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WV Choate Tournament TBA H H WJV @ Pingree 5:15 g3 MJV vs. Rivers 2:00 MJV vs. St. Paul's 3:30 B B MV vs. BB&N 5:00+ WV vs. St. Paul's 2:00* Tuesday 21 B H MJV @ BB&N 5:00 Friday 10 Honor Society Dinner 7:00 B WV vs. Milton 3:15* FEBRUARY B WV @ Concord 5:00 B WJV @ Nobles 3:00 ESI WV @ Ch.Hill-Chauncey Hall Wednesday 22 ESI WV @ Milton 3:15 Wednesday 1 5:00 || MV @ Nobles 4:45* H H ESI WJV @ Milton 4:15 MV vs. Rivers 3:30* ESI WJV @ Ch.Hill-Chauncey Hall MJV @ Nobles 3:15 ^ MV@ BB&N 3:15* H MJV vs. Rivers 5:00 6:00 H M3 @ Belmont Hill 3:15 g g g3 MJV® BB&N 3:15 M3 vs. Belmont Hill 3:15 WV vs. Nobles 3:15* H g WV @ Exeter 2:15 Saturday 11 WJV vs. Nobles 4:45 B Friday 13 |H WJV @ Exeter 2:15 MV @ St. Mark's 3:30* MV vs. Nobles 3:30+ H B B MV vs. Thayer 7:30* MV vs. St. Paul's 3:15+ MJV @ St. Mark's 2:00 MJV @ Nobles 5:15 H B B MJV vs. Thayer 6:00 WV vs. BB&N 5:00* M3@ Thayer 1:00 WV @ Nobles 3:45* ^ B WV @ Thayer 7:30* WJV @ St. Paul's 4:30 WV vs. St. Mark's 3:30* g WJV @ Thayer 6:00 S3 WV @ Pingree 2:30 WJV vs. St. Mark's 2:00 Friday 24 ESI WV vs. Pingree 3:30 ESI WJV @ Pingree 2:30 MV@ BB&N 1:30+ g3 MV Graves/Kelsey ESI WJV vs. Pingree 3:30 |3 MV vs. Brooks 3:30* MJV vs. BB&N 1:30 Tournament @ Thayer4:00 Q Student Art Reception MJV vs. Brooks 3:30 WJV vs. BB&N 3:00 gj MJV Graves/Kelsey | j MV @ Andover/Middlesex Tournament @ Thayer4:00 H Saturday 14 Thursday 2 MV 2:00* vs. Belmont Hill 7:30* H B H M3 @ Groton 2:00 MJV vs. Pingree 4:45 MJV @ Andover/Middlesex MJV vs. Belmont Hill 6:00 B B MV @ Belmont Hill 2:00 2:00 MV @ Brooks 4:15 B B MJV vs. Belmont Hill 12:00 Friday 3 MJV vs. Brooks 4:15 B WV @ Middlesex 2:00* ESI WV vs. Concord 4:15 Wednesday 15 |H M3 @ Pingree4:00 B WJV vs. Middlesex 2:15 ESI WJV vs. Concord 4:15 £i MV vs. St. Paul's 3:15* Dance Recital ^ g3 MV vs. Milton 2:00* FH Humanities Concert MJV vs. St. Paul's 4:45 Q MJV vs. Milton 2:00 ||| M3 vs. Lawrence 3:30 Saturday 25 H B Saturday4 WV @ St. Paul's 3:00* WJV vs. Brooks 2:00 Wednesday 18 H MV vs. St. George's 2:15* B MV @ Lawrence 3:30+ EkI WV AISGA Tournament H MV@ BB&N 4:00* H MJV vs. St. George's 2:15 B MJV vs. Lawrence 3:30 @ TBA 9:00 H ^ MJV @ BB&N 5:30 M3 vs. Brooks 2:00 gj MV vs. Landmark 3:30 §t3 MV Graves/Kelsey g !| M3 @ Nobles 4:30 WV @ St. George's 2:15* g3 MJV vs. Landmark 3:30 Tournament @ Thayer 10:00 II WV vs. BB&N 3:15* H WJV @ St. George's 2:15 gj MJV Graves/Kelsey ^ B WJV vs. BB&N 4:45 BESI WV vs. Milton 10:00 Thursday 16 g Tournament @ Thayer 10:00 MV @ Milton 4:30+ MV vs. Thayer 7:00+ tJ Academy Players Production WV @ Rivers 3:30* B B ^ WV vs. Groton 3:15* MJV @ Thayer 2:00 WJV @ Rivers 2:00 B B B WJV vs. Groton 4:45 WV vs. St. George's 2:15* Friday 17 MV @ Kimball Union3:30 ESI WV@ BB&N 2:45 B WJV vs. St. George's 3:45 ESI WV vs. BB&N 4:30 B WV @ Brooks 2:00* ESI WJV® BB&N 2:45 g3 MV @ Exeter/Exeter HS/ ESI WJV vs. BB&N 4:30 Nobles 2:00* M=Men W=Women V=Varsity JV=Junior Varsity 3=Third *ISL contest + Denotes Keller Division @ Denotes away contest B Q H 11 = Basketball = Ice Hockey ESI = Volleyball = Wrestling S3 = Drama = Concert ID = Art Show - CONTENS TheArchon TABLE OF WINTER 1995 FEATURES Trial by Sea 11 Archon Profile: Bradford S. Cavanagh '79 A simple job ferrying a yacht from Maine to Florida turns into a harrowing adventure at sea as Brad Cavanagh '79 and the rest of the crew of 'The Trashman' are shipwrecked by a vicious storm. What follows is five days adrift in a rubber boat with no food, no water...and no hope. Reaching for the Frontiers of Education 8 The Governor Dummer Academy Board of Trustees takes the momentous step of voting to embark on the largest construction project in the Academy's 232-year history: the building of a new library and a new mathematics-science center that will be available for student use by September, 1998. A Law 20 Life in the Archon Profile: Barry Sullivan '66 Litigator, legal scholar and former U.S. Justice Department attorney Barry Sullivan '66 takes on a new challenge as Dean of the Washington & Lee University Law School. The more difficult task he's facing is changing the negative per- ceptions of attorneys. Science in the Governor's Back Yard 16 GDA master science teacher Dr. Susan Oleszko-Szuts and her marine biology class make use of the Academy's unique location and turn the Byfield marshes and nearby Plum Island into their own "backyard laboratory." 7 Volunteer Weekend Builds Momentum 48 A look back at the Academy's October Volunteer Weekend, in which Class Agents, Class Secretaries, Parent Fund Vol- unteers and Alumni/ae Council members gathered with Trustees to say thanks and make plans to benefit GDA. DEPARTMENTS i P Class Notes 24 On the Cover Headmaster's Message 3 JuniorMaria Fallon, seniors Christine Letters 2 HolbrookandMeaglian Murphystudya small Milestones 23 organismfound by marine biology master On Campus 4 teacher Dr. Susan Oleszko-Szuts in a tidepool at Plum Island. (Photo by David Oxton) The Archon is printed on recycled paper E T T E R S A Connection? acknowledged that ours was the hottest cam- schedule here is just about the same. The only August 25, 1994 pAaisgtantien-wViedrempoonlittitchailscealemcptaiiongnye—ar.even in a ploabsssifbolresdciifefnecreenicnestiesatdhaotfwtweo-h.avTehethtreeaec-hheorusr — small state like ours is a financial, organiza- here are great, though some cannot speak Dear Peter, As we descended into Rio today, I tmioornaelcahnadllleonggiistnigcaaltcahpalelresnognea.lBluevtelit.is even aEnngdliesdhucvaetrioynwaell.l.FoTrheincsltaasnscees,airnemiyntesreemsitninagr askdiveiss,e1d7°tCh/e63p°aFs.seDnogeyrosuofsutphpeowseeatthheerr:e cisleaanry Opocsciatsiivoenaflolcyu,s,asI Ires-trreuagdglKeidpltiongm'asi/n/t..a.,ipnarmtys of cwleashsaHvoewhathdesSepvaecrealPrgougersatmsHpaeaskAefrfsecwtehdoSowceiretey significance to this 17/63 connection? which I want to share with you because of or are astronauts. One of them, Kathy Bob Fullerton '63 their inspirational meaning to me during the Thornton, flew on the mission to fix the American Airlines Captain NH campaign: Hubble Telescope. She told the class that the Meredith, repair mission was actually planned even T T Ifyou can keepyour head when all aboutyou before the telescope was launched into space. I are losing theirs and blaming it on you; find it amazing that the press never even Ifyou can trustyourselfwhen all men doubt hinted at that fact. I also believe that there are A Beginning you, at least three more missions planned to either December 18, 1994 But makeallowancefor theirdoubting too; upgrade or fix the Hubble. Chemistry is fun Ifyou can wait and not be tired by waiting, and challenging. I am having a little bit of Dear Friends, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies; trouble in the class, but I have made a plan to When Winston Churchill lost the 1945 Or, being hated, don'tgive way to hating... get myself out of the low-grade pit. The labs election, his wife remarked—that perhaps it — are fun and interesting, though I am baffled was a blessing in disguise to which the Ifyou can dream and not make dreams that they do not allow people to work in British leader replied, "At the moment it is your master; — groups during the lab. I thought I would be very well disguised." I can sympathize with Ifyou can think and not make thoughts having a lot of trouble in calculus this year, but the feeling. Yet, as we know, Churchill went youraim; I am actually doing quite well in it. Having on to win his next election. Ifyou can meet with triumph and disaster students startcalculus in the fourth quarter at Thinking of the "blessings" of which And treat those two impostorsjust the GDA was a great idea. I have an edge on the Lady Churchill spoke, I have come to under- same... class because I know most of the concepts of stand that my campaign for Congress has left derivatives and I can follow the class without me with many blessings, among them the Ifyou can makeone heap ofall your winnings worrying about the subject matter. Keep using friendship and support ofmany members of And risk it on one turn ofpitch-and-toss, the TI calculators for class, they are a huge the Governor Dummer community. I write to And lose, and start at your beginnings necessity in college, and some classes even thank you folks at TheArchon for publishing And never breathea wordabout your loss... require them. Sincerely, our "freewheeling conversation" in the fall Now, as life returns to normal in the Kevin Tangney '94 issue. — As your readers may know by now, I Carroll household and af—ter six years of ser- Vanderbilt University did not win my race for Vermont's lone vice in the Vermont Senate I look forward Congressional seat. Yet, lookingback on the to more time with my family and to working Y V campaign, it hardly feels like we lost. In fact, again in the private sector. Still, I believe that we accomplished a lot. We started the cam- public service is an honorable and worthy Praise and Congratulations paign in mid-June from scratch, with no con- calling, and I love the work (I even love the tributions, and 35 points behind in the polls. campaigning!), so it seems likely that I will November 8, 1994 Five months later, we had raised nearly one- again be a candidate for statewide office. We half million dollars, driven 25,000 miles have come so far, learned so much, and made Dear Peter, around the state, met tens of thousands of so many friends. We can'tjust walk away I wanted to take a moment and thank Vermonters, created a campaign organization now! Like Churchill's, this campaign was not you for your note last month. It brought some of 500 volunt—eers, and closed the gap to only an ending.YoRuarthsesri,nciterieslay,beginning. vsterroynfgoinndflmueemncoerideusr.inHgetbho[sEevadnasy]s.wHaes a three pWoientcsame3s,o50f0arv.oIttehrusrtsshosrottooffvailcltjoursyt. John Carroll showed me that I could achievemmyy goals ifI Norwich, Vermont applied myself. Unfortunately, goals at short of the goal. that time were not as clearly defined as they Despite