gym, $1000 to go toward construction of a new park area on campus with benches, sun dial and bird bath, "where students and faculty can meet and relax between classes," funds drawn from senior dues and the senior project receipts.

Senior Class Advisor Mr. Schuyler Peck received from the Senior Class, a set of golf clubs.

SENIOR BANQUET:

Featured speaker for the evening was Whitey Burnham, Assistant Director of Athletics at Dartmouth College, who, after some witty stories, gave the seniors the kind of a talk they seemed to rally to with gusto: "Keep trying, even though you don't win, for when you don't try you cheat your team, your school, your parents, yourself. Lead an activity-oriented life, not necessarily in a team sport but with yourself, fulfilling your best." '

death in an icy pond, he remarked "We're happy the candle stays lit." He saw the graduation as a "major step in the ladder of life" and urged that seniors, now that they have joined the alumni body, "come and see us. Cardigan has no gates or locked doors. Cardigan gave you the tools to work with.

Good luck."

PRIZES were then

34TH COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES: After invocation by Rev. Mahoney, Mr. Wakely introduced the Commencement Address speaker: Mr. Lawrence Goldthwaite, science teacher at Cardigan and author of Earth Science, a textbook used at Cardigan and many other schools, champion speed ska't er who recently broke records at Lake Placid in the 65-68 year class on the 400-meter Olympic tracks, of which strenuous activity he had prev10usly told the school on return from this triumph: "It makes growing old sort of fun, but still growing. I cherish a bit of each day that is devoted to striving for something that is always beyond reach-perfection."

Mr. Goldthwait taught for several years at the college level, including Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH, where he is resident. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, where his father had taught, and he dia graduate work at Brown University among other places.

His contributions to the scientific literature have been many. He has done research for the New Hampshire Highway Department and spent summers with the Maine Geologic -Survey and the U.S. Geologic Survey, and is co-author of Geology in New Hampshire.

In his address he reminded the boys of the Senior Class ,graduating that the count-down which had begun when they had first come to Cardigan had now gotten down to milliseconds and urged them to "Go-Go-Go!" They have learned such skills, he pointed out, as reading, writing to refme and express feelmgs better, learning to create visualize, even to type. to sail gracefully, ski with confi~ dence, and such social graces as good manners, learning to control temper. "Above all to develop a discipline inside yourselv_es. Yo~ have _been progr~mmed to make responses automatically. He likened then progress to mountain climbing, setting up a series of base camps as "you progress step _by step through life: first camp, your home, second Cardigan, where the faculty have done the programming. I hope you're smart enough to go after the best, and wherever you go try to find the best people you can."

He told a story of his narrow escape from drowning when he fell through a nearby pond while ice skating, saving himself because he was aware of a "candle burning inside him." During this crisis he thought of all the people he knew, helping him, cheering him on, giving him help. "The candle certainly flickered, but never went out. Now you've given something to Cardigan, boys, and it will never be the same.

Remember, too, what you've left behind and what you're taking with you and go! Go! Go!" Mr. Savage C. Frieze, Jr., President of the Board of Trustees, then addressed the assembly, directing his message particularly to the Semors seated before him on the platform. Picking up an acknowledgement of the Commencement Spe8ker's valiant story of how he saved himself from

awarded by Mr.Wakely: Senior Prize for that member of the Senior Class with the highest academic standing: Jaap Kerrebijn; the Hinman Prize "annually awarded in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Hinman to that member of the school who, in the opinion of the faculty, by industrious application to his studies, through his attitude on the playing field, and by his behavior and mtegnty, most nearly approaches the ideals of manhood conceived in the minds of the Founders of Cardigan Mountain School" The Founders Prize: To Stewart Dixon "awarded to the boy in the student body who has the will t~ complete any project, regardless of the difficulties encountered, without thought of personal gam, and whose objective is a job well done in the same approach that characterized the life of Harold P. Hinman, one of the founders of the Cardigan Mountain School." The Caldwell Prize "To the boy who has shown outstanding athletic achievement and good sportsmanship"-to James Purcell; The Pannaci Memorial Award to Tom Guterres, "to be given annually by the class of 1959 as a memorial to Karl TPannaci, to that member of the Senior Class who in the eyes of his fellow students has achieved and best attained ideals of honesty, integrity, leadership, and general social and spiritual adjustment." The Faculty Prize to the following three students: to David Moore-Jones "who in ' the opinion of the faculty has demonstrated an extraordinary devotion to his job, to his studies and to his school who takes satisfaction in helping behind the scenes and quiet pride in a job well done"; to Kari Kontu, "who in the opinion of the faculty deserves special recognition for his outstanding achievement in sport, in academics, in the arts for his insatiable intellectual curiosity, for his quiet leader~ ship, and for his gentlemanly demeanor."; to Patrick Gilligan "who in the opinion of the faculty has provided a fine example of leadership both to his classmates and to the underclassmen of the School, who has consistently given his best to complete any task given him." The Room Inspection Award went to a group of students, one from each dormitory floor "who maintains the best room neatness record throughout the year."

