Chronicle (January 15, 1955)

Often Gets Its Owner Into a Tight .P lace''

Loose scHOOIS

Published Monthly by Cardigan Mountain School Volu,me V

CANAAN, N. H., SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1955

4 Pages

5 Cents

No. 4

Parents' Weekend Preparations Start GREETING 1955

Cardigan Classes Open For 1955 Classes resume d Friday mornin g. I January 7, for th e boys a t Cardi-

,!Choir Rehearses; Plays Auditioned The Big Weekend

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Cardigan Debaters Will Enter Contest

Schedule of Events

gan Mountain Sc hool. Most of the boys returned from their Chnstmas Four stud ents at Cardigan Moun-1 vacation the day before in time for tain School will probably take part dinner at The Lodge. in a University of New fj:ampshire 1 The fellows r eturning from Boston and easter n points came in on debating contest at Durham , N . H., Feb ru ary 5. the ea rly eveni ng t ra in . T h ose from 1 The forensic group ·will. be mad e J New York,· Vermont and th e Conn ec ticut valley route arrived in two up of Kenneth Henderson, David g r oups, o ne in the afternoon who Fox, S tephen Carpenter and - Philip took a nother tr a in from White S harp. R o na ld Warden m ay serve River Jun cti on to reach Canaan as alt ernate, accordi ng to prese nt about th e same time as th e Bos tm in complete plans.

Th'e Cardigan debaters were intrain came in, and the others wh" r eached th e Ve rmont · terminal vited to ent er th e. n ovice or "exRonnie Warden and Tom Lovett about 8 o'clock Thursday eve ning. peri enced groups. ·The former ca t- welcome th e n ew year to Ca r digan All throug h the ' day Thursday, egor y was selected. The university r49,untai n School -------despite the incleme·nt weather th at an nual tou rn ament for th at class m a de driving rather haza rdous, w ill be h eld the · Satur.day · of Parcars arrived over the hi ghway at ents' Weekel)d here., A trophy will· be awarded the Cardi ga n with parents and r etun1Six stude n ts of Ca rdigan Moun ing boys . . Many were. loaded w ith Ll>ui 11 aa 1enl wiI ,ners auU ... LhvlcsChristm as gifts and other belong- ships to the university w ill be giver. tain Sc hool who had ea rn ed no ings . Some seemed q uite a nx ious to the· outstanding speake r s. The marks fo r a period of at least a to r en ew old friendships and_ re- topic w ill be "Resolved: that' the month we r e invited for an eveni'.1g sume their educatio.n a t th e Canaan United Sta tes should adopt a policy out Tuesday by Mr. and Mrs . Chfof free trade." Tw◊- of the boys w ill ton T. Holman, Jr. sc hool.

Thomas Lovett, William Byrnes William Pezzuli h ad returned 'l rgue the affirmative; two the n ega tive. and Charles Chapman had had no ~eve r a l . da ys ahead of tl-je others marks in the October to November w hen his pa r ents left for the South. period. Their evening o ut had been He joined the tw◊-::· Leat: brothers, ISi S postponed due t o all the activities who spent their vacation at CardiChristmas week. gan, in enjoying the spotlig ht as the only three boys at the Lodge . .,: T:he Rev. Robert C. Sharp, fo rm er N icholas Stenzel, Buster Blomertr, The m embe r s of th e facu lty had Cardigan Mountain School faculty and W illiam Prentice we r e t he only g-at hered th e eve ning before to at- member and minister of th e Canaa n ones with no mark~ from Thankstend the Wednesday nigh t dinner Methodist Churches until Nove~ - givin g to January 8. Prentice was and facult y meeting that had been ber 1, was a recent vis itor at the one of the first group who went out a nn ou1~ced· previou s ' to vacation de- Canaa n Street sc hool. last October. So far, he is the only partures. Mr. a_nd =.¥_rs. J e::e J. .His daughter, Susan nah , spe nt a one to rep eat this fine performance.

