CARDIGAN CHRONICLE VOL. 15, NO. 13
CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, CANAAN, N. H.
JUNE, 1966
Commencement Day at Cardigan
Cardigan's senior class marches toward the chapel for graduation
Cardigan Mountain School graduated _51 seniors at Conunencem_e nt Exercises held June 4 in the school chapel. The invocation was given by Mr. Arthur G. Broadhurst, Chaplain, with Headmaster Norman C. Wakely giving the opening address and welcome. Senior Master Theodore Linn awarded the Caldwell ·P rize to Carl Nydegger of Concord, N. H.; Founders Prize to Clifford Stearns, also _of Concord; the Hinman Prize and the Pannaci Memo.rial Award -to Robert Pipes, Geneva, ! Switzerland; the Faculty Prize to B[rittin C. Eustis, Wilton, Corin., · the :Headmaster's Prize to Robert Foley, -Canaan; the Addison l\foworiaL Prize for ·Creative : Writing to Alan McDonald, Caracus, _ Venezue'1}11l iia' the Senior Prize to ( ContinuJd ,r-011 ·pllge 3)
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The commencement speaker, Dean Thaddeus Seymour of Dartmouth College (left) with Headmaster and Mrs. Norman C. Wakely.
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Green or White? Green and White events have finally taken a turn for Green after eighty events held since the onset of school. The score including May 15th's competition stands: Green 1948, White 1933. Some of the year's eve·nts have included tennis, softball, giant slalom and slalom skiing, sidewalk surf ing touch footb all, broom hockey and on days that required indoor sports pingpong, brid ge, chess and checker tournaments were played. Our s coring system works like this: ten points are awarded for first place, seven points for second , four points for third and one point for fourth place. In activities that are team sports the respective scores ar e add ed to each team 's total as is one point for each participant contributing to the team effort . This participation point can be instrumental in determining an event' s victor a nd ha.s been continually emphasized by this year team captains Green 's Jim Taylor and White 's Bart Stone. The Green and White Council which constantly provides leadership : supervision and acts as a decision making body on the competitive events, is composed of one representative of each team , in each dorm . elected at the beginning of the school year by its r esidents. The council is aided by Mr. Chamberlain who guides the group in planning and decision making. Members of the Green and White Council are:
Jim Taylor, Austin Morris, Rick Johnson, Gordon Mcilvain, Ed Stulb , Jeff Jeann,eny and Lee Mo rr ell representin g the Green team and Topper Stone, Halsey Smith, Steve Heath, Bob Manley and Peter Abbott representing White. Some of this year's most active _participants have been Richard Perry, Spencer Hill, Hawley Zwahlen Jim Sculthorpe, Brad· Davis, John ' Newman, Mark Howe, John Halton Carl Nydegger , Rod P armley, Tim ' Duff, Tom Moran, Chris Zamore, John G?rman, Al Weine r , Tod Thompson, Richard Clancy a nd all the members of the Council . Due to the fact that so few points separate the teams at this time it emphasized the need for a stron<' effort by both tea ms on Green and White Day to capture the coveted trophy. - Charles H . Chamberlain
Dedicate Yearbook To Mr. Cutting The 1966 Blaze, student yea rbook, was dedicated to Mr. Robert S. Cutting, "who contributed so much to Cardigan between 1960 and 1965. We, who have known him , will remember Mr. Cutting as an inspired teacher , devoted coach and good friend. "
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Alumni News
It's A Time For A Change He was a boy around seventee n, tall and thin and usu ally covered with grease or oil. Jim Franklin worked /' at a neighborhood gas station. His father had died when he was eleven, and his mother was still living. He was not very intelligent since he was a high school dropout at sixteen. · It was a boring life at the ga s station and also dirty one. He , would thumb a ride hom e every night, but usually he had to walk. Jim thought a lot about starting his own gas station, bu·t he soon dropped the idea . He was mad at himself for some r eason . He stopped to look at himself and to see what sort of a person he was. He got disgusted, mood y and angry. He didn't wa nt to be one of those kind , t he kind that drop out of school a nd then ta ke some stupid job which isn't worth working for. Jim had a great desire in him to go back to school and graduate as a clea n-cut guy, bu t he didn 't know if they 'd accept him back . The next week he was back in high sc hool. He had had a great desire , and it had bee n granted L,y b2gging and by just th e expression on his face whi ch had convinced the princip al. Now, aro und three years later Jim was grad uated from the high school with honors. He se t out to get a job. He tried to get a job as a baker at a nea rby bakery, but he was the one who later decided he didn 't want it. So then he drove by a cou rthouse and it aimost see med to hypnotize him. He th en knew what he wanted to be, a lawye r. With t he help of the money, which his father had left when he died , Jim Fra nklin got into law school and studied to be a lawyer . This is what Jim had really wanted. Four years ago he knew. "It was time for a change ." Jerry Goodspeed
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Underclassmen linin .~· up for commencement
Commencement ( Continued from page 1) Paul Ste ll a, lVIelrose, Mass. Dean Th add e us Seymour of Dartmouth College, was the commencement s peaker, and his address dealt with the aware ness and choi ce on e has in later life. Diplom as were prese nted to the graduating clnss by Jerald B. Newton, President of the Board of Trustees. Class Marshals were E. Givens Goodspeed , Ca naan , and Stephen P. Hea th , Ceclnrhurst, Lon g Island . Ushers included William C. Calder, Bronxville , N. Y., Newton B. David, Jr., Snlisbury. Conn ., Robert H. ·· Hi cks, Orc hard Park, N. Y. , Robert E. Manley, Essex Falls , N. J. , John Paull, Norwalk , Conn., and David A. Ritchie, New York, N. Y. Three Canaan boys were in the graduating class. From left: Jeffrey Cady, Robert H. Foley, Dennis Johnson . Jeff and Dennis are headed fo1· Mascoma hig·h sc hool; Bobby for Tabor Academy, Marion, Mass.