The Commencement Exercises also included a performanc.e by the School Glee Club. The week's activities also included a social hour for parents and guests at the Kenerson Social Center, coffee for parents and guests at the Headmaster's house, and a buffet lunch for parents and guests and students, served on the lawn in front of Hayward in the lovely mild and sunshiny weather which was the blessing of the entire week upon this important time for Seniors and their parents .. .. New Hampshire at its best!

is a man who thinks more of hims elf than A hen egotist do es of m e.

-W.F. Kettering

Alumni Weekend May 24-25th brought CMS past years to the surface in an exchange of memories among those in the group from classes over thirty years back to the more recent. They enjoyed a steak-out, and the weather, which wa s perfect, walks and talks around campus, reception at the headmaster's house for more good food, leaving behind perspectives of years gone by to help yield more depth to Cardigan years for those who shared their visit from among faculty and students.

CARDIGAN COMMENTARY Vol. I, No. 3

June 1980

CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL Ca naa n, New Ha mpshire 03741 C ar ve n Dalgli sh, Editor Carol Sh elton , Associ ate Editor Publi shed at regul ar interva ls throu gho ut th e sch oo l yea r

not n ecessary to hope in order to undertake, or I tto issu cceed in order to persevere.

-William the Silent he reasonable man adapts himself the world; th e T unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt th e world to himself. Th erefore · all progress depends on th e to

Former Faculty News: . Mrs. Rockette Brunetti (at Cardigan Sept. '75-June '76 in RD) is now a Reading Specialist in a new district near her home in Liverpool, NY, covering both "remedial and developmental programs K-6 . . Mr. and Mrs. Roger Noldt alias Nurse Farrow, (at Cardigan 1954-June 1960, Science) now living in Tulsa, Okla., have son, Peter, a freshman at Texas A&M, daughter, Linda, about to graduate from high school. . M r . and Mrs. Don Richards (at Cardigan R.D. Sept. '77 to June '79) were recently at the school with their little Benjamin, now living happily in Camden, ME . . Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hulbert (SS'59 through '65, Ralph in Sci.) are still living in Denver, Colorado.

Daughter Lynn, married, living in Fairlee, VT. Dudley is about to graduate from the Univ. of Hawaii, is soon to be married. Both arrived in Denver to surprise Dad for a big birthday party recently.

Faculty Milestones: . Edileberto C. Ramos, CMS Math Dept. Head, after completion of work over four summers at Dartmouth College, received his MALS Degree at Commencement Exercises at the College on June 8th, 1980. . Jeffrey J. Slaby, who had fulfilled the requirements for his undergraduate studies degree after 3 yrs. ending in August 1979, received his B.A. at the same exercises at Dartmouth. Mr. Slaby, a member of the CMS Eng. Dept. since the fall of 1979, is a member of the National Honor Soc., earned honors as Senior Class and Student Council Pres. at high school, and was listed in "Who's Who Among High School Students."

He was a DJ at Hanover, Station WFRD, while at Dartmouth .

• At the same Dartmouth Commencement, Marilyn Black, former CMS teacher, received an Honorary Degree in the Humanities . Garven Dalglish, Eng. Dept. Head at CMS, Dartmouth '30, attended his 50th Reunion at the same Commencement Week in Hanover.

th e insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, I tbutis not the revolts of intelligence.

-J.R. Lowell, "Democracy"

unreasonable man.

- Bernard Shaw

Calendar

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SEPTEMBER -

OCTOBER

Sept. 12 - Student Leaders Regi ster, 9 to 10 a.m .

13 - Registration, all students, 2 to 5 p.m.

Oct. 4-5 - New Parents' Weekend

. atheretheisconviction a time in ev ery man's education when he arrives T that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better or w orse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his own toil bestowed on that power which resides in him which is new in nature, and none but h e knows what that is which he can do, nor does know until he ha s tried.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance"