Princeton Day School Journal 1986
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PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL JOURNAL 1986 Headmaster and Mrs. Duncan W. Ailing Editors: David C. Bogle PRINCETON DAY Linda Maxwell Stefanelli '62 Layout and Graphic Design Meg Brinster Michael '70 SCHOOL JOURNAL Layout and Type Design Palmer Uhl '74 Vol. 18 No. 1 1986 Contents PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL From the Headmaster, Duncan W. Ailing...........................................................1 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1986-1987 PDS Becomes Home to the Allings......................................................................2 Samuel W. Lambert III, Chairman Winton H. Manning, Vice Chairman New House for the Headmaster.............................................................................3 John J. Southwick, Jr., Treasurer Joan Baker Retires After 30 Years With School, by Kathleen Webb. 4 Marie L Matthews, Secretary Marilyn W. Grounds, Assistant Secretary Alumni Evening 1986..................................................................................................5 Duncan Wells Ailing, Headmaster Arthur M. Bylin Twenty-Two Years in the Basement, Morton Collins by Virginia Kramer Stein, M.A.................................................................................8 Judith E. Feldman PDS Adds junior Kindergarten, Olivia C. Fill by Sara Schwiebert, Head of the Lower School............................................ 10 Clifford A. Goldman William S. Greenberg Interview With the Headmaster, by Barbara L Johnson............................11 Peter W. Hegener Report from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Lynn D. Johnston Samuel W. Lambert III..............................................................................................13 J. Parry Jones Pamela S. Kelsey Report from the President of the Alumni Council, Yuki Moore Laurenti '75 Meg Brinster Michael '70 .........................................................................................15 Margaret Brinster Michael '70 Blue/White Field Day................................................................................................16 Richard F. Ober, Jr. James S. Regan Lower School Final Assembly................................................................................18 Peter R. Rossmassler '47 Middle School Final Assembly, Ira Silverman 8th Grade Graduation Address by Bob K rueger..........................................19 Anne E. Thompson Noel S. WTiite Commencement 1986 .............................................................................................. 20 PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL Poets and Philistines, ALUMNI COUNCIL Commencement Address by Donald R o b erts...............................................21 Meg Brinster Michael '70, College Choices, Class of 1986 ........................................................................... 24 President Lesley Loser Johnston '66 PDS Business Manager Honored, by Barbara L Johnson......................... 25 Vice President On Campus/Former Faculty..................................................................................27 William H. Walker III '62, Seer eta ry/ Tre as u rer S p orts.............................................................................................................................. 28 E. Bloxom Baker '60 Honors & Awards....................................................................................................... 30 Martha Sullivan Sword '73 Roger Williams '73 Development Report................................................................................................ 31 Pamela Herrick '75 Class Notes.....................................................................................................................45 Leighton H. Laughlin, Jr. '64 Ann Wiley '70 Gale M. Colby '69 Coleman duPont Donaldson, Jr. '62 Contributing Photographers: Kevin T. Birch, Birgit Enstrom '85, Susan Hockings '86, Joseph B. Stevens III '58 Eileen Hohmuth-Lemonick, Elizabeth Menzies '33. Princeton Day School is a K-12, coeducational institution which admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities accorded and made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national nor ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, scholarship programs, athletic and other school-administered programs. FROM THE HEADMASTER by Duncan W. Ailing When I think of the people we meet and become associated with in our life times, I tend to think of circles. We have circles of associations based on family, school, vocational and social connec tions. There are also acquaintances we make during vacations, general travel, and brief encounters. Usually, we func tion within these various circles, which often overlap, from the base of home. And, the older and more experienced we become, the greater the potential for new and expanded circles. New circles are created when we move, as the A1 lings have done. A move may also reveal new information about people in our established circles. Soon after the Board of Trustees and I made our respective decisions that brought me to PDS, letters and phone calls from various friends in our circles revealed links to Miss Fine's School, Princeton Country Day School, and Princeton Day School. For example, some fellow educators revealed that they had either attended or taught at one of the schools. (1 have promised some of them that I will make personal calls on behalf of PDS's Annual Fund!) This information has facilitated new perspectives, if not a new circle, on our relationship with people who possess PDS connections. understand because I spent nine years want to lose sight of all that is good in The motivating force behind these establishing a new school in Charlottes our past as we determine what is need communications was that of congratu ville, Virginia. And, it was done well at ed for our future alumni. lations, but I also discovered another PDS, for clearly the institution is a If I believe PDS alumni must keep in message — alumni expressing a deep strong, vital educational operation. touch with their school because we loyalty to the educational experience Ensuring the future for PDS is one of need their help in projects like produc provided to them when they were in my responsibilities as head of school. I ing a new long range plan, I also believe Princeton. (Former faculty were equally do not take this challenge lightly, nor do maintaining communication with PDS positive about their years at one of the I believe the future just "happens." will enhance their contributions to the schools.) This second message was most Planning is important, yet any vision education of their children or grand reassuring, for the quality of a school for the future of PDS must have flexi children, and children in general, in like PDS depends in part on how alumni bility built into the scheme of things. their current communities. By virtue of reflect on their experiences. We need to develop a new long range their association with MFS, PCD, and In my brief time in the headmaster's plan which acts as a guide for us as we PDS, alumni know wrhat quality in edu office here, I have already begun my approach our 25th anniversary and, cation requires. As American commun research into the history of PDS. To do then, the 21st century. Yes, "2001" is ities are asked to deal with the sundry so is to discover the qualities which drawing near, as w e are now reminded reform messages for American schools, make PDS what it is today. For if we are by our new project of a junior kinder I hope our alumni will speak out about to develop a vision for the future, we garten. This class has ten youngsters quality education in their communities. must know our past. who are the class of 2000 at PDS. The future health of the American edu The vision to create PDS with the This school year trustees, parents, cational system depends on leadership merging of MFS and PCD undoubtedly faculty, students, and alumni will be by those who have experienced excel took time to come into focus. Those involved in shaping this plan. I am lence in education. You have, and future times must have been exciting as the especially eager to see alumni involved PDS students will. leaders of this effort endeavored to in in this process, for they have a valuable In our first year at PDS, Cynthia and I corporate the essential characteristics perspective to offer. The rest of us are look forward to widening our "circles" of MFS and PCD to establish PDS. close to PDS, perhaps sometimes too by meeting many alumni and friends. Just as exciting was the pioneer per close, so we need the benefit of the view Come see us! iod of operating the school, which I seen from afar by alumni. We do not 1 PDS BECOMES HOME TO THE ALLINGS In 1979 Duncan was appointed Head master of the Miami Valley School and the family moved to Dayton, Ohio. Cynthia found a job working three days a week as a paralegal. When the children were ready for college, she took a "very" full time position as administrative assistant to the Chief Financial Officer of Amcast Industrial Corporation. Cynthia is not looking for work just yet. She would like to find a job with the flexibility to allow her to enjoy some of the events at PDS. She loves singing and has already auditioned and been accepted to sing with Pro Musica and the Princeton Glee Club performance of the Berlioz Requiem in April 1987. Another great interest is historic preser vation and she has read all that she could find on the history of Colross. She and Duncan