Chronicle (June 1, 1955)

Published Monthly During the School Year by Cardigan Mountain School V olume V

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Cardigan G raduates Class of Sixteen .School Closes For 19S5 Term

H.P. Hinman

Final examinations were held at Cardigan Mountain School Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, May 24, 25 and 26. Monday, May .23, was devoted to the achievement tests .

Use ·of the new dining hall at The Mansion was begun this time fo r the upp•e r grades. Its sunny, airy atm o sphere helped considerably, the students reported, 111 making the -exams more enjoyable .

Cardi g a n Mountain School awarded dip lomas and certificates to 16 at its ninth commencement exercises held Wednesday mo-r ning, June 1, at Canaan Street Old North Church . The Right Rev. J ohn T. Dallas, retired bishop · of New Hampshire, was the speaker.

The finals were followed by the annual canoe trip.

Twenty-one. boys under the direction o,f Mr .

Donald R. Stowe and Mr. Roger No ldt went by truck and bus with -the canoes to a point north of St. Johnsbury, Vt. From there , they spent three ex•c1t111g days shooting rapids ano camping along placid rit>"er banks as -they made their w;;.y down to the Connecticut River just be 1 ow Woodsv ill e, N. H. It was a memorab le -e xperience, a ll agreed.

A nother group went with Mr. J esse J . M o rgan, Jr., to Newfound Lake, near Bristol, N. H., fo-r a camping trip. They, too, had an outstanding time to finish their year at Cardigan ;:ichool.

Warren Huse Heads Alumni Association Warren Huse was elected p,resident of the Cardigan Alumni A~ sociation at the meeting held May 14 as a high point of A lumni Weekend here .

Dick Morrison was named vice pres id1;:nt. Walter Alexander will serve as secreta r y and treasurer for t h e com ing year.

Other matter s were discussed by the former Cardigan students.

T h ey adjourned to meet next year a t Canaan.

Gives Awards

Harold P. H inman, president of the board of tn;stees awarded tht. diplomas and certificates to Stephe1, Carpenter of Franconia, New Hampshire; George Kimball Clement. o f L igonier, Pennsylvania; Howard Deringer of Meredith, N. H.; C_h arles Ditto of Brookline, Mass , ; David Fox of Saxtons River, Vt.; Kenneth Henderson of Detroit, Mich.; William E. Kidder of Ascutney, Vt.; Douglas S. McLean of M iddleboro, Mass.; Thomas R. The class of 1955 at Cardigan ·Mountain School, photographed recently Lovett of Portland, Maine; J o,h11 Wallis Miller of Hatboro·, Pennsylvania; William .L, Prentice of Ber.1 wick, ~viaine; Phili,:,, Sliarp uI MeCardigan 1viountain School stuth uen, Mass.; Dana Stone of White dents had a holiday from classes "One Egg", a comedy, was p,re- River Junct ion, Vt.; and Rona ld W. Cardigan Mountain School's en- May 20 to celebrate the birth of a sented under the direction o-f Mrs. Warden of Barbel, L iberia, West t ire facilities will move to the new son, Richa r d Merle, to Mr. and Africa.

Point campus for the ope ni ng of Mrs. Cli fton T. Hoiman, Jr., of the Clifton T. Holman, Jr. as the h igh · The Rev. Robert C'. Sharp, pas t or light of the class night program of summer sessions, Wednesday, June facu lty, May 18, at the Newport, the g r aduating class of Cardigan of First Methodist O1urch of Me:: :, it has been ann ounced by Head- R. I., Hospital.

Mountain Sc.1100! Tuesday even ing, thuen, Mass., and former facu lty master Wilfred W. Clark.

The boys went by bus with May 31, in the new dining hall a t member, gave the invocation .

The office will be transferred tL members of the faculty taking as H eadmas t er W ilfred W. Cla r k The Mansion. the su ite in the Mansion, or class- many as possible in their private welcomed the students, their parA concert by the school band was room building. The kitchen and cars and the school beach wagons ents and guests. A n nouncement of dining fac ilities will occupy the new to vVellington Park on Newfound offered w ith Mr. O'Dell wielding honor r oll and priz-e s was made by wing on rhat structure. Mrs. Ruth Lake, N. H. A picnic lunch was t he baton. Ass ist ant Headmaste r Assista n t Headmaster Donald h..

Talbert and Mr. Richard Clancy prepared and a few of the hardier Donald R. Stowe lied the choir and Stowe. are already preparin g for the fe llows tried swimming, a lthough it glee club in a group of numbers.

Stephen Carpenter was awarded 1 Robert Grevior, Dana Stone and change . was too cold for most. the Harold P. H in man pr ize g iven Philip r ead t h e class prophecy, w ill Mr. Mor gan H a s 2 1 It is the policy at Cardigan that a n nua lly to the m embe r of th e and history. school who, in the opin ion of t he Mr. Jesse J . Morgan, Jr., director when an addit ion arrives for a Refreshments were ser ved. facu lty, most nearly approaches the of summer school at Cardigan, an- faculty family, a full day holiday is idea ls of m anhood as co nce ived in nounces t hat 21 boys will be here proclaimed for a boy, a half day for Vis itors t o C ardigan for the e ight-week program. T h ose a girl. the m in ds of the founders o f Carexpected include Robert Cochrane Mr . and Mrs. H·1rr:,· Carpenter of digan Mountain School.

