Fall 1972 TKS Alumnae News

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V O L XXIII DECEM BER, 1972

CONTENTS Kim berley Enters “ M ilesto ne" Period

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Kim berley's Philosophy Promotes Independence and Personal R esponsibility

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Elizabeth Jones, Sculptress o f Priceless M edallions

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A lum nae Daughters

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Kim berley A lu m n ae Association

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Class News

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Vital Statistics

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M em ber A m erican A lum ni C o u n cil, National A ssociation o f Independent Schools ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION BOARD President

Mrs. Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54

Vice President

Mrs. Miriam Eustis Irwin '51

Secretary-Treasurer

Mrs. June Hayward Hunter '54

Chairman, Class Agents

Mrs. Fay Taft Fawcett '52

Chairman, Class Secretaries Alumnae News Editor Home School President Hospitality Chairman

Nominating Chairman

Mrs. George Reid Mrs. Sue Davis Tull '50

Karnival Booth Chairman Members-at-Large

Mrs. Joan Wallace Bryant '57

Mrs. Mary Gail Smith Buermann '55

Miss Katherine Blondel '32

Mrs. Constance Ritchie DuHamel '46 Mrs. Audrey Carroll McBratney '50 Mrs. Felicity Ferguson Morse '54 Mrs. Audrey Carroll McBratney '50

Elected Member, Nominating Mrs. Constance Ritchie DuHamel '46 EDITORIAL BOARD Editor Associate Editor Associate Editoi Associate Editor ALUMNAE SECRETARY COVER: Montage o f traditional invitations, designed by Kimberley students, to the annual Christmas Vespers at the First Congregational Church, Montclair.

Mrs. Mary Gail Smith Buermann Mrs. Joan Lockerty Brown Mrs. Joan Wallace Bryant Mrs. Constance Rogers Sumas

'55 '46 '57 '59

Mrs. Cornelius Callaghan, Jr.

Published by the Kimberley School, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, New Jersey 07042, twice a year in May and December. Entered as third class matter at Montclair, N. J. 07042

Kimberley Enters “M ile sto n e ” Period

By Richard K. Loveland, H eadm aster

Human efforts and their encom passing institutions seem to fo llo w a paced and m easured course. This course is not m arked as p lain ly as the roadways of o ld, but m ilestones of various kinds are evident.

Perhaps, as a student at K im b erley, you participated in certain events w hich you sensed then to be of significant consequence to the life of the scho o l. I have been exam ining som e m em entos in my o ffice recently w hich include a form al announcem ent of K im b erley's opening in 1906, an invitation to the 50th year celeb ratio n, new spaper reports and old program folders so fille d w ith the feeling and fun of other days. O cca sio n ally a d e fin itive m ilestone appears, as the announcem ent of K im b erley's m ove to the V a lle y Road property, courageously initiated by the Trustees in 1949.

Several streams o f K im berley's life are com ing currently to co nflu en ce and crest in a fashion that suggests to me the quality of a "m ile sto n e " period. In the school's areas of self-d efinitio n, planning, fund raising, b uilding, and c u rricu ­ lar developm ent, w e seem to have arrived at a stage of syn­ thesis and tem porary rest. Passing this point, w e can begin again, in a sense, em barking on a new period of expression and developm ent.

To be m ore sp e cific: K im berley's Board, in 1968 w orking w ith D erw ood Baker as consultant, defined the school as p rin cip ally academ ic yet d eep ly concerned w ith our human com m unity and the nurture of its special qualities. W e co n­ firm ed our existence as a school for girls w hich could bene­ fit from growth in enro llm ent and greater variety of pro­ grams. That Five Year Plan, even to the am azing accuracy of enro llm ent projection , from 306 (1969-70) to 372 today (projected 371) is now close to fu lfillm en t, w hich w ill repre-

sent a certain measured distance covered.

The building considered necessary to house our increased enro llm ent and com plete the dream of 1949's Trustees is requiring for com pletion approxim ately $1,300,000. The D e­ cisive Years Program, w ith such m agnificent help and support from you and the school's m any other friends has raised to date alm ost $1,200,000, in tw o o f its planned three years.

This year that program w ill be com plete and another signifi­ cant point reached.

A n d , in A p ril, w e at school are all eagerly anticipating com pletion and occupation of K im berley's splendid new building. It w ill im pressively refashion the setting of the students' mutual association and activity— w ith assem blies, lunches, chapels, and pu blic programs em ancipated from the cavernous, tim bered gym nasium . O u r tiered use of pres­ ent crow ded classroom s can end and M r. Coursen (whose m usic room has given its breadth to now -adjoining elem en­ tary room and its height to a new chem lab) need no longer laughingly refer to his classroom as the "m u sic clo se t"!

The new building, adding 25 % to current space is an eno r­ m ous, visib le m ilestone. O n ce built, the structure aw aits a n ew phase of lively, creative use.

The new approach to K im berley's academ ic program , w hich w e have called the "co n ce p t c u rricu lu m " has passed through tw o interesting years of experim entation. The struggle for com m on intellectual ground among the diverse fields of study has resulted in our faculty's realization of how such can be achieved through unifying concepts, approached in com m on. Concepts such as those already em ployed ('free­ d o m ,' 'cre ativity,' 'conscious evolution') cannot o nly unify studies but build bridges to m eaning in student lives today and assist in im portant value developm ent. The efforts of

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teachers and students have w on a $75,000. grant from the Ed­ w ard E. Ford Foundation for funding of the program and this, too, seems an im portant and w on derful m ilestone for K im ­ berley's educational efforts. The next step requires im agina­ tive im plem entation of the new approach.

O u r perennial search for a definitio n of K im berley's most appropriate relationship w ith M ontclair's other independent schools also reached a significant point this year. As you no doubt kno w , the Boards of K im b erley and the M ontclair Academ y Foundation com pleted in June an intensive sixmonth study of options facing them . Feeling that the study produced little evidence of advantage for K im berley in m er­ ging, and yet hoping to retain certain coeducational o p p o r­ tunities, our Board voted to remain independent of the A ca ­ dem y Foundation and expressed a strong desire to pursue more intensified coordinate programs w ith the Academ y.

The A cadem y Board decided to attem pt to develop total coeducation im m ediately, if not through m erger w ith K im ­ berley, then unilaterally. A t present that Board is engaged in a study of means by w hich coeducation at the Academ y can be achieved. The study brought the tw o Boards together as never before in a highly organized and freely com m unicative mutual effort. Significant progress w as regis­ tered at last in mutual understanding of the three schools philosophies, felt needs and hallow ed essences as perceived by each. The results for now seem , in casual v ie w , fruitless.

But that is not the case; the results are m onum ental, co nsid­ ering w hat has occured earlier and w hat w as necessary before pow erful gains could be m ade toward the future of independent education in this local area.

A fte r that fran tic activity and the reach w e all m ade, the relationship is redefined and freshly updated, clear to a ll: w e are separate and independent. A pause is in effect at this m ilestone ju n ctu re as both Boards vie w the prospect before them and th eir am azing fields of potential.

The quickened em ergence of w om en's new ly recognized role provides unusual opportunities for w om en's specialized education. These opportunities have been successfully, thrillingly seized upon by such colleges as W e llesle y, Sm ith, C h a­ tham , W e lls and M ount Flolyoke, w hich have rejected sacri­ fice o f th eir special quality as w om en's institutions. There are com m ensurate challenges at the secondary level.

W e w ill also co ntinue to seek coeducational opportunities through coordination w ith other schools and colleges and through pursuit of coeducational off-cam pus programs such as those related to our co ncep t oriented cu rricu lum . The best independent schools of the future w ill not be lim ited in vision by local geography, contiguous populations, rigid tim e schedules, or arb itrarily prescribed programs w hich do not consider individual plans and interests. M on tclair Academ y, w h ich seems faced w ith exceptional costs in achieving u ni­ lateral coeducation, may disco ver fu rther future value in co operative use of K im berley's resources.

K im berley, I eagerly hope and pray, w ill rem ain K im b e rle y l w ay, w ay dow n the long road beyond these contem porary m ilestones. W h ile that im plies a name that has m eaning to m any alum nae and continues im portant, it also suggests even m ore d e cisively a sp irit or ethos o f human considera­ tion and relationship, a devotion to tim eless ideals of great qu ality w ith o u t w hich there w ou ld be no K im berley in the essential sense, even tom orrow .

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Kimberley's Philosophy Promotes Independence and Personal Responsibility

By M argaret Jenkins O sborne. H ead o f U p p er S ch o o l

M argaret Jen kin s O sb o rn e '50 is K im berley's n ew ly a pp o in ­ ted H ead o f the U p p e r S ch o o l (G rades 7-12). Peg w en t to Vassar C o lleg e after K im b erley w h ere she re ce iv e d her B.A. in p h ysio lo g y. She has also d o n e a dva n ced w o rk in scie n ce and education at M o n tcla ir State, N ew ark State and W illiam Paterson C o llege.

A t K im berley Peg se rv e d as Assistant to the Headm aster in 1968-69 and as D ire c to r o f Stu dies from 1969 until her n e w a pp o in tm en t this fall. She has taught ju n io r high scie n ce and b io lo g y and se rv e d as S cie n ce D epartm ent Chairm an 1970-72. W h ile D ire c to r o f S tu d ie s, she was instrum ental in d e ve lo p in g K im berley's in d e p e n d e n t stu d y program and the c o n c e p t cu rricu lu m idea (A LU M N A E N EW S-M ay 1972).

In 1970, along w ith Vassar C o lle g e and the C o lleg e Entrance Exam ination Board, sh e o rg a n ized an in -d ep th sym posium at K im b erley on co lleg e adm ission and in n ovation s in c o l­ leg e p reparatory curricula.

Im p licit in the educational philosophy at The Kim berley School is the developm ent o f independence and personal responsibility in the students. T w o programs w h ich illustrate this and in w hich I have been particularly involved are the college guidance and com m unity services program s. In each area strong efforts are made to encourage students to use their own resources and initiative.

In the spring of her ju n io r year, after the results of her first SA T are kno w n, each girl and a parent (or parents) m eet w ith Dr. Loveland or w ith me. The student states her preference for type, size, and location of college, her main

interests and talents, etc. W ith these preferences and w ith the school record and scores in m ind, m any college sugges­ tions are m ade. It is expected that the student herself w ill investigate these and other college p ossibilities, read cata­ logs, and evaluate course offerings. She must inform herself o f deadlines and requirem ents and plan visits to interview s at several colleges. D r. Loveland and I are alw ays available to help and advise, but not to do the thinking for a student.

A girl w ho has looked into schools, made the contacts, and put a great deal of thought into her application essays and into her final decisions is much m ore like ly to find her ultim ate cho ice the co rrect one fo r her than is a girl w ho has been passive throughout the app lication procedure.

The ab ility to take the initiative and be decisive varies, of course, from student to student, and w e try to provide an adequate am ount o f encouragem ent for those w h o be­ com e bogged dow n. T h e main responsibility is the girl's how ever, and so is the jo y of accom plishm ent upon accep­ tance.

The first Com m unity Service C o m m ittee w as organized last year. Each year a senior is chairm an and there is a facu lty advisor. Through the efforts of this com m ittee, K im ­ berley girls have now becom e involved in m any varied com m unity activities. As they serve others, these girls are on their own discovering th eir strengths, experiencing new situations, and m eeting people of m any d ifferent types, back­ grounds, and ages.

Last year the C o m m u n ity Service Com m ittee arranged to have over tw enty special education students from the M in ­ nie A . Lucy School com e here tw ice a w ee k in the spring and fall fo r a recreation program . A num ber of our girls, grades 9-12, w orked, under professional guidance tw o to three hours a w eek w ith these young people w h o require extrem e patience and understanding and found the ex­ perience a most rew arding one. A lso last year, students tutored at local elem entary schools and w ere C heery A ides at M ountainside H ospital. A senior w as a student m em ber o f the Board of the Fam ily and C h ild ren's Services of M o n tclair and G len Ridge. O th e r students on their own arranged to spend co nsiderable tim e at the C h ild ren's Institute, a school fo r schizo p h ren ic children in East O range, and the North Jersey Training School in To to w a.

This year m any o f the established program s are continuing and new ones are co ntin ually being developed. Later this year, girls w ill be taking a course to becom e trained docents fo r the com ing Japanese D oll Festival at the M o n tclair A rt M useum , w orkin g at the Red Cross, and assisting the eld erly at nursing hom es. Some are n o w w orkin g at the recycling center.

It is the students' responsibility to be prom pt fo r these jobs and to cope w ith the new challenges they face w ee kly.

Relationships developed w ith the handicapped or eld erly can be particu larly dem anding on one's patience, creativity, and resourcefulness. Students often find they have social skills they never knew they had, and grow considerably in confidence.

N ot every such activity is a how ling success fo r every girl, o f course, but they are learning experiences, nonethe­ less. Professional guidance is provided in each case, but as in K im berley's college advising program , the perform ance is up to the girl as is the satisfaction, growth and pride, and the w onderful benefits.

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O n August 19, in N ew O rlean s, five hundred o f the w o rld 's m ost recognized connoisseurs and practitioners of the art of m etallic sculpture gathered to w itness the presenta­ tion of The O utstan din g S cu lp to r A w ard.

W ith characteristic charm and m odesty, Elizabeth Ann Bradley Jones, class of '53, listened as the fo llo w in g speech w as m ade by W illia m F. Krieg, vice president of C o lle c ­ tors Relations, at the A m erican N um ism atic Association Banquet: "In past years, the A .N .A . N um ism atic A rt A w ard has been presented to six of the w o rld 's greatest m ed allists: Paul V in c ze , G ilro y Roberts, Frank G asparro, Edward R. G rove, C . Paul Jennew ein and Ralph M enco ni. This year's w in n e r is in that tradition— but w ith some very im portant d iffe r­ ences, w h ich underline A .N .A .'S determ ination to honor great creative talent, w ith o u t restrictions as to age or sex.

For the w in n e r o f the 1972 award is a young very beautiful w om an.

Born in N ew Jersey, she has studied at Vassar, The A rt Students League, The National Academ y of Design, The A cad em ia Dei Belle Arte in Rome and The Scuola D ell' A rte D e lla M edaglia. She has exhibited in Rom e, M adrid, W ashington, D .C ., San Francisco, Houston, Athens, New Y o rk C ity and her hom etown of M on tclair, N ew Jersey.

She is the only non-Italian m edallist w hose w o rk is

covered in M arie V alerian i's new book, A rte D ella M edag­ lia in Italia. And her m ed allic sculpture has earned her a private audience w ith Pope Paul, w ho w as heard to ex­ press his am azem ent that she is— in his words— "so young and so sk ille d !" Her w o rk is m arked by an alm ost ethereal d e lica cy, yet is alw ays faithful to the subject, w heth er it be Napoleon Bonaparte, D r. S ch w eitzer or one of the m any children w hose innocent beauty she has caught for all tim e. Her teacher, the em inent m edallist Renato Signo rin i, has w ritten that: "She tries to find the essential elem ents of her sub ject, detaching herself from the pro­ saic in order to create a poetic rea lity." Let me add one more quote, from A .M .A .'s own Ed Rochette, w ho— as early as 1966— recognized and praised "h e r ability to cap­ ture the elusive mood and character of her subjects w ith skill and percep tio n."

Since our w in n e r has traveled all the w ay from her home to accept this aw ard, let me conclude by saying that we hope she w ill accept it both as recognition fo r w o rk al­ ready com pleted and for w o rk yet to com e. It's a great pleasure to present the solid gold medal w hich sym bo l­ izes the 1972 N um ism atic A rt Aw ard to a young lady w hose w o rk— and w hose person— have the same quality of fresh and spontaneous b e au ty:"

Daughter of Dr. and M rs. Rhys Jones and sister-in-law of artist Jeanne Perdue Jones, w ho serves on the art staff of K im berley, Elizabeth grew up in an atm osphere influenced by the precocious w o rk o f her older brother, Bradley, w ho died before she ever knew him .

Endowed w ith a sim ilar talent, she pursued an art career trom the start and w as graduated from Vassar in 1957 w ith a m ajor in A rt H istory.

That same year, her parents gave her a trip to Europe as a graduation gift. She toured the continent w ith several Vassar friends and cam e home to M on tclair w ith one dom inent w ish— to return to Rom e. H er vision and interests in artistic expression w ere still general, how ever, and she w ent on w ith sketching and oils at the A rt Students League, as w ell as w ith further w o rk on stage design, lighting and make-up at Vassar.

It w as during her second stay in Rome in 1961 that she becam e overw h elm ing ly inspired by the Renaissance art of sculpting in metals— sp e cifically the bas-relief w o rk of the m edallion. A t La Scuola D e ll'A rte D ella M edaglia at the M int of Italy in Rom e, she w orked in earnest on portrait m edals.

H er early w o rk so im pressed the great goldsm ith Renato Signorini, that he invited Elizabeth to help him w ith his m edallion com m issioned by the Vatican to com m em orate Pope Paul V i's historic pilgrim age to the H oly Land.

Y e t even as Signorini's p rize p up il, Elizabeth w as able to develop a very lyrical, in d ivid u alistic style. She especially excels in rendering the likenesses of children and has under­ taken challenges m any others in her field have never dared accept, such as the sculpting of fo ur young children on one m edallion. This she accom plished fo r the Am erican Am bas­ sador to Italy in 1966. She is a persistent p erfectionist and som etim es spends as m uch as fo ur years on one w ork.

T o quote a recent article in C oin M agazine, "M iss Jones' w o rk is usually done in contact size. There is no reducing from model to finished piece to hide the flaw s of a less accom plished artist. Her favorite m edium is w ax. She w orks in reverse, som ew hat like refining a negative. W hen the sculpture is finish ed, the medal is then foundry cast. Made of silver, usually, the m edals are antiqued, but not polished.

A fter casting, M iss Jones chisels them . It takes years to learn this art."

Elizabeth's visits to M on tclair are b rief, though it w as here in her own room in her parents' hom e that the m ajor part of her w o rk on an A lb ert Schw eitzer m ed allio n, com m issioned by the National Com m em orative Society in Philadelphia, w as done. M any o f us rem em ber her gracious open house at 33 South Fullerton A venu e and her dazzling exhibit at the M o n tclair A rt M useum in D ecem b er 1966.

A t present, she is hard at w o rk on a likeness of G olda M eir, com m issioned by the Presidential M int in C levelan d.

Elizabeth's charm , dedication to her art as w ell as her w holesom e Am erican beauty, a K im b erley M ay Q ueen, have w on her a place in the hearts and art galleries of many nations. And if I m ay be excused fo r em ploying a tim e-worn clich é , she has placed M on tclair and Kim b erley on "th e Art W o rld 's M ap ". M olte grazie, Signorina!

Joan Lockerty Brow n '46

Top row (left to right): Ann and Katherine Tull, daughters of Suzanne Davis Tull '50; Kate, Betsy and Stancy DuHamel, daughters of Constance Ritchie DuHamel '46, and grand­ daughters of Constance Curran Skinner '20 (missing: Lucy DuHamel); Emily and Sara Troxell, daughters of Hyla Ames Troxell '46, and granddaughters of Anna Lincoln Ames '20; Cathy Irwin, daughter of Miriam Eustis Irwin '51 (missing: Lisa and Marcelle Irwin). Bottom row (left to right): Wendy and Lynn Osborne, daughters of Margaret Jenkins Osborne '50; Sally and Bonnie McBratney, daughters of Audrey Carroll McBratney '50.

Sally Thompson, daughter of Elizabeth Higgins Thompson '35; Gerry Brundage, daughter of Nancy Williams Brundage '41, and granddaughter of Geraldine McBrier Williams '16; Nicolette Anastasiou, daughter of Denise Farandatos Anastasiou '62; Sharon Haymes, daughter of Ste­ phanie Bobst Haymes '62; Janet Phillips, daughter of Janet Cook Phillips '54; Marilyn Saul, daughter of Elayne Robinson Saul '49; Meg Penick, daughter of Elizabeth Van Wie Penick '36; Barbara Hunter, daughter of June Hayward Hunter '54; Mary Lathrop, daughter of Carol Thompson Lathrop '34. Missing from picture: Sara Coward, daughter of Patricia Lamborn Coward '44; Perrin Evans, daughter of Carol Snow Evans '53; and Katherine White, daughter of Carol Humphrey White '52.

KIMBERLEY ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION

President's Letter

New Alumnae Secretary

Dear Alumnae: As your new president, the past few months have been active and interesting ones. Your past president, Audrey MeBratney, and her Board did a marvelous job of re-vitalizing our Association and making it an even greater part of the school. Your present Board has high hopes for continuing along these paths.

In thinking about the Alumnae As­ sociation of a school like Kimberley, we all realize at once that it means dif­ ferent things to different people. Some of you are alumnae with children or grandchildren presently enrolled at Kim­ berley, while others live locally but do not have children at Kimberley. Some of you attended Kimberley for one or two years, others for twelve or thirteen.

And the majority of you live miles away and are consumed in many other in­ terests and commitments. However, despite our distances and differences, most of us share something in common— a diploma from The Kimberley School.

Something pretty special, when you think about it.

I have bepn very struck by how much the school administration and trustees look to us for advice and support. They are keenly interested in how we feel about the school and what it is doing.

They are also very interested in what the alumnae are doing— individual ac­ complishments, employment, family news, pictures, etc. And of course, they depend heavily upon us for financial support. Anyone educating children today knows the tremendous costs involved, and for a school like Kimberley to keep ahead, a successful annual giving pro­ gram is of utmost importance.

It is my hope that despite the distances that separate us, we can all share a bit of ourselves with Kimberley. Do write and send news of yourself and your family— it's fun to keep track of where you are and what you are doing. And then, if the pocketbook allows, add Kim­ berley to your yearly Christmas list with a check for Annual Giving.

Thanks for your interest and support and a happy Christmas to you all!

Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54

Jody Callaghan has been appointed Kimberley's Alumnae Secretary. A gradu­ ate of Green Mountain Junior College and Katharine Gibbs, she was secretary to the vice president of the Carnegie Foundation for two years prior to her marriage to the late Cornelius Callaghan, Jr. Her volunteer activities have included being Membership Chairman, Vice Presi­ dent, and President of the West Essex League of Women Voters; ■Publicity Chairman for the Montclair Academy Parents Association; Secretary and In­ structress for the Altar Guild of St. Peter's Church, Essex Fells; and a mem­ ber of the Municipal Library Study Com­ mission (Essex Fells' representative) and its Public Relations Chairman.

Jody worked briefly as secretary to the Director of Development at Mont­ clair State College before joining Kim­ berley's staff in April 1971 as Develop­ ment Assistant to Robert O. White. She will continue with those duties as well as her new ones.

Her daughter Anne is a Kimberley alumna, Class of 1969, who matriculated at Colby College (Maine) and is currently studying at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Son Neil was graduated from the Loomis School (Conn.) in June and is a freshman at Colby.

Mrs. Cornelius Callaghan, )r.

Class Agents Chairman Selected Fay Taft Fawcett '52 has accepted the position of Chairman of Class Agents for the Alumnae Association. As such, it is Fay's responsibility to see that, as far as possible, there is an Agent for every graduate class.

Class Agents add the personal touch to the school's Annual Giving program.

Each year, all alumnae, parents and friends of the school are sent a letter of appeal from the headmaster. This letter is followed by a direct appeal to each alumna from her Class Agent, emphasiz­ ing again, the need for her support.

If your class is without an Agent, would you like to volunteer? Please write to Fay, at the school— she would love to hear from you.

P.S. In case you are confused about Annual Giving. This is the only appeal that you will receive from Kimberley.

There are no Alumnae Association dues, no class dues, etc. Some of you who contributed to the Development Fund for the new building may be fulfilling pledges, but otherwise, this is your only opportunity to support Kimberley.

Alina and Dawn, Kimberley Alumnae, Return as Faculty Miss Alina Seborowski, Kimberley Class of 1966, was graduated from Connecticut College in 1970 where she majored in French. She has just completed the neces­ sary 30 credits towards her Master's de­ gree in French Literature at Rutgers, the State University. During the last semester of her college senior year, she studied at Reid Hall in Paris under a Wesleyan Uni­ versity program.

Alina entered Kimberley as a 5th grader (her sister, Nina, is a current 5th grader) and is in her second year as member of the French Department. This year she is teaching French II, French IV, and 7th grade French as well as being Senior

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helpers; and the rest have run the em­ ployment gamut from life guarding, modeling, factory work, library page and theatre workshop to tutoring.

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES? The largest number mentioned working in child care centers, hospitals and tutoring. Others have volunteered in theatre workshops.

Red Cross, Girl Scouts, church work, mental health work, and political cam­ paigning.

Alina Seborowski '66 and Dawn Ceanette '68.

Class advisor, advisor to the cheerleaders, and Chairman of the Clubs Committee.

During the spring of 1972, Alina organ­ ized a most successful French V trip to France for Kimberley seniors.

Alina is engaged to Mr. Johan M. Ander­ sen, III, a graduate of St. Mark's School (Mass.) and Columbia College, who is presently Chairman of the Language De­ partment at the King School (Conn.). The wedding is planned for June.

Miss Dawn Ceanette, Kimberley Class of 1968, was graduated from Elmira in 1972. She majored in elementary edu­ cation and speech and hearing therapy.

Part of the program involved working with handicapped children and adults.

One college summer she was a therapist at a camp for speech-handicapped children.

Dawn entered Kimberley as a 6th grader. She played J.V. hockey, basket­ ball»): and lacrosse during her Upper School years, and was A.A. President and winner of the White Blazer as a senior.

As a member of the Physical Education Department, Dawn teaches the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. During the fall, she is the J.V. and Varsity hockey coach; during the winter, assistant coach for J.V. Varsity basketball; and in the spring, will be J.V. and Varsity coach for la­ crosse. Dawn is co-sponsor of the 9th grade, advisor to the Social Committee, and hopes to make some extra-curricular skiing trips with students during the winter months.

Since Dawn's family moved to Virginia two years ago, she is enjoying becoming re-acquainted with the Montclair com­ munity.

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1966-71 Survey In January 1972 Dr. Loveland wrote to the 186 members of the Classes of 1966 through 1971 requesting that they answer a questionnaire to be used as part of the joint Kimberley/Academy study.

We thought the results would be of interest to all alumnae.

We received 95 replies or 51%. All 95 had continued their education after receiving their diplomas here. 11 are married, 4 of those have one child apiece, and 2 reported that they were engaged.

Of the three classes still in their "undergraduate years"—1971, 1970, 1969 —we received the following information.

(47 replies.)

DO YOU INTEND TO BE ENROLLED IN STUDIES DURINIC 1972-731 Yes; 43 No: 2 Unsure: 2 MAJOR SUBJECT OR FIELD? French (5); English (4); Biology, Government and Undecided on Major (3 each); Art, American Studies, History, Philosophy, and Psychology (2 each); and the following had 1—Theatre, Asian Studies, Elementary Education, Education, French Literature, Geography, Medical Technology, Music, Music History, Nurs­ ing, Political Science, Romance Lan­ guages, Sociology, Speech and Hearing, Zoology.

PAST EMPLOYMENT? 27 members of these classes replying have held various summer jobs. The largest number (11) have worked as sales­ clerks; 9 have held office jobs; 4 have been waitresses; 2 have been mother's

OTHER INTERESTS? Sports of one kind or another (skiing to swimming) were mentioned most with performing arts, art and music as the second largest interests. Writing, reading, and traveling were next with playing musical insTruments and cooking mentioned by some.

