Spring 1970 MA Bulletin

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Program Presentation of the Outstanding Alumnus Award Election of Officers of the Alumni Association Headmaster’s Report The Montclair Academy 75-voice Glee Club and the Mastersingers Friendship and Conviviality An opportunity to revisit the Academy. Tours of the entire new plant will he held before and after dinner, Detailed information and reservation forms are now in the mail to all Alumni.

Make Your Reservations Early — It will Be a Night to Remember

Comment Montclair Academy is a challenging place to work. It is ^challenging not only to those of us fortunate enough to be members of the faculty and staff, but to the large number of people who serve the schopl as volunteers. The d ed itij tion of a long list of active parents, friends and alumni, which one will find at Montclair Academy«^ unusual in that it is not often that so many do so much.

“Always to b e the best and to be distinguished above others."

However, in the area of the alumni programs, it is un­

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fortunate — that so few do so much. The secret of a success­ ful Alumni Relations Program is not the clever announce!, ment, the work of the Alumni Office staff or even that of the officers of the Alumni Executive Committee — it is the IN V O L V E M E N T of many people in all areas of Alumni

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concern. How active are you in the affairs of the Montclair Academy Alumni Association? If you are not — ask your­ self, W H Y N O T ?

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Your educational foundation was laid at Montclair Acad­ emy. Whatever success you have been since leaving here is

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due, at least in part, to this fine foundation of educational

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exposure. Your involvement is a sign not only N of your ap­

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preciation of this experience, but, more important, of your desire to have young men continue to get this exposure.

Your Alumni Association and your Alma Mater are build­ ing for the future. Your IN V O LV EM EN T , at this time is! vital to the future success of both. Give of yourself, your time, your talents and your resources — but give I - G IVE IN V O LV EM EN T .

The Annual Meeting and Dinner on May 21st is .a won­ derful time to start to become involved. Come support this great event and learn more about the school and the Alumni Association. You will be greeted with open arms and treated to a fine evening. See you there.

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SUMMER IN SOUTH ASIA

During th e summer o f 1969, Asian Studies Master N icholas L. C hilds toured South Asia as part o f his continu­ ing study o f the area and in an effort to becom e m ore familiar w ith the country, its people and its history. T h e diary w hich follow s and the illustrations are his own work.

—g A — the Peace; Corps Kimball is innocen'fe G raffiti, Men's Room, T eheran Airport

F nrecM l for p S esdav : Likelihood of dust storm/thunder­ storm during evening or night, little change in the maxi­ mum temperature.

The maximum temperature on Monday was 36.2° C F ), l l C below normal and the minimum was 25.5° C g g . 9 0 .Fi| 3° C below normal. Relative humidity at 5:30 p.m. was 73%, 2 5 1 above normal.

T h e sunf|ets on Tuesday at 7:23 and rises on Wednesday at 5 : Indian Express, D elhi, 1 July

Mughal emperor Shah Jahan’s memorial to Mumtaz Mahal, Agra

It’s good for one’s eyes to walk barefoot on the grass in the early morning. Since beginning this practice 10 years ago, I have rarely worn spectacles.Singhal, Agra Businessman

Ambassador' Keating /¿fourth from leftffl at the Gandhi memorial, Delhi

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Around 3 I am awakened by the muffled roll of thunder.

Drawn by the fragrance of warm earth I leave my room and join a group congregating on the verandah. In the yard several people are walking in the rain. How quickly the smiles come now! Together we rejoice at the cooling breezes and the reassuring sound of rain. Not all agree the mon­ soon has reached Agra — it could be an isolated shower — but for this respite we are thankful.

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A suitable vegetarian match wanted for handsome, tall, fair, Aggarwal bachelor (3 1 ), educated in States, employed as senior business executive in a top American concern in India, drawing more than Rs. 5000 per month. Caste no bar.

Very early marriage. W rite Box 9596 Statesman, New Delhi.

Our belief in multiple births means that frustration in one life can be resolved in another.

P. K. Das, Calcutta

M atrimonial Adv., D elhi

Kathmandu makes alcoholics of everyone.

N epalese Sophisticate

Detail from thirteenth century temple of the Sun, Konarak

Astronauts return to modulé after moon walk.

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America will conquer the world!

Engineer, Koslanda, Ceylon Street Scene, Patan

It should befit none of us to encourage pomposity or ostentation.

Sign above reserved section Police C lub Auditorium, Kathm andu

Life is a phenomenon in time and space. Buddha was the supreme psychologist. Buddhism then, is properly a school of psychology rather than a religion, which holds that man is the cause of his own suffering and that ultimate peace is achieved through self-cultivation and reconciliation of life’s opposites.

S. K. Shakya, Patan (N epal)

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Pilgrims gather at dawn to receive blessing from shaded Brahmins along the Ganga

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If we know more about America’s space program than many Americans it is because we (Ind ians] seek escape from our own problems in the affairs of other nations.

T ravel Agent, Calcutta

Ninth grade Student poses before classes begin at indepen­ dent school. Bhubaneswar

Oriya, Sanskrit, Hindi, English, Social Studies, Mathe­ matics, General Science and one Elective.

9th Grade Curriculum, Independent School, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Pilaster decoration from eighth century Kailasanatha temple, Kanchipuram, 40 miles west of Madras.

Since independence, India has had 8 Finance Ministers and none of them stayed in office for the full five year term of the government.

N e w S t a t e s m a n , Calcutta

There is more politics than administration in administra­ tion today. Under the British, officials were chosen for their ability. Too often ministers and bureaucrats are now selected to satisfy some community or caste interest. Nothing gets done here.

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Chicken leg, 2 boiled potatoes, 2 hard boiled eggs, 2 tomatoes, orange, banana, 2 slices ham (rancid).

Contents o f Box Lunch, M adras

News of his arrival had spread quickly. During the morn­ ing a constant stream of visitors came to the bungalow, some on bicycle, most on foot, waiting patiently on the verandah to present their petitions to the Magistrate. Now only a few remain.

The village midwife and her husband shyly approach the seat of justice. She explains that she is to be transferred to another district while her husband, a postal runner, must give up his position in order to accompany her or remain behind. W hat can be done?

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A moan from the corner of the porch reminds us we are not alone. “And that man,” says the Magistrate, pointing to a crouching figure, congenitally blind, “expects me to give him his sight.”

Temple elephants relax near Kandy, Ceylon

The Magistrate agrees to write the Director of Public Flealth Services in Colombo and request the department waive the transfer.

As the relieved couple leave they pass a shell of a man walking slowly up the lane, his feet encased in slippers to protect soles now cracked and tender from a lifetime of hemp smoking. He never reaches the verandah. The Magis­ trate anticipating the man’s request meets him in fury. The District Matriarch soon joins her son on the verandah and in chorus the two people berate the derelict. The words are unintelligible; the import clear.

Fifth Century fresco painting, Sigiriya, Ceylon

Later, driving to Hikkaduwa in Southwest Ceylon, I think again of the blind man. A small butterfly has somehow be­ come trapped in the automobile. Its repeated efforts to free itself are Frustrated by the invisible barrier of glass. Ob­ serving the creature’s plight, the Magistrate opens the win­ dow and gently guides his latest petitioner to freedom.

Veranda of Rajapaksa bungalow, Hambantota District, Ceylon

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Class of 1969 Goes T o College

The Fall semester found the Class of 1969 at the follow­ ing Colleges and Universities.

“Lost, Stolen or Strayed,” Darjeeling

W h ile staying at the resthouse at Ham-Ban T o t a i n S . C eylon 1 m et George Ravapukse, m em ber o f P arliam en ts and form er Deputy Finance M inister o f Ceylon. H e graciously invited m e to return with him to his Electoral District; an opportunity I w elcom ed.

Mr. Childs Nicholas L. Childs joined the Montclair Academy Faculty in 1966. He teaches the dynamic Asian Studies Program. He ¡is a graduate of Trinity College and holds a Master’s De­ gree from the University of Pennsylvania. Much of the material used in his course is a result of his personal travel to Asian countries — color slides illustrate for the student the life, culture and old world beauty of the country he is studying. Nicholas is well known for his ability as a narra­ tive reader and is the “voice of the Academy” on the docu­ mentary history of Montclair Academy, “The School That Was, T h e School That Is.” He is a native of Norristown, Pennsylvania.

