Cardigan Commentary (November, 1980)

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Views from the Plateau "Great Expectations"

student's voice hailed me from his window high in the dormitory behind me. It was just a few minutes befo_re the start of the evening study hall. I was on my way, "head down with my own preoccupations, to my own dormi­ tory house.

"Look at the moon! Just look at that moon, Mr. Dalglish!"

I took my eyes off the ground, turned. There, hung on a clear hard blue sky and rising in silver challenge to the darkening day, was the lunar splendor of beautiful New Hampshire above Cardigan Mountain to the east. I gazed in awe as I watched it float demurely above the topmost fringe of the ridge. I looked up at the young boy who had been stopped in his day by beauty, struck by great expectations. I could share with him joyously the excitement of wonder- a capacity I had thought on the wane among the sometimes

"Western civilization may not be able to survive long without fantasies any more than individuals can exist without dreaming." -Frank E. Manuel and Fritzie E. Manuel in

Utopian Thought in the Western World

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cynical young. I thought of the good-natured laughter that sometimes responds to Headmaster Wakely's frequent "It's a beautiful day in New Hampshire." But such an aesthetic pleasure is really not uncommon among us here; we cannot ignore it any more than could Whittier when he wrote: "Beauty seen is never lost." And then back in our study we looked up something of Tennyson we had remembered. His search for the finite had brought him to these lines: Flower in the cranied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower - but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.

Yet, we are bred on disciplines that take us from the IIlOments of truth when some sudden insight stops us to ponder the universe. A local broadcaster from WVPR Radio in Windsor, Vermont, gives us about a minute each day of his own ponderin1;;s on the natural world. He calls it "The Nature of Things.' He is Will Curtis, whom I thank each time he stirs my sleepy eyelids to go to the window. and watch something out there that waits for me. A sunrise, birds on the wing, the budding of a flower, the glittering fragments of light on the lake, a con-trail minutely drawn in the high sky on a cold dawn- or whatever, whatever indeed with which I can start the day with enrichment. But time calls me, bells ring, hurried footsteps remind me.

n a Newsweek column a year or so back, a contributor Iof_T1me. wrnte M)_' ~urn column headed ''.Punctuality is the Thief Strikmgdown one of the pillars of the Puritan ethic ~

with some playful jibes, his point was worth thinking about.

Of course, as he implied with a sprinkling of salt across his message, lateness inflicts a loss upon all concerned. Yet we do spend our ti~e, he insists, on such trivia in our day that w_e leave no time for watchmg the moon or noticing a budsong or flower, and the punctuality demanded of us takes all that could be a margin for such enrichment in our busy day. And that would include looking into a face smiling at a student, or inquiring after someone's progress a~ we stop for a second of greeting. Taking the moment to assure someone that Cardigan is indeed a community small, where people see and know each other increasingly with more interest and empathy as the year goes along.

Studs Terkel, that marvel of inquiry into the human condition, states it well in his new book, American Dreams: Lost and Found, and with such empathy and attention that a reviewer called him "The Great American Ear": "My goal is to s_u ~1ve the day. To survive it with a semblance of grace, curiosity and a sense Ive done something good. I can't survive the day unless everyone else survives it too. I live in a communit)'.1 and if this community isn't in good shape, neither am I. There are no ships that pass unseen in the night in the broad and intense experience Terkel draws from his wide world. Like Henry James, the novelist1 he tries to be "one on whom nothing is lost." Beauty is in perfecting human concern, in relationships that build, not cut down.

The "inf_inite sensibility," to go to James again for this phrase which he applied as a prerequisite for the novelist can be part of the response of all who waken to the great e~pectations of life. To see, ~ence to feel. One of our faculty wives, Mrs. Crowell, sees with her camera into the delicate webbing of a leaf or the subtle chiaroscuro of a flower in its forest setting of varying light. The carillon atop the chapel sends out Chopm to contrast with the validity for the young of their thumping disco rhythms. A football coach chants a "Down, hit it, roll, get your foot going" as the fierce and rhythmic rehearsal for victory cracks the chill autumn air days before the big game. Mr. Finkbeiner of the Music Department with his versatile touch moves from the training of y~ung yoices in th_e choir or organ music for Chapel or one of his recitals to cultivate the many flower beds to which he and Mrs. Wakely annually bring their green thumbs and appreciative spirit to give pause again here and there for beauty. nd so in beautiful New Hampshire, we form our credos.

