Winter 1977 MKA Alumni News

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Contents Biennial Report

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English Language ...........................................................................

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Homecoming 76 ...........................................................................

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Final College Choices Bulletin Board

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Alumni Association ..........................................................................14 Class News ...........................................................................................15

Alumni Association Council

Cover: Seniors Meryl Eastman and Chris Brenner brave the winter weather to cut across the Upper School campus.

Mrs. Jo Taylor Callaghan, Editor Editorial Advisory Board

Mrs. Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54 Miss Elizabeth L. Specht'44 James S. Vandermade '35 Member Council for Advancement and Support of Education, National Association of Independent Schools, Alumni Presidents' Council of Independent Schools Published by the Montclair Kimberley Academy, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, New Jersey 07042, twice a year in winter and spring. Entered as third class matter at Mont­ clair, N.J. 07042

Mrs. Frances Johnson Am es'40, President Miss Elizabeth L. Specht '44, Executive Vice President William J. Thompson, Jr. '33, Secretary/Treasurer Mrs. Gail Tomec Kerr '52, Vice President — Annual Giving Geoffrey Gregg '68, Vice President — Reunions Mrs. Aubin Zabriskie Am es'54 Mrs. Nancy Ehrhardt Bambara '51 Mrs. Joan Wallace Bryant'57 Frederic G. Calder '42 Mrs. Jo Taylor Callaghan, Director of Alumni Affairs Richard L. Carrie'41 Richard W. Day, Principal Mrs. Constance Ritchie DuHamel '46 Miss Dawn Geannette'68 Mrs. Miriam Eustis Irwin '51 Marc S. Kirschner '60 Oscar A. Mockridge, 111 '55 Robert H. Muller, M .D. '39 Mrs. Nancy Plummer Nazarian '68 Franklin M. Sachs '58 H. William Schulting, 111 '42 Robert T. Sessa'68 M. Eugene Speni '27 Frank S. Stamato, Jr. '55 Mrs. Carol Humphrey W hite'52 Mrs. Peggy Klotz Young'37

BIENNIAL REPORT In searching for an appropriate format for a report to you . . . . alumni, students, parents and former parents, and friends . . . . on the first two years of MKA, I settled on the concept of a letter to a former colleague. It will be apparent that this design appealed to me because of the perspective it permits. I present it to you with a real sense of pride in having shared with all o f you the accomplishments of MKA, and in full confidence in the future of our institution.

Richard Ward Day, Principal

Dear Pat: Do you remember that evening in the fall of 1973 when we were talking about the coming merger of Montclair Academy, its Brookside School, and The Kimberley School, and my possible part in it? We discussed the other mergers we knew about, their exciting potential as well as their difficulties, failures, traumatic experiences, and the years of struggle that went into them. In the light of all that we then knew, we laid down some of the things that I might expect. Well, it is now the beginning of my third year at The Montclair Kimberley Academy, and while we can't have another evening together, here is a report to add to your merger stories.

First, let me say that we have enjoyed an early measure of success beyond our fondest hopes. Enrollment is high, sense of academic purpose is strong, faculty turnover has been minimal. Perhaps one reason is that this merger was not a marriage of necessity. Another reason is that each predecessor was healthy, with reputations for excellence.

Undoubtedly the good will of all involved was of critical importance. Whatever the reasons, ours is a happy story.

You will recall that we touched on some ten areas of concern during our conversation that evening. There might well be, we surmised, friction among the three faculties, brought about by differences in academic standards, philosophies, traditions, pay scales. There would probably be rivalries among the administrative staffs and disparity in the positions of men and women. We knew there would be hostility based on the fear that one school might 'take over' or 'swallow up' another. (We had both heard the jeremiads of such swallowed schools, and the wrath of parents and students who felt discriminated against in a merger. You know what I mean: the traditional male-oriented school worrying about its math and science programs, the traditional girls'school concerned about languages and arts, and both of them sure that their athletic programs would be watered down.) In the 1970's we knew a school must be sensitive to unequal treatment of boys and girls in every facet of school life. Both of us expected students to be open-minded, en­ thusiastic, and ready for change. Parents and alumni of each institution, from what we had seen elsewhere, might feel that they had lost a school, and might be hostile or indifferent to the new one. An unwieldy and divided governing group had often resulted from the merger of independent boards.

Separate campuses, in addition to being administratively awkward, had been known to impede understanding and unity. Finally, in the gloomy financial climate of 1973, lukewarm support from all elements of the school and the larger community could be even more dangerous to a new

school than it already was, as we knew, to established ones.

We did not need to remind each other that the new head of a school is always an unknown quantity to be treated with caution, and in this case, even the position of Principal was a new concept.

At the time, you felt that all of these possibilities would materialize, and I felt that they could all be avoided. We were both wrong.

This merger certainly has worked out differently from any that you and I knew about. Though many situations arose that were difficult and uncomfortable, by and large the transition to a unified school has been remarkably smooth. Let me try to analyze for you as objectively as I can why this should have been so.

Two crucial decisions were made before I ever came on the scene. First, the steering committee of the trustees was composed of an equal number of members from each of the two founding schools (Brookside was administratively part of the Montclair Academy), setting a precedent of equal representation. Second, the first step of this steering com­ mittee was to charge a faculty study group with the creation of a coordinated curriculum which would run from kin­ dergarten to college. By the time I arrived, therefore, equal representation and a unified curriculum were established principles. Perhaps because they antedated the merger itself, these principles have survived. Like a bill of rights, they-have stabilized the process of merger. They have not been challenged, and they have engendered an atmosphere of mutual respect and cooperation. From the first days of the new school, I was able to have department meetings which included representatives from Primary, Middle, and Upper Schools who were already accustomed to thinking about each other.

"By the time I arrived, therefore, equal representation and a unified curriculum were established principles.. .. Like a bill of rights, they have stabilized the process of merger."

That was on a personal level. On a procedural level we all came from different schools, with different expectations, and there was considerable confusion and misunderstanding. The Principal and the Heads of the individual campuses were all assuming new duties in new buildings. Students, faculties, and staffs were strangers to one another as well. The new surroundings and relationships created hesitations, un­ certainties, misinterpretations. The influence of the strange and the new upon all facets of school life cannot be overemphasized. No step in the operation of any campus could be taken for granted.

All of us had expectations without realizing it. We saw buildings, classrooms, students, colleagues, and we visualized procedures. The trouble was that we were visualizing several different procedures from several different pasts. It was hard for all of us, especially the experienced teachers, to realize that no policy would go unquestioned, 1

that the simplest procedures had to be developed anew, and all this while school was in progress. The faculty that year provided us with continuing examples of grace under pressure.

As Principal, I too had expectations. I had hoped to avoid substantive decisions the first year. I accepted the need for new stationery, diplomas, a school seal or colors, but hoped that answers to questions about discipline, grading, and reporting, could be delayed. As it turned out they couldn't wait, but had to be hammered out during the first few weeks of school before we were sure of each other's names. You can well imagine the results satisfied no one, and it wasn't until this last June that we evolved approaches and solutions with which we are all comfortable. Of course along the way situations arose that tested and sometimes bruised our budding harmony.

The difficulties you and I had anticipated of friction among the three faculties were obscured that first year by the exigencies of building the new programs and the new relationships. They have since resurfaced, but in the context of a united school, and are therefore much simpler to deal with. Departments are handling academic standards as departments, regardless of school; a joint committee of students, faculty, and trustees has written our objectives and philosophy, a distillation of their common experience.

Traditions have been evaluated in order of appearance, and have been discarded, modified, or kept, as school opinion expressed itself. There did indeed turn out to be different pay scales. From the first, the trustees set a goal of equalizing them, and we have made significant progress toward that end. The situation here is healthy, I am convinced, because the faculty is aware of the problem and of our continuing efforts to deal with it.

Encouraged by the Board's early insistence of equal representation between schools among trustees, I urged equal representation in faculty administrative positions. Essentially this meant aiming toward an equal number of men and women. This was an a priori decision which did not work out entirely, but which was at least evidence to the faculty of an attitude which we have maintained. Five or six disaffected faculty and administrators left before the new school came into being. Although it was hard to lose experienced people, the remaining faculty were committed to the new school, and were perhaps a more unified group than would have been possible otherwise. 1needn't tell you that there were plenty of critics left to keep us on our toes, but the main thrust was toward making things work. In the last two years, we have made some excellent appointments to the faculty and its quality is constantly being strengthened.

"In the last two years, we have made some excellent appointments to the faculty and its quality is constantly being strengthened."

Those first two years were peppered with meetings: regular, irregular, special, ad hoc, formal, informal, planned and unplanned, morning, noon, and night, on all three campuses.

Faculty, trustees, parents, students tackled disparate subjects like graduation traditions, prizes, student activities, athletic program, teacher evaluation, curriculum, comparative workloads, discipline. After that workout, preparing for the 2

Middle States evaluation was routine.

There were some surprises. None of the participants would have predicted which issues would carry an emotional charge. Let me tell you about graduation, just as an example.

I saw this as a good chance to teach the students to make decisions about their part in the school, and to develop a new format which would represent the best traditions of both schools. I tossed out a few suggestions, outlined options, and sat back. The next thing I knew I was embroiled in charges and countercharges, parents and trustees became involved, and I had my first introduction to the conservatism of students. Apparently, having to evaluate accepted traditions was difficult, if not threatening, to them. Many questions had Iain unasked for years and the students would have preferred to let sleeping dogs lie. What did it mean to families of other faiths to have the graduation held in a Protestant church?

How could we best take advantage of increased school facilities? What kind of clothing was best suited to the diversity of our student population? In the end we stuck with tradition, but not before several time-honored patterns of thought had been aired and discussed, and a few opinions never before expressed had been heard and treated with respect.

"Alumni and parents are becoming ac­ customed to playing an essential ro le.. . .their increasing involvement will insure their understanding and backing."

Prizes and athletic awards met somewhat the same response. Here it was the faculty who were surprised. Their simplified system of awards aroused widespread protests, which brought about the creation of yet another committee.

We now have guidelines developed by trustees and faculty which clarify an emotional area and enable us to make decisions about awards based on their purpose and their value to the student and to the school.

You and I had pinpointed, as one of the chief possibilities for trouble, unequal treatment of boys and girls. One of the special concerns of the trustees of The Kimberley School was the preservation of the extent and quality of the girls' athletic program. Another trustee committee working with the faculty has dealt with the difficulties involved in sharing facilities, staff, positions, and time. The original premise that there must be equality has been the basis for any decisions. Limited athletic space, both indoors and out, has exacerbated the difficulty. A bus, purchased in 1975, has helped to maximize use of the available facilities. I am sure we can make even more efficient use of the land we have, but the ideal solution would be to find more of it.

We guessed right that there would be doubts among the parents and indifference among the alumni. What I hadn't expected was how quickly these feelings would be dissipated, or at least neutralized, by the supportive climate that many people worked hard to create. Alumni and parents are becoming accustomed to playing an essential role in generating ideas, supporting programs, finding personnel and students, in public relations, as well as in the traditional one of financial support. Their increasing involvement will insure their understanding and backing.

We needn't have worried about the separate campuses:

Fourth-grader Suzanne Murphy, seventh-grader Peter Edge, and eighth-grader Charles Phillips enjoy a visit from Principal Richard W. Day during their studies in the Middle School library.

they are an asset. For the students, they mean three separate chances to be leaders and the opportunity to turn over a new leaf on each new campus. Boredom with familiar surroun­ dings is avoided. The younger children have a haven of their own where they are not overwhelmed by 'the big kids' or by a huge campus. The faculty too have more chances for leadership, and for making an impression on their schools.

Administrative procedures are much simpler dealing with smaller groups on smaller campuses than they would be dealing with more than a thousand students in one place. We do have to work at communication, but that is probably a good thing. Department heads find that visiting classes takes time and planning; it can't be a casual process. As a result, instead of taking visiting for granted, they make it a conscious part of their program. The faculty too are being encouraged to visit colleagues on other campuses.

The gloomy financial climate you and I saw was certainly no figment of our imaginations. In addition, at the time of the merger in July, 1974, the Academy inherited the combined debts of the parent schools: more than $500,000. The new trustees were immediately faced with having to borrow a million dollars to refinance the old loans and to pay for nearly $500,000 worth of construction necessitated by the merger.

This was about what you and I had foreseen, and has been enough to drag down many a promising school, as we knew.

What we couldn't foresee, was the energy of the trustees and the timely generosity of friends of the school and of local foundations, all of whom made it possible for the Academy to pay off more than half its indebtedness by the fall of 1975. We still have plenty of problems — you wouldn't believe me if I denied it — but the important thing is that we have the confidence that we can handle them. I'll send you some further details so you can see from your own knowledge of the subject how favorably we compare with other schools in similar situations.

Well, Pat, the other problems I could tell you about would be old hat to you; they are common to all schools: keeping tuitions within reach of the broadest1possible economic range of families, keeping salaries competitive with similar schools, funding scholarships, increasing annual support to within 10% of the total budget, and of course planning a major capital fund drive. One factor you and I left out of our discussions because we couldn't predict it, and it has made the crucial difference in this success story: the reaction of the school community ^Strustees, parents, faculty, students, alumni. All of these groups have worked long and hard at the difficult and sometimes painful tasks of listening, un­ derstanding, learning, adapting, and creating. I know you will agree with me that they should be proud of what they have accomplished.

"There is no question that we are per­ forming our mission. ..

With the sound educational inheritance from the predecessor schools, it has been possible to delay full con­ centration on academic life while the mechanics of everyday operations were worked out. There is no question that we are performing our mission, but I am sure we can accomplish more. It is my intention now to turn a greater portion of my energies to the critical areas of teaching, curriculum development, and academic standards which deserve continuing attention in any good school.

Perhaps this tale will serve to brighten your composite picture of The Merger. Sometime when we meet again, I can fill you in on the details.

As ever,:# ' Dick 3

ENGLISH IS A LANGUAGE "Imitation is natural to man from childhood, one of his advantages over the lower animals being this, that he is the most imitative creature in the world, and learns at first by imitation," wrote Aristotle in The Poetics. Because young people imitate with few inhibitions, they have the potential to develop a facility for language which grows directly from their imagination and curiosity. An English program ought to exploit these potentials and encourage children to understand that their native tongue is a language and that its organization is fundamentally consistent and predictable. Its systematic design lends itself to the creation of patterns and models that can stimulate a child's imagination and curiosity. Young children re-create the language patterns that characterize their environment; an effective English program should establish a controlled environment in which children can assimilate the system and design of standard formal English.

At The Montclair Kimberley Academy, an English Study Committee, charged with the responsibility to develop a sequential thirteen-grade English program, began work in the summer of 1975. The committee researched and reviewed the literature of learning theory, educational philosophies, and early childhood development; it also laid the groundwork for a statement of goals, methods, and materials for the study of English at each grade level. Using that groundwork, a second committee worked during the summer of 1976. Early in its deliberations, this Committee recognized that it must for-

First-graders Christopher Kruse and Kirsten Beck.

"At the Primary School, we stress oral language by sharing our experiences and thoughts through 'show and tell/ telling stories, discussing the day's activities. We like to listen to each other read out loud and listen to ourselves on the tape recorder. Then we build our writing and reading skills and begin to learn the formal aspects of our language."

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Eighth grader DeDe Swanson and English teacher Douglas Jennings.