Morga n, Jr., ai1d the1r sbn:- Jay , few days here wit h friends , and Mr. Tuesday evening, the boys were rea{:hed Cardigan M-onday,/ ...._ ,Sharp drove to Caana n from hi s taken to Laconia, N. H., for a speMr . a nd Mrs. Thom.as ;E. Ben- ,prese nt home in Methuen , Mass., to cial Chinese dinner and later we nt nett, Jr., arrived later T uesday take her w ith him . Wh il e he.re, he t o the movies in Franklin, N. H. All evenin g. M r. Calvin Kennard came paid short ca lls on fri ends a nd ac- seemed to _enjoy their outing th orback Tht'lrsday. Other m embe rs of quaintanc!!s. oughly. t he faculty returned to school Starting Janu ary 9 and going W -ednesday af ternoon · or evening.

Mu·. Craig Allen an 'd severa l boys throu g h the month, other Cardigan Frid a y morning, the student from Cardigan a tt ended a me etini,; students wi ll ha ve the opportunit) body and th e faculty gathue d in in Canaan last Sunday of the Meth- to earn a similar p rivilege in keepthe dining room at The Lodge for odist Youth Fellowship . ing with the poli cy·. started this yea r breakfast and shortly a-fter ""8 o'- 1 Ronald Warden vis ited his g rand- by the Ca rdigan Chronicle w hich clock, the· bus _ rolled .O\!L.Qf the j parents, Mr. and Mrs. A . E. Kittle, sponsors these outings. yard bound for th e Mansion and I at their home in Scranton. Pa., ovthe -f irst classes of ' 1955.·· er the vacation holidays.

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M Sh v· ·t r. arp §chool Over Holidays

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Revised Daily Schedule Goes Into Effect; D@rms Changed A big shift in qua1 ter s for many of th e students at Cardigan Mountain School and a change . in th e daily sche dule , including th e addition of another class period. we r e· made M -o nday, January 10 following the boys' r eturn from their vaca tion .

Five o'clock each afternoo n, Monday through Friday, there is a new class. period at The Lodge. Twice a· ·we~k, . 'M r. \.Vi lfred 'Cfark; , .J1e_a_p,mas1err.·:~oodt;!='t.~...- th..e · s.e.~ion . for th e whole school. Other mas-

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Twelve Students Make Second Honor Roll

Grades at the close of th e second term . at Cardigan Mountain Schoo l took their u su'1;\ _s\um p, but 12 s·tuters m eet with th eir group s on the dents managed to earn positions on th e ,econd honor role thi , year. other days.

Five of these h ad a\·ei-ages ove r This re places, m e,re o r less, the· 85 and ar e o n the high honor roll. old "make-up" time in the dining hall. Several boys are getting ex- They a r e N icholas Stemel. w ho tra help in th e studi es most difficult topped the en tir e schonl wi th a 91.3 for them and ma sters have sched- tally; Alan Butler w ith 90.0; David ul ed a list of "private consultations" Fox, who r eceived 87.S.; , nd Chris• when boys are given indi vidual at - topher Ashworth and Bruce Bront ention i-n many of their studies, son, tied with 85.~ each.

On the honor ro.JJ · with ~ve rages papers ar-e re-studi ed and' error, over 80 yvere Richard H.1rris w ith expl;,i.iqed and ironed ou t.

It has been said that th.is yea1 84.9, Mario Leal an'd · Gr·egory Moss tn_QFC!___ tha.n f;Yer- . before, ,th e facu lty ' w ith 83:6· each,- Philip •· Sli'ffp w ith 80.3 and Anthony Russo w ith 80.1.

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Friday, February 4

4:00-Tea 6 :.30-Dinner 7 :30-Program by Stud en.t s Saturday, February 5 7 :30- 8 :30-Breakfas t 9 :00-10 :GO-Father _ Son H ockey Game

Rehearsa ls for Parents' Weekend act ivities op•e ned at Cardigan Mountain School Wednesday eve-· ning, January 12. T h e choir and g lee club began preparations fo1 their part in the February eve nt s.