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Scott Anderson Elliot A p te r ................

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Gordon Carlisle . . . .

Bob C o y n e ..................

Dave C r a lle ................

George Downsbrough Ben Ellenbogen . . . .

Steve Gellas .............

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Rich G old b erg.........

Kevin G o sn er.............

Garrett Grainger Ed G rig g s..................

Alan H ir s h ................

John L a ll y ..................

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Jeff Lutz ....................

Spike Middleton Fred Miller . . . . . . . .

Chris Nelson ...........

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Andy S alzb erg .........

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Cam pus New s Curriculum Changes And Additions The 1969-1970 academic year saw the addition of several courses in the curriculum.

A FRICA N S T U D IE S is now offered as a full year, full credit course. It is an anthropological approach to African history and culture. This is a course which has been in­ stituted through the efforts of History Master Lamont D. Thomas and is not a course on the history of the American Negro.

C O M P U T E R M A T H EM A TIC S, offered in cooperation with Kimberley School and taught by their faculty, is an introductory course in computer programming. The course emphasizes the knowledge of FO RTRA N , the use of the key punch and the programming of elementary prob­ lems and the use of logic. Tim e on computers is rented from local businesses.

ECOLOGY, which is a sub-science of Biology and which studies the interrelationships between living organisms and their environment, has been added to the Science curricu­ lum. Open to students who have had Biology, Chemistry and Physics, this course also studies environmental and pop­ ulation problems. During the second semester, students are required to complete a major research project.

ORAL E X P R E SSIO N is a course designed to teach con­ fidence and effectiveness in oral communication. The 8-week course is required of all students in Grades 7 and 8, while Juniors and Seniors take an advanced 4-week version.

PH Y SICA L E D U C A T IO N is required for all Grade 7 and Grade 8 students this year. A full-time instructor is now on the faculty and the emphasis in the course is on the development of coordination and athletic ability through a carefully planned sequence of activities which become in­ creasingly difficult as a boy’s ability grows. Each boy pro­ gresses at his own pace and students in Grades 9 through 12 participate in the program if they are not involved in a competitive sport.

Senator Dickinson Commencement Speaker Commencement 1969 found Senator Fairleigh S. Dickin­ son, Jr., member of the Foundation Board of Trustees and President and Chairman of the Board at Becton, Dickinson and Company, as speaker.

Senator Dickinson was honored by Montclair Academy in the Fall of 1968 when the new Gymnasium was dedicated in his name.

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Fall 1 9 6 9 New Faculty Appointments Five new Masters joined the Montclair Academy Faculty with the opening of the 1969-70; school year; three in the English Department, one in the Mathematics Department and one in the Athletic Department.

John M. Noble returns to the Academy after teaching in the Buffalo school system for one year. He is teaching one section of English 8 and three sections of English 10, Mr. Noble assisted in coaching Football last Fall and is currently coaching Wrestling. In the Spring he will handle the men­ tor duties for the Junior Baseball Squad. He taught at the Academy from 1965 to 1968.

Other additions include Mr. Robert Just and Mr. Alan R. Saxton in the English Department. Mr. Just holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kenyon College and is teach­ ing English 8 and 9, and the Drama portion of English 10.

Mr. Saxton is teaching the newly revitalized Oral Ex­ pression course and has taken over the course in Journal­ ism. He is a graduate of Emerson College.

Mr. George Hrab is Montclair Academy’s first full time Physical Education Master. He comes to the Academy from the Englewood School where he taught for three years. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rutgers University and a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University Teachers College.

The Mathematics Department gains the services of Mr. David S. Rea, who was a National Merit Scholar, graduating first in a class of 865 at the Ann Arbor High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is a graduate of Amherst College, with honors. He assisted with Football this Fall and will assist with the Track program in the Spring.

FA C U L T Y - ST A FF C H A N G ES Science Department Chairman J. Stevens Bean has been appointed Director of Studies, replacing Ludlow F. North, who has gone to the Grosse Pointe School. Mr. Bean re­ tains his Chairmanship of the Science Department and serves as a member of the Faculty Committee on Educa­ tional Policy.

Mr. John E. Polhemus, Mathematics Master, has been appointed to the new post of Director of Admissions. This function has been handled by Headmaster Philip L. Ander­ son since he joined the Academy staff six years ago.

Mr. Joseph R. Kemer, Chairman of the English Depart­ ment, has been appointed Director of Summer School with the beginning of the 1970 session. Mr. Kemer is also Di­ rector of Testing.

Mr. Allan D. Penner, English Master, has been appointed to assist Headmaster Anderson with the College Coun­ selling.

Mr. Arthur Littman, Director of Development and Alum­ ni Relations, has resigned effective at a date this Spring when a replacement can be secured. Mr. Littman has joined the developmental consulting firm of Crook-Heritage, Inc. in Montclair.

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Griggs Named Head Boy For ^69 Edward Albert Griggsfejr., Editor-in-Chief o£ Yearbook 82 and Editor'of the Student Handbook, was awarded the Faculty Head Boy Medal at Commencement Ceremonies in June.

The Head Boy Medal is awarded to the “member of the graduating class who, in the estimation of the Faculty, is out­ standing in character, deportment, scholarship and a good influence among his fellow students.”

In addition to his position on hoth publications, he was a two letter winner in Sports. In his Junior year he was captain of the cross country team and played four years of Baseball, starting at second base for the last two.

Griggs was an honor student through his Academy career and was a member of C um Laude. He is currently attending Yale University, where he was awarded a scholar­ ship.

A s an incentive to annual g ivin g, a watercolor of the old Montclair Academ y build­ ing, w ill be sent to each donor of $50.00 or more this year. W e appreciate your support and look for a successful year — a trend for the 70's.

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DR. H ANS H OFFM AN , Professor of Philosophy at Har­ vard University spoke to the students at a special assembly held at Newark Academy. He spoke on the need to reex­ amine personal values and for each individual to ask, “Who am 1?, W hat am I doing?, W here am I going?”

SEN A TO R C EIFFO R D P. CASE, Republican from New Jersey, spoke to the student body — mainly on the problems of the Federal Government in the World today.

Utilizing his unique talent to field questions, the Senator quickly turned the assembly into a discussion. Senator Case dealt with the questions of the Ghetto, Racial Situation and Civil Disobedience. He has served in the Congress since 1944, and is a graduate of Rutgers University and Columbia Law School.

DR. M ELV IN SC H W A RTZ, Professor of Physics at Stanford University — lectured on the “IN VA RIA N CE P R IN C IP L E S IN M O D ERN P H Y SIC S” to the Advanced Placement Physics Class. Dr. Schwartz’s lecture treated the subject of universal constants in nature and recent experi­ mental work disproving the universality of some of the prin­ cipals. He has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with the neutrino, a small neutral particle that cannot be detected except for what it does to other particles.

JO H N HARVARD, veteran “freedom rider” and lecturer, spoke on love between blacks and whites. Harvard related his experiences in the South as a civil rights worker, and told various anecdotes concerning his high school years in Jersey City, where he was “valedictorian and president of the stu­ dent council.”

ML A. Students T u tor Children An innovation on the Montclair Academy campus is the Urban Affairs Club, which was founded by former Di­ rector of Studies, Ludlow F. North, and is now under the guidance of Lamont D, Thomas, History Master. This group of young men spend their leisure time tutoring underachie­ vers in some of the Montclair and Newark elementary schools.

The student behind the program last year was Kevin Gosner, who did much of the spade work to get the project off the ground. Math and Reading are the two major areas of concentration. The program is operated on a one-to-one basis. Many students have given freely of their time and talents to help the less fortunate and gain a great sense of personal satisfaction from their efforts.

The Hillside School Study Center has arranged for Acad­ emy tutors to meet their pupils one day a week in the Mont­ clair Unitarian Church. T h e Newark program is operating on Thursday nights and Saturday mornings. T he tutors are usually dealing with third through seventh graders who, in some cases, are four years behind in reading. They have not learned phonics and cannot sound out words essential to reading.