The Founders' Pr ize was awa r ded from Schenectady, N. Y . ; Eugene David FaiI:e from Westport, Conn . rranconia, N. H., visited their son Cenci from Barre, Vt.; Carte r KeeA lso John Ke lly of Wollaston, !::tephen at Caridigan l\,Ionntain to Do~glas McLea n_.• Robert Gre vior prese n ted the Ca r digan Chron zer from -P laistow, N. H.; Edward Mass.; Mar c Gould, Worcester, Schoc.J Monday, May 16. icle prize, awarded to the boy who and !::amuel P litt from New Or- Mass · Trey Armstroncr Framino-leans, La. I h3.m ·center, Mass.; St:~hen Ha~- Dr. and Mrs. Sterling McLea1i made the most effort in behalf of visited their son Douglas at Cardi- the schoo l paper.

A lso Tob ias Van Esse lstyne of son of Barri ngton, R. I.; R ichard 5an May 16.

Dana · H. Stone rece ived th e Bethesd3., Md . ; Carlton Auer from Fisher, Newton Center, Mass.; CalMr. Lester Morris stopped at Headmaster's p,r ize fo.r most all Hopkinton, N. H.; Kenneth Abrams vm Sickles of Longmeadow, Mass.

I of Fall River, Mass . ; Gerald Go-rAlso Donald Stokley of Schenec- Canaan to vis it his son Robert May around improvement shown dur ing he saw his son the year. David Fox received the don from Brookline, Mass . ; R ich- tady, N. Y . ; Jeffrey Harr is, Mar- 16. While here play for Cardigan against Proctor senior pr ize for th e high est schoard Wells from Suffield, Conn.; Tad Lflretville, N. Y.; and Frederick

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CHRONICLE

.Wednesday, June 1, 1955

All Things Co,ne to Those Who Wait

Published monthly during the school year at Cardiga n Mountain School in the interes t of the school, its graduates and the 's tude nt body.

R obert Gr evior 55-Edi tor D ouglas M cLean 55- As•sist ant Rob ert Morris 55--Assistant T ony Russo 56-Features

Charles D itto 55-Sports T hom as L ovett 55-Busine ss J ohn Mu•s tard 56- Associate Frank Judge 57-Circulation

REPORTERS Howard Derrin ger 55 T oby Kravet So Herbert Anker 57 Richard Fisher 59

R onald Warden 55 Gregory M oss 57 Richard Harris 57 Charles Freedman 58

FACULTY REPRESENTATIV E Clifton T. Holman , Jr.

Next number will be issued October I , 1955.

Deadline, September 24.

A member of the Columbia S cholas tic P ress A ssociatio n Advertising rates- $20.00 per inch per year A pplication f or second- class mail privile ges is pending at Canaan, New Ham9shire.

Alpha and Omega T his is. the begin ni ng and the end. T he Gr eek alph abet called it s fi rst lett er a lp ha a nd the last om ega.

T oday is our last as student s at Cardigan Mounta in School fo r this year. It marks for m any of u s t he beginning, too .

I t is th e com m encement of a n ew life fo r the ninth graders. Th ey go on to anot her phase of life.

The rest of us start our s umm er vacations. Summer schoo l looms ah ead fo r a few, w ith its added h elp th at w ill e nable som e to m ake u p fo r los t tim e an d procure a n ew lease on th eir edu cationa l growth that w ill a llow them t o co m e out on equa l t erm s w ith their class m at es .

So, if it is th e begi nning fo r you , st art -out w ith a fr esh o utlook determin ed t o emulate the R om an w h o announced "Veni , Vedi, V inci." You cam e t o Card igan, saw th e lig ht of lea rnin g and conqu er ed those o ld obstacl es that may have held you back. Wo rk har d to k eep that pace and avoid fa lling behind .

You 've learned m uch a t Card igan thi s year. O n t his day, 1:h e omega of th e school year her e, t ak e invent ory . E ducat io na lly, soc ia lly, physiologically a nd psycho logically you have ben efit ed . Yo u may not r eali ze it day by day o r week by week. B ut, as you look back on th e valley of last Sept ember fro m the s ummit of thi s Jw1e 1, _yo u cannot h elp being aware of th e different -the inproved-you that has made the g rade.

Go on to conqu er new fi elds now. Y ou r _omega becomes t he alpha. D o your best.

Jani Session at lntermisson

Dickey D unbar get s out sta nding service fr om M r. a n d M r s. M o rgan, Mrs . K ennard and M r. Bennett as r efreshments ar e se rved a t Senior Dance.

More Book Reading

Hikers 1 ind Deserted Village After Failing on Three Tries

Cardigan L ibrar y, at the Ma nsio n, has com plet ed its. best year to. date . M iss D oro t hy E m erson repor ts that m or e boys have r ead whil e t he olde r fe llows were on mo r e ~ooks, w ith m or e pleas u re tha n ever befor e. Ev-e n w ith th e cam p,in g or c.;a noe trip s. limited selection th ey have g ained Car diga n Moun tain School's choir in t erest. and glee c.l ub under th e direction of M r. D o na ld R. S to,w e, ass istant headmaster, recent ly ent ertain ed EVERYTHING t he W omen' s Club of Ca n aa n a t a meeting in Canaa n.

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by T•o by Kravet K im ball Common, a deser ted village hig h a to p t he hills n ear Grot on, N . H . was th e goal of fo ur hik es ta k en r ece nt ly by Cardigan Mou nta in School stu dents.

T h e fi r st trip in Ap r il foun d too ·mu ch snow and thawing ice in th e higher a lt itu de s for the boys to !er ca te the place th ey so ug ht. Th e second, in May, beg an on t he we stern slo pe near D orchester, but a lso fa iled w hen time ran out. A t hi rd at tem pt wo un d up at B r yant · P ond, b ut a fou rth t r y was sucW e's t Park St., Lebanon, N. H. cessful.

T he earliest advent ure came w ithin a short distance of the old cemetery at th e Commo n on Kimb all Hi ll. It bega n in Groton. On th eir For the Best in Transportation second qu es t, th e g roup r eached CHEVROLET-PACKARD B ryant P o nd near the mi ca min e.