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The annu al sprin g awards assembly was held Sunday evening in the school a uditorium. Students speaking briefly for the various teams were Rocky Ingalls, sa iling; Di ck Douty, tennis; Brian Gordon , lacrosse; and Robert Pipes, baseball. Letters were presented to outstandin g members of the various teams. Awards for riflery and archery were also presented. Certificates of performance of merit were presented to deserving members of the staff of the school newspape r , Th e Chronicle , as weir ·as to me·mbe rs of the staff of the school yearbook, Th e Blaze. E. Givens Goodspeed was Master of Ceremonies. The- invocation and benediction were given by Mr. ·Arthur G. Broadhurst, Chaplain.
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The City Sapper The picture is one of a high-min ded ind ividual who is tenacious enough to do something ·he has never done before, in spite of_all odds . He goes at it with an attitude of . . ove rcome . .. conquer . . . come what may! The project at hand · may .not be new in respec t to environment. The Indians ·s tarted it, and many have carried on and found success. Today, we find the few undaun ted , continuing, and occasionaily, a neophite enters the scene. He is one who cannot ignore the opportunity knocking, cannot remain outside . . . he must, must try. This lion-hea rted, noble, high-minded, inspired optimist is ... to coin a ph ase . . a c-Hy sa pper. After all, figures the lofty product of an urban sprawl, what is so complicated about drillin g some hol es , pounding in plugs, hanging buckets? Cookin g fac ilities are ava ila ble. The · so called evaporator was iater found to be othe r than a sy rup making unit and it h ad the aud acity to lea k, to boot. But do these little things dismay the sapper ? No, sir. He th inks of the pride and satisfa ction and production of the deli ghtf ul , sweet , practical compound - pure maple syrup. This planner has not overlooked the necessity of maple trees, sorry; suga r bush, and that is beckoning. Ah, it is magnetic. It is also quicksand , but the nega tive aspec t is cloaked by raposidized enthusiasm which . has mes merized our blase main character. This courageous city slicker soon find s ther e are a few other requirements. Primary nee ds such as wood , and more wood, to supply _the fuel to make the cooker pe rcolate for hours ; the weather must cooperate, one must have freezing nights followed by warm days, and rainy weekends to boil; a storage for the hoard of sap, a depository for tens of ga llons; abounding energy and time to carry on ; and yes , a dog to lick everything ( this is for atmos phere and .companionship ); and several outfits . . . namely sap pen clothes. The last can be · a point of despair fo r the _spou se. But she must ca rry on and ;remain good natured and interested, able to wipe all door knobs and have hot foods when the desperate, steamed, overworked cooker comes home. She must n ever make an iss ue about one thing fo r the duration. Amn esty is the key to existence. There are so many facets not discussed . _There are small hurdles in the form of fou r foot snow piles which turn to pudding in the late warm afteriioons when the sap rea lly gets ·to running. And .e ven smalier, the particles, bark, cinders; and crea- · tures which find their. way ·into the precious sorgham that must be strained out. Then, too, when one puts out approximately ninety buckets over a mile or two spre-ad, the footwork involved is unmeasurable : Yet, the tuckered, exhausted one overcomes. He conquers. And for the rest of the year he crows and swagger s at the mention of his triumph . The fruition is part of many a meal, and -all of the aunts., uncles, nieces, nephews, parents · et al are only too willing to share in the tasty glory. One r ecipient goes as far as to comm-e nt on the ''rickets" he -and his family get from using that diluted commercial substitute tqey must . use between seasons. The marvelous part of this entire venture is that there is no ·s alt pork nor cream ready to keep the stuff from boiling over, · no scientific instruments used to measu re density. Its quality is due to the competent and tenacious city sapper. It's licken good a_n d labeled THE BEST FROM. THE HILL. · - · Mrs . Wa r ren Birch
'•Wasteful" The swin ging saloon doors parted violently, and a huge, black haired bull-of-a man clomped into the hazy bar room . The door s glided bac k into place and the r agtime music from the piano halted as did the shuffling of cards. All card sharps· and filth y drunks we r e silent at the sight of the man and all fac es turned in his di rection. He stood motionless in a clou,d · of hazy blue-grey cigar s mok e and surveyed the people and the setup of the bar room. Slowly swiveling around on his ·a nkles he glanced at his to-be target and headed for ft. Approaching the bare musty brown wall, hidden in the blu egra y haze, created by the effect of the cigar smoke against the light from the western style gas lamp , he hoisted his ri ght foot to the wall, followed by the left one. Walking ,effortlessly up the wall, over the ceiling, and down the other wall nearest the ba r ; he drew even closer attention to himself. "Gimme a double martini !" he bellowed . The bartender obeyed hi s "order " and produced the martini within minutes .. Mr. Bi g slurped the ma rtini dow nhis throat and ' ordered "Another one, you" After finishing his second martini, he placed the glass, which was a wine type glass ; bowl and n arrow stem; on the bar besid e the first one. He studied them for a moment and reached for the first one , · -grabbing ·it by its long narrow stem, In two huge bites. he devo·ured the bowl of the glass and slammed the stem back on the bar. Repeating this action with the other· crlass he glared at- the bartender and slid : feV:, co iris along the rich ·wooden surface of the bar. He turned and retraced' his steps, up the wall over the ceiling and down the other wan'. The · swingi~g 'doors banged · open and the· huge man disappeared. into the str~et. A small bystander who had been · wide-eyediy glaring at the man, sidled up to the bartender and demanded "What . .. I rriean how . . . about that feller who jusfleft here ... is he . .. I mean . . . does he . come here often?" "Oh yes, he's always charging in here for. a ma rtini,?' the bartender .rep-lied calmly as he buffed a large, glass beer mug. . "Well ·. . . what. about . . . 