Mr. Craig Allen w ill coach a group of the younge r boys in' prese nting a play. M rs. Clifton Holwill direct a cast of older I man I Cardigan stud ent s in th eir produc10 :30-Group leaves for Hanove r ti on. Mrs. Thom as E. Bennett will assis t a nd will be in charge of cosDartmouth Carniva l tum es .

4 :30-Tea .M r. D o nald R. .Stowe and Mr. 6 :00-Dinner 7 :30-Movie at school-Fr ee eve- J esse J . Morgan, Jr., w ill h ead those ning for those w ho wish in cha rge of the mu-s ical and sports to remain at the . Carnival a:tivities, planned for the . visitors.

Mrs. Wilfred W. -Clark played th e or make o th er plans. accompaniment for -the r eh-ears~ls Sunday, February 6 Wednesday.

7 :30-8 :30-Breakfast / Mr. C 1ar k, lu;admas ter:,. ha s 1D :00'---Churc h Services m ailed invitations for th e weekend 11 :GO-S now Sculp t ure Judgin g of Feb ru a ry 4. 5 and 6. It is hoped Croi;;s r011ntrv "R~re that all w ill attend, if: no t for the Snow S hoe Race w hol e program wh ich comes at the I :OD-Dinner same time as Dartmouth's Winter 2 :00-Slalom Race Carnival, a t least ' for a p~rt ·qf the Down Hill Race A ll meals will be served buffet activit ies.

T he faculty j oin Mr.· and Mrs. style in The Lodge. In accordance with the request of the tru stees of Clark in an ti cipati ng a w~eke1{d' of the school, no alcohol ic beverages fun an d fe ll owship with th>e · st1,1 dents and their friends a~d fa~i lies. are served at the sc hoo l.

All members of the faculty plan to be on hand. ' The _ annual Parents' We'ek-end comes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, February 4, 5, and 6. Plans ,t<, R ic'hard C. P ·i erce, so n of Dr. a nd attend .are bein~ made. This .. ytta r Mrs. F . R Pierce of Gardner, it is possip_le to mak e arrangements Mass ., enrolled at ~ardigan Moun- for accomodations at the · . Nye tai n School at the l:>eginning of this House, Cobb House, and ~ith M.r.s. m o nth. He is staying at Blodgett David Austi n on Canaan . Str~~t.

Hou se and is a member of the 8B I Due to the fac;t th at there ,are a class. larger number of parents than · beBefore coming to Canaan, Rich- fore, the sc hoo l will be ab le to acard · att end ed the Gardner Juni or commoda te a limited numbe~for . t.h e High School.

I-Ie enJoys cold week -end. The charge- fo r the·se acweather and activities it makes commoda tions will be $3.00 for " possible and says that he enjoys single r oom and $5.00 for :a double Cardigan· very much.

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T!he · ~ard igan Chronicle is planning a gala numb er for Parents' Week to ,.t,,e, issu ed February 5.

Numerous photographs of Cardiga n Mountain School through va rious stages of its growth will be featured.

th e Wor ld, and som e of its 650 copies each month a r e read ·· in The Philippines, South American countries, the British Isles, Africa and th e Orient, as well as m os t of the states in this country.

.The Parents"· Week N umb er of the Chronicle will have -e ight pages instead of th e usual four. It w ill contain articles by man y of the boys besides thos e on th e staff. Other features will be in cluded, too .

Many of the illustrations to be printed in February's Cardigan Chronicle w ill be r eleased at . that time for the ir first appearance. · A few have neve r b ee n printed before, even in th e Cardigan catal_og for w hich th ey have been taken .