An old inha bita nt of Groton loca ted the Comm o n for th e Cardiga n hik er s o n his map . H eadmas ter Phone 7 - Hanover Wilfr ed W. Clar k ha s visit ed tht plac e hi mself.

On the Apri l trip, Sculptured R ock s, a geolog ic form ati on, was visited a lon g t he Coc k erm outh R ive r in Gro to n. Th e str ea m in its to rtu o us desce nt throug h th e g ra nite boul de rs has ca r ve d th em int0 fant ast ic shapes.

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Fra nk J udge, J im H ambl eton a nd Bobby Morri s engage in a little im prom ptu rhythm as oth ers e nj c,y refres hm ents a t Se ni or D a n ce.

M iss S ue Sh ar p of Me thu e11, Mass., ca m e to Ca n1a n S tree t to visit her broth er Philip a nd t o at tend the Se nio r D a nce Sa turda y , May 21.

Mr. J esse J. M o rga n , J r., r eturn ed r ecent ly fro m a tri p to New Y ork a nd Bos ton o n business co nn ec ted w ith th e summ er sessio ns a t Ca rd iga n M o unta in School.

B us fa ilur e in W es t Ca naa n rece ntl y caused a s hopping trip to bt cancelled.

The sc hool ve hi cles shuttled the stra nd ed passenger s back to Th e L e dge.

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Cardigan Rallies, Defeats Proctor Fr.o m the short end of a 14-4 four th inning score, Cardigan Mou nta in School forged ahead to a n 18- 15 victory over Proctor Academy's baseball nine at Canaan Str eet May 14 as the home alumni members ·cheered a long with the stude nts.

Proctor's rattled pitcher allowed enough walks to permit Cardigan · to come within striking distance.

Cir penter's triple in t he sixth with bases full tied -the score at 14- 14. The Mountaineers added four more that inning.

Proc tor pitche rs wa lked 15 and hit fou r players. Cardigan hurlers issued -e ight bases on balls and stru ck out six.

Ditto pi tched for Cardigan after r elieving Miller in the fourth.

Car penter inherited the mound in the seventh.

The game att racted th e largest a tt enda nce of the year and the fa ns took an active part in the contes t when Mr. Roger Noldt org ani zed an impromp tu cheering section.

M rs. Wilfred W . Clark served re fres hm ents on t he portch at The Lodge following the contest.

Alumni Succumbs To Varsity Nine Car digan Mountain School's Varsity nin e romped to a 19-6 triumph ovee r t he A lumni playe rs at Canu.i n Street May 15.

The A lumni started off with five , un s in the fi r st inning o.ff Steve Carp enter, starting pitcher for the Vars ity. Mi ller took · over mound· duty a nd allowed only one man tu r each home in th e next th ree stanzas.

Cardigan came back with a 13run rally in the last of the first to co nfo und t he usu.all y victorious A lumni.

Dit to star red for the Varsity w ith two trip les and a single. Fox, As hworth , Pezzu lli, Stone and M iller scored two apiece.

Kidder Hits Homer; Holderness Beaten

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The eight h grade defeated the (Continued from page 4.) seventh, sixth and combined fourth on any addition to the faculty. and fifth grades to become the so-ftBill Kidder's home run was the All of our vices we give to "Deball champions of the school last high light of the game as Cardigan struction," feeling sure that the week.

Mountain School's baseball nine lowe r classes have enough of their jumped on Holderness Schqol's own. hopefuls, 34-10, at Canaan May 18 ir.

In witness thereof, we, the class a return encounter. of 1955, have here unto set our Holderness had eight runs in the hands and seals this first day of New Hampton School's baseball June, 1955. first inning, but the Mountaineers retaliated with eleven. The home· nine suffered a 15-8 setb-ack when The Class of 1955 it came to Canaan Saturday, May playe rs led the rest of the way.

21, for a retu r n encounter with CarWally Miller, Ca rdigan starting Mr. Raymond Harrington of digan Mountain School. pitcher, struck out four and walked Lowell, Mass., who taught at the Timely hitting coupled wit h summer sess ions at Ca rdigan Mounseven. He was in complete com mand af ter the first ca nto. Ho l- Wally Mi ll er's re lief pitching pro- tain School last year, wi ll ret urn to derness made only two more runs vided the Mountaineers with a sat- teach this season, it is an nounced that afternoon. isfying victory over the vis itors a, by Mr. J esse J. Morgan, director.

Kidder drove the ball o•v er the the ninth grade's dates for the weekend looked on . app,le trees in the t hird inning for Miss Ma rcia Greenan was t he Carpenter started on the mo und a home run, the first of the season guest of William K idder for Senior for Cardigan. Kidder was three for for the Canaan Streeters. He gave Weekend at Cardigan Mountai1, four and added two singles to his up in the fifth, allowing one run in School. the fourth and six in the fifth. homer.

Cardigan had 16 h its and seven · Carpenter hit three doubles in a Miss Judy Fisher, sister of Richwalks. New Hampton scored six row to drive i11' six runs. Moriarty, hits and received nine bases on ard Fisher of Cardigan School, was Fox and Moore scored five tim(!s balls . end. Robert Grevior was her esco-rt. apiece. Ca r <ligan had 15 hi ts a nd Charles D it to and Dave Fox h it 20 bases 011 balls. Holderness had three doub les, a triple and a single Phyllis Lounsbury was the weekfive hits a nd seven bases on balls. between them as they highl ighted· ~nd guest of Stephen Carpenter for Cardigan's fourth straight victory the action. Bill Kidder chalked up Cardigan School's Senior Weekend ·evened the season's standing at five a triple and a single. Carpenter and activities . wins against five defeats .