'y ou know .. . he . . . he . . . he ate the bowl of the glass . .. is he crazy?" "Yes sir, he sure it. He- always .leaves .the best part." The bartender .clasped the l>ase of the glass; bit off the stem, chewed it up and swallowe.d. ~ Sky Rains
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Searching For ... Something When I was about seven years old, and out of school for the summer, I had nothing to do really so I had decided to go to the candy store. On my way back, I was meandering down the street eating the candy as I nent. I passed a trash can and saw a great big, empty liquor bottle; just out mischeviousness I decided to throw it on the road. I picked up the amber bottl~ and heaved it high into the air; I watched it perform acts of struggling againt gravity and losing all the time, the container. tumbled to the road surface exploding like dynamite. At once I knew that the bottle alone couldn't have 1,1ade that much noise, I glanced knowingly around the area and sure enough a huge red dump truck hgd tumbled over. I ran towards the same forgetting completely about the smashed bottle but not the candy, for I was wildly stuffing it into my mouth while running.
May 10, 1966: strange bloom on the orchard
Wea th er-Wise Speaking of odd weather! Cardigan has had all there is to have. Even on Mother's Day there was a snow storm. The contrasts in the weather have been amazing. One day everyone would be tramping through the snow and the next day everyone wotild sweat from the heat. Many plants came out because of th~ . early spring weather only to be killed because of the cold spells. We hope the summer weather does not prove to be good for skiing-on the snow. - John Newman
When I arrived on the scene there were a few people already there . Most of these people were adults and one went scurrying into a house to call the cops. I examined the truck thoroughly; I noticed that the blinker was still on from the turn they had almost made, there were dirt and rocks all over the street from the back portion of the vehicle, there were two negro men in the truck now, and one was just coming out of shock -and shaking his head. The other was a greenish brown with blood gushing out of his ears, nose, and mouth. The man's whole arm was on the underside of the truck and one could see splinters of bone amid the bloody torn muscles of his mutilated arm. The man's eyes were wide open, they- were bloodshot to a point that one could see the veins ten feet away. His eyes were not alive and moving but they seemed to be searching for some unknown thing, maybe . why things are the way they are. A large man moved forwad and closed the man's eyes so that he wouldn't have to search for the answer ever again. The police came, very prepared for the occasion; they · examined the scene and scribbled things down on their notebooks. They carefully, as to not dirty their uniforms, dragged the man clear and laid him down. They then put a white shirt over him that soon turned red with the warm blood. One thing that puzzled me at that time was, · why had they covered the man up. Everyone had viewed the- ·gr9ss scene so why had these people done it? Why? ----,- Ralph MacIntyre
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Alumni News 1953 George Harris and •his wife, Eli Karin, attended Alumni Weekend .
Studenl Leaders
1960 Roger Rice attended Alumni Weekend, his leg in a cast having broken it skiing. He is a member of the New Hampshire Air National Guard and was on active duty Jan. 10, 1965 to July 3, 1965 in Denver, Colorado. He is attending Belknap College, along with Emmons W. Cobb who is majoring in Business Administration. Edward A. Ball is serving in the U. S. Marine Corps and attended Alumni Weekend while on leave between duty stations. 1961 James M. Lawson's visit during Alumni Weekend was his first since graduation. He is enjoying his work at Deford Dechert, photographer. Walter A. Fifield is taking Computer Programming at the New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord. 1963 Richard Bosworth graduated May 6th from Norfolk County Agricultural School. While attending school he gave demonstrations in floral design and worked at Twin Hills Country Club. Leonard "Bill" Luria is attending KUA and plans to attend Hobart College in Geneva, N. Y., next fall. Daniel Burack is a senior at East Longmeadow High School and will attend Burdett College in the fall. 1964 Louis Skinner thought the school looked great when he visited Alumni Weekend. Richard A. Saykin attended Alumni Weekend with Danny Burack and was his first visit since graduation. He is attending Springfield Trade High School in Springfield, Mass. Allan E. Robertson attended Alumni Weekend and is a Junior at KUA. Michael K. Mosher is attending Wayland High School and was here for Alumni Weekend.