A To cherish that inner excitement of discovery of our world of ourselves a~d others in competition and friend1

ship, m class, on the Job, selves which reach out to touch another, if we can ring in an echo of telephone advertising. The down-to-earth touch (or down-to-moon) sends man to walk the earth in beauty or the moon for science while its pale beams search out our evening walks. And thus we beat away the flies of existence and do not worry about the t~ieves of time. Headmaster Wakely commanded a mornmg wat~h atop Cardigan ~fountain for a dawn tracking of the sun with 45 students stirred from their sleep. Their wakening grumbles faded away and gasps of awed realization greeted a new day's birth. Quite an accomplishment among the young whose taste for sleep is legendary! True, reenforcement was necessary in the form of some work detail for those who clung t~ the pillow and did not show up on time.

No need among those who came back from the mountain wit~ a new realization to fear being judged as oddballs for takmg a nature walk. They knew what they had seen. They were too totally absorbed in the joy of their discovery.

W~o walks with beauty has no need of fear; Th~ sun and the moon and the stars keep pace with him.

Inv1s1~le hands restore the ruined year, And t1_me, ~tself, grows beautifully dim, One hill will keep the footprints of the moon That came and went a hushed and secret hour.

-David Morton And_ so on~ further year of Cardigan life will keep the 1 · footprints of its many sons with great expectations as they go. their busy ways, some at the end, as they do each year gomg on to further maturing experiences on even highe; level~ of grow_th.. But always as they do so, leaving the 1mpnnt of theu discoveries in the memories of those who shared their journey.

-Garven Dalglish,

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On and Off Campus Summer Session: Coming from 17 different states 11 foreign coun~ries, 147 boys and girls began the Cardigan Summer Sess10n on June 25, the 29th year of this activity for t~e School. Among the 38 faculty, some came great distances, as far as Florida and Colorado, for a 4: 1 overall student:faculty ratio, assuring a good reason for the success of the program. With such individualized classroom attention by _d~d_icated teachers who were also dormitory parents and activities leaders, the experience for all was an enrichment. Highlights were: excellent gymnastic training capped ~Y a gymnastic exhibition; a day at the beach and deep sea fishmg (_they haule~ m 300 lbs.); the trailcamping program in the White Mountams; horseback riding at the Dartmouth College facility; trapshooting, riflery, tennis - and other to_urnaments; w~terfr~n~ fun ~,nd sailing; a magic show; the Gilbert and Sullivan Mikado performance on closing day August 8th, and numerous other events. Says Directo; Jeffrey Hicks: "Congratulations are in order to the outstanding faculty of this Session! And best wishes go out to_ the students, w_ho, it is hoped, are now better able to cope with ,,the academic challenges and opportunities in their hves.

Humanities Program: On Sept. 30th, the annual trip was made by 8th Graders to Shelburne Museum in Vermont, under the direction of Mr. Shelton. Spending the day at this museum of Americana were 68 8th Graders .

Hakala (9th Grade student who came to CMS fro~ Finland), 8 teachers, Messers. Barron, Hart Heath Peck, Rives, Shelton and Mrs. Carey and ~s. Peck, and ~r. Wakely. The museum occupies 45 buildings of Americana. On the scene are: the last pleasure ship to cruise Lake Cha~plain, the Ticonderoga; a lighthouse; a decoy house; carnage shed; train shed; hunting lodge and many others.

On the evening of October 8th, another Humanities event directed by Mr. Shelton was a talk by Mr. Craig Howland, CMS instructor in Spanish. He recounted with slides he took in his part in the re-enactment for the 1976 Bicentennial c~lebrati_on - the ~rek taken in 1775-1776 by General Knox m hauling the artillery from Ft. Ticonderoga

to Boston. Travelling as orderly to the impersonator of the 6foot, 200-pound general, Mr. Howland and others accompanied men and materiel of this project by the Massachusetts government over the identical trail of 300 miles and in the same sub-zero weather as at the time of the original trip.

A Conestoga wagon, a regular farm wagon and seven sledges all of these drawn by horses and oxen which needed to be fed en route, added to the realism of the re-enactment. At his slide-talk before 70 entranced students, Mr. Howland displayed the kind of winter apparel worn at the time muzzle loader flint-locked pistol and a mortar. He fired th~ mortar with blank cartridge to further the realism in a flash of fire aimed over Franklin House from its stimulated pad outside the auditorium. .

The 1980-81 Student Body: On a beautiful midSeptember day, Cardigan began its 35th year with 93 boys returning from last year, plus 74 "new boys", the majority of whom were with CMS for the 1980 Summer Session. "With a total of. 168 boys _we_are of~ to a comfortably full start," says Mr. Rich, Admiss10ns Director. The enrollment includes: 60 Seniors, 70 8th Graders; 27 in the 7th Grade; 11 in the 6th which makes this year's 6th Grade the largest since 1975'.

