Hebron Academy Semester | May 1999

From the Headmaster’s Desk…

Come Home to Hebron W e begin the countdown in earnest. Five years from now is the Bicentennial year for this wonderful school of ours.

For members of the Hebron Academy family, the story is familiar. William Barrows, John Greenwood, Asa Bearce and the five other veterans of the American Revolutionary War, made their laborious way through the northern wilderness to the Shepardsfield Plantation to build their rude homes on land that comprised back wages for military service. Having established their church in 1791, having incorporated their village in 1792, they turned to the final piece of their three-part creation, Hebron Academy. In 1804 they received their charter for the new school; in September of 1805 approximately twenty boys and girls began their classes in the tworoom building that doubled as school and church.

Five years from now we will commemorate two hundred years of courage in adversity, of commitment to truth, and of the power of the idea of home.

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here has certainly been adversity aplenty, the fire which flattened the school in 1819, the fire of 1926, the direct hit on enrollment as wars— Civil, World War II—called students out of class and onto the battlefield. A stroke took Principal Sargent from the school family, a very serious illness challenged Headmaster Allen in the last years of his tenure, a heart attack carried Headmaster Leyden from us in 1985.

These widely known and deeply felt adversities were hard in themselves, but they are also emblems of the adversity which is always present in a large, passionate and purposeful family like our school family: the homesick student, the failed course, the disciplinary expulsion.

When we have our 200th birthday celebration, we will not be celebrating exemption from adversity, a pastoral separation from the “real world,” but the way in which our institution’s bedrock values have sustained us through the adversities of the centuries.

As we begin the countdown, one of the most pressing adversities is to keep faith with the obligation to truth.

We are inundated with information these days—our email and internet, our television and cell phones—and we live in a moment of secular satisfaction, the brisk and sustained economy makes it possible to have many things. We tend to think that if only we schedule cleverly enough, if only we put the proper spin on information, and if we establish yet one more program, we can do, say and have all we want. We live in a time which does not take kindly to the idea of limits, sacrifice and unmalleable truth. At Hebron, then, we must defend bedrock truth all the more diligently: the Golden Rule, whatever its particular cultural articulation, is still a law to live by; your word is your bond; the only road to authentic happiness is the high road of a moral and honestly examined life. These truths don’t change, for all the changes we experience, and the Academy’s purpose remains to apply the material of a liberal education to their enactment.

And this is why, wherever you are, and wherever “home” may be for you now, the Academy is home.

“Home” is one of the oldest words we use. Long before William the Conqueror poured his Norman French into the native Anglo-Saxon, hom or ham (pronounced “hahm”) was the cluster of dwellings inhabited by an extended family, associated with protection, the place where one came to be sustained by a group of kindred spirit and thought. The word “home” has a long history, and is grammatically versatile: you can live at home (noun), go home (adverb), eat home cooking (adjective) and home in on the truth (verb). It is, I believe, the central source of pride and the central basis of its future obligations that Hebron Academy has been home to so many people over the years. I hope you will come home for Homecoming this fall (October 9th), make it a habit, and plan to be with us for the family birthday party at the Bicentennial in 2004.

Yours in stewardship,

Dr. Richard B. Davidson, Headmaster

Semester H E B R O N

A C A D E M Y

Hebron, Maine 04238

May 1999

features A Brief History of the Semester..................................................................2 1999 Cum Laude Speaker: Charles F. C. Ruff............................................3 Voices from the Past: The Diary of Nellie Day 1887 .................................7 Midd Kids—Whiz Kids...............................................................................14 On the cover: White House Counsel Charles F. C. Ruff at Cum Laude.

Remembering Barney Williams ................................................................18

Back cover: The 1999 Cum Laude Society.

Cover photography by Dennis Griggs, Tannery Hill Studio.

Celebrate Hebron at Homecoming ’99 ...................................................30

The Semester is published once each year, in May, by Hebron Academy, PO Box 309, Hebron ME 04238.

Issue No. 187 EDITOR

Jennifer F. Adams S TA F F W R I T E R

Helen T. Davidson David W. Stonebraker PHOTOGRAPHY

Jennifer F. Adams Helen T. Davidson Dennis and Diana Griggs Hebron Academy Archives Spectator staff David W. Stonebraker and friends Hebron Academy reaffirms its long-standing policy of nondiscriminatory admission of students on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, marital or parental status, or handicap. We do not discriminate in the administration of our educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs and athletic or other school-administered programs. Hebron Academy is an equal opportunity employer. © 1999 by Hebron Academy.

departments Hebroniana: Family Ties............................................................................13 Class Notes ................................................................................................22 Notable Alumnus: Roger Castle ’17 ....................................................23 Upcoming Events...................................................................................25 One Hundred Years Ago in the Semester...........................................28 Obituaries...............................................................................................29 Department Focus: Advancement ...........................................................32

From the Headmaster’s Desk Inside Front Cover

The Franklin Society Inside Back Cover

A Brief History of the Semester

both the patrons of the school and its many friends, will find the magazine to maintain a moral tone and an originality such as to be worthy of their confidence and appreciation.—[Eds. The editors were P. Benson Wing and George H. Berry.

The cover price was ten cents. Tuition varied from $4.00 to $6.00 depending on the course of study. Piano music, bookkeeping and penmanship were extra.

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elcome to the newly-revived Semester magazine!

The Semester began in 1880 as “a record of the school year” published by the students. The first issue included the following table of contents: Hebron. A Sketch of its Surroundings, - - - - -1 England and France in the 14th Century, - - -3 To my Ideal, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -5 Autumn, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -6 Metrical Version of the Iliad, - - - - - - - - - - -8 America, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -10 Base Ball, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -13 Editorial Notes, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -14 Obituary, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -16 Statistics of the School.

It also included the following mission: Our object in issuing the first number of the Semester is to lay the foundation of an enterprise, which shall improve with the passing of each term. It is the purpose of the students of the Academy to issue the magazine semi-annually during the sessions of Fall and Spring. None but original articles will be inserted. We hope that

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As promised, the magazine was published semi-annually for 30 years. Over time its mission expanded to include alumni/ae news. In 1911, the frequency increased to five or six issues per school year. This remained the case until the early twenties, when publication abruptly ceased and an actual alumni/ae magazine was instituted. The Hebronian emerged at this time and probably took the place of the Semester for campus news.

The Semester was revived in 1954 and resumed a publication schedule that ranged from a single issue to three in the course of a year. It was dropped completely at the end of 1989.

This year we are pleased and proud to debut the latest version of the Semester. Its primary purpose is that of an annual alumni/ae magazine. It will feature articles of general interest to alumni/ae and, of course, class notes.

Campus news will continue to the be the focus of the Hebronian, which will be published twice each year.

We hope you enjoy this issue of the Semester and we invite your comments. As the 1880 editors said, we hope you “will find the magazine…to be worthy of [your] confidence and appreciation.” Thank you for your continuing support of Hebron Academy.

Jennifer F. Adams Editor

Hebron Grandparent (and White House Counsel)

Charles F. C. Ruff Delivers Cum Laude Address He was just a regular guy, visiting his daughter at Hebron Academy, and he would certainly prefer to be known just as Samantha Wagner’s grandfather. But for anyone who saw even a small part of the Senate impeachment trial, it was an eerily familiar sight: an imposing figure sitting at the front of a crowded room with a central aisle and curving rows of seats.

And the room was quiet, although no Chief Justice maintained order.

Thanks to the invitation of his daughter, Hebron Latin teacher Christy Wagner, and the added attraction of visiting his only grandchild, White House Counsel Charles F. C. Ruff addressed the school community at this year’s Cum Laude Induction.

Below, Headmaster Richard Davidson’s introduction precedes a transcript of Mr. Ruff’s speech.

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ur Cum Laude speaker this afternoon has an easy business address to remember, should you care to write and thank him for being with us here at Hebron Academy for the final Cum Laude induction of the twentieth century: Mr. Charles F. C. Ruff, The White House, Washington, DC. Mr. Ruff is Counsel to the President of the United States.

Mr. Ruff is a 1960 graduate of Swarthmore College, with a degree in political science, and the Columbia Law School, from which he took his law degree in 1963.

While it is probable that neither Mr. Ruff nor his Swarthmore classmate Susan Willis were specifically concerned, at the time, with the future of classical studies at Hebron Academy in Maine, it is important for Hebron’s Latin scholars to record that Ms. Willis and Mr. Ruff were married upon graduation from Swarthmore and

became parents of two daughters, one of whom is our colleague Christina Wagner, distinguished teacher of Latin.

Mr. Ruff’s career in the law and public service is too astonishing in its range and in the importance of his contributions even to summarize. Some examples must suffice: He has been a teacher of the law at the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia, the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Antioch and the Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Ruff was partner for thirteen years in the distinguished Washington DC law firm of Covington & Burling, yet it seems clear that distinction in private legal practice cannot prevent his urge to perform public service. Mr. Ruff has been Associate and Acting Deputy Attorney General for the United States Justice Department, and United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. For the Justice Department he has served as Trial Attorney in the Organized Crime & Racketeering Section; he has been Deputy Inspector General for the U.S. Department of

Mr. Ruff and Headmaster Richard Davidson share a quiet moment before the Induction.

ALL CUM LAUDE PHOTOGRAPHY: DENNIS GRIGGS/TANNERY HILL

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Having fun means stretching, it means losing on occasion, it means taking chances…

Health, Education and Welfare, and Chief Inspector for the Drug Enforcement Administration.

It is hard to imagine having a free moment amidst all of these endeavors, but somehow Mr. Ruff has found time for myriad volunteer work. He has chaired advisory boards for the Department of Defense, the Multinational Panel to Inquire into the Curbing of Violence in the South Africa elections, served on the Board of Visitors for the Southern Methodist University Law School, the National College of District Attorneys, served as member and then President of the District of Columbia Bar Assocation, as member of the Gender Bias Task Force for the District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals. Perhaps during coffee breaks or while others were sleeping, he has published essays and monographs on a variety of legal topics, including enforcement policy, terrorism and corporate responsibility, and the role of federal prosecutors.

Mr. Ruff has, I believe as a blessing to all of us who treasure the Constitutional principles and freedoms which guide and protect the lives of Americans, been at the center of the two great legal struggles concerning the relationship of the executive and legislative branches of government occurring during the lifetime of many of us here today. He was Assistant Special Prosecutor, from 1973–1975, and Special Prosecutor from 1975–1977 in what we refer to as the Watergate Hearings which led to the resignation of

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President Richard Nixon in 1974 following a House Judiciary Committee referral to the Senate of articles of impeachment. And over the past year we have seen and heard his defense of President Clinton in the Judiciary Committee hearings of the House and Senate impeachment trial which concluded this past winter. For all of us privileged to witness his argumentation on behalf of the President, and whatever our personal political point of reference, we had the honor to hear the voice of towering intellect, the echo of passionate commitment to Constitutional principle.

Mr. Ruff, we are honored to have you with us. We here at Hebron Academy are especially privileged because we know from daily experience that all the accomplishments and honors to which I have so far alluded pale in comparison to that honor conferred upon you and Mrs. Ruff last December 19th, when your first grandchild, Samantha Blair Wagner arrived, gracing your life and ours, and very possibly providing additional inducement for you to accept our invitation to be our Cum Laude Day speaker.

Parents, family members, students, faculty and staff, I present to you Mr. Charles Ruff.

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hank you Dr. Davidson, Mr. Curtis, thank you all for having me here today. You’re quite right, I have to say that there was a little bit of extra impetus to come up to beautiful Hebron, because I didn’t want my granddaughter to make it through her first year without having to listen to a boring speech by her grandfather.

I have to tell you very honestly that it was a lot tougher thinking about what to say to this particular audience than it was to speak to a bunch of senators over the course of the last few months. I knew then what the general subject matter of my speech probably had to be, but I’ve spent a lot of time trying to think about what I could sensibly say to you. When Mrs. Wagner from your faculty called me a few months ago and asked if I’d come up today, I leapt at the opportunity, and I’ve spent the ensuing weeks facing the harsh reality that I actually had to think of something to say—that visiting my granddaughter was not going to be enough.

I will tell you that I often search for topics on which to give speeches, and this is no exception. Having rejected all my wife’s good ideas about what I ought to say to you, I decided I’d go to people whose business it is to do this almost every day. I stopped by the Vice President’s office and I told him what I had to do, and he said, “Well, that’s easy, I’ve got this great speech for you about how I invented the internet and you can use that.”

I politely made my way out of his office and told him that I appreciated that. I went to see the President, and he said, “I don’t have a clue, that’s why I have speech writers.” And so I went to the head speech writer, who sits in a little cubbyhole with a big computer and spits out all the wonderful words that the President says. And he said, “That’s not a problem at all, I can push any button on this computer and I can produce a speech on social security, on taxes, on global warming. Which of those would you like?” And I allowed as how really none of them would quite fit, but I thanked him for his help and unhappily had to go on my way.