1965 The following boys from the Class of 1965 attended Alumni Weekend : Mike Clancy who is attending Mascoma Valley Regional .High School, West Canaan, N. H. Knox Gillespie and Fran Mayo from New Hampton School. Wade Knowles and Jack Shaner fom Kents Hill.
E. Givens Goodspeed is congratulated by Headmaster Norman C. Wakely after being elected School Leader for the 1966-67 school year by vote of the e ntire student body. He succeeds Brittin C. Eustis, III. The role of School Leader is the highest position of honor and responsibility held by a student. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Goodspeed of the Cardigan faculty.
School Leaders for 1966-67
School Leader, E . Givens Goodspeed '67 Chaplain 's Assistant, Alan P. McDonald '6 7 Classroom Superintendent, William P. Stevens, III '67 Assistants: Hopkins l, Carlton C. Durling '68 Hopkins 2, Byron W. Austin '6 7 Auditorium , John A. Sutton '67 Hayward Hall, Owen B. Gray '67 C lerk of Court, Carl E. Hartedegen '67 Dining Room Superintendent, Kurt A. Knowles '6 7 Assistants, George W. Bentley, III '68, William R. MacIntyre, III '67 , Charles F. Thompson '67 Floor Leaders: Brewster 1, Delavan D. Colie '67 Brewster 2, J ames C. Alden '67 Clark-Morgan 2, Dean C. Martin '67 Clark-Morgan 3, Newton B. Davis, Jr. '68 French 1, Robert H. Hicks, Jr. '67 French 2, David A. Ritchie, Ill '67 Hinman 1, Stephen P. Heath '67 Hinman 2, William C. Calder '68 Hayward, Clayton G. Gallagher, J r . '67 Job Foreman, John F. Paull '67 Monitor, John L. Newman, Jr. '67 Public Relations Director, Jerome M. Goodspeed '69 Safety Commissioner, James F. Corroon '68 Store Manager, Thomas J . Marsden, III '68 Student Librarian F. Winsor Rowe '68 Student Recreation Director, Robert E. Manley '67 Publicity Director, Alan I. Weiner '67 Steward's Assistant, John D. Gorman '67
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Clancy's Twenty. Years
Why Do We Live A Life .
What is the life that we live
At Cardigan
Are we robots with feelings or are we matter That someday rots yes we are all of these things what is the life that we live and· why do we live it if only We are to die what will happen to us after
Away back then!
Mr. and Mrs. Clancy • now!
In the great medieval times, the kitchen , with its huge charred fireplace and a heavy metal kettle hanging from it, was the center of life. Food came from the kitchen, and to the young children it was a warm r oom, thick with the smell of greease as a large bo a1' roasted in a crackling fire . 0
Since then, 'the kitchn has always been the center of a home. When you were young, the kitchen was the room in which you would watch your mother prepare the meals while you played with colored crayons. Now, as you live at Cardigan, the kitchen is still the warm room , the center of our school life. Our meals, which we often complain about, are really a great work of art. The chief may spend two to three hours on t hat meal, even though it wasn't the boys' favorite. Then there are those days our chef produces great meals and is greatly complimented by boys and faculty alike.
It must be hard fo:r Mr. Clancy, our chef, to satisfy everybody's wants, but he tries. Our kitcheii·\'i's ·large and mechanized. Even in this day it still has the appearance of one of the old castle's kitchens. Some days you can smell the pork as it roasts noisily in the great ovens. Or ma;ybe one day you are in the kitchen and you smell a stew in a large caldron. · As you talk to Clancy, who is always ready for a chlat o,r an argumentative discussion of some artistic hobby of which he knows much, we receive warm assurances for our young lives. It's a great thing that our kitchen is such a great place . Thanks, Mr. Clancy, for helping us over our rough spots. -
Pete McDonald
we die will anyone care no no one will care unless we are a George Washington or a Paul Revere or someone like that what is space and why do we live in it if we don't know where it stops yes Man is a robot with feelings and he has an ingenious mind but even man doesn't know why we live a life
Barr . Kayser
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Cardigan Woodworkers Capture .High State Awards
Mr. Nyhus (left) with Carl Nydegger (center) and Dean Martin
Cardigan Mountain School's woodworking class played a starring role recently in the 12th annual Project Fair staged by the New Hampshire Industrial Arts Association in Concord Karl Nyhus, who instructs some 65 boys in the Williams Workship, a handsome red frame building just off campus, organized the Concord safari. He chose a number of the best finished pieces of furniture done by students , enlisted five boys to join him and took off by truck and car for the Concord Senior High School where the Project Fair was held. F1'om high schools all over the state were assembled exhibits in metal work, printing, electronics and machine shop crafts, as well as wood pieces. Of 20 outstanding exhibits chosen by the judges, one was a Welch buffet done at
Cardigan by Carl Nydegger, whose home is in Concord. Carl is a senior. Cardigan's showing of five pieces was then declared one of the two outstanding school exhibits in the Fair. Sharing this honor with Carl and Mr. Nyhus were Bob Hazley, Dean Martin, Ted Thompson and Winsor Rowe. Mr. Nyhus has a state-wide reputation in the field of woodworking instruction. Before joining the Cardigan faculty three years ago be taught classes in the Enfield high school and won many awards at the annual state fair. At Cardigan, Mr. Nyhus said he found "terrific interest" on the part of- his stu- .. dents. The well-equipped building t hey work in was once the old Tontine Mill. The remodeling of the structure was a gift to the school by Mrs. Arthur A. Williams.