"Through the course of the Middle School years the students begin to develop an independence and confidence in using language as a tool of successful communication. They sharpen their skills of observation; they learn to organize their ideas; they write more frequently. We want our students to feel a 'comfortable competence' in using the language. We hope they will experience the happiness of effectively presenting their ideas through speaking and writing."

mulate a clear picture of the ideal Academy graduate before prescribing a set of goals and methods to be used to produce this person. A literate Academy graduate should listen, speak, read, and write at a level of achievement that exceeds a mere mechanical proficiency; he or she should master the fun­ damental skills and recognize that they are an integral part of a more significant design.

These fundamental skills — listening, speaking, reading, and writing — provide the foundation for a sound education.

The development of basic skills begins with listening. Young children imitate the language they hear as they begin to speak themselves. Their ability to understand others and to com­ municate ideas forms the basis for all learning. Children who do not learn to speak clearly and listen attentively begin school with a handicap. Auditory discrimination and fluent oral expression play an equally important role in the development of reading and writing skills. As students develop these skills, and then recognize that they become the means to a broader education, the controlled environment must be adjusted to challenge their growth and maturity.

English teachers at MKA create an environment characterized by standard speech patterns and saturated with a broad variety of language experiences.

To ensure a continuity in language experiences, the English curriculum of The Montclair Kimberley Academy proceeds

Lauren Waters, Debbie Rasin, Donna Lo Biondo, Alan Deehan, teacher Richard van Antwerp, and Ron Spivak during a Senior English class.

"In the Upper School, students begin to use language as a vehicle for discovery. As they write more frequently, they discover that their ideas can be ordered and presented logically; as they read more widely and in greater depth, they discover that great writers often help them to make sense of their own experience. Upper School teachers encourage students to use language in an orderly manner, both in their written work and in class discussions."

sequentially from kindergarten to grade twelve. Instruction in English is thus an on-going and recurrent process. The curriculum for kindergarten through grade eight provides instruction in each of the basic skills and introduces all of the components that comprise the language. In grade nine, students review all of the aspects of language to which they were exposed in the primary and middle schools and syn­ thesize them in preparation for further exploration. The curriculum of the final three grades introduces a wide variety of language experiences that grow naturally from the skills which were mastered and the components of the language which were introduced in the first ten grades. But students do not approach the study of English as little more than the acquisition of mechanical skills. They learn that if they study their language with sensitivity as well as discipline, they can use it as an effective vehicle for conceptual thinking and exciting creativity.

Richard F. van Antwerp, Chairman of the English Depart­ ment and of the English Study Committee, is a graduate of ESowdoin College. He received his M .A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Besides his departmental and teaching responsibilities, Mr. van Antwerp coaches ice hockey and girls' softball. He and his wife, Lynne, live in Montclair with their two children S daughter, Wendy, who attends kindergarten at the Primary School, and newlyarrived son, Colin. Mr. van Antwerp's mother, Mrs. Donald van Antwerp, is well known to Kimberley alumnae, having served on TKS's staff, and more recently to the parents and students of MKA's Primary School, where she is presently a staff member.

The other members o f the English Study Committee are Joanne Noble and Vida Welsh. Mrs. Noble is a graduate of Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania, and teaches sixth grade English and social studies. She and her husband, John, who teaches English at the Upper School, live in Montclair.

Their children also attend MKA; Vanessa is a tenth grader and Christopher is in fifth grade. Mrs. Welsh, a graduate of the University of Ohio, Athens, teaches third grade at the Primary School. She has done graduate work at the University of Illinois and the University of Iowa. Mrs. Welsh and her husband, Arthur, live in Upper Montclair and have three children, all of whom attend MKA. Janet is in tenth grade, Robert in seventh, and Margaret in fifth.

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■ ,/ TKS HOMECOMING WELCOME

CLASSES OF 26 36 46 51 56 66 71 75

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HOMECOMING ’76

Standing in front of the Homecoming Day Bulletin Board and representing six decades of MKA alumni are: lames S. Vandermade '35, Frances Onorati Crawford '66, Alfred F. W. Stapf '28, Audrey Carroll McBratney '50, Michael Ehrenberg '75, and Frances Johnson Ames '40.

Regardless of overcast skies, MKA's Homecoming '76 was a bright and sunny day! Activities began at the Middle School with a varsity field hockey game played against Princeton Day School with the MKA team routing their opponents 4 to 0.

Following the game, a gala 50th Reunion luncheon was hosted by Principal Richard W. Day. Members of The Kim­ berley School's Class of '26 — Naomi Bruce, Mary Bowne Joy, and Elizabeth Spadone Manning — joined members of Montclair Academy's Class of '26 — John Hayes and Mrs. Hayes; Richard Mastriano and guest, Mrs. Smith; and Homer Whitmore and Mrs. Whitmore. Wearing their autumn boutonnieres and obviously enjoying the school's new coeducational atmosphere, the '26-ers enjoyed swapping stories of the past and present.

Also here as honored guests at the luncheon, celebrating the 50th anniversary of MA's famous football team of '26, were Edward Phillips '27 and Mrs. Phillips; Oliver Pinkney '27 and Mrs. Pinkney; Alfred Stapf '28 and Mrs. Stapf; Holmes VanDerbdck '26; and Frank Gartley, former MA coach. After luncheon, this stalwart group was transported by MKA bus to the Upper School and, joined by teammate Edward Valleau '27, cheered the Cougars on as they played PCD. Their cheers, as well as those of a large and enthusiastic crowd of spec­ tators led by MKA cheerleaders, were rewarded by a winning score of MKA 12 — PCD 7. During half time, Marc Kirschner '60 called the '26 team members out to the field to be recognized and to meet Cougar co-captains Chris Brenner and Keith Ridings, and coach Carmen Marnell. Other varsity sports events enjoyed by our Homecoming visitors were a hard fought soccer game and a cross country run.

After the football game, over 160 alumni and spouses assembled in the Middle School dining room where a guitarist serenaded them and a nostalgic slide show brought back memories of old school days from the turn of the century to

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the present. Graduates from all decades joined in lively conversation — and familiar faces could be found in every corner of the room. A large bulletin board provided news and snapshots of absent classmates and friends.

Following a welcome from Mr. Day, a brief Annual Meeting was chaired by Marc Kirschner and highlighted by the unanimous election of Council members from the slate presented by the Nominating Committee. Marc then in­ troduced the Alumni Association's new president, Frances Johnson Ames '40, who received a warm greeting from all.

Frances, in turn, presented a watercolor of Montclair Academy to Marc and, on behalf of all alumni, thanked him for his leadership during the formation of the MKA Alumni Association and for his loyal service as its first president.

A summation of Homecoming would not be complete without a word of appreciation, also, to the following: Geoffrey Gregg '68, Alumni Association Vice President for Reunions, who was not only the overall chairman but who brightened up the school with his artistic signs; Nancy Plummer Nazarian '68 for her generous time and effort in producing the slide show and bulletin board; and to Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54, Frances Johnson Ames '40, Joan Wallace Bryant '57, Hager Bryant, Lynn Towner Dodd '54, Miriam Eustis Irwin '51, Gail Tomec Kerr '52, Marc Kirschner '60, Lucile Mason '43, Audrey Carroll McBratney '50, Dean Paolucci '73, Betty Russell — Alumni Office staff member, Robert Sessa '68, William Schulting '42, Elizabeth Specht '44, Carol Humphrey White '52, and Peggy Klotz Young '37 for providing hors d'oeuvres, serving as cashiers, registrars, hosts and hostesses, and bartenders.

It was a happy day. We wish all 3400 of you could have been with us!

Jody Callaghan Director of Alumni Affairs

Our winning hockey team in action!

Naomi Bruce '26 and Edith Whitmore, wife of Homer '26, enjoy a pre-50th Reunion luncheon chat.

Chester and Marilyn Magnus Lamer '46 check out the day's program with johnny Wade '53 (center),

'56-ers Anne King Franges, Carol Van Brunt Rasic, and Meredyth Clark Graham and her husband, Tom, toast their 20th.

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Miriam Eustis Irwin '51 and husband, Ted, enjoy hearing all about California from Cliff Evans '50.

Marc Kirschner '60, Geoff Gregg '68, and Bill Schulting '42 are busy bar­ tenders.

Two '29-ers Frances Fernald Draper and Sue Sterling make a happy foursome with Ned Phillips '27 and his wife, Lillian.

Upper School Headmaster Burgess Ayres catches up with college news from '75-ers Malcolm Hall, Sally McBratney, and Kassie Canter.

Peter Kuhn '27 and classmate Holmes VanDerbeck enjoy a good joke with Principal Dick Day.

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FINAL COLLEGE CHOICES OF THE CLASS OF 1976 Marina Adams Lisa Aufzien Paul Batlan Jon Bellet Julie Bellet Betsey Benedict Robert Bertsche Paul Bicknell Robert Brinning Elizabeth Bruns David Cerfolio Sara Close Bernard Compagnone Chris Cooper Thomas Crawford Margaret Crowther Diane Dale Eugene D'Altrui Ward Dannemiller Michele Darrell Donna DePasquale Darcel DeVito William Dioguardi Barrie Etherington Dale Frederick Linda Gardner Frank Garnevicus Paul Gelenitis Beth Giannotto Frank Godlewski Hal Goodtree Mary Lou Guttmann Alex Hodge Hilary Hoffman Margharet Hollander Laurie Hoonhout Barbara Hopkinson David Hughes Philip Maria David Jackson David Johnsen* Rhys Jones Janice Kanter Robert Kennedy Metiner Kimel Robert Knox Lisa Kruse Hansi Kunz 10

Tyler School of Art, Temple University Vassar College Northwestern University American University Princeton University Colgate University Wesleyan University Lehigh University University of Chicago Wheaton College Elmira College Colby-Sawyer College Drew University Muhlenberg College Wagner College Rhode Island School of Design University of New Hampshire Villanova University Jacksonville University Marietta College Albright College Pine Manor Junior College Monmouth College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Skidmore College Smith College George Washington University Tulane University American University The Cooper Union Rutgers-The State University Smith College Cornell University Skidmore College American University Lafayette College Furman University Wittenberg University New England College Georgetown University University of Chicago Hobart College Newcomb College, Tulane University New England College University of Pennsylvania University of Miami Allegheny College Ithaca College

Robert Last* Joan Leonard Andrew Levine

New School for Social Research Smith College University of Vermont

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Lipkin* Gregory Mancusi-Ungaro Hamilton College Susquehanna University Paul McFeeley Boston University Matthew Michura Princeton University Frances Mills University of Delaware David Minchen Georgetown University Janet Nagel Bard College Robert O'Gorman Tufts University Joseph Orr Colgate University Robert Pariseau Bates College Roy Perham John Pinney William Prescott Andrew Rachleff Charles Read Jennifer Renzullo Ana Rincon Wanda Robinson Michael Rosenberg Robert Russo Carlos Santiago Arleene Sapienza Laura Scher Michael Schmitt Eric Schwarz Brad Scott Edward Shelton Susan Stanton Sharon Sudol Raymond Swan Charles Talbert Robin Towner Matthew Troxell Rosanne Ugone John Urga Moira Uskokovic Warren Waters Jeffrey Weiss David Williams Donald Williams John Wing Eve Wood Penny Wood

St. John's University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania University of Virginia University of Rochester Georgetown University Grinnell College University of Colorado Bucknell University College of the Holy Cross Skidmore College Yale University Lafayette College Rollins College Lehigh University Emerson College Hampshire College Lafayette College Bowdoin College Northwestern University Amherst College Tufts University Montclair State College Princeton University Grinnell College University of South Carolina Dickinson College University of Hartford Fairleigh Dickinson University Cook College, Rutgers-The State University Brandeis University Tufts University

*Enrolled in college following his junior year at MKA

"Le Monstre" . . .

"El Monstruo" A new member of the Language Department has been seen wandering around the Upper School corridors, plugging itself into various French and Spanish classroom s.

Known a f­ fectionately by some as "Le Monstre" or as "El Monstruo," this awesome but friendly fellow, a Sony Mobile-Lab, was purchased through funds given to MKA by two foundations.

Consisting of a teacher's console and ten student cassette-corder units and a portable cabinet, the entire , learning system can be moved from room to room, building to building. Each student unit also functions as a completely portable tape recorder and can be taken home for further language practice. Used in the classroom, the teacher's console makes it possible for the instructor to have two-way communication with a student for individual review and correction, as well as to have con­ ferences with two or more students at one time. It is proving to be of tremendous value to the department.

Eleventh grader Mary Ward, tenth grader Erden Kimel, and Language Department Chairman John Rabke make use of the new mobile-lab.

1976 Awards Five prizes were awarded to members of the senior class at their com­ mencement in June. The Community Service Award is given to that member of the senior class who, through positive action, has shown unselfish concern for others and for the larger community beyond the school. This award was presented to Charles Read.

The Rudolph Deetjen Award, given in memory of Rudolph Deetjen '15, consists of a sum of money to be applied to the payment of college expenses of a member of the graduating class who, in the opinion of the faculty, has made a creditable record in athletics and academic work and whose character and deportment have been a positive in­ fluence in the life of the school. This award was presented to John Kunz.

Winners o f Commencement Prizes 1976 were [left to right): Charles Read, John Kunz, Penelope Wood, Roy Perham, 3rd, and Carlos Santiago.

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The Marjorie Winfield Easter Award, in recognition of Mrs. Easter, Headmistress 1960-64, is given to the senior who, during at least the eleventh and twelfth grades, has contributed unstintingly of self, principally behind the scenes, and who has Consistently exemplified good m anners, sportsm anship, and selfdiscipline. This award was presented to Penelope Wood.

The Ethel M. Spurr Award, established by the Kimberley Student Council in memory of Ethel M. Spurr, Headmistress 1950-60, is awarded to that senior who has been co operative, responsible, generous with time and service to the school, friendly and fairminded, and who has consistently displayed good citizenship. The recipient shall have maintained a satisfactory average in academic subjects and a comparable rating in non-academic subjects. This award was presented to Roy Perham, 3rd.

The Bud Mekeel Memorial Scholar­ ship, awarded to a worthy senior, is given in memory of O. Stanley Mekeel '29. The winner this year was Carlos Santiago who has "an exceptional capacity for work, a strong intellectual cu rio sity, and is independently motivated."

The following named awards were presented at a special awards ceremony prior to commencement in conjunction with department, athletic, and other awards: The Barras Prize in English honors the memory of William Avery Barras who, with inspiring scholarship, taught English at Montclair Academy for 28 years until his death in 1957. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in English and was presented to John Urga.

The Funk Memorial Awards are given in memory of Wilfred John Funk of Montclair Academy'sPlass of 1936 to the ranking scholars in grades nine, ten, and eleven. They were awarded to Ippolit Matjucha, grade nine; John Hunt, grade ten; and Susan Moreau, grade eleven.

The Klein Awards, for combining achievement in athletics and scholar­ ship, are given in memory of Dr. William 12

A display o f the original Kimberley Bells at the Middle School brings back memories to Mrs. Carleton D. Mason, Leigh Berrien Smith '45, and Heidi Ames Troxell '46.

Klein, eminent physician, sports en­ thusiast, and grandfather of two alumni of the Academy. They were awarded to Anthony Barnes, grade nine; Linda Jackson, grade ten; and Peter Adams, grade eleven.

The William H. Miller Prize in Science, established through a bequest by William Henry Miller, for 46 years a teacher of the sciences at Montclair Academy, is awarded to the student attaining the highest degree of ex­ cellence in science. The prize was presented to Eve Wood.