Now you all have to recognize, as I’m sure you do, having attended enough comparable ceremonies to realize what happens when you ask somebody over fifty to come to talk to a group like this, that it is almost inevitable that you’re going to get just a little bit of moralizing. You’re going to get just a little bit of supposed wisdom from somebody who’s been asked to speak to “the next generation” and that’s certainly a higher risk when you’re talking about the last Cum Laude induction of the twentieth century. Because all of us are tempted, indeed sometimes overwhelmed, by the urge to talk about the new millennium. I will not talk about the new millennium—I forced myself not to do that—and more importantly I will try to be brief, but you won’t escape just a little bit of that moralizing and maybe a bit or two of some wisdom lodged in there somewhere.

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awyers are a strange beast in many ways. I’ve had a chance over the course of the years to talk to a lot of young lawyers and even not-so-young lawyers about what lies ahead of them. And they always are very organized. They come in, generally with long yellow pads, on which they have written every possible consideration that ought to bear on their decision about what job to take next, or what kind of work to do, or whatever the issue might be. And they usually have it divided down the middle and on the left it says pro and on the right it says con and they list all the reasons, and they expect at the end of the day to have a sort of equal sign at the bottom of the yellow pad that will tell them, without question, what their choice ought to be. And the only thing I’ve learned over the years is that it probably makes no sense whatsoever to try to dissuade them from their course; that what’s on the pro side of the list and what’s on the con side of the list are probably immovable. And so I generally just tell them, “Draw a big line through the yellow page and write one word at the bottom, and that word is ‘fun.’ Have fun.” Now that, for lawyers, is a very difficult thing to come to grips with. Having fun in the legal profession, at least on anything like a daily basis, is something that most lawyers

can’t contemplate. But I think the rule of having fun is the one thing I want to talk to you about today. Now having fun, as you’ll soon discover, in my definition isn’t exactly what you would find in the dictionary. But it’s close enough, and I thought I’d share it with you.

It seems to me that having fun does not mean that every day is Christmas and every night is New Year’s Eve. It doesn’t mean always winning.

It doesn’t mean that people are saying, “Wow, did you know what college she went to?” or “Do you know what job he took?”

Fun means something else.

And most of you and particularly I think the students who were inducted last year and are being inducted today into this society understand this full well. Having fun means stretching, it means losing on occasion, it means taking chances, it means doing things that lead you to wake up in the morning and say, “I’m really looking forward to this day.” And going to bed at night and saying “That wasn’t bad at all, I had a good time today.”

Not a good time because I necessarily won, not a good time because I got an A, not a good time because everything went right, but just because I did something today that was stimulating intellectually, that left me with a sense that the day was worth spending.

…it means doing things that lead you to wake up in the morning and say, “I’m really looking forward to this day.”

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Now the word “fun” connotes, I think, a little bit of selfishness. But my definition has one more element to it that I think will disabuse you of the notion of just having a good time, and meeting my standard of what is fun, and that is, I think, everyone must include in his or her own definition, making some sort of contribution.

Contributions come in many forms and in many ways.

They come because you’re a great parent and produce a great child. They come—as you all know here—because you can be a great teacher and produce a great student.

The contribution comes from helping someone, anyone, have the chance to have as much fun as you’re having.

And if you do all of those things, if you take those chances, and if you stretch just a bit, and if you make a contribution, at the end of the day, the bottom line will be you’ll be a giver and not a taker. And that is the essence of the definition. And maybe as you come to the multiple choice points that you’ll all face in the near term and in the long term, if you hold on to that proposition, if you wake up in the morning and say, “Yeah, it’s going to be fun to do this and therefore I’m going to do it, and I’m not going to worry about whether people have that puzzled look on their face because I took the road less traveled,” then you’ll be doing just fine, and you will have done for this school, and your parents and yourself all that you could possibly do.

Now about—I hate to think of it—43 years ago, I sat in a very similar chapel in a very similar school about a hundred miles west of here and participated in a very similar ceremony. And I don’t remember a word that was

The 1999 Cum Laude Society: Amanda Murphy ’00, Julia Rifkin ’00, Meg Morgan ’00, Christo Sedgewick ’99, Beth Damon ’00, Kelly Potter ’99, Jenny Agnew ’99, Noah Burns ’00, Mr. Ruff, Joe Patry ’99, Sonja Heyck-Merlin ’99, Ed Van Bibber-Orr ’99, Meg Muller ’99, Jake Leyden ’99 and Dae Soon Acker ’99.

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said. I’m sure whoever the speaker was—and I couldn’t tell you—spoke movingly, offered great wisdom that I could carry with me through all the remaining years of my life, that would lead me down the right paths and give me inspiration. Or maybe he didn’t, I just don’t remember. But it wasn’t so important what that person said then, or of course, what I say today, because I think then, and certainly today, what’s most important is that we have given you a time and a place, a few moments to step back with your teachers, with your parents, with yourselves, and to say “You know, I’m sort of proud of myself, and I did OK here, and I hope, maybe, I had fun doing it.” If you’ve been able to say that to yourself, then whether you’re being inducted into the Cum Laude Society today or not, you’ll have had a great experience at this school.

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ow because my client knows me very well, he knew that whatever I decided to say today was not going to be adequate. And he gave me something on my way up here to give to this year’s—and last year’s—inductees into the Cum Laude Society, because he writes a much better letter than I give a speech. And I bring to you, to each of the members of the Cum Laude Society, a brief greeting from the President of the United States, and I know that because he has fun at what he does, he will agree with my exhortation to you to follow the same path, and I think that’s what you will find is his message here.

Thank you all very much for having me.

Voices from the Past:

The Diary of Nellie Day 1887

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lumni/ae love to tell the stories of their time at Hebron and often think of their experiences as particularly unique to a time in the Academy’s history. Recently the Archives acquired on loan the diary of a student from the last century. Nellie A. Day of Turner Center, Maine, attended Hebron for two years and graduated with the Class of 1887. She was one of four children in her family to attend Hebron, and the diary of her senior year forms a beautiful window-opening on the life of the Academy during its first century. Yet as she reveals herself to us in her musings to her diary, Nellie may not be all that different from students of today. She worries about her studies and chides herself for not taking care. She gets herself into trouble with Professor Sargent. She waxes weary during the winter months and longs for the familiar comforts of home. She worries vaguely about the future and takes joy in her friends and their shared social life. She doesn’t want to go back to school and procrastinates with her assignments, but as her graduation approaches, she begins to see her experience in a different light.

Here, then, are several excerpts from Nellie’s senior year diary, together with short notes that may help to put some of the people and places in context.

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Yesterday mother and I talked some of going to the city, but it was so rough that we didn’t go. The wind blew and the snow flew terribly in the A.M., so yesterday I didn’t do much of anything—only enjoy myself.

I hated to come back today terribly, didn’t start ’till afternoon. Linsey and Addie [Day—Nellie’s younger sister, who would graduate from Hebron in 1891] came over with their team and Wallace [Day—Nellie’s brother] and I with ours, Linsey [possibly a friend of the family] took them both back. Wonder how he made it, it was terrible going—Addie thinks of coming over here to school next week.

In 1887, Hebron followed a different school calendar from what is the norm today. The year apparently had three terms, and students registered for each independently. Students, or “scholars” as Nellie calls them, pursued a “course of study”, amassing classes over a span of terms until the “course” was complete. If a student had not accumulated sufficient credits, the solution was to be “boosted” to the next class. Nellie is anxious about her interview with Professor Sargent, relieved that she is approved to graduate with the class of ’87. She begins her winter term, anxious to be back and yet quickly finding that Hebron in February always seems a bit confining. . .

Tuesday, February 1st [1887]—It has been just a lovely day, snowed a little early this morning. How natural it seems to be back here, don’t see as any thing has changed since last fall, it seems only a few days since we packed up and bid adieu to H.A. last fall. Near all the scholars are not back yet—guess there will be over a hundred, the ’87 class are nearly all coming back I believe. My studies for this term are Geometry, Algebra and Roman History.

I believe nearly all of the girls in the house have called on us and guess I have called on all of them. Have been studying some this evening

Above: Bailey Block, which was later moved and became Barrows Lodge. We are not sure of the date of this photograph.

Sunday, Feb. 13th—Here I am back here to Hebron again, it doesn’t seem so I was at home any time at all hardly. Can hardly wait for the time to come when I shall be at home to stay. Wonder if that will be next June. Well, if I can’t graduate then, I shan’t graduate at all, so shall be at home for good next summer anyway.

How nice it will seem.

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Tuesday, Feb. 15th—Let’s see, I didn’t write yesterday, did I? Well, everything went about as usual. Mr. Sargent had all that were in the ’87 class meet him at his room at seven o’clock to see if they had all taken all the studies in their course so they could graduate next June. Believe there were twenty-four or five left in the class, one or two got “boosted” as the girls here express it,—F. T. & M. but don’t know as they were intending to graduate anyway. Some of us girls were afraid that we should get left out—I’m sure I was afraid that I should, but didn’t I guess. Don’t know but I shall have to make up one study—Chemistry. I might have taken that up this term instead of Algebra, I suppose, but thought Algebra would do me more good. I take two studies this term that I wasn’t obliged to take in my course, but like them so wanted to study them. Geometry we are not obliged to take only the two first books, but I wanted to finish, and Algebra, of course I wasn’t obliged to take any more of that.

Tonight we had a class meeting to elect officers and editors of the Semester, etc. etc. P. Lowell is president of the class and Fred I. [Irish] secretary and treasurer.

Charles Skillings is Chief Editor of the Semester and Cummings, Wallace, Miss Lawrence and Miss Bradbury associate editors, Foster and Austin Merrill business manager. Hope they will have a fine Semester as it is the last one the ’87’s will issue. Of course we want to beat the ’86’s.

jJ Noteworthy that Nellie should elect advanced work in mathematics and sciences, and like many students she frets over her tests. Her math scores are impressive, but Roman History is another matter…

Monday, March 14th—Another very pleasant day; it seems good to have some nice weather. Linsey came over with our things, got here about noon, was glad enough to get something good to eat.

Took a test this P.M. in Geometry, wasn’t very hard but took nearly all of the P.M. Got my rank on my Algebra test this A.M.—99.9. Feel terribly to think that I didn’t get a 100, might just as well as not; nothing but carelessness. If I had only looked my work over should have been all right.

Miss Boswell and Fannie Dunham called.

Tuesday, March 15th—Not so pleasant today, hasn’t thawed much, has been rather cold and cloudy.

Took another test this P.M.—Roman History—It was quite hard, know I shan’t get a decent rank, don’t like history anyway. It is terrible hard and dry. Got my rank on my Geometry test today. 99%—was quite well satisfied, but wish I could have got 100. Miss Hibbs and Miss Chesley called tonight.

Wednesday, March 16th—Warm but a little cloudy.

Recitations as usual this A.M., none this P.M. as the ’86’s and ’85’s had a class reunion. Middle sociable this evening. The girls said they had a nice time and the chapel was pretty well filled. I did not go. Three of us girls here in the house stayed at home and studied. Mr. Sargent came over and called on us about 9:30.

jJ Winter eventually loses its grip on Hebron, even in a winter which apparently saw unusually heavy snows. We can imagine Nellie’s world—at once familiar yet quite different from the Hebron of today. “Bailey Block” or Barrow Lodge where the Tooles now live was sited across Route 119 near the junction of the Campus Loop. The Bowl was pastureland sloping gradually upward to an expansive grove of sugar maples where the academic buildings now stand. In 1887, the Academy building faced the East Hebron Road amid maple trees (leveled by the Ice Storm of 1998) with a small white clapboard chapel beside. In these excerpts, Nellie walks up toward the Academy building in the grove of maples and samples sap and syrup from the “sugaring-off” happening there. Later, abandoning plans to ramble far afield up onto the flanks of Little Singepole behind the campus, Nellie and her friends go sledding to the east of the campus, down toward the valley of Cushman Brook. One would surmise that the sledding partners might have been of particular interest…

Monday, March 21st—Another lovely day, the snow has gone quite fast. A splendid crust this morning, we girls started to chapel exercises when the first bell rang, went up on the crust to the sap grove and got a drink of sap.

Skillings came over this noon with a great pitcher of syrup and treated us—the first I have had this year, it was nice.

Haven’t had as good lessons today as I like, always get behind when I go home, thought I would study lots tonight before study hours, but couldn’t amount to anything and this evening Mrs. Andrews came in and talked most all the evening.

