Our Mission at Dublin School, We Strive to Awaken a Curiosity for Knowledge and a Passion for Learning
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The Dubliner The Dublin School P.O. Box 522 18 Lehmann Way Dublin, New Hampshire 03444 www.dublinschool.org Change service requested Dubliner Our Mission At Dublin School, we strive to awaken a curiosity for knowledge and a passion for learning. We instill the values of discipline and meaningful work that are necessary for the good of self and community. We respect the individual learning style and unique potential each student brings to our School. With our guidance, Dublin students become men and women who seek truth and act with courage. The Fall/Winter 2015 DublinerThe Magazine of Dublin School Mountain Day 2015 fall/winter 2015 1 Dubliner Dublin School Graduation—The Class of 2015 Front Row: Katherine Brisson, Ridgefield, CT (Berklee College of Music, MA), Leah Star, Northboro, MA (Santa Clara University, CA), Patricia Sullivan, Newtown, CT (High Point University, NC), Jessica Isaacs, Westport, CT (Mass College of Art & Design), Talia Cohen, Riverdale, NY (Skidmore College, NY), Candice Urman, Paris, France (University of California- Santa Cruz), MeKenzie Mattheson, Jaffrey, NH (University of Rhode Island), Emily Bascom, Greenfield, NH (Johns Hopkins University, MD), Che Ryeong Jung, Acton, MA (New York University - Steinhardt), Daria Gross, Millwood, NY (Maryland Institute College of Art & Design), Hannah Whitesel, Jaffrey, NH (College of the Atlantic, ME),Erin Tourgee, Sharon, NH (Rhode Island College), Tymira Holman, Rosedale, NY (Wesley College, DE) Middle Row: Jesse Garrett-Larsen, Dublin, NH (College of Wooster, OH), Imanol Ochoa Mendez, Madrid, Spain (Wentworth Institute of Technology, MA), Yi Chen Jiang, Jiangsu, China (University of California - Davis), Ning Da Xiong, Jiangxi, China (Franklin & Marshall College, PA), Adam Goldsmith, Grantham, NH (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA), Michael Schuetz, Winston-Salem, NC (Champlain College, VT), Spencer Hicks, Concord, NH (St. Bonaventure, NY), Tucker DeSisto, Cohasset, MA (Hobart College, NY), William Hamer, Westport, CT (Iona College, NY), Christopher Ramey, Westport, CT (Boston University), Alexander Rodde, South Hamilton, MA (St. Lawrence University, NY) Back Row: Man Jae Yang, Seoul, Korea (Bentley University, MA), Grant Holliday, Wilton, NH (Keene State College, NH), William Utzschneider, Chestnut Hill, MA (Hobart College, NY), Tai Cheng Song, Shanghai, China (University of Colorado-Boulder), Alexander Chiba, Redwood City, CA (Rochester Institute of Technology), Myles Spencer, Harrisville, NH (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA), Dylan Alter, New Canaan, CT (Champlain College, VT), Daniel Harrington, Francestown, NH (St. Olaf College, MN), Michael Grill, Arrowsic, ME (Gap Year) The DublinerFall/Winter 2015 • Volume 3 • Number 3 18 James Lloyd ’04: The Dubliner Living and is published by Working in Dublin School P.O. Box 522 Vietnam 18 Lehmann Way Dublin, New Hampshire 03444 www.dublinschool.org 22 Crepuscular • Editor Tendencies Erika L. Rogers A cross-country trip guided by Director of Development and Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley Alumni Affairs Associate Editors Donna Stone & Jan Haman 12 Poetry as Alumni & Parent Relations 30 Copy Editors Purpose: Living Anne Mackey, Dorine Ryner life 10 lines at a Design David Nelson, Nelson Design time Printing Maya Stein ’90 — Ninja poet, writ- R.C. Brayshaw & Company, ing guide, and creative adventuress Warner, NH Photography Bill Gnade, Peter Imhoff Departments Anne Mackey, Donna Stone 2 Message from the • In compiling this issue we have made Head of School every effort to ensure that it is accurate. 4 Season Opener Please send any comments, omissions, or corrections to Erika L. Rogers, Director 6 Dublin Life of Development and Alumni Affairs, Dublin School, P.O. Box 522, Dublin, 28 Truth and Courage NH 03444. 34 Alumni News & Notes • 17 On the cover: 43 Annual Report of Giving Mount Monadnock, Dublin 48 Last Word School Mountain Day 2015. Photo by Peter Imhoff 18 fall/winter 2015 22 1 head and heart “First, there was to be independence…” By Brad Bates, Head of School his year we opened school with these words reverberating from the pen of the late Paul W. Lehmann. As I prepared for the opening of school this summer, one of my favorite parts of my role as Head of School, I went back to the history Tof Dublin School that Mr. Lehmann wrote with the help of many of you in our alumni body back in 1975. Somehow in my previous readings I had missed his opening lines where he elucidates his belief in the power of an independent school education. Like Mr. Lehmann, we do not strive to be provincial or isolated, we will survey and research best practices, but we will always do what we think is best for our students at this moment in history. Building a curriculum independent of outside influences and centered on the intellectual, emotional, creative, ethical, and physical development of our students in the twenty-first century at Dublin School can only be described as