Cardigan Mountain School - Blaze Yearbook (Canaan, NH)

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Campcraft is an activity for all toys who have an interest in the rut-of-doors. The boys are given ertain requirements to pass such s hte, ax, first aid, compass, map, ooking, and knife. They earn itles such as Goofer, Hobo, Guide, and Vagabond. The activ- zy is broken into groups, and a oy may often have a chance to :ad a group. On a trip to I-linman Cabin, fhich belongs to the Dartmouth uting Club. one of the masters 'ked a Goofer to bake a cake in e old wood stove. Apparently e had never before seen one, and uilt the Ere in the oven instead f underneath it! None of us Went bed hungry, and we had much n learning to feel at home in e woods, in spite of times like is. We also went camping at an- Eher Dartmouth cabinlocated at e base of Moose Mountain. For- lnately, by the time we arrived Fred I-Iarris Cabin all of us d seen a wood stove. We were ing to climb the mountain, but e to the number of hunters the vicinity we decided it was t worth the risk. With the help of Mr. Harring- un and Mr. Minnier we learned nd liked a lot about the out-of- -oors this fall. 1 -,... Front Row: Pulsifer, Westlund, Hopkins, Martin, Chase, Clemence, Lackey R., Penta. Back Row: Rubert, Easter, Mr. Harrington, Hale, Togba, Upson, Mr. Minnier, Irwin. CAMPCRAFT Frou! Row: Rubert, Martin, Wilson B., Cox, Easter. Back Row: Lackey R., Pulsifer, Mr. Minnier, Cowen, Penta, Davidson, Mr. Harrington. Out camping trip this spring was to Mt. Moosilauke where we camped at the base in the D.O.C. Great Bear Cabin. The next day we attempted to climb Moosi- lauke and sleep in the D.O.C. Tip Top Cabin at the summit, but due to the abundance of snow we were forced to turn back. We ar- rived at the base at approximately 6:45 p.m. We slept well before returning safely to the campus the next day. This spring Campcraft did quite a lot about the campus. Camp- craft constructed fireplaces and cooked the meal for Green and White Day , under the super- vision of Mr. Minnier and Mr. Harrington. The food was sup- plied by Mr. Clancy, our depend- able Cardigan chef. We also helped to repair one of the small wooden bridges go- ing through the woods to the Chapel in the Pines. We all think the supervisers did a very nice job, and We all had fun whether at work or at play.

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rfnc i ,L ti ,Xi 1 i il . I! F1-out Row: Sadinsky, Mascitis, Davenport, Camm. Back Row: Freeman, Krohne, Gray, Brown, Barker W., Priestley, Weeks R., Mr. Leavitt. Tennis started this spring with a bang! Eighteen boys played in two forty-five minute shifts. This was done in order to give us a chance to play singles more often, and in order to get more help from Mr. Leavitt and Mr. Thomp- son. May 26th was fair and warm, and we were in good shape for our tennis match with Proctor. Six boys rallied around the coaches and formed quite a strong team. We won the match, which was characterized by many long sets, 7 to 2. Those returning hope to have another fine time in the fall, with more match competition if pos- sible. TENNIS Tennis this fall was a ne activity at Cardigan. We we very fortunate to have four ne doubles courts on which to pla Their green ground-slate surfa made tennis possible almost eve clay until the middle of Nove ber. Afterwards we moved in the woods to do work on t various ski trails. We Hnished t new cross country trail, and th helped enlarge the area at t bottom of the ski hill. Then went to the Pinnacle to test t telephones. They did not wo until We cut poles and erected new power line. We also clear out some brush and cut do some trees in order to make t Pinnacle bigger, better, and mo skiable. We owe a lot of credit Mr. Leavitt for doing a fine i in leading and organizing th very successful fall activity. Front Row: Hamilton, Cobb, Bolton, Mascitis, Davenport, Lincoln, Casselman, Wyeth, Tal- bert. Back Row: Mr. Thompson, Knudson, Barker W., Jarvis, Wood, Doane, Meynell, Rice, Rawstron, Caldwell, Griffin, Freeman, Mr. Leavitt.

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-.9 Front Row: Sharrock, Campbell, Randall, Talbert. Buck Row: Mr. Brayman, McClellan, Filios, Pannaci, Cochrane, Rice, Lackey C., Caldwell. During Forestry's very success- ful spring we cut the apple trees on the waterfront side of Hop- kins Hall, and used the tractor to haul them to the bottom of the hill to be burned. The old apple tree on the site of the new dorm was also removed by our able crew. We also helped clean up the Canaan Street Park on Canaan Street, and following this we took the tennis backboard to the courts behind Cotting Field. The brush near the boathouse was very green and wet but we burned a little of it early in the spring. The plot work has been going very well and there are several new plots near the road between Mr. Burbank's and Mr. Couter- marsh's houses. A few of us helped with the cutting of logs for a cabin to be located on Tug Mountain, rounding out activities with Mr. Brayman this spring. FURESTRY During the fall Forestry h eleven boys. We each had or own plot of land located som where south or west of the atl letic Held on The Point . T plots are half acre lots of lan covered with trees, and are clear and developed by us boys und Mr. Brayman's supervision. So days when we want to work aw from our plot, we help Mr. Bra man and the more experienc foresters with the chain saw an tractor. This year some of Forestry extra jobs have beeng to cle some of the trees at the base c the new ski jump, to remox brush that was cut this summ along the lake shore so that better view might be enioy from Hopkins Hallg to also cle near Clancy's house after it h been enlarged. The burning this brush and the cutting of t new poles for the rope tow co tinued to keep all busy. T tractor and the chain saw were great help in completing t heavy work we undertook th year. Mr. Brayman and his fo esters have done much they C be proud of this fall. Front Raw: Randall, Campbell, Franchot, Waterman, Cheney, Pearce, McClellan. Back Row: Sharrock, Wilson E., Pannaci, Stephens, Hale, Young, Mr. Brayman.