This organization, with a year’s experience behind it, is now providing a most valuable service in the Montclair and Newark areas. The students and their advisors work hard and are to be congratulated on the positive action they have taken to help others.

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Independent Research Project

Academy Confronts Drug ^SituatioT

During his Junior and Senior year at Wilkes College, Biology Master Edward H. Williams, Jr. worked on a Bio­ satellite project with NASA, in cooperation with his Gen­ etics Professor. The purpose of this program was to send various types of living organisms into orbit around the earth for short periods of time, thus subjecting them to solar radi­ ation. The effects of solar radiation on these organisms could then be applied to the human astronauts who would be participating in the Apollo missions.; One of the organisms sent into space was a tiny wasp called Habrobracon. Prior to the initiating of the Biosatellite Program, Mr. Williams and his Genetics Professor were one of the few research teams in the country working on this organism. Therefore, they were invited to work on the program with NASA. Following the launching of the H abrobracon into space, they were invited to attend the •conference at Oak Ridge National Laboratories where the critical analysis of the effects of solar radiation on the organ­ ism was made. From this conference, Mr. Williams gained a wealth of useful information concerning the effects of certain stimuli on chromosomes (the structures in every cell of the human body which control heredity)!^ He is con­ tinuing his research as part of his gradute study and is in­ volving students in the project.

The current purpose of this research is to gain insight in­ to the very complex nature of heredity. There is also the side benefit of research into insect control without the use of controversial insecticides such as D D T. The students involved in the project are spending free periods during the academic day and on weekends working with Mr. Williams on the project. Thus, the exceptionally talented student is permitted to extend his interests and study beyond the formal classroom subject matter available.

The young men participating in the project this year are David Dollar, Harlan Gibbs, Tom McFadden, Craig Maginness, Bruce Pollack, Randy Ryan, and Allan Tordini — all members of the Sophomore Class.

During the last year, the administration at Montclair Academy has taken very positive steps to face the drug situ­ ation which exists with young people in the country today.

In April of 1969 Dr. Donald B. Louria, a noted drug expert, visited the Academy and spoke at the Annual Meeting of the Parents’ Association. Dr. Louria is the author of T h e Drug Sce«|g’ v In addition to this lecture, Dr. Louria returned to the Academy in October for a regular morning meeting lecture — which was also made available to the students of Kimber­ ley School.

Dr. Louria is President of the New York State Council on Drug Addiction, Associate Professor of Medicine at Cor­ nell University and on the staffs of the New Jersey Medical College and Bellevue Hospital.

His book was a best seller at the Fall Book Fair sponsored by the Parents’ Association.

Cum Laude Taps Four Scholars Four members of the Class of 1969 were elected to mem­ bership in the Cum Laude Society: Boy Coyne, Bob Glicksman, £d Griggs and Fred Miller. Membership in the Society constitutes the school’s highest recognition of distinguished scholastic achievement.

The 60 year old Honor Organization, which encompasses 230 secondary school chapters, establishes basic criteria for the selection of student members. T he four new members compiled honor records through the end of their Junior year and stood in the top 20% of their class.

Coyne W in s Scholarship Robert Coyne, a member of the Class of 1969, won the title of “National Merit Scholar,” a Montclair Academy first, according to a press release from the National Merit Scholar­ ship Corporation.

Coyne, who scored one of the highest scores in the State of New Jersey, is the recipient of one of 1,000 — $1,000 scholarships awarded on a national basis. He is currently attending Harvard University.

Approximately 800,000 seniors, who graduated in June, took the qualifying test in February.

Former Master Killed In Crash

Biology/Ecology researchers: the threatened environment

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Paul A. Knauff, former Academy Master, was killed in an automobile accident on the road from Hilo to Kamuela, Hawaii, in a dense fog on October 23, 1969.

Mr. Knauff was a member. of the fatuity from 1964. through 1966. He taught English and a minor course in Contemporary American Novels. Mr. Knauff was also a member of the football and baseball coaching staffs.

At the time of the accident, Mr. Knauff was employed at the Mauma Kea Hotel in a supervisory capacity. He had planned to return to teaching this Fall.

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VA N B R U N T FIELD DEDICATED

The main Athletic Field at the Academy was named and dedicated to Edwin E. Van Brunt at Homecoming Day cere­ monies on October 18th. Van has been working for Mont­ clair Academy since 1935, and has served as Varsity Baseball coach for the entire span of time.

For his first five years, he was Business Manager, and had several “Building YearsTon the baseball-squad. From 1943 through 1950 he was a member of the M. A. Athletic Coun­ cil. In 1949 he was made Director of Athletics, a capacity he held until 1961. During his athletic career he has coached football, basketball and track, in addition to baseball. Be­ fore joining Montclair Academy Van played some pro­ fessional baseball with the Boston Braves and claims to have struck out Babe Ruth in a training game.

In more recent years Van was Director of Alumni Affairs and now serves as Administrative Assistant. He plans to re­ tire in JuneAdmired and loved by all Academy boys, faculty, alumni and parents, he has been a devoted instructor, an admired friend and a successful coach, and above all a true gentler man. Van was born in East Orange, where he still resides,' and is a'graduate of East Orange High School and attended Rutgers University. For the past 22 years he has been asso­

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ciated with the Essex County Basketball Tournament as Executive Secretary.

Van is a member of the A.A.U. Basketball Officials Asso­ ciation, the North Jersey Umpires’ Association, the Essex County Junior O.U.A.M . and the American Philatelic So­ ciety. He is also extremely active in his Church, the Bethel Presbyterian Church of East Orange.

The festivities of the day began with a luncheon honor­ ing the Van Brunts at the home of Headmaster and Mrs. Philip L. Anderson. The formal dedication took place at halftime of the Homecoming Game with Englewood School.

Van was presented with a picture of the “Old Gym” by members of the Class of 1972, his name was unveiled across the top of the scoreboard and a pair of drinking fountains (see picture this page) were dedicated in his honor.

Following the game, the Van Brunts were the guests of honor at the Homecoming Day Reception and Dance in the Dining Room of the Academy. Many faces familiar to Van returned to campus to honor him on ‘V an Day.” An En­ dowment Fund for the maintenance of the field was begun and a total of over $7,000 has been received to date. Van was also presented with a memorial book containing the names of all who contributed to the Fund. Contributions are still flowing in and names are being added to the list.

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A sign sign on the Scoreboard

“Van” accepts the honor

Former Players greet the Coach

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WEISS ARTS CENTER FORMAL OPENING November 21 and 22 was a weekend full of activity sur­ rounding the formal opening of the Weiss Arts center.

T he dedication of the final building constructed on Lloyd Road involved the demonstration of the full scope of the activities for which the building was designed.

The activities of the weekend got underway on Friday evening with a student film festival featuring films produced

by Academy students and a discussion on the art of film making by Donald Wiechek, a New York University gradu­ ate student. W iechek used films which he had produced and some professional films to demonstrate the various segments of his talk. Following the film festival, students and their dates danced to the rock-sound of the Red Bred in the Academy Dining Room.

Saturday afternoon was devoted to a professional presenta­ tion of “The Legend of Pecos Bill and the Secret of Invis­ ibility” by the Gingerbread Players and Jacks. Hosted by the Brookside School, this production was given to a packed house of over 550 children and parents. The play is based on the life of a legendary cowboy, who discovers the secret of invisibility. T he players were exceptionally good and were well received by the children. Following the perform­ ance, maintenance crews quickly cleared away the candy wrappers and popcorn bags to prepare for the evening’s ac­ tivities.

The formal — black-tieffi- opening of the Weiss Arts Cen­ ter featured the many uses of the stage, lighting and techni­ cal advantages of the new building. T he entire production was staged by students from Montclair Academy and the Kimberley School and by friends of the Academy from the

world of professional entertainment. It was produced through the combined efforts of Nixon S. Bicknell, Robert C. Hemmeter, Robert R. Just, C. Arthur Littman and Edward H. Williams, Jr. of the Academy faculty and W . Ford Schu­ mann of the Board of Trustees.