The boys come from all points: the largest number from Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York (in that or~er), Sunshine Belt states ar~ strongly represented, Florida bemg 4th from the top now m the numl:ier of boys in the Cardigan total enrollment. There are 15 from Florida 8 from California, 6 from Texas. In all, 22 states are represented plus 18 boys from outside the United States. Three boys come from Thailand; 3 from Guatemala; 2 each from Bermuda Finland, and Switzerland; and one each from Dubai Ghana' Japan, Panama, Suriname and Venezuela. "A cosm~polita~ ~roup, yes," observes Director of Admissions Mr. Rich and happily living together on the shores of Canaan Street Lake, where we look forward to making 1980-1981 a most productive year for all!"

Elec_tion: The Seventh Graders plan to hold a presidential elect10n at school, which by the time this Commentary appears may or may not be in prediction of the final national result. Social Studies Department will take all classes to the polls at the Old Meeting House in Canaan to see democracy m action.

Museum Trip: A 9th Grade trip to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts has been scheduled for November 12th with a guided tour of the "Where's Boston" exhibit ~nd the Classical Section of the Museum. They will als~ visit the Egyptian Section.

Summer Proj~cts: Under the supervision of Mr. Hart, the Summer Pro1ect program came to a climax with the following winners, all of equal rank: Mike Denby for his woodchuck skeleton presentation, together with' photographs; John Mahoney for his nuclear power presentation; Eiki Mera for his model of a World War II tank and soldiers and diarama; Jon Roth for his scale model of a house. (See Perspectives, this issue, for further detail by Mrs. Shelton).

Glee Club: The following were chosen for the singers' activity under the direction of Mr. Finkbeiner for choir and concert programs: Alper, Ball, Burke, Cooper Dodi, Drummond, duPont, Dust, Forsyth, Fura: George, Goldfarb, Goode, Hartnett, Lamsam Leffman, McAuliffe, McKee, Mendoza, Meyer' Miller, Mitchell, Murphy, Naft, Orton:

Reithoffer, Renkert, Rice, Ryan, Samos Sukhavanij, Swaebe, Verheul, Wargin, Wiener: Woodbury, Yetman, and Yacavone.

Fall Club Program: With a beginning in the 2nd week of school, 17 different activities have resulted, taking place every Thursday afternoon from 2:45 to 4: 15. Some boys go up to Dartmouth for _horseback riding. Some stay to work on campus, some behmd locked doors for the secrets of magic.

Blaze Staff, under Mrs. Carey, Mr. Barron and Mr. Heath and newly elected editor, 9th Grader Chris ~ol~arb, is off to a flying start. New equipment, mcludmg an enlarger, has given new range and quality to photographic possibilities out of the dark room. The.new yearbook seems to be on its way to make this year's the best so far. Model Club, Mr. H~rt a_nd Mr. Rives directing, has about 20 members workmg m two groups one with plastic models, the other with flyable wood pla~es. , · Drama a~tivity is enthusiastically under way, having had two meetmgs by press time at which under faculty sponsorship of Mrs. Dalglish and Mr'. Charky and M_rs. Shelton, officers became: David Wargin, Pres.; Richard Stevens, Secty.; Alan Yacavone, Treas., and. two vice-pres., Clark Orton for actors on stage, and Neal Cooper for properties. Student director is Scott S~aebe: Pr~cticing has alr~ady begun, covering timing, voice ,Pro1ect1on, gestures, tapmg on video of Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart , to help students observe their own skills. "Patience understanding, insight and learning lines are also part of th~ actor's t~ainin~," says Mr. Charky. Workshops are planned mcludmg one by Rev. Mahoney "The Magic of ~a~eup." The Club has a $5 membership fee and an admiss10n charge to help the new Learning Center Fund.

Visits to Dartmouth Theaters are also ahead.