Mi ller each made a doub le. · Frances McGrath attended CarThe Mountaineers accomplished Paul Moriarty scored three Cartheir heaviest hitting of the season I digan runs, Fox, Kidder, Ditto and digan's Senior Weekend as the guest of David Fox. in t his game.

S tone all had two.

Cardigan Crushes New Hampton, 15-8

Carolyn Syvertsen was the •·"l t·~~t of Thomas Lovett at Cardigai\...£01 Senior Weekend. ·n' · ' Judy Banonno visited Car digan Saturday evening, May 21, as the guest of William Pre ntice. T hey ai tended the Senior Weekend dance.

Harrie t M un n was the g ues t of J erry Furman for Senior Weekend.

The waters of Ca naan Street Lake ar e spring fed, and are fa ir_ly cold even in the warmest weather.

Miss Shirley Clark, daughter: of Headams ter and Mrs. Wilfred. W. Clark, is a J une graduate of Wheaton Coll ege at Norton, Mass. Next fa ll she expects to enroll in the Boston School of Occupational -Therapy at Tufts College. Du ring the summer Miss Clark will teach classes a t the Cardigan Mou nta in School summer sessions : .. ,..ii Mr . a nd Mrs. Clifton T. Holman, J r., an d their boys plan to spend a few days · in Rhode Island be tween commencement and the opening o.f the summe·r ·school clas·ses.

Cardiga n's president, Harold P. Hinman, expects to attend his class reunion on the Dartmouth campus thi s mont h.

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Pictures, Brief Sketches of Class of '55

Douglas Sterling McLean

George Kimball Clement

Kenneth J ames Henderson

Kenneth James Henderson came Douglas S. McLean was born in George Kimball Clement is from Boston, Mass., July 24, 1940, the Ligonier, Penn., where his family to Cardigan School four years ago in September 1951. He was born in son of Dr. and Mrs. Sterling Mc- moved from Hamilton, Mass ., four Detroit, Michigan, December 3, Lean. years ago.

1939, to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. HenDoug moved to Attleboro, Mass., Kim has spent many summers in derson of Detroit where his fathei for four years. In 1946, the Mc- Maine at his grandmother's homto is president of a sales promotion Leans went to Middlebo·ro, Mass., there, and at his other grand- firm .

Kenneth has been accepted for when Doug's father returned from mother's cottage at Wingersheak entrance in September 1955 at Serv 1·' ce w1·th the U. S. Navy. Doug Beach,· near Gloucester, Mass. His Cranbrook School for boys 111 favorite subject is horses. has three younger brothers.

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

"Hender'' had his outstanding inKim went to North Shore CounDoug came to Cardigan 111 the try Day School in Beverly, Mass ., cident at Cardigan four years ago summer of 1951 after having at, and Valley School at Ligonier. He when he fell from his bicycle while tended various public s·cho·ols and came to Cardigan in 1952 and has descending a steep hill. He fracsummer camps. He was here fo., attended here three years. tured his skull and was rushed to the seventh, eighth and ninth The Army football eleven and the hospital in Hanover by Mr. grades. the Boston Herald were two of Clark. He suffered severe concusVermont Academy is Doug's goal. Kim's interests this year. He looks sion and was on the danger list for Later, he hopes to. attend co-liege -forward, he says, to the annual· some time. in Maine or New Hampshire and Army-Navy .football game each Riflery and hicycle hik es have take up forestry or conservation year. been his favorite activities at Carwork.

An outstanding experience ti1at digan School. He has been particuStamp collecting ls one of his Kim reports was a visit to the Roll- larly active in school dramatics and hobbi es and he likes to work in the ing Rock Hunt Club and a race debates. He has tried to write woods very mu ch, he adds. meet he attended there. plays and stories of his own.

Eugene Charles Ditto

David Edward Fox

"Chas," as he is frequently and a brother John, 11: termed by his classmates, went to Dave moved around the country the Baker School in Brookline be- quite a bit for th ree years. In 1944, fore coming to Cardigan for the the family came to Mount Vernon, • N. H., where he -e ntered the first 7th grade. He has been here s111 ce grade in 1946. In 1947., the present that time. residence at Saxtons River, Vt., was Charles has roomed at The Lodge established. each year. David Fox was his David attended CJouch ,School in room-mate th e fir st two years. To- Mount Vernon in the fifth grade, ge th er th ey shared w'hat are de- but came to Card-igan the followscribed as "many exciting experi- ing year. Since that time, he has ences" · been active here in athletics. .He Charles has many interests, es- places foo:tball, hockey and bast pecially sports. His favorites a re ball as his favorites, although he hockey, baseball and football. He, likes skiing, basketball and soccer, says that his most outstanding in- too, He has several hobbies, includcident at Cardigan was when, sev- ing stamp collecting, and enjoys era! terms ago, he made the honor most waterfront activities. roll.

Next year, David will go to VerCharles has been accepted by mont Academy in Saxtons River to Vermont Academy for next year. become a day student.

Jerome Frederick Furman

Howard John Deringer

Thomas Rowell Lo'Vett

Born October 2, 1939 to Mr . and Mrs. Ja ck Furman, J erome Furman spent his early years in Dorchester, Mass. Later, the family moved to West Newton where they now re side.

Howard D eringer comes from Meredith, N. H. He has been known for his inability to complete as signments on time (like th is one) 2.nd his love_ of science fiction stories that he r eads anywhere and anytime.

Thomas Rowell Lovett was born September 18, 1938 a t the Maine General Hospital in Portland to Mr. and Mrs. George Rowell Lovett of Falmouth For.eside, Maine.

Tom came to Cardigan from The Fenn School in Concord, Mass., after attending several public and private schoo'.s. His hobby is lobstering, boats, fishing and (he adds) girls.

Getting his first 24-foot motor boat and his first date are listed by Tom as his outstanding experienses to da te. He hopes to attend Procto·r Academy in Andover, N. H., next fa ll .

