PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL JOURNAL - SPRING 1993 OARD OF TRUSTEES Marilyn W. Grounds Chairman PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL Thomas E. Gardner Vice Chairman JOURNAL Ann B. Vehslage Vice Chairman James C Rodgers '70 Vol. 29 No. 2 Spring 1993 Treasurer Edward W. Scudder Secretary Mary R. Hamill Contents Parliamentarian Duncan W. Ailing Headmaster From the Headmaster, Duncan W. Ailing 1 Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth Honorary Trustee Beyond the Ivory Tower: Community Service Robert E. Dougherty '43 Marlene G. Doyle Program Exposes Students to Real World 2 Shawn Ellsworth '75 Jack Wallace '48 Selected for Alumni Award 4 Judith E. Feldman Prabhavathi Fernandes A Variety of Viewpoints: Students Recount Peter G. Gerry Daniel J. Graziano Their Community Service Experiences 6 Betty W. Greenberg John L. Griffith Five Retire, Representing 138 Years of Service, David C. Bogle 8 Peter W. Hegener PDS Receives Grant to Administer Stephen F. Jusick Jane Henderson Kenyon '79 Serve America Program, Stacy Feinstein '95 10 Winton H. Manning My Magic Ear Can Hear Concentrating: Robert E. Marquis Poetry Flourishes at PDS, Judith Michaels 10 John T. McLoughlin Randolph W. Melville '77 On Campus 12 Barbara M. Ostfeld Albert M. Stark Sports 14 Mitchell L. Sussman '71 Recalling a Winning Legacy, Geoff Howell 16 Howard F. Taylor Dan Barren 1931-1991, John W. Claghorn, Jr 17 L. Thomas Welsh, Jr. PDS Mourns Loss of Frankie "K", Stacy Ho '93 19 ALUMNI COUNCIL In the Spotlight 20 Jane Henderson Kenyon '79 President Alumni News 25 Anne A. Williams '74 Vice President Laura Knowlton Kerney '79 Secretary/Treasurer Christina Bachelder Dufresne '77 Laura Farina '79 Katharine Burks Hackett '75 James Y. Laughlin '80 On the cover: As part of the Teaching Assistant Program, juniors Veronica White (left) and John F. McCarthy III '62 Janna Levin work in the kindergarten classroom once a week with Win Thurman (left), son of Hilary Winter '75, and Gyan Kapur. Kirk W. Moore '72 Carl S. Taggart '82 Contributing photographers: Greg Endries '93, Nicole Gordon '93, Rob Hall '92, Eileen Hohmuth-Lemonick, Laurie Knowlton Kerney '79, Harry Rulon-Miller '51, John Mullin, Susan Barclay Walcott '57 Stacy Namm '92, Anne Reeve, Alex Wei '93. It is the policy of Princeton Day School to admit boys and girls of any race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin to Editor: Linda Maxwell Stefanelli r62 all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded and made available to students at the school. The school does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin in employment or in Contributing Editors: Duncan W, Ailing administration of its educational policies, scholarship programs, athletic and other school-administered programs. David C. Bogle Composition ami Printing by Contempo Press inc. FROM THE HEADMASTER by Duncan W. Ailing the less fortunate. This long-standing tradition was maintained after the merger. Today community service has grown to be an important feature of the Princeton Day School curriculum. Inter- estingly, it wras an upper school student who petitioned the faculty to include community service as a graduation re- quirement. (See page 2) At PDS today the concept of giving is a basic value. All three divisions have dif- ferent types of programs to allow stu- dents to participate. By doing, rather than just observing, our students can appreciate the joy and worth of giving to others. Such opportunities also pro- vide ways to understand differences be- tween people and teach necessary skills for coping with daily human problems. Working with people through commu- nity service also challenges students to examine the definition of community. It is more than home, school, job and op- portunities for leisure activity. Thus, community service enables students to learn about the complexity of society and their place in it. Concurrently, as we add more oppor- tunities for students, we increase the lo- gistical work of teachers who must monitor the programs. For example, our recently funded partnership with Princeton and Trenton high schools to pursue service projects (see page 9) means scheduling student time and making travel arrangements for them. Once again, teachers have to volunteer more of their energies in support of our students. Thus, teachers continue to act as role models who give of themselves, while students expand their potential as givers. Giving is an essential dimension of have benefited from teachers who give Community service is a valued tradi- successful teaching. Every day teachers their best in the classroom. Teachers are tion at PDS that extends beyond gradua- must extend themselves so that their excellent examples of giving for stu- tion. The Alumni Award allows us to students become effective learners. Put- dents, but historically most schools did honor those who uphold the ideals of ting that extra emotion into a history not require students