the disappointment, I am Y should have been. proud of the race we ran. We took on an I came back to the Academy last spring established incumbent, a professional politi- csitaanyewdhoonhtahserhuinghstraotaed-,wiwdeefeoicguhtsetdimoens.thWee GDA Gratitude tloonsgeetiSmtee,vbeuntgrIawdausatuen.pNrienpearyeedarfsorcahnobwe a issues, and we talked straight with November 1, 1994 much you have been able to accomplish in that time. Governor Dummer has grown Vermonters. We ran fair, we ran smart, we ran Dear Mr. Bragdon, tremendously under your stewardship. The hard. By October, all ofVermont could feel It is amazing how Governor Dummer new field house, dormitories and faculty hous- our momentum, the energy of our surge to prepared me for the transition to college. The the finish. By the last week, even the press GDA my continuedon page43 class schedule is so similar that The Archon 2 Winter 1995 HEADMASTER'S MESSAGE TfeArchon Publishedsmee1884 Publisher religious experience. The library is the very Peter W. Bragdon heart of any academic community, and, like Editor the long-serving Frost library it replaces, it David L. Bergmann 70 will assume its affinitive and proportional Assistant Editor place in the core of our campus. Michelle Robbins A question that was presented early Photographer in our discussions about new libraries con- David Oxton cerns the effects of new technology: Should Directorof Development Karen E. McGinley not the existence of computers and other Associate Directorof Development and data storage equipment mean that li—braries Director of Alumni-Parent Relations can be smaller? Our intensive study and Michael A. Moonves that of many other institution—s currently Director of the Annual Fund building new, larger libraries reveals that Erin P. Carver computers require considerable space of Archon Advisory Board their own and provide only collateral Bennett H. Beach '67 John H. Costello,Jr. P'89 research materials. That is, information Ilenry B. Eaton 70 available on computer systems should be John P. English '28 seen as adjuncts to books and still cannot SW..JNoseewpthoHnoLfafmmsaonnP'II83'58 supplant all printed materials. Indeed, tech- John S. Mercer '64P'95 nology, at this juncture, increases demand Christopher M. Pope '65 for an appropriate core collection ofbooks. Abigail M. Woodbury 79 The new math-science center, too, Trustees ofGovernor Dummer Academy represents an essential progression in the SDtoedpgheenD.G.MoKarsgnaent''5602,PP''9925,,PVriecseidPernetsident D. life of Governor Dummer Academy's cur- William B. Ardiff '55, Secretary recember 10, 1994 should be riculum, more closely linking two academic Jeffrey L. Gordon '69, Treasurer remembered as an historic date in the 232- disciplines that share a symbiotic relation- William L. Alfond '67 year life of Governor Dummer Academy. ship. The Science 2000 program has gener- Elaine D. D'Orio P'88 '95 Putnam P. Flint '37 —While historic is a word th—at has been used ated significantly greater interest in the Shirley S. French P'76 and perhaps overused many times to sciences among our students, and, in order Mirick. Friend '59 describe more than two centuries of events to satisfy the—ir demands for laboratories and MMiacrhyaeFl. ME.acHkooPv'e8r7 ''9711 '93 on our campus, the action taken on that day classrooms as well as their d—emands for George E. McGregor,Jr. '51 most certainly warrants the use of that more sophisticated equipment we must Bruce M. Male P'90 '95 adjective. build a new facility. The new building will Daniel M. Morgan '67, P'97 On December 10, the Trustees of anticipate the continuing surge of student RLiicnhdaarAd.B.PeOsscgosoooldid'o53, P'85 '88 Governor Dumme—r Academy voted to take participation in the sciences, as well as their William R. Plumer '53 a significant step one that sets in motion desire for a full array of advanced place- GeorgeS. Scharfe P'95 both the largest construction project in our ment courses. JCoohunrtMn.eyTiSm.kWeann,gJr.'7'469 history, and one that clearly delineates the The construction of these two new Josiah H. Welch '47, P'80 '83 Academy's course for the next 20 to 50 facilities also marks a profound investment Donald H. Werner years. It was a bold and decisive stroke that in the Academy's future from the perspec- Alumni/ae Trustees the Trustees made, committing the Acad- tive of GDA's ability to attract the highest William F. O'Leary 73 emy to the construction of both a new lib- caliber students and faculty members. Com- Haskell Rhett '54 rary and a new math-science center and petition among the best secondary schools Carrie E. Walton '88 making them available by September 1998. continues to increase, and, because we have Alumni/ae Council Arthur H. Veasey, III '68, President The action was not taken capriciously; it set our sights on nothing but the top eche- Karen A. Gronberg '83, Vice President was the result of three years of considerable lon, Governor Dummer Academy must be John S. Mercer '64, P'95, Past President deliberation, contention, fact-finding and comparably equipped. The addition of these TBehnojmaamsinR.B.BeBlrle7ws3ter '43 analysis by every member of the Board and buildings to our existing facilities will make GDA Carolyn Lyons Borwick 77 the administration. a formidable competitor. PeterT. Butler '62 Governor Dummer Academy has In the coming months, I will keep you RHiecnhrayrdB.A.EaCtoounsi7n0s '45 never built monuments for their own sake; informed of our progress in accomplishing John P. English '28 to do so would offend the very tenets upon the monumental task outlined in the Ralph F. Johnson,Jr. '64 which the school and its native New Eng- Board's December 10 vote. In the meantime, RHeobweacrcadB.NLaavpihnasm'3'183 land were founded. The commitment of as I hope you will join the Trustees, adminis- Brian NoyJ.es 76 much as $15 million in Academy funds for tration, faculty and students in celebrating Richard H. Pew,Jr. '54 construction and building endowment is, this remarkable watershed for Governor George L. Richards, III 77 rather, a reasoned response to specific needs Dummer Academy. Peter F. Richardson 75 identified in the academic curriculum. A Marc K. Tucker '68 Pamela K. Welch '80 library, as Trustees President Dodge D. TheArchonispublished threetimesayear(Fall,Winter Morg—an '50 has said, is "a temple of learn- andSpring)byGovernorDummerAcademy,Byfield,Massa- ing" a place where the acquisition of Sincerely, / cfhruosmetatlsu0m1n9i2/2a.e,Teplaerpehnotnse:an5d08f/r4i6e5n-d1s7o6f3.thLeetAtcearsdeamrey,wealncdoamree knowledge is, metaphorically speaking, a Peter W. Bragdon subjecttoeditingforreasonsofspaceavailability. TheArchon 3 Winter 1995 CAMPUS N Interdisciplinary Seminars "Go to Science 2000 Makes New Strides ships: A Unique University-Secondary the Movies" GDA's Wright Science 2000 program School Collaboration," will describe Tufts "GDA Goes to the Movies" is the has made many recent advances that University's and GDA's work on the title of this year's Interdisciplinary Sem- include creating a weather station, adding Science 2000 project. His second presenta- inars, in which selected students and fac- a biology and chemistry microcomputer tion, "Themes to Integrate the Sciences," ulty members will view and discuss laboratory and devising a teachers' guide will discuss the progress of the program. several thought-provoking films. to supplement the course's activity guide. The Interdisciplinary Seminars, now Science Department Chair Stephen in their fourth year, began October 31 and Metz, founder and director of the program have stimulated much discussion among that's creating a national model for sec- Two Governor DummerAcademy the selected participants, according to the ondary school science, said, "The technol- Science Teachers' Works Published program's director, Fine Arts Department ogy available in our science labs equals Governor Dummer Academy's Chair Christopher Stowens. that of other labs in the country." Science Department Chair Stephen C. Every other week, a faculty member The Science 2000 program, devel- Metz and physics master teacher Karen A. will present a film and then lead a discus- oped in conjunction with Tufts University's Bouffard are among the secondary school sion with the seminar group. There will be Wright Center for Science Education, is and university teachers to have articles five seminars each semester, meeting taught at GDA by members of the Acad- published in the new book Teachers' every other Monday at 6:30 p.m. emy's science faculty. The program is made Investigations in Alternative Assessments. The Interdisciplinary Seminar pro- possible by the support of the H. Dudley The book, published by the gram was devised in conjunction with Wright Foundation of Geneva, Switzerland. University of Massachusetts-Lowell, repre- Dartmouth College students in 1991. Past Physics master teacher David Moore sents the works of Massachusetts science topics have included abortion, free speech, is in the process of writing a meteorology teachers who are involved in a program AIDS and ethical dilemmas presented by unit for the program's activity guide. He called "Teacher Enhancement in modern technology. has also set up GDA's first weather station, Alternative Methods of Assessing Student Stowens will lead discussions about which is located on the roof of the Learning in Science" (TEAMASL). The three movies: Orson Welles' classic Citizen Schumann Science Center and includes a program, which began in 1992, is develop- Kane; the 60s British prep school drama rain gauge, anemometer, barometer and ing new ways to determine students' and the Japanese film about rape indoor and outdoor thermometers. The progress in learning science. //...; Rashomon. equipment is linked to the Center's com- Metz, who has been a member of Master English teacher Paul Warm puter system, which collects and analyzes TEAMASL since 1993, wrote an article will present Blade Runner, while master all the data. called, "From Blue Eyes to Atomic Radius: French teacher Pierre Baratelli