It is hoped that · members of the alumni will write. to Mr . Wi lfred W. Clark, the headmaster, or directly to the Chronicle, t elling of their pres~ e nt w hereabouts and t he ac tiviti·es fo' which they 'are pr e~e t~tly engaged. The paper now has a circulatio n th a t practically goes around

Skiing and to bogga ning ..ire called• the most popular sports . at Car' djgan at · this time . The Green slope of the Pinnacle is especi,ally . pop~lar. S ledding is a favorite at . th e Mansi o n slope.

Published at least 'six times a year at Cardigan Mountain School in the interest of the school, its graduates and the student body.

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Writes From England

Mrs. Mildred Morgan, mother of Mrs. Thomas E. Bennett, Jr. , has Wallis Miller 55-Alumni · Robert Grevior 55--Editor written from England to say how Thomas Lovett 55-Business much she misses the boys and those 1 Douglas McLean 55-As'sistant manager at Cardigan Mountain School. Mrs. Robert Morris 56---Assistant John Mu's tard 56-Associate Morgan spent severa l weeks on Tony Russo 56---Features Frank Judge 57-Circulation Canaan Street this past fall.

Jerome Furman 55-Photographer Charles Ditto 55--Sports From Cornwall where she had gone to yisit frie.nds, Mrs . Morgan wrote about moving into her new REPORTERS cottage as soon as she reached the Howard Derringer 55 Ronald Warden 55 British Isles on the Queen ElizaToby Kravet 56 Gregory Moss 57 beth soon after Thanksgivin g. She Herbert Anker 57 Richard Harris 57 told of' being glad to see her own Richard Fisher 59 Cha-r les Freedman 58 books and furniture and things again, but missed. the New -England F ACUL Ty REPRESENT AT IVE scenes and all the people who were Clifton T. Holman, Jr. at Cardigan.

She fe lt fortunate · in seeing our Next number will be issued February 5, 1955. cou ntr yside in all th e glory of · its .Deadline, January 28. · autumnal folia:ge. "I fell in lo<ve A member of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association with it the first half-hour," she admits, "and learned to love it man.

Advertising rates-$20.00 per inch per year and more- every day."

Ent-ered as second class matter at the Pos't Office at Canaan, Mrs. Morgan sen t good wishes to N. H., and accepted for mailing at a special rate of po's tage proall and hope in her let ter th at 1935 vided for in Section 1103 Act of October 3, 1917 will be happy and trouble-free with schola rs so eager to learn that they will earn no make-up , and have tidy rooms and clean hands and never forget their laundry.

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PROVED THAT FOLIO STRIKES IN BOTH HOT AND COLD WEATHER,

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Good resolutions can be made at any time. It is more clif:!icult, but they _c an also be kept at any time. Most people, however, make them at the encl of a year and plan to keep them as• a new elate is added to their calendars.

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New Year's Resolutions-they have become known · as such to mos t of u s . Jokes about them abound, but really they are not joking matters . The mortality among them is incredibly high. Few live more than a few weeks . Many die a lmo;s_t ;i.t birth. Like the eggs of a turtle, when hatched they face ' tremendous obstacles. Not many can survive.

But most of the obstacles· are in o ur minds. ·. Admit it or: not, we have very weak will power. It takes courage and g reat strength to keep a resolution. · There is hardly one of u s who cannot recognize his own weak points; his own bad ha8its. !'We . may try to hid e' -them from ourselves as we try to hide th~m from other s. But. actu~ ally, we know they are there. We know what they are, 'ahd we know how to overcome them. , '

PAUL ISLAND, S0O, MILEG WEST OF ALASKA IN THE ALEUTIANS

POPULATED BY NATIVc 51::AL HUNTERS. TEMPERATURE: 31 DEGREES. MARCH OF DIMES PARACHUTED IN SUPPLIES OF GAMMA GLOBULIN. FIRST TIME IN HISTORY GG WAS GIVEN TO AN ENTIRE POPULATION.