Other clubs are quickly advancing their individual progra!lls. ~~- Carey with backgammon; Mr. Coffin, weight hftmg; Mr. <;oo.,er with craft, leather, ceramics; Mr. Crowell, navigation; Mr. Farrell, Wind Power (windmills); Mr. Hicks, fly fishing; Mr. Howland 1 Tai Chi; Mr. Cantlin and Mr. Marrion, sportsman; Mr. Shelton, woodcarving; Mr. Slaby, music · Mrs. Boucher, riding; Mr. Blunt, Ping-Pong· Mr. Marks woodworking; Mr. Finkbeiner, senio~ project. Sub~ stitutes on the ready are: Mr. Dalglish, Mr. Peck and Mr. O'Malley. ' Mr. and Mrs. Hart attended the Breadloaf School of English this summer, Mr. Hart for courses in Writing as Process and Experiment in the Modern Novel· Mrs. Hart for Poetry and Fiction Writing. ' Sandwich Fair _o n Oct. 13 to~k. the_entire student body and faculty to this annual festivity m Center Sandwich N.H., to spend the entire day, classes being cancelled'.

The students enjoyed this rural classic with contests animal exhibits, prize awarding, sideshows and numerou~ commercial attractions.

Parents' Weekend: This annual fall gathering of parents whose sons are at Cardigan as new students attracted 192 people including parents and friends to the campus on Oct. 4th and 5th for class visits, athletic events teas a chapel service, meetings with teachers and, as a gr~up with Headmaster Wakely, the chance to see their sons in their school environment proved a rewarding experience for all.

Died: Mr. Wilfred W. Clark, who was Headmaster of Cardigan Mountain School from 1950-1955, died in Exeter, N.H. He had been retired in 1972 from teaching in Portsmouth, which began in 1968 following a position he held . from 1956 as Headmaster of the Chapel Hill School in Waltham, Mass. Since his retirement he has been active in various groups devoted to the interests of the aging, including the AARP and the New Hampshire Retired Teachers Association, of which he was Vice President.

Elected: Mr. Wakely, Headmaster, has been made Vice President of the Elementary School Heads Association. He had been a member of this association since 1973. The organization, founded in that year, draws its membership from those Heads of any indet,endent school which is a member of the National Association oflndependent Schools and which provides instruction to children at least as far as grade three and no farther than grade nine. The total membership of the Association for last year was 115 member schools, nationwide.

Faculty News: Mr. and Mrs. Shelton proudly announce the selection of their daughter, Catherine, 8th grader, to play the English horn as a member of the New Hampshire Youth Symphony Orchestra. This much praised musical organization chooses its musicians by a highly selective process and gives statewide concerts throughout the year. Cathy thus joins another faculty daughter, Debbie Crowell, Northfield-Mt. Hermon 10th Grader, who has been playing 1st clarinet with the Orchestra for the past three years.

Mr. Howland gave instruction during the summer of 1980 at a technical rock-climbing school.

Promotion: Mr. Schuyler Peck '63, CMS Social Studies teacher, has been appointed by the Administration to be in charge of Annual Giving and Development with the title: Director of Alumni Affairs and Development. This new responsibility for Mr. Peck began on November 1st, at which time he relinquished his academic role, although continuing his athletic supervision in coaching reserve football, varsity hockey, varsity tennis. This new role for Mr. Peck, who has his M.A.L.S. degree from Dartmouth, and who has been teaching at Cardigan since 1970, is assigned in recognition of his organizing ability evidenced in both field and classroom.

Mr. Marks, who joined the CMS faculty in September 1980 as Shop Instructor, completed his studies at Bowling Green State University, in Bowling Green, Ohio, to earn his Master of Fine Arts degree.

Mr. Coffin, instructor in mathematics, spent the summer restoring and converting his late 18th Century Enfield NH house into apartments. ' Mr. Dalglish wrote a biography during the summer, about an industrialist, to be published in the summer of 1981.

Mr. Ramos, Mathematics Department Chairman, will be holding computer classes for his department to introduce the use of the computer in class instruction.

Mr. Charky, instructor in French, newly on the faculty of CMS, who has taught the language at college level for six years, and understands Arabic, has spent the last three

summers with the Canadian-American Hockey Group, for training in coaching ice hockey. He is present! y formulating an ice-hockey manual on coaching and psychological procedures.

Mr. Crowell, science teacher and CMS sailing coach, spent 6 weeks sailing this summer over 1800 nautical miles from Baddeck, Nova Scotia to Hopedale, Labrador. He was navigator on a friend's ketch, the 43-foot Sleipnir. Unlike Canaan St. Lake sailing, this area he sailed, Iceberg Alley, as it is called, known now to be rich in off-shore oil possibilities, ranking No. 1 in the world, presented the wool-clad, parka-packed crew: cold, fog, 200-foot high icebergs weighing several million tons, so big they scra_pe and furrow the bottom of the sea and with underwater ledges (you can at least see) which must be avoided on pain of instant sinking of any craft, (viz, Titanic in 1912). Add endless unmarked islands and peninsulas, with very few buoys, lighthouses and radio beacons. Add the arctic weather along a high rocky coast and frequent use of stormsails, reefs or reduced sail and progress was necessarily slow for this relatively small (compared to the icebergs) boat, sleeping eight. In one gale the boat logged eight knots with stormsail only. Yet ev.en with only seven clear days out of forty, Mr. Crowell and his companions, he says, were "awestruck by the stark beauty of their journey via west coast of Newfoundland,i Strait ofBelle Isle and the Laborador coast, rocky islands, tiords, salmon, huge breaching whales, porpoises, friendly natives."