will lead Biology master teacher Peter An Introduction to Scientific Classifica- discussions about the films La Dolce Vita Southam has created a microcomputer- tion." His report describes various activi- and Diva. based-laboratory (MBL) in GDA's biology ties that enabled students to gain insight Other faculty members who will run and chemistry laboratories with ten com- into scientific classification. The experi- seminars include master art teacher puters. Previously, the Science Department ments are geared to the ninth grade level, Roberta Britton and master science teacher had an MBL in the physics laboratory. The but can be modified to the seventh grade Peter Southam. students are using the computers to mea- level or lower. Stowens said these seminars will sure temperatures, pH balances and Bouffard's reports, "Performance serve to expose students to great films. human physiological indicators such as Assessments in Physics and Integrated "Educators spend a lot of time teaching pulse rates. "The MBL allows students to Ninth Grade Science" and "An Honors students how to interpret the written design their own experiments and collect Physics Project," include high school level word, but not enough time teaching them data more efficiently, which research has and honors level experiments on buoyant how to interpret visual images. I want shown increases students' learning ability," force, velocity and modern physics. She these seminars to teach students to be dis- said Metz. has been a member of TEAMASL since cerning of everything they watch and to Physics master teacher Karen 1993. realize that film makers are artists." Bouffard has begun work on a teachers' To be accepted into the program, guide that will supplement Science 2000's students had to write short essays explain- activity guide. "The purpose of the guide is ing why they want to be involved. The to show teachers how to use the labs effec- Students and Faculty Answer Academic Affairs Committee then tively. The activities are good, but the way "Call to Service" reviewed the essays and selected the par- they are delivered makes them even bet- Governor Dummer Academy will ticipants. The students are not graded, but ter," said Metz. offer a community service corps of400 do receive a .3 grade point towards their Metz also will present two papers at students and faculty members to provide cumulative averages. the National Science Teachers' Association services to non-profit organizations in conference in Philadelphia this year. His honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on first presentation, "The Wright Fellow- January 16. TheArchon 4 Winter 1995 CAMPUS N a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Academy, Triton Regional High School and Windrush Farms in Boxford. The soccer team that will represent Massachusetts in the 1995 World Summer Games in New Haven, CT, next July was announced during the clos- ing ceremonies. The day included an "Olympic Town," located behind GDA's Carl A. Pescosolido, Field House and featured Jr. locally sponsored food stands and activi- ties including a speed skating clinic given by national champion speed skater Michael Gallant. GDA The events at were organized by Student Games Directors Jamie E. Shulman '95 of Andover and Ksenija Topic GDA '95 of Byfield, along with the help of faculty members Susan Oleszko and David Gosse. "This event gives athletes a chance Academy Players present...: (front, l-r) Jennifer Smyth '94, /esse Taylor '98, Jordan Miller '97, Meaghan to compete and is an inspirational experi- Murphy '94, Damon Jespersen '94 and Brandi Hall '97act out a scenefrom "Much AdoAbout Nothing" in ence for everyone volunteering and partic- the Thompson PerformingArts Center. ipating," said Oleszko. Massachusetts Special Olympics, The program is the brainchild of holiday, not a black American holiday. We which was created in 1970, benefits ath- History Department Chairman William hope this day will demonstrate to students letes ages 8 to 80 with mental retardation. the fundamental message of 'do unto oth- Quigley, who said he came up with the ers as you'd have done to you,'" said idea while listening to Dr. Robert Coles' Quigley. speech during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day program last year. "I wanted to do as Students will be divided into groups Noted AIDS Photo Exhibit Visits [Coles] said, which was to provide service of five to 20, and about 50 faculty mem- Governor DummerAcademy to others. It's a great way to celebrate bers will supervise the day's activities. A critically acclaimed photographic "I want students to come away say- [King's] memory," said Quigley. Coles is a ing, 'Wow, that was a worthwhile, memo- exhibit that focuses on people living with Pulitzer Prize-winning author, child psy- the AIDS virus was displayed November rable experience,'" said Quigley chiatrist and Harvard professor, whose 15 to December 9 in Governor Dummer recent book The Call ofService supports Academy's Carl A. Pescosolido, Field Jr. King's ideals. House. Approximately 260 students have The exhibit, by photographer Loel Academy Hosts Special Olympics been assigned placements with the Poor, consists of more than 150 black-and- Salvation Army, in soup kitchens, shelters, GDA hosted more than 600 athletes white photographs of people with the hospitals, nursing homes and child care competing in the Massachusetts Special HIV/AIDS virus and is divided into three agencies. "Our goal is to get all 350 stu- Olympics Fall Tournament November 6 photographic essays. "Memories of Eddie, dents assignments, then they will be able for the seventh consecutive year. Living With AIDS," which was the first to chose the activity they want to do," said The opening ceremonies began at essay to be completed, contains 36 pho- GDA Quigley, who has been working with four at 9:00 a.m. with nearly 250 student tographs documenting the progression of seniors, including Amanda Harris, Preston and faculty volunteers lining the road and the virus in the life of one young man. Picardi, A.K. Kimoto and Cobb Mixter. cheering on the athletes. During the cere- "Women and Men Living with AIDS, the In addition, English master teacher monies, parachutists from the Pepperell Challenge Continues," contains photo- Paul Warm and Director of Vocal Music Sports Center of Pepperell, MA, jumped graphs taken in hospitals, homes and Leslie Robertson are organizing a "travel- from an airplane onto the Academy's rehabilitation centers of people whose ing troupe," said Quigley. The troupe, con- campus. lives have been affected by the disease. sisting of choral members, instrumental- Athletes from across the state partic- "Out From the Shadows: Adolescents and ists, actors and actresses, will travel to area ipated in soccer, cycling and equestrian Children Living with AIDS" focuses on nursing homes to perform variety shows. competitions. The events, which were offi- children and youths from various socio- "I want more people to realize that ciated by members of the Mass Youth economic backgrounds and the trials they Martin Luther King day is an American Soccer Association and the United States face with the virus. Cycling Federation, took place from 9:30 continuedon page6 TheArchon 5 Winter 1995 CAMPUS N continuedfrompage5 From April 7 to 9, the 26 schools will con- The group will have to address gregate at Tufts in a simulated United issues including global warming, popula- Janet Epstein, advisor to the Health Nations meeting to negotiate various tion growth, foreign aid and investment and Wellness Committee at the Academy, issues. and natural resource dilemmas. Questions said the purpose of the exhibit is to edu- "This program is great for students "South Korea" will be asked include, cate people about the AIDS virus. "I want because it helps them develop research and "How will your country continue to people to gain an increased awareness and communication skills, introduces them to enhance its economic prosperity and stan- sensitivity about the reality of AIDS," she politics and teaches them to take initiative dards of living within the global economic said. Epstein, who teaches Health Edu- since the program is student-run," said order and defend its interests in the inter- cation at GDA, said the exhibit has addi- Warm. national system? What potential for inter- tional significance to her students because According to EPIIC, the 10-year old nal chaos, border clashes or wars loom in they have actually met with or read about program "is a rigorous, non-partisan edu- the regional landscape?" some of the people in the photographs. cational effort that seeks to define the Poor has displayed her work in imperatives of global security and to estab- many schools and professional organiza- lish the linkages between international and tions including Boston's World Trade domestic politics." It encourages critical See the World with the Alumnilae Center, the Massachusetts Institute of thinking and analysis of global issues from Council Technology Museum and Phillips Acad- its participants. The Governor Dummer Academy emy. She and Exhibits Coordinator Jack Senior Jameson Case, who is co-head Alumni/ae Council is sponsoring two lux- Armitage, founder and former executive of the program at GDA, said he became ury cruises - one circling South America, director of Strongest Link AIDS Services, involved because of his interest in foreign the other from Athens to Venice - during Inc., have worked on this project for the relations. "The program gives you a sense 1995. past five years. Along with Epstein, they of how the world works and how every- The cruises, arranged by Sam Waugh provided seminars and discussion groups thing is interrelated," he said. '44 and his Pequot Travel, Ltd., are being as a supplement to the exhibit. "These dis- The group, which has been selected offered to all GDA alumni/ae. Some of the cussions help demystify AIDS and help in to represent South Korea, has already proceeds of the trip will benefit the generating