The girls just came in and said the scholars were going up on Singepole tomorrow morning on the crust, start at 5 o’clock. Hope it will be fun.

Tuesday, March 22nd—It has been a terrible rough, stormy, windy, day, the roughest storm we have had this winter, I think. This morning we got up early, about five, but of course didn’t go to Singepole, it was so cloudy, but it was a warm nice morning and we went— Lucy, Annie and us girls in here—out on the crust, went way over beyond Everetts and had a fine time coasting.

Austin Merrill went with us, he took Addie on his sled and Mr. Buck and Marshall took the rest of us girls on their double runner. Had a fine time. Lots of scholars were out walking on the crust.

It commenced to storm about nine and has kept on increasing, and this P.M. and evening it is raging furiously. Didn’t go up to recitations. Mrs. Andrews, Minnie & Lucy came out & stayed a long time, popped corn & had a fine time.

Took a lesson in Elocution tonight, haven’t taken one before for a long time.

jJ For many years, Hebron Academy “fitted” students for Colby College, and the Principal’s recommendation stood in lieu of a formal application. Still, a college president could have difficulty impressing a Hebron senior, even when Professor Sargent had made clear the importance of the occasion…

Thursday, March 31st—It has been a very nice day, seems good to have some more nice weather. Had quite good lessons for me today.

Mr. Sargent told us at exercises this morning who was to be on the prize exhibition. There is to be about fifteen, I believe. Addie S. is one. Got a letter from home tonight & was glad enough to hear from the dear folks at home, wish I was with them.

Dr. Pepper, principal of Colby University lectured to the students this evening—his subject—“A Scholar’s Ambition”—was very good, of course. Dr. Pepper doesn’t look much as I had an idea a president of a College would. He is very tall, but not real slim. Is rather pleasant looking & appearing, but not real smart looking I don’t think, but suppose he is smart. And he is very awkward in appearance. He is going to stay tomorrow &

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visit the classes. Dread it, for Mr. Sargent has said so much about how we should appear & recite before him.

He is very anxious we should give a good impression.

jJ At the end of the winter term, closing recitations and tests were followed by Prize Speaking and a final “sociable”. Like students always, Nellie is beat at the end of the term and would probably have dearly loved a “sleep-in” for her final morning…

Left: the program from the Prize Exhibition.

Right: the 1887 Commencement invitation. It was originally joined to a larger, matching card with a list of the graduates.

Friday, April 22nd— Just a lovely day. I have just enjoyed these last two days but don’t have a chance to get out of doors half as much as I want to do. Hope it will be pleasant next week.

It doesn’t seem possible that I have recited the last lesson and been up to the Acad. for the last time this term. I have had only one recitation today—Algebra this A.M. This P.M. I have packed a very little, nearly all of the girls have been taking “secester” this P.M. I layed down on the sofa in Mrs. Andrews room but didn’t get to sleep. Was terribly tired & am now, am so tired it doesn’t seem so I could sit up another minute, don’t know when I have been so tired before— The chapel was crowded this evening to the prize exhibition. There was 13 or so on for the prize speaking—five from B.B. [Bailey Block]—Wallace & Addie S. among them. The prizes were awarded as follows—Miss A. Jordan first prize of the girls & Gracie French second, Miss Merrill & Mabel W. honorable mention. Of the boys, Mr. Park got first prize, J. Moody second. Skillings and Marshall honorable mention. Had their judges from McFalls—one was Clarence Hutchins, who was my teacher on Upper Street a number of years ago. I was not at all satisfied with the way the prizes went, have heard a number express their dissatisfaction. I wanted Marshall to get the 1st prize of the boys & Miss Merrill the second of the girls. It’s past one o’clock & I must go to bed &

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get little sleep have got to get up early in the morning.

Got home from the entertainment about eleven, since then we have been talking it over, lots of the girls are downstairs now, but I am getting too sleepy to sit up any longer. Six of us girls are going to sleep in our room tonight, Minnie C. & I are going to sleep on the floor.

Have lots of company in the house tonight, Linsey came over this P.M. & Charlie tonight, and Minnie and Annie C. have lots of company.

jJ Apparently each graduating senior completed a final essay for the year which was edited, rehearsed and presented on a special occasion—Prize Speaking, Class Day or Commencement. Nellie procrastinates for much of her spring vacation before settling on a topic —much as seniors today sometimes fret over college application essays…

Tuesday, April 26th— Stormy, has snowed all day, but it’s pleasant this evening.

Another day of my vacation gone. This A.M. have been making me some cuffs and collars, this P.M. have been embroidering on a slipper case for Wallace.

Haven’t commenced on my essay yet, must tomorrow, have been trying to decide on a subject this evening, but, O dear, I can’t decide, am going to bed now & dream over it.

Wednesday, April 27th—O Dear! That plaguing essay.

I have been puzzling my brains over it until I haven’t any left and can’t think of anything to write tonight.

Thursday, April 28th—Cloudy all day, so hope it will be pleasant tomorrow & next day. Haven’t had any very pleasant weather since I have been at home. Haven’t been out of doors since I have been here, only as far as the piazza.

Today I have been writing on my essay some, my subject which I have finally decided on is “A Good Cause

makes a Stout Heart,” like my essay subject quite well I think. Here it is most time to go back—O dear; do wish I could always stay at home.

jJ Today, Hebron’s seniors head up north after their last class to raft the Kennebec River and enjoy a class outing before Commencement Weekend. A hundred years ago, Nellie and her classmates and sponsors headed for Portland by train for senior pictures, shopping, dinner and a day on the town. A different sort of class trip, but no less exciting…

Saturday, May 7th—It’s been a good day for us although it’s been cloudy all day, didn’t rain any in Portland, rained a very little after we got most to Hebron.

O, I have had just a splendid time. Got up at three o’clock & started at five—six of us—Skillings, Wallace, Miss Lawrence, Miss French, Laura & I, had Mr. Glover’s span of gray horses & two-seater covered carriage to take us down to McFalls where we took the train.

Had a lovely ride on the cars, from McFalls to Portland.

Mr. Sargent & his wife & Miss Whitman went with the class.

Got to Hearn’s about nine & had to wait there till eleven before he was ready to take our pictures.

There were some college boys there having theirs taken. I was so terribly tired that I don’t think my picture will be decent.

The girls got theirs taken in the A.M. Then Wallace, Skillings, Miss Lawrence, Laura & I went to a restaurant & got some dinner. After dinner Skillings & Wallace went back and had their pictures taken while we girls were doing some shopping. Miss Lawrence got her graduation dress, gloves, etc.

Then Laura went to May Pool’s where she is going to stay till Monday, and Miss Lawrence, I, Wallace and Skillings went strolling around the city, went down to the wharves & saw the steamers, saw the Ontario, the great English steamer. Wallace and I went down to Deering & Millikin’s store to see Harry, haven’t seen him before for over a year. He looks just as he used to.

And appears the same as ever. Hope he hasn’t changed but city life generally does change anyone more or less.

Came home on the five o’clock train, got to HA about nine, tired enough. Have had a fine time, but am afraid I shan’t be satisfied with my pictures.

jJ Trouble! How is it that principals and deans have a sixth sense when something’s afoot…

Wednesday, May 25th—Rainy today. Everything has gone about as usual till tonight. We all had something for excitement, we Bailey Blockers haven’t kept rules very well this term, have allowed boys in our rooms. Mr. Sargent it seems found it out tonight, so he came over & we just barely got the boys out of our room when he came up & Mabel & Minnie had just got the boys out of their room when he went up there.

I never was so taken by surprise as when he asked, the first thing, if we allowed boys in our room. Of course we owned up, he didn’t come down on us very hard, told us if they came in again to take them by the nape of the neck & march them out. After Mr. Sargent had gone we all had quite an exciting time, they all rushed in here & we held quite a consultation, decided that Miss L went and told on us, for she and Miss K had just been over here to call on us & there were boys in both ours and Mabel’s and Minnie’s room & she had just about time to get over there when Prof came over.

We shall have to take it tomorrow at exercises—don’t feel bad about it, want something for excitement. If Miss L told on us, I think it’s awful mean, but suppose I hadn’t ought to accuse her till I find out sure. But what other way could Prof. have found it out?

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The Class of 1887 “up back of the Acad”.

Seated, left to right: Laura B. Beals, Abbie Jordan, Irene King, Alice Merrill, Alice Bradbury, Fanny Denning, Ellery Park, Hattie Currier, Willard Cummings, Prof.

Geo P. Phenix (teacher), May Stearns, Mabel Whitman, Minnie Caldwell, Nellie Whitman (preceptress), W.E. Sargent (principal).

Standing: Nellie Day, Fred Marshall, Fred F. Foster, Austin Merrill, Percival Lowell, Wallace E. Day, Joseph Hibbs, Artel Russell, Fred S. Irish, Georgie Lawrence, Charles Skillings, Mary Denning, Nellie E. Jordan (teacher).

Gift of Laura B. Beals 1887; presented July 1955.

Graduation in the grove before the Academy building…

Commencement on the lawn before Hupper Library… how similar the marching and festivities; how universal the feeling…

Wednesday, June 29th—Can I write tonight, I must, I must tell you my diary all about the eventful day. Just think, I am a graduate of Hebron Academy now. O but it’s been just a lovely day and evening. Rather warm for comfort I guess during the day, but I haven’t known the difference. We had exercises this morning as usual and lots of company in lots of ’86ers and ’85ers, etc. After exercises we went out on the stage and practiced singing the class ode & practiced marching down from the chapel to our seats in front of the stage. And by the time we got to our rooms it was ten o’clock & the people had begun to come then. Elsie & Rob [Elsie, Nellie’s older sister, was in the Class of 1883] got here at 11 & Mother, Father & Addie & the rest of our relations soon after. We ate dinner at 11:30 then commenced to dress but didn’t get along very fast—there were so many coming in all the time.

Gracie & Cora Shaw came in & brought lots of pond lilies they were lovely. Some of the ’83’s came to see Elsie. We barely had time to get dressed & up to the chapel, where the class was waiting, at quarter of two the time we were to form to march down to our seats on the ground.

O such lots of people as were there, more I guess than ever before & how I dreaded it till my turn came then I didn’t care as much about it, after I got up onto the

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stage. They all done finely I thought & I was proud of our dear old class of ’87. Everyone I heard say anything about it spoke very highly about the exercises. The exercises were through at almost seven o’clock, then the class went up back of the Acad to have their picture taken together so I got a chance to speak to many of the people. Lots of our friends were there, rather more than I expected. Wallace & I had lots of bouquets. The concert commenced at 8 so we had an hour to get rested a little & eat our suppers. Elsie & Rob stopped to the concert, & Addie S & Linsey too. Aunt Addeson & the rest of the folks went right home after the exercises. The concert was quite good I thought. The class all sat up in the gallery so had lots of fun, had some ice cream after the concert.

Well it is quite late & we are going to retire, don’t expect I can sleep much. Addie is here, stayed to go home with us tomorrow.

Turner, Thursday, June 30th—I am at home tonight bag & baggage, but I can’t realize that I am really at home to stay, that I am a graduate of the famous old Academy…

jJ Thank you, Nellie, for a glimpse of your senior year.

Hebroniana Family Ties T

here are many members of the Hebron Academy community for whom self-promotion is anathema. They work hard, they work quietly, they work well. They make it look easy. And they pass their commitment on to the next generation. Join us in thanking the two faculty “families” we have with us in the late nineties.

John and Bev Leyden came to Hebron in 1977 when John was appointed Headmaster. Bev stayed on after John died in 1985, working in the Alumni/ae Office and now as Director of International Students. Bev’s oldest son, DAVID W. STONEBRAKER

The Leydens: Jake ’99, Bev, Jack, Kathy and Nick ’01.

Jack, continues his fine work as Assistant Headmaster, overseeing student life. His wife, Kathy, teaches math in both the Middle and Upper schools and is a tireless supporter of Hebron and its students. Their oldest son, Jake, graduated in May; Nick will be a junior in the fall.

Hebron Academy Chaplain Anita White joined the faculty in 1986. She is chair of the Ethics and Religion Department and cochair of the English Department. Her son, Toby, graduated from Hebron in 1990 and returned in 1996. He is co-chair of the Mathematics Department, swim team coach and supervisor of Atwood Dormitory.

Our thanks to the Whites and the Leydens for their 57 combined years of service to Hebron Academy.

Hebroniana features interesting tidbits about Hebron Academy.

Anita and Toby White ’90.

DAVID W. STONEBRAKER

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In the

Irakly Areshidze and Melanie Rausch Take the Lead at Middlebury

Middle of It All

PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID W. STONEBRAKER

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stopped in at Middlebury College recently to check in with Irakly Areshidze ’96 and Melanie Rausch ’97, Hebron friends, students, movers and shakers. It was the sort of day when it seemed good to go without a specific plan or schedule, but paying a call on these students was different. The e-mail greeting of my friends was explicit: in class until 1:30; again at 3; meeting at 4:30—would love to see you.