Th e Sleipnir, 43-ft. ketch, with Mr. Crowell in the crew, off Labrador, July 1 - August 8, 1980.

Accreditation: Cardigan Mountain School has long maintained standards since its founding in 1945, worthy of official approval by accrediting boards. This past year, after an analysis of these standards, accreditation was received from the New England Association of Independent Schools and Colleges. That our school was the first boarding school at this level, 6th through 9th Grade, to be given the full evaluation procedure, was gratifying in assuring administration and faculty of the worth of their efforts in providing the best possible educational experience for boys in preparation for higher grade levels. All aspects of Cardigan life were appraised and found worthy of the accreditation by this strict measurement. ·Mountain Day: This annual event drew the entire school and faculty to the 4800-foot climb of Mt. Moosilauke on October 6th, one of the most beautiful days of the year. With full faculty and student participation, groups closely organized made the ascent for a breathtaking panorama of the beautiful fall foliage. Young (Jason Peck at four years of age on his father's back) and not so young, in years at least (Mr. and Mrs. Dalglish- with the help of one ski pole each) - his first climb to the top since his freshman year, 19261 at Dartmouth - made it to the top, and by the hard climD. .

command. Early in the school year, Mr. Heath gave a demonstration to faculty dorm masters of fire fighting equipment - hoses, extinguishers, extending lengths of hose from a central hydrant on campus to various dorm locations and showing appropriate ways to extinguish blazes before they spread. Mr. Marrion called faculty coaches and others together for a demonstration of how to handle athletic injuries from the moment on the field to transportation to medical and hospital care. On October 14, 35 9th Grade CMS students were drafted as "victims" for Hitchcock Hospital ambulance crews to handle in a simulated disaster drill in Enfield, complete with overturned bus . and first aid techniques and tranj!"t to the hospital. "They just beautifully," said Hea aster Wakely, "car) · did rying the drill all the way realistically."

Volunteer teaching: Mrs. Crowell offers her talents and knowledge to help gifted children at Canaan Elementary School to find their strengths in developing their special talents and interests. She also is a professional in flower arrangements and horticulture carried out in connection with her job at a Hanover florist shop.

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Mrs. Marilyn Johnson, Language Training instructor, is organizing volunteers to help with 1st graders' reading at Canaan Elementary School, also with a man for woodcraft instruction to promote visual motor skills; another teacher reads stories to encourage finding fun in reading; another helps to make puzzles from food packages; another is dancing along with the children for coordination of left-toright movements to facilitate reading in the left-to-right pattern.

Semper Paratus: The "always ready" features of CMS life were focused on three prominent events during the first part of the school year, each of them the result of the combined roles of Mr. Marrion and Mr. Heath as they form a watchful team to ward off danger, or to take care of it should the unexpected happen. Registered as EMT's in the Canaan Fast Squad, they have an ambulance, fire prevention equipment and various rescue and triage techniques at their

On the Fields: Varsity Football, with coaches Collins, Marrion, Slaby, has Eric Lake and Pierre deAmezola as co-captains for this year. With 10 members in the 8th Grade, it is a young team. Good running has been shown by Chris Newman, Kevin Powers, Ted Drummond, and David Sampsonis in the back field.

Off to a slow start, the team lost its first three games: Plymouth 14-0; Eaglebrook 16-14; Woodstock 6-0. Matt Ramsby is doing a fine job on the signal calling.

Reserve Football: This year's Reserve Football Team is off to one of its finest starts ever. After dropping the first game to an excellent club from Plymouth 28-6, the Cardigan Cougars have won their last four ball games. With 4 games still to play1 coaches Peck and Cooper are very optimistic and hope tor a winning season. Greg Whitcomb and David Wargin were elected co-captains for the season.

Varsity Soccer, coaches Hicks and Rives, co-captains Dave Dobrowski and Joe Dodi, won its first 4 games this year with two 4-0 wins over Bow Memorial; a 3-1 win over Mascoma; and trouncing Hartford 7-1. Defeats came at the hands of an outstanding Eaglebrook team, 6-1, and to Thetford 2-1. They look forward to the remaining 4 games against Hanover's A&. B teams and, on Nov. 8th, a trip for the Eaglebrook Tournament.