compassionate responses from begun researching the history of various Academy's Annual Fund. viewers," said Epstein. countries and civilizations in preparation The first trip, aboard the ultra-luxury for the April meeting. "In order to do well ship Silver Wind, departs from Athens on and be able to debate about issues of the April 9 for a 14-day tour of the Aegean Sea future, we have to understand the past and and the Greek islands. The all-inclusive GDA Takes on South Korea in present," said Case. price of this cruise - including airfare from International Conference Governor Dummer Academy becomes South Korea and attempts to solve that country's domestic and interna- GDA tional problems as participates in this year's Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship Program. Governor Dummer Academy is one of 26 schools in the greater Boston area participating in the EPIIC program, which is produced in conjunction with Tufts University. The title of this year's program is 20/20 Visions ofthe Future: Anticipating the Year 2020. EPIIC advisor and English mas- ter teacher Paul Warm said the 10 GDA students participating in the program will read articles on issues that will hypotheti- cally face the planet in the year 2020. Then, Official Portrait: The Trustees ofGovernor DummerAcademypose beneath theportrait offormer students will be assigned to play the roll of Headmaster Charles W. Ingham. Theyare (seated, l-r) Elaine F. D'Orio P'88 '95, Courtney S. Wang '74, an international agency, such as the Mary F Mack P'87 '91 '93, William B. Ardiff'55, President Dodge D. Morgan '50 P'92,Vice President International Monetary Fund, or to repre- Steven G. Kasnet '62 P'95, Shirley S. French P'76, Micliael E. Hoover '71, Linda A. Pescosolido; (standing, l- sent a country. r) John M. Timken, Jr. '69, Putnam P. Flint 37, BruceM. Male P'90 '95, Josiah H. Welch '47 P'80 '83, Students will meet with Tufts gradu- William F. O'Leary '73, Haskell Rhett '54, George E. McGregor, Jr. '51, TreasurerJeffrey L. Gordon '69, George S. Scharfe P'95, DonaldH. Werner, Mirick Friend '59, William L. Alfond '67and Daniel M. Morgan ate students throughout the academic year '67 P'97. (Missing: Richard B. Osgood '53 P'85 '88, and Carrie E. Walton '88.) and develop arguments for their positions. The Archon 6 Winter 1995 CAMPUS N New York to Athens - is $6,096 per person, increased donor participation and pledge address the AIDS issue. "They don't show or $6,995 per person for veranda cabins. rates by about 100 percent, said Moonves. you what they need to show you, like the From November 16 to December 1, "Clearly, the efforts of the Gores, the open sores all over the body, because it 1995, Waugh has arranged a cruise aboard class captains and the parent volunteers are doesn't sell commercials," he said. the Royal Viking Sun that begins in the reasons for such great results," said Everyone has the legal right to Santiago, Chile, and circles South America, Moonves. "GDA is tremendously thankful counseling upon AIDS/HIV diagnosis, ending in Buenos Aires, Argentina. to all the parents who have given and said Quercio. When he was diagnosed, Highlights of the 15-day trip will include pledged gifts to date." Quercio said he was training for his sixth passage around Cape Horn and through In addition, the Development Office marathon. He waited 15 days for the the Chilean Fjords, Darwin's Passage and has held successful receptions in New results of his test and finally got a call the Strait of Magellan, featuring lectures by York, Washington, D.C. and Chicago for while at work in an office that lacked pri- famed oceanographer Jean-Michel alumni/ae and past and current parents, vacy. "They said, 'Michael, we're sorry, Cousteau. The ship also will make stops in said Moonves. Upcoming receptions you're positive' and hung-up. They didn't the Falkland Islands and in Montevideo, include one in San Francisco, CA, on even ask me to come in. I could've been Uruguay. Cruise fares for this trip begin at January 12 and in the Dallas/Fort Worth, on a 55-story scaffold," he said. $6,415 per person, including airfare and TX, area onJanuary 24. "I'm inspired by the education that gratuities. (Early booking discounts are For more information about the is finally getting out to people. I get available.) receptions, contact the Development Office through the day by crying and laughing a For further information and reserva- at (508) 465-1763. lot and with love from friends and family, tions, please contact Sam Waugh at Pequot which is the cure," said Quercio, who has Travel (203-255-5965). spoken to over 400 organizations about AIDS. Speaker Challenges AIDS Quercio's talk, which was sponsored Perceptions by the Health and Wellness Committee, Annual Fund Off to Strong Start "AIDS is a disease that is affecting inspired and shocked students and faculty The 1994-95 Annual Fund is off to an gays, blacks, drug abusers and even them members. Many people stayed after the impressive start, improving donor partici- [sic] squeaky clean, lily-white suburban conclusion of his speech to speak with pation and dollar amounts by several per- types," according to Michael Quercio, a him and to give him hugs. centage points in comparison with last nationally recognized AIDS/HIV "His talk opened students' eyes and fall's statistics, said Erin Carver, Director of spokesperson. made them more aware of what is hap- the Annual Fund. Quercio's speech "AIDS: A Personal pening with AIDS. I think it shocked a lot "Thanks to dedicated alumni/ae, Story," captivated the audience in the filled of people," said senior Laura Barnes. parents, faculty and staff members and auditorium of the Thompson Performing friends, we've been able to raise $183,591 to Arts Center November 17 and moved date, which is a $48,349 improvement from many students and faculty members to last year at this time," said Carver. "We've tears. Summer Program Expandsfor '95 also had 171 more donors participate in the Quercio, who has full-blown AIDS, The GDA Summer Program is expanding Annual Fund." began his talk by lighting a candle as a its course selection to more than 30 Through events like Parents' and symbol of hope with his unsteady hands. classes, taught by over 50 faculty mem- Volunteer Weekend, the Annual Fund has He said there is no cure for AIDS in sight bers, for the summer of 1995. been able to build up a strong momentum, and the only way to stop the spread of Summer Programs Director Linda said Carver. "If this progress continues AIDS is abstinence and education. Thomson said new courses include an aca- throughout the year, we'll have no problem He expressed concern for HIV-posi- demic program designed for middle- raising participation and reaching our tive people who are dying alone. "There school students, a Spanish course for $600,000 goal," she said. are people withering away to nothingness, beginners, a rollerblading camp, lacrosse The 1994-95 Parent Fund has raised being discarded like rubbish. No one clinic and a drawing and painting class. In approximately $60,000 towards its goal of deserves that pain, that stigmatization," addition, a four-week English-as-a-second- $150,000 as of November 30, said Director said Quercio, who was honored by language program will be offered to for- of Parent Alumni/ae-Parent Relations President Bill Clinton in the "Faces of eign students. Michael Moonves. Hope" celebration for his work on The GDA Summer Program The strong leadership of Robert and AIDS/HIV education. He said offering to brochure, which is due out in February, Judy Gore, senior class captains John and hold an HIV patient's hand and giving him provides a complete listing of courses and Sheila Whittier and Burton and Susan Dow, or her love is much more pain reducing registration dates. For copies of the junior class captains Thomas and Nancy than the drugs. brochure and registration forms, contact Carroll,-sophomore class captains Gregory People's denial of mortality is a seri- Linda Thomson at (508) 462-4298. eb and Helga Senko and freshman class cap- ous issue, said Quercio. He criticized pam- tains Martin and Judy Forrest, has phlets and made-for-television dramas that TheArchon 7 Winter 1995 Reaching for the Fr New Trustees Vote to Build Libi The Governor Dummer Academy Board of Trustees has taken the momentous step of voting to embark on the largest construc- tion project in the Academy's 232-year history: the building of a new library and a new mathematics-science center that will be available for student use by September, 1998. The Board voted at its meeting on December 10 to use the September, 1998, date as a goal for opening the two new facilities, but expressed the hope that they would be completed for the 1997-98 school year. Meeting the 1997-98 goal would mean that members of the Academy's current freshman class would have these facilities available to them in their senior year. The Governor Dummer Academy Trustees empowered a subcommittee of Board members and administrators to begin the process of planning for the design and construction of the 50,000-volume library and eight-laboratory math-science building. Preliminary cost estimates suggest that the two facilities will require approximately $10 million for their construction. According to the Board's long-standing policy that separate endowments be created for the perpetual maintenance of all new GDA buildings, an additional sum of $4 million to $5 million will be designated for these two new constructions. GDA alumnus Robert F. Schumann '40, who is the father of two Academy alumni (Ford '66 and David '74), has donated $500,000 toward the construction of the new math-science center. In 1971, Schumann funded the creation of the Academy's current science facility, which bears his parents' name. The Academy's trustees also have initially pledged approximately $750,000 toward the building projects to date. The remainder of the building costs will be met through a concerted fund-raising effort and a carefully designed financing plan. (Further