The Margaret Jenkins Osborne (TKS '50) Prize for Excellence in Science was established by the students and faculty of The Kimberley School to honor Mrs. Osborne's service to the school in the years 1967-73. It is awarded to the student who has demonstrated out­ standing interest in scien ce, un­ derstanding of concepts, and creativity in science studies. The prize was awarded to Susan Stanton.

The Montclair Society of Engineers Award, presented by the Society, is given to an outstanding senior who showes excellence in mathamatics and science

and gives promise of pursuing an engineering career. This award was presented to Robert Russo.

The Princeton Club Award, given by the Princeton Alumni Association of Montclair and vicinity, is awarded to a member of the junior class whose strong academic record is supplemented by evidence of leadership in school affairs, athletics, and community endeavors.

This award was presented to Keith Ridings.

The Rauscher Prize, given by Dolson W. Rauscher, MA '22, is given to the student who has attained the highest degree of excellence in mathematics.

This prize was awarded to Charles Read.

The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal, given by the Rensselaer Alumni Association, is awarded to that member of the junior class who has done the best work in mathematics and science. This medal was presented to Elizabeth Greene.

A W elcom e Visitor Mrs. Carleton D. Mason, who served as Headmistress of The Kimberley School from 1940 to 1947, was a welcome visitor

varsity and j.v . hockey, water polo and cross country! And, in addition, the squads have raised team spirit by decorating lockers, putting up posters, holding short pep rallies during morning meeting, and decorating the pool.

The squads have daily practice periods under the direction of their coach, Miss Judy Nesbit of the m athem atics department. They begin their workouts with jogging to warm up, followed by stretching exercises to loosen muscles for their jumps, splits, and mounts. The largest segment of their scheduled time is spent in learning new skills — cheers and routines — and practicing, prac­ ticing, practicing. Three of the squad members and Miss Nesbit each spent a week at cheering camp last summer, and they brought back many new ideas to introduce to MKA. Alumna-parent Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54 pauses to report to Principal Richard Day during a Phon-a-thon night, while Lowell Lockett telephones a fellow parent.

in October. During the luncheon given for her by Principal Richard W. Day, Mrs. Mason reminisced about old school days with two of her former students, Leigh Berrien Smith '45 and Heidi Ames Troxell '46. Mrs. Mason and Rudy Deetjen, MA '50, also enjoyed sharing memories of Kimberley-Academy plays in the forties. Leigh is now chairman of MKA's kindergarten department, Heidi is a member of the Board of Trustees, and Rudy is Headmaster of the Middle School. Also present at the luncheon, and who, along with Mr. Day, delighted in gaining more knowledge of the school's past, were Burgess Ayres, Headmaster of the Upper School, Francine DeCotiis, Headmistress of the Primary School, and Jody Callaghan, Director of Alumni Affairs.

Mrs. Mason and her husband live in New York City and, also, have a home in Connecticut.

Bravo, Seniors M KA's seniors Elizabeth Greene, Misho Protic, and Stacy Silverstein were named semi-finalists by the National

Merit Scholarship Corporation this fall.

As three of the 15,000 students who qualified, they will continue in the 1977 competition for Merit Scholarships.

Their scores on the PSAT examinations place them in the top two per cent of the nation's secondary school senior classes.

Sixteen other seniors received Letters of Commendation: Robert Adams, Patricia Berry, Pamela Bolton, Patrick Bradley, Peter Castiglia, Ralph Cestone, William Dalzell, Alan Deehan, Andrew Dobbin, G eoffrey Evans, Jennifer H endrian, David Kerr, Deborah Rasin, Andrew Read, Ronald Spivak, June Wispelway.

Senior Buddy Royal qualified in the Outstanding Negro Scholarship com­ petition.

Cheers For The Cheerleaders!

Two seniors and seven juniors are members of MKA's Varsity Cheerleading Squad; four sophomores and three fresh­ men are on the J.V. Squad. This fall they cheered for eight teams — varsity and j.v. football, varsity and j.v. soccer,

MKA's November Phon-A-Thons The Parent Phon-a-thon for I976-77 was held in the Music Room at the Kimberley campus the evenings of November 8, 9, 10, and 11. Joseph A. Sullivan, Jr., Chairman of this year's Parent Annual Giving program, assisted by thirty-tw o en thusiastic parents, telephoned 637 fellow parents and alumni parents to urge them to con­ tribute to the MKA campaign to help us reach our goal of $180,000 by June 30, 1977.

For our Alumni Phon-a-thon, held on November 11, 15, 16, and 17, Gail Tomec Kerr '52, the MKA Alumni Association's Vice President for Annual Giving, invited twenty-six alumni to call a random sample of alumni from the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's. Four hundred and seventy alumni were reached in states all over the country.

Our thanks go to the corps of volunteers who participated as callers in the Parent and Alumni Phon-a-thons, as well as to all of those who made pledges to this year's Annual Giving program.

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above amendment, the fiscal year of the Alumni Association will now correspond to that of the Trustees and the Parents' Association.

What do we do for them? What can they do for our schools?" and "Reunions and Reunion Giving." A wrap-up session was held during luncheon.

It was an extremely informative two days, particularly in the exchange of ideas with delegates from other coeducational day schools.

APC Conference

Letter from the President Greetings: At one point in the lives of many of our alumni, "greetings" was an ominous form of address. It meant Uncle Sam was looking you over (as husband, father, brother or boy friend). Fortunately, today we can say "greetings" in the true meaning of "an expression of friendly or respectful regard." And this is exactly what we feel, "friendly and respectful regard" for each and every alumnus of The Kim b erley School, M ontclair Academy, and MKA. We want you to know that although times have changed our school is still committed to quality education. As you read this magazine, you will get a feeling of what's going on today among our students and our graduates.

I feel fortunate to be a part of the Montclair Kimberley Academy Alumni Association and to share "with friendly and respectful regard" my pride in our school. Do "come look us over" and revitalize your pride in being an MKA alumnus.

Sincerely, Frances Johnson Ames '40

By-Law Amendment At a meeting of the Alumni Council of The M o n tclair Kim berley Academ y Alumni Association held on September 20, 1976, the first sentence of Article V, Section 1, Paragraph A of the By-laws was duly amended to read as follows: "The annual meeting of the Alumni Association shall be held in the spring of each year at a date, time and place to be designated by the Alumni Council."

The By-laws Committee had originally set the fall of the year as the date for our Annual Meeting because the fall of 1975 was the earliest time the two predecessor organizations could be merged. With the 14

On November 4 and 5, President Frances Johnson Ames and Jody Callaghan, Director of Alumni Affairs, attended an Alumni Presidents' Council conference at the beautiful Emma Willard School in Troy, N.Y. Fifty-three member schools (which includes MKA) and four non-member schools were represented by over one hundred delegates from as far away as Georgia and Ohio. Both of your delegates en­ joyed tours of the campus, and Frances attended a special session for new alumni presidents.

The speaker for the afternoon session on November 4 was Dr. Theodore R. Sizer, Headmaster, Phillips Academy, Andover. His topic was "The Public Role of Private Schools," based on the thesis that it is in the best interests of the in­ dependent schools to think of them­ selves as "public" rather than "private."

In asking the question, what is a "public" school, Dr. Sizer gave the following four fundamental criteria: 1) it serves a well established community need; 2) it is responsive to reasonable public criticism and regulation; 3) it is open and does not discriminate against race, creed, and color; 4) it is free and accessible to any qualified student. The "private" in­ stitutions meet the first three criteria but it is in the fourth that they fall down, as much as they strive to meet it through scholarship programs. He proposed the idea that independent schools will need some public subsidy beyond tax relief in order to continue to provide a needed public service. Tax credits and education vouchers for individuals were two methods Dr. Sizer discussed which could be used to make the independent school more accessible. It was an interesting and thought-provoking session.

After a social hour and dinner, which afforded Frances and Jody an op­ portunity to meet informally with their counterparts from other schools, a panel discussion was held on "Economic Realities of Independent Education."

The following morning your delegates attended workshops on "Young Alumni:

Alumni Authors WOODSWOMAN, by Anne LaBastille '51, was published by E. P. Dutton in May, and tells of the author's life in the log cabin she built herself in the Adirondack's wilderness. She shares with her readers the adventures that come with living in the North Woods, its hardships, its moments of rare beauty, and its rewards.

PRISO N ERS AM ONG US: The Problems of Parole, by David T. Stanley '33, has been published by The Brookings Institution. This study evaluates the decisions and methods of parole^S'the process by which some 60,000 convicts each year are released from prison and supervised in the free community."

Happy Holidays, Y'all!

Southern fried "chicken in the basket" was the order of the day for the Alumni Association's annual College Age/Senior luncheon for the Classes of '73, '74, '75, '76, and '77. Joan Wallace Bryant '57 was chairman of this year's party which brought over 100 classmates and other friends, and their former and present teachers, together on December 21.

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Alumni to provide a vital communication link!

We have been very pleased with the response we received from our last request for Class Secretaries but, as you will see, there are still spots to fill. The Alumni Office will send you mailing labels with your classmates' names and addresses and, also, will reproduce a letter if you wish. It's a great way to renew old friendships and contribute a fine service; and it only requires a few hours twice a year. Members of classes without a Secretary at the moment, please continue to mail your news directly to the Alumni Office.

William Merritt Chase portrait of their father, William Brown Dickson, to the Montclair Art Museum. The portrait was painted in the artist's studio in 1905. Mr. Dickson, with other early citizens of Montclair, was instrumental in the founding of the museum.

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wrote from Charlottesville, Virginia, "I guess I am still the oldest living graduate! I have six giant grandsons — but no girls!" We were so pleased to receive a picture of her, too, and the following delightful poem, "To Kim­ berley."

In the early nineteen hundreds we always walked to school, Dressed neatly in our sailor suits, black stockings were the rule.

We never thought o f riding, so in spite of rain or sleet, We scorned the big Pierce Arrow car and walked to Plymouth Street.

A merry group together, sometimes we numbered ten, Our mothers didn't worry, for there was no traffic then.

With pigtails flopping in the wind, we walked the mile or more; And, as the bell was ringing, we reached the schoolroom door.

Here Miss Kinsman taught us Latin, and we learned of Caesar's war And how Caul was divided up into parts three or four.

The "lit" class was the best of all, this one Miss Waring taught; And we learned some famous poems, which I never have forgot!

In nineteen nine graduation day came at last in lune, All dressed in white we sang again the old familiar tune.

The passing years brought changes to the school we love so well — But is Progress always for the best? Only Time can tell. (EDC.,1976) Mrs. Carswell and her sisters, Mrs. Susan Taylor, Eleanor Dickson Redfield '13, and Helen Dickson Ware '24, recently presented a D ickson

Longwood Cricket Club." Mr. Spencer also sent word for the Homecoming bulletin board that any Montclair person coming to Boston should. . . "just call me and be my guest summer or winter." He had talked to Curry Bartlett '16 and wrote that he, too, sent regards.

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Mrs. Samuel Meek, Secretary (Priscilla Mitchell) Doubling Road Greenwich, CT 06852 A nice letter from your Secretary tells us that, "The past year has been an eventful one for the Meeks. The Bicentennial was active here, and I was asked to give a resume of my past work with refugees at the Quaker headquarters, which covered from 1945 — 1973. Then the tall ships were an impressive sight which we viewed from a downtown building. It was glorious^H the Statue of Liberty in the background, and so many countries demonstrating their respect for us.

The Olympics was another great experience which we saw at Bromont —- the Equestrians in part and, also, the royal family in total and in informal pose.

"We then had most of our 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild with us at the end of August. We returned with our daughter and her 5 children, who reside in London, and witnessed her marriage to a fine man. She has been a widow for several years. Then with the English Speaking Union to Cambridge for lectures and talks by our ambassadress and a member of Parliament. We resided in Churchill College. Then on to Jerusalem with a group of the Order of St. John, which was the most wonderful experience in many ways, both spiritually and historically.

"Home again, writing to all of you, and awaiting the birth of our second great­ grandchild."

'18 TKS Elizabeth Thorne Staudinger sent word that

she is still working afternoons at Madison Co. and enjoying it very much.

We were so sorry to learn of the death of Dorothy Vernon Landis and send our deepest sympathy to her family.

'20 TKS Anna Lincoln Ames reports, "Daughter, Heidi Ames Troxell '46, and daughter-in-law, Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54, are both active in

school affairs. Two granddaughters, Emily Troxell and Heidi Ames, are attending MKA, so I keep well informed. I think the merger was an excellent idea."

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Mrs. Philip B. Taylor, Secretary (Helen Patrick) 80 Norwood Avenue Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Volunteer for Agent?

The Alumni Office was so pleased to receive a note from Alice Newkirk Elliott, who wrote, "We are continuing to enjoy rural life in Fallbrook, California (a , lovely spot in 'North County,' north of San Diego) and our beautiful garden — so different from Eastern flora. To be picking our own avocados and citrus is still a novelty and a treat." She also sent kind remembrances to her classmates of '24.

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Mrs. H. Kimball Halligan, Secretary (Helen Raymond) 55 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 Volunteer for Agent?

For news of your Secretary, please see MA '26!

Marietta Ewald Cook wrote, "Our son, Bill, had an article published in the October issue of 'Sail' magazine — a 'log' of the trip he took in his 60' ketch with friends in 1972 — across the Atlantic, French canals, Mediterranean, and home via the West Indies."

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Winners of the 1975 65-doubles at Silver Thatch, Pompano, Florida: Spencer Platt '17 and partner, Mr. Kraft MA Platt Spencer wrote this fall, "After ten

years in Florida, I am back in Massachusetts permanently. Will be 79 next October first, and both my wife, Mabel, and myself are well. 1 am playing tennis every day at the

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We so enjoyed seeing Naomi pruce, who came down from Caldwell, and Mary Bowne Joy and Elizabeth Spadone Manning, who drove over from Morristown, on Homecoming Day. Wish everyone in the Class of '26 could have been here!

Julia Hawkins Miller wrote that she was sorry she couldn't make the reunion, and that she had many happy memories of Kimberley and Montclair. She sent her best to everyone.

"Julian and I are enjoying his retirement — spending our time between Pittsburgh and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where we have a small farm on the Giles River. Just had a wedding there when our son, David, was married to Margaret Porter. Dave works for

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the Peace Corps and Margie did also she spending two years in Nigere and Dave two years in Samoa. Now have three grand­ daughters and another baby on the way. Our oldest son, John, an English Ph.D., is teaching at The Ellis School (for girls) this year — and our daughter, Lucy, who is married to a psychiatrist (child) has K s t moved to York, Pennsylvania, after her husband finished his resided©? at Ann Arbor."

Margaret Patrick Bryant wrote with regret that she, too, couldn't make Homecoming.

The Bryants are now a three generation school family — '26; daughter-in-law Joan Wallace Bryant and daughter Helen Bryant Perry, '57 and '58; and Mark Hager Bryant '83. Great!

We were sorry to read of the death of Sylvia Stoutenburgh Bliss' mother and send our sympathy to her and all the family.

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Henry B. Fernald, Jr. '28, Agent J. Ralph Van Duyne wrote from Bridgton, Maine, that he and i S wife would be back in their home in Florida by late September and so couldn't make Homecoming. They had a wonderful summer in Maine where they have spent the last fifteen summers at their camp.

They spend about three months there with visits from their three children who all live in B e w England. The Van Duynes are avid golfers — both in Maine and Florida. Ralph MA has been retired from Bravelers Insurance Volunteer for Secretary?

