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Woodstock School Alumni Magazine WOODSTOCK SCHOOL Mussoorie, Uttarakhand 248 179, India Table of contents Email: [email protected] From the Principal ...... 2 Web: www.woodstockschool.in Around the Sundial ...... 3 A Sister-in-law Gives the Gift of Life ...... 7 How Woodstock Ruined Me ...... 8 A Double Tribute: A War Hero and an Artist of Mettle ...... 9 Eighty years ...... 10 Past Paves Way Forward for Woodstock Alumnus ...... 11 A Lifetime of Experiences at Woodstock ...... 12 Graduation 2014 ...... 13 Baccalaureate Address ...... 13 Commencement Address ...... 15 Valedictorian Spe ech ...... 18 Salutatorian Speech ...... 19 Graduating Class of 2014 ...... 20 2014 Awards ...... 21 Distinguished Alumni 2014 ...... 23 Woodstocking Our Way Down Under ...... 24 Gatherings...... 27 Class J ottings ...... 37 Staff Jottings...... 78 Staff Arrivals and Departures ...... 79 In M emoriam ...... 80

Editorial team Editors: Monica Roberts, Marcus Shaw ’87, Ben Bowling Jottings assistance by Li-chiang Chu ’59 Layout Randhir A. Malhan ’88 TSA Effects www.tsa.in

Front cover: Woodstock campus, photo by Alex Manton ’84

Photos: Woodstock students and staff

Any ideas for improving Alumni services? Write to us at [email protected]  - Quadrangle From the Principal Of Kings and Lyre Trees Dr Jonathan Long, Principal

Storms of a hundred years have bent your branches, tional fatal blow which has only now become apparent as a devastating Snows of a century have crowned your head, one. We still have an “expert” advising us on a possible remedy but, as Over the hills you’ve watched Spring’s soft advances, is the fate of all things natural, the tree is in terminal decline. Summer and winter under your boughs have spread Needles of green and needles of gold that shower Of all the challenges we face at Woodstock, the demise of the Lyre Tree Over the students passing beneath your shade. may prove the most insoluble. Its transition from symbol to metaphor You have been waiting this Centennial hour may well be inevitable – at least if the experts are to be believed. Facing your life of struggle unafraid. Some of the pine cones have been collected. In fact, a good friend of Teach us your steadfastness, your quiet growing, mine who is a senior executive in Nestle was visiting us some months Sending your roots deep into the living earth. ago – he took a number of seeds and promised to see if he could have Tell us the sacred peace you gain in knowing them “cloned” and grown at the Nestle research laboratory in Vevey, Sunshine and sorrow, solitude and mirth; Switzerland! It’ll be cloned school Principles next, I know it!

Mary Burgoyne’s poignant poem, Miracle of modern science aside, the Lyre Tree remains a powerful “the Lyre Tree” prompts vivid emo- symbol of some fundamental Woodstock “truths”. It’s no surprise that tions these days. Written in 1954, at metaphors drawn from the natural world often accompany careful re- the time of Woodstock’s centenary, it good nourishment; to recognise the secret rhythms of seasonal change held to choose a new symbol for the and the potential for growth reaching ever upwards and outwards. school. Before 1954, the Woodstock These are the enduring qualities which characterise the essence of a symbol had taken various forms – at Woodstock education. And if we are looking for meaningful symbols, one time a Deodar tree and at another, we are surrounded by them – for in these inspiring Himalayan foothills a maiden with a torch.

These days, the once splendid Lyre When Charles VII ascended the French throne in 1422 after the death Tree carries the weariness of age in its of his father Charles VI, the crowd chanted, “Le roi est mort, vive tired limbs. The thorough concreting le roi!” (The King is dead, long live the King!). One King died and of the surrounding area many years sovereignty transferred immediately to the next. The Lyre Tree may ago may well have been an uninten- be dead and dying – but “long live the Lyre Tree!” Quadrangle -  Around the Sundial Ben Bowling, Head of Communications

A summary of the academic year 2013- of being a younger sibling with the help of side to take part in the inaugural Pitt in the 2014 senior schools students. *#+* Centre, these students take part in a variety June Multi-day cloudbursts cause catastroph- In collaboration with Mussoorie Church Fel- of academic courses and excursions into lowship and Landour Community Hospital, Himalaya, including village stays and treks Thousands of lives were lost. Kedarnath and Woodstock raises adequate funds to provide emergency supplies and monthly rations to 4100 families affected by cloudbursts in the Cross country and badminton competitions July Woodstock Staff return to campus and to Thatyur area. are among the sports events this month. The Board of Directors and General Assembly Woodstock students visit the Doon School for are welcomed to the campus for the annual &' meeting. August Students return to the hillside and en- $ "" Kush, written and directed by Woodstock Flood relief efforts continue as Woodstock dance. A performing arts troupe from the Alumnus Shubhashish Bhutiani. Sports are in engages private schools in Mussoorie to # full swing including interschool competitions educate them about the situation at Thatyur Independence Day. During the celebrations, in squash, badminton, basketball, volleyball, and encourage them to help provide ongoing Chaplain Brian Dunn presents a message table tennis and soccer. The month ends with rations to the affected families. about embracing the Indian way of life and the ever popular Goal-a-thon which raised Sohail Das, the longest attending Woodstock money for the Flood Relief Fund and the October Woodstock Alumni meet on campus $% Employees Benevolent Fund. and around the world to celebrate World Wide Woodstock Day. Events of this month include The annual Big Brother Big Sister day is held September A group of 15 students from the the Grade 7 and 8 RE retreat, parent-teacher #- conferences and the fall play Our Town, /3 students a chance to shine.

Woodstock students go far and wide across India and abroad for the annual activity week. Grade 10 students go on trekking expedi-

Urinetown captivates the audience

Glow in the dark at Sadie Hawkins Students enjoying Sadie Hawkins

Students enjoying the newly renovated Alter Ridge Woodstock 1/2 Marathon runners Goal-a-thon  - Quadrangle

Cross Country Celebrating Independence Day $6: Woodstock welcome the members of the William Dalrymple, who shares about his in Garhwali Villages while others go on a Board of Directors to campus for the second book The Return of a King: The Battle for <$<' time in the semester. Several groups of stu- Afghanistan. The Mussoorie Half Marathon Park, learn about the religious diversity in dents visit New Delhi including those on a is hosted over the same weekend, with many Dharmsala or serve in Manali. The lucky %* staff members and students participating and members of the Jazz Band go all the way others who participate in the New Delhi Half volunteering. to Austria to play some gigs and attend the Marathon. Senior School students revel in Vienna Jazz Festival. the radiance of the glow in the dark theme >?- of Sadie Hawkins. During Interhouse Fun ployee’s Day, where they spend the afternoon Woodstock adopts the villages of Dunda = competing in sports at Hansen Field, tea at and Nikurchi in the Tathyur region. The their houses in basketball, squash and table Alter Ridge with an Awards Ceremony and 75 families in these two villages lost their tennis competitions. Condors top the Eagles a movie in the evening. cash crop of the year and their irrigation and Merlins. system was extensively damaged, making Through a cash-for-work programme, the any further agricultural farming impossible. Woodstock hosted the annual Mountain Writ- irrigation system is restored at Dunda and Woodstock raises INR 8.5 lakhs to buy pipes ers’ Festival where music, literature, poetry Nikurchi. Students of Grade 8 re-level the for irrigation. and stories are shared with staff, students and path to Dunda with the help of children at visitors. Among many worthy guests was the village. Students in Grade 7 test water November Music students have the oppor- from drinking water sources at Dunda and tunity to showcase their talents during the report on results with recommendations on advanced student recitals and fall concerts.

Table tennis during Interhouse fun day

Girls football during interhouse fun day House spirit on display Urinetown brings humor and a social message Quadrangle - 

Interschool table tennis

Students shine in Our Town

Model UN hosted at Woodstock

Chaplain Brian Dunn ’89 appropriate treatment procedures. Student talent show December The fall semester comes to a because you are.” 3- Mussoorie Writers’ Mountain Festival tions including the Junior School Christmas March>$ performances, the all school chapel, and the staff banquet. to put up a hilarious and entertaining musical that leaves the audience wanting more. The Worthy of note is that over the course of spring RE retreat is held at Torch Bearers the semester, four staff families welcome and was heavily attended by seniors. A guest baby girls into the world and two little girls speaker from Minnesota comes to inspire are added to another staff family through students and teachers share testimonies about adoption. their spiritual and personal transformations. Students celebrate the spring festival of Holi, During the winter break Woodstock helps with organic and washable colours provided purchase potato seeds worth INR 2.5 lakhs by the school. On the academic side, students which are planted by villagers. take TOEFL and preliminary AP exams. Conversations between Woodstock and vil- February Staff return to cold weather and the lagers of Dunda begin regarding rebuilding second session of professional development of Primary School. AP Art students took a " = shortly, with Grade 4-8 girls squealing with contemporary art. They visited the National excitement over the beautifully renovated Gallery of Modern Art, contemporary galler- Alter Ridge Dormitory. The school hosted ies around the city and an exhibition of street the annual book fair and PASSAGE activities art in Haus Khas Village. for the Spring Semester began. A TED talk by Conservationist Boyd Varty was shown to April A handful of students and staff spend all students and staff and the South African mid-term break running the ½ Marathon at Corbett National Park. The weeklong break - was followed by parent-teacher conferences connectedness of all human beings and is + Jazz Jam in the Quad best understood through its anthem of “I am >&'$  - Quadrangle

Trekking to Nab Tibba Pizzeria Club Win Mumby lively student talent show, Easter Chapel, Woodstock sends three students to South Af- "+3@$%&3$@- rica to participate in the Round Square Confer- door Learning Weekend. During the month, ence while the students remaining on campus Woodstock welcomes Board members and work hard studying for AP and IGCSE exams. a group of students from St. Joseph’s Tech- In the Quad, Junior School students perform nical Institute to campus. April ends with songs from around the world and livened up Woodstock hosting the All-India Win Mumby the days of all those present. Fairs and special Basketball Tournament where the boy’s team >R packed schedule. This included the Science team win over Welham for the championship. fair, the Festival of Ideas, the PASSAGE fair More shots from the star-studded Urinetown and the year-end sports assembly. May Dr Jack Stamp, Professor of Music at %#$ June + week working with bands and conducts part the semester to a close with the baccalaureate +U ceremony and commencement, held on 7 June. the thrilling sounds of lively music during The end of the semester also brings the real- Jazz Jam, with The Lyres, The Accidentals ization that the Lyre Tree was dying. In more and the Woodstock School Jazz Band create hopeful developments, a crop yielding INR the perfect atmosphere for students and staff 48 lakhs of potatoes is harvested at Dunda on ? 3X:YZ + Jazz Jam rocks the Quad festivities. immediately after the potato harvest.