The Academy Mastersingers, a 12-voice ensemble of select Glee Club members rendered a variety of songs such as “Up, Up, and Away,” and “Goin’ Out O f My Head.” They were joined by Saundra Bicknell, soprano, guest soloist in ex­ cerpts from Meredith Willson’s hit musical, “T h e Music Man,” which included “Lida Rose” and “W ill I Ever Tell You?” The Academy Glee Club of 75 voices performed a group of popular songs, including “On A Clear Day,” “Michael, Row T he Boat Ashore,” . and “T he Impossible Dream,” which served as the theme for the entire production.

Peter Rives, a Freshman and Glee Club member played Borowski’s “Adoration” as a violin solo.

The dramatic portion of the evening’s program featured excerpts from “A Man For All Seasons,” Robert Bolt’s play about the conflict between King Henry V III and his highprincipled Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, played by Ameri­ can Field Service Student Stanley Civin, who turned in an outstanding performance.

Following the evening’s performance, guests danced to the music of Bob Domenick and his orchestra at a cham­ pagne cocktail party in the Dining Room. The evening was a grand success and the memory of the occasion will linger in the minds of all present for years to come. -

The Gingerbread Players and Jacks Entertain the Younger Set

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U H M Director of Music: Beethoven and The Beatles

By Bruce Downsbrough

Prior to his job with the New Jersey Oratorio Society, Mr. Bicknell was Director of The Montclair Chorale for eight years.

He has also been Organist and Choirmaster at the Cen­ tral Presbyterian Church in Montclair,, Temple Menorah in Bloomfield, and was a member of the Music Faculty at Columbia High School, Maplewood-South Orange, for three years.

“God is, simply, the process of creation.” Perhaps this quo­ tation, attributed to Mr. Bicknell in last year’s yearbook, sums up his unique outlook on life. One of his favorite pastimes is “discussing religion and politics with any and all comers.”

Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Montclair Academy’s Di­ rector of Music, Nixon S. Bicknell, was brought up where elocution was considered as important as the standard “readin’, ritin’, and nthmetic.”

“Now why can’t you fellas (the Glee C lub) sing without that ‘Jo is e y ’ accent? Think English!”

W ell qualified in his field (Bachelor of Music from West­ minster Choir College in Princeton, N .J. and Master of Sacred Music from Union Theological Seminary’s school of music in New York City) Mr. Bicknell transforms his Glee Clubs and the Mastersingers from a “Sing along with Bick” routine to excellent choral groups.

Continuing with this year’s policy of varied religious readings in morning meetings, Mr. Bicknell puts his first­ hand religious experience to work and delivers what one student has termed “the most meaningful readings ever heard at this school.”

His wife, Saundra, is also an accomplished musician. She was Director of Music at Brookside School, M. A.’s “lower school.” Mrs. Bicknell is a professional singer who has ap­ peared in concert throughout the Metropolitan Area. The Bicknells, married fifteen years this December, have three children; Becky, Paul, and John, all students at Brookside.

Mr. Bicknell is a man with a wry sense of humor, a man to joke with yet a man to respect, a man who is deeply dedi­ cated to his goals, a musician whose “three B’s” include the Beatles, Beethoven, and Bach (not to mention Bicknell).'*

In the classroom, Mr. Bicknell teaches Seventh Graders Music Theory. The course teaches students a basic working knowledge of music.

He teaches Music History to the Eighth Grade. From the Gregorian Chant to the Beatles, Music History uses the Seventh Grade’s basic knowledge to teach the student about various types of music and how they evolved from the medie­ val period to the present. Mr. Bicknell is also an adviser to nineteen Eighth Graders.

Besides his job at M. A., Mr. Bicknell is Organist and Choirmaster at the First Congregational Church in Mont­ clair. (M . A.’s annual Commencement exercises are held there each June.)

He “plays” on 244 keys controlling almost 3,500 pipes, each pipe representing a different note or sound. Mr. Bick­ nell studied organ under Alec Wyton, Organist and Choir­ master at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.

For the past two years he has been Director of The New Jersey Oratorio Society. The well known group performs works like Handel’s M essiah.

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T H R E E AREAS DED ICATED A T ASSEM BLY

December 19th was a banner day in the history of Mont­ clair Academy with the dedication of three areas of the new buildings during the Christmas Assembly.

T h e first area, the Library, was dedicated by Trustee Daniel E. Emerson, Class of 1942, in memory of William Avery Barras, who for over 28 years served the Academy as Chairman of the English Department. Mr. Barras was born in Flemington, New Jersey, in 1890 and came to Montclair from the Peddie School in Hightstown. He was a graduate of Princeton University in 1914 with high honors in English.

He began his teaching career the same year and was well known for his classroom humor and spirited presentation of English Literature. In making the dedicatory remarks, Mr. Emerson spoke of this friendly bachelor as a gentleman “well thought of by those of us who had the privilege of knowing him.” The building was made possible through the gener­ osity of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Tomlinson of Montclair.

T he citation dedicating the Humanities Lecture Hall in honor of James S. Vandermade, Class of 1935, was read by Board President Frederick L. Redpath. Mr. Vandermade was President of the Board when the decision was made to undertake the new construction and has served the school as a Trustee since 1958. He was elected Chairman of the Board in 1966. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the Harvard Business College. He was selected as the Outstand­ ing Alumnus of the year by the Alumni Association in 1966.

He is District President of Warren Brothers Company.

The Humanities Building was dedicated to the honor of Howard A. Van Vleck, Class of 1922 and Chairman of the Capital Campaign which has made the new buildings pos­

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sible. Mr. Van Vleck is well known for his interest in Mont­ clair Academy and has been on the scene every day during the construction period over-seeing and supervising the many details of the six-building complex. In his dedicatory re­ marks, Headmaster Philip L. Anderson said, “Mr. Van Vleck is known to the boys of Montclair Academy affectionally as the gentleman who rebuilt their school. Many times during the past six years he has been seen on campus, pipe in hand, checking the finest details of the construction, from the color of the mortar to be used with the stone work to planting the greenery which beautifies the school, most of which began as a scene in his own garden. To the boys, the faculty and the staff, he is a true friend.”

Mr. Van Vleck attended Columbia Architectural School in New York and practiced architecture for many years. In 1969 he was honored by the Alumni Association of the Academy by being named the Outstanding Alumnus. He is Chairman of the Building and Grounds Committee, a member of the boards of the Montclair Art Museum and the First Congregational Church of Montclair and a Director of the Near East Foundation.

Following the formal dedication, the Christmas Program featured the 75-voice Academy Glee Club, under the di­ rection of Nixon S. Bicknell, in a group of traditional selec­ tions. Mr. Joseph R. Kerner, Jr., Chairman of the English Department, read the Nativity story from Luke and the poem “Christ Climbed Down” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

A reception following the program, held in the Library, provided guests with an opportunity to greet and congratu­ late the honorees and their families.

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Fairleigh S. Dickinson Gymnasium The Montclair Academy sports results during the past two years have been directly affected by the completion of the new Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Gymnasium. The vastly extended and improved facilities have given to each and every team an increased dedication and seriousness. The student body’s reaction to the new gym has been as positive as that of the athletes, with much larger numbers staying after school to actively support the Lion teams.

T he basketball teams have been provided with the type of court that can give them the work-outs that will make for winning teams. T h e Wrestling Team now has a room in which it cannot see its breath, which was the problem in the. old gymnasium, but rather has the warmth it needs to loose pounds to enable it to make the eleven prescribed weight classes. They also have the space needed so all wrest­ lers can be on the mats at once. The Swimming Team has gone through a complete metamorphosis with its new pool.

Instead of journeying to either the Y.M.C.A. or Kimberley for practice they now have the best possible facilities right bn campus-..

Physical Education Program The other change is the development of a Physical Education Program under the direction of Mr. George Hrab.

As Mr. Hrab states, the goals of the Physical Education Program are to increase agility, strength, balance, and en­ durance and to combine these qualities with specific sports situations in either daily practices or games. The program is also designed to teach the students “to observe, to ask, to gather information, and to draw conclusions” about specific sports skills.

One result is to make the athlete more aware of his own individual skills and also to help him better understand the principles being taught him by his coaches.

