PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL JOURNAL Editor: Linda Maxwell Stefanelli '62 PRINCETON DAY Contributing Editors: Duncan W. Ailing SCHOOL JOURNAL David C. Bogle Ruta Smithson Vol. 26 N o. 1 Fall 1990 C o n t e n t s Board of Trustees From the Headmaster, Duncan W. A ilin g ......................................................... 1 1990-1991 Shirley Davis Feted ........................................................................................................ 2 A Glimpse of Our Past................................................................................................ 3 Marilyn W. Grounds Chairman A Beginning and an Ending: The First Year at PDS, Barbara Sullivan '6 6 .................................................... 6 Thomas E. Gardner Vice Chairman Happy Birthday To U s ................................................................................................ 7 Richard F. Ober, Jr. Restructuring the Science Curriculum, Ernie Garcia ................................. 8 Vice Chairman, Parliamentarian Princeton University Silver Cane Winner Takes Clifford A. Goldman Treasurer Sentimental Journey, Rosemary Gohd ............................................................ 10 Judith E. Feldman Expanding the Science World Through Computers, Secretary Barbara von M ayrhauser......................................................................................... 11 Duncan W. Ailing Board of Trustees Report......................................................................................... 13 Headmaster Parents Association Report, Ellen Kuris, President................................... 14 Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth Honorary Trustee Alumni Association Report.................................................................................... 15 Henry P. Bristol II '72 Have We Missed Y ou ? .............................................................................................. 15 Marlene G. Doyle Lower and Middle School Final Assembly .................................................... 16 Shawn W. Ellsworth '75 Sally Stewart Gilbert '65 Says Good-bye, Moggie Spear '9 4 .................. 17 Peter G. Gerry Middle School Final Assembly Address, Sally Stewart Gilbert '65 . 17 Betty W. Greenberg Commencement 1990 ................................................................................................. 19 Peter W. Hegener J. Parry Jones Welcome to Our Newest Alumni: The Class of 1990 .............................. 20 Stephen F. Jusick Class of 1990 College Choices ............................................................................. 20 Ellen W. Kuris O n C a m p u s .................................................................................................................21,22 Leighton H. Laughlin, Jr. '64 Christopher Reeve '70 Accepts Alumni A w ard .......................................... 23 Winton H. Manning Alumni Day '90, Saturday, May 19 ......................................................................24 Dennis M. Maziarz Alumni Day '91, Saturday, May 18 ......................................................................25 John T. McLoughlin Alumni News .................................................................................................................. 26 Timothy D. Proctor Edward W. Scudder III Contributing photographers: Kevin Capinpin '92, Tom Dunham, Eileen Hohmuth-Lemonick, Marie Matthews, Ruta Smithson, Liz Terrell '92, Joe To '92, Howard F. Taylor Nancy Young. Kilin To Ann B. Vehslage It is the policy of Princeton Day School to admit boys and girls of any race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and Mary S. Wisnovsky '57 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 administration of its educational policies, scholarship programs, athletic and other school-administered programs. FROM THE HEADMASTER by Duncan W. Ailing Two years ago 1 introduced my fall journal article with a reference to my responsibility as chairman of my college class's 30th reunion. That event took place this past June thanks in large part to a supportive, hard working group of classmates. During the reunion our class followed through on a pledge made at our 25th reunion to honor our classmate A. Bartlett Giamatti's tenure as president of Yale. Unfortunately, the ceremony had to memorialize Bart. He was a special person in our lifetime, as I am sure anyone who heard him speak at our 1986 graduation can affirm. We honored Bart by placing a marble bench on Yale's old campus. Inscribed on the bench, which has certain base­ ball dugout features, is the following statement by Bart: a Klingenstein Fellowship or a National workshop in New Mexico, while Yves "A liberal education is at the heart Endowment for the Humanities Scholar­ Marcuard and Matilde Yorkshire pur­ of a civil society — and at the heart ship. This past year Helene Davies was sued a workshop on teaching foreign of a liberal education is the act of so honored with a National Endow­ languages. Gayle Henkin attended a teaching." ment Award to study 17th Century workshop on cooperative learning. Teaching is an important art. Teach­ French culture. And, last year 1 believe Tom Drake and Karin Sconzert par­ ers at PDS are exceptional for many we had a new first for our faculty when ticipated in Earthwatch projects that reasons, not the least of which is their John Howe participated in a teacher took them to the Bahamas and Spain, dedication to children. Teaching is also exchange program. John and his family respectively. Dottie Finnerty attended a an enervating experience. School heads spent the year in Hawaii where John math workshop in Vermont, Eileen and I must always be mindful of this taught mathematics at Seabury Hall. Hohmuth-Lemonick was involved in a need as we work with individual faculty. The exchange brought Steve Colflesh photography workshop in Cape May To be sure, each teacher develops his and his family to Princeton and our and Bill Stoltzf us was in a special David or her own approach to renewal. When school. Mallory workshop for teachers. Todd I was a full-time history and math The sabbatical and leave of absence Gudgel's effort to write a history of teacher I found reading volumes of fic­ programs involve a handful of our 100- "the book" was also supported. tion in the summer was extremely plus faculty. A larger number of faculty The Lincoln Center participants were important to me. A school, however, find renewal through work in the Paul Epply-Schmidt, Judy Michaels, must also play a role in the renewal summer. Again, we are fortunate to Susan Daly Rouse and Bette Soloway. process. At PDS we are fortunate to have an advanced study fund to sup­ New interns Bennett Siems, Doug have programs which help teachers port these headmaster-approved activi­ Lemov and Margarita Bernal attended achieve renewal at various points in ties. The majority of these dollars come workshops for new teachers. their careers. from the Parents Association, as they Finally, the fund is now supporting Our sabbatical program which is sup­ conduct a number of annual fundraising special curriculum development projects ported by the Shepherd/McCaughan activities to support this endeavor, and such as an interdisciplinary curriculum endowment fund allows annually two other important enriching student/ for the ninth grade. Participating teach­ teachers to be away from school with faculty programs. In addition we have ers receive stipends for their concen­ 60-70% of their salary paid. (We wish it the Lincoln Center Endowment Fund trated work on curriculum issues. could be 100%!) Clear criteria exist for which supports teachers who attend Another example would be the SEED eligibility and teachers submit propos­ summer workshops at Lincoln Center, project which involves some of our als to the Faculty Sabbatical Committee as well as programs for students during faculty and faculty from other local which makes recommendations to me. the school year. Roughly 12-24 people independent schools. In this case they To date nine teachers have had sabbati­ receive funding each summer. are exploring the impact of gender dif­ cals, and this past year Bonnie Howarth This past summer the advanced study ferences on teaching and curriculum. and Regina Spiegel participated enthu­ fund supported graduate course tuition The range of faculty activity is quite siastically in this program. costs for Jamie Atkeson, Karen Pike, Jill extraordinary. Listening to faculty share At PDS we also have one-year leaves Thomas and Jan Westrick. Beth Carroll their renewal experiences at the open­ of absences for teachers who encounter and Harry Rulon-Miller attended ing full faculty meeting affirms once unique opportunities for renewal. Often an important workshop on the new again the value of these programs to the request emerges due to an award University of Chicago math curricu­ our teachers, their teaching and ulti­ bestowed on a faculty member such as lum. Louise McClure was at a Suzuki mately to our fine students. 1 School, that I found so fascinating. Everyone enthusiastically acknowledges Rice, where are my glasses?' — were With the loyalties that each school the crucial role that "Bunny" Dilworth remembered by all who knew her engendered in its students, graduates, filled at a time when one crisis followed personally. Also, her headaches, the teachers and parents, it would