From Ahmed to Ziegler

The Joy Rugh Memorial Library in the Alumni

[email protected] Quadrangle -  A Sister-in-law Gives the Gift of Life Renu Singh Agarwal, Class of 1988

Monday, July 1, 2013, started out as a normal workday. However, at 11:30 a.m. my husband, &$$O%R building. Come out now. I have something urgent to discuss.” We drove to a nearby café and once seated Manish said, “You know I started seeing a new doctor recently.” I nodded my head, and Manish continued, “Well, he found issues with my kidney and I need a kidney transplant. I have 6 months to live, maximum 12. We’ve checked and double checked.” I asked about dialysis, but due to low hemoglobin levels, and Manish’s reluctance to pursue dialysis, this option was off the table.

100,000 to 1 chances Shock. Disbelief. For the next hour we discussed our options. “All of the donor lists in America are 1-3 years long,” Manish told me. We were going to have to j are almost 100,000 to 1. j%R% research regarding donor lists, and took Manish’s reports to my own doctor to get my Then we discovered that the transplant cen- In November, we got the call. Ena was a full own second opinion. From the look on my ter had undergone a change in management match. doctor’s face, I could tell we were in trouble. and, frankly, didn’t have its act together. We %R called and called, asking to schedule us for From death sentence to survival The feel- sister Ena’s house, (WS ’89). She was in the matching, to no avail. Finally, we called the j kitchen washing fruit when I barged in and CEO of the hospital and threatened to sue. happiness. I felt 50% of the battle was over. burst out crying. I could barely get the words That worked, but their process was lopsided. Immediately we called Ena, Manish’s family, >?$ First, the volunteers underwent psychological my family and our close friends. Everyone to cry. Then, her husband, Neil, walked into counseling and a physical exam before their was excited. However, I kept my real feel- the house. “What the hell happened?” Neil tissue was matched. ings to myself. Although my husband’s life ?|' had gone from a death sentence to a chance heard, and then there was silence. “You don’t understand. Manish’s kidney will of survival, it was at a great cost: my sister’s =% kidney. My sister, who has two young children I only need one kidney “Take my kidney. I is not a match, we don’t have time to get of her own. In addition, there had never been only need one,” Ena broke the silence. I didn’t another volunteer tested. If you can’t tissue any love lost between Manish and my sister. know what to say. I mean, really? What was match immediately, then I’m changing my Their relationship was civil, but Manish had the likelihood of Ena being a match, and of $P% never shown affection toward my family. it coming to this? My brain seemed to slow explained. Finally, they agreed that the vol- down. I thanked Ena, but in my mind, I as- I have learned a lot during this process. Every- > continue with the rest of the evaluations. one makes mistakes in this life, and if we do to. + not correct our mistakes on our own, life will family friend to see if she was suitable for force us. I have made mine and Manish has July, August, September passed. By October kidney donation and could come for testing. made his. However, I am lucky to have been $}=- *$ born with a generous sister who was able to ing our search we learned that the younger pain killers for a slipped disc, she was taken see past a person’s mistakes and save his life. the kidney the better. No blood relative that off the list. &R On December 6, 2013, Ena gave her kidney Either they were too old or too sick. Ena and Next on the list was Ena. After receiving the to Manish. Manish is grateful for the gift he I were at the top of the list, along with my call, Ena immediately texted me “I’m going has received, and his relationship with Ena has neighbor and a family friend. It was time to in to be tested tomorrow!” “Wow. She seems improved. He is doing well and has returned get tested to see if we were matches. excited,” I thought to myself. to work.  - Quadrangle How Woodstock Ruined Me Rossella Laeng

every single class photo one year. Yes, I talked be culturally enabled me to truly embrace my homeroom nun into letting us watch Born who I am. I was immediately encouraged to Into Brothels in English with subtitles during be myself and explore the things I was inter- €$%- ested in. Obviously there was a curriculum cal hospital’s coma ward with the doctor who and standardized testing, but all of a sudden came to our school to raise awareness about I was being invited left and right to explore organ donation. But did any of this initiative- taking and enthusiasm earn me any brownie points? No. ‚$% enrolled in drama, art, politics and government % classes, as well as classes that involved read- for the second time in a row, when I decided ing books and then discussing what I thought I was willing to risk losing it all for the sake about them (rather than being told what I of getting out. I applied to Woodstock, was should think about them). accepted (surely being an alumni kid helped), In 2007-08 I attended Woodstock for my se- %36 I took the ball and ran with it, ecstatic about nior year of high school. My mother, Deirdré them away to friends (an inconceivable gesture the fact that I had found a place where I could Straughan ‘81, had been campaigning for me that represented the end of one life and the %>ƒ to leave Italy and attend school at Woodstock beginning of a new one), packed my SLR, Never picked up a guitar before? No better my entire life. and off I went. time than the present. Oh, you like to paint? Well there’s a blank wall in the Indian Music After graduating I moved to Texas, Australia +% Classroom that has your name on it. and NYC, and only returned to Italy to visit. strangers will bond over a shared physically Because my year at Woodstock School repre- and emotionally stressful situation. After I All of this freedom resulted in my self sented the end of my life as I knew it, I ended met up with the rest of the exchange students esteem skyrocketing, to the point where I up shutting it out for a long time. I kept in touch '= began to believe that I was truly capable of with classmates, but I’ve only now started to and spent a couple of days there in profound achieving anything. I remember one time, seriously think back on the experience and all culture shock, then made the long trek to the towards the end of the school year, it was that it meant. foothills of the Himalayas. You really cannot my friend Elisa’s birthday and I decided remain strangers for long when, as a group, to stand up on stage in front of the entire I made the decision to apply to Woodstock |O= school and sing “With A Little Help From after having truly reached my limit with the Belly” followed by altitude sickness and &‚P% Italian school system. Throughout my youth, verses solo, without any form of musical I found school to be as painful as birthing sev- get to India. $ eral breech babies at once. From bad grades to in. I do not think back to this because I vicious arguments with teachers who seemed We made it to the school and realized the ad- believe my performance was particularly to really dislike me, for a long time I felt as venture had barely begun. We came to terms spectacular, but because I haven’t had the if I was destined to fail at everything forever. with the fact that “we white folk” were by far courage to do something like that before or the minority in this community, something I since. This incident perfectly illustrates the During high school I was an avid photogra- found incredibly fascinating and understated. % pher, to the point where I wouldn’t leave the I had never even heard of countries like Bhu- my year there, and boy, was the real world house without my SLR. I had a group of artsy tan, and I was soon to be exposed to Tibetans, a rude awakening. friends with whom I’d arrange photoshoots on Nepalis, Koreans, Japanese and many varieties weekends; we’d scout out cool locations such of Indians. Woodstock ruined me because, in real life, as an abandoned 1960s amusement park or a many people do not want you to get up on stage % Ironically enough I was the only Italian, and and sing for them. For reasons that I have yet to was befriended by several event planners in I quickly eased into my usual role as the per- understand, the ability to take on any challenge the area, and I ended up shooting their fashion petual outsider: not quite American enough „ shows and parties in exchange for rides to and |$ try) is often frowned upon. I left Woodstock from the venues and free drinks. Before I even all Asian, but somehow a little in between all knew what networking and creating a portfolio worlds. The only difference this time was that expect me to be a hesitant cub, to slow down, meant, I had successfully built a reputation for it did not seem to matter. Once again we were act more modest, and to take all of those quali- myself around town as someone with a useful all bonding over the same unique experience, ties that make me a supposedly sought-after skill who was easy to work with. But none despite our different backgrounds. independent self starter down a notch. of this seemed relevant to the people whose opinion mattered the most, i.e., those who %% As it turns out, talking about how you grew up were grading me. Yes, I volunteered to take to let go of who I thought I was supposed to in another country and went to school in India Quadrangle -  sounds more threatening than cool to most hates that girl. $%R- people, and the enthusiasm with which you were taught to voice your ideas at Woodstock, Woodstock ruined me because it taught me at the high school reunion who isn’t saving tends to come off as overbearing and bragging. how to chase off a pack of rabid monkeys, the world. and how to get my nose pierced in a bazaar Woodstock ruined me because it taught me % I’ve once again come to a crossroads. I think not to sweat the small stuff. After living in a a way to put these skills to good use here % third world country and growing accustomed in America. comfort zone for a little while in order to to cold showers in the winter, why would "% I ever want to complain about the line at Woodstock ruined me because it condemned ticket to Japan (I have a friend from Wood- Starbucks or keep up with the Kardashians? stock there who will show me around), and I’ve now learned this makes me incredibly † I started a blog so I have a place to spread pretentious. people who get it. my pretentious wings and write my overly ambitious heart out. Woodstock ruined me because it gave me And last but not least, Woodstock ruined the gift of a worldwide network of people me because it instilled in me a ridiculous I may also take advantage of the fact that I to stay with when I travel, which makes sense of ambition that is becoming harder have the apartment to myself during the day me that girl who says “I was staying with a and harder to keep up with. With a portfolio and belt Joe Cocker songs in solitude. Maybe friend in Helsinki” at parties, and everyone of alumni ranging from multimillionaires to that will cheer me up, we’ll see. A Double Tribute : A War Hero and an Artist of Mettle Lalitha Krishnan