Company for five years and says he stays Henry B. Fernald, Jr. '28, Agent "disgustingly healthy."

Al Stapf '28 had a nice long letter from How nice it was to see the following MA Latham Flanagan, who wrote that he left '26-ers here on Homecoming: John Hayes and Arlington, Virginia, after retiring from real Martha from Naugatuck, Connecticut; D. estate in 1970, for Bend, Oregon. He says it is Richard Mastriano and Barbara Smith from great country for skiing, hunting, fishing, Meriden, Connecticut; Holmes VanDerbeck boating, camping. His son and wife and little from Springfield, Massachusetts; and Homer Jennie are only 125 miles away in Eugene, Whitmore and Edith from Pittsford, N.Y. where they all get together to see the Oregon Homer's daughter, Anne, is in law school after football games.Mhe Flanagan, Jrs., also visit twenty years in business.

Latham during the winter for skiing and Frederick Cluthe sent word that he is retired mountain climbing. Latham's daughter, who and liv|fg in Otter River, Massachusetts, near has two girls, is also on the West Coast and his daughter. "It will be some party, and I lives in San Francisco. know everyone w illB ave a wonderful time. I It was nice to hear from John Cooper this wish I could be there." fall from Wilmington, Delaware. He had had H. Kimball Halligan and wife, Helen '25, a phone call from Alfonso Alvarez, when Al sent word that they have sold their house in Montclair and have moved to Dorset, Ver­ was in Miami. Al and his wife, whose home is in El Salvador, have three sons, one daughter, mont, where they were to be on Homecoming Day. They will be in an apartment in Mont­ and 14 grandchildren. Both he and John are enthusiastic about celebrating the Class of clair this winter, however. Kim retiredgn '27's 50th reunion next fall.

September after 46 years on Wall Street — 30 It was great to have the following '27-ers of them with C. J. Lawrence, Inc. here for this year's Homecoming: Edward Phillips, Edward Valleau, Oliver Pinkney, Gene Speni, and Peter Kuhn.

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George Scheller '26 and his wife at their home on Martha's Vineyard AI Stapf '28 had a nice letter from Alden Smith from Tem ple, New H am pshire,

recalling memories of MA days. The Stapfs visited George Scheller in Martha's Vineyard in July. George was an m.d. in Short Hills, N .J., for 37 years.

To end on a sad note, we were sorry to learn that John Duncan died in March, 1975.

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A note from Barbara Newell Bowen this September said, "The only news that I have from our class is from Emily Parsons Ridgway who says that she and her husband, Bill, spend most of the winter at their home in Florida. She sees Jane Foster Lapham '29 while there. In June she took her family to Alaska, 12 of them — three children, one daughter-inlaw, six grandchildren and her husband. I'm sure she had a wonderful trip."

We were sorry to read of the death of Virginia Stoutenburgh Svigals' mother and send sympathy to all the family.

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Henry B. Fernald, Jr., Agent News from Del Kenyon was that he was to retire from the life insurance business in November. We were sorry he couldn't make the '26 football team reunion.

It was great to have Al Stapf and his nice

wife, Doris, here with his teammates! Al has given MKA an award to be presented to a student who overcomes a physical handicap to play a varsity sport. A very thoughtful deed, and one that is appreciated by everyone at school.

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Miss Susie S. Sterling, Secretary 133 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 Volunteer for Agent?

The end of September I had a nice card from Kit Meeks sent from Vancouver, B.C., where she was visiting her friend Ann Lydiatt's family. They visited Victoria and stayed a day or so, and then on to Banff and Lake Louise before returning to California. She said it was a wonderful trip.

Saw Connie Parkhurst Chauncey and Pearce while they were in Short Hills on their way home to Florida from Maine. Both looked extremely well. Marj Parkhurst Sommer '23, Connie's sister, and Bud have moved to Vero Beach, Florida. It will be nice for Connie to have them close by.

Fran Fernald Draper spent the weekend of October 2 with me, and we went to the MKA Homecoming and reunions, which was great fun. Sorry there weren't more from our class.

Enjoyed seeing Fran and getting caught up on what she has been doing. She travels a great deal.

Talked to Sis Schwarz DeCamp recently to see how she "was coming along. Stu has been in Memorial Hospital, NYC, but he is home and somewhat better. Sis and Stu had two of their granddaughters visiting this summer before Stu was taken sick — one from Texas and one from Newport, R .l.

Sorry to hear Eleanor Fox Eastwood is in the hospital. Sis told me that El had a serious operation. Sis talked to her and she is a little better. El sees Muriel Lloyd Heilman, who lives in Vincentown, N .J., about ten minutes away. Muriel's husband*1--retired this year.

Eleanor, I wish you a speedy recovery and am sure the rest of the gals do, too.

Mary Cunningham Johnston sold her house in North Salem, N .Y., and has moved to Ridgefield, Connecticut. She is very happy there. She has just had her daughter, Sally, visiting from California.

Do Minsch Hudson invited Doris Blondel Krebs and myself for lunch this summer. Do is very happy and looks just marvelous. Jim and Do spend part of the time in Essex Fells and part on Cape Cod. I had a nice card from Charlotte Fitch from Westport Point, Massachusetts, where she is enjoying her retirement. She hopes to see anyone who comes her way.

This summer I had a nice visit with Jeanne Price Goodlatte in East Longmeadow. I always enjoy visiting Jeanne. For Thanksgiving I will be going to my nephew's in Winchester, Massachusetts. Will drive up with my brother and sister-in-law to New Hampshire to pick up my niece and then to Winchester where we will have a family dinner.

Will be in touch with you all in the spring.

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Henry B. Fernald, Jr. '28, Agent We received a note in June from Bud Yallalee that he had just returned from the Grand Canyon. He is writing a book, "Travels Without Dogs, Cats, or Brats!"

John Whitmore is now living in Boynton Beach, Florida.

We were so sorry to learn of Robert Buchan's death in July, 1975. He is survived by his wife, two children, and three 'grand­ children. Robert was Chairman of the Board and Treasurer of the Abrahamson Bigelow Company in Jamestown, N.V. '3 0

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Mrs. Val J. Brennan, Secretary .(Grace McCollum) 130 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 Volunteer for Agent?

Esma Currier Christner says, "Still loving my job — working in the MKA Athletic Office. It will be ten years in May, 1977. Enjoying two grandchildren — another to come in April."

We were so sorry to learn of the death of Harriet Main Bowen in October. Mrs. Bowen had served as Class Agent for this class and, among her other activities, was a member of the M ountainside Hospital Women's Auxiliary, and served as a trustee and vicepresident of the Montclair Animal Welfare League. We send our deepest sympathy to her husband, her daughter Barbara Bowen Frost '59, and to the other members of her family.

executive-director of the National Association of State Budget Officers. Our deepest sym­ pathy to his wife and family.

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Margaret Riter Agens reports that her three children (two of whom are alumni - 9 Henry Agens '58 and Margaret Agens Morgan '62) have provided her with ten grandchildren, with number eleven due in December.

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William J. Thompson, Jr., Secretary 415 Claremont Avenue, #2E Montclair, NJ 07042 William J. Thompson, Jr., Agent Your Secretary had a nice note from Dick Colman from the office of Intercollegiate Athletics at Middlebury College. Dick wrote, "All goes well with me and mine and we are loving every minute of life in Vermont. I plan to retire as of next July after exactly 40 years of working in athletics. We plan, of course, to remain in Vermont and are looking forward to having the time to do the many things that one can in this great state!"

Dave Stanley, who has retired as a senior fellow in the Brookings Governmental Studies program and is doing consulting work from his home, has authored a new book, "Prisoners Among Us: The Problems of Parole." Dave is the author of six earlier Brookings books.

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Word from Murray Jones is that he is retired and spends most of the year at his Adirondack home.

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It was great to see Gertie Mount Mekeel here on Homecoming Day. MA

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James A Rogers, M .D ., Agent Tom Braine was here for the festivities on Homecoming Day. It was good to see him.

Bill Thompson '33 spoke to Richard Lardner recently and learned that Dick has retired to Essex, Connecticut, and would welcome any visitors from the Academy.

We were sorry to learn of the death of George A. Bell in Lexington, Kentucky, this September. George received his bachelor's degree from the University of Newark (now a part of Rutgers University)Vs|iisf master's degree from Montclair State, and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He was

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Harry Hazard sent word from Rochester, N .Y., that he and Mary Youngquist were married in July. Our best wishes to both.

Beaver Strassburger wrote that he and his wife, Marguerite Pentlarge Strassburger '36, moved in September to Yarmouth Port, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and are living there with Marguerite's mother. Beaver said they "will have more news in the spring, but rig$| now we are enjoying 'life in the country' and glad to be out of the metropolitan area." He also reported that his sisters, Suzanne Strassburger Anderson '31 and Betty Strassburger Crane '30, are both well.

For news of Bill Littlefield, see TKS '37 class notes.

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a great preparation for the new Egyptian exhibit.

Midge Atwater Crane's dream of making a strolling mall at Church Street, Montclair, has been passed and, we hope, may become a reality. Meanwhile, another trial run will occur in October with sales and dancing with festive food and music.

Terry Bull Sterling and Arch, and Jean Berry Walton and Hunter, will join us on a trek to Yale for the Princeton game. The Sterlings will put us up or put up with us, as the case may be.

It is with deep regret that we announce the death of our classmate, Beryl A. Campbell.

Her sister, Shirley Cam pbell '41, kindly sent us the sad news, and we extend sympathy to her and her two other sisters who were Kim­ berley ites at one time.

Our deepest sympathy to Posy Warriner Bate on the death of her husband, Oscar, and to their three sons. We also extend our sympathy to Oscar's brother, David, MA '35.

Mary Louise Hayward Davis of Winston Salem sent this snapshot taken at a birthday party of hers [circa '28]. Can you find yourself, classmate of '34?

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Mrs. David Haviland, Secretary (Barbara Spadone) 185 Gates Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 Volunteer for Agent?

Kay Halsey Hutson had a birthday and .kindly asked Edie Baker Campaigne and myself, plus husbands, to celebrate with them at Little Compton. (We three started together at Kimberley in first grade.) We're not sure, but it appeared to us all that Kay had just reached her 37th year! Her tiny grandson, Brent, was there cheering her on. jMgour of us Kimberley "girls" are attending a series of lectures at the Metropolitan on the subject of ancient Mediterranean cultures. It's

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Jim Vandermade represented the Class of '35 at Homecoming, and, with his nice wife, Peg, enjoyed t$j§ day's activities.

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Mrs. W . K. Schmid, Secretary (Josephine Murray) Mason's Island Mystic, CT 06355 Mrs. H. DeHaven Manley, Agent (Jean Winpenny) We were so glad to have a report from Elaine Beling Mann about '36's reunion at her house in Green Pond, N .J., in June. "Great get together! We heard from everyone in the class except Marcy Buffum and Kitty Ward Fitz­ patrick. Those who couldn't make it sent newsy letters (Ed. note: which we know you

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1936 reunion in june. Standing [I to r): Betty Bell Miller, Katherine Webster Sawford, Mary Osborne Beam, Miss Margaret Callie, Doris Keller Hamlin, Marguerite Pentlarge Strassburger, lean Winpenny Manley, and Ruth Hunt Timmons. Seated (/ to r): Doris Ferry Severn, Betty Rhoades McCabe, ¡ody Murray Schmid, Elaine Beling Mann, Elizabeth Van Wie Penick, Mary Ayres Schweppe, Olive Cawley Watson, and Charlotte Altemus Patton. enjoyed reading in the last issue), and Betty Howe Glaze sent a poster with snapshots of our years together S hysterical! Hems are coming back to the '36 look . ugh. We all penned something to be mailed back. Great idea.

"Everyone took up with vigor where we had left off at the last reunion, and we all decided we had aged rather w ell." Elaine said that maybe it was the party atmosphere, but she didn't think so. They're all looking forward to the 45th.

We were sorry to read in the Alumni Office of the death of Ruth Hunt Timmons' mother, and send our deepest sympathy to her.

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It was good to see Dallas Townsend here on Homecoming Day. Wish all the 40th reunion class could have been with us!

A note from Henry Riter in September told us, "Been enjoying Florida since moving here in March, 1974. Am still Jr. V .P ., American Stock Exchange. Have married daughters in Upper Montclair and Portland, Maine; married and unmarried son (one each) in Minneapolis, Minnesota; four grandsons.

Keeping my eye on near-neighbor George Koch. Best to all '36-ers. 40 years — in­ credible!"

We were sorry to learn of the death of Hunter Phelan in South Carolina. A graduate of Dartmouth, Hunter had been an in­ vestment counsellor with a long career in the food business.

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Ruth Russell Gray, Esq., Secretary (Ruth Russell) 517 Central Avenue Plainfield, NJ 07060 Volunteer for Agent!

Sally Bausher Littlefield has just moved to a new home in Montclair on Mt. Hebron Road with her husband, Bill (MA '34). They travel twice a year to Bermuda and are really turned on by the golf there. In her travels she has run 18

into Sal Jennison Riter, now a resident of Florida, and Helen Hodgson McLellan, who still lives in New Orleans. She says they are all doing fine. Sally says she will never retire, and her husband, a practicing attorney, feels the same way. Their son, Bill, Jr., lives in Boston and is teaching there.

Peggy Gene Klotz Young writes her trip to France last spring was a great success. She spent the summer in Plym outh, Massachusetts, and saw a lot of Sally Young Shertzer while there. Peg's husband retired in July, and she is really enjoying having a man about the house. As for her children, she seems to have them and grandchildren spread all over the nation: Rhode Island, New Jersey, Vermont, and California. Right now she is planning a trip to Seattle to visit with husband Bill's 98-year old aunt, who is in splendid health, incidentally. Then she is off to Los Angeles to visit with her youngest son and his wife, Jenny Penick Young '67, who is the daughter of Evie Van Wie Penick '36.

Teppy Holton Sjolander reports living in Saddle River continues to be very satisfying.

Two of her children are living out in California and the other resides nearby in Pennsylvania.

Teppy also has two 9-year old grandchildren.

Teppy's husband will retire in March, and they plan to indulge themselves with a life of travel. It seems, though, she has already started. This past summer Ginny Kracke Leavitt and her husband, Charles, Jane Rinck, Ellen Studdiford (our former Kimberley science teacher) and Teppy spent three weeks in Russia and Siberia together. She feels strongly that everyone in the U .S.A . should visit Russia and see how, in most ways, socialism isn't working. Glad to live in the U .S., she thinks it a wonderful experience to observe how people live on the other side of the world. She wouldn't have missed the trip for anything! Most people who travel take photographs, but at a recent luncheon of our class group at the Montclair Golf Club, Teppy showed us her sketches from Russia. They were delightful, delicate, sensitive drawings of the life she observed around her on her trip. We were all entranced. As busy as Teppy

sounds, she is back home now and somehow manages to do art work for New Jersey Audubon Society. More power to you, Teppy.

Sally Young Shertzer is still happily living in Montgomery, Alabama, though she's been doing quite a bit of traveling within the U.S. This year she's been to Cape Cod, the West Coast, and Florida already, and this month is planning a trip to Seattle, Washington, and Colorado Springs. She plans to eat her Thanksgiving turkey in Charleston, South Carolina, and the Christmas holiday will bring her whole family, grandchildren and all, together at her home in Alabama. Sally has a daughter and three granddaughters in Charleston and a daughter and one grandson in Austin, Texas. She has been to see Peggy Klotz Young during the summer and Dee Vondermuhl Young who lives nearby. Barbara Vondermuhl Sylva, who lives in St. Peter­ sburg, Florida, stopped by at Christmas time last year.