We heard from 48 members of the Classes of 1968, 1967, and 1966. 9 of them have received their A.A. degree, 4 went to secretarial school after some college, 1 went to medical technology school, 31 have received their B.A. or B.S. degrees, 1 a B.F.A., and 3 have their Master's.

14 of the 48 intend to go on to more HIGHER EDUCATION this year. 2 into education, 2 into psychology, and 2 to law school. The others will do graduate work in art, art history, chemistry, drama, French, library science, special education, and zoology.

For those who have completed (for the moment) their educational pursuits, the EMPLOYMENT is varied! There are 5 teachers, 3 secretaries, a medical tech­ nologist, and accountant, a customer ser­ vice representative, a writer, a marketing assistant, an administrative assistant, a medical secretary, a receptionist, a re­ searcher, a librarian, a sculptor, a police dispatcher, a personnel assistant, a nurse's aide, and a merchandiser.

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES? 8 do tutor­ ing, 5 do hospital work, 5 do volunteer work through the Junior League, 2 act as college alumnae representatives, and the others are involved in church work, speech therapy, Veterans Administration psychiatric day center, ecology action, Headstart, women's lib, and working for repeal of abortion laws.

OTHER INTERESTS? Performing arts was the major interest reported followed by arts and photog­ raphy. Sports, literature, traveling, and writing followed in order.

Thanks to everyone who responded!

A.P.C. — A Great Success The October meeting of the Alumnae Presidents' Council of Independent Schools was held this year at The Baldwin School. June Hayward Hunter, Alumnae Association Secretary/Treasurer, and Jody Callaghan, Kimberley's Alumnae Secre­ tary, represented our school as delegates.

The Council was organized in the spring of 1949 to help foster a closer relationship between member alumnae associations. As of this date, the num­ ber of schools on the council has reached 74 — an increase of 3 since last October.

It deals with such issues as: annual giv­ ing, publications, trends in secondary education, and general alumnae partici­ pation in the schools and how to run an alumnae association effectively.

The theme of the two-day conference this fall was "Humanizing Schools."

Dr. Douglas Heath, Professor of Psychol­ ogy, Haverford College, presented the keynote speech. The evening meeting which followed consisted of a panel dis­ cussion led by two Heads of Schools, three Directors of Studies, and four stu­ dents. Mr. David Mallory, Director of Studies of the National Association of Independent Schools (of which A.P.C. is an associate member) was the moderator.

Programs and experiences were presented to show what one could do to help the "school family" work together. The con­ sensus was that no one group — faculty, students, alumnae, etc. — should try to stand alone. All should share a part in creating the atmosphere of a school.

The next morning, the opening address and workshop session was led by Miss Adele Ervin, Staff Associate of N.A.I.S. Small group workshops were formed to discuss, "The Volunteer and the Profes­ sional in School Alumnae Affairs."

It was a helpful and informative con­ ference because your delegates brought back new ideas and directions for the Alumnae Association's role in the Kim­ berley "fam ily." It was also most hearten­ ing to discover that Kimberley is very much in step with educational objec­ tives for the independent school.

Recommended Reading: Humanizing schools: New

Classes of 1909 and 1936 Win Award The Elizabeth Van W ie Penick Award, which honors the classes with the highest percentage of participation in annual giving, has been given for 1971-72 to the Classes of 1909 and 1936. The numerals of these classes will be engraved on a commemorative plaque which is on per­ manent display in the school.

Mrs. J. Graham Carswell (Emma Dick­ son) brought the Class of 1909 into first place and 100% participation with her gift, and the Class of 1936 has second place with 50% of the members donat­ ing. Mrs. H. DeHaven Manley (Jean Winpenny) is their Class Agent.

Thank you to everyone who donated from all classes. The Fund received $24,974. O f this total, $10,398 was given by 213 alumnae and alumnae parents.

We hope the response to your Class Agents' letter will bring even bigger and better response for 1972-73!

That Championship Team On a beautiful crisp October after­ noon, in the shadows of the new build­ ing, the Alumnae found their sport! A championship volleyball team was fielded by the Kimberley grads to play the best two out of three games with Upper School students. Fay Taft Fawcett '52 opened the first game with five consecu­ tive points! The students gamely fought back, but were no match for the firedup Alumnae team led by the outstand­ ing spiker, Sue Davis Tull '50, and that powerful serving ace, Elayne Robinson

Saul '49. Spectacular diving saves made

by June Hayward Hunter '54 contributed to the two Alumnae victories, 15-9 and 15-13, making the third game unneces­ sary.

Between serves, Alumnae starters and substitutes drank cokes while husbands and children stood by cheering and enjoying the refreshments, too. Olympic Committee scouts have hinted that chances are good that this volleyball team will be Montreal-bound in '76!

Kimberley Enrollment 1972-73 Kimberley's enrollment is greater this year than ever before. Enrollment in K-6 is 149 girls, and the upper school, grades 7-12 has a total of 223 students, giving a total enrollment of 372 girls. There are 26 girls in the Senior Class, while the largest class in the school is the 8th grade with 44 students. Ratio of faculty to students is one teacher for every 11.4 girls.

55% of the Kimberley students come from Montclair and Upper Montclair, while the remaining 45% come from surrounding communities. All are day students.

Alumnae Coffee Hour The Alumnae Association again served coffee to alumnae and parents following opening chapel on September 8th. The Senior Class was also invited to attend.

This coffee hour has become almost traditional, and is very well attended.

Do join us next year, you local alums!

directions,

new decisions.

D. H. Heath, published by Hayden Book Co., Inc., New York The Finest Education Money Can Buy R. I. Gaines, published by Simon and Shuster, New York. ■

Top row: C. Y. Mann Treene '54, Connie Ritchie Du Hamel '46, Miriam Eustis Irwin '51, Elayne Robinson Saul '49, Fluffy Ferguson Morse '54; Bottom: Sue Davis Tull '50, Aubin Zabriskie Ames '54, Fay Taft Fawcett '52, June Hayward Hunter '54, Gail Smith Buermann '55, Dawn Geanette '68, and Joan Wallace Bryant '57.

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'24 Mrs. Philip B. Taylor '24 (Helen Patrick) 80 Norwood Avenue Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043 Class Agent: Mrs. William Dill, Jr. (Dorothy Monro)

'09-13 A Secretary is needed

'14-15 Mrs. George O. Bailey '15 (Dorothy Cerf) Old Point Road Quogue, New York 11959 Class Agent: Mrs. John A. Dodd '15 (Adele Heydt)

'16-17 Mrs. Charles Williams '16 (Jerry McBrier) 10 Crestview Court Montclair, New Jersey 07042 Mrs. Samuel Meek '17 (Priscilla Mitchell) Doubling Road Greenwich, Connecticut 06852 Class Agent: Mrs. Albert Streichenberg '16 (Dorothy Allen)

'18-19 A Secretary is needed Class Agent: Mrs. John A. Wilson '19 (Margaret Cooley)

'20 A Secretary is needed Class Agent: Mrs. Wyllys P. Ames (Anna Lincoln) Anna Lincoln Ames has two grand­ daughters attending Kimberley this year — Sara Troxell, who is a junior, and Emily Troxell in the seventh grade. Both are daughters of Heidi Ames Troxell '46.

AfterSlending out all those cards, I have not received one response for the Alumnae’ Bulletin! I happen to know a little news; Dorothy Monro Dill and Bill spent another delightful vacation in Europe this late summer visiting England and Denmark.

Polly Richardson Evans and Kidder also went to Europe and had a good trip to Sweden and the Scandanavian countries.

Helen Patrick Taylor's granddaughter, Pam, graduated from Kimberley in June and is now at Lake Forest College in III. Edith Keys Stoney writes— "What have I been doing lately? Still collecting rejection slips interspersed with acceptances. S tfj writing sporadicaS lySeven trips to the National Parks and Game Reserves of Africa have involved me in the triumphs and frustrations of wild life photography, the study of Africa's wild creatures, presenting slide and movie talks, plus a couple of exhibits‘'ipame subject!) in '70-71.

I still can't spell, do arithmetic, play bridge or golf. (Wouldn't have time for the latter two, anyhow.). I get in several visits per year with Marion Jayne Berguido in the Philadelphia area, and of course, visit daughter, Diane Stoney Moore, Rob­ ert, and their children—also in Phila. area. Julie Stoney Johnson and family live in West Caldwell, so seeing them doesn't represent a "visit!"

William I . Dill, Jr.ighusband of Dorothy Monro Dill was honored this fall when he received the Citizenship Award from the Service Clubs Council of Montclair.

Bill has been active in Montclair for many years and served as Montclair's Mayor from 1952-60. On hand for this occasion were daughter Bonnie Dill Barnes '50 and daughter-in-law Pat Taylor Dill '54.

'21 A Secretary is needed A Class Agent is needed

'22 A Secretary is needed Class Agent: Mrs. T. M. Ritchie (Dorothy Sexton)

'23 A Secretary is needed Class Agent: Mrs. John O. Cole (Karolyn Green)

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'25 Mrs. H. Kimball Halligan (Helen Raymond) 489 Highland Avenue Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043 A Class Agent is needed

'26 A Secretary is needed Class Agent: Mrs. Homer Joy (Mary Bowne) y.