information and preliminary designs for the new buildings will be available in the coming months.) Board of Trustees President Dodge D. Morgan '50 said, this construction project "represents far more than mere bricks and mortar; these two new academic facilities are educational tools that will keep Governor Dummer students and teachers at the frontiers of American education." "The Academy's need for these buildings arises out of our successes, both in the overall academic curriculum and specifically in our Science 2000 program," said Headmaster Peter W. Bragdon. "Our mastery curriculum places greater emphasis on individual and col- laborative research, and these activities require first-class collections, as well as state-of-the-art technological resource systems. Our new library will provide us with both." "As for the new math- science facilities, the Academy's Science 2000 program has dramatically increased students' demand for science courses," Bragdon said. "We need these new laboratories in order to meet this new demand and to o ensure that GDA can continue to produce some of the country's most scientifically literate high school students. The join- ing of mathematics and science under one roof, too, represents a natural outgrowth of our curriculum." Governor Dum- mer's Science 2000 program, which integrates themes from biology, chemistry, earth science and physics, is a joint project of Governor Dummer Academy and Tufts University, and is funded by the H. Dudley Wright Foundation of Geneva, o O Switzerland. CM Enrollment to t e- i— x>

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Cavanagh '79 A simple job ferrying a yacht from Maine to Florida turns into a harrowing adventure at sea as Brad Cavanagh '79 and the rest of the crew of 'The Trashman' are shipwrecked by a vicious storm. What follows is five days adrift in a rubber boat with no food, no water...and no hope. Reaching for the Frontiers of Education 8 The Governor Dummer Academy Board of Trustees takes the momentous step of voting to embark on the largest construction project in the Academy's 232-year history: the building of a new library and a new mathematics-science center that will be available for student use by September, 1998. A Law 20 Life in the Archon Profile: Barry Sullivan '66 Litigator, legal scholar and former U.S. Justice Department attorney Barry Sullivan '66 takes on a new challenge as Dean of the Washington & Lee University Law School. The more difficult task he's facing is changing the negative per- ceptions of attorneys. Science in the Governor's Back Yard 16 GDA master science teacher Dr. Susan Oleszko-Szuts and her marine biology class make use of the Academy's unique location and turn the Byfield marshes and nearby Plum Island into their own "backyard laboratory." 7 Volunteer Weekend Builds Momentum 48 A look back at the Academy's October Volunteer Weekend, in which Class Agents, Class Secretaries, Parent Fund Vol- unteers and Alumni/ae Council members gathered with Trustees to say thanks and make plans to benefit GDA. DEPARTMENTS i P Class Notes 24 On the Cover Headmaster's Message 3 JuniorMaria Fallon, seniors Christine Letters 2 HolbrookandMeaglian Murphystudya small Milestones 23 organismfound by marine biology master On Campus 4 teacher Dr. Susan Oleszko-Szuts in a tidepool at Plum Island. (Photo by David Oxton) The Archon is printed on recycled paper E T T E R S A Connection? acknowledged that ours was the hottest cam- schedule here is just about the same. The only August 25, 1994 pAaisgtantien-wViedrempoonlittitchailscealemcptaiiongnye—ar.even in a ploabsssifbolresdciifefnecreenicnestiesatdhaotfwtweo-h.avTehethtreeaec-hheorusr — small state like ours is a financial, organiza- here are great, though some cannot speak Dear Peter, As we descended into Rio today, I tmioornaelcahnadllleonggiistnigcaaltcahpalelresnognea.lBluevtelit.is even aEnngdliesdhucvaetrioynwaell.l.FoTrheincsltaasnscees,airnemiyntesreemsitninagr askdiveiss,e1d7°tCh/e63p°aFs.seDnogeyrosuofsutphpeowseeatthheerr:e cisleaanry Opocsciatsiivoenaflolcyu,s,asI Ires-trreuagdglKeidpltiongm'asi/n/t..a.,ipnarmtys of cwleashsaHvoewhathdesSepvaecrealPrgougersatmsHpaeaskAefrfsecwtehdoSowceiretey significance to this 17/63 connection? which I want to share with you because of or are astronauts. One of them, Kathy Bob Fullerton '63 their inspirational meaning to me during the Thornton, flew on the mission to fix the American Airlines Captain NH campaign: Hubble Telescope. She told the class that the Meredith, repair mission was actually planned even T T Ifyou can keepyour head when all aboutyou before the telescope was launched into space. I are losing theirs and blaming it on you; find it amazing that the press never even Ifyou can trustyourselfwhen all men doubt hinted at that fact. I also believe that there are A Beginning you, at least three more missions planned to either December 18, 1994 But makeallowancefor theirdoubting too; upgrade or fix the Hubble. Chemistry is fun Ifyou can wait and not be tired by waiting, and challenging. I am having a little bit of Dear Friends, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies; trouble in the class, but I have made a plan to When Winston Churchill lost the 1945 Or, being hated, don'tgive way to hating... get myself out of the low-grade pit. The labs election, his wife remarked—that perhaps it — are fun and interesting, though I am baffled was a blessing in disguise to which the Ifyou can dream and not make dreams that they do not allow people to work in British leader replied, "At the moment it is your master; — groups during the lab. I thought I would be very well disguised." I can sympathize with Ifyou can think and not make thoughts having a lot of trouble in calculus this year, but the feeling. Yet, as we know, Churchill went youraim; I am actually doing quite well in it. Having on to win his next election. Ifyou can meet with triumph and disaster students startcalculus in the fourth quarter at Thinking of the "blessings" of which And treat those two impostorsjust the GDA was a great idea. I have an edge on the Lady Churchill spoke, I have come to under- same... class because I know most of the concepts of stand that my campaign for Congress has left derivatives and I can follow the class without me with many blessings, among them the Ifyou can makeone heap ofall your winnings worrying about the subject matter. Keep using friendship and support ofmany members of And risk it on one turn ofpitch-and-toss, the TI calculators for class, they are a huge the Governor Dummer community. I write to And lose, and start at your beginnings necessity in college, and some classes even thank you folks at TheArchon for publishing And never breathea wordabout your loss... require them. Sincerely, our "freewheeling conversation" in the fall Now, as life returns to normal in the Kevin Tangney '94 issue. — As your readers may know by now, I Carroll household and af—ter six years of ser- Vanderbilt University did not win my race for Vermont's lone vice in the Vermont Senate I look forward Congressional seat. Yet, lookingback on the to more time with my family and to working Y V campaign, it hardly feels like we lost. In fact, again in the private sector. Still, I believe that we accomplished a lot. We started the cam- public service is an honorable and worthy Praise and Congratulations paign in mid-June from scratch, with no con- calling, and I love the work (I even love the tributions, and 35 points behind in the polls. campaigning!), so it seems likely that I will November 8, 1994 Five months later, we had raised nearly one- again be a candidate for statewide office. We half million dollars, driven 25,000 miles have come so far, learned so much, and made Dear Peter, around the state, met tens of thousands of so many friends. We can'tjust walk away I wanted to take a moment and thank Vermonters, created a campaign organization now! Like Churchill's, this campaign was not you for your note last month. It brought some of 500 volunt—eers, and closed the gap to only an ending.YoRuarthsesri,nciterieslay,beginning. vsterroynfgoinndflmueemncoerideusr.inHgetbho[sEevadnasy]s.wHaes a three pWoientcsame3s,o50f0arv.oIttehrusrtsshosrottooffvailcltjoursyt. John Carroll showed me that I could achievemmyy goals ifI Norwich, Vermont applied myself. Unfortunately, goals at short of the goal. that time were not as clearly defined as they Despite the disappointment, I am Y should have been. proud of the race we ran. We took on an I came back to the Academy last spring established incumbent, a professional politi- csitaanyewdhoonhtahserhuinghstraotaed-,wiwdeefeoicguhtsetdimoens.thWee GDA Gratitude tloonsgeetiSmtee,vbeuntgrIawdausatuen.pNrienpearyeedarfsorcahnobwe a issues, and we talked straight with November 1, 1994 much you have been able to accomplish in that time. Governor Dummer has grown Vermonters. We ran fair, we ran smart, we ran Dear Mr. Bragdon, tremendously under your stewardship. The hard. By October, all ofVermont could feel It is amazing how Governor Dummer new field house, dormitories and faculty hous- our momentum, the energy of our surge to prepared me for the transition to college. The the finish. By the last week, even the press GDA my continuedon page43 class schedule is so similar that The Archon 2 Winter 1995 HEADMASTER'S MESSAGE TfeArchon Publishedsmee1884 Publisher religious experience. The library is the very Peter W. Bragdon heart of any academic community, and, like Editor the long-serving Frost library it replaces, it David L. Bergmann 70 will assume its affinitive and proportional Assistant Editor place in the core of our campus. Michelle Robbins A question that was presented early Photographer in our discussions about new libraries con- David Oxton cerns the effects of new technology: Should Directorof Development Karen E. McGinley not the existence of computers and other Associate Directorof Development and data storage equipment mean that li—braries Director of Alumni-Parent Relations can be smaller? Our