Jean Hamlin Noyes keeps the home fires burning in Montclair, but in February traveled to California and had a ball while staying with her cousin. Jean's daughter, Kate, is doing well; recently earned her real estate license and sold her first house the first week she was working. Quite a record! She lives in Phillipsburg, N .J., with hefgihusband, their three cats and two dogs. Jean's son, Worth, who lives in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, is a "man of the cloth" and has been elected moderator of the Hampshire Association, Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ. He is a pastor of the First Congregational Church of Chesterfield.

I am still . enjoyably practicing law in Plainfield, N.J. Husband, Carl Westman, is retiring this month as In te rd istrict Representative of the Unitarian Universalist Associationi|he's a Unitarian minister). We recently rented our home in Port Murray, N .J., so I could be nearer my law practice in Plainfield. In our spare time, Carl and I are going to enjoy the southern sun at our recently purchased home in Clermont, Florida.

Once a month some of the classmates living in this area try to meet for lunch. The last few months Teppy Holton Sjolander, Frannie Montgomery, Jean Hamlin Noyes, Midge Rile Weigel, Ruthie Duff Eager, Ruth Russell Gray, Peg Klotz Young, Ginny Kracke Leavitt, and Jane Rinck have been meeting.

Those nearby, please join us.

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Miss Jape Carpenter, Secretary 11 Norman Road Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Volunteer for Agent?

Edie Henderson Scripps had an emergency gall bladder operation in September, but, nothing daunted, took off in October for England, then an African safari, back to England for the countryside and antique shops and London. She will arrive home just in time for Christmas.

Judy Rose Dahl reports that there is quite an influx of Kimberley girls moving to the Bay Head area on a year-round basis. One of these is Carol Christopher Schmitz '39, who has the honor of being the first member of the "boardwalk set" to put in a swimming pool.

Would love to have more class news. Any suggestions about a better way to solicit information gratefully received. The double postcard arrangement worked fine the first time, but seems to have fallen by the wayside this time. Your Secretary sent out over 20 postcards and got only two responses. There must be a better way!

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headed for their house on St. John Island.

Doug keeps very busy working on their house and loves doing it.

My son, Craig '67, was married to Jeannie Hall last May in the Hollins College Chapel.

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Lucile Mason, who spends Monday through Friday at MKA as Director of Development, was here on a Saturday, too. . . Homecoming .. as an alumna and willing worker.

— all Kimberley grads | | | were amongst my friends who went down for the event.

Please write and give me your news. Would love to have it.

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Our deepest sympathy to Bridgford Hunt on the death of his mother.

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Congratulations to Frances Johnson Ames, new Alumni Association President! Betsy Ames, Frances' daughter, is an eleventh grader at MKA. MA

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Three TKS-ers got together last summer: Joan Bayne Williams '40 (far left), Kay May Condit Degman '39 (third from left) and Betty Perry Gleason '39 (far right).

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Mrs. Henry N. Perry, Secretary (Beverly Crane) 43 Cordonhurst Avenue Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Mrs. John Y. C . Walker, Agent (Maryl RiterJ Received a long newsy letter from Kay May Condit Degman. She is keeping herself very busy doing volunteer work plus bowling, playing tennis, and exercise classes two nights a week. Her eldest son, John, graduated from the University of Southern Illinois and is an accountant close by. He will leave soon to go to the Caribbean with a friend for a few months. Peter, number two, had two years of college. At the moment he is sailing on an expedition around the world on a real old Danish cargo ship as part of the crew. Rich, the youngest, is a'senior in high’school. Kay May, Betty Perry Gleason, and Joan Bayne Williams '40 had a reunion in Maine last summer and had a riot of a time.

Talked with Grace Currie Mitchell. Harvey and Grace rented a house in Montauk, L .I., last summer. Unfortunately, Grace broke her knee and is still recovering. Their son, Jim­ mie, came East from Laguna Beach, which was a real treat.

Jane Wilson Rauch writes she is enjoying her fifteen-m onth redheaded grandson, Christopher, who lives near by. Her son, Bill, K s doing an oral history of Greenwich Village. . .taped interviews.

Saw Dot Fairlie Schouler and Doug at the Princeton-Harvard game. They are still in residence at Point O'Woods but soon are

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Tom Troxell and wife, Heidi Ames Troxell '46, were here for Homecoming Day events, along with son, Matt '76.

Heidi and Tom passed on exciting in­ formation about Robert Jordan. They at­ tended an exhibit of his paintings and pastels at the Far Gallery in New York City in November. It was Robert's second show in New York. A professor in the Department of Art and Archeology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, Robert received his B.A. at Dartmouth College and his M .A. at Columbia University.

We were so sorry to learn of the death of Peter Sylvester and send our deepest sym­ pathy to all his family.

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We were so sorry to learn of the death of Charles Hartenstine last summer, and send our sympathy to his family.

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Miss Elizabeth L. Specht, Secretary 26 Montague Place Montclair, NJ 07042 Volunteer for Agent!

'42 TKS Your Secretary, who also serves as Mrs. Robinson V. Smith, Secretary Executive Vice President for the Alumni (Joan Trimble) Council, was a willing worker and visitor on 16 Marshall Terrace Homecoming Day. Betty talked to Mary Ellen Wayland, MA 01778 Spangler Helman in McConnellsburg, Penn­ Mrs. Kenneth T. Gordon, Agent sylvania,. and learned that her daughter is (Helen Jones) married and Mary Ellen is a grandmother. Her Your Secretary reports that she and Grace grandson is seven, and her granddaughter is Aldrich Andersen and Helena Burrill met for a nine months old. Mary Ellen keeps busy mini-reunion in November. Helena told them working in a dress shop and playing golf for that Peggy Krout Taylor may be moving back exercise. to Connecticut, and Grace filled them in on a Other notes from Betty: Shada Deetjen marvelous trip she had taken to Indonesia and Overton and husband, Bruce, who's with Australia, among other places. She had talked Prudential, live in Verona. After years of PTA, to Winnie Phillips and said she seemed fine.

Shada is turning to tennis. Daughter, Robin, Joan says all the Smiths are fine, to o .. graduated from Maryville, Tennessee; Gary is Daughter, Melissa, has a teaching fellowship at the University of Tennessee; Jeffrey is a at the University of Pittsburgh in Russian sophomore at Verona High.

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Janet Harris O'Toole and her lawyer Nancy Jane Wigg Bergen's daughter, Betsy, husband, John, are back in Montclair. Janet who attends Denison University, is presently works part time in a gift shop on Church at Copenhagen University as an exchange Street, and recently went back to Bermuda to student. Nancy's three sons have graduated visit son Richard who lives there. from Bates, Franklin Marshall, and Denison.

Mary Tiernan McShane lives in New Vernon The class is saddened by the news of the (near Morristown). Keeping in touch with her death of Barbara Bower Helm-Corria in busy family is full time work! Her five children are living in Connecticut, Vermont, Boston, California.

New Mexico, and N.J. Mary is proud of her MA two granddaughters. Her husband has his own Volunteer for Secretary! business.

Daniel E. Emerson, Agent Your new secretary will try to do a better job of gleaning some snatches of news to Bill Schulting was here on Homecoming catch us up on ourselves. . .more than 30 Day and helped with the tending of the bar. years out! I'm a frustrated architect and deep Bill, as you know, is a member of the Alumni into doing over old Victorian wrecks with the Council.

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help of a fine architect, here in Montclair.

Then around the edges I do a little work for The Christian Science Monitor in advertising.

Life is full and varied.

MA

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Arthur B. Harris, Agent Betty Specht, TKS '44, tells us that Don Rappaport is a partner w ith Price, Waterhouse, and has been appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania as chairman of the State Board of Education. Don has lived in Philadelphia for twenty-five years. His oldest daughtewfs at Smith College and his two wpunger daughters are at Germantown Friends. Don enjoys traveling in the summer.

Betty also has news of Larry Soule, who lives in Andover, Massachusetts. Larry is vice p S id e n t of Fred S. James Insurance Com­ pany of New England. His wife has a family insiffince business of her own, and Larry helps hermiut on a consulting basis. The SouleS love sailing and spend summers in glennebunkport, Maine, with their four children — al l a six to twelve.

their doings, as does Miss Bauer, who sends greetings to Leigh at Christmas from her home in Point Pleasant, N .J., and still does some traveling. Leigh has spoken briefly with Mile.

Pavillard, who, following doctor's orders, tries to walk regularly in Edgemont Park. And Mrs. Studdiford (whom we knew as Mrs, DreweS-) remains active irt Community affairs inBhe Monte|<S§ area.

4££j will be sending noteSto some of you periodically, but in the meantime, do not hesitate to drop me a card. I know my youngest, Heather, now 15, enjoyed discovering that the mother of a fellow Ex­ perimenter in International Living had gone to Kimberley. It seemed odd to find this out in Spain. Brookbs/our older dauthter, now 17, hopes to do the Experiment in France next Bummer. Both girls are at St. Agnes now and are enjoying the challengelrfRoger is com­ muting to Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg so that we may all enjoy the many and varied opportunities in the Washington area.

Please share your whereabouts, career n e w s B t cetera with us. Thanks iBadvance.

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A nice note from Dick Hehmeyer was received by the Alumni Office in June. "I've been working for some years now as a commercial radio/television actor and an­ nouncer. Some of my performances are on camera but the majority are 'voice overs.'

Some are straight or normal and others are character voices including accents, dialects, etc/'.

Celebrating Sibyl Lewis Lotterle's birthday and 24th anniversary in October: (/ to r) Hank and Sib and Frances Lane Miller and Stan.

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Mrs. Roger Kenvin, S e cre ta rial William B. Grant, Agent (Verna Rudd T rim b le )* '4 8 TKS '46 TKS 3ffl8 South Wakefield Street Mrs. A. Stanley Miller, Jr., Secretary Arlington, VA 22206 Volunteer for Secretary?

(Frances Lane) Volunteer for Agent?

Mrs, N. Young DuHamel, Jr., Agent 729 S. W. Bay berry Terrace One advantage to being Class Secretary is (Constance Ritchie) Boca Raton, FI 33432 t® t in onSfcolumn you can let all your friends We saw Joan Denney Carlisle and Connie Mrsf, Virginia Aspdin, Agent know that you. have moved again, which we Ritchie DuHamel at the hockey game on (Virginia Hall) have. It also lelfi you discover that our Homecoming Day, and Marilyn Magnus A nice newsy letter from your secretary: jglassmates now live in eleven states and eigh® Larner and her husband came down from "My brother, Peter Lane, and family — Pat, still liv B in o^around M o n t * ir . Having Boston to celebrate '46's 30th reunion. Also expecting in January, and Georgie, 8, and looMd up twgijclassmates after a twenty-five B harin g the celebration were Pat Youngman Jennifer, 9, surprised uS with their first visit year S s e , I heartily recommend it. You find Ames and Heidi Ames Troxell (with husband, after a short stay at Disney. . It was a nice the years melt away rapidly.

Tom '43 and son, Matt '76). family reunion. Stan (MA '47) and I took our Judy Shearer Turnbull, who lives in MA boat — 25' WHATEVER — to the. Keys. I McLean, Virginia, and I had a grand time the tagged along with two of our boys in our Volunteers for Secretary and Agent? other day. Judy: seems tfra same as ever station wagon. Stayed in Marathon — docked despite having two grown children and a Playwright William F. Brown, whose "The the WHATEVER in front of our apartment and grandson, lasiefii to keep her hopping now W iz" garnered, seven Tony awards, is now everyone had a chance to swim, fish, sail, and then. working on a production entitled, "The snorkel, sightsee, shop, play tennis and golf A long note from Anne Reighley Ferguson, Broadway M usical," the story of the problems — all right there. Weather was great — water who still lives in Darien, says "Neil ,(23) of a white producer of a black musical. Bill's delicious. graduated from Lehigh last spring and is now comic strip, "Bloomer," which he does with a "Sibyl Lewis Lotterle and husband, Hank, |jjjaktng an MBA therjej.. . Betty (21) graduated partner, Mel Casson, is syndicated and ap­ and son, John (14) vacationed with us also.

■rom Pine Manor Junior College, took a year pears in 175 newspapers.

Our boys, Ley: (11), Sky (8), and Mark (7) and off, and is now at Boston College/Barb (18) daughter, Leisha (17 in January 77 ), and graduates from Low-Heywood next spring and guest, Jeanie, had a fun time. . .Stan's sister, then g JjH ffl; to college." Anne and Eric hope Stephanie Miller Gray '53 visited from Nutley, to get together with Barbara Bumsted Shand N.J. Steph and Martha, 18, and Stephen, 17, and K r husband, T o g when they are all in spent a long weekend in Disney and then Florida this winter. The Fergusons were also in . caught up with us in Marathon. . . It certainly Nantucket this summer where they saw Nancy was a great family summer for all of us.

Nevins D'Anjou. . "Our daughter, Leisha, is an active and very A nice note fridm Nancy Brown Pracher lovely junior at St. Andrew's. She took a explains that a recent promotion for John spring vacation to Columbia, South America, moved them to Waqe, Texas,, where Lynn, with sixteen friends from her Spanish ■now 15, Browngpand John are "y.pry happy as class. . Ley is an energetic 6th grader at J. C. Texans," although missing their friends "back Mitchell and a Boca Jets quarterback. . . He East." practices five nights, 3 hours each —ugh! He Leigh Berrien Smith passed m t ig following took a spring vacation with the 5th grade to ■ . news about some of our former teachers. She Washington, D.C. . . .Sky runs with flagtag Celebrating "Mom's big day" are Frances Lane t l ^ ^ en an<^ chatted with Miss Gallie who football — two nightsWpractice and games Miller and her children.

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Saturday a.m . Markie is still happy with football in our yard, thank goodness.

"I find myself a busy vice president with St. Andrew's. Mothers' Association, and I find it fun being president of the Early Birds Bowling League Wednesday morning. . .Manage to play golf every Monday. . .taken me four years to get myself out on the golf course regularly, and I Jove it. Keep up my Florence Fuller membership — this community service is so valuable — fund drive every November.

And the big United Fu n i|is a big project for November also. It's been a busy 76.

"Stan is still running in circles with his real estate and has many interests in Vero Beach as well, so if my next note comes from there, don't be surprised — it'||o n ly two hours away."

Fran also sent along a letter from Maurine Palmer Colandrea, who wrote: " , . am very busy with my new husband, Vince, and his three children: Steven, 20, and a 3rd year student at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn; Virginia, 17, and a junior at Bayley Ellard High School; and Carol, 13, a seventh grader at Lafayette School in Morristown. My 19-year old, Glenn, is in second year at U. South Carolina. . Gail got a teaching position in South Jersey and loves her new apartment in West Deptford. She is working on her master's at Villanova two nights a week, so is a very busy 23-year old. We are very proud of all our five children. Our home is large and we do all our own decorating and outside work

7907 G reentree Road Bethesda, MD 20014 Mrs. Clifford S. Evans, Jr., Agent (Mary Anne Treene) Audrey Carroll McBratney was here to cheer the Cougars oh at Homecoming and it was great to have word of your Agent, Mary Anne, from husband, Cliff (MA '50).