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New
Building
Announcement was made this month by Jerald B. Newton, president of the Board of Trustees, that Cardigan Mountain School is embarking shortly on an expansion program that will include, in the first phase, construction of a new recreation building on the Canaan campus. The first phase will include locker and shower room facilities and a covered sports area to be used for activities in the spring and fall as well as for a hockey r ink in the winter. Cost of the project in its first phase was estimated at $150,000. Bids for construc1tion will be let out in the near future. Architect for the building is Irving W. Hersey Associates of Durham, N. H. Plans are also under way, it was announced, to construct a faculty house to be located west of Proctor House on the Back Bay Road. This house will accommodate one faculty family and four students. E. John Zani of Canaan has been engaged as contractor. The building plans were revealed by Mr. Newton following a joint meeting of the Trustees and members of the Corporation of Cardigan Mountain School on May 13 at the Algonquin Club in Boston. Cardigan's campus was the Haffenreffer family estate, consisting principally of a 140-acre peninsula overlooking Canaan Street Lake and with a mile of shoreline. The owner had given the property to Dartmouth College and the college sold it to the Cardigan Corporation in 1945. The boys school, however, did not reach
Program ,
the p,·esent campus at once . Cardigan opened the doors of the old Lucerne Inn (now occupied by Canaan College) to 24 students in September, 1946. lt operated there and in other buildings along the Street for eight years. In 1955 the student body moved to the new campus where ·s tood a remodeled Haffenreffer mansion to serve as ·a classroom and administration building and two new dormitories, Brewster Hall and Hinman Hall. Then came a beautiful Headmaster's House in 1956, designed to serve not only as a home but to serve the school, as well, for social functions, counseling and . other entertaining of visiting students, parents and visitors. A home for the Senior Master, Proctor IIouse, was built in 1961, then ·a classroom building called Hopkins Hall, a dormitory ca lled French Hall, then the most striking building on the campus-the Chapel-and last year the addition of a floor to the dining hall building along with other .renovations there. In a statement recently on the proposed new bui lding plans, the -trustees said: "With the school's basic classroom and dormitory facilities, and with its spiritual needs filled by the Chapel, our attention must now be directed toward the physical and recreational needs of growing boys. The fundamental importance of a continuous coordinated program of physical education and recreation is widely recognized, particulal"ly in considering the needs of boys in the 6th to 9th grades."
Guest Cardigan Mountain School is on the move again. Hardly news, you would say, because Cardigan has been moving onward .and upward since its earliest days, but most dramatically since moving to its superlative campus on Canaan Street Lake 11 years ago. The news this week from the Trustees concerns the beginning of an expansion program that will embrace a comprehensive recreation building and a new faculty house to be located just west of the Headmaster's House and Proctor House on the Back Bay Road facing the campus. Ultimately, the recreation building will include a gymnasium with a wide range of faci lities for indoor sports. There will be a covered area to be used for athletics in spring and fall when the weather is sometimes inclement. In winter this will be a hockey rink. The first phase will cover locker and shower room facilities, team rooms, a wrestling room, physical education classroom and offfice for coaches, plus the covered area. This 1first phase alone is to cost in the neighborhood of $150,000. Thus Cardigan's million dollar campus grows, both in service and size; a school that state and community may take great pride in. Masco ma Week, Canaan, 'N. H.