I arrived early and perched outside McCollough Union on a rail overlooking the central lawn. Melanie appeared first, a Middlebury woman in typical campus attire of tan slacks and garnet bunting. We shared a hug of greeting, my arms failing to encircle her shoulders and the backpack slung from them. Some things have not changed.

She threw her book bag efficiently on a bench. “I’m free for a little while, just finished Psych. Got a meeting a 4 and a Speak-Out at 8. I’m going to support a friend.”

Irakly arrived a moment later, a Middlebury Rugby cap pulled backward toward his shoulders. His grip was firm, his smile radiant and he talked in sound-bytes. “Just handed in a poly-sci paper, fifteen pages arguing whether Russia was a true totalitarian state following the reforms of Gorbachov. I said, ‘yes, definitely yes.’ Was up until 4 AM getting it written. Typical. I am very busy.”

His words spill out, and I step back to appraise these friends of Hebron days, college kids now and in their element. Irakly Areshidze (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia) was president of the Class of 1996, Melanie Rausch (Auburn, Maine) of the Class of 1997. At their Commencements, both received the Phemister Award which honors a Senior who has shown outstanding leadership and responsibility.

Both chose Middlebury for its size and for the close campus community they had observed there.

We begin to catch up on life and activity, Irakly first.

“I came to Middlebury planning to study economics and political history, but I dropped that idea after my first semester. I met a senior who had some really interesting things to say about what things one should study. I met some interesting teachers through him, and since then I have been studying a classical curriculum. I’m reading great books of the western tradition, trying to make sense of what they have to say to us today—thinking about how Kant connects with Hegel, and how Neitzche relates to Aristotle. I have continued my major in politi-

cal science, but I have also studied a lot of great books— both the classics and English literature.

Melanie has had a similar experience. “I came here with every intention of being a pre-med student. I was 100% sure I wanted to be a doctor. I began last year with a first term in London and general courses for spring term. I came this fall and signed up for pre-med Chemistry. I went to one day of classes, and I just thought, ‘I hate this.’ I called my parents and said, ‘Guess what, I’m not doing it.’ I picked up political science and psychology as a double major. That’s what I’m doing as far as studying goes. But it doesn’t leave me very much room for electives. Right now I think I want to go to law school. I spent my ‘J-Term’ (January term) living with my brother (Daniel, Hebron 1994) in Malden (MA) and working in the Peabody District Attorney’s Office. I loved the contact with people, the intensity of the work and the arguing. I loved learning about the law. I like to think about preparing an argument and getting up there and succeeding on my own merits. I worked with a Victim–Witness Advocate in the office. It was really stimulating for me.”

Too often, it seems, Hebron’s seniors seem sure of educational objectives set while still in school. Some remain focused on the early plan; others change their minds. Irakly’s goals have also changed. “I’m going to graduate school for a Ph.D. in political science. Then I’m going to apply to law school. Certain schools—Duke, Notre Dame, Georgetown—offer J.D./Ph.D. programs, so those are my top choices, even though my teachers are somewhat discouraging. They think it is too much crammed into too short a time—two degrees pushed into six years when you could spread it out. After graduation I hope to get a job in a legal practice or in teaching.”

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elanie and Irakly are also working to influence the future at Middlebury. They spoke of renovations and funding and “commons plan”.

Irakly began, “I am also very active in this community.

I’ve spent three years with the student government, but this is going to be my last. I work for the Renovations Committee which is in charge of all the major renovations for the campus. That is pretty extensive because we’re building or rebuilding something here all the

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time. McCollough Union was completed this year.

When I started working on this project, the facility had already been planned and basically designed. My major concern was the student perspective, working with the people who actually built the center to be sure that student needs and concerns were met.

Melanie talked of finances, “I’m on the Finance Committee which allocates funds to groups and organizations on campus. We review the requests for funding from every student group and organization on campus. So if, for example, we take in $460,000 of student activities funds, then my committee spends hours and hours interviewing presidents of organizations, reviewing their budgets, and making recommendations. I’m on the Middlebury College Activity Board which coordinates all-college functions, like dances, concerts, etc. We run all of them. I also serve on the Residential Life Committee which is the advisory board to the Community Council for residential issues such as the new ‘commons system’ Middlebury is developing.”

It is one thing to plan and distribute expense accounts for the activities which students want, quite another to affect school policy. When asked about the issue which most affects Middlebury students presently, Melanie and Irakly both responded with college’s conversion to a “commons” plan for residential life. Like other eastern colleges, Middlebury has disbanded its fraternity/sorority system and is attempting to create a residential plan for the future which can combine the separate concerns of academic life, social life, activities and service. The friends have different takes on the future of commons living at Middlebury. Irakly supports the commons plan which seeks to bring faculty closer to the lives of the students and which will cluster many campus services in the commons to emphasize community and to integrate more fully the academic and social life of the college. However, Melanie questions whether the commons plan will accomplish its goals or whether it may fragment the sense of a single college community. She makes the case for thinking of the college as one community rather than separate commons. “I am serving on a committee which is responsible for designing a new student center that will

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be strong enough to bring students back together because most of them socialize in individual commons. So we need to create a new student center, ‘Midd Town’, that will attract everyone. We’re trying to do things that affect everybody together, some as simple as keeping a centralized mailroom.

The administration wants to separate mail to each individual commons, but the students say that they want one central mailroom, a place to see the news and meet their friends. So, we are thinking of a facility which has a mix of things. We might put some storefronts in, invite businesses from town to come on campus. There will be more space for student organizations and activities and spaces for services like drycleaning and hair cutting, practice rooms and ski-tuning rooms. We need to have a better social space. Right now all we have for large functions is the open space in McCollough. We can do better than that.”

Irakly continues.”’Midd-Town’ connects with the idea that learning goes on twenty-four hours a day. McCullough is located very close to the library, and the library is just about to be renovated. We are trying to find a way to connect Starr Library and McCullough through MiddTown, a way to advance the idea that academic life goes on in the context of all the other parts of college life, all in the same place. I think the college is hoping that if it can increase the cohesiveness of the academic life, then it can increase the intellectual life of the college. The idea is to bring the social and residential life of the college together in a way that will raise the standard of living.

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aking life better for others seems to be at the center for Melanie and Irakly. They have developed the ability to think outwardly from the immediate concerns of friends and campus to wider concerns of society. I asked them to make connections between their thinking now and experiences from the past. Their comments touched their experiences at Hebron and their hopes for the future.

Irakly began with a broad view.”I’m not sure what I can say on this one. To me there is a concern about the liberal education, what we could call the crises of western civilization. What I mean is that we talk a lot about

learning and cultural advancement and we are getting good at a lot of things, the internet for example, and even human life—supposedly; but there is never a thought about broader traditions. We are no closer to really answering the question, ‘What is man?’ In my experience, I come to find there is a lot of thinking about this question. Our schools may be failing us. We have had the tragedy in Littleton, Colorado. Some people may blame that tragedy on guns, but I’m going to blame it on the fact that we are not thinking about the progress of humankind.”

Melanie strikes a different note. “Things kids think about here are about the same as anywhere—the future, AIDS, jobs, rape. I often find myself thinking about the practical side of things, the here and now. It is hard sometimes to think beyond this campus. We are so much focused on life here, thinking about what we need to do tomorrow and next week. I know that a lot of us are really uninformed about Littleton and Kosovo. We ought to know more, but it is very easy to be preoccupied with the issues right here. We need to continue to work to make this a healthy environment. Alcohol and rape are with us in today’s society, and although we are pretty protected here, it doesn’t give us the right to ignore it.”

She points to an array of T-shirts displayed on the walls of the union which give mute testimony to the presence of abusive relationships. The T-shirts commemorate Vermont victims of spousal abuse, battering, incest and rape. The display was created by “FAM”, Feminist Action at Middlebury, the group which Melanie will support that evening at a community speak-out. I asked if she could trace the roots of her social awareness.

“I always wanted to be involved. I want to do things.

I know it started with my family first and then Hebron.

The classes were important to me, and in their own way, they were as hard or harder than here. At Hebron I had important experiences with social conscience that helped me to grow as a person. The classes challenged me to think independently and the adults pushed me to explore and to succeed. I learned especially from the Diversity Committee. We worked hard on racial and social issues when I was there, and that experience helped me to feel ready to dive into issues here. That is what I take most

from Hebron—a community of mutual respect and caring for each other as individuals. It was like a family for me, but it was more. If I could say anything to Hebron kids now, it would be to take advantage of where you are.

Work hard; enjoy the community, the beautiful things and the learning.

Learn to make the community enjoyable. Community is not just something that happens; you have to work at it.

Irakly picks up the theme. “One of the biggest things that I learned at Hebron was the value of friendship, and when I came into Middlebury, I had a leg up on most people because I knew what I was looking for. What Hebron taught me was what I learned from Aristotle about friendship. True friends are people with different bodies but one soul. “

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iddlebury College on a spring afternoon—it is hard to imagine a more spectacular setting to education. It seems extraordinary that these two Hebron friends should be such shaping forces upon a college community, or that they should find their school experiences such strong influences. It could be in the nature of the environments in which they have chosen to pursue their education. It could be in the nurturing influences of the teachers, the classes and the personal experiences they have encountered. It could be merely serendipity. But whatever the unique combination of circumstances and forces that has led Melanie and Irakly to Middlebury and their leadership roles there, it is certain these two are a unique pair on any college campus and a tribute to the yoking of intellectual endeavor and practical experience after which the liberal arts so ardently strive. It was wonderful to pay a call and catch up, fantastic to see them in their element.

David W. Stonebraker Director of Alumni/ae Relations Editor’s note: Melanie and Irakly are only one part of Hebron’s “Middlebury Connection.” Scott Letourneau ’96 is presently finishing his junior year and is a resident assistant for a campus dormitory. Ed Van Bibber-Orr, Hebron ’99 will enter the college in the fall.

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Remembering Barney Williams S. Barnitz Williams died April 5, 1999, at the age of 95. He came to Hebron with Claude Allen in 1946 and was here for thirteen years. He was a brilliant and demanding teacher of English, assistant headmaster, coach, dormitory head. When word reached us of Barney’s death, Headmaster Richard Davidson asked Barney’s students and colleagues to share their memories and anecdotes. We received many more reminiscences than we could print. If you would like a complete copy, please drop us a line.

i was a member of Claude Allen’s faculty when we restarted Hebron in 1946. When I was interviewed in March in Sturtevant Hall water was dripping from the ceiling—the picture of the campus and buildings was one of gloom (and rather different from what I had experienced when I went to Deerfield prior to Hebron— and Claude happened to pop into the school that day and said hello to me—what a surprise!). In any case, Claude’s dream presented an interesting challenge and more opportunities for development of self as a teacher and school person. I knew nothing about who else might be on the faculty!

When I arrived in September, Barney greeted me warmly and genuinely. The stamp of the man was readily apparent. He was a superb mentor, tremendously supportive of Claude, and the glue that pulled us together in those early days. I loved Barney—he became a close friend and was an usher in my wedding three years later.

F. Gardiner Bridge East Orleans, Massachusetts

Mr. Williams’s reputation at Hebron mirrored Reynolds’s at Maine. Especially among younger students, Cecil J. Reynolds was the most feared English department faculty member at Orono. Upperclassmen taunted unknowing freshmen about C.J.’s unrelenting demand for high standards, his insistence on picayune detail and his passion for excellence, especially with the written word.

I was never known as a good student—at Maine or at Hebron before Orono, or even before then as a private high school student in Rhode Island. On my very first freshman theme for Cecil J. Reynolds at Orono, my split grade read “A- over A”. His uncharacteristically sparse two-line comment at the upper right-hand corner: “Someone has taught you to write well young man. This is one of the most enjoyable pieces of Freshman work I’ve read in a long time.” Barney Williams at Hebron taught me how, that’s who.

Barney Williams made me understand why I should have been at Hebron for more than just a year. I wish I had, if only to have known him better, and longer, too.

James H. Goff ’59 Bangor, Maine

although they had a good deal in common, there’s no reason to suspect that the late Cecil J. Reynolds of Old Town and S. Barnitz Williams of Hebron, ever met or even knew of each other. Both were first-rate teachers; both could mesmerize an unruly class in less than a minute with a look, intimidate with a slam of the classroom door, and strike fear into even the class’s brightest and most brilliant students with the teacher’s ultimate weapon, the unannounced quiz. Both could excite and mold young minds better than most. Both made me wish I had spent more than nine short months at Hebron.

mr. williams was, without question, the best teacher I ever had—in school, in university or in graduate school.