Remembering Robert M Hanson’37 “Robert Murray Hanson (4 February 1920 – 3 six hours in the water before being picked up February 1944) was the son of Methodist mis- by an American destroyer. Hanson was the sionaries Rev. and Mrs. Harry A. Hanson of most successful Corsair pilot in the Navy or Massachusetts, who were assigned in 1916 to Marine Corps, with 25 victories made between India, where Rev. Hanson became principal August 1943 and his death in February 1944 – of the Lucknow Christian College. Robert 20 of these achieved in a 17-day period. was born in Lucknow; he, his brother Earl and sister, Edith all attended Woodstock. On 3 February 1944 Hanson participated in a He excelled in athletics, winning wrestling @# # '6 Agra and Oudh; Hanson Field at Woodstock lighthouse on Cape St. George that had proved was named for him. troublesome as an enemy flak tower and observation post. His friends watched from In March of 1938 Robert, bicycling through above as Hanson’s big blue-gray Corsair ran ?"- at the tower, its six machine guns peppering lege, happened to be in Vienna when the Nazis " invaded, and saw Hitler once again break the to see his aircraft shudder as its wing disinte- Versailles Treaty, this time by declaring “An- + schluss” (annexation) with Austria to cheering ditch, but his wing dug into the water, and his thousands. In December 1941, while Hanson plane cartwheeled and crashed, leaving only was attending Hamline College in St. Paul, scattered debris. Hanson would have turned Minnesota, Pearl Harbor was attacked. He 24 the next day; the next week he was to have &$ " • Congressional Medial Of Honor earning his wings and a Marine Corps commis- • Navy Cross sion as second lieutenant on 19 February 1943. On 19 August 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, • Distinguished Flying Cross Mrs. Hanson was presented with her son’s • Air Medal j"#ˆX:Z‰$ posthumous Medal of Honor. The citation • Purple Heart First Lieutenant Hanson distinguished himself read in part: for his skill, daring tactics, and total disregard It takes twenty years or more of for his own safety. On 1 November 1943 he “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity peace to make a man; it takes only became an “Ace” when he began his VMF-215 at the risk of his life and above and beyond twenty seconds of war to destroy tour, which included the Bougainville land- him. - Baudouin I, King of Belgium ings. He was shot down on that day and spent Marine Fighting Squadron 215.…fearless  - Quadrangle Quadrangle -  in the face of overwhelming odds.…On 1 action. Cut off from his division while deep pursuit and attack measures, he was a master '$- of individual combat…his great personal ing operations at Empress Augusta Bay, he over Simpson Harbor on 24 January, 1st dauntlessly attacked 6 enemy torpedo bomb- Lt. Hanson waged a lone and gallant battle keeping with the highest traditions of the $ against hostile interceptors with devastating "'"P and destroying 1 Japanese plane during the fury.…handling his plane superbly in both

Honouring James (Jim) Havens ’57 It’s easy to comprehend why metal artist and Travelling around the world exposed him to ex-marine James M Haven’57, is inspired by several natural and man-made creations that he the life of Robert Murray Hanson’37 (1920 thought were “wondrous and beautiful”. His –1944). His exquisitely sculpted, live-life XZR3 bronze plaque dedicated to Hanson salutes stainless steel sculpture built in 1970. Stainless his artistry whilst showcasing his empathy for steel has remained his favourite medium. “It war veterans and his lasting endearment for a will never rust, corrode, nor oxidize.” >"%R*R sculptors have been associated with the war James lives in Woodsville, Ohio; he owns cause. He recreated a ‘Boy with the leaky boot’ Havens Studio and The Rose Bronze Foundry. for the town of Wadsworth, which had scraped He taught sculpture classes for several years the original to donate to the war effort during and initiated ‘Sculptor in the Village’, an WW11. The new bronze, “Sandusky’s Boy exhibit of Midwestern and local art works with the Boot” was delivered by him in time installed around a lake in Gibsonburg, a small for the Memorial Day celebrations. Havens rural town. was 76 and “came out of retirement” to bring back the statue to a very grateful Wadsworth Haven’s sculptures are self-explanatory and community. to some extent reveal the man behind the +Q€ŒR James was working with NASA in Cleveland his connection with the natural world. His as an electrical-mechanical engineer appren- ‘Peace sculpture’” and the ‘Gandhi’ bust echo tice when he saw a David Smith sculpture his pursuit of truth and simplicity; the com- “The year was 1965 and the place that made him realise he was in the “wrong QR+# was the Philadelphia Museum. I had trade.” To top it all, he had little experience sculpture, Gandhi bust and now the Hanson never seen a David Smith sculpture in welding and had never attended art school. >- and it was like a blow to the solar Before attending Woodstock, he lived in stock psyche. We are grateful to the class of Plexus: it took my breath away.” – California, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kentucky, 1957 for donating all the three sculptures. James Havens (Parallel Perceptions Idaho, Wyoming, New York and Illinois. Special thanks to Jim Havens, Robin Pilley, - Woodstock Art Book). j$R Rickey Solid, Mark Welch, Fred Koken and &3 Dan Kobal for the Hanson plaque.

% The happy memories which linger are of Eighty Years was Miss McGee. Being the smallest boy $$ I shared the front desk with dainty little adventures, even misadventures. I remem- Mushir Hasan ’42 Margaret Wells. ber spending free periods in the library; my favourites were the almanacs – the one It was eighty years ago this + for 1912 listed the many prominent people past March that on a cold years in Woodstock. Memo- drowned with the Titanic. I remember the grey morning I reached Mr. - time spent on the playground, the tennis #R+#- sage of time and fortunately court below the hostel. But somehow studies pal’s secretary was very kind only the happy pleasant ones don’t feature in my memories! and had me sent down to the remain – like to hear the “All boys’ hostel. That evening I up” call at 6:30 in the morn- To round this off, after school and university I got chocolate cake – it was Mr ings followed by the trudge up #% Robert Fleming’s birthday. from the hostel to the school, Germany in 1960 and was taken on by Ameri- It was also mine and I told especially Jacob’s Ladder – can Express. Retired, I now live in a small that to him. The next year he, at the top of which was the town in the hills outside Frankfurt with my while on his way by ship to M German wife whom I had the good fortune to "$ squabbles or disagreements, ? a birthday card posted from and dare I mention the two in the mid-1950s. For the record I must say in Australia – Brisbane, I think it was. That whacks, which I for one often got for talking Woodstock my full name was Mushir Hasan kind gesture remains in my memory. after lights out! But they fade away. Razwi; I later dropped the Razwi.  - Quadrangle Quadrangle -  Past Paves Way Forward for Woodstock Alumnus Alex Manton ’84

O& of his time there, India had become an integral might pave the way for the future. “This visit Quad over 30 years ago.” part of his story. “Woodstock was a gateway has opened my eyes to see Woodstock more for me to India,” Alex expresses with heart. clearly than ever. This is a really unique and From that moment on, Alex Manton was special place and it’s my time to get involved hooked on photography, a fascination that The Manton family is familiar with deep con- and invested here.” would grow into a hobby and eventually a nections to the school community. His brothers lifelong career. Class of 84, Alex lives in Sin- Ted ’88 and Eric ’90 also attended Woodstock. Alex has now started mentoring students in gapore where he is managing partner for Asia His grandparents lived at South Hill in the photography and videography. Shortly after he Images Group, one of the most respected stock 1930s and 40s, his aunt graduated in the 1950s, returned to Singapore, he was instrumental in photo agencies in Asia. followed by his father in ’56 and two uncles in helping Woodstock acquire a formidable col- the 1960s. His great grand parents even lived lection of multimedia equipment for student Alex visited Woodstock in the 2014 Spring on the hillside from time to time. “For me, use. Alex returned to Woodstock in the Fall Semester to produce stunning stills (see cover) coming to Mussoorie to use my professional "* and beautiful videos to promote Woodstock. skills at Woodstock is coming full circle.” Centre. He also hosted daily workshops for the During his time on campus, Alex expressed students, who came with great enthusiasm. He &O" During his visit, Alex was struck by the en- concluded his time on the Hillside by leading thusiasm of the community. “The energy and an Activity Week multimedia group. here on the hillside.” Ironically, Alex came unity here is off the charts. I’ve never seen the “kicking and screaming” to Woodstock in vibe so positive.” Alex attributes the current A professional communicator, Alex wouldn’t X:Y’>"XX momentum at Woodstock to solid leadership close our interview without expressing a call and 12th grade, however, his experiences at and unity of purpose among the staff and to action. “You don’t have to be a millionaire Woodstock had left their mark. He returned students. to make an impact at Woodstock. You have no to India in university and spent one year in idea how your skills and abilities are needed Varanasi learning Hindi and sitar and exploring By the end of his three weeks on the hillside, 3 the rich cultural textures of the city. By the end Alex had discovered how his past connections place.”  - Quadrangle A Lifetime of Experiences at Woodstock Dana Crider

People from my hometown in Pennsylvania the shortwave reports for each other. As I +O=R opened the door to settle the fellows for the you miss America?” There are actually only night, one of the students came to me with two things I have missed over the years: the fall tears streaming down his face, “Mr. Crider, colours of the Pennsylvania hills and family. why can’t the word live in peace? We do.” The second question they ask is, “Why would Those students were from all over the world you spend your entire life over in India?” Here %$%$$%$"$ %R- Canada, Thailand, Bangladesh and Japan, to ment of my time at Woodstock in Mussoorie. name a few places.