Reserve Soccer: Coaches Heath and Barron, cocaptains Peter Hadlock and Sam Miller - Sam Miller's report tells the story: "Even though we have started out badly with a 1-3-2 record, we had a convincing 4~3 win and we should be getting a lot better. One of the main · reasons why we are now doing well is we are not playing· musical goals any more and Jamie Malm is coming into his own as the goalie. Others playing well are: Sam Conkling, Jon Mayer and sometimes John Harleman."

Third Soccer, coaches Ramos and Charky won its second game of the season, making a record for the first time for any CMS 3rd team. Goals were scored by Stu~rt Phelps (2), Mark Sukhavanij and Dan Guggenheim. The team's record thus far: 2 wins, 4 losses. Looking forward to improving their record to .500 and possibly with a winning record.

Cycling Team.: So far this fall has been placing well, Pat Spohrer, Paul Kelly, and Dave Roth, placing 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively in the Kennebunk (Me.) criterium.

The team coach, Mr. Farrell, elected to race against the Seniors there and collected a bundle of prizes, such as a $50 U.S. savings bond and merchandise which will be used to purchase uniforms next spring. During the summer, 6 students from Cardigan - David Roth, Paul Kelly, Doug Burke, Chad Tatham. and Patrick S_pohrer and ex-CMS Richard Sincerbeaux, now at Deerfield Academy, attended the New England Cycling Academy, Danbury, N.H., which Mr. and Mrs. Farrell began this year for about 60 registrants from all over New England. Rolling up 300 miles a week, they learned many skills to place well in local and regional races and became licensed competitors in the intermediate division of the U.S. Cycling Federation. After last season's 2nd £lace in the New England Prep School Championships, the 'Enfants Terrible" of the Cardigan Mt. School intend to make another "break away" this spring.

Annual Fund Drive: The 19 80-81 Annual Fund Drive is due to start October 24. A total of $20,847 has already been received in cash and pledges from 14 members of the special Cardigan 1945 Club. Once again, the goal has been set by the Trustees at $85,000. We are off to a great start and are very optimistic about this year's fund drive.

Perspectives Foreign Languages Alive and Well at Cardigan hree years ago S_panish was re-introduced to the course T offerings at Cardigan in response to parental interest in having their sons exposed to that language and culture. The language offerings at one time included French, S_panish and Latin, but several years ago these were reduced to French only as a result of a declining interest in Foreign Languages and the students' lack of success in these courses.

Any small school finds it difficult to offer a wide variety of courses at different levels of difficulty simply because the enrollment will not support nor warrant that diversity in terms of time, space, faculty and expense. As the calibre of students at Cardigan improved and the academic program became more rigorous, it has been possible to ofter both French and Spanish at two levels in grades eight and nine and to offer an introductory exposure to both French and Spanish in gr_ade seven. 1:'hese courses have increased in popularity and importance m recent years. ne recent survey stated that nationallyf only 15 percent O of high school students are current y enrolled in a foreign language course. At Cardigan 7 5 percent of students eligible to carry a language are doing so. Students not eligible are sixth graders to whom the courses are not offered and students in the Language Training program who should delay study of a foreign language and whose programs do not nermit a language to be scheduled.

There are currently 87 students in Foreign Language courses, most of whom are in upper level courses which cover through second-year French or Spanish by the end of grade nine.

Mr. Hicks, who heads that department, has done an excelient job of developing programs and facilities, and plans for the new Learning Center to include a suite for Foreign Languages that will further increase the popularity and effectiveness of the program.

Other members of the Language Department are Mr. Howland, Spanish; Mr. Ram.os, Spanish; and Mr. Charky, who teaches French with Mr. Hicks.

-Joseph M. Collins, A ssistant Headmast er

New Faculty ach year brings new teachers to our campus to intus~ E the school with new ideas, perspectives and experiences.

We are always sorry to see faculty depart, but it is inevitable that each year some will leave to broaden their experience as educators, to do further study in their subject area or to pursue new and different careers. Extensive searching and interviewing resulted in the enlistment of seven new people who have made a good start in the school year and who show promise of making important contributions to all areas of school life.

Nela and Gary Marks come to us from Tiffin, Ohio, where Nela has been teaching Art and Gary completed his M.F.A. program at Bowling Green State University. Nela is teaching the studio art program, and Gary is conducting the woodworking program. They share the dormitory duties of Hinman II with Wim and Ginny Hart, and Gary is involved with the intramural sports program.