'27 Mrs) Allen B. Adams, Jr. (Katherine Taylor) ^nSvEast End Avenue New York, N.Y. 10028 AJSIass Agent is needed

'28 Mrs, Gordon Bowen (Barbara Newell) 346 Ridgewood Avenue Glen Ridge, N.J. 07028 Class Agent: Mrs. F. A. Nelson, Jr. (Elizabeth Love)

'29 Miss Susan Sterling 133 North Mountain Ave. Montclair, New Jersey 07042 Class Agent: Mrs. C. H. Eastwood (Eleanor Fox) Mary Virginia Adair writes that in the past year she has had thirty poems publishedHn periodicals and has won two awards. Congratulations:^ Mary Virginia1 She too, is enjoying her two grandchil­ dren. Katherine has one boy, and Robert a girl. She says the college she started teaching in fifteen years ago with 800 students now has 11,000.

Do Minsch Bond writes from Truro, Mass, that "sht: and her husband have bought property to build on near a quiet cove in O rleans,. Mass. They have their home on the market and wi1li)f miss Truro though felt they were a bit too isolated.

This summer Pete's family of seven and Nancy's son Steve, a Junior at Tufts visi­ ted them. Nancy's daughter Libby Sayre is a sophomore at Middlebury. Pete's three girls go to Roland Park in Baltimore and the two boys go to St. Paul's.

Harriet Laffey Files says hello to all.

Her daughter Carolyn is in her third year of college and studying elementary edu­ cation.

Jean DeWitt Fitz also sends greetings to all from Augusta, Georgia. Her mys­ tery novel, The Devon Maze, first pub­ lished in hard-cover, is going into second printing in June. The first 150,000 paper­ backs are sold out! Jean continues to write and to teach a group of young writers weekly.

Doris Blondel Krebs was off visiting her eldest daughter, Dorie, and family in Hamilton, Mass. Her next stop was Sene­ ca Falls, New York where her youngest daughter Kathy lives. She and Ron expect their first childBn December. He is a professor at the new Eisenhower College.

Joan Krebs Neuhoff and four children visited with Doris this summer. Joan has three boys and one girl.

Connie Parkhurst Chauncey and her husband stopped by in Montclair on their

way from Maine to Florida. Several of us had lunch with her and she looks just great! They are very happy in Vero Beach.

You will be sorry to hear that Connie lost her brother this summer.

Kay Meeks is just fine and enjoying her leisurely life in California. She plays a great deal of golf and takes many trips; most recently one to Lake Tahoe.

Mary Stewart Johnston is fine and also a golfer. She plans a trip to London in November to visit her neice and nephew.

This winter she and her husband expect to be in Spain for two months.

Ruth Kilgore and her husband have moved to Heritage Village in Southbuty, Conn.

Jeanne Goodlatte had a wonderful trip to Honolulu, Hong Kong and Japan.

Her son, Pete, was on leave from service in the South Pacific so they were able to sightsee together. Jeanne's middle son Bill, is head of personnel for Sears in the metropolitan area. Dick, her oldest son, and family live in Florida where he works with Hoover Aircraft.

Mary Ann Fobes and her husband have been visiting their son Myron, and five grandchildren in Seattle. Mary Anne's sister reports that Mary Ann and her husband are happy in their new home in Borrego Springs, California.

As for me, I keep busy with various projects. Had a nice trip to Bermuda this Spring and a few short trips this summer. I leave tomorrow to visit Jeanne Goodlatte for a long weekend. Hope to hear more from you next Spring!

'30 Mrs. Val J. Brennan (Grace McCollum) 130 North Mountain Avenue Montclair, N.J. 07042 A Class Agent is needed

'31 A Secretary is needed Class Agent: Mrs. Charles W. Brooks (Honour Souther)

'32 Miss Katherine Blondel 169 Midland Avenue Montclair, N.J. 07042 Class Agent: Miss Katherine Blondel

'33 A Class Secretary is needed Class Agent: Mrs. Thomas J. Miller (Edith Bull)

'34 Mrs. David Haviland (Barbara Spadone) 185 Gates Avenue Montclair, N.J. 07042 Class Agent: Mrs. John C. Lathrop (Carol Thompson)

'35 Mrs. Stewart Carpenter (Josephine Fobes) 4 LaSalle Road Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043 Class Agent: Mrs. S. P. Herbert (Virginia Voorhees)

'36 Mrs. W. K. Schmid ; (Josephine Murray) Mason's Island Mystic, Conn. 06355 Class Agent: Mrs. H. DeHaven Manley (Jean Winpenny)

'37 Mrs. Newell Sjolander (Kathryn Holton) 11 Werimus Brook Road Saddle River, N.J. 07458 Class Agent: Mrs. W. E. Littlefield (Sally Bausher) Betsy Townsend McFadden's daughter, Pamela, is engaged to Paul LaVerne Hoovler of Fredonia, Pa. Pamela, a physio­ therapist, is stationed at the Naval Hos­ pital in Newport, R. I. They plan to be married in November of this year.

Janet Gaylord Newsome and her hus­ band, Brig. Gen. George H. Newsome, have moved from their apartment to a house at 214 Alwington Place, Kingston, Ontario. They recently visited their daughter Julie who lives in Paris.

Ruth Russell Gray has been very active in the New Jersey Coalition for Repeal of Abortion Laws.

It was good to hear news of Joan Macy Wisely, by way of Mrs. Douglas Studdiford, her former neighbor. Joan and her husband have moved from Moorestown to Sparta, N.J. They are en­ joying w ild S fe in the country on their 3-acre lot.

Kathryn Holton Sjolander is selling some of her handcrafts at Crafter's Corner on S. Fullerton Ave. igfMontclair. If you like crazy owls, take a look. When not creating crafts from natural materials, she may be found playing the piano in a trio that meets regularly at her house.

Last June she was a volunteer nature counselor for the sixth grade of the Wandell School in Saddle River during

their Outdoor Education week. This was the fourth year she has been a part of this worthwhile program hpld at Stokes State Forest.

Peggy Klotz Young visited Janet Mitchell Blumberg, '35, and her sister, Holly Mitchell Kimball, '3 8 B n Walling­ ford, Vermont.

We offer our sincere sympathy to the family of Marie Christopher Grainger who died this past summer.

'38 Miss Jane Carpenter 11 Norman Road Upper Montclair^ N.J. 07043 A Class Agent is needed.

'39 Mrs. J. P. Curtin (Ann Dixon) 101 Clinton Avenue Montclair, N.||07042 Class Agent: Mrs. J. Y. G. Walker (Meryl Riter)

'40 Mrs. David R. Hall (Nancy Kluge) 21 Twin Oak Road Short Hills, N.J. 07078 Class Agent: Mrs. W. P. Kennard (Carolyn Bedell) Tempus Fugit! I haven't been doing very well on the notes lately, but as the deadline approached for this issue I made a few phone calls and enjoyed talking to classmates nearby.

Carolyn Bedell Kennard and her hus­ band Bill have just returned from Spain where they met their son Doug who is stationed in Africa with the Peace Corps.

Their daughter Barbara is at Wheelock College.

Betty Burnham Hinckley continues to be active in real estate in the Greenwich area. She and Hugh had a lovely holiday in Costa Rica as the guest of the acting Ambassador. Debby Hinckley is working as a paralegal with a New York law firm.

Carter is in his junior year at Lake Forest.

Frannie Johnson Ames and family spend a lot of time at their home in Mallet's Bay, Vermont.

Lillian Robertson is busy restoring old paintings. Also, her book, "Picnic Woods," is still in print after twenty-two years.

'41 Mrs. William P. Breen (Helen Hanau) 24 Greenview Way Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043 Class Agent: Mrs. Charles B. Sanders, II (Kit Eavensen)

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Proud grandmother of two new grand­ daughters is Kit Eavenson Sanders as both her daughters, Debbie Sanders Lewis '67 and Lynn Sanders Pizirusso '64 gave birth to baby girls!

Helen Hanau Breen and Kit are on the Parent's Board at Montclair Academy.

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Mrs. Polly Rowe 405 East 54th St. New York, N.Y. 10022 Class Agent: Mrs. Kenneth T. Gordon A-iHelen Jones) Eleanor Watt Shull, who has been Class Secretary, recently talked to Polly Rowe in New York City. Polly volunteered to take over the Secretary's job — so gals keep her informed of your doings. Polly has left her job as travel manager for Holiday, and spent the summer traveling through Europe.

Sally Sanders Appenzellar and Don have sold their house in Roseland and have bought a condominium in Naples, Florida. They plan to move in November.

(Thanks, Eleanor, for all your Bulletin contributions!)

Roger is back at Mary Washington Col­ lege as Chairman of the Drama Dept.

Their new address is Taylor St., N. Ferry Farms, Fredericksburg, Va. 22401.

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Mrs. W. L. Brown, Jr. (Joan Lockerty) 19 Harding Road West Caldwell, N.J. 07006

Class Agent: Mrs. N. Young DuHamel, Jr. (Connie Ritchie) The silent season of '46!

Happily, word has come from Liz Smith Shores, long-time resident of Scarsdale. Husband Larry broke his leg not too long ago and spent six impatient weeks away from Scarsdale High where he is Chairman of the Language Dept. Liz con­ tinues to be extremely active in The Greenville Community Theatre which she and fifteen other theatre-lovers founded about 12 years ago. At the moment, the group, which now numbers 120, is hard at work on The Odd Couple. They re­ cently did Noel Coward's, Hayfever. Do you all remember Liz in the K-A produc­

One of Nancy Thomp­ son's wonderful an­ nual birthday parties for the whole class (1942). Remember the rides she gave each one of us in her mini­ ature automobile?