intensive study and Michael A. Moonves that of many other institution—s currently Director of the Annual Fund building new, larger libraries reveals that Erin P. Carver computers require considerable space of Archon Advisory Board their own and provide only collateral Bennett H. Beach '67 John H. Costello,Jr. P'89 research materials. That is, information Ilenry B. Eaton 70 available on computer systems should be John P. English '28 seen as adjuncts to books and still cannot SW..JNoseewpthoHnoLfafmmsaonnP'II83'58 supplant all printed materials. Indeed, tech- John S. Mercer '64P'95 nology, at this juncture, increases demand Christopher M. Pope '65 for an appropriate core collection ofbooks. Abigail M. Woodbury 79 The new math-science center, too, Trustees ofGovernor Dummer Academy represents an essential progression in the SDtoedpgheenD.G.MoKarsgnaent''5602,PP''9925,,PVriecseidPernetsident D. life of Governor Dummer Academy's cur- William B. Ardiff '55, Secretary recember 10, 1994 should be riculum, more closely linking two academic Jeffrey L. Gordon '69, Treasurer remembered as an historic date in the 232- disciplines that share a symbiotic relation- William L. Alfond '67 year life of Governor Dummer Academy. ship. The Science 2000 program has gener- Elaine D. D'Orio P'88 '95 Putnam P. Flint '37 —While historic is a word th—at has been used ated significantly greater interest in the Shirley S. French P'76 and perhaps overused many times to sciences among our students, and, in order Mirick. Friend '59 describe more than two centuries of events to satisfy the—ir demands for laboratories and MMiacrhyaeFl. ME.acHkooPv'e8r7 ''9711 '93 on our campus, the action taken on that day classrooms as well as their d—emands for George E. McGregor,Jr. '51 most certainly warrants the use of that more sophisticated equipment we must Bruce M. Male P'90 '95 adjective. build a new facility. The new building will Daniel M. Morgan '67, P'97 On December 10, the Trustees of anticipate the continuing surge of student RLiicnhdaarAd.B.PeOsscgosoooldid'o53, P'85 '88 Governor Dumme—r Academy voted to take participation in the sciences, as well as their William R. Plumer '53 a significant step one that sets in motion desire for a full array of advanced place- GeorgeS. Scharfe P'95 both the largest construction project in our ment courses. JCoohunrtMn.eyTiSm.kWeann,gJr.'7'469 history, and one that clearly delineates the The construction of these two new Josiah H. Welch '47, P'80 '83 Academy's course for the next 20 to 50 facilities also marks a profound investment Donald H. Werner years. It was a bold and decisive stroke that in the Academy's future from the perspec- Alumni/ae Trustees the Trustees made, committing the Acad- tive of GDA's ability to attract the highest William F. O'Leary 73 emy to the construction of both a new lib- caliber students and faculty members. Com- Haskell Rhett '54 rary and a new math-science center and petition among the best secondary schools Carrie E. Walton '88 making them available by September 1998. continues to increase, and, because we have Alumni/ae Council Arthur H. Veasey, III '68, President The action was not taken capriciously; it set our sights on nothing but the top eche- Karen A. Gronberg '83, Vice President was the result of three years of considerable lon, Governor Dummer Academy must be John S. Mercer '64, P'95, Past President deliberation, contention, fact-finding and comparably equipped. The addition of these TBehnojmaamsinR.B.BeBlrle7ws3ter '43 analysis by every member of the Board and buildings to our existing facilities will make GDA Carolyn Lyons Borwick 77 the administration. a formidable competitor. PeterT. Butler '62 Governor Dummer Academy has In the coming months, I will keep you RHiecnhrayrdB.A.EaCtoounsi7n0s '45 never built monuments for their own sake; informed of our progress in accomplishing John P. English '28 to do so would offend the very tenets upon the monumental task outlined in the Ralph F. Johnson,Jr. '64 which the school and its native New Eng- Board's December 10 vote. In the meantime, RHeobweacrcadB.NLaavpihnasm'3'183 land were founded. The commitment of as I hope you will join the Trustees, adminis- Brian NoyJ.es 76 much as $15 million in Academy funds for tration, faculty and students in celebrating Richard H. Pew,Jr. '54 construction and building endowment is, this remarkable watershed for Governor George L. Richards, III 77 rather, a reasoned response to specific needs Dummer Academy. Peter F. Richardson 75 identified in the academic curriculum. A Marc K. Tucker '68 Pamela K. Welch '80 library, as Trustees President Dodge D. TheArchonispublished threetimesayear(Fall,Winter Morg—an '50 has said, is "a temple of learn- andSpring)byGovernorDummerAcademy,Byfield,Massa- ing" a place where the acquisition of Sincerely, / cfhruosmetatlsu0m1n9i2/2a.e,Teplaerpehnotnse:an5d08f/r4i6e5n-d1s7o6f3.thLeetAtcearsdeamrey,wealncdoamree knowledge is, metaphorically speaking, a Peter W. Bragdon subjecttoeditingforreasonsofspaceavailability. TheArchon 3 Winter 1995 CAMPUS N Interdisciplinary Seminars "Go to Science 2000 Makes New Strides ships: A Unique University-Secondary the Movies" GDA's Wright Science 2000 program School Collaboration," will describe Tufts "GDA Goes to the Movies" is the has made many recent advances that University's and GDA's work on the title of this year's Interdisciplinary Sem- include creating a weather station, adding Science 2000 project. His second presenta- inars, in which selected students and fac- a biology and chemistry microcomputer tion, "Themes to Integrate the Sciences," ulty members will view and discuss laboratory and devising a teachers' guide will discuss the progress of the program. several thought-provoking films. to supplement the course's activity guide. The Interdisciplinary Seminars, now Science Department Chair Stephen in their fourth year, began October 31 and Metz, founder and director of the program have stimulated much discussion among that's creating a national model for sec- Two Governor DummerAcademy the selected participants, according to the ondary school science, said, "The technol- Science Teachers' Works Published program's director, Fine Arts Department ogy available in our science labs equals Governor Dummer Academy's Chair Christopher Stowens. that of other labs in the country." Science Department Chair Stephen C. Every other week, a faculty member The Science 2000 program, devel- Metz and physics master teacher Karen A. will present a film and then lead a discus- oped in conjunction with Tufts University's Bouffard are among the secondary school sion with the seminar group. There will be Wright Center for Science Education, is and university teachers to have articles five seminars each semester, meeting taught at GDA by members of the Acad- published in the new book Teachers' every other Monday at 6:30 p.m. emy's science faculty. The program is made Investigations in Alternative Assessments. The Interdisciplinary Seminar pro- possible by the support of the H. Dudley The book, published by the gram was devised in conjunction with Wright Foundation of Geneva, Switzerland. University of Massachusetts-Lowell, repre- Dartmouth College students in 1991. Past Physics master teacher David Moore sents the works of Massachusetts science topics have included abortion, free speech, is in the process of writing a meteorology teachers who are involved in a program AIDS and ethical dilemmas presented by unit for the program's activity guide. He called "Teacher Enhancement in modern technology. has also set up GDA's first weather station, Alternative Methods of Assessing Student Stowens will lead discussions about which is located on the roof of the Learning in Science" (TEAMASL). The three movies: Orson Welles' classic Citizen Schumann Science Center and includes a program, which began in 1992, is develop- Kane; the 60s British prep school drama rain gauge, anemometer, barometer and ing new ways to determine students' and the Japanese film about rape indoor and outdoor thermometers. The progress in learning science. //...; Rashomon. equipment is linked to the Center's com- Metz, who has been a member of Master English teacher Paul Warm puter system, which collects and analyzes TEAMASL since 1993, wrote an article will present Blade Runner, while master all the data. called, "From Blue Eyes to Atomic Radius: French teacher Pierre Baratelli will lead Biology master teacher Peter An Introduction to Scientific Classifica- discussions about the films La Dolce Vita Southam has created a microcomputer- tion." His report describes various activi- and Diva. based-laboratory (MBL) in GDA's biology ties that enabled students to gain insight Other faculty members who will run and chemistry laboratories with ten com- into scientific classification. The experi- seminars include master art teacher puters. Previously, the Science Department ments are geared to the ninth grade level, Roberta Britton and master science teacher had an MBL in the physics laboratory. The but can be modified to the seventh grade Peter Southam. students are using the computers to mea- level or lower. Stowens said these seminars will sure temperatures, pH balances and Bouffard's reports, "Performance serve to expose students to great films. human physiological indicators such as Assessments in Physics and Integrated "Educators spend a lot of time teaching pulse rates. "The MBL allows students to Ninth Grade Science" and "An Honors students how to interpret the written design their own experiments and collect Physics Project," include high school level word, but not enough time teaching them data more efficiently, which research has and honors level experiments on buoyant how to interpret visual images. I want shown increases students' learning ability," force, velocity and modern physics. She these seminars to teach students to be dis- said Metz. has been a member of TEAMASL since cerning of everything they watch and to Physics master teacher Karen 1993. realize