PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL JOURNAL WINTER 1995 B o a r d o f T r u s t e e s Daniel J. Graziano, Jr. PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL Chairman Peter G. Gerry JOURNAL Vice Chairman L. Thomas Welsh, Jr. Treasurer Vol. 32, No. 2 Winter 1995 Lila B. Lohr Head of School Contents Robert E. Dougherty '43 Marlene G. Doyle Christina Bachelder Dufresne ’77 Fall Highlights ........................................................................................................................................1 Shawn W. Ellsworth '75 Tina Greenberg Installation Ceremonies Reflect School H istory ..................................................2 John L. Griffith, Jr. Marilyn W. Grounds Randall A. Hack Educating for Tomorrow, Jacquie Asplundh.............................................................. 4 Christine Grant Halpern Barbara Mills Henagan '77 John T. McLoughlin A Conversation with Shirley Davis, Jacquie Asplundh ....................................... 5 John A. Pinto Robert A. Revelle In M e m o r ia m .........................................................................................................................................10 Joyce Sinkler Robinson Llewellyn G. Ross Alison M. Shehadi Skating Extravaganza to Benefit PDS R ink ........................................................ 12 Jane Aresty Silverman '63 Robert B. Stockman Kalle Gerritz Weeks Alumni Bulletin Board ....................................................................................................13 J. Thomas Welsh, Jr. Class Notes ...............................................................................................................14, 35-48 Trustee Emeriti Elizabeth C. Dilworth Samuel W. Lambert III Photographs: The cover and all photographs of the installation ceremony are by Eileen Hohmuth-Lemonick. Other photos provided by Jacquie Asplundh, A lu m n i C o u n c il Erin Belanger '96, Bonnie Hunter, Holly Marvin and Wendy Varga. Christina Bachelder Dufresne'77 President On the cover: Head of School Lila Lohr (seated on left) chats with juniors Reed Black, Brandice Osborne-Gwynn and Mariana Sparre about their art Thomas R. Gates '78 projects and is introduced to Wolf (second from left), created by Emily Vice President Churchill '96. Laura Farina '79 Secretary/Treasurer Princeton Day School complies with all federal and state laics prohibiting discrimination in its admissions, employment and administrative policies. Nellie Oliphant Duncan '51 Marjorie Wallace Gibson '84 James J. Groome '80 Caroline Erdman Hare '75 Molly Sword McDonough '75 Kirk W. Moore '72 Howard F. Powers, Jr. '80 Markell Meyers Shriver '46 Carl S. Taggart '82 Hilleary T. Thomas '84 Attention Alumni! Karen Turner '72 Laura Merrick Winegar '72 Please read the inside back cover to find out the deadline for sending your news to your class secretary. Thanks! Editor: Linda Maxwell Stefanelli '62 Printed by Cotttempo Press luc. FALL HIGHLIGHTS Judy Michaels, upper school English teacher and poet-in- Photo Photo credit: Holly Marvin residence, zvas awarded a Kindergarten "aiigels" Delysse Leonard $7,000 fellowship from the and James Cole. Nexv jersey State Council on the Arts. The junior football team celebratesan exciting, undefeated season. Varsity Fifth graders football urns very competitive, in spite of being outnumbered and G e n e v i e v e outweighed in most of their contests. In the last game of the season, this Lescroart, Alyssa close-knit, spirited team played a powerful Pennington Prep on even B r i o d y a n d terms before Pennington scored in the last minutes of the game. Boys Eleanor Oakes soccer played some close games and had a solid 7-2 record against its Prep unpack a new B rivals. Cross country had a small squad but was led by Aaron Beim who computer won the Prep B Championship. purchased with money their Girl Scout Troop #160 raised. The lower school computer lab zoas fitted with -1 5 new Poiver IRK: Macs and five LC580s thanks to donations from parents, grand­ parents and lower school faculty. Photo Photo credit: Holly Marvin Galete Levin '96 and friend. Girls interscholastic teams, led by a very athletic senior class, shone throughout the fall. Field hockey (14-2-6) had a fantastic season that included victories over local rivals Stuart and Lawrenceville. The team went on to win the Prep A State Championship (above) in a beautifully played and highly skilled game against Blair Academy. Girls soccer (15-3-4) played a grueling schedule that comprised some of the top teams in the state. PDS, formerly in the Prep B division, elected to play in the A photographer with The Neio York Times takes a picture of Dayna Holliman more competitive Prep A State Tounament where, having beaten '99 and Mahida Tahir ’98 for a story the paper ran on the SEEDS program Lawrenceville in a hard faught, rain drenched semi-final match, it lost to which helps financially disadvantaged students prepare for admission to N] top-ranked Peddie in a closely contested final game, 2-1. The tennis team, independent schools. Five SEEDS students at PDS were interviewed for the although rebuilding, enjoyed a solid season with 8 wins, 4 losses. article. 