Remarkable experiences One evening while walking in the Grade 10 Years ago I was walking through the air ter- wing of the residence halls, I was convinced minal in Vienna on my way to a conference I could hear someone crying. I quietly made in Budapest, when I heard my name called $ from the deep shadows of a hallway waiting I have made it to the top of Nag Tibba six face down into his mattress with his pillow room. There was an Australian graduate of times and have gotten myself and groups of crushed onto the back of his head. Of course, Woodstock who was travelling with a group students lost at least three other times. I’ve my touch scared the daylights out of him, but of Nepali men to a conference in Europe. That have accompanied a Grade 9 group over the he looked up and said “Mr. C, I’ve GOTTA morning’s coffee and prayer time with Wood- ridge between Hanummanchatti and Dodital. &=R*P*6 stock family members will not be forgotten. During another activity week we attempted parents had sent him and his sister to Wood- to get to Sahastratal, a lake at 13,000 feet, stock from Southern California to Woodstock %>$ but had to turn back due to cold and harsh for a good Indian experience. but by far my greatest experiences have come > from relationships and challenges that hap- Judy and I also cherish the uncountable expres- pened outside the classroom. Residence life local villagers who came off the top of the sions of sympathy and condolences after our and acquaintances beyond the campus have ridge with a ghoral (wild goat) that they had $ŒŒ%$ been remarkable for their variety and richness. killed. We had an impromptu biology class weeks ago Judy met an Oakgrove Alumna who and a good breakfast of ghoral neck meat the remembered Bonnie. She recounted her fond Himalayan hiking following morning. memories of running against Bonnie and her % smile and manner. after arriving in Mussoorie in the fall of Relationships 1979. A handful of students and I left school + Our children after classes on Friday and walked 50 miles staff and students and their families from j to Old Tehri City. It was on that hike when I such varied backgrounds has created quite a education and experiences at Woodstock. We few unique stories and memories. Who can now hear stories from them of their adventures, evening sun a couple of kilometers before forget a Woodstock teacher with a heavy Irish unknown to us at the time: khud climbing Buranskumba. accent teaching American history to a class *$ of Iranian, Kenyan, Indian, Nepali, Thai, mountain bikes on the eyebrow trail from I have hiked innumerable miles over the hills Japanese, Australian, Swedish, Ethiopian, Media Centre to Suncliff on a full-moon night and valleys of these marvelous Himalayas. American students? Or hearing AP Calculus ‘without putting our feet down once’. Now One of my most memorable activity weeks being taught to the same motely crew in a adults, our children’s love of cross-cultural was with a Middle School group of 14 or strong Scottish brogue? Or the Aussie lad experiences and their passionate pursuit of so students, two school cooks and two other who put a matrimonial in the Times of India, education points clearly has its roots in the chaperones: we packed our gear in the Middle unique happenings during those formative School Math room and walked the whole way veiled woman being escorted in full fan-fare Woodstock years. to Thature, Deosari, Nag Tibba, Lurntsu and  the Aglar Source. What an adventure! One of his wish? It is home night we used run-off water for cooking, Home is where you lay your carpet, I heard which looked clean in the dark. In the morn- During a late fall night in Hostel, we heard the recently during the tribute for Dan Terry ’65. ing we discovered that our matter mushroom news about the revolution in Tehran. As su- Our carpets have been thrown open in Hostel curry the night before had been seasoned with pervisor, I was aware there were several boys for nine years, in Suncliff for ten years, in gobar (cow dung)! Our trip back to the school who were quite concerned about the reports of Hostel again for a few years, in Hostel Duplex carnage, uncertainty, and international reac- for the next eight years and now at Pennington the students who complained of ankle pain tion. A lengthy time after lights out, I walked for the past six years. Over the last 35 years, (We found out later that she was walking on a ‰’ Woodstock, Mussoorie and India have become broken foot!), but in the end, we walked over on each other, listening to VOA, BBC, Radio our home. I don’t think we will roll up our :’ Teheran and Radio Lebanon and translating carpets any time soon. Quadrangle -  Baccalaureate Address Brian Dunn ’89, Chaplain

I played foursquare all through my elementary And so the students say “Dr Dunn come play years here. And when I came back I had a lot with us” and so I say “okay on the condition of kids over time say “Dr Dunn why don’t you that I can add a rule.” And so they say “okay, come and play with us?” And I would watch what rule?” And I say yellow magic. And they them and it looked like some very curious stuff say “what’s yellow magic?” Yellow magic is I going on there. I have to say that the game of need to go to the bathroom, everybody has to foursquare looks almost unrecognizable to me, stop. I go do the yellow magic and then come there are a whole bunch of new secret rules back and I don’t lose my place.

So what did I do, I consulted the ancient text, I Then there is a whole group of rules called ‘as’ went to the ancient scroll that has the original rules. Have you heard of ‘as’ rules? ‘As’ rules rules of foursquare. Do you want to hear them? are rules that you throw out that while the ball Here they are: is still in play. While the ball is still in play you can call a rule and it changes everything. • If the ball touches the line, you’re out There is a rule called Dr Wood. Have you Good evening to you graduates, parents, fam- • If you carry the ball, you’re out heard about Dr. Wood? No? You didn’t know ily, friends, honored guests, even familiar look- all these rules were there? You see I have my ing ones, and of course teachers and advisors • Smashes – there is an etiquette about 6 Grade informants. Dr. Woods is you have to smashes, you couldn’t over do it of course, %R Just as you seniors thought you were seeing the and it couldn’t be for any vindictive reason, why that’s there. end of me, you will have one more devotions it was kind of an unspoken thing from me up here. And it will be a very simple Again they say, “Dr Dunn why don’t you come one, ’cause I will hope you will remember it • Spins, yes, but you can’t carry and play with us?” I say “okay on the condition for the future. that I can add a new rule. It’s called Dr Dunn.” That’s it – there it is. Simple rules. These are And they say, “What is Dr Dunn?” Dr. Dunn In the late 80s there was a book by the name the rules that I remember when I was a kid. But rules is Dr. Dunn rules, okay, it means I am of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in guess what, over the years people have been king, that’s all there is to it. Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum, and it’s full adding on to these. That’s how big the scroll of all kinds of innocent, some people might is now. Let’s see if we can decipher some of Alright, so that’s all of this nonsense here. And say naïve, wisdom. these rules now. see how far we’ve come from some of the very, very simple original rules of foursquare. So This message I’m calling Everything I need There is a group of rules that I consider to what does this have to do with life? Some of to know I learned playing foursquare in the be bending the original rules. You remember the kids in the Junior School they stated talking Quad at Woodstock' ‘lines are out, carries are out?’ Now, there are to me in the Quad and they said, foursquare of hands, who here among you Seniors has +$ is no fun anymore” and said why? Andy they played Foursquare. Okay, so you know exactly ball rolls into the other guys square it’s called a said as soon as I get in, they get me out and what I am talking about. rolling redo. And of course this causes so much their friends stay in all the time. Worse, when confusion that they actually have something they play there is modes you can play. There Now did you play foursquare when you were called a confusion redo. It’s amazing. are modes called revenge and war. Of course younger, ’cause I know there is Sohil and you also have to have a peace mode, which as ˆ*$ Then there is something that is called magic. far as I’m concerned is original foursquare. But were here when I was here many years ago and So, what is black magic, do you know there is I remember seeing them playing foursquare. a black magic rule now? So black magic, if I time, and a whole load of little kids are left out. Now how many of you seniors still play Four- understand it correctly, is when someone hits In fact you could say most of the smaller ones square? Very good. That’s what I like to see. it into your square and you don’t let it bounce are excluded. And this became a big, big issue and hit it right back into their square and they in the Junior School this year. As you can see, friends, family and honored are out. Then I hear there is something called guests, Woodstock has a very august institution purple magic – I’m told that purple magic is All of you lot are about to leave the comfort called foursquare. We’ve been playing this for as many touches as many bounces. This is on and relative safety of Woodstock to go into a generations. And one thing you should know good authority from 6 Graders, so if you want world that is full of problems. It’s a beautiful about me is that I am an alumnus of Wood- to argue this go talk to them. You know where $$ stock, as well. And when I was 7, I played that thing appeared, right? It bounced twice in It’s a world where big people make big deals. foursquare, in those very same spots in the someone’s square and they couldn’t accept that The take very simple rules that would have Quad. They’ve changed the stones since then they were out so they hit it up twice and they and they’ve repainted, but otherwise it was all said “as many touches as many bounces” and who make big deals bend them to make them as you would imagine it. then they called it purple magic. work for a small minority of them. There was  - Quadrangle an interested study that was done last year, I least one court there where they play by the And I would ask you to consider abiding by '%3?‚j ancient rules. Those of black magic people these ancient rules. If you have trouble believ- the wealthiest 85 people, 85 people, I wonder and purple magic people they can play in their ing in God, love the universe with all your how many people are here now,. The wealthi- own square. But now there is, you’ll see, one heart mind and strength, Whatever it takes. est 85 people own the combined wealth of the square there that is for the ancient rules people. Love your neighbor as yourself. This is my poorest 3 billion people. Did you come across challenge to you. Return to the ancient rules that statistic? Now, hear is a question, “are you Well, not much as changed between now and of fairplay. Whatever you go onto do, some okay with that?” I personally am not okay with Jesus’ day. Jesus too was in the marketplace. of you may be doctors, lawyers, and only the that. I’m not okay that that is the way the world Jesus was in the synagogue. And he notices too really gifted among you might consider RE is. And it is a result of big people making big that there was a few people who were always teacher, I promise you the pay is great, lucra- deals and bending rules. in charge. There were always the same sorts of tive career. Account bankers, politicians. At people who were in the kings square. least on of you is going to be a barefoot phi- There is another thing that happens when that losopher. And Ishaan, I thought of the perfect little group, the winners, like to stay where they And to be ‘in’ in the religious community, you band if you ever wanted to form a band. It are. They have something called front bucks had to follow a whole load of rules. In fact do would be a reggae raga band ok, so fusion, Are and back bucks. you know how many rules? In Jesus’ day, there you ready for this? This is the name - Vasudeva were 613 laws that make up the Torah, the Jew- and the Medicinal Herbs. If ever you want to Do you know what bucks are? I think that is ish law. 613 laws. As if that wasn’t enough, the $$% a uniquely Woodstock term, where you put teachers of the law added dozens more laws that for free. We all know about Vasudeva and yourself in front of someone. You don’t stand to that so that you wouldn’t even get close to his medicinal herbs. in line and wait your turn in line, you buck. breaking those 613 laws. Just like these rules of Right? Am I right about that? That is a term foursquare you keep adding on, and adding on, I’m asking you as you go, you wonderful as old as the hills. That was here in the 80s and adding on, and you know what happens? gorgeous . And look at you in your wonderful when I was here as a kid. But you have front The people who add those rules, add them gorgeous headdresses. And by the way, know bucks and you have back bucks and in the real because they suit them. Alright, And Jesus had I no that Dongoli wasn’t lying he doesn’t put  a way of cutting through all of that nonsense. $ Okay, because there are people who will put headdress. themselves in front of you and there is nothing Secret rules are always designed to keep a you can do about it. select few in power. And almost to keep the Notice the ones who are being excluded, and old boys club where it has always been. And motivated by love, love for God, love for A few years back when we had that economic Jesus looked around and saw the excluded. others, play the sport of game that includes crash, we saw a whole bunch of ‘as’ rules put He saw those who were considered ritually everyone, as many as possible. into play. And the rest of us where thinking unclean. He saw the foreigner, he saw the tax now you guys must surely be out of the king’s collector, he saw the prostitute, he saw the Have the courage to challenge the black magic square because look how you messed it up. But leper. And Jesus said those are the people I of the markets, have the courage to challenge no, rules were set and rules got changed and want to play foursquare with. Jesus said, those the ‘as’ rules of the people in charge. Those bailouts happened and then we had a rolling are the people that I am going to play with. who are holding onto their place in the king’s redo and then we had a confusion redo, and square. guess who was still king? The same people j$R who were there before. own game and play by the old ancient rules. Courage to say no to black magic, no to purple He challenged all those black magic people magic, no to front or back bucks, no to revenge So these rules are in place, these rules are bending and adding rules to suit themselves. and war mode. Can you do this? Do you have there whether they are in the Quad or in high There is a very famous story from the gospels the courage to do this? Because the world has Œ$ where a teacher of the law comes to Jesus and been in revenge and war mode for how many, other person. We live in a world where the poor wants to stump Jesus. And he said, “Rabbi, many centuries and millennia. You can do this. bear the burden of bad decisions that people what are the greatest commandments?” Right, It’s time to return to the ancient and simple in power make. And the people in power stay knowing that there are 613 laws that make rules of love. in power. Well, what I am proposing to you is up the Torah. And the big question was, was that you return to the simple rules. Return to Jesus going to talk about the Sabbath, was he Graduates, in case you missed it, the 200 times those very simple rules of foursquare. going to talk about ritual purity, was he going you’ve heard this before, I’m going to give you to talk about some sort of moral laws, was he the last word now. Love. Thank you. =% going to refer to the priestly code. But Jesus school about this - and this was a big inves- cut through everything, all of the 613 laws plus tigation because this was a big deal in Junior all of the many laws that the elite had added School - they have now come up with a new around them and he said, actually there are term? And I’m trying not to take it personally + because I don’t think of myself as being an- with all your heart soul, mind and strength. cient of days, but they call it the ancient rules. j it, love your neighbor as much as you already The ancient rules are those original rules those love yourself. Jesus cut through everything and %%% out it in it’s simplest possible terms. Those are when I was here as a kid. And so there is at Jesus’ ancient rules Quadrangle -  Commencement Address Shekhar Gupta