J erry attended the John Ward canoe trip.

School before coming to Cardiga1,.

To Mr. Ken nard, we wi ll a new His father is in the poultry busi- Latin class with th e hope that they ness and J erry hopes to join him in will enjoy the subject as much a, that field. Jerry came to Canaan we have. for the seventh grade. He plans to For the benefit of boys in study go to high school in Newton, he hall, we bequeath the sum of ten says, until ready for college. cents, trusting th at the master of the day wi ll invest the same in such for th e 9B room. a way as to provide for the en joyTo Dick Clancy, we bequeath our ment of the large majority who hopes that he will find new boys can't study. We might suggest daily band concerts or even movies who will believe his stories bette1 wou ldn't go so badly. than we have.

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David Edward Fox, son of Mr. Eugene Charles Ditto, ·son of Mr. and M r s. Eugene Ditto, was born and Mrs. John T. Fox, was born in in Brookline, Mass., February 24, K ee ne, N. H., Ho,s pital, October 13, 1939.

1940. He has a sister Elizabeth, 17,

Class .Will We, the class of 1955 of' Ca rdigan Mountain School, do hereby mak e, publish and declare this, our last will and testam ent, . dated by said class, high and mighty, this first day of Jun e, by virtue of w hi ch we do hereby bequeath and devise all the property followi ng, r eal and fanciful, to the present existing teachers and clas ses : To the entire student body Wt. will our sincere wishes fo r a happy and prosperous future in both sc holasti cs a nd athletics.

To the eighth grade, we leave our places, hoping-although knowing how impossible it is-that they will act just as worthy and just a~ dignified as we have.

To the seventh grade, we leave our excess strength and ambition to help th em climb th e ladder to graduation.

To th e lowe r grades, we will our hopes that some day they will be great enough to occupy our places in this great institution.

To all our teachers, we leave an increase in salary because we know that now we are about to depart, teaching can no longer be just a p•leasure.

To Mr. Clark, we leave the suggestion that all ninth graders be made immune to marks.

To Mr. Morgan, we leave a hockey team minus five first-string players; also a set of cast iron shinguards and best wishes . for next year's teams.

To Mr. Stowe, we will a te lephone extension to the 9B classroom so that he won't have to race down thre e flight s of stairs only t u find that the party calling had hung up.

T o Mr. H olman, we leave a new English group that wi ll probably know the differ ence between a noun and a preposition; also 1,000 erasers

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I, Bill Kidder, leave my ability to keep smiling 24 hours a day to Alan Butler and my home-run hitting to Larry Moore.

I, Howard Deringer, leave my ability to read- science fiction books floor-minus 10 of the best behavI, Bobby Grevior, leave my abi lity and stories that no one else in ing boys in the school; also a 5 hp to get a long all year without get- school wi ll understand to Richard outboard motor for next year's ting a messy room to J ohn Mustard. Pierce.

I, Kenneth Henderson , leave my verba l qualities to Kit Ashworth in the hope t11at he will be able to ge t a 90 in a hist ory tes t without knowing a thing about the subje ct .

I, David Fox, bequeath my fine innerspring mattress to La r r y Moore, providing he can find some ex tra supports for it.

I, Stephen Ca rp en t er, will my ability to start a riot on th e third floor and still tell Mr. Stowe with a straight face, "I was in my room all the time!" to Robert Morris.

I, Ronald Warden, bequeath my abilit y to mak e friends with any thing in a dress to Paul Moriarty.

I, William Prentice, leave my ab ility to "acquir e" Nelson's cigarettes to Buster Blomerth.

I, J erome Furman, will my ability to ge t a work detai'l to anyone who does not like the activities for that afternoon.

I, Philip Sharp, bequeath my ability to do my mat h assignment a new way a nd ge t them ri ght (well, to get most of them right) to Toby Kravet.

I, Wallis Miller, leave my habit of forgetting the play in a football game and doing as I think bes t to Tony Rus so.

I, Kim Clement, put up my record for being late to English class and challenge anyone to equal it-let alone top it.

I, Charles Ditto, leave my record for blowing th e most fuses in the shor test time and defy anyone to beat it.

I, D ouglas McLean, bequeath my ability to go on a ll the overnights and not catch a cold to Buster Blomerth and Lincoln Chadwell.

I, Tom Lovett, will my ability to convince Mr. Clark that I can't do my math and therefore ge t him to complete it, to Mike Smith.

I, Dan a Stone, leave my ability to "try out" a new master, to anyone next yea r who would like to use it (Continued on page 3.)

CARDIGAN CHRONICLE

Wednes day, June 1, 1955

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As It Leaves School After Graduation

W illiam Edgar K id de r

S tep hen Gale Ca r pe nt er

D a na H aze n S tone

Willia m E . K idder , son of M r.

~t ep h e-n Ca rp enter, son · o·f Mr. and Mrs. H ar ry Carpe nt er of Litt leto n , N. H., was born th er e February 3, 1940. He spent his boyhood in Fran co nia, N . H ., wh ere he learn ed to ski at Ca nn on M ou ntain while a tt e nding D ow Academy fa. the fir st eig ht grades.

Steve came to Cardigan last Sep•temb er and became fo otball captain he r e las t Fall. He wa s also captain of the Cardigan bas k etba ll five this past Winter a nd of the school's baseball t eam thi s Spring.

Stephen has played on Cardiga n's h ockey t ea m, has sung in the choir and was a pro min ent sk ie r h ere.

He likes to list en to band musi c .and jazz when not bu sy st udying -o r active in sports ev ent s.