that film makers are artists." Bouffard has begun work on a teachers' To be accepted into the program, guide that will supplement Science 2000's students had to write short essays explain- activity guide. "The purpose of the guide is ing why they want to be involved. The to show teachers how to use the labs effec- Students and Faculty Answer Academic Affairs Committee then tively. The activities are good, but the way "Call to Service" reviewed the essays and selected the par- they are delivered makes them even bet- Governor Dummer Academy will ticipants. The students are not graded, but ter," said Metz. offer a community service corps of400 do receive a .3 grade point towards their Metz also will present two papers at students and faculty members to provide cumulative averages. the National Science Teachers' Association services to non-profit organizations in conference in Philadelphia this year. His honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on first presentation, "The Wright Fellow- January 16. TheArchon 4 Winter 1995 CAMPUS N a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Academy, Triton Regional High School and Windrush Farms in Boxford. The soccer team that will represent Massachusetts in the 1995 World Summer Games in New Haven, CT, next July was announced during the clos- ing ceremonies. The day included an "Olympic Town," located behind GDA's Carl A. Pescosolido, Field House and featured Jr. locally sponsored food stands and activi- ties including a speed skating clinic given by national champion speed skater Michael Gallant. GDA The events at were organized by Student Games Directors Jamie E. Shulman '95 of Andover and Ksenija Topic GDA '95 of Byfield, along with the help of faculty members Susan Oleszko and David Gosse. "This event gives athletes a chance Academy Players present...: (front, l-r) Jennifer Smyth '94, /esse Taylor '98, Jordan Miller '97, Meaghan to compete and is an inspirational experi- Murphy '94, Damon Jespersen '94 and Brandi Hall '97act out a scenefrom "Much AdoAbout Nothing" in ence for everyone volunteering and partic- the Thompson PerformingArts Center. ipating," said Oleszko. Massachusetts Special Olympics, The program is the brainchild of holiday, not a black American holiday. We which was created in 1970, benefits ath- History Department Chairman William hope this day will demonstrate to students letes ages 8 to 80 with mental retardation. the fundamental message of 'do unto oth- Quigley, who said he came up with the ers as you'd have done to you,'" said idea while listening to Dr. Robert Coles' Quigley. speech during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day program last year. "I wanted to do as Students will be divided into groups Noted AIDS Photo Exhibit Visits [Coles] said, which was to provide service of five to 20, and about 50 faculty mem- Governor DummerAcademy to others. It's a great way to celebrate bers will supervise the day's activities. A critically acclaimed photographic "I want students to come away say- [King's] memory," said Quigley. Coles is a ing, 'Wow, that was a worthwhile, memo- exhibit that focuses on people living with Pulitzer Prize-winning author, child psy- the AIDS virus was displayed November rable experience,'" said Quigley chiatrist and Harvard professor, whose 15 to December 9 in Governor Dummer recent book The Call ofService supports Academy's Carl A. Pescosolido, Field Jr. King's ideals. House. Approximately 260 students have The exhibit, by photographer Loel Academy Hosts Special Olympics been assigned placements with the Poor, consists of more than 150 black-and- Salvation Army, in soup kitchens, shelters, GDA hosted more than 600 athletes white photographs of people with the hospitals, nursing homes and child care competing in the Massachusetts Special HIV/AIDS virus and is divided into three agencies. "Our goal is to get all 350 stu- Olympics Fall Tournament November 6 photographic essays. "Memories of Eddie, dents assignments, then they will be able for the seventh consecutive year. Living With AIDS," which was the first to chose the activity they want to do," said The opening ceremonies began at essay to be completed, contains 36 pho- GDA Quigley, who has been working with four at 9:00 a.m. with nearly 250 student tographs documenting the progression of seniors, including Amanda Harris, Preston and faculty volunteers lining the road and the virus in the life of one young man. Picardi, A.K. Kimoto and Cobb Mixter. cheering on the athletes. During the cere- "Women and Men Living with AIDS, the In addition, English master teacher monies, parachutists from the Pepperell Challenge Continues," contains photo- Paul Warm and Director of Vocal Music Sports Center of Pepperell, MA, jumped graphs taken in hospitals, homes and Leslie Robertson are organizing a "travel- from an airplane onto the Academy's rehabilitation centers of people whose ing troupe," said Quigley. The troupe, con- campus. lives have been affected by the disease. sisting of choral members, instrumental- Athletes from across the state partic- "Out From the Shadows: Adolescents and ists, actors and actresses, will travel to area ipated in soccer, cycling and equestrian Children Living with AIDS" focuses on nursing homes to perform variety shows. competitions. The events, which were offi- children and youths from various socio- "I want more people to realize that ciated by members of the Mass Youth economic backgrounds and the trials they Martin Luther King day is an American Soccer Association and the United States face with the virus. Cycling Federation, took place from 9:30 continuedon page6 TheArchon 5 Winter 1995 CAMPUS N continuedfrompage5 From April 7 to 9, the 26 schools will con- The group will have to address gregate at Tufts in a simulated United issues including global warming, popula- Janet Epstein, advisor to the Health Nations meeting to negotiate various tion growth, foreign aid and investment and Wellness Committee at the Academy, issues. and natural resource dilemmas. Questions said the purpose of the exhibit is to edu- "This program is great for students "South Korea" will be asked include, cate people about the AIDS virus. "I want because it helps them develop research and "How will your country continue to people to gain an increased awareness and communication skills, introduces them to enhance its economic prosperity and stan- sensitivity about the reality of AIDS," she politics and teaches them to take initiative dards of living within the global economic said. Epstein, who teaches Health Edu- since the program is student-run," said order and defend its interests in the inter- cation at GDA, said the exhibit has addi- Warm. national system? What potential for inter- tional significance to her students because According to EPIIC, the 10-year old nal chaos, border clashes or wars loom in they have actually met with or read about program "is a rigorous, non-partisan edu- the regional landscape?" some of the people in the photographs. cational effort that seeks to define the Poor has displayed her work in imperatives of global security and to estab- many schools and professional organiza- lish the linkages between international and tions including Boston's World Trade domestic politics." It encourages critical See the World with the Alumnilae Center, the Massachusetts Institute of thinking and analysis of global issues from Council Technology Museum and Phillips Acad- its participants. The Governor Dummer Academy emy. She and Exhibits Coordinator Jack Senior Jameson Case, who is co-head Alumni/ae Council is sponsoring two lux- Armitage, founder and former executive of the program at GDA, said he became ury cruises - one circling South America, director of Strongest Link AIDS Services, involved because of his interest in foreign the other from Athens to Venice - during Inc., have worked on this project for the relations. "The program gives you a sense 1995. past five years. Along with Epstein, they of how the world works and how every- The cruises, arranged by Sam Waugh provided seminars and discussion groups thing is interrelated," he said. '44 and his Pequot Travel, Ltd., are being as a supplement to the exhibit. "These dis- The group, which has been selected offered to all GDA alumni/ae. Some of the cussions help demystify AIDS and help in to represent South Korea, has already proceeds of the trip will benefit the generating compassionate responses from begun researching the history of various Academy's Annual Fund. viewers," said Epstein. countries and civilizations in preparation The first trip, aboard the ultra-luxury for the April meeting. "In order to do well ship Silver Wind, departs from Athens on and be able to debate about issues of the April 9 for a 14-day tour of the Aegean Sea future, we have to understand the past and and the Greek islands. The all-inclusive GDA Takes on South Korea in present," said Case. price of this cruise - including airfare from International Conference Governor Dummer Academy becomes South Korea and attempts to solve that country's domestic and interna- GDA tional problems as participates in this year's Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship Program. Governor Dummer Academy is one of 26 schools in the greater Boston area participating in the EPIIC program, which is produced in conjunction with Tufts University. The title of this year's program is 20/20 Visions ofthe Future: Anticipating the Year 2020. EPIIC advisor and English mas- ter teacher Paul Warm said the 10 GDA students participating in the program will read articles on issues that will hypotheti- cally face the planet in the year 2020. Then, Official Portrait: The Trustees ofGovernor DummerAcademypose beneath theportrait offormer students will be assigned to play the roll of Headmaster Charles W. Ingham. Theyare (seated, l-r) Elaine F. D'Orio P'88 '95, Courtney S. Wang '74, an international agency, such as the Mary F Mack P'87 '91 '93, William B. Ardiff'55, President Dodge D. Morgan '50 P'92,Vice