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IN FAMILY STRICKEN! ONE WEEK AFTER ONE CHILD IN THE FARM FAMILY OF MR. AND MRS. !?AYMOND KESSEL, FAIRFIELD, IOWA, GOT POLIO, Flli'E MORE WERE STRICKEN lN ONE. DAY! THEY RANGE IN AGE FROM Z MOt-lTH5 TO 6 YEARS,

New Year's Resolutions

It's 1955 ! A new year h as begun! Let's make it truly new and not just a continuation of the old.

IN POLIO!

FIRST TWO MAJOR EPIDEMICS OF LAST JANUARY 1954-

Letters Put Hartmere At California School · by Ronald Warden

Letters have been received re cently by several at Cardigan Mountain School from Mr. Charle,s· Hartmere, now in .Los Gatos, CaliI IT'S A fornia. Mr. Hartmere is a former teacher here.

Mr. Hartmere reports that he is wh~re M-r. Allen wa_s . Herbert !teaching in some school in the Anker has been moved to Stephens western state. He 'writes that he is i House and Charles. Free.dman has planning skiing trips to Yos-emite ' gone to Cardiga n House in his and Sequoia Parks : ' place. Richard Dunbar has moved The new C~rdigan Chronicle in with Thomas Dunn. reac.hes the former facu lty member Richard Hayes has moved from regularly, he states, to bring fond Blodgett House to The Lodge; memories of Canaan. Although J ohn Mustard has changed to Blodthere are mountains all around the gett House; and Roger Booth 1·,has Californian school where · he now j taken up quarters in The Lodg1:.. teaches, they are without snow anq , __ . ,, not as wooded as th e local ones T ' A A t' here. een- gers C IVe

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But will we overco1~e the~ ? , Probably all of us make resolutions to ourselves all the · O ne or .two, may b e, we keep. "\i\Thy not all? time.

Our studies a r e ;11 examp le. vVe all intend to do our as- I In '55 Polio Drive (,,_ Young people know a lot about s ignments. But other things encroac h upon our time. we feel Preparations Start polio. They should know about ittired and want to relax. We convince ourselves that there 1:, ' (Continued from page 1.) only a short time before dinner-or before this or that. Really room per night. Reservations may -because four out of every five polio not enough time to accomp li sh ver y much-at least when we be made with any of these places attacks strike them. And now tht · · to start. directly, or through the school at youth of the nation is striking back t a k e so many mmutes to get t h"m gs, rea d y to b egm the rate charged by the individuals 1 _ ,.,;;ith its own weapon, in its own Often, just the 'thought of the effort involved makes u s so fovolved. As is the usual custom, way. wear y that we cringe-inward ly, th~t is. · the school will plan to provide That weapon is a new p.-o;:;ram The result? We put off starting until it really is too late meals for all of the guests with no called TAP-Teens Against Polio. for anything. Instead of doing the very little that we might exp,ense to them.

With it , millioi1s 'of you ng people liave done, we wind up having clone absolutely nothing.

"Fathers, p-lease bring you skat~s. all over the country are proving Nothing, that is, except to think about it.

We can ~rob~bly supp-ly you witt, . :they, too, can fight, as well as adults, against this crippling menAnd so, it evolves finally that someone else has to force hockey sticks.

1 fifi ·us to do it. v,Ve suffer humilia_tion, perhaps, in class because we ace. haven't attempted to do the ii.ssignment. We lose time that Big Shift Teenagers eve rywher·~• ·are rackwe could have spent enjoying an activity or-in some cases(Continued from page .1.) ing up astounding r·.::.:8rd c;'_ wit_h· t_his we find ou r selves on bounds and can't see the movie we've members are giving far more of TAP polio-fighting program_:_ their looked forward to for so long. . their "free time" to help the boy~. own militant division of the ctii:rent . We hate Cardi_g an . . v\Te hate the master who catch es up Masters who have an afternoon off March of Dimes. They are plau·with us. vVe hate_rules . Worst of a.11, we hate ourse lves! are frequently spending these with Here at Cardigan, we have a pretty fine school. We have the boys in an effort to give addi_more advantages than many places. "\Ne are given more privi- tional aid in their subjects.