I never sit down to write a professional article—or often even a letter—without thinking of Mr. Williams and what he taught me about the English language.

“Gentlemen! Yesterday Joe DiMaggio hit a home run in a game with the Cleveland Indians. I want a paragraph of one hundred and fifteen to one hundred and twenty words. You have fifteen minutes.” Or, “Hamlet

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was upset with his mother. I want…” And the papers were all graded (hard) and handed back the next day.

I have told friends and aquaintances stories of Mr. Williams for so many years that I doubt I could now separate the true from the honourary.

T. Cuyler Young, Jr. ’52 Toronto, Ontario

Barney Williams made me understand why I should have been at Hebron for more than just a year.

one evening after a Hebron alumni/ae gathering in Pennsylvania, Bill Shipley, Peter Hepburn, John and I were having a nightcap before heading to hotel rooms. Either Peter or Bill started to tell about a Hebron prank—and Barney filled in all the details. The expressions on Bill’s and Peter’s faces were wonderful—even so many years later they had no idea Barney knew all about it! And then it began, one story after another, spanning Barney’s years at Hebron. I don’t think we stopped laughing all night!

Of course Bill and Peter tried to tell stories which they thought Barney didn’t know about, but he came through nearly every time. It was great!

It seems that boys were respectful of Claude but “Black Barney” struck fear deep in their souls!

Beverly B. Leyden Hebron, Maine

i will always remember one fall afternoon in 1949 when I was coming down the home stretch of a cross country race on the track which encircled the football field, now referred to as The Bowl.

Having nearly completed the 2 1⁄2 mile race, I was struggling hard to overtake my competitor as we neared the finish line. As I ran past Mr. Williams, he bellowed (as only he could do), “Rich, move it.” It was like I was shot out of a cannon as I somehow found the energy to sprint across the finish line to great surprise of my competitor and cheers from the onlookers.

While there have been many distinguished faculty at Hebron over the years, clearly the team of Allen, Williams and [Ned] Willard had a profound impact on my life and career.

Robert P. Rich ’49 Manakin-Sabot, Virginia

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in the fall of 1955 the first class I had at Hebron as a freshman was English I. Mr. Williams, over the fifty minutes of class time, conducted a searching inquiry about what one must seek in learning to read and write effectively. He said that one word was all he was thinking of and encouraged a class-period-long debate. At the end of the period none of us had suggested the correct answer so he turned to the blackboard and while shielding it with his body he wrote the answer, turned and walked out of the room. The word was “accuracy.” I found at Hebron, Colgate and later in law school—and in my work as a lawyer and now a judge—he was right.

James C. Harberson ’59 Watertown, New York

i was a mid-year transfer and within an ace of dropping out altogether, when “Bad Barney” had a command performance with me as star performer. My one thought was, “What’s next?”

Mr. Williams: “Black, you’ve some ability. However, your themes lack discipline. Starting tomorrow, I want a 1500-word theme each day until the end of the school year. They will be graded on two levels: 1) content and structure; 2) grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. The subject matter is up to you, your future at Hebron depends upon your attitude and dedication to this assignment. Do you understand?”

Murray Black: “Yes, Sir.” Mr. Williams was the most important part of my life for 4 1⁄2 months. I have spent the last 50 years using the tools that he helped me to master.

Thanks, Barney.

Murray Black ’48 Beverly Hills, California

none of barney’s roles as disciplinarian, teacher or mentor should cloud his real value to me and the Hebron community. He was a supreme role model of what a man can be. Everything about him was genuine. The wit, the humor, the intellect, and the deep caring he had for all around him were not false manipulations to gain competitive advantage. Rather they were genuine manifestations of inner strength. His example has lived in my head for years, and he will be still living there long after his physical departure from this plane of life.

Sanford H. Moses ’53 Melbourne, Florida

on a beautiful Sunday in the spring of 1955, John Callanan and I went for a walk. We were well down the road to West Minot when Mr. Mott, a mathematics teacher, drove by. He stopped and read us the riot act for being off school grounds. Neither of us had ever heard of a school boundary. It was our understanding that you could walk as far as you wanted as long as you did not get in a car. Mr. Mott said the boundary was a certain bridge and everybody knew it. It was delivered in a tone that implied we not only knowingly broke a rule but then had the audacity to lie about it. We were indignant and head back to school as fast as we could, which was probably not very fast as neither of us were known for our speed.

We went straight to Mr. Williams’s house where I was living that year. We explained the situation to Mr. Williams and asked him if there was such a rule. Barney asked us to withdraw the question. We were puzzled.

Barney explained that if he did not answer the question and the situation arose again he would be able to state honestly that we did not know of that rule.

front of the student body, clapping his hands once— loudly—to signal the evening announcements. Mr. Williams would frequently preside in Mr. Allen’s place but needed only to enter the room and stand still.

Sam Dibbins ’55 Portland, Oregon

when i arrived at Hebron, a very green first year master, my teaching schedule was arranged so that I had a free period at the same time as Barney, in the middle of the morning. We would walk from Sturtevant Hall to the post office and back each school day. It was in the conversations that took place in those excursions that I learned more about teaching and philosophy than in all the course work as an undergraduate at Brown and in my Masters of Arts in Teaching program at Harvard.

Evan R. West Rumford, Rhode Island

William W. Davenport ’55 Stone Ridge, New York

What Barney Said Put pencil to paper If you would write.

Tell the truth of it If you would sleep at night.

Don’t be afraid of people Helping you survive.

None of us is alone Unless we want it that way.

Upon this rock I have built my life And it is strong and decent And has value because of What Barney said.

Lafe Page ’51 Lowell, Vermont

barney williams’s impact on me, as a loosely-knit student at Hebron in the early fifties, was profound.

Today he is one of the four best teachers, in the complete sense, that I was lucky to have in my high school, college and post graduate years. (George Freiday was another.)

In the best [Frank] Boyden form, Mr. Allen and Mr. Williams built a great school in Maine. Our evening meetings were always started with Mr. Allen sitting in

my history teacher required outside readings, which had to be checked out of the library in the morning just before classes. Mrs. Williams was the librarian, and Barney was often there in a capacity that we couldn’t fathom. He just seemed to be there—clad in that enormous presence. One morning I hunted out my history reading, took it to Mrs. Williams. As she checked me out, Barney looked at me with a small smile. I grabbed the book and tried a hasty retreat, but after two steps I heard, “John!”

I stopped. Turned. “Sir?” “Have you read Taming of the Shrew?”

“Uh…No sir, I haven’t.”

He strode toward me along the stacks, reached up, took the book from the shelf, removed the card, and handing it to me said, “Take it for the week and give me a report on it Monday.”

“Um…sir, I don’t have you for English.”

“That doesn’t matter. You better run along. Classes are about to start. I’ll see you right here next week.”

Needless to say, I read the play and wrote the report.

Boys were respectful of Claude, but “Black Barney” struck fear deep in their souls!

John R. LeFever ’51 New York City

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class notes 1931 Class Agent: C. Gordon Higgins 3363 Ardley Ct. Falls Church VA 22041 703-379-2386 E-Mail: ghiggins5@juno.com

1933 Class Agent: Newell F. Varney HCR#64, Box 900 Brooklin ME 04616 207-359-2162

1934 S I X T Y- F I F T H

REUNION

Class Agent: F. Davis Clark, Esq. Rt. 16 Box 980 Dover-Foxcroft ME 04426 207-564-7985.

We paint—Eve’s a painter also—and we’ve spent many hours at shows around the country. We now enjoy our home and travels on the east coast.”

1937 Class Agent: Robert B. McLeary, Jr. 56 Lakeview Drive PO Box 66, Readfield ME 04355 207-865-4707

1935 Class Agent: John W. Powell 35 Wildwood Drive Cape Elizabeth ME 04107 207-799-5986

1936 Class Agent: Robert R. Ward PO Box 77 Moody ME 04054 207-646-7464 We are always happy to find long lost alumni/ae, and we recently got back in touch with Bob Bragg, who brought us up to date on where his life led him. “I attended and graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, worked for J.C. Penney in New York City, then to Jos. Dixon Crucible Co. in Jersey City—both as a package designer—on to Russell-Anderson, an art studio in New York, and after that to Burke Dowling Adams ad agency in Upper Montclair, NJ, as an art director on several airline accounts. One of those was Delta. We moved with the agency to Atlanta, where I was art director and vice president on the account and designed the logo and paint jobs for the planes. From there I started my own agency—and eventually my own design studio. My wife and I have been married 58 years, have five grown and married children—and grandchildren.

1950

Class Agent: Norman A. Cole PO Box 116 Sebago Lake ME 04075 207-787-3525 E-Mail: ncolseba@aol.com

Class Agent: Richard H. Lancaster 68 Columbia Avenue Brunswick ME 04011 207-725-6075

Bill Sprole writes, “My wife Carol and I just celebrated our 55th wedding anniversary. It is hard to believe that 57 years ago she attended the Winter Carnival at Hebron.

Time sure flies by.”

1938

1943

Class Agent: David Christison 1 Elcy Lane, Skidaway Island Savannah GA 31411 912-598-1263

Class Agent: Gene Smith 7 Kingswood Drive Orangeburg NY 10962 914-359-7454

1939 SIXTIETH

1942

1951 Class Agent: Edward L. Ruegg PO Box 242, North Haven ME 04853 207-867-4472 October to May: PO Box 3111, Carefree AZ 85377 602-488-5004 Lincoln Taylor writes, “Became a grandfather for the fourth time, a second grandaughter was born April 13. Have been happily retired for 15 years.”

1947

REUNION

Class Agent needed!

To volunteer, call Shanna Bruno, Associate Director of Development, at 207-966-2100, ext. 236.

E-Mail: SbrunoHA@aol.com

Class Agent: Ed Simonds 4 Cammock Road Scarborough ME 04074 207-883-5834.

Royce Abbott and his late brother Ed were recently inducted into the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame in April. ■ Richard Field is planning to attend the 60th Reunion.

1948 Class Agent: Douglas P. Webb PO Box 403, Bradford NH 03221 603-938-2182 January to April: 2221 E. Mabel, Tuscon AZ 85719 520-795-8476.

1940 Class Agent: Gerald M. Tabenken 77 Arrowhead Circle Ashland MA 01721 508-881-0600

1941 Class Agent: John A. MacDonald, Jr. 121 Eben Hill Road Yarmouth ME 04096 207-846-3583 E-mail: judymacd@aol.com

John Blake and his wife are retired and living in California where they are active in their community, travel and see their grandchildren as often as possible. ■ John Hixon writes, “Building a new year-round home on the coast in a town called Round Pond, ME. It is beautiful and I only tell a few friends and relatives because I don’t want them to move there and make it more crowded!”

1949 FIFTIETH

REUNION

Class Agent To Be Announced!

F. Davis Clark ’34 and his friend, Dixie, stopped by campus for a visit this spring.

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class notes ForEverGreen: Roger Castle ’17 Roger Castle ‘17, of Schooner Estates, Damariscotta, ME, celebrated his 100th birthday recently. Born February 12, 1899, he will be the only Hebronian who has the opportunity to observe three centuries, though the memories of the last one are understandably a bit vague. A full life it has been and remains so today, formed of a strong marriage, career, avocations and passions. In the spirit of the life time achievement awards of entertainment, the Hebron Semester celebrates Roger Castle, recipient of its first lifetime achievement, “For Ever Green” Award. He is also a nominee for the most “Young at Heart” Award, but there are numerous contenders for that particular accolade.

To these two distinctions might be added a third, a citation for “Savoir Faire,” for included in the celebration of Roger’s centennial was the performance of a belly dancer and a portrait made for the occasion of Roger attired in “top hat, white tie and tails.” Not surprising, it seemed, for the one whose classmates nicknamed “Vernon” in honor of Irene and Vernon Castle, ballroom dance team of the time. The 1917 commencement number of the Semester noted: “Vernon” has been known as a persistent “fusser” since arriving at Hebron and he is surely some ladies’ man.

“There’s a Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway.”

“Vernon” is also some student and we all wish him the best of luck in his college days.

While it might not have been fresh in his memory, his Hebron visitors brought several items from Roger’s time at Hebron. One bit of doggerel from the March 1917 Semester supposedly attributed to Roger brought a chuckle of recognition and the memory of walking the campus loop in the evening or of meeting the ladies on the bridge after dinner for “fussing”: A CASTLEGRAM The surest cure for broken hearts I’ve found in all life’s whirl, Is to affix the severed parts Upon another girl.