1 INSTALLATION CEREMONIES On September 17, 1995, exactly 30 years after Princeton Day School first opened its doors, it cele­ brated the installation of Lila Boyce Lohr as the fifth head of school. The past, present and future of the school were highlighted in the welcoming speeches and represented by close to 600 participants and spectators at the ceremony, from the youngest junior kindergarten student to the founders of Princeton Day School. Former and current students, trustees, faculty members and parents attended, as well as the friends and family of Ms. Lohr. The ceremonies were opened by The Reverend Ophelia Laughlin, a 1977 alumna and 1992 Alumni Award winner. Board of Trustee Chairman Daniel J. Graziano, Jr. welcomed Ms. Lohr on behalf of the trust­ ees. He then introduced Elizabeth Cushing Dilworth, trustee emerita, saying, MAt the crucial time (of the school's merger), it was Mrs. Dilworth to whom all turned for leadership - a leadership that was immedi­ ately forthcoming and which everyone respected and soon admired." Mrs. Dilworth painted a vivid picture of Miss Fine's and Princeton Country Day at the time of the merger, pointing out the difficulties and compromises as two distinct entities accepted the need to become one. "All that could be done in the way of enlargement had al­ ready been done, and yet the facilities of both schools were woefully inadequate. There was no way out: two new schools were absolutely essential. However, for the two schools to consider consolidation and build a new campus together was a totally horrendous, scandalous thought to all but a handful of trustees. The loss of identity, separate traditions, and reputation were im­ portant to each. Bear in mind that coeducation was not in fashion at that time for independent day schools. It Head of School Lila Lohr and Trustee Emerita Elizabeth C. Dihoorth for was not until 1969 that even Princeton University be­ whom the lower school wing was named in December. came coed. We were ahead of the times. .The school now has a nationwide reputation. It is to all who were, and are, involved - trustees, faculty, administration - that we all owe our very great thanks. "We hand over to you, Lila, this outstanding school. You are a strong leader and there is no doubt you and PDS were made for each other. The entire PDS family stands behind you as you undertake this challenging, but supremely important, task." Ms. Lohr was welcomed by speakers representing the various constituencies: Dean of Faculty Charles Burdick, Community Council President Justin Krebs '96, Alumni Association President Christina Bachelder Dufresne '77, and Parents Association President Kalle Gerritz Weeks. Barbara Landis Chase delivered the installation ad­ dress. She became head of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1995. Previously, she was head of The Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore where she worked closely with Ms. Lohr who was her assistant head of school. Ms. Chase has served on the Board of Guest Speaker Barbara Chase. Directors of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) where she chaired its Public Issues and Government Relations Committee and was a member of 2 REFLECT SCHOOL HISTORY the Executive and Finance Committees. She received an A.B. in history from Brown University and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University. She serves as a member of the Corporation of Brown University as a Fellow of the University. Ms. Chase said, "Beyond the body of knowledge and the skills we are committed to teaching, one of the most important things we can impart to our students is the love of learning and the will to continue learning throughout their lives. If we teach them the habits of mind and heart to seek out new knowledge, we should also teach them to reach out to people around them. America grows increasingly more diverse. The globe grows smaller in terms of economics. Around the world, hatreds grow all too frequently into armed conflict. Given these realities, the imperative to shift our thinking Board Chairman Dan Graziano presents Lila Lohr with a crystal panther, away from the parochial is profound. In schools like representing the school mascot. ours, we are often aware that a tension exists between excellence and high academic standards on the one hand and compassion and care for our students on the other. We worry about those for whom the attainment of those high standards exacts a high personal price. We want to affirm our students in the uniqueness of the gifts each brings and, at the same time, we understand that the ultimate power of education is transformation." Ms. Chase went on to speak of her 16-year friendship with Ms. Lohr. ". Her lodestar has always been the well-being of her students. She was a teacher in the beginning and she has never stopped being one, whether she is in the classroom or not. Your leader . under­ stands and honors the hard work and the magic and mystery of teaching. And, of course, there is that which comes before all else, Lila is a person of rock solid char­ acter.