The end result is, therefore, to increase both the physical and the mental aspects of Physical Education.

Whites Program Two more changes that have “taken place with the advent of the new gymnasium are the Whites Program and the Physical Education Program.

The Whites Program provides every student with a clean set of gym clothes each day. This procedure has increased the athletic devotion and pride of all students in the Acad­ emy.

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W IN T ER SPO RTS Fencing at Montclair has become a reality during the last three years. Last year and this year have been building years under the coaching of Mr. David Forman. Last year Mont­ clair Academy was the host team for the N.J.I.S.A.A. State Fencing Tournament which included seven member schools.

This year’s schedule has been extended to include nine reg­ ular season matches. This year also saw the acquisition of much needed electrical equipment which records the hits of both opponents and thus takes away the possibility of human error in judging matches. The Fencing Team has beenKled by two underclassmen: Robert Kovacs and Guy Della Penna. A hoped-for development is the beginning of a Junior Fencing Team for the Seventh and Eighth Grades.

Mr. Forman sees success in the coming years as the reward for the past problems of infancy.

The year also saw Montclair Academy’s Hockey Team enter its third year of competition. During its first two years it played a modified varsity schedule; its opponents were mostly teams also in their first years. T he results were very good. For the 1969-70 season the Academy’s Hockey Team was voted into the North Jersey Scholastic Hockey League, which is composed of twelve teams. Only one other team in the league is a private school, the remainder being public schools. These schools have the advantage of being able to draw upon ninth through twelfth grades with enrollments between 800 and 3000 students while the Academy has a resource of only 200 students for those same grades. Mont­ clair Academy definitely has a building team in this sport.

W ith the help of the Pee W ee Leagues in Montclair, the desire and the coachability of the players themselves, they are catching up to the other teams rapidly.

The hockey team has been led by Michael Stearns, Peter DeLorenzo, and Steve Read, all underclassmen, the last two years. W ith this returning nucleus the hockey team will be a serious contender for the league’s Gordon Cup within the next two years.

The new decade also ushered in the beginning of an Academy Ski Team. In its first official year it is competing in a twenty team league and the coaches and team members believe a fifth place finish is not unlikely. The co-captains are Alan Mancusi-Ungaro and Harvie Porter. T he skier with the most potential for the years ahead is Ninth Grader Hunt Geyer.

The Varsity Basketball Team last year had a record of 14 wins and 10 losses and a second place finish in the King School Tournament. This year they have a 12 win, ”7 loss record and won the King School Tournament for the first time.

Last year’s outstanding players were Allan Hirsch, John Ward, and Captain Robert Veit. This year, Seniors Dave Simon and Fred Sheldon, the outstanding players, are also the co-captains. The future basketball teams can look for­ ward to two more good years from tenth graders, center, Tom Brueckner and guard Glen Veit and one more year from guards Michael Zebrowski and Jeff Arthur.

Montclair’s Head Coach Carmen Marnell has continued to utilize successfully his full court presses to panic oppo­ nents into repeated errors. The Varsity has finished in the middle of their league during the past two years. Mr. Mar­ nell feels that the increased number of team members going to summer basketball camps will greatly improve the teams in the coming years.

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Coach Charles Faurot of the Swimming Team has called this year’s club the best in the history of the Academy. It is also his feeling that last year’s team, captained by the out­ standing swimmer Scott Perry, was the second best in Acad­ emy history.

Co-captains David Paterson and Roger Cole are two of this year’s top swimmers. Coach Faurot, however, considers ninth grader Albert Van Eerde to be the best swimmer on the team. Albert is the 50, 100, and 200 yard free-styler on the team. The ninth grade has many more highly capable team members. It is this underclassmen group of Zach Richardson, Keith Marsh, Rich Goldblum, Robert Nagel, and Albert Van Eerde that has made the Swimming Team as strong as it is this year.

T h e Varsity Wrestling Team in the past four years has won 35 dual meets while losing only seven, and in those losses they have never lost by more than three points (the equivalent of one decisioned match). T h e reason for this is best seen in their practices. In an average two hour session each wrestler wrestles from seven to eight full length matches, thus giving him an obvious advantage over less fanatically conditioned opponents.

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The Swimming Team finished with a six and three record last year and expects to better that mark this year. In the past two years they have beaten the Montclair High School Swimming Team in both of their dual meets. Brant Switzler still remains the best swimmer in Academy history, but Coach Faurot hopes some of his pool and school records will fall to his young swimmers before this year is over.

T h e last winter sport team that the Academy possesses is the highly successful Wrestling Team coached by Mr. Barry Nazarian.

In the discussion of Fall Sports one must take into con­ sideration the invaluable use of the lower field made avail­ able by the razing of the old gymnasium. This small but adequate field has enabled the Football and Soccer Teams to hold practices on full fields instead of sharing one field.

This has increased the conditioning of the athletes and widened the types of practice drills to take in not only the basics, but also the more sophisticated drills which lead to victories in close contests.

Since taking over the Cross Country Team in the 1968 season Coach Doug Jennings has given to it respectability and two consecutive winning records.

T he records of seven wins and four losses in 1968 and nine wins and two losses in the 1969 Fall Season have not

Last year the squad was seven and two with a fifth place finish in the N .J.I.S.A.A. State Wrestling Tournament in which they voluntarily stepped up into Group A competition instead of staying in the smaller Group B division. Tom Vultee and Landi Caprio were the co-captains and outstand­ ing wrestlers of the 1968-69 season. Coach Nazarian feels his team this year will finish with an eight and three record due to the excellent wrestling of Seniors Barry Ridings and Captain Peter Webb. The outstanding underclassmen are John and Henry Talbot, Tom Baldanza, Peter Rothwell, and Gary Berkson. This year the long-vacant heavyweight class has been filled expertly by Freshman Hank Brown.

According to his coach, “Hank will be one of the best wrest­ lers in the state in both private and public schools by the time he is a senior.”

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come without hard work. These results are directly trace­ able to practices averaging six miles in length, which ade­ quately prepare the runners for the 2.3 miles they cover in a regular meet.

Joel Bluestein has been the Academy’s outstanding Cross Country runner for the last two years, but in 1970 Mr. Jen­ nings is counting upon total team effort to equal and better the excellent results of the past two years.

In 1969 the Academy Varsity runners finished fifth out of twelve teams in the New Jersey Group A State Meet while the J.V. Team finished fourth. In light of this one fact, the future looks very bright for the Cross Country Team that will represent Montclair Academy in the coming year.

ing the 1970 season. Stanley was joined in stardom by Cap­ tain Roger Cole (until his kidney injury), next year’s cap­ tain-elect David Faulkner, Rene Mathez, and Sophomore Bruce Pollack, whose brilliant goaltending turned several close games into victories.

The vastly increased participation in summer soccer camps has given Coach Faurot great hopes for continued success during the upcoming seasons. The future also looks good for the Soccer Team because of these three excellent returning lettermen: ninth graders Durwin Johnson, Bruce Pollack, and Junior Peter Roth well.

T he Varsity Football Team in 1969 almost completely reversed its season from that of 1968. Instead of a two and six record they finished with a six and three record. The points scored “for and against” figures were more than re­ versed, changing from 9.6 for and 19.7 against to an average of 20.9 for and 8.3 against.

Head Coach Carmen Marnell and his large coaching staff, often called the Magnificent Seven, attribute this shift to many causes. They include Captain Barry Ridings, out­ standing defensive player, offensive player, and team leader, Michael Zebrowski, Fred Sheldon, and Peter Webb respect­ ively, first year defensive end, Senior Jordon Pollack, 1970 Captain-elect Paul Cosentino, “the Sophomore group” com­ posed of Harlan Gibbs, Tom Brueckner, Bill Crawford, Henry Talbot, David Dollar, Michael Cassatly, and Glen Viet, and Juniors Rick Cancelosi, John Brandow, Bruce Pastorini, and Herb Tate.

Despite the poor season record in 1968 the Lions were well led by Captain Tom Vultee, Robert Veit, and Landi Caprio.

T he Soccer Team under the direction of Coach Charles Faurot improved upon its second place finish in league com­ petition of last year by winning the League Championship this year with relative ease. They did, however, drop from second place to third place in the annual Rutgers Prep In­ vitational Tournament.

