Cardigan Mountain School - Blaze Yearbook (Canaan, NH)

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CAJVIPUS' IMPROVEJIIEN T The motto of Campus Im- provement, Divided we cave, united we slave, has a little more to it than you might normally think. Before we joined C.I. we were just a bunch of fun-loving boys who liked to hack. After we left C.I. we still liked to hack, but somewhere in the middle we did the back-breaking labor of which you soon will hear. Under the leadership of our dexterous Doctor of Science, Mr. Noldt, we used our hack- ing qualities to hack down Mr. Clancy's barn and num- erous other structures. We hacked down a bank of earth for a rifle-range back stop. We even hacked some dirt over the paper and rags we didn't pick up near one of the demolished buildings. Now don't get the idea that we didn't get anything out of this activity. We observed fre- quently that work could be fun and after all, what of those marshmallow roasts over Fall Left to 1-ight: Day, Ward, Sharrock, Campbell, Krohne, Pannaci, Filios, Rice, Cassel, D. Moore, Freeman. Spring .. .Rx ' , - -'J' ..e-. Left to right: Ward, Martin, Mr. Noldt, Sharrock, Pannaci, Krohne, Filios. the burning beams and tim- bers. And what of that look on Mr. Noldt's face when the building almost fell down from under him. Also, we got a sense of self-accomplishment that might be with us for many years. E Pluribus Uran- ium! This Spring Campus Im- provement cleared all the wood from the shed that For- estry and Campus Improve- ment took down in the early spring. We also took down a part of the shed between Stevens House and the barn. It took two days to burn all the wood from both sheds. We had a few other days to do something so we cleaned up the woodshop. We cleaned all the tools and oiled them so they would not rust before next fall. In the process we found six baby mice in a desk drawer. ' On days before the soft- ball games we rolled and marked the field. When there were holes in it we filled them in. We spent a day fig- uring out how to put the new baseball diamond on the new athletic field. All together Campus Improvement had a good spring.

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WA T ERFR 0 Waterfront this year has been a healthy and whole- some activity in the great out of doors. We recently ac- quired flve new aluminum canoes and two new rowboats which are very rugged and prepared to stand up against rough handling. A new boathouse has been constructed out of lumber cut by Mr. Brayman's forestry crew. It is equipped with a stove to warm hockey specta- tors and contains all the water craft. Stained a dark green with two windows over-look- ing the lake and locked with a sturdy padlock, it produces a proud sight. This year we were instruct- ed in the use and handling of canoes under the eyes of our supervisors, Mr. Wakely and Mr. Linn. Brush was cleared, trees were cut, and the old rowboats were burned. A lot was accomplished partly through work of the students but mostly by industrious masters who led us on. Fall :Z Front: Doane, Fairbanks, Treadway, Stevenson, Yameen, Moore, Mascitis, Cook, Sig- man. Back: Mr. Linn, Wojtul, Turner, Christy, Cheney, Ohta, Cox, Clemence, Reese, Grifhn, Sgro, Mr. Wakely, Director. In the early morning breeze three new sailboats drifted up and down, tense and ready for action. The waves splashed against their tough fiber glass hulls and the dinghys listed from side to side. The school had just acquired three new n A ia-L ff Sp1'z'n g .Il- ...I nf ' 'iii' 5 Nz 79 Front: Mr. Linn, Everest, Brown, Sigman, Cox, Lackey, Bennett, van Esselstyn, Jagoda, Fairbanks, Doty, Franchot, Treadway, Hart, Mr. Thompson. Back: Rowe, Benson, Harris, Schreuder, Meynell, Barnes, Miller, Stowe, Cassel, Dudley, Sadinsky, Cassel- man, McLean, Cochrane, Rice, Mr. Wakely, Director. Tech dinghys, designed by M.I.T. and which would later prove very interesting and enjoyable. These instances are looked back upon with fond recol- lections whether it was the time gorilla Albee swung through the treetops or Mr. Thompson's sailboat tipped over. The season on the most part was very enjoyable with exceptionally good weather. Swimming and fishing trips were also held, the swimming to the Claremont pool until the ice melted on the lake Ceven then some people didn't wait for it to meltj and fish- ing in neighboring well- stocked brooks. During this year a new boathouse was erected at the waterfront which is large enough to store canoes, boats and warm cold hockey players' toes. Summing it up, we all had a very good season and I be- lieve much credit is due to our excellent instructors, Mr. Wakely, Mr. Linn and Mr. Thompson.

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.SKIING This year's skiing program was full and exciting. All ski- ers started oFf in the beginners group which is group E and then worked up through the ranks to groups B and A. Many boys who never skied before this year went as high as group B. But this was ac- complished only with the ex- pert supervision of Cardigan's faculty. Looked forward to by ev- eryone was the night skiing made possible by spot lights which were rigged up by the ski tow. The highlight of the skiing program was the trip to Mt. Sunapee. The skiing was excellent and everyone had a good time. The ski season was good for three reasons. The instructors, the willingness of the boys and the snow which allowed skiing up to the early part of Front: Reese, Rice, Lackey, Day, Bennett, Christy, Franchot, Sgro, Sigman, Ohta. April. Back: Mr. Black, Krohne, Mascitis, Randall, Ball, Slawsby, Ford, Williams, White- head, Miller, Davidson, Wheeler, Fisher. -Us Front: Sharrock, Ward, Rubert, Wurster, Doty, D. Moore, Hart, Griiiin. Back: Mr. Linn, Casselman, Benson, Knudson, Gray, Sessel, Dyer, jagoda, Sargent, Rowe, Fair- banks, Olson, Sadinsky, Mr. Wakely. A group of five boys under the leadership of Mr. Leavitt built a cross-country course around the point, which lies at the south end of campus. Building this course took us about seven days. This course was used last winter but was not in very good shape. Many trees, stumps and rocks were on the trail making it pass- able only with fifteen inches of snow. It can now be used with about six inches of snow. The Pinnacle, a hill about two miles from campus, was our other working spot where we spent most of the time building a short-cut which we called the Devills Short-cut because it comes from the Devil's Highway over some rocks and ledges and meets the Highway further down the trail. We also made some trails at the top of the hill which connect with the main trail. Most of the boys think that we did a fairly good job in the short time we had to do this work.