President International Monetary Fund, or to repre- Steven G. Kasnet '62 P'95, Shirley S. French P'76, Micliael E. Hoover '71, Linda A. Pescosolido; (standing, l- sent a country. r) John M. Timken, Jr. '69, Putnam P. Flint 37, BruceM. Male P'90 '95, Josiah H. Welch '47 P'80 '83, Students will meet with Tufts gradu- William F. O'Leary '73, Haskell Rhett '54, George E. McGregor, Jr. '51, TreasurerJeffrey L. Gordon '69, George S. Scharfe P'95, DonaldH. Werner, Mirick Friend '59, William L. Alfond '67and Daniel M. Morgan ate students throughout the academic year '67 P'97. (Missing: Richard B. Osgood '53 P'85 '88, and Carrie E. Walton '88.) and develop arguments for their positions. The Archon 6 Winter 1995 CAMPUS N New York to Athens - is $6,096 per person, increased donor participation and pledge address the AIDS issue. "They don't show or $6,995 per person for veranda cabins. rates by about 100 percent, said Moonves. you what they need to show you, like the From November 16 to December 1, "Clearly, the efforts of the Gores, the open sores all over the body, because it 1995, Waugh has arranged a cruise aboard class captains and the parent volunteers are doesn't sell commercials," he said. the Royal Viking Sun that begins in the reasons for such great results," said Everyone has the legal right to Santiago, Chile, and circles South America, Moonves. "GDA is tremendously thankful counseling upon AIDS/HIV diagnosis, ending in Buenos Aires, Argentina. to all the parents who have given and said Quercio. When he was diagnosed, Highlights of the 15-day trip will include pledged gifts to date." Quercio said he was training for his sixth passage around Cape Horn and through In addition, the Development Office marathon. He waited 15 days for the the Chilean Fjords, Darwin's Passage and has held successful receptions in New results of his test and finally got a call the Strait of Magellan, featuring lectures by York, Washington, D.C. and Chicago for while at work in an office that lacked pri- famed oceanographer Jean-Michel alumni/ae and past and current parents, vacy. "They said, 'Michael, we're sorry, Cousteau. The ship also will make stops in said Moonves. Upcoming receptions you're positive' and hung-up. They didn't the Falkland Islands and in Montevideo, include one in San Francisco, CA, on even ask me to come in. I could've been Uruguay. Cruise fares for this trip begin at January 12 and in the Dallas/Fort Worth, on a 55-story scaffold," he said. $6,415 per person, including airfare and TX, area onJanuary 24. "I'm inspired by the education that gratuities. (Early booking discounts are For more information about the is finally getting out to people. I get available.) receptions, contact the Development Office through the day by crying and laughing a For further information and reserva- at (508) 465-1763. lot and with love from friends and family, tions, please contact Sam Waugh at Pequot which is the cure," said Quercio, who has Travel (203-255-5965). spoken to over 400 organizations about AIDS. Speaker Challenges AIDS Quercio's talk, which was sponsored Perceptions by the Health and Wellness Committee, Annual Fund Off to Strong Start "AIDS is a disease that is affecting inspired and shocked students and faculty The 1994-95 Annual Fund is off to an gays, blacks, drug abusers and even them members. Many people stayed after the impressive start, improving donor partici- [sic] squeaky clean, lily-white suburban conclusion of his speech to speak with pation and dollar amounts by several per- types," according to Michael Quercio, a him and to give him hugs. centage points in comparison with last nationally recognized AIDS/HIV "His talk opened students' eyes and fall's statistics, said Erin Carver, Director of spokesperson. made them more aware of what is hap- the Annual Fund. Quercio's speech "AIDS: A Personal pening with AIDS. I think it shocked a lot "Thanks to dedicated alumni/ae, Story," captivated the audience in the filled of people," said senior Laura Barnes. parents, faculty and staff members and auditorium of the Thompson Performing friends, we've been able to raise $183,591 to Arts Center November 17 and moved date, which is a $48,349 improvement from many students and faculty members to last year at this time," said Carver. "We've tears. Summer Program Expandsfor '95 also had 171 more donors participate in the Quercio, who has full-blown AIDS, The GDA Summer Program is expanding Annual Fund." began his talk by lighting a candle as a its course selection to more than 30 Through events like Parents' and symbol of hope with his unsteady hands. classes, taught by over 50 faculty mem- Volunteer Weekend, the Annual Fund has He said there is no cure for AIDS in sight bers, for the summer of 1995. been able to build up a strong momentum, and the only way to stop the spread of Summer Programs Director Linda said Carver. "If this progress continues AIDS is abstinence and education. Thomson said new courses include an aca- throughout the year, we'll have no problem He expressed concern for HIV-posi- demic program designed for middle- raising participation and reaching our tive people who are dying alone. "There school students, a Spanish course for $600,000 goal," she said. are people withering away to nothingness, beginners, a rollerblading camp, lacrosse The 1994-95 Parent Fund has raised being discarded like rubbish. No one clinic and a drawing and painting class. In approximately $60,000 towards its goal of deserves that pain, that stigmatization," addition, a four-week English-as-a-second- $150,000 as of November 30, said Director said Quercio, who was honored by language program will be offered to for- of Parent Alumni/ae-Parent Relations President Bill Clinton in the "Faces of eign students. Michael Moonves. Hope" celebration for his work on The GDA Summer Program The strong leadership of Robert and AIDS/HIV education. He said offering to brochure, which is due out in February, Judy Gore, senior class captains John and hold an HIV patient's hand and giving him provides a complete listing of courses and Sheila Whittier and Burton and Susan Dow, or her love is much more pain reducing registration dates. For copies of the junior class captains Thomas and Nancy than the drugs. brochure and registration forms, contact Carroll,-sophomore class captains Gregory People's denial of mortality is a seri- Linda Thomson at (508) 462-4298. eb and Helga Senko and freshman class cap- ous issue, said Quercio. He criticized pam- tains Martin and Judy Forrest, has phlets and made-for-television dramas that TheArchon 7 Winter 1995 Reaching for the Fr New Trustees Vote to Build Libi The Governor Dummer Academy Board of Trustees has taken the momentous step of voting to embark on the largest construc- tion project in the Academy's 232-year history: the building of a new library and a new mathematics-science center that will be available for student use by September, 1998. The Board voted at its meeting on December 10 to use the September, 1998, date as a goal for opening the two new facilities, but expressed the hope that they would be completed for the 1997-98 school year. Meeting the 1997-98 goal would mean that members of the Academy's current freshman class would have these facilities available to them in their senior year. The Governor Dummer Academy Trustees empowered a subcommittee of Board members and administrators to begin the process of planning for the design and construction of the 50,000-volume library and eight-laboratory math-science building. Preliminary cost estimates suggest that the two facilities will require approximately $10 million for their construction. According to the Board's long-standing policy that separate endowments be created for the perpetual maintenance of all new GDA buildings, an additional sum of $4 million to $5 million will be designated for these two new constructions. GDA alumnus Robert F. Schumann '40, who is the father of two Academy alumni (Ford '66 and David '74), has donated $500,000 toward the construction of the new math-science center. In 1971, Schumann funded the creation of the Academy's current science facility, which bears his parents' name. The Academy's trustees also have initially pledged approximately $750,000 toward the building projects to date. The remainder of the building costs will be met through a concerted fund-raising effort and a carefully designed financing plan. (Further information and preliminary designs for the new buildings will be available in the coming months.) Board of Trustees President Dodge D. Morgan '50 said, this construction project "represents far more than mere bricks and mortar; these two new academic facilities are educational tools that will keep Governor Dummer students and teachers at the frontiers of American education." "The Academy's need for these buildings arises out of our successes, both in the overall academic curriculum and specifically in our Science 2000 program," said Headmaster Peter W. Bragdon. "Our mastery curriculum places greater emphasis on individual and col- laborative research, and these activities require first-class collections, as well as state-of-the-art technological resource systems. Our new library will provide us with both." "As for the new math- science facilities, the Academy's Science 2000 program has dramatically increased students' demand for science courses," Bragdon said. "We need these new laboratories in order to meet this new demand and to o ensure that GDA can continue to produce some of the country's most scientifically literate high school students. The join- ing of mathematics and science under one roof, too, represents a natural outgrowth of our curriculum." Governor Dum- mer's Science 2000 program, which integrates themes from biology, chemistry, earth science and physics, is a joint project of Governor Dummer Academy and Tufts University, and is funded by the H. Dudley Wright Foundation of Geneva, o O Switzerland. CM Enrollment to t e- i— x>

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