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Where They're Going These seniors have been accepted at the followin g priva te and public schools for next year: Robin Scott Addis, Ve rmont Academy, Saxtons Riv e r, Vt. J ames Robert Bazley, III , Avon Old F a rms, Avon , Conn . Jeffrey William Oady , Mascoma Vall ey Regional School , Canaan, N . H. David Alan Dickie, Hebron Academy, Hebron , Ma"ine Bayard Richard Douty, Rumson-F a irhaven Re gion al High School, Rumson, N. J. James George Duguid , Dee rfield Acade my, Dee rfi eld, Mass. Michael-George Robe rt Ellegaard, Dublin School , Dublin , N. H . Brittin Cartwright Eustis, II , The Gunn er y, Was hington , Conn . Robert Hutchinson Foley , Tabor Acade my, Marion , Mass. David duBose Gaillard, IV, Salisbury School, Salisbury , Con n. Peter Charles Gerard, Trinity-Pawling School, Pa wling, N. Y . Lee I. Giller, Avon Old Farms, Avon , Con n. Br ian M. Gordon , The Gunner y, Was hin gton , Conn . John Michael Halton , Cante rbu ry School, N ew Milford, Con n. Alistar David Keith H ardy, Darrow Schoo l, Ne w Le banon , N. Y. Hayden Spencer Hill, Tabor Aca demy, Marion , Mass. Timothy Ran d Hubert, Ber kshire Schoo l, Sheffie ld, Mass. Lawrence J acob Hilton , Westminister School, Simsb ury, Conn. David Steven Hoga n, Fryebu rg Acade my, Fryebur g, Maine. Roscoe C. Ingalls , I II, Trinity-Pawling Sch ool, Pawling, N. Y. Dennis .Philip Johnson, Ma scoma Valley Regional School, Canaan, N . H. F rederick L. J ohnson, Dub lin School, Dublin, N. H. Alfred Maxwell J ohnston, Jr., Avon Old Farms, Avon, Conn . D. Chr istopher Ken yon, Suffield Academy, Suffield, Conn. William Hard wick Littleton, Winchen don School, Wi nche ndon, -Mass. Alex Luri-a, Maine Central Institute, P ittsfield, Maine Jam es Sherwood Mainzer, St. George's School, Newport, R. I. Gordon Wold Mcllvain, _Avon Old Farms, Avon, Conn. Leigh Winth r op Morrell, Northwood School, Lake Placid, N. Y. Austin Morris, J r. , Winchendon School, Winchendon, Mass. Warren Fiske Morris, Northwood School, Lake Placid, N. Y. Carl Lewis Nydegger, Concord High School, Concord, N. H. Walter Caldwell Oberndorf, Deveaux School, N iaga r u Falls, N. Y. Stephen Kimball Palmer, Milfo r d High School, Milfor d, N. H. Ro dney Ladd Parmley , Kents Hill School, Ke nts Hill, Maine Robert Lewis P ipes, The Gunnery, Washington, Conn. John Dem pst er Place, III, Northwood School, Lake Placid, N. Y. · Stafford Ch arles Reynolds, II, Leelanau Schools, Glen Arbo r , Mich. David MacGregor Scotten, Tabor Academy, Marion, Mass. James Pinckney Shethar, Milford High School, Milford, N. H. Halsey Sn1ith, Jr., Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N. J . Cliffor d Bernard Stearns, Darrow School, New Lebanon, N. Y. Paul David Stella, Governor Drummer Academy , South Byfield, Mass. Bartlett Dimick Stone, Kimba ll Union Academy, Meriden N. H. E dwin Hutte r Stulb, IV, Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, P.a. Luther Gegg Sullivan, Governor Dummer Academy, South Byfield, Mass. James Edward Taylor, Vermont Academy, Saxtons River, Vt. John Cranme r Thaxter, Tilton School, Tilton, N. H. George Tilghman, Sterling School, Craftsbury Common, Vt. Jeffrey Stuart Wood, Northwood School, Lake Placid, N. Y. Hawley Christi an Zwahlen, Notre Dame High School, Utica, N. Y.
Room 205 Hopkins Hall So you think we 've been just sitting arond this yea r ? The n ew carpet and drapes and repaintin g made us smu g? Weli, you 'r e wron g. We've actually bee n ve ry busy this year doin g a va riet y of thin gs. For in.stance: We sold over 1000 pape rba cks from the Ji bray sales r ack ; faculty purchased 150. P rofits realized from these sales went into additiona l hardcover books for' our p2rman en t collec tion . W?. ad ded 180 books to the libra ry shelves . Th ~y we re works of fi ction , history, on hobbies and recr eat ion , and ma ny were add e d in the F r ench langua ge. We bor'rowed mo re than 150 books throu gh ou t t h e yea r fr om the State Libra ry, both fo r le isure readi ng and t o suprile m cnt our mate ri al fo r special projects. We have 47 magazines on ou r lib r ary rack; we receive 15 of the 41 titles indexed in the Ab r idged Reader's Gu ide. Under Title II of the Elementary and Secondary School and Educati on Act, we have been able to pa r ticipa te in the selection and processing of about 1000 books th is year for district use. We h ave some of these titles in our library and access to the rest. In futu re years, we will add t o this reservoir. We have accomp lis h ed the fo llowing proj ect;; this year: re vision of t he ve rtical file, addHion of a new file system for our prep school catalog collect ion; addit ion of a file in the ca r d catalog listing books by historical period; cataloging of books in the Hopkins Room of the chapel; and we made a start towad the complete cataloging . of all the a_udio-visual materials. In addition, we can say that our staff of almost thirty boys dealt with ·all members of the student body at some time throughout the year. Can you imagine it? Some people like to just sit around in the library . LOST ALUMNI Thomas J. Paradise '52 William Byrnes, .Tr. '56 Donald A. Roy SS '57 Oren J . Anderson '58 Stephen Fairbanks '58 Charles Ochs '58 John Hart '63 Luke A. Nelligan, III "65 Jeffrey Milham_ '56 Alan Wood, IV '60 William Gilpatric SS '61 Stuart Sanger '64
Cardigan Chronicle
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the
Class of '66
The Wakelys dedicat e the following poem by Edgar A. Guest to the Class of 1966. Believe in yourself! Believe you were made To do any task without calling for aid. Believe, without growing too scornfully proud , That you, as the greatest and least are endowed. A mind to do th1nking, two hands and two eyes Are all the equipment God giv£s to the wise. Believe in yourself! You're divinely designed And perfectly made for the work of mankind. This truth you must cling to through danger and pain ; The heights man has reached you can also attain. Believe to the very last hour, for it's true, That whatever you will you've been gifted to do. Believe in yourself, and step out unafraid . By misgivings and doubt be not easily swayed. You've the right to succeed; the precision and skill Which betokens the great you can e~rn if you will! The wisdom of ages is yours if you'll read. But you've got to believe in yourself to succeed.