During the past several years the Academy Soccer Teams have been greatly strengthened by American Field Service students, and these last two years have not been exceptions.

In 1968 W illie Duarte from Guatemala and Scott Perry were the Academy’s best soccer players. Stanley Civin from South Africa more than filled the hoots left by W illie dur­

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In the last two years only three teams have failed to fall to the Football Team JB T h e King School, Collegiate, and Englewood. Arch rival Newark Academy has been defeated during two of the last three years, including the past season, much to the joy of Headmaster Philip Anderson. This can be seen in his remark concerning Newark Academy’s Head­ master having “to walk across the field” and shake his hand.

T he years ahead for the Football Team should he ex­ cellent ones because of the large number of returning lettermen coupled with the fanatical devotion of all those in­ volved with the team including players, coaches, fans, and the avid and active Football Fathers.

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V A R SIT Y SO C IE T Y The Varsity Society, discussed in our last issue, has in­ ducted the following outstanding Academy athletes during the past two years; in 1968-69 President Tom Vultee, Vice President John Ward, Landi Caprio, Scott Perry, Robert Veit, and this year’s President and Vice President, Barry Ridings and David Paterson. This year’s new members are Roger Cole, Fred Sheldon, and Peter Webb.

At the annual Montclair Academy Father and Son Ath­ letic Dinner, held in June of 1969, the following students were honored as being the best scholar - athletes in their respective classes: Seventh Grader Jonathan Danforth, Eight Grader Keith March, Freshman Tom Brueckner, Sophomore John Brandow, Junior Fred Sheldon, and Senior Landi Caprio.

Some of the activities the Varsity has planned for this year are the Senior-Kimberley and Senior-Faculty Basketball Games and the Rock-In, a program designed to clear the lower field of its over-abundance of rocks. T h e Varsity So­ ciety has also continued to organize and run the annual Pep Rally Dance held prior to the first varsity home contest.

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Danforth

Marsh

Brueckner

Brandow

The Athletic Director’s Trophy, given to the senior ath­ lete who, in the judgment of the Director of Athletics and the coaching staff, has most effectively combined prowess in athletics with qualities of leadership and good sportsman­ ship, was awarded to Robert Veit.

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JU N IO R SP O R T S PROGRAM The Montclair Academy coaching staff prides itself upon its winning records, but these results have not been achieved over night. A large percentage of the credit for the develop­ ment of athletes in the mastery of basic skills must be given to those staff members who instruct potential athletes at the Junior level. The enrollment in grades seven and eight has increased greatly in the past years. This numerical rise has had several effects upon the sports programs at the Academy.

Some problems include the task of getting all boys active­ ly involved in practices every day and giving them the chance to participate in the scheduled games. This can be a large issue when, for example, seventy-two boys try out for the Junior Soccer Team. Another complication is the teach­ ing of not only basic skills but also minor sophistication for each team member. The selection of game players has be­ come more difficult as the number of choices has become larger.

All of the above problems, though seemingly small, are in reality perplexing to all coaches at one time or another.

The rewards of larger classes are far more clear cut than áre the drawbacks. For instance, it gives students a chance to participate in team sports that they would not otherwise have. This is possible because of the practice utilized by many coaches who form divisions within their teams and then play intrasquad tournaments. This gives all participants active roles to play and also “game-condition” experience.

Another more sparkling result is the existence of large num­ bers of highly capable athletes being turned out by the pro­ gram. This has yielded keener competition for the starting berths on each team and better records for the Lions.

In general, the junior program has been enhanced dra­ matically by more involvement. The coaches are obligated to be more objective and better prepared in their approach to instruction in their particular sport. In turn, this has in­ creased the number of winning seasons for the many Acad­ emy junior teams. The new gymnasium and lower field have also had a direct bearing upon the rise in efficiency of the junior program.

From these teams come the future Academy J.V. and Var­ sity stars. T he value of the junior program as a feeder of excellent personnel for the future can not be disputed. It is at the seventh and eighth grade level that pride, dedica­ tion, and seriousness begin for many athletes.

The philosophy of the Athletic Department has been con­ sistent in its demands for having top flight equipment, coaches, and officials. This final prerequisite is in many in­ stances more valuable than any other single factor. If ath­ letes are to be taught to know, respect, and follow the rules of their sport, it is of paramount importance that the officials be of the finest quality available. It has been the contention of Athletic Director Carmen Marnell that anything short of this requirement is not acceptable. The upholding of the rules of the sport by an official makes the contest more de­ pendent upon the quality of play, less dependent upon ex­ cuses about officiating, and makes victory and loss far more meaningful to all of the athletes involved.

All of the topics discussed in the above article help to show the positive measures being taken by the Athletic De­ partment and coaching staff at all levels to instill in Acad­ emy athletes the pride and desire for athletic prowess and achievement.

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AFS Student Stanley Kenneth Civin, an 18 year old gentleman from South Africa with a sparkling personality and contagious smile, i-s the American Field Service Student at Montclair Academy for the year 1969-1970.

Stanley, one of five children of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Civin, was bom on April 8, 1951 in Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa. He speaks Afrikaans as well as English and has an interesting Background which reflects h i g h academic achievements, accomplishments in sports and experience in business. A gifted debater, he was one of three young men to speak at the Montclair Academy Fathers’ Committee Meeting on November 10th, in which all spoke of their ex­ periences abroad. He also spoke at the Kimberley School in Montclair.

W hen asked about his impressions of America thus far, he replied with genuine warmth, “I love everything about America, everything . . . the people are very, very nice.”

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As a member of the Montclair Academy Varsity Soccer Team he was an effective center this season, and on No­ vember 22, 1969 at the Formal Opening of The Weiss Arts Center he recreated the role of Sir Thomas More in scenes from “A Man For All Seasons.”

Dr. W . Scott Morton, Chairman of the American Field Service Chapter at Montclair Academy, indicates that the purpose of the student’s year in the United States is to ac­ quaint him as widely as possible with American life and the different ideals, customs and people to be found here.

To this end Stanley is seizing every opportunity offered him, and in turn is giving those who have met him an acquaint­ ance long to be remembered.

T he Montclair Academy A.F.S. Chapter is four years old, and has had students from Germany, Brazil, Guatemala and now South Africa.

Stanley’s home in America is with the family of Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Abramson of Clifton, New Jersey.

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Trustee Corner H E R B E R T H. T A T E has been named as a Judge of the Essex County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court by former Governor Hughes and was sworn in in April of 1969.

Previous to going to the bench, Judge Tate was a practicing Attorney in Newark and Assistant Essex County Prosecutor.

His son, Herbert H. Tate, Jr., is a Junior at the Academy.

Judge Tate graduated from Rutgers College and received his law degree from Rutgers in 1935. He was elected a charter member of the Board of Trustees of Rutgers in 1966.

During the early 1960’s he was a member of the State Legis­ lature and served as Assistant Majority Leader. He previous­ ly served as a Cultural Attache with the United States Em­ bassy in Pakistan. He is active in both civic and religious fields.

He is a member of the American, State, Essex County Bar Associations, the National Bar Association and Ameri­ can Trial Lawyers’ Association. He was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1957.

R O B E R T D. B. C A RLISLE, whose success in broadcast­ ing spans both the commercial and noncommercial radio and television fields, has resigned as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Educational Communications of the State University of New York to become Director of Program Development for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Mr. Carlisle’s experience ranges from writing for such distinguished broadcasters as W alter Cronkite, John Daly, Quincy Howe, Robert Trout and Douglas Edwards, to pro­ ducing many renowned educational and commercial radio and television programs. He has produced and written for “Wide, Wide World” for Channel 13, New York, for the State University’s Educational Television Network, and for N BC, ABC and CBS. He received an AB degree from Princeton University in 1943 and graduated Cum Laude from Deerfield Academy.

At the December meeting of the Board of Trustees three new members were elected to the Board. They were S. TH O M A S A IT K E N ’56, M ACDONALD H ALSEY and W A L T E R J. SPERLIN G , JR ., M.D. ’34.