Bill Barron, from Colorado, brings a variety of experiences in teaching, counselling and coaching from work in schools and youth centers. He is teaching English, is an advisor in Hayward dormitory and among other duties, will • institute our first formal wrestling program this winter.

Helen Hathaway, who is completing work for a Ph.D. in English, is teaching English and typing. She has taught at Exeter and has been Director of Studies at the Woodstock School in Vermont.

Her knowledge and experience in English adds good depth to our English Depart ment.

John Charky, from Los Angeles is teaching Frenchf assisting with French II dormitory and iving in Proctor House to supervise it when Mr. Rich has to be off campus. Mr. Charky is new to teaching but has had extensive experience in working with boys through coaching in West Coast hockey programs.

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Joseph McIntyre, R.N., is our school nurse and the first male to hold that position at Cardigan. We have all become accustomed to calling the nurse "he," and his enthusiasm and involvement outside the infirmary are already felt and appreciated. His friendship with Mary Stevens, assistant nurse, goes back many years and provides a very compatible and smooth-running team in Health Services at Cardigan.

Frank O'Malley spent the last six years as principal-teacher at a one-room schoolhouse in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, where he taught six grades in one room. He is uniquely prepared for the type of individualized teaching required for our sixth grade. He and his son, Soren, and two black Labradors reign over Clark-Morgan III. Mr. O'Malley is involved in the cycling program with Mr. Farrell.

-Joseph M. Collins, A ssistant Headma ster

Beyond the Brink nyone witness to our recent Summer Projects A display, exhibited in the Social Center during Parents' Weekend, can't ignore the fact that for at least 34 of our returning students, the summer fulfilled a particularly personal promise for each boy. Due to the structure of the Summer Projects program, each returning student, in lieu of reading from a selected book list, was allowed to consult with his chosen advisor to pick a suitable project for summer work, and follow through on his own during the summer months.

Such projects inevitably reflect not only the inclination but also individual interests and abilities of the student, an important facet of the program.

For example: the opportunity finally to construct the scale model of a house as the culmiation of last year's more casual work with a local draftsman produced the comment, "I know things I would change when I do it again"; a fine house model with detailed interior design; and a stronger, more solid background knowledge of a potential profession. Thirtythree other projects produced varying degrees of similar individual response. ardigan's Resource Center deals with nearly 200 such C individuals yearly, dealing with a wide range of requests and interests. One of our main functions is that of a clearinghouse for reference materials, providing either primary or background information in an increasingly more complex format than books alone.

Some students find listening to a recorded book yields more understanding than its printed form. Others are more receptive to a filmstrip graphic of a math concept than a more traditional classroom explanation.

Listening to recorded experience by holocaust survivors themselves brings a sense of immediacy and personal clarity often lacking from the middle school history text.

There are many ways to reach a mind - and then to stretch it. The Resource Center works closely with the Reading-Study Skills Department in a well-defined program.

he joint instruction focuses on the student with specific goals in mind: identifying the student's need in a given T situation; developing his own skills to find the right materials to satisfy that need; instructing him in how to use those materials in the most productive manner; and training him- in the skills most necessary for the presentation of that information, using whatever methods are most appropriate.

At the middle school level, the client mind is an 'itchy" thing. One of our faculty members called his attempts one day as "frustrating as trying to teach a bunch of crickets."

We must recognize this trait in a junior school resource center. We attempt to flag those hopscotching thoughts by providing a wide variety of leisure and recreational reading materials, the stuff which develops good browsing habi:ts.

In doing so, we may "trap" some of those fancies and thereby initiate the development of more serious individual pursuit toward a more personally directed goal. ne of the frustrations on the instructional level is that often we can never tell if we are successful. Who knows O if that seventh grader's interest in the Boston bull terrier is the reminder of a well-loved pet at home, a summer spent helping out on the dog show circuit, or is it simply the most familiar item on which to find material for a required research project?

And do we know if it will lead to: more reports on other dogs, deeper interest in training and handling, or maybe just the easing (or, worse yet, increasing) of a sudden case of homesickness?

But we know we are on the right track. The evidence is in the quick response to "Who has World Book #5?"; the sudden flash of humor that a shy student lets slip from a funny cartoon; the short but sweet glow of genuine challenge gleaned in a shared hunt for an elusive answer; and those satisfying "came-the-dawn" expressions that only those in teaching can truly appreciate.