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Mrs. E. B. Ruffing, Jr. (Joan Sweeney) 125 Westview Road Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043 Class Agent: Mrs. Joseph B. Dillenbeck (Gloria Evans)

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Mrs. Victor Kohman (Helen Shireff) 32 Summit Road Verona, N.J. 07044 A Class Agent is needed

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A Secretary is needed Class Agent: Mrs. Edwin Shuttleworth, III (Pat Driver) Rudd Trimble Kenvin and Roger have returned to Fredericksburg, Va., where

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mother's helper, Lucy stayed on as a day camp counselor, and Katy did the same as a play camp operator. Stancy is the proud owner of a— motorcycle!

She will graduate in June, and baby sister Emily will then enter Kimberley keeping up the number at four DuHamels!

Andy Schneidewind Walker and family now own and enjoy a condominium in Stratton, Vt. Heidi Ames Troxell's son, John, is gob­ bling up freshman delights at Yale. Heidi is membership chairman on the Parent's Board at Montclair Academy. She and children toured Europe last summer.

Nancy Lockerty Hoffman and Eleanor Helm Ketchum returned to the Vineyard last summer. Nancy's son, John, is now at Harvard after a summer of working for a Boston T.V. station.

Yours truly has her cat, named Puddy.

She joins Kitty, (a cat) Toasty, Bonnie, (dogs) and Ghosty, (a bird) making 19 Harding Road, a veritable zoo. However, if anyone has a horse they'd like to give to my daughter, Susan, we could find room for it, I guess.

My son, Bill, enjoyed Kashmir, Bom­ bay, the Taj Mahal, et al, during his two and a half month visit to India.

Do let me hear from ALL of you. You MUST have lots to say about all sorts of pertinent subjects— children, colleges, busing, coordination, travel, co-ed dorms.

Have we any grandmothers yet? R.S.V.P., tout de suite! ! !

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tion of that one!? Liz doesn't rest on the Sabbath, either— Sundays find her hard at work as Superintendent of the Primary Sunday School at her church. The Shores summer at Groton and Long Point where brother Dudley, now living in Brussels, has a house. Wendy, 16, is an English scholar, Richy, 14, a sportsman, and Deb­ bie, 11,B s an all-round 6th grader. Liz says that Marilyn Scanlon Road, whose husband teaches French at Scarsdale High, is active in politics in Mamaronek.

She has a married step-daughter, a son, Kevin, who is 16, Elizabeth, 14, and a delightful pair of twins named Laura and Peter who are 12.

Connie Ritchie DuHamel reports that Young's relatively new company, Bendlin, DuHamel, permits him to stay closer to home than he used to. The whole family enjoyed a month in Little Comp­ ton and then Stancy stayed on as a

Mrs. David P. Adams (Cynthia Youngman) 3 Welsh Road Essex Fells, N.J. 07021 Class Agent: Mrs. Richard R. Dailey (Comer Fisk) Petey Hofmann Reade's daughter, Katharine entered Emma Willard this fall.

Son Ned is in his second year at Williams and John is still at Deerfield.

'48 Mrs. A. Stanley Miller, Jr. (Frances Lane) Camino Gardens 729 S.W. Bayberry Terrace Boca Raton, Florida 33432 Class Agent: Mrs. Virginia Aspdin (Virginia Hall) Kim McKell writes a newsy letter from California: "In September, I gave a paper at the Squaw Valley Convention of the American Humanist Psychology Associa­ tion, (AHP) on Jungian and Tantric (Indian) Psychology. I am the president of the San Francisco chapter of AHP, and we followed the convention here

Kim McKell, a friend, and Alan Watts, author of The Spirit of Zen and Nature, Man and Woman with a program by Dr. Walter Houston Clark of Andover Newton Theological Seminary on Psychedelics and the Re­ ligious Experience. I am also a member of the Association of Psychologists for the Legalization of Psychedelic Psycotherapy. Am currently teaching at U. of C. and the Calif. Institute of Asian Studies. Will be doing a week-end with Alan Watts on his houseboat in Saucilito on the Goddess, the Feminine Divine!

W ill also be spending a week-end in Washington, D.C. ’ in December on Shamanism.

Have been in touch with Jan Mason as we both have East Coast and California college backgrounds and friends— a curious parallellism out of Kimberley.

More news from Janet Mason— "Last July, photographer Burk Uzzle and I visited Jill Kinmont, our friend and favorite story subject, on whom we had first done a story 8 years ago. Our most recent story on Jill's special sum­ mer reading program for Indian children from Bishop's Paiute Reservation ap­ peared in the Sept. 1 issue of LIFE. Readers' response to Jill and to her Indian friends was warm and immediate.

I guess I should mention that for 17 years this charming and talented young woman— a former skiing champion—has been confined to a wheelchair. Yes, that fact is central to Jill's history, but it is not the most important fact of her life.

The chair is clearly her means for mov­ ing about. But the simple and complex fact is that 8 years ago, Jill urged Burk and me to "get past the chair'' to find out who she was. And we've never wanted to slip back. Jill knows clearly what it is to be alive. Her enthusiasm for life is infectious. As someone said, "She's given living a good name!"

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Mrs. T. R. Cutting (Sally Smith) 24 Inwood Road Essex Fells, N.J. 07021

Class Agent: Mrs. Franklin Saul (Elayne Robinson) As the old saying goes . . . "No news is good news" . . . but in this case it sure makes for dull copy and me a secretarial fiasco! We 49'ers have slowed down in the marriage— reproducing news departments I'll wager, but has anyone quietly passed into— for— instance— a position of power before or behind a cor­ porate throne?; political prominence?; promoter of a special cause?; grandmotherhood?; ETC.? (Matter of fact, hold that latter-type news for a couple of years. I'm just not ready to accept that possibility yet!)

What I really mean to say is that I can't believe we're so "G O O D " and so "D U LL." So how's about some four liners for the Spring issue to make an honest woman out of me! Otherwise. . . 'cuz everybody's got a little Rhona Barret in them . . . !

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Mrs. W. G. Tull, Jr. (Sue Davis) 99 Summit Avenue Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043 A Class Agent is needed Pegeen Eustis was married this past June to Marshall P. Keating. Attendants at the wedding were her sister Miriam Eustis Irwin '51 and Miriam's daughter Catherine, a senior at Kimberley. Pegeen has inherited three daughters, ages 15, 14, and 10, and the family is living in New York City.

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Mrs. Eric W. Stroh (Gail Robertson) 1097 Crayton Road Crosse Point, Mich. 48230 Class Agents: Mrs. F. W. Hendricks (Gerry Lockerty) Gail Robertson Stroh's oldest son, Ed, is in his first year at Kent School and likes it. Charlie, 12, has a newspaper route and a minibike. Franny, 5, is in kindergarten and Whitney, V k , tears the house apart! To keep busy, Gail works at the local thrift shop, is on two school boards and is very interested in ecology from the point of view of recycling and preventing littering. Eric and Gail are going to Rome and Florence for nine days in November on a charter flight.

Her husband is looking forward to all the beautiful photographic possibilities as this is his avocation!

Greetings from Wisconsin— "Visitors Welcome" writes Brownie Cleaves Lewis.

"W e love it here and so do the kids.

Everything is so close, there's no driving!

Our house is on Lake Michigan with our own beach and a beautiful view at sun­

rise. Harry and I are sailing a 470— after initial fistfights on the boat, we are getting along as skipper and crew quite well. Kathy has been showing her horse quite a bit around the midwest.

Charlotte is our "activist" and last week­ end picketed the local movie theater with the legend, 'No adult movies-no adult fare'! Alice has lost her second tooth and Sam is a senior in high school.

It seems to me I was practically married when I was a senior—why does he seem so young?"

Judy Smith Gentry writes that her life never ceases to increase in excitement!

"David is 21 this month and expects to graduate from the University of Texas next June as a math major. He is con­ sidering spending a year in Europe as a missionary. Alice is 17, a National Merit semi-finalist, and was asked to apply to Agnes Scott College at the end of her Jr. year of high school. She will get her high school diploma in June '73 after one year of college. She loves Scott which is quite a change from a high school of 4,000 to a college of 475! Baxter I!!, 16, a high school junior, was injured in football, but hopes to return to the varsity his senior year. He leads a Christian folk group which sang with David Wilkinson Teen Challenge in Dallas last week. Dorabeth, 9, is in the 4th grade and Michael, 10, is in the 5th. I am in Bible Study Fellowship as a group leader. We have 500 women from 100+ different churches studying each week. Baxter is in business for him­ self in the computer field. His folks have retired to Sugar Loaf Key, Fla. where we vacation two weeks at Christmas.

Hope someone will come see us."

"We've been back in New Vernon for just a year after our year and a half in the Bahamas", writes Judy Frost Costikyan. "Janet, 17, is a senior at Westover School in Conn, and wondering, 'Where next?' Leigh, 15, is a sophomore at Kent Place School. Tod, 12, is in 7th grade at our local school. That, aside from two yellow Labradors, a bird, and a tank full of fish, completes the family.

We had great fun cruising around Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, etc. with the three kids this summer.

Ran into Franny Hedges Parsons and her family in Nantucket. Visited Polly Redfield for a couple of days last Spring in California. Also made our 21st re­ union!