Mr. Aitken, a graduate of the Academy in 1956, is the youngest member of the Board and is also a Vice President and Director of the Peoples National Bank of Belleville. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Alumni Associa­ tion and is a member of the Army Reserve. A graduate of Hamilton College in 1960, he received his MBA degree from the Amis Tuck School at Dartmouth in 1962.

Mr. Halsey is the Headmaster of the Kent Place School in Summit, New Jersey, and a well known educator. He received his BA from Princeton in 1949 and his MA from Columbia University in 1945. During World W ar II he served in the Navy. After discharge from the military he was Assistant Headmaster of Thacher School in California and from 1962 to 1965 was the Principal of the Upper School at Sidwell Friends in Washington, D. C. He has been Head­ master of Kent Place School since 1965.

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Dr. Sperling has a long association with the Academy, having graduated in 1934 and serving on the Alumni Ex­ ecutive Committee for many years. His son, Walter III, graduated from M.A. in 1967 and he currently has three sons at the Academy. He received his AB from Wesleyan University in 1938 and his M D from Cornell in 1942. A Veteran of W W II with 8 Battle Stars, the Bronze Star, the Silver Star and the Purple Heart, he has been associated with Mountainside Hospital for 23 years. During the past two years he has been the president of the Medical Staff and Chairman of the Medical Board. He has also served as Di­ rector of the Department of General Practice.

In other changes, the Board elected Joseph Courter, Presi­ dent of Courter and Company of New York a Charter Trustee, the highest position of honor on the Board. Fred­ erick L. Redpath, Howard P. Johnson and John Steggles were reelected to new three-year terms.

In Answer T o Many Questions T h e follow ing is the f r o f e r wording for a bequest to the M ontclair Academy Foundation. T h e consideration o f a deferred gift to your Alm a M ater is most im fortant to both you and your school.

“I (W e ) give and bequeath, free and clear of all estate, inheritance or similar taxes, unto the Montclair Academy Foundation, a New Jersey corporation, the sum of —-------— dollars (or rest and residue of my estate after the payment of the foregoing bequests). a. To be used as the Board of Trustees of the Foundation may determine. b. To establish th e -----------------Fund, the income of said fund to be used as the Board of Trustees of the Mont­ clair Academy Foundation may determine. c. To establish the —ffl|||lffevFund. the net income of said fund to be used for (here specify the purpose for which the income is to be used). If, in the opinion of the Trustees of the Montclair Academy Foundation, the need for principal or income for the aforemen­ tioned purposes no longer exists, at some future date the Trustees are authorized to use such funds in the best interests of the Institutions.”

For many people a substantial gift to Montclair Academy during their lifetime may not be possible but can be provided for by W ill. A bequest is, of course, deductible for estate tax purposes. Although an unrestricted bequest is the most useful to the School, a bequest may be designated for a particular purpose, such as endowment or a scholarship fund.

A bequest can be written into a W ill either at the time the W ill is first signed or can be added at any time by a simple codicil.

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CLJLÓ Ó TROTEÓ Theron H . Butterworth recently wrote a nice letter in which he in­ formed us that “Whatever I am I owe in large measure to the Acad­ emy and the men and women who guided my life over a span of 13 years. God Bles’si them all.” He is currendy the President of the So­ ciety of Public Health Educators, Inc. He holds a Ph.D. and lives in Arlington, Virginia.

H erm an Boos is in Trinidad, and is associated with J. N. Harriman and Company, Ltd. Mr. Boos relates that “My nine years at the Academy were probably some of the happiest that I have ever spent.” H e has been a loyal contributor to the building program.

Dr. James Rogers, Chairman of the 1969 Annual Giving Campaign for the Academy h a s recently been elected to the Presidency of the Pas­ saic County Medical Society. Jim is Medical Director of the New Jersey Regional Medical Program and member of the faculty of the new New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry. H e is an attending physician at Paterson General Hospital and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and a member of the Society of Internal Medicine.

Jim is a member of the Montclair Academy Alumni Executive Committee. s ^

Beaver Strassburger is still residiog in Montclair and attends many of the activities of the school. He has worked with his father in pri­ vate enterprises and owned and operated the Minuteman Delivery Service from 1948 to 1964. H e is now associated with VernerCadby, Inc. of Fairfield, a local area Ford dealer. He is married to the former Marguerite Ashe Pentiarge, a Kimberley graduate who is associated with the Rockefeller University.

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Donald M . Wilson has been appointed to the new Time, Inc. post of Vice President-Corporate and Public Affairs. He is in charge of press, public and community relations, both in the U .S. and abroad. He has been with T IM E for 15 years, mainly in editorial and executive capacities at Life magazine. He was in charge of the Washington Bureau of Life from 1956-1960. In 1960 he took a leave of absence to travel with Senator John F. Ken­ nedy as a member of his press staff in the presidential campaign. On January 28, 1961 he was appointed Deputy Director of the U.S. Information Agency. In 1964 he was given the Distinguished Service Award of the USIA, its highest honor. He is a native of Glen Ridge and now resides in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Daniel F. O’Brien wrote to Dick Rado as follows: “After I left the Academy I went to Kings Point, took sea duty for about a year and came back and graduated in 1946. Sailed for a while and then went to the. Foreign Service School at Georgetown. Worked in the East for a year and was then sent to San Francisco where we lived for 10 years. Changed jobs in 1960 to go to Sao Paulo for FM C Corpora­ tion. Lived there for 3 years, Mexico City for another 4, and then to our present location in Barcelona. Married Frances Curtin in 1949 and have six children (three girls, three boys).

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Frederick D. Little was elected a member of the Board of Advisors of the Pine Crest School in Fort Lau­ derdale, Florida. The Little’s daugh­ ters, Linda and June, are enrolled at Pine Crest. He also owns the Londonderry Work­ shop in Londonderry, Vermont which is open during the summer months. During the win­ ter they operate a mail order business out of their home, under the sun in Horida.

Robert H . Purnell sends news of his life experiences since graduation which include a degree from Dart­ mouth and later the Cornell Medical School. He is now practicing in Arcadia, Cali­ fornia as a Doctor of Internal Medicine.

Roger B. Etherington was recently elected President and Chief Exec­ utive Officer of the Montclair N a­ tional Bank and Trust Company.

Roger is active in many of the activities of Montclair Academy. a -rt JL J ,

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DOUBLE YOUR MONEY A large number of America’s greatest corporations participate in matching gift programs, under which they encourage their employees to support their col­ leges and schools by giving them funds equaling those contributed by the employees.

W hen you contribute to Montclair Academy, find out if your employer participates in a matching gift program. It’s an easy way to double your gift.

The primary and continuous fund-raising needs of an Independent School are for higher and more real­ istic faculty salaries jand for many more, and more generous scholarships. These are twin necessities, both of which enrich the mind and spirit of all the students in the Academy, and are provided by Annual Giving.

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Reginald F. T owner, Jr. President of R. F. Towner Associates, Inc. of Montclair was reflected for a third term as Chairman of the American Red Cross, Montclair Chapter.

K enneth J. Hanau,, Jr. is president of K & H Corrugated Case Corpor­ ation,, Walden, New York and of its affiliated companies, Vermont Container Corporation, Bennington, Vermont and K & H Containers, Wallingford, Con­ necticut. He was elected a Director of the JIM W A L T E R Corporation, Tampa, Florida.

He is a Director and member of the Executive Committee of the United States Pipe and Foundry Company, the United Concrete Com­ pany, Lexington Corporate Leaders and Corp­ orate Leaders of America. He is also a member of the New Jersey Chapter, Young Presidents Organization and Jives in Franklin Lakes, with isfiis wife and four children. a

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Dr. Mark R. Hanschka is now living in Portland, Oregon. He re­ cently completed 2 years as a doctor in the U . S. Army stationed at Beau­ mont Hospital in E l Paso. He will be asso­ ciated at the Kaiser Hospital in the Depart­ ment of Obstetrics and Gynecology. On the way back to Portland, Mark visited with Dr. Thomas Stockham ’51 and his family in Salt Lake City, where Tom is a Professor at at the University of Utah. ö -rt

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Arthur W . H yde has been promoted to the office of Vice President and Trust Officer of the National New­ ark and Essex Bank. He is a gradu­ ate of Upsala College and New York Law School.