thrilling. In the last five years alone our faculty has offered 95 different elective courses and 33 independent studies (you can see these impressive lists in the Academic section of our website). I believe that no school can support the curiosity of their students to the extent that Dublin School can and has for over eighty years. Mount Monadnock remains our symbol of independence and is embla- zoned on our coats and jerseys as part of our school logo. Monadnock itself means “stands alone,” and the mountain serves as a reminder to us to be strong, Ben Blanchard ’47 and son, Ben truthful and courageous in our endeavors. Mountain Day remains one of my favorite Jr., with Brad Bates and his traditions and if you look closely at the cover of this magazine you will see a picture of me beaming on the summit surrounded by 150 students on a blue bird Dublin day. The father, Buddy ’53 photo was taken by the president of our Board of Trustees, Peter Imhoff, who unlike any other board president of any school that I know, jumps at the chance to be involved with our students. We wanted our website to be another Monadnock, or symbol, for our school, so Peter has worked with our Admission team and others to build ours from scratch. It captures so much of who we are and celebrates the people at the heart of our community. Director of Alumni and Development Erika Rogers and her team have put together an exciting magazine filled with stories of independence, endurance and the adven- ture that comes from striking out on one’s own. This summer, English teacher Nicole Sintetos used a generous grant from an endowment fund created by the Steffian family for faculty support to pursue a lifelong dream of tracing the routes of John Steinbeck’s literary travels. Her article about her alumni sponsored trip captures one way our 2 the dubliner Dublin School Board of Trustees 2015-2016 President Peter Imhoff P ’13, ’18 Dublin, NH alumni are supporting the students and faculty of the Dublin of Co-Vice President Michael J. Mullins ’93 today. James Lloyd ’04 writes about his adventures in Vietnam and Boston, MA shares his example of developing deep cross cultural understand- Co-Vice President ing, a mindset we work to foster in our own international com- L. Phillips Runyon III P ’88, ’92, GP ’18 munity of students. Alumna Maya Stein ’90 set out with a bike and Peterborough, NH a typewriter and captured a piece of America in her writings and Treasurer in her journey. Finally, Halle Ostoyich ’16 talks about leaving the George B. Foote, Jr. Dublin, NH familiar and embracing the foreign in her work in Ecuador. Secretary The picture on this page shows me with two very special Dublin Sharron Smith P ’92 School Alumni at our recent reunion, my father Buddy Bates Hinsdale, NH ’53 and Ben Blanchard ’47. Ben, Buddy and many other alumni Trustees William A. Barker P’85 returned to campus this fall and injected a jolt of energy into the Dublin, NH school. You will not be surprised to hear that our alumni regaled Bradford D. Bates P’17,’19, (ex-officio) us with stories of their own adventures both during and after their Head of School, Dublin, NH time here on the flanks of Mount Monadnock. I hope more of you Betsy Small Campbell P ’16, ’19 (ex-officio) will come back in the future or even write to us with your stories Parents’ Association, Milford, NH ■ of adventure and independence. Robert C. English ’86 Washington, DC Patricia Fletcher H ’05 Worcester, MA Joseph C. Gibson P ’12 Waterford, VA Head of School Wish List Alexander M. Lehmann New York, NY Recently Granted Dr. Christina Pastan P ’16 Marblehead, MA • Steele Crew Boathouse Daniel Phillips P ’14 Norwell, MA • Chris Horgan Tennis Courts Jason D. Potts ’96 Boston, MA • Snow Making Equipment Brett S. Smith ’88 • Wood Chipper New York, NY William C. Spencer ’86 • Faculty Housing Ft. Lauderdale, FL Alexander T. Sprague ’87 • Flatbed Trailer Castro Valley, CA Timothy Steele P ’11, ’13 • Basketball Equipment Hancock, NH Nicholas S. Thacher Dedham, MA Current Need Cost Given Still Needed Susanne K. Vogel Dublin, NH PRISM Center & Cornog Library ................ $1,250,000 ...........$900,000 ......................$350,000 Carl Von Mertens International Travel Fund ............................ $100,000 Peterborough, NH Maurice Willoughby ’84 (ex-officio) Alumni Field Pavilion .................................... $100,000 Alumni Association, Glen Rock, NJ Lifetime Trustees Dorm Furniture .............................................. $50,000 Louisa L. Birch ’57 Athletic Field Irrigation ................................. $50,000 Dublin, NH Carlos E. Bosch ’46, P ’78, ’79, ’83, 4-Wheel Utility Vehicle ................................... $50,000 Hamilton, Bermuda Judith Hoyt Goddard H ’11 Kitchen Equipment ......................................... $25,000 Chatham, MA Paul S. Horovitz P ’92 Snowmobile ................................................... $15,000 Litchfield, CT David E. Howe H ’95, GP ’18 Crew Boats ..................................................... $12,000 .............. $1,000 ........................$11,000 Marlborough, NH Tractor Mowing Attachment .........................