The· : R~porter Press .. '.1 • . leges than many students. And-we have a finer group of Mr. Craig Allen ,has moved tci Printer's Since 1857 . boys than any other place. An ex;travagant claim? N o,t at all. Blodgett Hous.t . ·:: :¥r. Eugene , 1 1· · VVhere co uld you find a nyone· who is better than' yo u or yo ur Snoxell has taken up, quarters . at · Pu'blishers of b uddy? That's right-no where at all. And you're both here I The Lodge. William :..Kidder ana ,. ' . i :-1 :1, : ., at_ Car?cligan. We all feel that way-so-the gang here is _tops t and Stephen Carpenter .- .hav-e beThe Canaan and En~.eld '.J R. 1ght . Of course. . ' coine ' p,refects at Cardigan House It's 1955 and a new year has begun. It's too late to do any-· •eee,e,e,e,e,·eeeeeae,ev Reporter - Advocate thing about 1954, but it's a good time to do something about the days and weeks aµd m onths ahead.

•:;. : ' Let's not do too much. Going· comp letelv overboard· Wo'n't' 11elp: It will on ly bring closer the time whe1~ we thtdw up our· hands and sink. or(hern New Hampshfrt' F * * *,•-r:, New Year's Resolution s are casua lties in most cases be- . L ~ 8 ...- ,. 0 " • "c 'w "'': ~'P;'';';'i';'~ •·1 .

OFF CANAAN STREET _cause th~ o nes who make them take on bigger jobs than· they' ·' can ·possibly _conquer. If you de vo ur SO cerr-ts worth of candy; CANAAN, N. H. ' f i ,L: J ,;f ("· · . ·, eve~y clay_ at recess , d_on't make a resolution': to give ·u p ·eating ••••••••••••~:--• •••••••· entirely-:Just_try cutt111g clown your recess ca'ndy con.-s urhpt:ion' · s ·:r ·,, · to maybe 25 cents worth a day. Do yo u realize that you' could:· -",._,,,...._,;.._,._;,-,,.....::...- .. _,._,..;....,,_ ... save $78.00 a year by doing jus t this? That's based on s ix ·te-· '' For the Best in Transportation cesses a week for 52 weeks.

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They took .off with the idea like skyrockets. 0 itie s, towns, villages across the nation burst into a sudden rash of te-e'n activity. Here are a few of the things that happened: In Hampden" County, Mass., 8,00(} teens TAPPED on every door and collected · more than $.32,000· in less than eiglit days.

In Memphis, Tenn., Tapping Teenagers totted U[) a total of more than $21,000 by the same energetic methods.

"Dig those crazy dimes-dig· them eyerywhere !" was the slogari

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So, if ":'e may be so bold, might we suggest a resoution ' !or all Cardigan for 1955? It's an ~asy one to keep, too. ..\YALLPAPER & WINDOW Try. · ,: i SHADES . That's all, jus_t fry. _Try a Httle _ha~der ,111 ·yverythin g you ~o. If you ~an do 1t, Y?U re 111 f?r a big,__pleasant and. s urpri s ing .1955, my fnencl. Try 1t. · ' ·

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Saturday, January 15,. 1955

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Cardigan Wins Hockey Opener By 9-2 Cardigan Mountain School's Ne1v Hockey Rink

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Ski Trail Contest Closes January 29 The contes t to find a name for the Cardigan Mountain School ski slope on the side of The Pinnacle is still open, it has been announced

by Mr. Donald R S towe, assistant headma ste r.

Charles Ditto Stars; Makes Seven Goals

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The cont es t, first announced ii. \ the October issue of the Ca r diga1 , Chro nicl e, will close at midni ght, J a n uary 29. The winner wi~l be ann ou nced 111 the Parents W ee k 1 Number of the school newspaper.

Although th e slope will not be used in its entir ety thi s year ano the ski-tow that ha s been installed there w ill not operate until late in 1955, many of the student s h ave been enjoying the facilit ies offered by th e lowe r portion slope.