to be givers generosity, sensitivity and service as presentation on why the industrial through programs such as community adults, enriching the community revolution did not evolve in China as it service, although some had work pro- around them. Jack Wallace, a 1948 did in Europe, or reviewing the dis- grams on campus. As for community Princeton Country Day School gradu- tributive axiom for the third time with a service, exceptions did exist, and Miss ate, is this year's recipient (see page 4) struggling math student, calls for extra Fine's School was one of them. and joins a growing list of alumni who effort on the part of the teacher. Girls at Miss Fine's School were asked epitomize the spirit of giving for our For generations, American students to spend time and energy on behalf of present students. BEYOND THE IVORY TOWER: COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM EXPOSES STUDENTS TO REAL WORLD This is a quiz. Answer the following questions by indicating True or False. • The class of 2002 owns three acres of rain forest in Paraguay. • A girl in the junior class is training to be a firefighter. • Faculty, staff, administrators and stu- dents bought, wrapped and delivered over 80 Christmas presents to families in need. • A 1931 MFS alumna has volunteered over 4,500 hours at Princeton Hospital. • Sixth grade students put on a party for elderly Elm Court residents. • Two classmates from the PCD class of 1943 renovate houses in Trenton for The second grade has been creating unique calendars for many years as a way to fund their service the needy. projects. To prove the length of this tradition, these children are now juniors! • Faculty and students served over 1,000 Easter meals at the Trenton soup accomplish. Kennedy challenged their students and some even came here kitchen last year. Americans to "ask not what the country on Friday afternoons to work. It was a can do for you, but what you can do for very good program." If you answered True to all seven your country." Jimmy Carter was, and The Community Service Program as- questions, you were right. The next is, an ambassador and hands-on volun- sumed its present structure in the early question might be: what do all these teer for Habitat for Humanity and 80s. As his senior project, Jamie Bonini people have in common? The answer: George Bush spoke of the "1,000 points '81 wrote a proposal to involve all upper the PDS Community Service Program. of light" that would be illuminated by school students. Religion teacher Janet Extra credit is given for knowing that volunteer efforts. Stoltzfus was his advisor and helped Jean Osgood Smyth is the alumna who PDS had a community service pro- him shepherd the proposal through has given so much time to Princeton gram in place long before it become Board and faculty committees. They Hospital and David McAlpin was the popular, however. The tradition of ser- eventually passed a resolution requir- driving force behind the Trenton branch vice was established at Miss Fine's ing a certain amount of community of Habitat for Humanity and works School. The Social Service Committee service hours as a prerequisite for there with Peter Erdman who donates was an integral part of upper school life graduation, and a network of volunteer his time weekly. and girls were required to fulfill forty opportunities was established. Every PDS student is involved in com- hours of volunteer service to graduate. Andy Franz, industrial arts teacher, munity service in some form. From jun- English teacher Anne Shepherd taught worked with Mrs. Stoltzfus to make the ior kindergarten through twelfth grade, the art of making Christmas wreaths to program a reality. He felt "children the opportunities for volunteerism are almost every girl at Miss Fine's. The should get in touch with the real world, as varied as creative imaginations can wreaths were sold at Candlelight Ser- the less affluent world, and help others. make them. The benefits of the program vice and the proceeds were given to a Some students were already involved in radiate out from the school to touch variety of causes. Mrs. Shepherd re- volunteer service and benefiting from it hundreds of lives while, at the same members that most MFS students (before participation became manda- time, enriching PDS students by broad- worked at the Leigh Avenue Nursery tory) and we wanted all students to be ening their experience. School (to which they could walk) or at part of it." He cites the late Dale Griffee Princeton Hospital as candy stripers. who taught English and served on the "Politically Correct" (See article by Sarah Silverman '94, Judiciary Committee, as a strong force Community service is a "politically daughter of '63 MFS graduate Jane behind the program in the 80s. "He was correct" endeavor these days. One of Aresty Silverman on page 7.) Many MFS socially conscious - out there - he did President Clinton's first announcements girls spent the weekend in Philadelphia what he preached." Mr.