THOSE WANTING FAME Oozing irr and out, Trying to make it with a lighter touch , trying to hold up and be stout, For which he was gasping to clutch in the claws of his vulture's plot. Not afraid, he says, not afraid; but the truth leaks out he is coward; no more brave than the back parlor maid, who stands behind and watches. With a liflt of the chin and a smirk of a smile the denial comes, all crooked, vile, vulgar in its contents. Yes, we have found fault to blame; · but he has no time to repent while reaching .for the key t o fame. -
That was a day It happened that day O'er it came That tremendous flame It rolled on and on in great strife Where it had gqne there was no life Fertile once was the land Now it lay lik a sterile desert sand In my mind I will see That day 'till eternity H awley Zwahler
Peter McDonald
The Real Sacrifice Of all the people to have been killed was Rex Harrison, from my own home town Cincinnati. He was about six feet two inches with quite a large• build, a dark complexion and a relaxed face . His aLtempts to revive the sick and ill with kind gestures made him popular among the enlisted men in our battalion. One day I wandered off out of sight of camp choosing the shade of a huge , mammoth, oak, to sit and eat . some native fruit when all of a sudden a rattlesnake struck me. I slumped into a period of weakness as hope for my injury faded. Death was taking a firm grasp on me . I awoke in a· hospital to learn that ·Rex Harison had spotted me and carried my heavy body nearly four miles. He wanted no thanks . He had saved many lives and his own will be take n as a great loss. He had never hurt anybody without just cause but he died for an unjust cause war. -Michael Ellegaard Happiness Happiness is good luck, prosperity, condition of well-being, with health and freedom from cares and worries of his wife. Happiness is to love your neighbor as yourself as you send your dog into his back yard. Happiness is a party and knowing you have a key to the back door. Happiness is knowing that YO\J have outsmarted the teacher. Happiness is a girl that you know is going to be a lot of fun. Happiness is knowing that your father is going bankrupt. Happiness is knowing that yo u have a nickel to a pay toilet. Happiness is knowing that you can ge::t up in the morning and be able to look yourself in the mirror without it breaking. Happiness is living with yourself. - H ardy Littleton
I crossed the field at a half run and walked with my shoes sinking deep in the muddy ground and making a sound of a suction type of pop as they pulled out of the wet earth . I could smell the wet grass as I ran along and could see the half wet butterflys coming out from their hiding place to keep dry from the rain. Water formed in my eyes but I quickly blinked it away and now I know I was coming closer. I could sense a new freshness in the air, just like nature washed away on the old day and brought a brand new clean day wi_th the rain .. I could just see the roof now and I became more anxious with every step. Feeling the cool breeze drifting across my face gave me a new feeling of invigoration. Finally I was there. I knelt down and looked in. I could see the. lifeless . ,body in\ the dog house; he was dead. My heart fought with disbeief and then, reality. My friend from childhood was dead. -Spencer Hill
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No One Cheers I had been working all winter for that chance and now I am at bat in a real pro game. The first pitch has been called a ball, my muscles tighten. The ball has come in as a knuckler and my bat swings around to meet it . As I round third, the coach pats m e on the back and says, "You're going to go a long way, boy." . Time nas gone by fa st and I have really made a naime for myself. Whenever I go to tne plate, little kids yell, "Do it again, Babe!" Not so many people yell any more. Is it because I haven't been hitting as many home runs and that I make more errors than any other member on the team? I n fact I've noticed that I haven 't been play-· ing as much as in the old days . Even my pay ch ecks have been taking a steady drop. Am I getting old? - Au tin Morris
Stop, Thief!
A thief went running past me. An officer told him to stop. He'd stolen a good deal of money, but he hadn't robbed my shop! The officer told me to grab him , and I thought, "Why should I? I'd put myself out on a limb, in a position where I might die!" Of course, the thief got away,
and the officer was mad at me. The thief escaped down the highway, which was all the better for him. I returned without too much thought, to my house, not far away. Many things were missing that I'd bought with my money , just the other day. I rushed into another room, and caught the thief in the act. My things were all piled by my room, all ready to be neatly sacked! I then screamed out in fright at the fact that met my eyes. He was the one that I had seen that night, before the officer ha d conde mned my lies. A club hit me on the head, but before I fell from that bop, I though: "thought I am still alive, he has certainly robbed my shop!" -
James M. Wild
Who Cares?