Miriam Eustis Irwin tells us that they have three girls at Kimberley, one boy at Montclair Academy, and one boy at Brookside. "Had another glorious sum­ mer in Spain, but didn't do any traveling around this year and just stayed at my parents' house since another Irwin is due in November (or before)!"

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Class of 1952 20th reunion last spring: Anne Dwyer Milne, Skipper Gilbert Moran, Fay Taft Fawcett, lane Redfield Forsberg, taken on the eve before 20th reunion last spring at Fawcett's house.

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Mrs. Edward C. Fawcett (Fay Taft) 9 Gordon Place Montclair, N.J. 07042

Class Agent: Mrs. David L. Kerr (Gail Tomec) Carol Humphrey White, husband George, and daughter Kathy spent three hectic weeks this summer flying to California, Oregon, Washington and Kentucky.

I had a wonderful telephone conver­ sation with Mrs. Pendleton and found out Babs Pendleton Donnell and Jim moved to Pennsylvania last winter. They are at 141 Dillon Street, Beaver Falls, Pa. 15010. Daughter Bridget is now 15 years old, Janie 12, and Calvin 10. Babs has been after her teaching degree for the past two or three years and is now com­ muting one hour, twice a week for math and art classes. Now I know why you haven't written me for two years, Babs.

Your secretary and family spent half the summer in Bay Head and then Ned and I stole away for a real vacation in Bermuda this fall.

Our class extends its sympathy to Gail Tomec Kerr on the loss of her Father last August.

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Mrs. Thomas Burgin (Lolly Penick) 328 Fairway Road Ridgewood, N.J. Class Agent: Mrs. Robert L. Evans (Carol Snow)

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A Secretary is needed Class Agent: Mrs. William L. Dill III

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Mrs. Peter III (Priscilla Cole) 34 Redman Terrace West Caldwell, N.J. 07006 Class Agent: Mrs. W. H. Mel I (Dede Donlin) Hello you beautiful PEOPLE! I really had given up on so many of you and now my faith is restored! We have so much interesting news for this issue so settle back with that second cup of cof­ fee and here goes.

Carol Hanshka Traenkle writes to say she is delightfully happy in her "anti­ woman's lib role as housewife and mother." Both her children are in school and she keeps busy with the usual music and riding lessons, youth hockey pro­ grams and Campfire Girl activities. She is active in the schools, her own creative projects, tennis, ski instructing and adds she's well and Happy! Her vacations have included a week of skiing in the winter and a month® stay during the summer on Martha's Vineyard.

Di Whittaker has moved to Maine since our last writing. Her new address is 9 Sherman St., Boothbay Harbour, Maine 04538 and she loves her new home.

Carol Cloke Orr was in Michigan for an Orr family reunion and also took a trip to Mexico. She has many animals added to her family (including horses, naturally) and has joined two riding clubs and is climbing mountains. She some­ how finds time to give riding lessons too. Carol is playing bridge, working for the PTA, and is a Team Mother for her son's Little League team while Pete is their coach. Carol's 12 year old daughter has outgrown Carol and passed her in clothes sizes last year.

Carrie Cox Eckert moved to Virginia recently. New address is Route 2, Kettle Run Forest, Catlett, Va. 22019. No vacationBfor the Eckerts this year because of the move to Catlett which Carrie

says boasts a population of 300 but lots more horses and cows.

The news from Diny Brown Baldwin isn't all good. We are sorry to hear that Mr. Brown died in May after a long i l l ness. I'm sure the whole class joins me in sending our sympathy to Diny and her Mother. There is a small zoo on the Baldwin's 83 acre farm ranging from fourteen horses to a box turtle. Both Diny's children love to ride and fox hunt with their parents and both children are skiers. Diny has been bitten by the ten­ nis bug and plays in a circuit in the area. She and Jiggs went to Hawaii in August, a well deserved honeymoon after 12 years.

Lynn Homeyer Ramshaw and Jack were in Essex Fells in August for her sis­ ter's wedding, and would you believe, she didn't call anyone? Weddings can be hec­ tic! Lynn highly recommends that we all go to the new Disneyworld in Florida.

Her family was there for three days in August and loved every minute of it.

Susie Forstmann Kealy spent the entire summer with family in Bridgehampton, Long Island. She has a busy fall being involved with the Woman's Board of the Chicago Rehabilitation Institute and also doing volunteer work at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Her most exciting news is the soon to be addition of a new baby to the Kealy household. Susie writes that Cecily Wil­ son Lyle is still ¿n France enjoying the local life and making wines.

Marilyn Walker Elliott's husband has been transferred to Belgium and they will be moving there for several years.

Effective December her address will be— 38 Baslaan, Onerijse 1900, Brussels, Belgium. Marilyn is wondering if Madame's french has stuck with her.

She was on her way to Amsterdam and London when I heard from her (visiting) and is due in Nutley to get her furniture and children to bring back, to Brussels with her.

Barbie Ives Riegel says she features herself as "Mrs. Joe Average Housewife" but wait until you hear what she con­ siders average. She plays plenty of ten­ nis, paddle tennis, is a "needle-point nut," sings once a week with the W il­ mington Concert Choir, is thoroughly involved in the Delaware Antiques Show and the Republican Party. Average?

Jerry is a car racing enthusiast but is too tall to fit in the cars so doesn't race himself (which doesn't bother Barb) but they both are active in the pits on race days. With four children, ranging from 15 to 21/2 the car she is most interested in is the family station wagon which is like all others, a built-in taxi service. The Riegels summer at Fisher's Island. There the family islin v o lv e d with tennis,

swimming and sailing. Barb is racing in her 15' Bullseye and having fun trying to outsmart the tides.

Peter and I had a marvelous week to ourselves at Lake Tahoe last spring, where we really did the tourist bit with side trip to Virginia City. We played tennis, gambled— which was exciting for me because I kept winning. won't mention how Peter did. We (family) spent the latter part of June and all of July in Sakonnet, Rhode Island where we divided our time between the Yacht Club, Golf Club, the beach and our 25 foot sloop the ILL-AT-EASE. We brought the boat to Long Island for the remainder of the summer and spent the weekends on board. Tennis hit this family hard this year and all but the youngest are playing. I am involved in a Drug Awareness program, going to Adult Education Courses, tennis, three children, adding on to our house, re­ decorating parts of it and of course, "the needle-point," which has us all busy. Peter and I and lots of my family are taking a cruise in the Carribean in February but until then I keep watching for the first snow flurries to open the skiing season. . . Thanks for all your news, keep sending it—any time.

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Mrs. Lawther O. Smith '56 (Linda Lovell) 202 Morris Avenue Mountain Lakes, N.J. 07046 Class Agent: Miss Judy Lindeman The pickings are pretty slim (at least in quantity, although not in quality) for this issue of the Alumnae News.

Let's begin at the beginning with a birth. To Janko and Carol Van Brunt Rasic was born a boy, Timothy Harrison, on Dec. 20, 1971. Carol has since re­ turned to work at Morgan Guarantee.

They also had exciting news about Janko's award as the architect for the Hackley School Elementary Quandrangle at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, N.Y. The award was presented this spring by the Builders Institute of Westchester and Putnam Counties, Inc. for "excellence in concept, design and execution."

We also have some classmates on the move. After ten happy years in Guil­ ford, Conn. Aldy and Carolyn Van Vleck Edwards moved about a year ago to a downtown row house in York, Penna., (321 E. Market St., York, Penna., 17403) because Aldy accepted a job with National Central Bank of Penna. Accord­ ing to Carolyn, "job, school, and house are great!"

Moving into New England are a very pleased Bart and Henny Nelson Skeen who have just moved to the Boston area (14 Meadow View Rd., Wayland, Mass.,

01778). Bart received a promotion which took him to Cambridge, and they're looking forward to their "short commute to the Vineyard."

We, however, have not moved, and so you'll know exactly where to send your news. How about a Christmas card, or even a post card would really be ap­ preciated.

Gail Zabriskie Wilson and family have recently moved from Albany to Green­ wich, Connecticut. Peter, who is with IBM, is now working in New York City.

They have seen many friends from the Connecticut area, including Betsy Hasbrouck Cole and her family. Gail's children are all in school this year— Bonnie, 11 years old; Anne, 9; Peter, 6; and Sarah, 5.

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Mrs. Richard Van Heuven (Connie Hay) Westmeadows Slingerlands, N.Y. 12159 Class Agent: Mrs. A. Hager Bryant, III (Joan Wallace) Summer is over, and we've already had snow in Vermont. I haven't received any news from my class, so I can only rely on the grapevine. The Van Heuvens are fine and enjoying their new house.

We had a marvelous stay in Nantucket and just recently returned from Key Biscayne. Our latest adventure is riding our new horse.

Jean Bonnell Goodrich raised eight New­ foundland puppies this summer and inbetween feedings took riding lessons.

She has just started to hunt! Congratula­ tions! Jean and Tim also enjoyed the island of Nantucket this summer (as did Joan Wallace Bryant and Hager).

I've heard that Drika Agnew is living in New York City and working as the manager of Antartex. Don't we all need one of those marvelous sheepskin coats?

Lynne Kenny Scott was in Montclair this summer for a brief visit. She is very active, as usual— but this time she is writing an elementary textbook!

(Please answer my last letter every­ one— then we'll have news for the next issue.)