M r. Stowe has b ee n in cha rge of the project. Great progress was made by the boys under his. directi on thi s fall. The press of busines; at the school, the tight schedule that accompan ied th e social activities Chr istmas week, and the. intervening vacation period all conspired, however, to hold back ·the work ju st enough t o prevent full ope rati o n ·s wi·nter. tl,l . . f Boys hav111g sugges ti ons or any . . k d nam es for the news k I tra1 1a r e as e to submit th em at once to Mr.

by David Fox

Cardig_a n Mo untain School's 1955 hockey team · ran w ild to defeat Canaan High School, 9-2, in the season's ope neing game. Monday afternoo n,J J anua ry 10, at the rink near the Methodist Ch ur ch in Ca-· 1 naan .

F ive minutes after the start of th e ga me, David Fox made the initi al goal. Sever al minutes later,. . Charl es Ditto sec-r ed with a dazz -ling lift from about 20 feet out.

Lift ing was ruled ou t by Coach 1 , \ Jesse J . Morgan, Jr., afte r this be-· cause Canaan lacked the p,roper· . equipment for this play.

Late in th e ·first period, Ditto again scored to make it 3-0 as the period ended .

In th e second period, Marvin R cc ke c-f Canaa n was injured in a

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Rock c-f Ca n aan was injur ed in a fall. He was removed from the ·., · ga m e. When play r es um ed, there . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ were only five men on eac h side .

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - · Seen fr om th e Wll1dOws o f, \ Canaa n ha d no m o r e subs titut es Lodge, th e new h ockey _rink for th e Coach M orga n generou sly offered y Can~an st reet Mountall1eers n ear s to remove one of Cardigan's players -r ead 111 ess, despite num erous setIll to eve n th e teams.

D espite on ~ seve r e setba~k after backs and changes of location. A Buster Blomerth, Robert Morris Ditto cut loose again, scoring anotl.1er, a rmk for th e Cardiga n third and a good freeze shou ld a nd Lawrence M oore were the w in- . f our goa I s 111 · th 1s ' secon d• per10 · d Mountain School hock ey team is m ake the surface perfect. ne rs of the waterfront contest f or h' h I d 'th f 7o . . . d · w 1c c ose w 1 a score o - . ' alm'ost a reality, 1t 1s announce _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ building the bes t hut thi s fa ll. The I th th · d · d C'h 1· W t M · n e ir peno , ar 1e a by Jes ses J. organ, Jr. names have been a nn ou n ced by son of Canaan scored in th e ope nStowe. Judges will pick a name The mud at the Point property H eadm as ter Wilfred w . Clark. ing minut es. Then Bo b Eas t~a~-,-. urned in, and pri'z es loca ti on near th e Clancy cottage Eac h fall, the boys co mp ete 111 inspired by his teamm ate, shot th e · ·· finally dr ove the b oys f rom t h. ere Cardigan Mountain School's bas- building stru ctu r es alonsr the_ water- puck for anothe r tally 1·n less than from th ose t . will be awar d e d to t,e w111ners, L d ketball tea m has m ade two trip s t c, 1 a minute . whose nam es will app!'!ar in th e' to the area behind_ The o bge. Kimball Union Academy in Meri- 'fr ont. When the lake freezes o✓er, Cardigan came back w ith ano the1· . . Work progressed rapidly ther e, ut •th ese " hut s" are u sed for shelter,· F ebruary Ch romc 1e. t h e n snow, sleet and adverse den, N. H., for practice sessio ns un- by ice-fi shin g µarties and by goal l. y Ditto a·nd then ~n e ·by Fox. · der th e direction of Mr. D onald R. The Ca rdi ga n . skaters wer e· over-weather held up a ny hope of skatsk a ter s. . , Stowe, assistant h eadma ster.

Mr. Clark and Mr. Ri chard 'Clan- joyed that their initial encou.nter-. in g before vacation. .