if Mom goes she will get so senti, and then %% $ compose an email on a mobile phone. I keep you go there, you don’t know in any case getting asked all the time, “Shekhar Gupta what is going on and you will start telling why are you not on Twitter? On Twitter the teacher stories and she will get busy and you are guaranteed two million followers in give you no bad news.” So in fact, I did my three months.” So somewhat factitiously, I $ quote George Clooney: “I shall not risk an taking it at PTA and telling stories and in entire career on 140 characters.” But I am fact, at some interview, I said the other day, serious about it because I struggle so much. somebody at the magazine insisted and said, Once a month I send an email to the wrong tell me about some regret you must have had person. Or once a month I transfer a mes- in life. I said I was trained as a reporter, I sage from one person abusing someone else. can’t have anything, and if I missed their j+ story I got beaten to one I would never ad- don’t abuse politicians so much. I forward mit it. But because she insisted I said that one to the other and one to the other and the only regret I have had is I didn’t know they both end up hating me. I really struggle when my children passed their teen years. with technology and struggle with the pace My children’s teen years for me are like a of change, and you learn something; you are blur because I was so busy covering wars %% " I saw a little baby, maybe a child of one of my children sat me down at the dining table the staff, and she with a student who was and said: ‘Oh would you rather that we had holding a mobile phone. The student was Thank you Mr. Stintchcomb made our teen years for you more exciting.” showing the little baby a picture on the smart And I said: ‘No I am so grateful to you.” When somebody gives me high words of across the phone like this. I don’t have a $$$ +% smart phone because I’m afraid of it and I do reach out for the blue pen and cut out the was after they had passed out. But they not know what to do with it. So dealing with Œ knew I was going to their school to speak change is a big challenge. So if any grown little praise that when you get it you want so they were collecting intelligence. And up comes up to you and says, I know how to keep it. Thank you very much. once again in the evening I was taken to %“ task. “And you said this: you must care she is lying. Don’t believe them. Because Thank you very much Dr Nicholson and Dr for people who are not so privileged”. And they don’t know. Long for giving me the honour of coming I said, “Yes.” And you said this; “India is and speaking to all of you. And thank you becoming an aspirational society” and I said On the other hand I am a reporter. I like very much and congratulations Woodstock “Yes”. And they said blah blah blah – they to listen to stories and I like telling stories. Class of 2014, proud parents, teachers, ladies were accurately informed. I said, “Yes”. This tends to come from knowing how un- and gentlemen. “That was a hall full of little children. You wise we are. So I will share with you some tortured them. Do you realize you tortured nuggets, pebbles I have picked up on the I am the High School Commencement them? They hate you and they hate us for be- roads I have traveled. Although I have to Speaker today so I am expected to share ing your children”. So since then I have been confess that driving down to the school and wisdom. Or what we call it – ‘Gyan’ (which very careful in going to schools. I know that watching nature on such a breathtakingly you hate). I have to tell you about the world you have worked very hard to get where you beautiful scale, the mountains and the trees, outside. The challenges that lie ahead in col- have got and your teachers are much better and remember I wrote this in Delhi and lege and beyond, and how you should tackle than me at giving sermons to you. So I’d wrote wisps clouds, but I have the presence the rapid pace of change. But I am sorry that rather spare you a serious sermon. of mind to tell you that I found no clouds. I am not going to do that. I am not going to - Before you say, “Shekhar Gupta you have do that for two reasons. Number two and that is maybe a more seri- used someone else’s text”- like a former ous reason. Because I have to say this with ‚&*' One is the more important reason, although absolute sincerity and I am older than most and did the Portuguese Foreign Minister’s you may think it is less serious. When my of your parents that I still do not know much speech. I am not doing any of that. But still, children went to school, though it was some about the world outside. Though I have it is so pretty even minus the clouds, that time back, that was Sadar Patel, Delhi, I travelled more than most of your parents to $ was forbidden by both of them from going places where most decent, well-to-do human walking, running, getting lost in the wooded to any school functions. Because they said, j$% trails that crisscross Woodstock. One of the “it will be so embarrassing.” The only time is so much to know about the challenges that most beautiful campus I have seen anywhere I was expected and in fact, they insisted that lie ahead and how to tackle the rapid pace in the world. And remember that this year I go to school, was for the PTA. “Because % %>  - Quadrangle appearance at a college in London for my important thing. Infuriate your teachers. fact) I am the guest, I have been given the daughter-in-law’s PhD and we will be do- Stand up and ask. If you are shy catch the honour to be a Commencement speaker, is ing one for our son next month at MSC. So teacher in the corridor and ask them your a story. Because you can google my life. I know something about the excitement of questions. If you are even more shy, send I never went to school like this. In fact if graduations and yet I would like to disap- them an email. With the ‘WhatsApp’ mes- you google me or go to Wikipedia, or go to pear. And this beautiful campus has been a sage, you can attach a sad picture of you $ home to all of you these years and which you angry or crying. That will help. With most Œ% are now leaving. Leaving with this tremen- teachers it will help. did put it there people would say I am even dous privilege; a head start that very, very being pompous. Because I would have to few young men and young women your age The second way to do this is to ensure say that I passed. I did 10 years of schooling have. So look at your years in Woodstock, that you are the one at the end of the line, in 11 schools, all in Hindi medium. And not all the good days and the bad days, the who touches the sleeves of the next person +$”• $ and says ‘Look, look the emperor has no 8, in a school called Government Girls High you have devoured, the enduring friend- clothes.’ School, Panipat. Why was I in a government ships you have made, the silly and glorious girl’s high school in a small town which you pictures you have posted on Facebook, and The third way to ensure that you do not grow have all read about the three great battles of cannot delete now, even though you wish up, is to be, as damaged as we are, is to be Panipat? Because in 1968-69, in the city of you could. See each and everything as a more generous and kind to those who do not Panipat, the only boys school was across privilege. As a gift your parents and teach- have the gift that you have. You need to the railway line and there was still not a ers gave you. And some that you and your be kind not only because kindness is a good pedestrian bridge to cross the line. It was friends gave to each other. I say this all the moral thing, but because being kind, being considered very dangerous for kids under time. My father-in-law, he is no more, used generous, means that you are being imagina- class 8 to cross the line, so we were only to say, “The most unfair relationships in life tive and creative. Kindness is about putting allowed to go to the girl’s school. So I was is parents and children.” Because parents do yourself in the other person’s shoes and you among the 9 boys in a class of 60. Can you % cannot do that if you are not creative. So be imagine boys? In fact two of us have done kind because it makes you smarter and more %- and children. I’ll tell you why. This is a cool. Look around yourself, the really smart ers, maybe because I am not on Facebook. boarding school. Teachers are your parents people are the ones who were kind and gen- Maybe I would have found them also. My for most of the time you are here. Your erous with their faith, with their trust, with daughter found an old group photo from that j their ideas. I wish that each one of you has as school and I notice that all of us are wearing visiting with gifts. Right? But even if it were many friends on Facebook and ‘WhatsApp’ 'j%$ not a boarding school, in all our cities now, as you wish, 100, 500, 1000, but above all “Look at this fellow.” The boy sitting next as more and more parents are working and learn to be friends with the most important to me, one of the 9, is now one of India’s they are busy working long hours and they person in that place. Can you guess who that biggest vendors. And I said, “Look at him. come back home and before they can have person is? It’s yourself. Which means learn Nobody thought he would grow into such their evening cup of tea or glass of water, a monster.” And my daughter said, “And they switch on to one of these shout rage TV yourself the gift of solitude. Because it is you thought nobody would think you would : only in solitude that you will be able to listen become such a monster?” each other and the volume goes up without to that voice inside you called conscience. you touching the remote control. So as a The voice that tells you what is right, what "%‚ parent you have no time for your children. is wrong. It is a soft voice. You don’t hear it a story. I do not have a house here in So even parents who send their children to in crowds, because there is a lot of noise in Landour. The story is I come to Lal Bhadir day schools, they have outsourced parenting crowds. So you need to party and party hard. Shashtri Academy to speak a few times. I to the teachers. So really teachers are your I said this at a Commencement, remember. am curious, I come to Landour and walk. parents now. So they are the ones who have It does wonders to your ego, but you will I make friends. I met Steve Alter. I think j still need to sit alone, which I am 200% sure last time we made friends with him and with “- you have done on this incredibly beautiful his dogs. In fact, I remember walking into thing one is not entitled to. You got that gift campus. I have not had the privilege of being his house and one of the mastiffs came and purely because of being here. And because here during winter, but I can imagine what it got my arm like this. And I remembered most of you came here because of the day must be like. The amazing silence that only Q"R*Q"Rƒ you were born. Because you got a gift with snow in the mountains can bring. <Qj not a single string attached to it. That is a Thakur’ (Give me your hand Thakur.) Okay, gift of which pair of parents you inherited. So be curious about the building you live in, but why the right hand? And that friend- 6 the neighbourhood, about the people who ship has led to such a story. So I am saying will be of short supply from now on in life. live next door, about your city, about the >% news and about what’s happening. Because $% All of you begin college in a few months only then can you ask questions. I know that young kids in many institutions, I say the where they will tell you that your growing you cannot read anything these days that % up has begun now. So my advice is to en- is more than two sentences long, but take which none of you is supposed to have seen sure that you never grow up. One way to do time to read. And remember, I say this as because you are not old enough yet, but I this is to keep asking questions and to keep $$ guess half of you have. But all of you have questioning the answers. That’s the most curious, because everything is a story. (The %RQ% Quadrangle - 

