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By T.J. Clemente President of The East End In the Hamptons there are Classic Boat Society and also people who have left their Special Projects Coordinator mark both in the world and in for the Trails Preservation this unique place. Such a man Society in East Hampton. is 78-year old Ray Hartjen, After a distinguished career who has watched the sun set in education (from being a beyond Old Springs Fireplace headmaster to being a presiDrive, (Gerard Drive) since dent of a college that had the his very first summer on this very first library to use bar earth in 1931. Now living just codes to identify books in this two homes away from the one country), Hartjen said he is his parents bought in 1937, in most proud of his book, the home his parents built in Empowering the Child; 1960, Brooklyn born Hartjen Nurturing the Hungry Mind spoke about his two lives. One — which influenced educationwas as a pioneer in education al reform using the principals after he received both his of self discipline and enhancMasters and Doctorate from ing confidence of the child. But the University of Pittsburgh, there’s another side of Hartjen with a thesis titled, “A Ray’s first Hamptons summer, 1931 that can be tracked down to Methodological Analysis for the 1947, when, at the age of 16, he Identification and Assessment of Teaching built a boat dock behind his home on Gardiner’s Behavior in Oral Story Reading.” His thesis had Bay looking out onto Cherry Harbor. That’s a profound affect on teaching in this country, where he tied up his boats, including an 18’ with the many cutting edge reforms centering Lyman Islander, and swam with his friends. To on the use of “manipulatives,” props ranging this day he credits Nelson Van Valkenberg, a from cubes to (the very first) computer touch resident of Old Springs Fireplace Drive during screens. His second life has been as both the 1920s and ‘30s, for giving him basic skills in
building docks and bridges. Hartjen said he had he used “observational learning” to acquire these skills. In the U.S. Army, Hartjen served in Yokohama, Japan mostly captaining General Mark Clark’s fishing yacht, which was used to drive Japanese engineers around the harbor to survey. “We never caught a single fish,” he laughed. In 1996-97, Hartjen began the process of getting a grant to build the wonderful Tanbark Creek Bridge off Three Mile Harbor. Completed in 2000, it was the first of many bridges Hartjen helped construct for the Trail Society. He also pioneered another major initiative: If you like to hike, and you are grateful for the informative (continued on next page)
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