Step hen pla ns to enter H olderness School nex t S eptemb er and hopes to play foot ball, bas k etb a ll and basebal[ th er e.

and Mrs. H erb ert K idder of A scut- 1;0 11, Ver m on t, n ey , Vt. , was

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W illia m Lawre nce Prent ice born

Wi:Ji am P re nti ce cam e fr o m BerMay S, 1939, in Ph ila delphia, so n w ick, M aine, to Cardiga n M ounof M r. and Mrs. J ohn Charles tain School. H e was bo rn th ere

W oodsvi!J.e, N. H .

When D a na wa s a yea r old, his Miller. His b oy hood wa s spen t in M a rch 13, 192-9, a nd a tt end ed p ub When Bill was a bout thr ee, hi s fa mily m ove d to Wh ite Riv er J ct. H a tb o·ro, Pa ., fi shing a nd roaminb g lic schools in that tow n fr om the par ent s m oved to V ermont. H e a t - w her e th ey have r es ide d since. throug h the woo ds, as he puts it. fir st to th e eig hth g rade s. tended A scutney g r ade sc hool an d Dana a tt end ed H artford g rammar Wa lly wa s a day st u dent a t Bill cam e to Card ig an la st sumW in dsor junio r hig h . Bill came to school for the fir st seven g rades

Me a dowbrook for seven ye a rs. H e mer and r eturned for th e win ter

Cardigan in S e p,tember 19'54 a s « b efor e comin g to Ca rdiga n Moun - ha s b ee n a t Cardiga n fo r •\Je eighth se ssio ns. ninth g rader Bill ha s wo rk ed summers at a drive -in th eatre near Ascutn ey. At school he r e in Canaa n h e has b ee n in ter ested in sport s. H e wa s a m emb er of the foo tba ll eleven, m a nage r of th e hoc k ey t eam, and had a place o n th e b a seball nin e for th e M ountain ee rs.

Since coming to Ca rdiga n, Bill has won t h e h!g h es te em of not o nly hi s fellow stud ent s, but a lso the fa culty and adult s on th e sta ff.

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ta in School in the eig hth g rade. a nd ninth g rad es. His fucur e plans t ended Es t erbrook S chool and BerD a na's fa vor ite sp or ts a r e fo o t- fo r schoo-l ar e und ecided, h e say s. wick High S chool. ball and bas k etball, h e says. He Base ball and fo o tball hav e been Sw imming is a fav o rit e sport of has al so enj oye d going

int o tht W a lly's favorite spor ts her-e, bu t he t his Maine boy. He likes golf, t oo_

kitch en a t The L odge to a nnoy

ha s bee n a ctive in oth er athl etic Rifl ery was another activity that ht

C1ancy, he admit s.

comp etiti on s,

T wice, D a na won th e a nnu a l r a ce r_un by th e stud ents aro un ' Ca naa n Str ee t lak e. H e is a lso o r, e o.f t h1. pr ize w in ner s in thi s yea r' s g rad-

m a ny wo nd erf ul experi ences a t Re ce ntl y, he journ eyed a cross the Ca rdiga n, inclu ding th e ca n oe tri ps, cou nt ry to California an d- W as hin g-

~ating class.

too.

He

ha s

ha d enj oyed her e.

which he· feels wer e O\lt standing . to n S ~a te to vi sit r ela tives .

F ishing a nd hu n tin g have bee \1 top Bill r eturn s to B erwi ck Hig h ho bbies w ith him .

S chool nex t y ear, he r eport s.

Class Prophesy

Class Prophecy

A s we look bac k into th e crystal ball to fif tee n years from now, in 1970, we see the Class of 'S5 at Card iga n Mounta in School in m any di ffe r ent wa lks o,f life.

The history of th e class of 19S5 started w hen Philip Sharp enr olled at Cardigan Mounta in School in 1950 . . Th is was th e fir st y ea r fo r W ilfr ed W . Cla rk as head mas t er, too.

Ke n H enderson arrive d th e following year. D av id Fox ca m e a t that t ime, to o. T her e we r e abo ut 4S boys in the halls of Cardigan t hen.

In 1952, Cha rl es Di tto, R o nald Wa r de n, J erry F urman , Bo bby Gr evior, H owa rd D er ing er, D ouglas McLea n and K im Clement j oined t he g ro up. That y ea r, too, M r .

H eagy, Mr . Wake ly, Mr. Nyhu s and M r. Ga rn iss left the facu lty.

M r. Morga n, M r. Kennar d, M r.

Da vis, M r : H effler a n d M r. Alle n rep lac ed th em. M r. Heffler was call ed to th e U. S . Army.

Ours w as the first' · fif th g r ade Car diga n had had. O nly o ne boy , P hil S ha rp, continu ed through t o th e ni nth.

Many of us re m embe r w r estling w ith M r. H eagy in the gym . A lso we ca n r ecall try ing to skip activit ies or no t doing ou r jobs t o , p lay cops a nd- rob bers clown th e street. O nce ca ug ht t hou g h was usua lly enoug h to t each us a lesso n.

In th e seve nth a n d eighth g rade, , we a dded m o r e fe llows, ma ny of them exce ll ent in athletics. Ours is Car diga n 's large st g r aduating class to date, B lodge tt H o use wa s opened in 1953 as th e sc ho o-1 enlarge d. T he bu s wa s bo ug ht then, too..

D ana S to ne Wa lly M iller and T om L ove tt Jom ·' · e cl t i1e c Ia ss t I,at Fall. The enti r e eig hth g r a de r e• tu r ned last yea r a n d we r e her e t<.,.we lcom e Steve Car pe nt er, B i 11 P r en t ice a nd Bill K idder.

