CARDIGAN CHRONICLE Vol. 8,
No. 2
CAR D IGAN
March 12, 1958
MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, CANAAN, N. H .
This Picture and Paragrap4s fro1n Cover of Canaan's 'f own Report Many people vis it Ca naan as a result of th e sc hool' s act ivities and ca rr:y stories of the town's bea uty to a ll corne rs of the United States and sever al foreign countri es. Boys applying for admiss ion are requireu to vis it the campus w ith their fam ilies before acceptance. This year's enrollment of '90 boys fi lls all available space. Now partly
Talk on Labrador On F riday,
January
14, Mr.
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li ves in Hanover, came to Cardigan to show slides of his recent fishing trip to Labrador. He we nt mainly to fish for sa lmon. o-f
pr epa r at ions
for hi s trip showing the lu ggage he took and his comp a ni ons.
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The citi zens of Canaan are proud to be numbered among those whose enco ur agement a nd generous fi na ncial support have made possible the growt h of Cardigan
H ayward,
Board of Trustees
The first pictures were
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Mountain School. As in other independent schools organ ized not for pro fit , new buildings and eq uipment must come from g ifts while tuition s cover most ordinary operating expe n ses. In turn th e school contributes to our economy, being, fo r in stance, the largest local employer and biggest Post Office customer
Seniors Elect Davidson
by John Stowe' 60
Secretary of the
completed is a new class room building that w ill make possible an increase to over 100 next yea r.
Next we saw pictures of
Gifts Help Cardigan by David Moore '59
Ca rdi gan is fortunate to have ¡ been given gifts in many forms fo r various pu r poses by parents. This year Mr. Filic,s has given money for the ski tow's new motor, and the power lin es to supplement it. It is electric and replaces the old und ependable truck moto, which was used formerly.
th e land they fl ew over in a light Stinson p lane. Finally they landed 111 Labrador where they picked up g uides and met native Doctor Ja goda gave m enough Asiatic Indian families. The n ext pictures showeo flu vaccine to inocu late th e whole school. the party ca noein g to . their camp on an in -This may have saved the school from a m a land river basin where salmon spawn. After jor epidemic of the flu. seei ng pict ur es of their camp we saw scenes Mr. Duksta, whose so n went to Cardigan of actual fis hi ng where m emb er s of the party caught salm on and trout. There were last year has been nic e enough to give sce nes which showed the fish bein g cooked equipm ent for our hockey team and Mr. and eaten. It su r e looked de li cious. We Albee has donated fire hose so that the saw pictures of a mink and cubs and of a hockey rink ca n be flood ed more easily and bear that they shot. The m ea t was smoke d qu ickly._ and brought back. All through the show Also, not to be forgotten, are the many were pictures of the scenery with beautiful friends who contributed books to our rapidly expanding library. mountains, lakes and river s.
Senior Elections by Jack Benson '58 The Senior Class of Cardigan ha d a meeting at the Headmaster's house on Sunday morning, J anuary 26. The reasun for this m eeti ng )was to elect a class Pres ident_ Secretary and Treas ur er. The fir st person who was elected in to office was Peter Davidson as Class President. Pete 1s a dorm leader in Hinman Hall. He is also o n the Student council. The second person who was elected was Peter Moore, senior class Secretary. Peter is the head of the year book committee . Our next officer that was elected was J ohn Bell as Treasurer. J oh n is on the Student co uncil and is also head of the Stu_de n t Recreation Department. All three boys ar e good students; th eir names often appear in the honor rol l. T h ey a r e also interested in Ath letics. Bell is a three letter athlete. Davidso n is a good footba ll player , skier and baseball player. Moore is hoc key manager and played center field for last year's J. V. baseball tea m. 0