Proposal’. Where Woody Harrelson gives serious thinkers he said. They pop up on away his wife, Demi Moore, for a million TV, he says. In our case they all pop up after Mr. Gupta has emerged over the years dollars to Robert Redford. I remember Art 7:00 pm, at 8:00 pm and 9:00 pm. Do you as a respected voice on issues ranging Buckwald wrote a column after that in your people channel search at night? Please go from domestic politics and society to time saying if Robert Redford has to pay for to sleep by 10:00 he says. Don’t waste time security and international affairs. He is it, something must be wrong with America. listening to them. Turn a deaf ear to empty currently editor-in-chief of The Indian But the important thing is after that he has a praise as much as to careless blame. Find Express and has to his credit some of the out the strange, the weird, the uncommon "#$%&' architecture because he is an architect. And journalism. Mr. Gupta also hosts an you can YouTube this. There is a sequence. them. One of the many gifts you have is interview-based programme Walk the In fact you can YouTube Louis Kahn and a good stock in the world and in nature. Talk on NDTV. In 2009, he was awarded >*% Crafted beautifully you have friends from the Padma Bhushan, one of the highest a wonderful scene. Speaking to his class countries near and far. In a way you have civilian awards in India, for his contri- of young architectural students, he picks lived in a beautifully pristine bubble. But a #(')$* up a brick and he says “What is this?” and bubble that resembles best what the world is everybody says “It is a brick.” And he said, or what it should be, which is tolerant, diver, Under his leadership, The Indian “No. It can be a bridge, it can be an arch, and plural. You have eaten, played, fought, Express has won the Vienna-based In- it can be a highway. It can be whatever; I did homework with those who do not speak ternational Press Institute’s Award for don’t remember the exact lines.” But he in your language. Who do not pray to the Outstanding Journalism in the Public says, “Even a brick wants to be someone.” same God as you, or in some cases may not &$($M($$ "% pray at all. Each of you has a different set its coverage of the Gujarat riots of 2002, schools by saying even the brick wants to be of histories and geographies, but your paths the second time for uncovering the Bihar a story. So why is Shekhar Gupta there with have crossed here in this school. \'$'(($' his medium education? With his graduation time for its sustained investigation into from Neki Ram Sharma Government Col- As you leave as you travel away from the Malegaon and Modasa blasts of lege in a place called Rhotak in the heart of here, once again I would like to quote 2008. Mr. Gupta was also responsible Jhatland, is a little story. Everything has a a few lines from Roger Rosenblatt and for uncovering LTTE training camps in story. Never stop being curious. Because paraphrase them for you. What I wish for India, and the truth behind the falsely that is the way of keeping yourself young. you is a love of travel. Travel will hold implicated scientists of the Indian Space you back from doting on your troubles Research Organisation in a spy scandal. That is why I said be curious about the and once you have seen something of the Seven years before the terrorist attacks building you live in, the neighbourhood, world you will recognise foreign places in the United States on September 11, about the people who live next door. I am as instances from human grains. Travel 2001, he travelled across Afghanistan, sure each one of you in this room has read helps you appreciate the past. I would Pakistan, Germany, the US and the UK, all the epic books about Harry Potter and like you to see yourself as history. To to report extensively on the threat from Lord Baltimore that began with baby Harry wonder what you have done. Or ask when pan-national fundamentalism, including being left on the door step of house on the Mahatma Gandhi had come to Mussoorie. its links with Osama bin Laden. private drive. I am going back to my point Just go back in time and think. History about it is so uncool to read these days, sup- is important because the past is about Mr. Gupta is a regular guest speaker posedly. But all of you read that book. Do memories. Don’t let them wear you down at prestigious forums and has recently you know how many pages you have read? and definitely don’t let them wear down spoken at the Asia Society, The National It is 4,000 pages. So that next time someone Defense College, the Defense Services tells kids, parents, all of you. Next time you dreams without memories waste away. Staff College and the World Economic R$ Like balloons filled with gas that totally Forum in Davos. Mr. Gupta has au- 2 minute video clips on their smart phone. drains out. Not one of you in this room thored several books, including; Assam: I will tell you that never as kids did we or will ever have to worry about where your 6<=>'''&'X' you read 4,000 pages of any one book. So next meal comes from. And I hope that Its Role. read and read and read. There is nothing not one of you will have to worry about living in a place not of your own choosing. %% ask questions. So with these two freedoms you are ready to soar to be your own man or woman. Walk One of my favourite essayists is Roger > Rosenblatt. You can google him. When in your head and heart and whenever you you write essays and all were to steal lines from him, you can always give him credit. He worked with Time magazine and when fun and wonderful gifts which you have got his daughter went to college, he wrote her a at your school here. Good luck as you sail letter. It is a classic. And out of this one of and I am sure because I am a curious reporter my favourite things is when he tells her to I am sure I will run into you in many places. spend more time with eccentrics not normal people. Normal is boring. Don’t care about Thank you very much.  - Quadrangle Valedictorian Speech Ein Jung

a civilization. But Zeus, the king of all gods, became angry. So he tied Prometheus onto we face in order to become aware of what a rock and let eagles devour his insides day truly matters. Greatness thrives in individuals after day. Eventually, Hercules came along who show commitment and drive, along with and freed Prometheus. enthusiasm and humility. So, we should not stop trying to become that great person; we The other story is about a goddess by the name all have the potential to be that person. After of Hestia. She was one of the founding six of all, through the pain and anguish of seeking the Pantheon, and sat on a golden throne as $ one of the main gods of Mount Olympus. But that we can all hold on to; what we like to call when Dionysus was titled the God of wine, she our friends and family. gave up her golden throne and instead sat on a wooden chair by the hearth. From that day, At the end of the day, Prometheus was freed by Hercules. Hestia lives on till today to serve as that model of humility we admire. These Now, these two Greek myths are illustrations two endings of the myths show the lighter + side of our vicious world. Of course there are If there is one word that does NOT describe stories, for us, Prometheus and Hestia together going to be a few individuals who make our our class, it is conformity. We, the class of embody what true greatness is. Prometheus is life miserable. But then again, we have friends 2014, have never been submissive to rules and an illustration of intelligence, truth, and prog- and family. We are not alone. The freedom that regulations. We never conform and sometimes ress. The guts to challenge and take risks, a derives from the support of friends and fam- we cause commotion. But at the same time, we drive for knowledge, and a desire for purpose ily is unsurpassed by any other freedom. So carry within us a lot of talent and warmth. We all are essential elements of greatness that need do hold on to the people who truly care about burn. We dare to challenge and change what $#- your wellbeing in life. They will be there to we see wrong with relentless words and per- —R'$ severing stubbornness. We strive for a legacy Hestia depicts the humanity and humility that Œ one needs in order to balance out the drive and Now, some of you might not agree with what time, we do not forget our sense of humanity. ambition. We need to be human and compas- I see as greatness and that is nothing wrong or And that is really what makes us so special. sionate in order for our warmth to be felt. % things as we step into the real world. One, seize But even our extraordinary selves cannot In our lives, we need some of both Prometheus “R stop the clock from ticking. We are leaving and Hestia to become a full human being: a $ what many people call home. From what I person. In literature we can see the importance size. Two, let us be humble; humility will let us can gather from the wise words of BBC and of the existence of both characteristics. Mary keep learning and improving. And three, keep CNN, the world outside is not an easy place Shelley’s Frankenstein, which we seniors read $R- # in AP Literature, was originally subtitled “the ness. Even if you might be asking, “what is my and wild as we are, if not more. As we step Modern Prometheus”. It is clear that if either of ƒP out of our Woodstock caves into new places the two characteristics (Prometheus’s drive or you need to tend right now. Let us dare to be $ Hestia’s humility) fails to thrive within us, we hungry fools. And if nothing more crosses your ourselves with a few weapons and shields; will either destroy ourselves with pride- like $ tools that will ensure our safety and perhaps Victor Frankenstein, or become victims of ask you this one question, what is it you plan greatness in the wild. More than anything, the cold reality of our world-like the monster. to do with your one wild and precious life? like every generation of mankind, we all must jR$ True greatness is that intense, scalding burn is not that easy to achieve. It requires time one feels deep inside. + life, we will feel pain and loneliness from the Œ%$ bitter criticism or ignorance of society when $ > + struggle and fail. We will sometimes lose † our dignity and prestige. But what we really Prometheus. I’m sure you all have heard the need to focus on is the sense of purpose, hard work, and modesty. Not the honor and status from Hephaestus’ forge. Even though Zeus we gain from accomplishments; though it is pretty ironic that I, the valedictorian, am saying the humans, Prometheus gave this gift to these words. Nonetheless, from the two Greek mankind, enabling them to progress and build myths, the Eagles that devour up your insides Quadrangle -  Salutatorian Speech Ishaan Pathak