This yea r, Ca rclig211 boas t ed fo 1the fir st tim e o f a ta ckle footba ll t eam. Man y of our class we r e m em bers. Th e hoc key season fini shed its seco nd yea r w ith many of o ur g r oup showi ng to adva ntag e. I t was th e m ost successfu l seas on for Ca rdig a n in base ball w it h six w in s. aga ins t fi ve losses. T he class of '55,

First of all, we see m os t o,f the b oys doin g som ethi ng th a t per t a ins to at hl etics. Charl es Ditto, fo r in sta nce, is playing hockey fo r the M o nt r eal Ca nadiens. S teve Car p en ter is pr ac t icing fo r th e Olympic gam es w hich w ill com e in two yea rs in 1972.

T h ere is D ave Fox. H e's playing bas eba ll no,w fo r the N ew York Ya n k ees . Bill Kidder, too, is p laying base ball, a n d D ana Stone is a b as k etball p ro.

Of cou rse, th er e is activit y on th e b usin ess scene. K en Henderson is n ow a U . S. Senator from M ichigan. Bob Grev ior is th e president of a la rge a nd boom in g r a il roa d.

H owa r d D erin ger is a leader am on g th e a tomi c scie nt ists. Wa ll y M iller is publish er of a la r-ge newsp,a per in Pennsylva nia . Phil Shar p is a m1111st er in a pr omin en t New H am pshire chur ch.

P hilip Wa lter S har p·

Phili p W. Sharp , second of fou r chi ldr en of t he Re v. an d Mrs .

Robert C. S har p, was born in Groveto n, N. H ., Feb r a r y 13, 1940.

He lived th ere four years before m oving to Li sbo n, N. H ., a nd , later, to Beau for t, So uth Car olina, w h er e R o n n ie W ard en is di sce rn ed hi s fa th er was co nn ec ted w it h th e amo ng tha t group o-f jet pilots in U. S. Marin e Base a t Paris I sland th e U .S.A.F. We see D oug Mc Lean as a lavy Chaplain . as a for est r anger in Maine . J erry F urma n ha s becom e o ne o-f . th e Phili p a tt e 11d ed k in derg arte n at Beau fo r t, but star te'd the fi r st grade· la r g es t poultr y fa rm er s in Massa. fi h a t V ero B eac h, F lo rida , and fi ni shed c h usetts . T om L ovett 1s a s er- . . >. K . , t 1t 111 Woods tock , N . H. H e moved m a n a 1ong 1VLa111 e s coa s . . . . . . wit h his family to Ca naa n midway B il l Prenti ce seems to ,b e digging in his third y ear of ·school going to, g r ave s, b ut actu ally hes a n out - Canaa n Cen ter publi c sc hool unt il s. tancli ng fu n e_r al clirec t6r in . h.is enrolli ng at Ca r dig an in g r a de five. home state . K un Cl em ent we see at P hil w as a day st u dent here, t he ticket w indow of a we ll- know ,, unt il la st N ove mber ·whe n his fa th er ra ce tr ack. was ca ll ed to :Me thu en, Mass.

P hi l lik es ho ckey, footba ll. baseAs t he crystal b a ll becom es ha zy again, we smile happ ily . W e' ll n ever ba ll a nd oth er spo rts . H e was a for ge t th e tim es we spent all to- memb er of sever al team s at Cc1. r cl ig ether a t Ca r digan - fa s t fr iends ga n. Swimmin g and fi shing a r e favorite s, too. I t is interest ing to and tru e. note that des pite hi s ex per iences, Miss Ann e K n ud se n o f West he says t ha t he " ha tes to mo-v e."

Conco rd , Mas s., wh o wi ll ma rry M r.

Phil's p la ns fo r n ext year are no t D o na ld R . S towe in Septemb er, w ill com p lete. H e may att end hi g h g ra du ate fr om th e Fau lkn er H o£ - J sc ho ol in lVIe thu en o r see k entr a nce

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R obe rt Grev io r R ebe r t Gr ev ior was bo rn 111 Fra n klin , N . H., H ospita l July 11 , r H" 1() 1••c'.

1s pa r ent s are M r. and M rs.

Nat lnn Gr evio r 0 ,f Til ton, N. H ., whe r e t he fa mi ly live s now. Bo b has a n older siste r E lain e Fran ces. His fathe r o,p era t es th e Gr ev ior F urni-t ure S tore in F r ank lin and is a dir ec tor of the Bos to n a nd Ma ine ra il road.

R o be r t cam e to Cardiga n 111 t h e 7t h g r ade after a t te n ding Unio,n School in No r th fi eld, N . H .. and t he T ilton- Northfi eld Schoc,l. H e came he r e to summer sessio ns at fir st a nd th en enrolled in Se pte mb er 1952.

He ha s bee n here eve r sin ce.

Nex t yea r, Bob hopes to atte nd Tilton School in T ilton, N . H., living a t hom e.

R o nald VV ill iam \i\Tar clen R onald ·w a r de n

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Lakewood, O hi o, J a nuar y 16, 1940.

H is paren t s a r e conn ected w ith t h e F iresto n e T ire a nd R ubbe r Compa ny a nd a r e now in Liberia, W est Afri ca .

As a r esult, Ronnie 's home is Cardig an at pr esent. He ca me h ere in 19j2 to ente r t he 7t h gr ade. H e ha s li ve d in P o r t la nd, Maine; H a r -

be !, L iberia; Scr anto n , Pen nsylva n'a ; and Cincinnati, Oh io, as well as Lakewood.