And so the memories flowed. Reflecting on the surrounding towns, Roger remembered the roads and the travel to and from Hebron: “The road to Buckfield went out by the church; only you couldn’t really get through by that road. It wasn’t as much as a dogpath through the woods. And where did it lead? We went to South Paris one day. Somebody gave me a ride out to South Paris and then to West Paris. They told me there that you could go back to Hebron over the hill there, and so we did. I’ve been back over that hill [probably North Hill, Buckfield], and that was some hill. It was all big pasture country—no trees anywhere, just big dairy farms out that way.”

Scholarship aid did not exist in 1917 as one thinks of it today.

Roger describes the work-study arrangement which enabled him to attend Hebron: “I lived in the dormitory that was right near the church—Atwood Hall.

I was very fortunate to get a job at Hebron to help me get by. It happened because during my last three years of high school, I had worked with a civil engineer. So I had the job to survey the campus. They said that they would give me everything except my room and board if I came up there and surveyed the campus and made a drawing—what a civil engineer does. I asked the man in my hometown that I worked with, and he said to take the measures, and when I came home at Christmas time, he and I drew up the first drawings and they were matted. Maybe you’ve still got them because I made them up and gave them to Hebron after I came back at Christmas time. That was 1917.”

Sport has played a part in Roger’s life through the decades. A long-standing track official in the State of Maine, Roger talked of indoor track and Colby and the University of Maine, and then went on to describe a trip to an indoor meet at Bowdoin in February of his senior year: “We went down to Bowdoin one day for a high schools track meet. There were about six or eight of us on the track team at Hebron in the wintertime, and we went down there with Coach Dwyer. He lived over by the church. We ran in the Bowdoin building in February, and when the meet was over, we discovered it had been snowing all afternoon. We didn’t think much of it at the time. We had to get back to Hebron, and well, the trolley cars were still running. It was wintertime, and the way they heated those trolley cars was to have a stove right in the middle and a bucket for you to put coal in them. We got back as far as Mechanic Falls, where we were going to hire a horse and wagon to take us back to Hebron because that is what we had done on the way down. There were six or seven of us, and they wouldn’t let us take a horse. We couldn’t get back that night, and we didn’t know what to do. So they took us to a boarding house and put us to bed up in the top. There must have been three or four to a bed up there. It was the only way we stayed warm in that unheated loft. In the morning, we got back to Hebron over the snow.”

Happy Birthday, Roger, from all of the Hebron Academy community!

class notes Peace Corps after graduating from Miami of Ohio in 1964 and spent two years doing urban development poverty work in Lima, Peru. He completed an M.A. at Indiana University and a Ph.D. at Stanford, both in political science. He and his wife Anne now live in Austin, TX, where Henry is a professor at the University of Texas. He has has spent a total of about five or six years in South America doing research and has been back to Peru about 20 times since his Peace Corps service.

A Big Thank You! Annual Giving Director Shanna Bruno would like to thank Stephen B. Jeffries ’79 and Peter Webber ’78 for their many years volunteering for Hebron as Class Agent. She also welcomes four new Class Agents: Richard Lancaster ’50, Richard Parker ’55, Geoff Clark ’78 and B. Tucker Thompson ’79.

1961 1952

1957

Class Agent: Philip H. Montgomery RR 1 Box 4548, Ragged Mountain Road Camden ME 04843 207-236-8406

Class Agent: S. Mason Pratt, Jr. 3 Storer Street, Portland ME 04102 207-774-0079 E-Mail: mpratt @pierceatwood.com

1953

1958

Class Agent: Dean E. Ridlon 225 Nehoiden Street Needham MA 02494 781-444-5736

Class Agent: Ted Noyes Noyes & Chapman, Inc. 1039 Washington Avenue Portland ME 04103 207-797-3600 E-Mail: bigiagcy@aol.com

1954 F O R T Y- F I F T H

REUNION

Class Agent: Bruce J. Spaulding 14215 Kellywood Lane Houston TX 77079 713-493-6663

1955 Class Agent: Richard J. Parker 2 Vision Drive Natick MA 01760 E-Mail: rparker@mtra.com

1956 Class Agent: Paul F. Drouin Remax, 104 Pleasant Street Hyannis MA 02601 508-790-7900.

Roger Stacey recently oversaw a tri-campus panel of faculty, students and alumni/ae to help define the “culture and identity” of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, where he teaches English.

1962 Class Agent: Gordon M. Gillies, Esq. Hebron Academy Hebron ME 04238 207-966-3131

1959 FORTIETH

Class Agent needed!

To volunteer, call Shanna Bruno, Associate Director of Development, at 207-966-2100, ext. 236.

E-Mail: SbrunoHA@aol.com

Ed Driscoll writes, “I was very happy to have had my daughter Cate do a post-grad year at Hebron. The experience has helped her enormously. Also, I was married in September ’98 and my wife and I are building a new home in Holden, MA. I continue to be in medical practice here in Worcester which I enjoy and find rewarding. My daughter Abby is in school out in Durango, CO, and Sarah is graduating from Mt. Holyoke.”

REUNION

Class Agent: Bernard L. Helm 1502 West Thomas Street Rocky Mount NC 27804 919-985-7601 E-Mail: Hebron59@aol.com Our condolences go to Jim Goff, whose wife died in early May.

1963

1960

Class Agent: Will Harding 41 Mitchell Hill Road Lyme CT 06371 860-434-1418

Class Agent: John H. Halford, III 472 High Rock Street Needham MA 02494 781-444-1852.

John Moeling retired last year after more than 30 years in magazine publishing, the last 15 at Scientific American, where he was publisher and later president of the company. He is now doing some consulting work for publishers and marketers as well as local volunteer work. ■ Henry Dietz joined the

Congratulations to Peter J. Rubin, who was recently named one of the best lawyers in America in the field of business litigation, criminal defense and personal injury litigation.

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1964 T H I R T Y- F I F T H

REUNION

Class Agent: John R. Giger 152 Whiley Road Groton MA 01450 978-448-9628 (before 9:00 p.m.)

E-Mail: john@cybergiger.com Douglas Suitor says hello to John Giger, Gordon Close, Scott McCandless and the others from Sturtevant.

1965 Class Agent needed!

To volunteer, call Shanna Bruno, Associate Director of Development, at 207-966-2100, ext. 236.

E-Mail: SbrunoHA@aol.com Allen Kennedy writes, “Still running the theatre program at the Dalton School—just directed a lovely production of Hay Fever in commemoration of the Coward centenary. I get funny e-mail from Whit Rummel and see Bob Dibble and Mort Terry often—we have a summer place in Wellfleet, MA—call if you’re on the Cape.”

1966 Class Agent: Harvey L. Lowd 3004 Redford Drive Greensboro NC 27408 910-545-3422

1967 Class Agent needed!

To volunteer, call Shanna Bruno, Associate Director of Development, at 207-966-2100, ext. 236.

E-Mail: SbrunoHA@aol.com Rev. David James writes, “On February 14, 1999, I was ordained to the diaconate in the Russian Orthodox Church to serve the church I helped to build—St. Xenia Orthodox Church in Methuen, MA. In the meantime, I continue to be director of marketing and public relations at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA, where I have worked since 1983.”

class notes 1968

1972

1976

1978

Class Agent: Robert L. Lowenthal, Jr. 107 Knickerbocker Road Pittsford NY 14534 716-586-8528 E-Mail: bankman@rochester.rr. com

Class Agent: Stephen R. Gates 44 Cutler Road Andover MA 01810 978-470-1547 E-Mail: stephen.gates@us.mw. com

Class Agent: C. Reed Chapman 83 Zion-Wertsville Road Skillman NJ 08558 E-Mail: reed.chapman@bms.com

Class Agent: Geoff Clark 92A West Road Portland ME 04102 207-772-8005

Douglas Haartz writes, “Life is hectic as usual. My three daughters (ages 12, 9 and 5) keep me busy with school, sports and social activities. I hear from Reed Chapman frequently, but have lost touch with some of the others from our class. I’m always online at dhaartz@haartz.com for those who want to say hi.” ■ Sarah Hughes Sigel reports, “I’m living in Manchester, NH, with my husband Rich and daughters Anna (3) and Eliza (born February 1999). Enjoying being a mom and doing lots of info and support work for adoptive families in New Hampshire.”

George Dycio is the town planner in Windham, ME, after working for nine years as the planner in Lewiston. He reports that the Windham “Planning Department” is “me, myself and I. No one to blame for mistakes, no passing the buck, just one man doing the job of many!” ■ Congratulations to Forbes MacVane who was recently promoted to commander!

1969 THIRTIETH

REUNION

Class Agent: Jonathan G. Moll 536 Bair Road Berwyn PA 19312 610-296-9749 E-Mail: caribjon@aol.com

1970 Class Agent: J. Craig Clark, Jr. PO Box 209 Rindge NH 03461 603-899-6103 E-Mail: nx1g@top.monad.net

1971 Class Agent: Harvey A. Lipman 395 Linebrook Road Ipswich MA 01938 978-356-2012 E-Mail: halco@shore.net Arthur Pease writes, “I am still living in Munich, Germany, where I am executive editor of Research and Innovation magazine, which is published by Siemens AG. The magazine appears twice a year in English and German. I am also consulting editor for Siemens’ employee magazine, and I write for other publications as well. I was in the States for a business trip in December, during which I interviewed numerous scientists at Siemens Corporate Research in Princeton, N.J., and conducted a series of interviews at St. Jude Children’s Research Center in Memphis, TN, in connection with an article for New World magazine. I spent Christmas in Austin, TX, with my mother and sister, and was joined there by my wife Margreth, and our children Daniel (8) and Victoria (7). We had a wonderful stay in Texas that included a trip to Big Bend National Park. Our children are enrolled in the European School here in Munch, where they take their courses in English and have German as a second language. All four of us also speak Italian.”

1973 Class Agent: G.M. Nicholas Carter 8 Arnold Street Old Greenwich CT 06870 203-698-1932 E-Mail: nick521@aol.com Daniel Noel lives in Fenton, MI, with his wife Lenore and their son Joey. He is plant manager of C.M.S. Generation and general manager of M.I.D. Michigan Recycling in Flint.

1974 T W E N T Y- F I F T H

TWENTIETH

1977 Class Agent: Carolyn E. Adams 75 Baynard Cove Road Hilton Head Island SC 29928 803-363-6720 E-Mail: cadams @hargray.com.

REUNION

Class Agent: Alan G. Norris 7515 Collins Meade Way Kingstowne VA 22315 703-922-0141 E-Mail: agnorris@leggmason.com Alan Norris was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Springfield, VA, Chamber of Commerce, where he serves as the Director of Membership. He adds this post to that of Chairman of Citizens for the Springfield Community Hospital, Secretary/Treasurer of the Kingstown Residential Owners corporation, a community of 12,000 residents, Treasurer of the Mount Vernon Coalition and, of course, Class Agent.

1975

REUNION

Class Agent: B. Tucker Thompson 749 Princes Point Road Yarmouth ME 04096 207-846-4175 E-Mail: tuckert@paypower.com We hear that Deb Salisbury Johns is working in the Admissions Department at Marquette University in Milwaukee and her husband Lenn is teaching at the University of Wisconsin (Parkside) in Kenosha. Deb and Lenn are also the proud parents of a little girl!

Upcoming Events W E D N E S D AY, S E P T E M B E R 1

T H U R S D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 8

Lower and Middle School classes begin.

Fall Athletic Awards.

W E D N E S D AY, S E P T E M B E R 8

T H R O U G H M O N D AY,

Upper School classes begin.

NOVEMBER 29

F R I D AY, O C T O B E R 8 A N D

Thanksgiving Recess. Classes resume Tuesday, November 30.

S AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 9

Class Agent: Ellen L. Augusta PO Box 15519, Kenmore Station Boston MA 02215 617-846-2845 E-Mail: ellen_augusta @kessler.com

1979

Homecoming 1999. See pages 30–31 for more information.

S AT U R D AY, O C T O B E R 9

F R I D AY, N O V E M B E R 1 9

M O N D AY, D E C E M B E R 6

Vespers Service, Festival of Light.

T H R O U G H T U E S D AY,

T H U R S D AY, D E C E M B E R 9

OCTOBER 12

Holiday Concert.

Fall Long Weekend. Classes resume Wednesday, October 13.

F R I D AY, D E C E M B E R 1 7

Winter Recess.

Be sure to visit our web site for updates: www.hebronacademy.pvt.k12.me.us

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class notes 1980 Class Agent: Elizabeth Skelton Perry 1913 Essex Street Bangor ME 04401 207-945-4468 Miriam Woodruff is studying veterinary medicine at Tufts and hopes to have her degree in 2002. She plans to move back to Maine then and maybe work with her brother-in-law, who has a small animal hospital in Camden. After 14 years in California, she’s happy to be back on the East Coast! ■ Sue Smrekar and two other women were featured recently in the New York Times and Working Woman magazine. They hold the top three positions in NASA’s Mars exploration project, a first in NASA history.