other, both amicably and every now and then even though we slip up every now and then with vehement ferocity. There is no dearth and never really lost the rebellious nature that of talent in this class either. It has amazing we started with. athletes, some of whom have astounded us with their talent in this very court and others Honestly, a lot of us have made mistakes who have shown us sportsmanship in events or done things that we really should not such as cross country by making sure they have, sometimes through ignorance and never leave a friend behind, even if they do on other occasions through pure teenage stroll in an hour over the time limit. It has bluster. And yet most of us are still here, musicians, many of whom you have seen in having grown from our mistakes and being the performances the last few days, whose accepted back into the fold of our class and talents reach beyond the classical or a single the school. To me this stands to credit the instrument. But it also has musicians who fact that Woodstock is our home and this teach us that music truly is expression of class is our family. Not because we spend self, and that being tone deaf really does $ not matter when you have that microphone. feel safe and comfortable here. Comfortable Many of these athletes and musicians are enough that any large enough surface is fair Good morning, Dr Nicholson, Dr Long, our also part of the grade’s collection of artists grounds to take a nap on. Safe enough that honourable guest Shekhar Gupta, family and which includes photographers, painters, we never have to make any considerations friends and the class of 2014. While it is an designers and urban artists, people who when we step outside, no matter the time of honour to be standing here as salutatorian have learnt, no matter the tools they use, day. And if home is where your family is for this class, I would be lying if I told you I that art is the power to express yourself onto then we have made this place home together a medium. And they are very good at such as a bickering, dramatic but altogether sup- I am not a fan of goodbyes, and to be fair I expression. Then there are the people who portive family. And a large part of making do not think anyone really is. To me they are make each drama performance a spectacle, us a family and helping us feel at home here always awkward moments of wondering what from the actors and directors to the stage was the teachers and system we have had. has come to an end and wondering when to managers, prop artists, designers and many While we may have had our ups and downs stop looking over your shoulder. To be blunt, others. Even these barely touch the surface with them, they have never given up on us there is not a lot of good in goodbyes. of the skills that 014 represents or the po- tential that we still have to be better. Let us +$$ Which is why I refuse to make this speech not forget the writers, speakers, organisers, guiding us through high school life and about farewells, instead I choose to make philanthropists, chefs and those who have feeding us when needed. They are friends this a dedication to the class of 2014, be- the talent of being incredible, caring people. who you play board games with, or who cause it has been an honour to come this far take you on hikes. But most of all, they are with you, to be able to call you my friends Yet, among all this diversity, the one thing always there when you need them, which j this class manages to share is its spirit, an is why I want to take a moment to thank all that this is no eulogy, for while we may no uncompromising energy that unites us and the many, many teachers we have had over longer be in Woodstock, or stay together as has allowed us to do some incredible things. our years in Woodstock. a grade, this class and its spirit will live on It’s this spirit that makes us one of the most through all of us, wherever we may be and vocal classes this school has seen, this spirit I had a revelation the other day. I am a fool. whatever we may be doing. Because all of that gives us the energy to be running around I’m not a huge fan of my revelations. Not us have contributed to making this class the hillside at 11:30 on a Friday night despite that I see anything wrong with being a fool, what it is, have put effort into it and derived going through a whole week of school, it is this Newton himself once said “I know not what energy from it, meaning that when we leave spirit that allows us to come together and do I appear to the world, but to myself I seem ’XZ incredible things or make incredible memories. to have been only like a boy playing on the j$ Of the top of my head I can think of the JSBs sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and through the incredible diversity and talent and Sadie Hawkins we have organised or the that is represented among us. Diversity not times we spontaneously decide to go some- shell, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all only of nationality and ethnicity, although where. Most of all, it is this spirit that means undiscovered before me.” No, I am a fool there is something to be said about rooms we always have each other’s backs. That’s because despite having spent the last four where every roommate represents a differ- not to say that this spirit has not landed us in years in a school, there is so much for me ent nation, but diversity also of thoughts trouble, those of you who were here in tenth to learn and explore and because I know I and beliefs. For this class encapsulates the will still have times when I make mistakes. whole spectrum of atheists, agnostics and homeroom of the year, which consisted of a There really is nothing wrong with being a believers and the many who fall somewhere lot yelling and admonishments to “be more fool, however as Socrates taught us, the wise in between. It represents varied and origi- respectful” and “get it together”. And I think man is one who knows how little he knows. nal ideas, but ideas that do clash with each $ Even the gods of the Pantheon were fools in  - Quadrangle many ways, always being tricked, decieved reached the peak of your mountain, which knows that no matter how daunting the or bested by other beings, whether it was is great because it means your adventure can circumstances or impossible the feat, if you Sisyphus tricking the gods into releasing continue. And if I have taken anything from have a dream you go for it. him from the afterlife or Prometheus stealing Woodstock, it is not to stop being a fool but =6 to be a compassionate fool, a caring fool. So fellow fools, panties-on and killumatis as not accept their mistakes, and this lack of A fool who knows not to leave his friends we go into the world today, carry your spark humility prevented them from ever learning. behinds because they are also fools. A fool with you and let it burn bright. Never hesitate Being a fool means that there is more for you who knows that there is good and evil in this to follow your dreams and always do your best. to do, it means you can be better, and learn world and in us, and accepts responsibility And remember that no matter where you are more. It means that you have never quite for making the right decisions. A fool who this family will never be too far away. Graduating Class of 2014

7th Row: Ishaan Pathak, Giacomo Samms, Manraj Bhangra, Mathai Puthiakunnel, Siddhanta Bista, Jeong U Kim, Kushal Mittal, Saw Yan Naina, Sumat Purewal, Raman Mathur, Utsav Garg 6th Row: Prabir Pradhan, Michael Wiggins, Arpit Lall, Aryan Samuel, Rohan Kumar, Dilsher Khana, Ji-Ho Jeong, Ye Rang Lim, Madhav Nautiyal, Gamli Yonggam 5th Row: Phuriwat Chiraphisit, Abhishek Mehra, Mila Sherpa, Sashwat Shrestha, Ishaan Rijal, Frederick Turk, Tushen Nayar, Nathaniel Park, Duc Ngo, Namrata Mohapatra 4th Row: Yash Ghei, Kunal Nekiwala, Sohail Das, Jona- than Kurian, Param Shah, Rowan Limbach, Frederic Bonhour, Ayman Kabir, Abyaya Lamsal, Sasha Kenny, Seerat Jhajj, Sonam Deki, Ritsen Gyalt- shen 3rd Row: Ein Jung, Pia Taneja, Dechen Shrestha, Amber Kang, Hazel Ebenezer, Megan Moore, Asma Ebadi, Hope Wright, Sarah Kim, Mal- lika David, Tara Sood, Nina Mandal, Monica Lall, Tanuvee Agarwal, Zara Ismail 2nd Row: Ugyen Lama, Raageshwori Pradhan, Su Bin Kim, Yeshin Cho, Supriti Pradhan, Kethayun Mehta, Deki Tenzing, Navika Singh, Sara Pesavento, Devika Kothar 1st Row: Jesal Parikh, Sohila Samuel, Anjuri Kakkar, Nutcha Panaspraipong, Nivedita Dhammi, Mansi Kedia, Karina Shrestha, Tanya Lohia, Jihoo Park, Pema Selden, Rotluangpuii Ralte Quadrangle -  2014 Awards Each year outstanding achievements by Woodstock students are recognised through the presentation of awards, many of which have been established to honour the lives of former teachers or students. Below are the recipients of the major awards in both senior and junior school for the academic year 2013-14.

SENIOR SCHOOL AWARDS • Grade 10 Sorab Sandhawalia (1.30) • SAT Crt. Rdg. —%•% • Grade 9 Sharhirah Mathias (1.18) Pathak Valedictorian Ein Jung (4.25) • Grade 8 Tshokey Gyaltshen (1.31) • SAT Subject (Math Level 2) Ishaan Salutatorian Ishaan Pathak (4.15) • Grade 7 Ye Hyang Jang (1.31) Pathak

Best All-Round Student Award OTHER AWARDS Rensselaer Medal Award ˜&$+} Community Service Awards Inwook Jung Lama, Abhishek Mehra and Kunal Kumar Citizenship Awards Alter Ridge: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute honors Nis- Nekiwala hant Aggarwal with the Rensselaer Medal • Grade 7 Khushi Agrawal Award for outstanding academic achievement Student Government Award • Grade 8 Tanya Sandhu in the study of mathematics and science. *}?}•j Ebenezer Lall Midlands • Grade 9 TBD Certificate to be presented Principal’s Award • Grade 10 €" Awards Merged (Best All Round • Grade 11 Samiha Thapa and Principal’s Award) to be called as Best In a Discipline All Round Award Edge Hill • Grade 12 j˜ Mathematics Shaurya Dhingra OTHER SENIOR AWARDS Ridgewood Science Pratap Chatterjee Memorial • Biology Zara Ismail Science Award • Grade 7 Aniket Singh • Chemistry Ishaan Pathak Abyaya Lamsal • Grade 8 j# • Environmental Science Rowan Limbach • Physics Prabir Pradhan Music Awards Hostel • Poad Music Shield Ein Jung • Grade 9 Bobby Sharma Social Studies • Mubarak Masih Indian Music Shield • Grade 10 Paritosh Garg No Nomination • Grade 11 I-Hsin Yang • Economics Sohail Das • History Mathai Puthiakunnel E. E. Miller International Award Community Center • Psychology Supriti Pradhan Abhishek Mehra • Grade 12 Giacomo Samms

OTHER MAJOR AWARDS Writing Awards Modern Languages &#$*}?}•& Centennial Shield Class of 2016 Nautiyal • Hindi Sharhirah Mathias • French Ein Jung Mathematics Award No Nomination Journalism Awards • English Zara Ismail • Writing Hope Wright Jimmy Cassinath Memorial Awards • Production Phuriwat Chiraphisit Visual Arts Subin Kim

• Drama Drama Awards Music • Writing No Nomination • Outstanding acting Setse Bush, Ein Jung, • Orchestra Ye Rang Lim • Art Ein Jung Michael Wiggins • Band Rohan Kumar • Stagecraft &"•ˆ6 • Choral Su Bin Kim • Indian Music Manvi Seth Hiking Awards Audio-Visual Crew Awards • General Music Vatsal Jain jˆ•ˆ˜ • W. Lowrie Campbell Memorial Hiking Scholastic Achievement with Silver Pin Cup Apurv Kaushik EXTERNAL EXAMS (3+ Awards) • Karen Krenz Cup Laura Mc Roberts • Grade 12 Ein Jung, Ishaan Pathak, Tanya Outstanding Achievement in External $##$—%$ Champion House Award Condors Exams Lama, Sumat Purewal, Mila Sherpa, • SAT (Math) ˆ*ˆ•€< ˆ=$&˜$"ˆ$ Best Effort Award • SAT Writing Tanya Lohia "#$'#$j  - Quadrangle