January 9, Dana Stone, Step hen cy have led two expe diti o ns of ice- .\! nded .with a 9-2 victor y for th e Pump fr eeze-ups, lack of water Car pe nt er, Wallis Miller, Charles fishing enthu sias t s to th e lake th is M ounta in ee rs. pressure a nd ot her compli ca tio ns Ditto, David Fox, Robert Morris, . yea r, and another has been pi;om ~ The players: Music a ppr eciation classes for the thwarted efforts to flood the rink Philip Sharp, T o ny Ru sso, Paul . \ Cardigan- Di tt o, Carpenter, F ux, upper _gr ades at Cardiga n .Moun- artifica lly during the early pa1·t of Moriarty a nd . B.i ll · Pezzulli ' we nt. :sed for tl u s conung Monda y. a ft e r r .

1: · ·n oo n, wea ther conditi o ns p.e;.mi t- S harp and Rus so. ___ _ tain School are being sta:rted. by this•m onth, ,Mr, M organ and Mr, ·a.ld ng to learn s'hots anct offensive' , ing .

C __ __- T · . _ __ __- .... ,.,~.,.,, , ';{,y ,·,:,:;,,-Mr. Jesse J. Morgan, Jr·. It is' p-l an- Donald R. Stowe b oth worked all play and to form a Mountaineers' -. ! an a an 1bbals, Eas tma1,, ned to have the se sess ions at the through several n ights 111 an at- quintet.

Mr. Neal H111es and ivir. Clancy 11 R oc ke , Wats on a nd Woodward. n ew 5 o'clock period, one afternoon tempt to providf'. a suitabl e smooth The team r eturned January 12 to have plowed a sizeab le area on the _ __ a week. surface for the hocke y team . the K. u. A. gym for further prac'- lake for sk a ting, and it_ is expe_c ted Michael !3mith of . ~ar r e, Ve rMusi c in the Gloaming continues Mr. Neal Hines and Richard ti ce . pefens e wo rk was s tress ed th at many st udent s will tak e ad- mont, re ceived a v1 s1t fr om . hi s to b e a Sunday a'fternoon ..fea tur e Clancy used the big school truck and th e Kimball' Union coach talk~d vantage of it durfng afternoon ,ac- family Saturday afternoon: Januat The Lodge. with a plaw on the front to clear a with Mr.- Stowe and the boys about tivities. . , a ry 8. · Wedne sday evening, Headmaster sizeable area on the lake for the possible t'uture contests. ' It 1s expected that ga1nes with ~-.. e-..,..,.,.•..._.....,.•..._,•..,,..._•• ._.,.......,,.._,,.._....,_..,.,.._.,.,. .....,.___.....,.___~ e e ____ tftnfteeeeeeeeeftoftol Wilfred W . Clark read two stories skaters as well as the hoc ke y tean,. to the boys as th e evening activity It now see ms that hockey practice Holderness , Kimball Union, anct I from 7 to 7 :30. can begin. other school with freshman team s 1 Sunday afternoon, January 16, it The hockey rink built behind will be played soo n.

1 is planned to offer mo re ' music on The Lodge awaits a slight thaw and ODE TO DICK CLANCY r ecords with a story add~d. Melo- a good free ze to acquire a surface INSURANCE REAL ESTATE I dies from the Hawaiian Islands for the fast skaters o n the Moun Every sc hool has menus ; ' with verses wi ll be featured, and taineers team. Once the weatherMrs. Clark makes ours.

"The Snow Goose" with Her bert man co-operates, everything will be E very sc hool has cooking HANOVER, NEW HJ\MPSHIRE Marshall will be played.

And Clancy's cooking tower s. satisfactory. Cardigan folks seem to Wh en we came to Cardigan h ave done their part .

I Phone 650 W e found the food divine 1 Robert Grevior of F ranklin , N. I. W _e_ hope o ur Clancy n eve r goes • I F o r we · would peak and pine. · H., r eceived a visit fr om his par, . ..

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