I believe in many things, in rocket ships and magic rings, and, though many people may think it queer, I still believe a lot I hear. What's wrong with that? But to things like the K. K. K. that I hear a lot about every day, a passing thought is all that is given; then back t o How a Spaceship is Driven! Who cares about that? But, when I think about it for a whHe I find it doesn't deserve a smile. When things like ,that happen, its not very funny Because its costing us a lot of money. People care about tha t! Aside from at home, there's something more, That is not, exactly right at our door. South Viet Nam is something bad, but things like that don',t get us made. Nobody cares about that! · But they _should!! -
James M. WHd
The Black Chevy I was eight when my broth er and I got a black 1947 Chevrolet for Christmas. I remember the man who sold it to my father .for $2. I can never forget him. He was my dancing school instr u ctor. I look back and remember the truck which towed the big black Chevy to our house. 'lhe old worn tires bumped along the road as they flattened to the rim. My memory switches to a road scene. I'm lriving through a blinding rainstorm. The windshield was a solid sheet of water and the windshield wiper did not wo rk. The raindrops came from a garden hose that my brother was squirting. I began taking care of my wrecked treasure after I drove it into a stream nearby. A yea r after it was put back in ils original resting place the tires sank into the ground until I could no longer roll my car into the stream. Instead, my• brother and I drove across the country to California. It only took an hour. The black Chevy took us everywhere that our imagination went, across the country or to the moon. All that is in the past now. The last thing I remember of that black Chevy were the blue fla!J).es of the torch used to cut it up to scrap. metal. -Jeff Wood The Bugle Blows I hear the bugle blow I go now To Vietnam I go
They take me,.from my hoe But why do I go For my country I know __ They send me off to fight .a foe Whom I don' t even know Why God do I go .. . - John Place
Cardigan Chronicle
CMS Receives a Painting
A i'~ul Sample waLCrcoior of an Iceland fishing· scene was hung Haywanl Hall at Cardig·an Mountain School- last week, t_h e gift of the Sidney Hayward family. Mr. Hayward who died ,( year ago, was treasurer· arid a trustee of th~ school since its founding in 1945. Presenting the picture arc M~s. Hayward, his widow (standing) and his sister, Miss Elizabeth Hayward. ·The artist, who accompanied Mr. Hay• ward on numerous fishing trips to Iceland and other places sketched in his friend here at the water's edge. . '
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Faculty Summer Plans Mr.. and Mrs. ·John Stout and . Elizabeth will be at CMS this summ_-c r. After sumn:ier school doses they will visit relatives along the New .. England coast. Mrs. Warren Birch ;,ill be rushing to _students and books at CMS summer school to the potato patch and to . the jelly and . jam pots . She will read , fish and swim with · her .family · at_ Woodwinds _. on Moose Mountair1. Of course, there will be time for -her writing . . · Mr. and Mrs . . Thomas Rouillarct' and son Kent wiU be at Bowling Green University where Mr. RouilJ.ard will finish work on his · Master's degree. Mr. Langford Lombard will be working at the _Coonamesset Inn on Jones Road, Falmouth·, Mass ., Cape Cod. Mr. and Mrs.· Richard Kiberd and Lisa will · be in Massachusetts · this summer dividing their time between Chelmsford and the beach. Mr. Kiberd will co_n tinue
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his studies on his Mastel''s de gree at Northeastern University in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hazen, Danny and Timmy , will be at CMS this summer. Mrs. June Powers will be at CMS this summer and will go camping with her family after the summer school closes. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chamberlain and daughter Kim will be at CMS this summer. M1·s. Chamberlain will attend classes in Language Training at Fryeberg Aca- ' demy. The Aldrich family will all be at CMS this summer. Mr . Anthony Hough will take a boat at Boston and cruise along the East Coast and down the St. Lawrence to · Montreal. He will depart from there for Euope. Once back in England , the first time in three years, he will spent most of his time in London; however, he will tour England, visiting old friends. September 1, will find Mr. Hough in Paris; in October he will tour Spain and Portugal. Et Apres . . Mr. and Mrs . Edward Goodspeed and family will be at CMS thb summer and after summer school they will visit in Fairfield, Conn. Mr. and Ms . David Shelton will be at CMS this summe,- ·a nd Mrs. Shelton will take courses at Dartmouth Summer School in Spanish. Mr. Raymond Walke, Joan, Jon, Gary and the English springer , Muffins, and' the guinea pig , Goblin will move into their new mobile home in Hillsboro in May. Mr. Walke plans to woi·k at both Nathaniel Hawthorne College and Crotched Mt. Rehabilitation Center in the new laboratories to prepare for the next fall. In July Mr . Walke will complete the last eight week session at the Wesleyan University Summer School for Teachers toward his Mastel' of Arts degree in Liberal Studies. His NSF stipend will allow him to devote his last sumnier o·f five exclusively to geology. · Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Linn ·and family wiH be at CMS this summer. Mr . Linn will di1'ect the Summer . School. . . Hugh H . Addy will teach summer school at Collegiate Schools , Richmond, Virginia, iifter which he will fly tci England and tour via . private car the out-of-the-way ·places. He will spend much time in Devon and Yorkshire where his . ancestors originate<;l.. In the fall he will resume his teaching at Collegiate Schools; however, his hbme "On · the other side of Mt. Cardigan'' will materialize. this fall. · Mr. Richard Claricy, Chef, Ii.as been invited to join the Boston chapter of _-Food Service Executives Association. He -· was . sponsored by John Quinney, Steward, St. Paul's School, Concord.
CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL on Canaan Street Lake CANAAN, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03741 RETURN REQUESTED
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