1981 Class Agent: Mark L. Stevens 215 Melrose Street Auburndale MA 02466 508-969-7431 E-Mail: hebron81@LocateUs.com Sallyann Bailey-Hunter and her husband took their three kids to London in April. She reports that Mary Snow recently had an adorable baby boy. ■ Ed Stebbins writes, “Greetings! Last year on December 21, Gritty McDuff’s celebrated its tenth year in existence! Not bad for Maine’s first brew pub since Prohibition. In 1998 we sold just under 5,000 barrels of beer, which made us the third largest brewery in Maine and the 98th largest brewery in America!”

1982 Class Agent: Joy Dubin Grossman c/o D&T Spinning, Inc. PO Box 467 Ludlow VT 05149 802-228-2925 E-Mail: p.dubin@vermontel.com

Chyllene Canning McDonald writes, “My husband Dave and I unfortunately missed Tom Johnson’s ’83 New Year’s wedding.

Our daughter Bridget was born December 21 and wasn’t quite ready to travel!” ■ Joy Dubin Grossman ran in the Boston Marathon in April. ■ Rachel Stephenson Tribuzio writes, “So much has happened in the last two years! My mother, Ruth Stephenson, after getting to know her granddaughter Lauren and attending her first birthday party, passed away on September 7, 1997. This was after a long illness and after having surgery. Born the following year on September 23, 1998, were Michael Dominick Tribuzio and Megan Elene Tribuzio. We are blessed to have twins and know that our mother is watching over us. Needless to say, the past six months have been very busy. I am home all but one day at which time I put on my hat of child therapist and participate in the work force.”

1983

Marriages Erica Litchfield and Peter CaponeNewton on August 8, 1998, in Hebron.

1987

F O R M E R

Diane and Brian Creamer on June 27, 1998, in New Canaan, Connecticut.

F A C U LT Y

Class Agent: Eric T. Shediac 52A Phillips Street Boston MA 02114 617-720-7106

Class Agent: Deborah Schiavi Cote 18 Little Androscoggin Drive Auburn ME 04210 207-784-1590 E-Mail: dscote@exploremaine.com

Eva Meschel and Jason Sagan, on August 9, 1998.

Julie Chick and David Mastrianno on May 23, 1998, in Hebron.

1985

REUNION

Derek Defoe reports that he is still living in the Boston area and has plenty of room for visiting friends and classmates. He’s now completing his fifth year of working with and caring for clients with disabilities. You can call Derek at 617-924-6612 or e-mail him at siimb@earthlink.net.

James Doherty is married and living in Holliston, MA. He is senior account manager handling electronic and communications customers for a software company. He says he still plays lacrosse in a summer league and still gets a lot of penalties. ■ Jane Haskell Bell is living in Vermont and working for Allstate Insurance, where she’s been for 10 years! She has two boys and was back

Next spring, join Hebron Latin teachers Christy and Nat Wagner on a trip to Italy and Greece. Details will follow in the August issue of the Hebronian. This trip will be open to students, parents and alumni/ae.

Diane Farrell and Ed Driscoll, in September 1998.

1993

1984

Take a Trip to Ancient Rome!

1994

on the slopes with the older one, Connor (6), when he began ski lessons this year. She says she sees Ian Ormon on occasion.

Class Agent: Debra Beacham Bloomingdale 2 Haddow Road Rockport MA 01966 978-546-9123 E-Mail: bloomies@shore.net.

FIFTEENTH

1962

1986 Class Agent: Carl Engel 7 Gerring Road Gloucester MA 01930 978-283-1201 E-Mail: NSChiro@erols.com James Gillies writes, “Hello Class of ’86. I’m working as an editor for Community Newspaper Company in Needham, MA, and living in Charlestown, MA. I wish the best to all.” ■ Joe Libby reports, “Lisa and I built a home in Uxbridge, MA, and moved in October 1998. I’m still with Fidelity, managing retirement plans for Fortune 500 companies.”

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1987 Class Agent: Catherine C. Thoman 11 Monument Square, Apt. 8 Charlestown MA 02129 617-242-4462 Brian Creamer is an account executive with Moody’s Investor Services in New York City and his wife Diane is a learning specialist in Darien, Connecticut. ■ Hannah Turlish writes, “Very happy teaching history at Wellesley High School. I get to go on an expenses-paid study tour to China this summer! Just finished my fourth Boston Marathon—it hurt, but I’m already looking forward to my next one. Was so happy to see Charlie Lownes ’84 and Bill Wallace a few weeks ago. It was just like old times!”

1988 Class Agent: Rebecca Whitney Kinney 91-1013 Aeae Street Ewa Beach HI 96706 808-681-4193 E-Mail: maine-iacs @msn.com.

Congratulations to Trisha Millett, who received a Circle of Excellence award from the Mark Stimson Real Estate Network in Portland for her outstanding success in 1998. ■ Best wishes to Anne Sage and her fiancé, Timothy Reilly, who are planning a June wedding. Anne tells us that the wedding party will include Bonnie Gregory and Sarah Wiggin ’90. Anne is a culinary student at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France, and her fiancé is a chef at the Boston Harbor

class notes Hotel. ■ Dana Turrentine is a professional chef in Minnesota and says she wants to be Willy Wonka and invent new food. She recently enrolled in the food science master’s program at the University of Minnesota.

1989 TENTH

REUNION

Class Agent: M. Hayes McCarthy PO Box 1412 North Falmouth MA 02556 508-563-7344 E-Mail: hayesmvp @capecod.net.

1990 Class Agent: Sybil Newton King RR3 Box 3019 Farmington ME 04938 207-778-6122 E-Mail: PT.SLN@FCHN. ORG. Colin Garland recently brought us up to date on his activities after Hebron. “I graduated from Bradford College, cum laude, won the writing award for senior thesis which I’m trying to get published, played guitar for a professional funk-rock band for four years, taught high school for a year, went to Boston University for my master’s in television broadcasting (which I get in May), edited the entertainment channel and was head comedy writer for the Student Advantage corporation’s website, and now I’m moving to Los Angeles in late June to start a career in television writing and development.” ■ Jen Walker is working for Target Software as a training and documentation specialist.

1991 Class Agent: Steve Williams 48 River Bank Terrace Billerica MA 01821 978-663-3926 Rob Curtis reports, “Just got back from Italy to cover the opening stages of the NATO air campaign against Yugoslavia.

Scored my first cover! US News and World Report, April 19th issue. Please let Herr Woolsey know that my love of gadgets has been justified: the photo was shot on a digital camera and transmitted back to the US on a laptop held together with paperclips, chickenwire and spit. Helene and I are looking to buy our first home in Northern Virginia and having a heck of a time (any

alumni/ae real estate types nearby?). Those of you up North will get a laugh—$180K gets you a beat-up 1950s 1200 square foot townhouse…” ■ Chip Hedrick is working at Verrill & Dana and enjoying practicing law. ■ John Robinson writes, “My fiancée and I have started house hunting and hope to find something this spring. We are also planning a two-week trip to Europe this summer, with a week in Paris and a week in London. We recently visited my sister Merilee ’92 and her new husband in Virginia.” ■ Fabian Wegner is attending graduate school in Finland, working on an M.B.A.

1992

1995

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Class Agent: Meredith L. Robinson PO Box 1875, SAC Manchester, NH 03102 E-Mail: merobins@anselm.edu

Class Agent: Irakly Areshidze Middlebury College MC Box 4230 Middlebury VT 05753 802-443-3995

Congratulations to Sean Morey, who was chosen by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the National Football League draft! ■ Bethanne Robinson was captain of the varsity softball team at Thomas College this spring. She also had the honor of catching the ceremonial first pitch on the newly completed Thomas College softball field at a special ceremony on April 10.

Scott Letourneau was named to the fall semester dean’s list at Middlebury College.

■ Jason Spindler spent most of the year in Europe, backpacking around and then in a study program at the University of Valencia.

While traveling around he was able to visit with Stefan Soehngen and Ben Hopmann ’97 ■ Sherry Whittemore was named to the fall semester dean’s list at the University of Southern Maine.

Class Agent: Matthew A. Arsenault 1603 White Cedar Boulevard Portsmouth NH 03801 603-430-2029

Births

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Class Agent: Marko I. Radosavljevic 340 Media Station Road, Apt. C212 Media PA 19063 610-565-6466 E-Mail: mradosav @student. physics.upenn.edu

To Rich and Sarah Hughes Sigel, a daughter, Eliza, born in February 1999.

To Dave and Chyllene Canning McDonald, a daughter, Bridget Kelley, born December 21, 1998.

Best wishes to Lauri Moreau who is engaged to Beau Blais. They are planning a March 2000 wedding. Lauri is a special ed teacher at McMahon School and tells us that Julie Chick Mastrianno is a credit analyst with MBNA.

To Cheryl and George Dycio, a daughter, Larissa Marie, born April 10, 1999.

1979 To Lenn and Deb Salisbury Johns, a daughter, Alexandra Janice, born December 7, 1998.

1994 FIFTH

1978

To Mario and Rachel Stephenson Tribuzio, a son, Michael Dominick, and a daughter, Megan Elene, on September 23, 1998.

1983 To Carol and Benjamin Haartz, a son, Ryan Benjamin, born March 24, 1998.

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1980

Class Agent: Daniel C. Rausch Haverford College 370 Lancaster Avenue Haverford PA 19041 610-649-4717

To Jeanne and Rob Thompson, a daughter, Eleanor, born April 5, 1999.

To Peggy and Eric Johnson, a son, Jake Kendall, born December 9, 1998.

1988

Erica Litchfield and Peter CaponeNewton were married at Hebron Community Baptist Church in August 1998.

Among the wedding party were the following Hebron alumni/ae: Laura Hemond, Alison Litchfield LeRoy ’91, Shannon Connolly ’95, Amy Downing, Jed Kutzen, Daniel Rausch and Oriol RodriguezCiurana.

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1981 To Bart and Laura Douglas Peterson, a son, Oliver Percy, born January 13, 1999.

To Annette and Jonathan Larabee, a son, Austin Bryant, born February 25, 1999.

1995 To Josh DeSimone, a daughter, Lyric Elizabeth, born March 26, 1998.

class notes 100 Years Ago in the Semester

W A mini reunion of current and former Hebron faculty at an Emory/Brandeis women’s basketball game. Front row: Harry Rothschild, Alex Gillies ’96 (who plays for Emory) with Viola Rothschild on her lap, Michelle O’Day and her son, Aiden. Middle row: Elizabeth McCracken, Cheng-Mei Rothschild, Brendan O’Day. Back row: Michael Seaton, Jessica Truslow, Mer Gillies. Gordon Gillies ’62 took the picture.

1997 Class Agent: Arica B. Powers University of Southern Maine 319 Upton Hall, Gorham ME 04038 207-874-3599 E-Mail: apowers71@maine.edu.

Audrey Barriault and Jessica Garneau were named to the fall semester dean’s list at Bates College. ■ Arica Powers was named to the fall semester dean’s list at the University of Southern Maine. ■ Augustin Sedgewick was named to the fall semester dean’s list at William and Mary. ■ Barbara Zewe is enrolled in maritime college in Elsfleth, Germany.

1998 Class Agent: Brian Toole P.O. Box 97 Hebron ME 04238 We hear that Andrew Estroff is majoring in microelectronic engineering at RIT and he’s still playing percussion. ■▲ Kirsten Ness was named to the fall semester dean’s list at Colby College. ■ Rachael Peterson was named a Benson Fellow at St. Andrews Presbyterian.

FORMER FACULTY Marion and Bob Crist send greetings to all!

■ Peter Dufour writes, “Congratulations on the $1.5 million gifts! Classes are going very well. Have been concentrating on income and estate tax as well as finance classes. Looking forward to allocating the majority of my pro bono work to ensuring a solid financial future for Hebron Academy well into the 21st century. Wishing all of you the best.” ■ Eva Meschel Sagan teaches math at Newton County High School in Covington, Georgia, and recently renewed her contract for another year. She continues to run 5K races around the Georgia area and will compete in the Run/Walk for Home 5K race to be held in Athens, Georgia. She wishes all faculty and students the best.

Coming up in the Hebronian Commencement 1999 Spring Sports Roundup Class Notes Homecoming Update and more…

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hat was happening at the Academy during the 1898–1899 school year? In the November 1898 Semester, the editors were quick to praise Mrs. Sturtevant “for her liberality in her endeavors to provide a Dormitory for the girls of Hebron Academy.” This dormitory was, of course, Sturtevant Home.

Every school looks for contributions to improve equipment and quality of life. Hebron in 1898 was no exception.