'58 Mrs. Reginald Leeby (Anne McCormick) 135 Fairfield Street Fayetteville, N.Y. 13006 Class Agent: Mrs. Ralph H. Perry (Helen Bryant)

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Mrs. Robert P. Sumas (Deana Rogers) 44 Maple Drive North Caldwell, N. J. 07006

Class Agent: Mrs. Sumas Class of '59 News: Thisijyear there is a dearth of news but I will do my best to fill you in on what I have. In Jan., Bob and I attended a supermarket convention aipthe new Acapulco Princess hotel in Mexico. The hotel fias to be seen to be believed how great it is! We felt pampered our entire stay. In May, at another convention, I got a chance to see Betsy Evans Man­ chester who is now living in Houston.

We managed to get together and chat in spite of all the turmoil of being at the same hotel as the Vice President.

In between the Secret servicertien,.„!the local Texas authorities, as well as the Houston authorities, I never felt so safe in my life. Outside the hotel was parked an ambulance, a firetruck— a big ontHsl, and assorted law enforcement vehicles not to mention a helicopter constantly flying overhead. Did I ever have an experience trying to get a cup of coffee at three a.m. one morning when I couldn't sleep. It seems that hotel coffee shops in Houston do not stay open all night and I found out the hard way!

I was about to give up my search in disgust and was just plain being tired of assuring the secret service that I meant no harm to the V. P. and all I real™ wanted was one lousy cup of coffee. They were very very gallant and led me to their pot of coffee in a loca­ tion to this day I have no idea where it was. Thanks fe lla |§ lt was a great cup of coffee!

If anyone has any idea of the where­ abouts of Carolyn Buell would they please contact me. I need news please, girls, even if it's on a post card.

'60

Miss Carroll Tiernan P.O. Box #192 Foxboro, Mass. 02035 Class Agent: Miss Charlotte Judd

'61

Miss Judith Poor Apt. 106 47 Union Street Montclair, N.J. 07042 Class Agent^H Mrs. J. H. Boyd, Jr. (Margaret Mayes)

'62 Mrs. Thomas Pohl (Carol Vincelette) 1038 Linwood Street St. Paul, Minn. 55105 Class Agent: Mrs. Alex Anastasiou (Denise Farandatos) 15

'63

Mrs. J. K. Nash (Christine Kuzmick) RFD # 1 , Route 26 Mechanics Falls, Maine 04256 A Class Agent is needed

'64

Mrs. James G. Ward '64 (Carolyn Wilson) 1100 Rainier Drive Oak Harbor, Washington 98277 A Class Agent is needed Here are two nice events to announce: Lynn Sanders Pizzirusso and Joe had their first child on March 1, 1971, Jennifer Blair. Missy Keyser Sandburg and Earle had their second child on May 15, 1972, Kirsten Anne.

Randi White McGinnis is now living at 2409 Hillside Ave. in Berkeley, Cali­ fornia. They are living there while her husband Dick, obtains his PhD. in Urban Planning.

Jim and I are now living in Oak Har­ bor, Washington, a small town about two hours from Seattle. I would love to hear from anyone around this area or any other classmates from anywhere.

'65

Mrs. P. E. Madsen (Elizabeth Ridge) Box 415 Essex, Mass. 01929 Class Agent: Mrs. George W. Calver (Susan Devevoise)

'66

Miss Terry Appenzeller 230 East 48th St., Apt. 2A New York, N.Y. 10017 Class Agent: Miss Paula Pryde

'67

Miss Linda Feinberg 20 Pearl Brook Drive Clifton, N.J. 07013 A Class Agent is needed

'68

Miss Avie Claire Kalker d o Fronske 80 West Holly Phoenix, Arizona 85003 A Class Agent is needed

'69

Mrs. Charles Gildea '69 (Lynn Erhardt) 49 East Saddle River Rd. Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 A Class Agent is needed Since my marriage to Chip Gildea in July, I have been going to school at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. I am

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studying medical technology and very happy. We spent our honeymoon at Paradise Island, Nassau and it brought back great memories of our Senior Class trip. This time I won in the casino, however!

Barbara Fox is back at Elmira, where she says the ruins from the floods this summer were unbelievable. She has ap­ plied to continue studying at Boston University and hopes to room with Anne La Voy. Phyllis Digges LaTouche is back at Skidmore and loves it.

Patty Benner is back at school after spending the summer working for a Congressman.

That's all the news except that I hear Toni DeLorenzo is dating a Harvard premed student. . .

'70

Miss Kathy Powell 92 Overlook Road Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043 A Class Agent is needed

'71

Miss Linda Braeder 27 Edgecliff Road Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043 Class Agent: Miss Janis Moorhouse

'72

Miss Kate Curtin 101 Clinton Avenue Montclair, N.J. 07042 Class Agent: Miss Deborah Peck With another school year ending and their high school career finished, most of the class spent their summer of 1972 "airing out" their minds doing some­ thing interesting. Linda Finney spent part of her summer in Munich, Germany at the Summer Olympics and other part of the summer traveling around the eastern part of the United States. Amy Nussbaum spent a portion of her sum­ mer in Israel on a work farm. Debbie Peck also went abroad to Austria to study tennis and skiing in greater depths.

On the other hand there were those of us who spent their summer right in the area working at some job or taking courses to further pursue our futures.

Tacey Phillips, for example, studied drama technique at a major drama school in N.Y.C. . Katie Curtin worked in N.Y.C. at a large corporation law firm learning the "ins and outs" of law.

Then there are those who moved this summer and spent their summer work­ ing to transfer all their belongings to a new home, such was the case of Grant Huber and Leslie Lord. They both made a move, Grant to Lower Montclair near Alison Read and Leslie to Pennsylvania.

Robin Wachenfeld, by word of mouth, really loves Colorado. She will be home again at Easter break. Liz O'Neill loves Skidmore, but is finding the work as hard as Kimberley's.

I hope that those who were not in­ cluded here will send me a card to be included within the next issue. . . My address is Box 278, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida 32789.

Vital Statistics Births To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pizzirusso (Lynn Sanders '64) a daughter, Jennifer Blair To Mr. and Mrs. Earle Sandburg (Missy Keyser '64) a daughter, Kirsten Anne To Mr. and Mrs. Janko Rasic (Carol Van Brunt '56) a son, Timothy Harrison Marriages Pegeen Eustis '50 to Marshall P. Keating Lynn Erhardt '69 to Charles Gildea Deaths Mrs. Grainger (Marie Christopher Grainger '37) Sympathy Mrs. Gordon B. Davis '35 and Mrs. Leonard Shertzer '37 on the loss of their mother Gail Tomec Kerr '52 on the loss of her father Diny Brown Baldwin '55 on the loss of her father Nancy Brown Prachar '45 on the loss of her mother

Reunions Last year, you may remember that re­ unions were arranged so that classes which were in school together reunioned together, i.e. '21 and '22 both came, al­ though it was really '22's reunion year and not '21's. This system worked well giving many a chance to see more of their friends from their years at Kimber­ ley.

Because of this new system, this is our year to skip, and then pick up again next year with double classes, ie '23 and '24, '33 and '34 etc.

Instead of reunions we hope that many of you will be able to attend the fes­ tivities surrounding the opening of the new wing at Kimberley this spring.

Plans are still indefinite, but we will let you know when they are finalized. The construction is going well on schedule and even in its present half completed condition, it looks great.

Oval charm of Kimberley Seal 14 kt. gold $18.00 Sterling ...................................

7.00

14 kt. gold kangaroo charm ................................................ $14.00 "Kim " needlepoint kit for pillow, tennis cover, or frameable picture, size 14 x 14". Pale yellow and dark green wool pro­ vided for Kim, you provide own background wool. . $18.00

Playing Cards with Kimberley Seal: Green background with gold s e a l.......................

1.50 Mahogany background with gold seal 1.50

Fluffy Ferguson Morse '54 will prepare finished canvas into pillow and will donate 40% of the preparation costs to the Alumnae Association.

The Kimberley School Alumnae Association 201 Valley Road, Montclair, New Jersey 07042 Please send me the following items: Q u an tity: 14 kt. gold sea! charm ....................................................................(« $18.00 sterling seal charm .............................................................................. (« 7.00 green playing c a r d s ................................................................................(« m ahogany playing cards .............................................................. (« Kim gold charm (« Kim silver charm ................................................................................... (4

8.50

Kim needlepoint k i t ............................................................... (« Happy F a c e ..................................................................................................(a

18.00 8.00

(Please add .50 to total for postage and handling)

4 needlepoint coasters, pale yel­ low background, dark green face.

All wool provided $8.00

1.50 1.50 14.00

Make checks payable to: The Kimberley School Send To: Name ..............................................................................................

Address ...........................................................................................

City ....................................................................................................

S tate .................................................................... Zip All proceeds are donated to the school

THE KIMBERLEY SCH O O L

Non-Profit Organization U. S. Postage PAID Montclair, N. J Permit 237

201 Valley Road, Montclair, New Jersey

Address Correction Requested

Dates of Interest To Kimberley Alumnae for 1972-73 December

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Sun., 7:30 P.M., Christmas Vespers

February

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Tues., Kimberley Luncheon Benefit

March

9-10 Fri.-Sat., K-A Play April

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Tues., K-A Concert Sat.,-Pingry-Kimberley Concert

May

11-13 Fri.-Sun., Invitation Tennis Tournament June

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Mon., 8:30 P.M., Final Chapel— Parents welcome Wed., 4:00 P.M., Commencement— Home School Reception