Kakkar, Sohila Samuel, Rotluangpuii academic year and the second semester grades Taegyeong Lee, Isabella Shaw, Vashisht Ralte, Hazel Ebenezer, Ye Rang Lim, of the previous academic year (except for new Agrawal, Anh Quoc Bui, Yeshi Tshering, Asma Ebadi, Su Bin Kim, Mallika David, students and Grade 7) j&$*ˆ$ˆ#$ Raageshwori Pradhan, Ju Eun Kim • Grade 12 Abyaya Lamsal, Tanuvee €$=&$< • Grade 11 Eriko Shrestha, Nishant Agarwal, Raman Mathur, Navika Singh, Poddar, Satvik Sindhu, Su Lin Kim, Aggarwal, Manvi Seth, Shaurya Dhingra, Rowan Limbach, Frances Wright, Seungik Jang, Sonam Lanzin Pranit Garg, Yeon Sol Lee, Aelin Kim, Frederick Turck, Syed Kabir, Jihoo Park, • Grade 8 Tenzin Yigha, Avanya Joab, Kheytsun Rinchhen, Apurva Adit, Param Shah, Nivedita Dhammi, Nina Kant Jay Yunas, Phunsok Norboo, Hyechan Rattapong Owasitth, Hyun Young Baek, &$j&$#+$ Jun, Kabish Shrestha, Healeam Jung, Amaani Mehra, Inwook Jung, Sang Hyun Yeshin Cho, Kunal Nekiwala, Madhav Summer Kang, Joon Kang, Sophie Mero, Park, Armaan Mehra, Tseki Lhamo, Aya Nautiyal '=$j6$/ Wakita, Sadrish Pradhan, Kyung-Ho Jung, • Grade 11 "˜$ 3$"#$6$ Ha Hyeong Lim "$j<$<#$j Aarushi Sachdeva, Tshokey Gyaltshen, • Grade 10 Satyam Kedia, Devika Nautiyal, Makkar, I-Hsin Yang, Hritik Nautiyal, Kavya Kataria, Mehar Bhatia, Tanya €"$'ˆ$&#$ Setse Bush, Laura Mc Roberts, Raya Aggarwal, Ameya Singh, Prasiddhi Linh Bui, Sara Krishnan, Haesoo Park, Kaplan, Shreya Gautam, Apurv Kaushik, Shrestha, Madina Ibragimova, Ippolita Goun Yu, Shikhar Dhingra, Sorab Karl Ferro, Tenzin Taklha &$+Œ$j#$ "$j<$> • Grade 10 Chaitanya Prashant, Mayuri Eva Khanpara, Shivansh Singhal, Tanya Sadutshang, Prapti Joshi, Jinkyung Lee, Kakkar, Hannah Kim Yi, Duong Tri Dung, Sandhu, Charis Crider Rachel Mulavelil, Eera Sarda Elizabeth Khosravi, Varun Pant, Jiyeon • Grade 7 ˆŒ$€$ • Grade 9 Ambar Sarup, Sharhirah Mathias, Chun, Donald Blank, Dev Nalwa, Elesh Kritin Garg, Shubham Tibrewala, Samuel Shanti Mathias, Aseem Aggarwal ˜$<+$j=$ Lee, Tenzin Taklha, Malsawmsangi Ralte, Hayoung Kim, Yeseong Kim, Loc Xuan Khushi Agrawal, Yehun Son, Ye Hyang Scholastic Achievement – A students GPA Ngo, Aakriti Aryal, Bao Gia Tran, Amrita Jang, Alisa Husain Yeshi, Saraf Khan Ray, Maitreya Rose, academic year and the second semester Nangsay Seldon New National Honor Society Members grades of the previous academic year for • Grade 9 Saral Tayal, Tenzin Lama, Isabella Shaw, Meghna Das, Jinhye 6X’$XX•X™„| Sara Bhatia, Aadeng Apang, Aashna Park, Rishi Thomas, Namita Jain Rachel •6:š ˆ$=˜$˜<$ Mulavelil, Hannah Yi, Amrita Yeshi, Devika ++$/<$Œ Nautiyal, Setse Bush, Aelin Kim, Youn For Grade 8, this is based on A Honor Roll Sharma, Meghna Das, Angel Yoanna, Jung Na, I-Hsin Yang, Parishma Shrestha, Kartik Adityan, Khanh An Tran, Rattapong Owasitth, Yeon Sol Lee

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Rahul Amin ’71 Jeet Singh ’81 Jim Taylor ’52 Rahulbhai N. Amin After cofounding one Jim Taylor has made is the chairman and significant contri- managing director software design com- butions to realizing of the Jyoti group of panies in e-commerce, Woodstock’s ideal < Art Technology of education for a managing director Group, Jeet sold his world of difference. of Jyoti Ltd in 1997. interest in 2003 and As a recognized and Jyoti makes pumps, shifted his attention - motors, generators, to other pursuits. In nalist, creative writ- and more for India’s addition to setting up er and teacher, Jim water and power the Winterline Foun- strives to demonstrate sectors. He holds an how a vision of sus- &"Œ&- for his philanthropy, he formed a pop-rock band, tainable growth with peace can unite people ?3 The Singhs, which continues to release albums. around the globe. „"jš In 2012, he cofounded Redstar, a catalyst for entrepreneurial ventures, and Redstar Media, a Jim managed a 300,000-circulation national Jyoti Ltd was founded in 1943. Rahul’s resource for multi-media artists and innovators. magazine and founded a publishing house, father and grandfather promoted both the Wood Lake Books, which became Canada’s business and its support of education. Rahul Jeet is active in computer software design, largest and most successful independent pub- has substantially increased the company’s multi-media, musical performance, and start-up lisher of religious and spiritual materials. He } promotion. He entered computing as a techni- also served as literary mentor to hundreds of $ cal writer after he graduated from MIT with a novice and professional writers and has written %" political science degree. Prior to founding ATG, 19 books and more than 2,500 newspaper and He has received numerous national and he was a marketing and business development magazine articles. international awards for his technical and |Œ business expertise. Jim developed a training program named Within the Woodstock Community, Jeet is Eight-Step Editing, which he taught for 25 Jyoti Ltd. set up the Navrachana Education known for funding the Winterline Foundation, years. He also developed a short program in Society, which runs CBSE, State Board- $ X:YX“ $$ from the purchase of Mt. Hermon estate to used now by scouting organizations around the for under-privileged children, another in providing recognition and compensation for @$ ' outstanding faculty. Over the years Winterline read newspaper columns every week. Rahul provides guidance and leadership to has made grants for visiting scholars, recruit- these schools. The school for underprivi- ing and retaining good teachers, software, Taylor is the recipient of numerous awards leged children called Nav-Prerna enrolls awards to staff for leadership in global educa- from Canadian press and church organiza- more than 400 students from surrounding tion, the Winterline Centre for the Arts and tions. He has been active in multiple roles slum areas. the Mussoorie Writers’ Festival. Winterline 33Œ ‚- Scouts both locally and nationally. As an active Amin supports multiple social initiatives ects outside of Woodstock, including training Woodstock alumnus, Jim Taylor is passionate including agriculture development, blood about the Woodstock ethos and what it can donation, rehabilitation of the disabled, animal and tour guides and assisting Kaplani School mean in and for the world community. He welfare, art, and popularization of science. &6/"ˆ continues to be a steadfast supporter of Friends Jyoti has been a leader in offering employment $&"$" of Woodstock School (FWS) and his class. opportunities to those with disabilities. j‚$ to the cultural heritage and development of Jim Taylor’s career has been driven by the Rahul’s personal integrity and commitment the subcontinent. Jeet has been recognized conviction that there is an immense reservoir to the values that Woodstock represents is by MIT, TED, Forbes magazine, and other of potential in the human and natural worlds prestigious publications. that is waiting to be tapped. He resides with he has been instrumental in developing. He his wife Joan in Lake Country, BC. demonstrates a high level of personal integrity Jeet has embraced Woodstock’s goal of in- in the managing of his organization and team culcating a tolerant, transnational outlook in members. He is committed to working with its students. He recognizes the combination Woodstock on electricity consumption, water of ability and self-reliance these students still !" harvesting and sewage treatment. carry into the world, and he concluded they still display an unusual understanding of the Tell us: [email protected] He currently lives in Vadodara with his wife richness, complexity and interrelatedness + of the world, its peoples and its institutions.  - Quadrangle Woodstocking Our Way Down Under Dan and Anne Lind (S) traveled to New Zealand and Australia in March and April, 2014. They visited many Woodstockers along the way.

Opotiki

In Opotiki with SALLY KIBBLEWHITE, English teacher at Woodstock in the 1970s.

Auckland

Auckland In Auckland we hhadd an IIndiandi ddinneri withith a group, including GWEN WINDSOR (P), =%j'?>%'="@<<""?„”™š JIM, HEATHER WINDSOR DAWSON (76), 6

Auckland

Auckland Quadrangle - 

During our stop at the Bay of Islands, GREGREG •3*<%"&++@' the afternoon to see the area. Bay of Islands

Wellington

In Wellington, we got together with ANNA "%/?<—

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Sydney

Mullumbimby

When we arrived in Sydney, ANDREW AL- TER (78) met us at the dock.

Heading north from Sydney, we spent a few days in Mullumbimby with MARTI PATEL (71). (with her son Dominic)  - Quadrangle

From Mullumbimby, we continued to Armi- Armidale dale to visit BERENICE ROBERTS SCOTT (79), husband TIM and son SEBASTIAN.

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Armidale

Next stop, Melbourne, where we stayed with Melbourne ROSEMARY BLICKENSTAFF FLORA (58).

In the countryside

Adelaide

We spent a day in the countryside with REIS '%&j„?"?Œ%"š‚@

Our last stop was Adelaide, where we caught up with ABHRA BHATTACHARJEE (92) and SANDRA, FARHAN, ARMAN, and TARA.

We ended our tour in Alice Springs, where we ˜+'> connections there, but incredible sights in the Red Centre of Australia.  - Quadrangle Do you have a nomination for the Distinguished Alumni Roll?

2014 Rahul Amin ’71, Jeet Singh ’81, James Taylor ’52

2013 George H Carley ’56, Dr Shobha Arole ’78

2012 Jagdish Sagar ’60, Philip DeVol ’66

2011 Gabriel Campbell ’65, Tom Alter ’68

2010 Ashoke Chatterjee ’51, Margaret Loehlin Schafer ’56

2008 Bob Fleming Jr. ’54, Chris Anderson ’74

2007 Bhavenesh Kumari Patiala '50, TZ Chu '52, Dorothy Irene Riddle '60, Robert E. Scott '62

2006 Mark Kenoyer '70, Frank Mayadas '57

2005 Marty Alter Chen '60, Richard Brown '58, Gerry Williams '42

2004 Brig. Hukam Singh Yadav '38, Smt. Nayan- tara Sahgal '43, Dr. Frederick S. Downs '49

2003 '52, Dr. Carl E. Taylor '32

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