George P. Egbert, Jr. has been named a Senior Vice President in First National City Bank’s invest­ ment management group. He heads the group’s investment research division. He is a graduate of Yale University and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Montclair Academy Foundation.

Dr. Howard T . Beilin is presently Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery at Presbyterian Hospital, New York and an Instructor in Surgery at Columbia Medical School.

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Marc L. Kirschner and his wife announce the arrival of Pamela Jane on Sunday, November 3, 1968.

Fenton P. Purcell ¿has really been on the move. Since graduation from Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute with a BCE he has been in the mil­ itary. He has spent a large portion of his time,, in Asia. He is now a Captain, has received! the Army Commendation Medal “for meritor­ ious, service ..as,'. !the officer in charge of the; second and third Environmental Sanitation Sections , of the 712th Preventative Medicine Program U nit at Bangkok and Sattahip, Thai­ land.” He was later stationed at the Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. He has now as­ sumed his position as a partner in the office of Lee T . Purcell Associates,; joining his father and older brother in their consulting engi­ neering firm in Paterson, New Jersey. He was “Head Boy” in 1960.

David L. Bruck is associated with the law firm of Cole, Berman and Belsky in Paterson, New Jersey.

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Dr. Joseph C. Bamford, Jr. is now . Assistant Dean of New York Medi­ cal College. He joined the faculty as a part-time Assistant Clinical In­ structor in 1960. From 1960 to 1962 he served as Obstetrician and Gynecologist at the United States Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. Between 1962 and 1966 he en­ gaged in private practice in Paterson, New Jersey, as well as teaching part-time. He was appointed Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean in 1966. He is diplomate of the Ameri­ can Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Bamford is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Paterson General Hospital and a mem­ ber of the Board of Health of Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey.

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T h e Rey. Oscar Mockridge is the father of a child attending the Hilary-Montessori School in Newark.

He was also a featured speaker at an Evening of Montessori for Grownups re­ cently. Oscar is the Rector of Trinity Epis­ copal Church, Irvington, New Jersey.

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Harold D. Cohen was married on April 5, 1969. Congratulations.

Frank Sachs has’ recently opened a new law office in Newark. He is a graduate of Hamilton College and the Columbia University L a w School.

H enry S. Horn, formally of Glen Ridge, is now out of the Air Force and living in San Francisco, Cali­ fornia.

Jesse Byock toured Europe during most of 1966 and then returned to the University of Vermont where he graduated in 1967. He then at­ tended Georgetown University and George Washington University for graduate course® in Law and History. In February of 1968 he married Marilyn W . Anderson of Exeter, N .H ., and they are now living in North Con­ way where Jesse is teaching French.

Douglas Lackey received his Master of Philosophy degree in June of1968 from Yale. H e is now a teach­ ing Fellow in the Department of Philosophy working on his dissertation which should lead to his Ph.D. in June.

Randy Thum m el received his B. S. in Chemistry from Brown Univer­ sity in 1967. He is living in Santa Barbara, California, where he is working on his graduate degrees. Randy has published several, articles in his field; of revsearch and has received research grants to continue his project.

Jon Tarrant, is: teaching English and Speech at Big Spring High School in Newville, Pennsylvania.

He is living in Carlisle and is still single. Jon has been spending his summers touring Europe.

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Bill T u rn er has received his B. A. in Geology from Lafayette College and is now working for the Bethle­ hem Steel Corporation in their Beth­ lehem Mines Division H th e Kayford Division in W est Virginia. He is married to the former Binnie Fenstermaker and they now have a Son, William Arndt. d j)

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Holt Apgar graduated from Princeton University in June, where he majored in History. In July he re­ ported to Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, R. I., and was cominis-1 sioned an Ensign in November. He i|®now attending Communications School and will shortly report aboard the destroyer USS Corry in Norfolk, Virginia.

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3 Peter II. Ehrertherg was ValedicH jr torian' of his graduating class last Ju n é ;'at Trinity College. He receivpd his B.A., with honor» in gov­ ernment. Peter has been active in the Revital­ ization Corpg.in Hartford;, and was director of the student run Seminar Program for high School students and. '..served on 1the College’s.

Committee on Urban and Racial Affairs.

■Alan Balma graduated from Leba­ non Valley College in August and has (received an N D EA Title IV Fellowship to RPI. This fellowship is renewable for 3 yearsm f graduate study: leading to the Ph.D. He completed LV C in ' 3 yeaBStófl Cdrier Fitzpatrick has been elected the Co-Captain of the Lake Forest Football team.

John Howard, who ¡» ‘a ttending AlK nenÿ, College., was recently voted into. the AU President’l l Athletic Conference — in Basketball — for his 18. '. point per game aver,agê'j H lâis also playing BasphallBor Allegheny.

Í16 CROEO 0 V DR. W ILLIA M C. BU G B E É ’:11 who had practiced med­ iciné in the Montclair area for more than 40 years died in December 19@. He was an honorary life member of the American Osteopathic Association and a member of the staff of the West Essex General Hospital. He graduated from Colgate in 1915 and the College of Osteopathy of Philadel­ phia in 1924.

HAROLD J. SEY M O U R T 2 well known in the profesBiohal field of fund-raising died in September 1968. Mr. Seymour is author ¿of a widely used text on fund-raising sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the American Alum­ ni Counci^H DR. JO SE P H P. DAY, JR. ’20 died in October 1968 in Sarasota, Florida.

H U G H HADDOW , III ’23 died in August of 1969.

JO H N E. SKILLM AN , JR. ’29 died March 1969 in Montclair.

C H A RLES W . PEM BRO K E ’30 of Rochester, New York died in September 1969.

JO SE P H D. B E L L ’31 died in November 1969.

A. G O U LD H A RRISO N , JR . ’31 died February 4, 1970.

H EN RY C. W E S T O N ’3 ik ie d in May 1969 in Mont­ clair.

REV ER EN D PA U L L. ABRY ’32 died in August 1968.

Blake Traendly Blake TraewdijKhaS placed a ring on thé fingerïfplj pretty Deborah Whiting of Marietta, Ohio. Blake H R p attending Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where hë was the 1969 Home­ coming King. He was » ic ia lly crowned at the halftime ceremonies of the Miami-Marshall University Game.

Michael C. Phares yyrqte'' to Head­ master Anderson and told him about his experiences at Washington Unijt versity. He i® pursuing the field of Latin and Greek and is considering majoring in Linguistics. He is working for the campus radio. station (K FRH j-. .

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RICH A RD K IESELBA CH ’34 died in 1968.

G O RD O N W . BU C K A LEW ’35 died in July 1968, M ELV IN B. VAN SA N T ’41 of Fayson Lake, New Jer­ sey died in April 1969. He was a plant engineer for the Breed Corporation, Fairfield, New Jersey and had served for a number of years as a patrolman in the Glen Ridge Police Department.

RICH A RD M C LEM O RE EPPl L1W44 was killed in action in May of 1945. The “Bulletin” has just learned of his death.

S T E P H E N SC O LN IC K ’67 was killed in an auto ac­ cident in September 1968, .

l homas P. King is at Susquehanna University where he was elected td; the Student Senate.. :

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Support the 1970 Annual Giving Proj Excellence in education is the foundation on which the Academy has been built. T he new, expanded, and very modern physical plant provides the facilities for even further excellence in our academic program. A N N U A L G IV IN G must continue to provide the funds to permit continuing change in curriculum, faculty, and cultural programs, per­ mitting the student body to make the most of the expansion.

Each year an increased number of people who believe in independent schools, and who, therefore, want to help guar­ antee their continuing existence, are making voluntary an­ nual contributions to bridge the gap between tuition income and the cost of school operation. Last year 14.9% of our con­ stituency contributed to Annual Giving. If we are to bridge the gap — provide the margin of excellence — we must in­ crease this percentage of donors.

Participation means Success — the slogan of this year’s campaign — is a most accurate statement. Your participation in the program of Annual Giving will mean success.

M ail your ch eck today. G ifts are deductible for tax pur­ poses.

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