We received a notice from Audrey Maass Lewis, giving her new address in New South Wales, Australia. Hope she lets us know all about it!

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Rudolph H. Deetjen, Jr., Secretary 16 Rensselaer Road Essex FellfgNJ 07021 Volunteer for Agent?

Greetings from the Provinces!

Bob Volk writes that he and his wife, Barbara, are residing in Rolling Hills, California, with Christopher, 20, William, 19, Laura, 15, and Elizabeth, 11. Bob is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Unionamerica, Inc., and has been recently elected a Director of Western Airlines.

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Mrs. T. R. Cutting, Secretary (Sally Smith) 24 In wood Road Essex Fells, NJ 07021 Mrs. Franklin Saul, Agent (Elayne Robinson) Jerrie Reilly Brown, who has her own School of Ballet in Upper Montclair, has a new teacher this year — her daughter, Carolyn! Carolyn, who is a member of The Ballet Repertory Company in New York City, is also an advanced student at the American Ballet Theatre School. She has performed jazz and classical ballet professionally for the past four years as a member of the N.J. Ballet Company. Daughter, Patricia, is with the Robert Joffrey Ballet Company in New York City.

Our deepest sympathy to Kathryn Keer Petrie on the death of her mother.

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Richard M. Drysdale, Agent It was good to see Peter Perretti here on Homecoming Day. Pete's son, Peter, III (MA 72) is a new member of MKA's Social Studies Department.

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Mrs. W . G. Tull, Jr., Secretary (Sue Davis)

Cliff and Mary-Anne Treene Evans with children Pam (14), Stuart (19Eand Leisa (17).

Cliff and Mary Anne Treene Evans (TKS '50) are thriving on Palos Verdes Peninsula, California. Cliff is with Litton Industries and surprised us with a delightful appearance at the reception following the Homecoming game.

Also, from way out there, comes news via Mom that Roland Emetaz and wife, Janet, were married in 1970 and are residing in Vancouver, Washington. Rollie is an ad­ m inistrator w ith the Departm ents of Agriculture and Interior and directs con­ servation programs for the Forestry Service.

The Emetazes have a 3-year old daughter, Annette.

From the North Country: Bill Rowe and Bunny, with daughters Kim, 11, and Heather, 8, continue to promote Buicks, boats, and skiing in the Plattsburgh, N .Y., area. Patty and I felt particularly fortunate to join them last summer for the annual Stowe-Lake Champlain Sailing Race with glorious weather and a host of their Vermont buddies.

Closer to home are Jerry Quaglia and Ruth in the pharmacy profession in Manasquan, N.J. Lucky surfers are Gerald, 10, and Ronald, 7. Peter Broderson and Pat are living in Lebanon, N .J., with Kurt, 10, Eric, 8, and Gretchen, 4. Peter ilgjpresident of K. & E. Plastics, Inc,

The Deetjens continue to resid||m Essex Fells. Patty is working with muscular dystrophy %5hiIdren via the Junior League.

Leif, 11, and Cliff, 10, are with Dad daily 1 M the Middle School on the Kimberley campus.

It was marvelous to hear from séme old '50ers! Keep the good words coming, and we'll promise to respond.

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Mrs. Eric W. Stroh, Secretary (Gail Robertson) 350 Provencal Road Crosse Point Farms, MI 48236 Volunteer for Agenti It was great to see TKS '51's Reunion Chairm an, Joan M iller Buchanan, and classmates Gerrie Lockerty Hendricks, Jane Gassaway Bonner, and Miriam Eustis Irwin here on Homecoming Day. Patricia Overton Lee wasn't able to come from Grafton, Massachusetts, but sent news for the bulletin board. "Our girls are both in college. Susan is a senior at Middlebury and Pam a freshman at Hobart-William Smith. We are finding our house much too big with only one at home so we've decided to build a much smaller one: with solar heating. Jamie is a sophomore at Bancroft School in Worcester.

"Jim is with Monroe Calculator Co., as he has been for close to twenty-four years. I am working for Stretch & Sew, teaching how to sew with knits, doing display work, and putting on fashion shows — among other things. I love the job and really feel I've found my niche! We have a house in Manchester, Vermont, where we relax on weekends, ski in winter, and generally have a good time. . hello to everyone."

Anne LaBastille wrote that she would be in Wisconsin on a new National Geographic assignment on Homecoming Day,' and sent régards to all. Her new book, "WOODSWOMAN, a young woman's life in the log cabin she built herself in the Adirondack wilderness," was published in May by E. P. Dutton. It sounds like great reading!

We also had a nice letter from your Secretary. Please note Gail's new address above. They moved in June after seventeen years on Crayton Road. Gail told us that her oldest boy, Edward, is at Lake Forest College and loves it. Her sister lives nearby the college, which is great for both aunt and nephew. Son, Charlie, is 16; Franny is in the fourth grade; and Whitney is in kindergarten.

Gail says that Crosse Point is a nice place to live — everything is convenient, and it's pleasant being on the lake. She misses New Jersey, though, and the East Coast. The Strohs always come back for Easter and sometimes in summer. Gail and her sister took their mother, who still lives in Llewellyn Park and is in great health, to London in June for her 70th birth­ day. Your Secretary also wrote that she would miss seeing everyone. Do write her with your news for the next column!

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Ernest F. Keer, III, Agent

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We were so sorry to learn of the death of Ernest Keel's mother and send our deepest

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Mrs. Edward C. Fawcett, Secretary (Fay Taft) 9 Gordon Place Montclair, NJ 07042 Mrs. David L. Kerr, Agent (Gail Tomec) Wain Koch Maass wrote that she wouldn't be able to make Homecoming, but reported that all was well in Chester, Vermont. Her oldest son is a freshman at Duke, and the three other members of the Maass family are all busy and a c tiv e |H Gail Tomec Kerr was with us on Homecoming Day, not only as a guest but as a helpful volunteer. Gail had a busy fall, as Alumni Council Vice President for Annual Giving, preparing for the Phon-a-thon.

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Joseph L. Bograd, Agent It was nice to hear from John Telfair this fall. John has moved to Seattle, Washington, is semi-retired, and hopes to do some writing in the near future.

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Mrs. Thomas Burgin, Secretary (Lolly Penick) 328 Fairway Road Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Mrs. John Seymour, Agent (Carol Snow) MA

Peter A. Cockshaw, Secretary 641 Lakeview Circle Newtown Square, PA 19073 David J. Connolly, Jr., Agent It was good to have Johnnie Wade here for Homecoming Day festivities.

As you can see above, Peter Cockshaw is your new Secretary. Please send him news of yourself and your family — and snapshots, too!

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Lynn Towner Dodd and Aubin Zabriskie Ames represented TKS '54 at Homecoming, and were helpful workers during the day, too.

Your Secretary has also been at work . .. read on!

Many thanks to all of you who responded to my threats and sent news of yourselves and of some of the others who remained silent! It renewed my faith, and I must admit, made me a little homesick. Lynn Towner Dodd wrote to say that she is still in charge of the Enrichment Program at MKA for all three campuses, and I am sure that keeps her busy. (Reports from others in the area say that she is doing an

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excellent job!) Lynn has sons, Steve and Pete, in the 10th and 9th grades at MKA; a daughter, Debbie, in the 3rd grade at MKA; and her eldest, B ill|p s a senior at TrinityPawling. I knew we were getting on in years, but it's a little scary to find some of us with children headed for college.

A delightful letter from Fluffy Ferguson Morse says that they have adjusted well to living near Boston. In fact, they love it, and Reggie is enjoying his new job with Paine, Webber, Jackson, and Curtis. Their two daughters, who are 18 and 16 1/2, like their new school, too, but trips back to Montclair are still a special treat. Fluffy says she con­ tinues to bump into Montclair faces around the Boston area. She saw Henny Nelson Skeen '56 not long ago, and she sees quite a bit of Nell Fisk Hamlen and John. Nell is " 'pulling' with her horse this year and is doing very well in competition." Then the Barnards (Dorie Krebs) are also in the vicinity, and Fluffy has talked with Dorie. They have a new house with much land, in South Hamilton, I believe.

Anita Bleecker Karl and Tom have recently moved to Maine, and Anita is doing very well with her art. Fluffy says she has made quite a name for herself, so keep your eyes out for her work! One more contact that Fluffy reports is with Sandy Soule Ashley, who left Kimberley in the 5th grade. Sandy is managing a real estate office in Weston. As for Fluffy, in addition to bringing me up to date on so many of you, she is doing a fantastic pillow business! She is working now on a project for the State House, which is due next fall. She does a great deal of mail order business, and she gives 10% to the MKA Alumni Fund, so if you need any pillows, be sure to write Fluffy.

Best of luck on your orders and an A + for your news!

Mary Lee Bonnell Collins writes from Arizona, where they have a house in Scott­ sdale and a cabin in the woods (who could ask for more?), that life is treating them well. She shares her life with "3 children, all girls; 2 cats, both females; 1 gerbil, unknown gender; 2 geldings; and a husband." They plan a visit in June to show the children the historic spots of the East, "where George Washington slept, where Paul Revere rode, and where Mommy and Daddy went to school." Hope we see her en route.

Cynthia Mann Treene sent a letter filled with news, too. She and Bill moved into an 85-year old house last summer, and they love it. She has completed two years as PTA President of Hillside, and she is still involved in PTA work as well as in the Montclair Organization for Conservation. One child is at MKA, and "he loves it." She reports that Tillie Jo Beatty Emerson is on the Junior League Area Council arid that Marian Miller Castell has moved to a Darien house. . .on the water.

Barbara Hobart Valbuena and Julian are still in Newark, Delaware. Their daughter, Teresa, is a senior at Tatnall School in Wilmington, and she is involved in cross country and tennis, while really enjoying her math and science courses. Vivian, the younger, has just begun the 6th grade at Tatnall. Barbara is still playing a lot of tennis,

and Julian is very much involved in his work at the university. They were on the guest list for a New York reception honoring the new King Juan Carlos of Spain, and that was quite a thrill.

Maree Callahan Currey has a club tennis champion in the family. Daughter Kathy won the 14-and-under this year, after having had an excellent record all summer. She also had some time to swim, as did her younger sister.

Maree switched to golf this summer. . too much competition from the girls in the other areas. She has begun a term as Corresponding Secretary for the Summit Junior League, and she is on the Board of Trustees of the Family Service Association.

A brief conversation with Tookie Onderdonk Dudden assured me that she and Arthur and Alexis are fine; that she has had her busiest year ever (couldn't even take a vacation), but that they are planning an English Christmas with some of Arthur's relatives. She also had a brief visit with Miirii Evans Harmon when she was in Montclair.

Tookie says that Mimi is looking lovely, teaching dance, and that she is "highly successful."

Janet Cook Phillips wrote volumes, with all kinds of news. There are four children, ranging in age from almost 17 to 4. The only girl is 9 and in the 4th grade at MKA. John, Jr. likes tennis and cross country; Charles, soccer and hockey (both boys are at MKA); and Douglas, nursery school activities. Janet has had much the same reaction that I have with the change in the tennis scene. John played in some tournaments this summer, and the numbers of entrants are unbelievable. It's a real business, and not nearly as much fun.

Janet still plays some tennis herself. June Hayward Foster and John (MA '54) had dinner with the Phillips not long ago; they are now in Darien. Apparently there was a huge gathering at Bob Cole's house last May for all those who were turning that dubious corner into the 40's in 1976. Attending were Marian Miller Castell, Lynn Towner Dodd, Aubin Zabriskie Ames, Pat Taylor Dill, C.Y. Mann Treene, and Tillie Jo Beatty Emerson, as well

as Janet. It sounds more like a reunion!.

The other long letter I had came from Leslie Bunce who also reported on Mimi's successful dance class, as well as her involvement in the theater. Leslie herself has been plagued with a bad back, keeping her from much activity. I know that you will all join me in extending our sympathy on the loss of her parents.

My own job has turned out to be won­ derful. I like the school, with all of its nuns and priests (as well as lay teachers); the students are pleasant; my JV hockey team had a winning season; I seem able to survive teaching five English classes a day; and, in spite of grading some two hundred or more papers every week, l am alive and well. This summer was blissful with no administrative responsibilities and tennis all day every day. I ran the Girls' National Intersectional Team Matches again, a big job, but great fun; and we saw some beautiful tennis. I hope that 1977 finds you all in good health and that all our paths begin to cross more often.

A special thank you to all who answered my plea!

MA

with a local theater group and mothering two dogs and two kittens. She sent best wishes to all for a happy 20th!

Volunteers for Secretary and Agent?

Donald Karp has been appointed Vice Chairman of Broad National Bank, Newark, N.J. Helij® been a member of the Board of Directors since 1972 and is Counsel for the bank. Donald is a graduate of the University of Vermont and the Cornell Law School. He practices Law in Newark, and lives with his wife and two children in Short Hills.

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Mrs. George Buermann, Secretary (Mary Gail Smithffljjj 21 Arden Lane Essex Fells, NJ 07021 .Volunteer for Agent?

Welcome to your new Secretary! You will be hearing from her in the spring, but she would love to hear from you at any time during the year. Gail and husband, George, have two children — Tracy Anne, a ninth grader at MKA's Upper School, and George, Jr., who is two.

We were: sorry to hear from Gail of the death of Terry Ash Rothchild's mother and send our deepest sympathy to her.

MA

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Oscar A. Mockridge, III, Agent '56

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Mrs. Lawther O. Smith, Secretary (Linda Lovell) 30 Water Crest Drive Doylestown, PA 18901 Volunter for Agentl ; We were happy to read in the Montclair Times in June that Anne King Franges was awarded a juris doctor degree at the Rutgers Law School commencement in May. Anne majored in art history at Radcliffe College and received her B.A. cum laude in 1960. Active in volunteer work, Anne has been president of the PTA council and president of the Hillside PTA, and is presently representing St. Luke's Church on the First Montclair Housing Corporation. She is also president of the Radcliffe Club of New Jersey, secretary of her college class, and was this year's TKS '56 Reunion Chairman! She and Tom, who is proprietor of the Montclair Bikery, have two children — Alexandra and Christopher.

Anne was joined at Homecoming by Sally Bever Zwiebach, Meredyth Clark Graham, Carol Van Brunt Rasic, Joan Englander Kaplan, and Gail Zabriskie Wilson. It was

great to see them all here!

It was nice to hear from some absent ones, too. Nicole de Jurenev wrote that she is having quite a busy life since she moved out to relax in the country (Long Island, N .Y.).

She has just received her M .A. in psychology from the New School in New York City. Nicole is teaching a course in Advertising design at Southampton College and is selling real estate. Among her other activities are acting

Elizabeth, lohn-A, and Malcolm — children of Lilia Emetaz McDonald Lilia Emetaz McDonald sent greetings from Eugene and said that all McDonalds were fine. They enjoy their beautiful environment in Oregon — especially the closeness of nature: wildlife, mountains, forests, ocean, rivers and lakes. Her children are growing "too fast." Elizabeth was 14 in April, JohnAndrewwas 12 in October, and Malcolm is 3.

Husband, John, is busy managing the AAA (Auto Club and insurance) office in Eugene and is Chairman of the Board of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Lilia keeps busy with community activities — among them, the Family Shelter House Board, the Child Center Board, Junior League and League of Women Voters. All the McDonalds enjoy going to their cabin near Crescent Lake, 75 miles from Eugene, on weekends. Lilia says, "hello and good luck to all."

you, and see you if you're eyerB.n the Rochester area. Sharon was in nursing school and Larry in medical school at the University of Rochester in the early and mid-sixties. They spent a year in New Haven, two years at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and then decided that upstate New York was a good place to live, and raise kids. They've been there for the past seven years. Larry is in group pediatric practice, and is also able to do some teaching at the medical school.