All of these combine to show us that we often reach the brink of real understanding and individual development.

Neither the student nor we can ever afford to ignore it.

-Carol Shelton, CM S librarian

Alumni News Robert "Bubbalou" Vickers '68: Bob, on vacation after a two-week stint at the Sahara Reno with his new group, Bubbalou and the Extremes, sends regards to all his R&.B fanatics at Cardifan. Also look for his hit single, "Love All Over the Place,' if you travel to Europe. It's on Stiff Records.

Nate Brown '77, stopped by the campus on 9/ 22/ 80. Jie joined us for dinner. Nate graduated from the Kent School and is now a freshman at Dartmouth where he is also manager of the varsity hockey team.

Tom Corney '61 and his wife, Margaret, of Cincinnati, visited the campus on 9/ 21/80.

Richard Weeks '59 is co-ordinator of counseling at Colorado Academy in Englewood, Colorado. He conducts human growth and divorce adjustment seminars in the comm1.mity.

Michael Choukas '70 is an administrative assistant for Senator Leahy of Vermont. Mike was praised by the Senator for his contribution in putting together a coalition of senators supporting the amendment to the Amtrak bill.

Mike was part of the team which was, in effect, responsible

for saving the Montrealer-Washingtonian run for Amtrak.

Jeff Cady '66 married Rosamond Kittredge Clukay on September 27, 1980 at the Clukay home in Dublin, New Hampshire.

Peter Gerard '66 and wife, Sophie, visited the campus on July 9.

Larry Diggs '72. was married on July 26 to Martha Yurick of Olean, N.Y. Larry is a salesman for an industrial firm.

He was graduated from the University of Colorado last June.

Richard Macy Harris '72. is working for the Mohawk Paper Company outside of Albany, N.Y. Peter Secor '77 was graduated from South Kent School in June and will be attending Northeastern University in the fall.

Bob Chartener '73 graduated from Princeton University on June 5, 1980 with an A.B. degree in English. He then spent most of the summer traveling through Europe. In the fall he began working for the investment banking firm of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York City.

John H. Christy '62., Sgt. l.C., is an instructor in the Veterinary Science Division at the Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston. He received the Army Commendation Medal (first oak leaf cluster) for meritorious service while assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity, Fort Dix, New Jersey. He was cited for his duty as noncommissioned officer in charge, Philadelphia Class I Supply Point and Philadelphia Navy Commissary, Veterinary Activity, from April 1978 to January 1980. He lives with his wife, Marjean, and two sons, Jerrod and Jason, in San Antonio, Texas.

Frank P. "Chip" White, Jr. '7 4 is in his last year at Susquehanna University, studying computer programming.

Bob Lincoln '61 reports from Mt. Desert, Me., where he has a business turning out beautifully designed wood boats and other small craft, that he was pleased to read in our Cardigan Commentary how we extol individual excellence, as this has always been his goal. "I feel motivation suffers," he writes, "when my individuality is subjugated to conformity."

Steven J. Gallagher '76 reports that he is in his 4th year in the U.S. Marine Corps. When it ends in Jan. '81, he plans to begin study of police science or law enforcement at 'some eastern college."

Ex-CMS staffer, Cornelius (Nick) Bakker, who was Business Manager of Cardigan for 3 years until 1970, is now Business Manager at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Mass.

He delivered a talk before the Elementary School Heads Association in October on "Innovation in School Programming in a Tight Economy."

CARDIGAN COMMENTARY Vol. 2, No. 1 November 1980 CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL Canaan, New Hampshire 03741 Carven Dalglish, Editor Carol Shelton, Associate Editor Published at regular intervals throughout the school year

Calendar

Oct. u Oct. 16 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. IO Nov.11

Fall term Long Weekend begins, 11 noon Fall term Long Weekend ends, 'J p.m.

Drama Club trip to Manchester West High School Campus Halloween Party Humanities program: Kitchen Sink Mime Theater, 7:lS p.m.

Senior Portraits taken 'Jth Grade trip to Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Nov.11

Humanities pro~am: David Waud, "Tails of the South Pacific," 7:lS p.m.

Nov. ZS

Thanksgiving recess begins, 11 noon

Dec. 13

Thanksgiving recess ends, 'J p.m.

Humanities program: Worcester (Mass.)

Armor Museum, 7:lS p.m.

S.S.A.T. for Ninth Graders

Dec. 17

Annual Christmas Pageant, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 18 Jan. s

C~ristmas Vacation begins, 6:30 a.m.

Christmas Vacation ends, 'J p.m.

Dec. Dec.

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