Ro nn ie ha s a you ng broth er and .· a sister w ho is thr ee years old . H e ha ~ tr ave lled exten s_i ve ly, and has v1s1tecl Ir e!::tncl, B r az il, F ran ce, Mo Bo b was ed itor- in- chi ef of t h e rocco, D a kar, Newfoundland, th e Cardiga n Chronicl e thi s ye::t r, ta k - Ca na ries and t he Ca pe Ve r de I sing ove r th at post un exp ectedly la nd s, as we ll as Pu ert o Ri co, pa rt s w hen D av id F ox re sig ne d b ecause of th e press ur e of spor ts p rogram o,f th is co un t r y and L iberia. a nd sc hola sti c du ti es. Bob was one of th e Cardigan trio wh o a t ten ded t he C lumbi a S ch ola sti c Press Associat ion conventi o n t his yea r in New Y o r k Ci t y . Av iat io n is his favor ite hob by, he r epo r ts, "especi"-"

R o,nn ie r eport s t ha t h is hobb ie, ar e coll ec ting ph otogr auhs of ship s, pla nes a nd movie star s.

Next y ea r w ill fi nd Ronnie at Procto r Aca demy in A nd ove r, N . H. H is a mbiti o n is to becom e eve nt u-

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Members of th e Cardigan alumni from K imball Un ion Academy in Mer iden , N. H., wro te r ecently to 1 thank H eadm as ter a nd Mrs. Wi1 fred W. Clark and th e facu lty here for the successfu l A lumni W ee k progr am.

In pa r t the letter said, "W e, the Ca r diga-n a lumni a tt ending K.U.A ., wish to th ank yo u all for a ver.i, enj oya ble weekend.

"All of u s really liked Cardigar, in our stud ent s days th ere. All of us have fin e and fond m emorie s of the school that we will carry with u s fo r the r est of our lives .

"It was ni ce to see y ou a ll aga in .

Sincerely, · Warren Hu se George Harris Byron Koh J ames Turley J ohn White"

going becomes more difficult.

Seventy-five m ember s of the Cardigan stud ent body we re in th e proces sion that marched from th e Lodge to the historic church . P ai ent s and g u es ts filled to capacit y.

The choir prize was p,re sen ted to Philip Sharp for fa ithful attendance, and assistanc e in that g r oup 's efforts this year.

Robert Grevior was awa rded th e pri ze for having the nea test room of the year. Athletic letters a.n d citation s were m ade by M r. Stowe and Mr. J esse J. Morgan, Jr. Class Mars ha ls we r e Robert M orri s a nd A nth ony Russo.

Ronald Smith wrote how Mrs. Kennard "put s u s boys on th e first floor to bed. W e fool for a little while, th en we go to bed. She kisses us and says 'Good nigh t'. So let's go to sleep.

Luis Leal wrote about sprin g and hi s enj oyme nt of flo we rs and bird, _ L oren Em mon s and Larry Ke lley devoted one of their r ece nt papt'lrs t o a di sc uss io n of S m okey th e Fi re Ushers we r e Maur ice Blomerth, Prevention Bear. Larry r ecalled Jr., \ i\Tilliam Byrnes, Lawrence how M r . Richardson had r ecen tly Moore, Paul Moriarty, Michael spoke n at Cardigan on Fo r es t Fi re Smith and N icholas Stenzel.

Prevention and mentioned Smokey as the symbol of that work.

Cardigan Graduates Class of Sixteen (Continued from page 1) lastic standi ng in the graduating class.

Fox in the ninth . grade, Toby K r avet in the eighth . grade, Richard H a rri s in the seve nth gra de a nd/ I Charles Kap lan in th e six th grade were awarded p ri zes for outstanding ability in w ritt en exp r ession.

Cardiga n's choir and g lee club sang u nd er the direction of Mr. Stowe. Mrs . Wilfred W. Clark was or ga ni st.

Bishop D a ll a·s spoke in a n inspii • at iona l ve in, outlining the satisfac tion of a jo b well do n e and ad monishing the graduates to strive even m o r e in th e yea rs a head as the

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Swimming became another activity for Cardigan Mountain Sch ool boys May I during an ove1 ni g ht hike and camping trip.

Late la st m onth, w h en Headma ster Wilfr ed W. Clark a nnou nced th at the stud ents might swim • a t the end of each ac ti vity period, several tried it. Most of them dived in , then swam quick lv back to shore to dry off.

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. A lth ough all of our class remained.

I at The Lodge, Ca rdigan opened its first dormito ry this past year. Clark School's m erging w ith Cardigan· in 1953 m ade thi s and othe r improve m en ts possible. Ca rdiga n's enr ollm ent jumped to 73 boys.

The yea r was very successfu l, it seerhs, and was brought to a close · w ith our best canoe trip . We seniors w ill always rem ember it and our good tim es a t Cardigan. It has been wonderfu l to be here, and all agree tha t we w ill look on o ur sc,jou rn at Cardigan Mountain School w ith fond a ffecti on.

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M iss Margar et Clark, daughter or Headmaster and Mrs. Wilfred W. Clark of Cardigan Mountain School, (Continued from page S) was well rep•re se nted in th at field, who will graduate fr crn Canaan schools t h is month . "Buzzey", as too.

Ours was the first class to have she is known, is pc,pular w ith the a senior banquet. We feel that it students at C2.rdigan and attends was a huge success. It becomes a n many act ivities here on " t he annua l functi o n, we are told . We Street." are inaugurating a class hi story, a class will and a class prophecy thi s yea r. Our Cardigan Chronicle took fir st prize in New York in the Columbia Un ive rsity Scholastic Press Association competition for the fir st time.

Se nior week end was s uccessfu ll y held last m onth and the class became sof tfba ll champi o ns of the school a t th at time.

CLASS HISTORY

Many of th e pape r s we r e illustrated by th e · b oys.

.W ednesday, June 1, 1955

Graduates in Canaan KUA Alumni Write Thanks to School

Life in New Cardigan Dorm Memb er s of Mrs . Anna Davis's fourth and fifth grad es at Cardiga n Mountain School expressed their opinions of life in th e n ew. dormit ory r ece ntly. The young boys were asked to wri.te th ei r feel ing of the place in composition s. ·

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