The Nazarians live in Penfield, a suburb of Rochester which Larry says has a very nice small town atmosphere, thou|h it's just a twenty-minute drive into the city. The family enjoys' biking, hiking around the Adirondacks, and cross-country skiing together. "Doug is ten, an enthusiastic Cub Scout (taking after his old man) and a total baseball nut. Steve is almost eight and the scientist and inventor of the family. Sarah is five and has decided she's going to be an artist. Sharon has been away from nursing for a while but is planning to get back into it in the next year or so. In addition to the family activities, we've been fairly active in our church, which plays a major role in our lives. We get to Montclair a couple of times a year to visit my mother and my brother, Barry (M A '62), and' feis family . I've been able to see the incredible changes that have occurred up on Lloyd Road. I'm very S irr y that my kids won't go to M KA." We spoke to Donald Courter this fall. Don couldn't make Homecoming since he is a busy football coach at Ridge High School in Basking Ridge.

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Mrs. A. Hager Bryant, III, Agent (Joan Wallace) Your Agent was a most helpful volunteer at this year's Homecoming and husband, Hager, was indispensable "dispensing" at the bar.

Their son, Mark, is now a 6th grader at MKA's Middle School.

MA

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Larry and Sharon Nazarian with children Steve, Sarah, and Doug.

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John W. Clapp, Agent Your Agent, John Clapp, wrote in June that he is selling real estate in Monmouth County, primarily in the Sea Girt, Spring Lake area.

And, a nice letter came in from Larry Nazarian sending warm greetings to all for the 20th Reunion. He said he'd love to hear from

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Mrs. Reginald Leeby, Secretary (Anne McCormick) 135 Fairfield Street Fayetteville, NY 13066 Volunteer for Agent?

Marjie Heydt Bonner, we heard from her mother Eleanor Ellis Heydt '20, has moved from Larkspur to Pasadena, California.

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Robert R. Haney, Secretary Department of Psychology Georgia Southern College Statesboro, GA 30458 Franklin M. Sachs, Agent Mike Chodorcoff is a partner in a Millburnbased insurance firm, Schechner Corporation, and lives in West Orange with wife, Doris, and sons, Billy and Brian. Between work and involvement in numerous civic and religious

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organizations, he plays golf, but neither as well nor as often as he'd like.

Michael Gennet, wife, Meg, and children, Robbie and Abby, soak up the Miami Beach sun where he functions as sales manager for Sealy Mattress. He travels to all Sealy plants often, and also enjoys golf. In describing his very hectic schedule, Mike carefully avoided saying that the mattress business is an active one.

Jim DeBow reports that jogging, motor­ cycling with wife, Cassie, tennis, golf, Notre Dame Alumni Council, and community activity keep his work from getting him round. Jim is directing new product development for General Foods in White Plains. He, Cassie, and brood, Jay and Danielle, live in Wayne, N.J. Frank Sachs reports no major changes in his situation. A senior partner in Podvey & Sachs, a Newark law firm, Frank suggests we should start contemplating a 20th class reunion in 1978, and accumulating the necessary AlkaSeltzer.

Jerry Roth's big league pitching career was halted before it started when he hyperextended his arm throwing snowballs as a sophomore at Rutgers. Jerry is a school psychologist for the Elk Grove District near Sacramento, where he elected to remain following his Rutgers internship.

Rachel, Dr. fim, and Jennifer Zager in the midst of. California winter.

Jim Zager also lives in California, and sends

his heartiest greetings to all. The Zagers (wife, Susan, and Jennifer and Rachel) just moved to and are renovating "a very large old home" in Los Angeles; and Jim continues his cardiology practice at St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood.

Howard Levine, "Mr. Serious," colorfully expressed surprise at my taking the role of Class Secretary; and, in so doing, no doubt echoed the sentiments of many. Howie lives in Port Chester, N X , and is in charge of environmental marketing support at DorrOliver in Stamford, Connecticut, a water and waste-water systems and equipment firm. He saw Dave Black at a paddle tennis tournament in Greenwich recently, his only contact with our class since graduation.

Yours truly finally achieved academic and athletic success, vicariously, in the ac­ complishments of David (13) and Keith (11).

Wife, Sylvia, nurses for a local internist, and I

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teach psychology at Georgia Southern College. I'm licensed to practice in Georgia and hope to start activities in that direction.

You guys that sent in news, thanks; and you that didn't, it's not too late for the next issue.

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Mrs. Robert P. Sumas, Secretary (Deana Rogers) 44 Maple Drive North Caldwell, NJ 07006 Mrs. Robert P. Sumas, Agent MA

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Mrs. Carroll Tiernan, Secretary Box 203, RFD Westmoreland, NH 03467 Volunteer for Agent?

W ell, the Class of 1960 reappears after a short absence, not that we haven't been doing anything, because we have: Susan Conroy LaCasse's second son was born on September 7. Her first son, Jeremy, is four. She and her family live in Augusta, Maine, year around and really enjoy it.

Jan Gennet Levitas is living in the big city, NYC, teaching at The Cathedral School and just this past summer received her master's degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education at Hunter College.

Sheila Brennan Feldstein was a social worker for N.J. State, but now her energy is taken up by 3 children, Leigh (6 1/2), Susie (2 1/4), and David (15 months). Her husband, Steven, is a psychotherapist for a psychiatric hospital in N.J. and is working on his Ph.D. at Rutgers. Sheila says that we have never met as a class since we graduated, and how about doing something for our 20th. . ,20th\\ Gosh, time flies! I'm game. How about the rest of you?

Sheila Albright Hogan has 3 children — Don (10), Patricia (7), and Frankie (9 months).

Her husband, Dave, sells commercial real estate part time and the rest of the time runs a resort in the White Mountains of Arizona.

They have their own lake and beautiful pondarosa pines to look at. Doesn't that sound super!

Deni Hauser has just bought a house in Mendham, N .J., and she and her menagerie — 2 horses, 41/2 (?) ponies, 2 dogs and 3 cats move in soon. Deni is working at Bevals Saddlery as a clothes buyer. Last year she took a barge trip on the French canals.

Sally Unkles has also bought a home which she is enjoying very much. She lives within walking distance of work, off Las Olias in downtown Ft. Lauderdale. Sally just com­ pleted her term as president of Broward Ct. National Association of Bank Women. She is also involved with the Junior League, Chamber of Commerce, and in her spare time she is studying the raising of orchids, a hobby which she pursues in her backyard, and more.

Is she ever a busy person.

I live on a small farm in S.W. New Hamp­ shire with my 3-year old son, Gerard. We

breed standard breed race horses besides running a small stable. Dogs, cats, chickens, and ducks complete our menagerie. The past three summers I have worked at Scarborough Downs, Maine, as Program Director, as well as working at some smaller race meets.

The Alumni Office was sorry to learn of the death of Shelley Ash Snow's mother and send our deepest sympathy.

MA

E. Hawley Van Wyck, III, Secretary 1108 North Ohio Street Arlington, VA 22205 E. Hawley Van Wyck, III, Agent We know that Marc Kirshner's classmates, in particular, appreciate his efforts on behalf of all alumni this past year as president of the Alumni Association. We wish you could have been with us on Homecoming when Marc was awarded a gift of appreciation from us all.

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Miss Judith Poor, Secretary 96 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 Volunteer for Agent?

Nice to have news from Trish Shupik Lift­ man. "Phil is in his third year as a staff member at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is assistant professor of radiation therapy. . Our two children are Rachel (6) and Joshua (3). they are super kids and very interesting companions. Now that Josh has begun nursery school, I find I miss them sorely while I rejoice in 'freedom' (2 car pools, teacher assistant twice a month for Josh, class mother for Rachel at Friends Select where she's in second grade). I am still working — very slowly, until Josh goes to kindergarten toward a Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Pennsylvania where I'm concentrating on criminology and medical sociology. We unwind each weekend at our apartment in North Ocean City, Maryland.

Life is good."

MA

Volunteer for Secretary?

Robert T. Root, III, Agent David Clayton Carrad has opened his own law office at 1708 Farmers Bank Building, Tenth and Market Streets, in Wilmington, Delaware. His article on "The Corporate Opportunity Doctrine in Delaware" will be published in December in volume 2, number 1 of The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law.

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Mrs. Thomas Pohl, Secretary (Carol Vincelette) 1736 Scheffer Avenue St. Paul, MN 55116 Mrs. Alexander A. Anastasiou, Agent (Denise Farandatos) A nice surprise in mid-October was a visit

by Barbara Bywater Creed, who very thoughtfully presented books to our library.

Barbara and her father met our Principal, had

a tour of the Middle School campus, and enjoyed seeing all the changes that have occurred at the "old school." Barbara is an attorney and lives in Hillsborough, California.

We hope she comes East again soon.

Mrs. George W. Calver, Agent (Susan DeBevoise) We heard from your Agent, Susan, that she and George had bought a house in Toronto last spring.

MA

MA

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Barry Nazarian served as a member of MKA's football coaching staff when the Cougars won for us on Homecoming Day. It was good to see him and his wife, Nancy Plummer Nazarian (TKS '68), at the party after the game.

Volunteer for Secretary?

H. Holt Apgar, Jr., Agent It was good to see Joe Hare on Homecoming Day. Joe's wife, Elizabeth, is a member of MKA's English Department.

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Mrs. J. K. Nash, Secretary (Christine Kuzmick) 784 D Laurel Walk Goleta, CA 93017 Mrs. William J. Wood, Agent (Susan Pettingill) MA

Volunteers for Secretary and Agent?

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Mrs. Johan M. Andersen, III, Secretary (Alina Seborowski) 64 Rachelle Avenue •Stamford, CT 06905 Miss Paula Pryde, Agent Randy Bean, TKS '66 Reunion Chairman, and a goodly group of your classmates were here for Homecoming. It was great to see Randy, Francine Onorati Crawford, Cynthia Thomas, Barbara Tipper, and Susan Guterman Roche.

Alina Seborowski Andersen's son are currently dreaming about whether to venture to Hawaii and thé South Seas or Europe. I always look forward to our annual trip to the East and Montclair to visit my family at Christmas. How about some sort of reunion during a Christmas vacation?. . ."

Your new Secretary, Alina Seborowski Andersen, will take up her new duties with the next issue of ALUMNI NEWS. Until then, young Johan M. Andersen, IV, who was born on September 27 will provide her with lots of other new duties! Alina writes that she is enjoying her "retirement" from teaching and that all three Andersens are well and happy.

Do write her with your news.

MA

The Markussens — jeffrey, Barbara, Carl, and Kristin.

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Mrs. James C . Ward, Secretary (Carolyn Wilson) 5280 Durango Court Pensacola, FL 32504 Volunteer for Agent?

We have a letter to share from Barbara Mahler Markussen. "We're still living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and enjoying it.

It's really snow country with an annual snowfall of 150 inches. Carl is still flying in the B-52 bomber. Kristin is now seven years old and a second grader; Jeffrey is three and in preschool. This year I will be Brownie troop leader for Kristin's Brownie troop." Barbara said they had done some camping last summer in their beautiful area.

MA

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Roy T. Van Vleck, Agent '65

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Mrs. B. R. Madsen, Secretary (Betsy Ridge) Box 415 Essex, MA 01929

Randy and Marcia BlondeI Hopwood '66 outside their apartment in California

Marcia Blondel Hopwood sent word for the bulletin board from Palo Alto, California, where she is teaching English, photography, and reading in a local middle school. Marcia also writes for Learning and Women Sports magazines, works as a research assistant for a clinical psychologist, takes classes toward her reading specialist and counseling credentials, and is on the Superintendent's Advisory Committee for School Reorganization! Her husband, Randy, is a third year law student at Hastings College of Law, University of California, San Francisco. Marcia and Randy both went to Stanford and were married in April, 1975. "Dick Loveland, who's now headmaster at Crystal Springs School for Girls, and his wife came to our wedding! We took a belated honeymoon trip to Mexico the following Ju ly. . . I have loved California since I first visited San Francisco in the summer of 1969. We plan to stay in the West, California or Colorado. . When Randy has completed law school and taken the BAR exam next July, we plan to take a lengthy vacation escape and

Volunteer for Secretary?

Richard C. Kuzsma, Agent Chester Kaletkowsky has been named Assistant Administrator for Southern Ocean County Hospital where he will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Memorial Hospital's 60-bed satellite facility. Chet received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Monmouth College, N .J., and his master's degree in hospital ad­ m inistration from George W ashington University in Washington, D.C. Before assuming his present position, Chet was with Community General Hospital in Sullivan County, N.Y. He and his wife, Pat, and their three-year old daughter live in Ocean Acres,

Donna and Harry Haines '66 Harry Haines wrote to Reunion Chairman for MA '66, Charlie Schoenau, that business

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CommitmeBl|î would take him to San Fran­ cisco and make it' impossible for him to attend Homecoming. Harry is Executive Editspof The News, Morning/Evening (.Paterson, N .J.) and a director for the N ortSjersey Automobile Club. Hé was married during thgjsummer of 1975 to theÈformer Donna Adler who is a fashion and television model in New York.

Donna | § also a graduate of’ the Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Dentistry.

Lloyd Le Cain has been promoted to Lt. J.C ., USNR-R, a n c fi working as an officer on the Exxon oil tanker, S.S. Baltimore.

It was good to see Dick Kuzsma here on Homecoming.

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Miss Linda Feinberg, Secretary 43 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10011 Volunteer for Agent?

Laurel Pekar was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship this fall and tis an "associate," I'eaching a seminar, doing research, and studying Arabic at the University of Khartoum in the Sudan. Laurel received her B.A. degree in psychology in 1971 from Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, and is working towards her master's degree from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. She served in the Peace Corps from 1973 to 1975, both in Bondoukou and the University of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. In 1975, Laurel began studies at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies.

Homecoming Day. Nancy worked hard "behind the scenesHand Barry on the lines of the football field.

Dawn Geannette, a new member of the Alumni Council, was here for the festivities, too.

MA

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Geoffrey Gregg, Agent Geoff Gregg, Vice President for Reunions for the Alumni Council, and Bob Sessa, who also serves on the Council, were two stalwarts at all the activities at Homecoming.

Geoff shared news with us from John Holman. John was graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering in 1973. He is now the marketing director of Scientech, Inc., manufacturer of electronic weighing systems and Laser power measurement devices, in Boulder. John and Patricia Peterson/ were married this July.

Gregg Deehan was married to Diane Ruth Mazaon October 16. Gregg, who received his B .s ||n industrial engineering and his master's in business administration from Lehigh University, is employed by Smith, Barney, H a rriS jp h a m , Inc., in New York. Diane is a fourth year student at Temple University School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia.

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Mrs. Charles Cildea, Secretary (Lynn Erhardt) 46 East Saddle River Road Saddle River, NJ 07458 Volunteer for Agent?

MA

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Peter W. Adams, Agent It was good to hear from John Rudd this fall. "On July 17, I married Karlyn J. Black of Lansing, Michigan. She teaches in the Holt Public Schools, and I am still working as an Engineer with the Michigan Public Service Commission. We had a wonderful honey­ moon in Eastern Canada that included a week at the Olympic Games. This fall we will avidly /¿Support Michigan, the nation's number one football team If/ We'll welcome any old classmates of mine if they should find themselves in the area."

