PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL JOURNAL 1985 Madeline Weigel "graduated" this year along with several of her former kindergarten students. Editors: David C. Bogle PRINCETON DAY Linda Maxwell Stefanelli '62 Layout and Graphic Design SCHOOL JOURNAL Meg Brinster Michael '70 Layout and Type Design Palmer Uhl '74 Vol. 17 No. 1 1985 Contents Letter from the Acting Headmaster, Sanford B. B in g ................................... 1 Madeline Weigel, by Elizabeth Willey Samuels '35 A tribute to a career that has enriched many in its 43 year span..............2 Thank You, Miss W eigel........................................................................................... 3 PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL In Search of Nostalgia BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1985-1986 MFS and PCD today.....................................................................................................4 Samuel W. Lambert 111, Chairman The Middle Ground, by Mary V. Williams, W inton H. M anning, Vice Chairman Head of the Middle School Cheryl A. Osborne, Secretary Thoughts on the Middle School............................................................................. 6 John J. Southw ick, Jr., Treasurer Sanford B. Bing, Acting Headmaster Alumni Couples Rebecca W. Bushnell '70 Alumnae marry alumni..............................................................................................9 A rthur M. Bylin Morton Collins Down and Back, by Suzi Franz '86 Olivia C. Fill Impressions of her AFS experience in C hile ................................................. 14 William S. G reen berg Lower and Middle School Final Assemblies....................................................16 Marilyn W. Grounds Gordon Gund Commencement 1985 .............................................................................................. 17 P eter W. H egen er Lynn D. Johnston Alumni Children......................................................................................................... 18 Pam ela S. Kelsey Yuki Moore Laurenti '75 College Choices, Class of 1985 ........................................................................... 19 Marie Matthews Report from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Margaret Brinster Michael '70, Samuel W. Lambert III............................................................................................. 20 President of the Alumni Association Mary Elizabeth Roach, Three Join Alumni Council.................................................................................... 21 President of the Parents Association Peter R. Rossmassler PCD '47 Alumni Day 1985 ..................................................................................................... 22 Ira Silverman Grandparents Day A nne E. Thom pson A new tradition em erges at P D S .........................................................................23 George A. Vaughn Noel S. W hite Jean Jansen Lower School teachers honor her upon retirement..................................... 26 Don Roberts His peers reminisce .................................................................................................. 27 Former Faculty/On Campus..................................................................................29 S p o rts.............................................................................................................................. 32 Development Report................................................................................................34 Class Notes.....................................................................................................................45 Photo Credits: Birgit Enstrom '85; cover. Eileen Hohmuth-Lemonick; p. 2, 6, 7, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 29, back cover. Henry Clancy '86; p. 24. Rob Colson '86; p. 28. Catherine Suter '87; p. 30 Princeton Day School is a K-12, coeducational institution which admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities accorded and made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ON THE COVER: Clockwise from Madeline's right: national nor ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, Kevin Cragg, John Henderson, jenny Taback, Peter scholarship programs, athletic and other school-administered programs. Merle-Smith, Karen Callaway, Lynn Erdman, and Patrick Courtney. LETTER FROM THE ACTING HEADMASTER by Sandy Bing The year ahead will be special for me. As Acting Headmaster, my responsibil­ ities involve the entire school and not just the Upper School which I have served for sixteen years. Any change in leadership is not easy for a school, but I look forward to the coming year with enthusiasm and optimism. Obviously, a headmaster, the administration, and other support staff, are important for a successful year, but the real strength of a good school is its faculty, and Prince­ ton Day School has outstanding teach­ ers. Our main purpose as a school remains the same — to be the very best teachers we can be for our students. I have many goals for the year but basically they can be summarized by saying that I hope we can achieve even greater consistency in meeting our academic standards and continue to improve the quality of community life. We must be critical of ourselves and constantly re-evaluate what we are doing to make certain that Princeton Day School is the exceptional school we want it to be. Princeton Day School is composed of many different people, each with his or her own needs and expectations. To be truly great, the school requires the support and hard work of everyone involved in it. "Support" means caring about the needs of others and being sensitive to differences among people. In an academic institution, respect for ideas is paramount. "Support" also means telling someone when they have done something well and caring enough to offer constructive criticism when appropriate. All too often we have the tendency to stress the negative. We must work harder to correct that. Good communication remains essential. All questions, suggestions and criticisms are valued and appreciated and will receive a prompt response. If we can do something better, we will do so; if we disagree with your opinion we will tell you that, too. But we cannot do any­ clear from our philosophy that we are accomplishment or college placement thing about your concern if we are not a school for all people — we exist to has been outstanding, and we plan to unaware of it and no school, not even serve the above-average student, and work hard to do even better in the PDS, can be all things to all people or the single most important criterion for future. perform miracles. admission is academic ability. We be­ Continue to share our dream. Work Above all, Princeton Day School was lieve in and support a generous need- with us, be positive and support us. and is an honest school where faculty based-only financial aid program. The You may be certain we will do every­ and students come together to share a record of faculty and student achieve­ thing possible to make this an out­ teaching and learning experience. It is ment, whether measured by individual standing year. MADELINE WEIGEL Madeline Weigel retired this June after 43 years of teaching kindergarten. She began her teaching career at Miss Fine's in 1942 and served as Head of the Lower School from 1948-1974. by Elizabeth Willey Samuels MFS '35 One of the rewards of teaching comes from understanding that in the pupil- teacher relationship a social immortal­ ity exists. Values, ideals, and a few tidbits of wisdom will survive through the students if the instructor has been successful. Has anyone counted — or even estimated — the number of pupils Madeline Weigel taught in her forty- three years as kindergarten teacher at Miss Fine's and at PDS? No matter how many there were, it's a certainty that most of them, in one way or another, At her retirement party last June, Madeline posed with alumni sh e’d taught in kindergarten. From left to right they are: knowingly or not, are carrying on this Sarah Cragg '83. Sarah Bristol Ritchie '75, Colleen Coffee Hall '63, Bill Roebling '68, Linda Maxwell Stefanelli '62, Andrew Bing '84, Fiona Morgan Fein '61, Louise Lauck Kingston '59, Kinney Hubby Gallup '56, Madeline, Jim extraordinary teacher's values. Gramentine, Dabby Bishop Palmer '65, Sheila Hattan Pastore 67, Terry Blake Miller '72, Andrew Hildick-Smith '77, Former members of Miss Weigel's Fred Woodbridge '78, Jenny Chandler Hauge '78, Whip Burks '86, and Jennifer Dutton '80. kindergarten who appreciate order and neatness learned early on that "a place Madeline had a penchant for the papers and broke their toys," she said to for everything and everything in its mischievous pupils, those whose curi­ the wailing waif. He continued to roar, place” saved time and energy when osity or sense of derring-do led them but by the end of the term he had tools and materials were where one into trouble. She would scold, threaten, learned to behave and, as could be ex­ expected to find them. Clean-up time and punish when appropriate, then pected, adored his teacher. was a productive work period in Made­ regale fellow teachers with an account Madeline attended Skidmore and line's class as cubbies, shelves, and of the naughty ones' escapades that did graduate work at The Child Educa­ work areas were restored to order at the showed total appreciation of the mis­ tion Foundation in New York. She end of an activity or a busy day. deeds and their perpetrators. came from Plainfield