The list of “Wants” in the November and March issues included the Library Fund, scholarships of $500 each, the establishment of a Reading Room Fund, natural history and geology specimens for the museum, and contributions toward the placement of bowling alleys in the basement of the gymnasium.

November’s correspondence included a letter from Hebron alumnus John D. Long, Class of 1854. Mr. Long was Secretary of the Navy.

In the March issue, the news was of the procurement of an adequate water supply from Hall Pond and of the plans for the new dormitory. A detailed description of the building and samples of the floor plan (below) were provided by the architect, John Calvin Stevens, who also designed the school building.

The exploits of the foot-ball, basket-ball and base-ball teams were described at great length as well.

class notes Obituaries 1925 Ralph Ashton Corbett died August 16, 1998, in Norway. He was born in South Paris in 1908, the son of Fred and Virginia Sturtevant Corbett. He received a B.S. from the University of Maine and an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin. Upon graduation he became agricultural instructor and coach at Gorham High School. He married Alice Card in 1929; she died in January 1998. In 1930 he became Agricultural County Agent for Franklin County where he organized the first baby beef project in Maine. He was transferred to the extension office at the University of Maine and became a dairy specialist. In 1939 he was a leader and organizer of the Central Maine Breeding Association and in 1940 the Androscoggin Valley Artificial Breeding Association which in 1947 merged together to form the Maine Breeding Cooperative. In 1966 they merged with other cooperatives in New England to form EASTERN. He retired in 1966. Mr. Corbett was a World War II veteran serving with the 705 Military Police Unit. He and his wife, with another couple, developed a 34lot development bordering the University of Maine campus and with Mrs. Corbett’s brother developed a 30-lot development in South Paris and built homes in both. The Corbetts were major donors to the Page Farm and Home Museum on the Maine campus. Mr. Corbett was a member of the Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono and a member of the American Dairy Science Association, serving a term as chairman of the diary cattle breeding committee.

He was a member and chairman of the New England green pastures committee and a member of the National Dairy Shrine of America. For 20 years after retirement he picked apples every fall, amassing a total of 30,000 bushels. Mr. Corbett is survived by nieces and nephews.

died in the 1970s and he is survived by his wife Marie W. Vail of Venice and several Maince cousins: John L. Hewes of Waterboro, Richard D. Hewes of Cape Elizabeth and Ann Hewes Foden of Scarborough.

1927 The Alumni/ae Office regrets to report the death of William J. Foley ’27 on March 10, 1998.

there until 1949. In 1949, he returned to Rumford and was employed by Oxford Paper Co. in the research department until his retirement in 1979. Mr. Quint was a member of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, a member of the Dixfield Congregational Church, Past Master of the Masonic Blue Lodge and was a member of the Dixfield School Committee for 10 years. He was an outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening. He particularly enjoyed spending time with his family. Mr. Quint is survived by his wife of 57 years, Melba Packard Quint of Dixfield; one son, Richard Quint II of Auburn; two daughters, Susan Bodlovick of Westbrook, and Jane Page of Dixfield; and four grandsons.

1931 Stewart E. Sawyer died February 18, 1999 in Portland. He was born in Portland, a son of Edward and Marion Littlefield Sawyer. He served in the Naval Reserves. He was treasurer of the family business, Sawyer and Barker Co., until his retirement. Mr. Sawyer had many interests in real estate holdings in the Portland area anf for many years was an estimator for the Earle W. Noyes Moving Co. He was a former chairman of the South Portland City Council, a longtime member of the Portland Rotary Club, a member of Chowderheads and the Naval Reserve Association. He was a communicant of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church. An avid walker, Mr. Sawyer was often seen around Cape Elizabeth on his daily five-mile walk. He also enjoyed skiing, skating, gardening, furniture refinishing, reading and his cats. He is survived by his wife, Carol Chapin Sawyer of Cape Elizabeth; a daughter, Anne E. O’Reilly of Wells River, Vermont, and Cliff Island; two sons, Jonathan P. Sawyer of Portland and Thomas R. Sawyer of West Lovell; two brothers, Ashton Sawyer ’30 of Homossassa Springs, Florida, and Richard Sawyer of Silver Spring, Maryland and Little Diamond Island; and three grandchildren.

1940 John Cushman Schoppe died recently in Riverside, California. He was born in Bozeman, Montana, attended the University of Maine and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 until 1949 and in the U.S. Air Force for 23 years before he retired in 1975 with the rank of colonel. Col. Schoppe served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He received a Bronze Star and an Airman’s Medal with an oak leaf cluster. He was a member of the American Legion. He was a real estate agent in Riverside for 14 years before he retired in 1989. He was a member of Elks Lodge 643 in Riverside and the Canyon Crest Country Club in Riverside. Col. Shoppe is survived by his wife, Iva; three daughters, Cheryl West of Riverside, Pamela Pirnynski of Los Gatos, and Laurie Morrin of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina; two sons, Theodore Schoppe of Penn Valley and John Stephen Schoppe of Murrieta; 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

1926 Eugene Libby Vail died February 15, 1999, in Venice, Florida. Mr. Vail was an executive with the New England Telephone Company for 41 years in various positions in and around Boston, Massachusetts, prior to retirement in 1971. He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and graduated from the University of Maine at Orono where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and a football player. During World War II, he served as a major in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America and the Venice Yacht Club. His first wife Ruth

FORMER FA C U LT Y S. Barnitz Williams died April 5, 1999, in Gettysburg. He was born in York, Pennsylvania, the son of Harry L. and Margie Sleeder Williams. A 1925 graduate of Princeton, Mr. Williams was an English teacher at the International College in Turkey. He returned to the United States in 1928 and spent one year teaching French in a public high school and then taught at Peddie School. He taught English at William Penn Senior High School in York for nine years. In 1941, Mr. Williams took an English position at Deerfield Academy and in 1946 moved to Hebron Academy as assistant headmaster and chairman of the English Department. During his 13 years at Hebron, Mr. Williams also edited the alumni/ae magazine. Prior to retiring in 1969, he was director of development at the Lawrenceville School for 10 years. In addition to serving as a teacher, editor and administrator, he was a coach for football, wrestling, dramatics and debate. He was also active in national and state educational organizations. His wife, Ida Frances Moody Williams, predeceased him. Mr. Williams is survived by a number of nieces and nephews.

John Derwin Wing died May 9, 1999, in Hanover, New Hampshire. He graduated from Bates College in 1972 and received his master’s degree from the College of William and Mary. He taught Shakespeare at Hebron Academy and worked several years at the Dartmouth College Library. He was working at the Dartmouth Bookstore at the time of his death. Mr. Wing was very interested in politics and gave to many charitable organizations. He liked plants and flowers and the out-of-doors. He also liked sports, especially swimming and basketball. He was an avid reader and did a lot of writing. Mr. Wing is survived by three half-brothers, Gilbert Wing, Earl Wing and Howard Wing; an aunt, several cousins and numerous friends.

1937 Richard John “Dick” Quint died April 18, 1999, in Rumford. Mr. Quint was born in Stratton, the son of Cecil D. and Maude Jones Quint. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1941 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He was employed by E.I. Dupont deNemours and Co. in Joliet and Chicago from 1941–1946. A veteran, Mr. Quint served with the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1946. In 1946, he went to work for the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and was employed

How to Reach Us We are always interested in hearing from you! Below is a list of Advancement Office staff and their e-mail addresses.

Paul Domingue, Assistant Headmaster for Finance: paul_domingue@hotmail.com Bill Becker, Major and Planned Giving: bbecker@mail.hebronacademy.pvt.k12.me.us Shanna Bruno, Annual Giving: sbruno@mail.hebronacademy.pvt.k12.me.us Dave Stonebraker, Alumni/ae Relations and Archivist: dw_stonebraker@hotmail.com

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Jenny Adams, Publications Director: jadams@mail.hebronacademy.pvt.k12.me.us

Celebrate Hebron ’39

Gala Dinner

’54 ’44 Reunion Class Gatherings

’29 excellence FRIDAY OCTOBER 8

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’49 integrity

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Road Race

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Department Profile:

Advancement What is “Advancement”? Many people think it is the latest euphemism for “fund raising.” Advancement actually encompasses not only fund raising, but also alumni/ae relations, publicity and publications. Hebron Academy’s Advancement Office includes all of these functions. The Office plans events, publishes the Semester and Hebronian and raises funds through Annual Giving and special gifts. Here we would like to introduce the four members of the department who are the people you are most likely to meet at a Hebron event or talk to when you call the school.

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avid Stonebraker is a familiar figure to a generation of Hebron students. He came to Hebron in 1976 from Tidewater, Virginia. A New Englander by birth, he “wanted seasons in [his] life again,” and the lure of New England’s ski slopes drew him back.

Dave taught English for 21 years at Hebron, with stints as Admissions Director and Director of Studies, but is now taking on the role of Director of

Alumni/ae Relations and Archivist. He is looking forward to reconnecting with alumni/ae he already knows and to meeting others and hearing about Hebron’s earlier days.

On winter weekends you can find him on the slopes at Sugarloaf, skiing with his sons Austin and Ben.

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hanna Bruno was born and raised just up the road in Buckfield. She began working at Hebron in 1981 after four years at Mid Maine Mutual in the operations office. During her time at Hebron she has done almost everything in the alumni/ae and development office from running the old addressograph machine to gift entry to mass mailings. As Associate Director of Development she continues to manage the Annual Giving Fund, organizes phonathons and coordinates class agents and reunion year giving. A true “people person,” she is also looking

forward to traveling in New England, meeting Hebron alumni/ae and friends.

Shanna lives in Hebron with her husband, Carlo, and sons Ryan and Derek.

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illiam G. Becker, III has had two distinct relationships with Hebron: as student and as employee. A member of the class of 1987, Bill began working at Hebron in 1994 as Director of Alumni/ae and Constituent Relations.

He honed his networking skills during a year with Up With People and during two years in Washington with the American Bankers Association and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Since coming to Hebron he has taken on many challenges, including dormitory life, coaching and advising the senior class. Newly appointed Director of Major and Planned Giving, Bill will be working with those alumni/ae and friends interested in making significant investments in the future of the Academy.

Bill and his wife, Beth, live in Long Cottage with their daughter, Caitlyn, who will be just a year old in June.

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aul Domingue is Assistant Headmaster for Finance and Development. He came to Hebron in 1994 and oversees all fundraising and external affairs. When people find out that Paul has a master’s in visual design, they

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Braving a chilly spring morning on the steps of the Stanley Building: Paul Domingue, Shanna Bruno, Bill Becker and Dave Stonebraker.

often wonder how he ended up in his current position. He says it was actually a fairly natural progression. He has always enjoyed the out-of-doors and working with kids. He began teaching while in graduate school and never looked back, moving from art faculty to community relations to development as opportunities presented themselves.

Paul lives in Bridgton with his wife, Dale. Their youngest child, Elise, graduated from Hebron in 1998.

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hat do these four have in common? They share a deep love for the school and its community, they believe that Hebron has a bright future ahead of it and they are committed to ensuring that future. We hope you will meet them soon!

The Franklin Society

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he Franklin Society comprises a unique group of

Hebron investors. These generous and farsighted individuals have made Hebron a part of their estate plans. By doing so, they have planted the seeds of the Academy’s financial security and helped to ensure its long term fiscal health. The Society’s namesake, Benjamin Franklin, was noted for his practicality, urbane wit, prudence and financial acumen. It was those qualities

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which led Hebron’s founders to vote, at their first meeting in 1804, to inscribe the likeness of Dr. Franklin upon the new school’s seal. Today we honor the memory of Hebron’s founders as well as Dr. Franklin himself, by urging you to consider membership.

For More Information…

For additional information about these and other planned gift opportunities, please call or write the Director of Major and Planned Giving in complete confidence. He will be able to meet with you at your convenience, in order to demon-

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’ve been involved with Hebron since 1958 when my son Jamie began as a freshman. Then my daughter and her husband took faculty positions at Hebron and their children attended, of course. I’ve been going up to the school regularly for more than twenty years now. I got involved with the archives and really enjoy working in the library. My daughter Charlotte was the school’s librarian, so it was natural for me to stay involved. I was asked to be a Trustee in 1991, and I served until 1998.

To me, Hebron stands for integrity. It’s a straightforward place…“a prep school with a flannel shirt.” It has a nice, relaxed family atmosphere that I find appealing. The truth is, Maine needs Hebron Academy.

I support the school because philanthropy is important to me. I grew up surrounded by that tradition. My father used to say, “Owning it isn’t important. It’s how you use it that matters. It’s OK to live comfortably, but make your wealth work for you by helping others.”

strate the many advantages to making a planned gift to Hebron Academy.

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