Craig Perry's wedding took place in May in the Hollins College Chapel. His bride is Jean Hall, formerly of Roanoke, Virginia. Craig went to the University of North Carolina and is with Corroon and Black Co., in New York City, where he and Jean are living.

Joseph Marino was with us on Homecoming Day to see the school and old friends.

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Miss Avie Claire Kalker, Secretary 2401 West Southern, Box 274 Tempe, AZ 85282 Volunteer for AgentT Nancy Plummer Nazarian and husband, Barry (MA '62) enjoyed all the action on

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Some members of the Class of '69 at a mini­ reunion this summer — Lynn Ehrhardt Cildea, Barbara Fox, fane Bodenweiser, Phyllis LaTouche, and Lisa Schultz — were also joined by Lindy Franciose '68.

Chip and Lynn Ehrhardt Cildea with their children, Brian and Kristin.

Anne Callaghan and Terry Solmssen in Tsavo, Kenya.

Chris Hannon wrote last spring to say she graduated from Colby College, Maine, with a degree in French. She had spent her junior year in France and did a lot of traveling around Europe. Chris now lives in Rochester, N .Y., and works for Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith.

Annette Colston writes that she's living in Philadelphia and working as a news writer and reporter for a CBS all-news radio station.

A few of us got together this past summer at a party Lisa Schultz gave while she was living in Verona. Many of us hadn't seen each other since graduation, and it was great hearing what everyone was up to. I have been pretty busy lately, also. Chip and I had our second child this summer. Kristin now joins her brother, Brian, who was two this November.

Also, we've moved but not too far. We bought the house across the street and at the present are still getting settled.

Nina Szot Boral called this fall to say she and her husband and baby just built a home in Rutherford. Barbara Fox has some exciting news to tell, too. She will be married on the 18th of December to Charles McWilliams.

They have purchased a home in Mendham, and will be moving in after returning from their honeymoon in California.

Phyllis LaTouche just graduated from Katharine Gibbs, and is working as a secretary in Bergen County.

Virginia Munson Vultee writes that she and Tom (MA '69) bought a home in June, 1975, here in New Jersey, as Tom is working for Midi-Mart. Heather, 5 1/2, started kin­ dergarten in Montclair this September, while Adam, who will be a year in January, is still at home. Virginia is back in college and majoring in history.

Terry Solmssen, who is with the Peace Corps in the Seychelles Islands, Indian Ocean, had Anne Callaghan (en route home from a year of teaching in Japan) as a guest for Christmas. Then they joined Terry's parents in Nairobi to travel in Kenya and Tanzania. Terry is now back on her islands and Anne, after a summer of working for Japan Airlines, is studying for her master's at the University of Michigan.

Mary Boyden White reports that she and her husband are in Salt Lake City, Utah, where Kendall, a professor of sociology at Wash­ ington and Lee University, is on sabbatical.

He is writing a book, and Mary is working for the Better Business Bureau ^Hcounseling consumer problems and writing a monthly bulletin.

MA

Christopher C. Beling, III, Secretary Hope Johnsonburg Road RD -1, Box 268 Blairstown, NJ 07825 Christopher Beling, III, Agent?

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Ms. K. V. Forschner, Secretary (Karen Vanderhoof) 5553 Chatford Drive, Apt. C Columbus, OH 43227 Volunteer for Agent?

It was nice to hear that Patricia Vilas was graduated from the Registered Nurse Class of Pasadena C ity College, C a lifo rn ia . Pat received her B.S. cum laude from Occidental College in 1974, having majored in speech and drama. She began work in August at the Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles, and is now planning to take a job in the operating room of Huntington Hospital in Pasadena.

And, it was great to have a visit from your Secretary and husband, Tom, while they were East visiting their families in November. Karen enjoyed seeing all the changes at the "old" school. We hope more of you will drop by when you're in town!

MA

Volunteers for Secretary and Agent?

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Miss Linda Braeder, Secretary 27 Edgecliff Road Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Volunteer for Agent?

It was good to see your Secretary, Linda, and classmates Amy Schecter, Susan von Hoffm an, and P hillipa Bowles on Homecoming Day. MA

David Freed, Secretary 500 Riverside Drive, #845 New York, NY 10027 Michael W. Lidwin, Agent A note to the office from Bruce Downsbrough told us that he is in his second year of law school at the University of Colorado.

Bruce will be in Boulder from September until June.

Jeffrey Levin sent his "regrets" for Homecoming and told us that he is in his second year of a four-year program to receive his JD-MM degrees from Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Rob Lipman is finishing his third (and final) year of law school at the .University of Texas in Austin. After graduation next year, Rob plans to relocate to Dallas or El Paso.

Currently, in addition to his studies at the law school, Rob is working for an attorney in Austin and serving as National Secretary for the Order of Barristers.

Geoffrey Close, who was with us for Homecoming, told us that he will be married to Deborah Philips of Covington and New Orleans, Louisiana, in January. The wedding will take place in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Deborah will graduate in December from Randolph-Macon Women's College in Lynch­ burg, Virginia. She and Geoff are planning to live in Morristown after a honeymoon to Charleston, South Carolina.

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Miss Kate Curtin, Secretary 101 Clinton Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 Miss Deborah Peck, Agent We received word that Barbara Flessas was graduated in June from Franklin and Marshall College. Barbara majored in philosophy and was active in the modern dance group.

Brewer Doran wrote to us in June that she was planning to attend the University of Virginia Business School this fall. And, Alison Read, who was graduated from Smith in June, will continue her studies at the Sorbonne this fall. Alison spent her junior year abroad at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Sorbonne University, Paris.

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Samuel S. Weiss, Secretary 11 Hillside Avenue Caldwell, NJ 07006 Jacob Prince, III, Agent Hofstra University wrote us in June that Wylie Royce had been recently named to. the Dean's List. We also learned in June that Bruce Usher was graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor of science degree in education. Bruce majored in history and minored in English.

Kenneth Kreski, who was graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, is now a medical student at the St. Louis University School of Medicine.

Peter Perretti, a graduate of Duke University, is now a member of MKA's faculty. A teacher in the social studies department, Pete is also the coach of our first girls' soccer team and will coach wrestling this winter.

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Miss Constance van Eeghen, Secretary Hopkins A, Smith College Northampton, MA 01060 Miss Martha Del Negro, Agent A postcard from Margot Dockrell from St. Jean Cap Ferrat indicated that the sender was enjoying an indulgent month "on the Com tinent" this summer. She has since returned, however, to pursue the trials and joys of an academic existence at Bennington as an art history and literature major.

Feeling even more akin to a target of much foreign correspondence, I have discovered that Gail Flagg and Simonette Andreani also

went abroad this summer studying at in­ stitutions in Germany and; France respec­ tively. Martha Del Negro similarly studied at the University of Dijon during July and August attending courses of French culture and French history.

I, myself, am planning to follow the general path bridging the Atlantic Ocean this coming summer. I w ill be touring England, France, Switzerland, and Holland as a member of the Smith College Chambersingers, a small women's choral group for which I have been appointed treasurer and. bookkeeper.

On the home front, Elza Dzenis is in the process of establishing; her portfolio for the cooperative training program shew ill undergo this January. This program functions as a part of the degree she is earning from Moore College.

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Volunteer for Secretary?

J. Dean Paolucci, Agent We were happy to hear from Jim Crooks this summer. Jim is a senior at Lawrence University, Wisconsin,, as is Bob Brightman.

Jim's home Is now in Ft. Myers, Florida.

It was good to have Dean Paolucci here on Homecoming, Day. '7 4

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Miss Leslie Aufzien, SecretaryBox 1,199, Rollins College Winter Park, FL 32789 Miss Martha BoTTsal!,. Agent We were happy to hear from, Franklin and Marshall College that Cathy Irwin is a member of the varsity tennis squad:.. A nice quote came from her coach, "Cathy held down the top doubles slot for the past two seasons but this year she is switching to singles where her speed and hustle should make her a strong and successful player."

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Anthony Celentano,. Secretary Box 128 Westminster Choir College Princeton, NJ 08540 Brian Thomas, Agent Your Secretary reports, "Gary Nash is at­ tending Niagra University in New York, and is majoring in travel and tourism. As part os his studies, Gary is working as the 'Group Flight Co-ordinator' a t a travel agency located on the Niagra campus. He arranges for student group flights, during school vacations. Besides being busy with his routine school work, Gary is planning on doing a lot of traveling during his own vacations this, year.

"Owen Davis, in his third, year of pre-med at Swarthmore College, has already been accepted into the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. This has been arranged through an early admissions program: that Bowman Gray has with Swarthmore whereby promising premed students are granted, admission based upon their first two years of study.

"As for myself, I had a relatively active and interesting summer. I studied conducting at a

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workshop conducted by a master in the field, Wilhelm Ehmann; then proceeded to a three week art course; and ended the summer camping in Massachusetts while visiting the Tanglewood Music Festival. I am now in my second year serving as organist-choirmaster at the First Congregational Church in Verona. I will be presenting my Junior organ recital on February 5 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Montclair."

Anthony also wrote that he was sorry to miss Homecoming, but the Westminster Choir had a performance in Carnegie Hall that evening. Classmates who were able to join us were Frank Paretti, Peter Berinato, and John Pariseau.

'75 Miss Lori Pink, Secretary Box 23248 Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 David Soule, Secretary 229 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02116 Dallas Gordon, Agent It was great to see Mike Ehrenberg, Hugh Gleason, Matt Greco, Geoff Gimber, Kassie Canter, Sally McBratney, Joanne Mikulik, and Paul Olowacz on Homecoming Day. Sorry if

we missed seeing others of you or if we didn't find your name on the sign up sheet!

Your Secretary, Lori, sent news from Emory.

Mary Jo Cestone is now going to Katharine Gibbs. Alison Hunt has moved to Atlanta and is working at Yardley. Joanne Mikulik is going to Montclair State. She has her own radio show there. Kay Towner is home for a semester to take some courses she is in­ terested in at Montclair State. Richard Brandt has been accepted into a theater group in New York, and is living in the city now.

Lori's own news is that she is a resident advisor for freshmen women this year, and is very proud of being the first freshman to have been appointed to the Dean's Advisory Council last spring.

Your Secretary, David, spent a lot of time during the summer organizing freshman orientation, which at M IT is completely student run. He also had a full time job im­ plementing practical energy conservation measures on the campus. David is in the mechanical engineering department this year.

We read in the paper that Janet Kluge is a member of the Colby-Sawyer College Concert

Choir, singing alto. Janet is in the college's liberal arts program

'76 Miss Robin Towner, Secretary P.O . Box 1741, Station 2 Amherst College Amherst, MA 01002 Charles Read, Secretary 132 Bald, Station 2 Charlottesville, VA 22905 What a great group of '76-ers turned up for Homecoming! Chip Read, Laurie Hoonhout, Margie Hollander, Brad Scott, Julie Bellet, Robert Russo, Bernard Compagnone, Paul McFeeley, John Pinney, Frank Godlewsky, David Jackson, Jon Bellet, Andrew Rachleff, Marina Adams, Matt Troxell, Frances Mills, Penny Wood, Ana Rincon, Sharon Sudol, Hillary Hoffman, Beth Giannotto, Laura Scher. We're sorry if we missed seeing

anyone! or if your name was not on the sign­ up sheet.

Your Secretary, Robin, gathered lots of news for us: "Athletically the Class of 1976 is making leaps and bounds, and, of course, leading in the foreground is the volleyball queen herself, Penny Wood. Penny, while branching out of her academic norm by taking 'Classics in Greece,' is further per­ fecting her game by playing for the United States Volleyball Association in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Also at Tufts is Matt Troxell, who continues with his soccer prowess. Matt, in the opening game, scored against the Harvard Crimson, helping his team win with a final score of 3-1. Moreover, Matt admits to almost alliterating aloud in a poetry course, but may just stick to French literature, en anglais naturellement. Exploring into other foreign realms, John Urga is learning and enjoying the intrigues of Chinese politics. He also mentions being interested in a class entitled 'Moder Italian Novel.'

"Having digressed from my original theme, athletics, for which I apologize, I will con­ tinue with an anecdote of my own. Wishing to avoid 'freshman spread,' I decided to enroll in a gym class. Following my usual behavioral pattern, I also avoided the first class, but decided that, yes, I was going to exercise, no matter what the aversion. Fearlessly (and rather late), I entered the class, only to discover 20 men sprawled in odd positions about the room. Undaunted though surprised (all Amherst gym classes are coed), I strode

up to the only available space on the mats, which just happened to be next to the professor. He, doing a double take, asked 'Are you enrolled in this class?' and then informed me that the course focused upon weight lifting. Now I'm doing all sorts of presses and curls, push ups and the like, and not gaining (nor losing I might add) any noticeable bulges.

"Speaking of weight liftin g .. .W hile we up north are slowly freezing, down in sunny Florida Bill Prescott has been known to 'hoist a few'him self. After traveling through Canada this summer, seeing the Olympics, the Rockies, and various watering places, Bill took off for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where he's majoring in aviation management. Bill reports sipping mint juleps on the beach and flying high.

"Others in the class have been doing a bit of traveling as well. Visiting Mary Lou Guttmann at Smith, Liz Bruns dropped by with tales of her other college excursions, most notably to Brown and Dartmouth. Arleene Sapienza, appearing normal, stopped in to see Sue Stanton at Hampshire and discovered revelations about the depth of human knowledge, or rather lack of. Other members of the class have been seen around. Since I've only been told of their destinations and not their arrivals, I'll conserve space and wait for further news (HINT) than risk my journalistic integrity by reporting things of which I have no knowledge. So 'til the next issu e .. ."

And now word from your Secretary, Chip: "Both Paul Gelenitis and Janice Kanter have written that they love every minute at Tulane in New Orleans. Paul is doing well on the sailing team.

"Michele Darrell is the chairman of the House Committee at Marietta College, and is also actively involved in the Black Union.

Rhys Jones has reported that he will be trying out for the Hobart lacrosse team. Linda Gardner is pondering becoming a government major at Smith, where she's joined by Mary Lou Guttmann and Joan Leonard."

Wanda Robinson sent word that she is having a great time at Grinnell College, where Moira Uskokovic is also a freshman. Wanda was about to try out for the girls' basketball team when she wrote. She is considering the possibility of spending her sophomore year in Japan, since she's interested in . political science.

Sara Close, in the child study program at Colby-Sawyer College, sings soprano in the college's Concert Choir.

VITAL STATISTICS DEATHS

The editor records with sorrow the death of the following alumni and extends the sym­ pathy of the officers and members of the Alumni Association to their families.

George A. Bell CMA '32) Robert B. Buchan (MA '29) Mrs. Horace Bowen, Jr. (Harriet Main TKS '30) Beryl. A. Campbell (TKS '34)

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John Duncan (MA '26) Charles J. Hartenstine (MA '41) Mrs. Hank A. Helm-Corria (Barbara Bower TKS '42) Joseph Kremer (MA '32) Mrs. Raymond G. Landis (Dorothy Vernon TKS '18) Hunter C. Phelan, Jr. (MA '36) Peter L. Sylvester (MA '43)

MARRIAGES

Gregg Deehan (MA '68) to Diane Maza Harry Hazard, III (MA '34) to Mary Youngquist John Holman (MA '68) to Patricia Peterson Craig Perry (MA '67) to Jean Hall John Rudd (MA '67) to Karlyn Black

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