I PRINCETON YAD SCHOOL JOURNAL - FALL 1993 B o a r d o f T ru stees M arilyn W. Grounds Chairman PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL Peter G. Gerry Vice Chairman JOURNAL James C. Rodgers '70 Treasurer Edward W. Scudder III Vol. 30, No. 1 Fall 1993 Secretary Duncan W. Ailing Headmaster Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth Contents Honorary Trustee Linda L. Bail From the Headmaster, Duncan W. Ailing............................................................... 1 Robert E. Dougherty '43 Marlene G. Doyle What We Did On Our Summer Vacation ............................................................... 2 Judith E. Feldman Prabha B. Fernandes Herbert McAneny Remembered, Sanders Maxwell '32, Daniel J. Graziano Christopher Reeve '70 and Beverly A. W illiams.............................................. 4 Tina Greenberg John L. Griffith, Jr. School Celebrates Careers of Retiring Teachers and Staff.......................... 6 Randall A. Hack Barbara Mills Henagan '77 Alumni Day '93 ...................................................................................................................... 8 Stephen F. Jusick Robert E. Marquis Middle School Graduation Address, Brandice Osborne-Gwynn '97...... 10 John T. McLoughlin Barbara M. Ostfeld Commencement Address, Walter Hosey, Jr. '9 3 ................................................ 11 John A. Pinto Robert M. Revelle College Choices 1993 ....................................................................................................... 12 Albert M. Stark Mitchell L. Sussman '71 Alumni Association Report, Anne Williams'74 ............................................... 13 Ann B. Vehslage L. Thomas Welsh, Jr. On C am pus........................................................................................................................... 14 James W. Wickenden Ann A. W illiam s '74 Spring Sports..................................................................................................................... 16 In the Spotlight.................................................................................................................. 17 A lu m n i C o u n c il Anne A. Williams '74 Alumni Profile: David Stifel '84, Craig C. Stuart '8 7 ...................................... 58 President Christina Bachelder Dufresne '77 Vice President Laura Knowlton Kerney '79 Secretary/Treasurer Nellie Oliphant Duncan '51 Laura Farina '79 Marjorie Wallace Gibson '84 James Y. Laughlin '80 John F. McCarthy III '62 K irk W. Moore '72 On the cover: At the dedication of the classroom addition on October 8th, Lower School Head Sara Schwiebert and Amelia Baxter-Stoltzfus '06 hold the ceremo­ Howard F. Powers, Jr. '80 nial key to the new wing as Sanjeev Sharma '06 tries to get a reaction from the Carl S. Taggart '82 PDS panther by squeezing his tail. Susan Barclay Walcott '57 Contributing photographers: Eileen Hohmuth-Lemonick, Marie Matthews, John Mullin, Wendy Varga, Alex Wei '93, Nancy Young. Princeton Day School complies with all federal and state laws prohibiting discrimina­ Editor: Linda Maxwell Stefanelli '62 tion in its admissions, employment and administrative policies. Composition and Printing by Contetnpo Press Inc. FROM THE HEADMASTER by Duncan W. Ailing The decision to include the school's We get low compliments on the other ter in each student and to the well be­ annual fiscal report in the Jou rn al two points, and the speakers at the ing of our community, as well as their prompted me to think about many upper school graduation last year re­ bearing on understanding the rela­ other aspects of the 1993-1994 school minded us of our challenge in these tionship between responsibility and year. We enjoyed many successes last areas. freedom. year; we are especially thankful for Deputy Parliamentarian of the US Not surprisingly, there was common concluding successful national House of Representatives Charlie ground found in the language used by searches for key administrative posi­ Johnson spoke about the loss of re­ all three divisions to express those tions and opening up our new class­ spect for each other among the mem­ values. room wing on time. Although I could bers of the House. Civil public behav­ • respect for all members of the construct quite a list of success for this ior, private discourse and friendships community column, I tend to look forward while across the aisle have waned in the • honesty keeping the past in my mind. House. Mutual tolerance, respect and • compassion, kindness Princeton Day School now enjoys humor are not as evident. • patience the opportunity to focus on other di­ Retiring Religion Department Head • respect for the community and mensions of the school community. Carl Reimers raised concern over the environment We are concentrating on the direction quality of the partnership between • responsibility of character development and the par­ parents and teachers. He expressed • helpfulness, cooperation ent/school partnership in a day concern over the consumer attitude in • integrity school, as well as certain curricular many parents when dealing with Last year at divisional faculty meet­ issues such as how will science and teachers. While this issue in my mind ings we also discussed the relation­ mathematics be taught in the 21st cen­ is a two-way street, the fact is that we ship between these values and the tury. To provide readers a sense of our must acknowledge schools are viewed quality of life at PDS. The time has direction, edited versions of my re­ in different ways today by families. now come for us to pinpoint what we marks to faculty and new parents Walter Hosey '93 spoke about the will do to alter certain patterns in our follow. challenges of diversity; the need for school with regard to how we imple­ all of us to address racism and igno­ ment our regulations and rules. Stu­ Opening Faculty Meeting — rance. He pointed out that we must dents need boundaries, a clarified August 31, 1993 "not allow senseless stereotyping of structure by which to live, as one fac­ Good morning. I want to make a few people to cloud our ability to truly be ulty member has noted. They also comments, obvious as they may be to good listeners." (Walter's speech can need to realize that consequences with us, about school and what we must be seen on page 11.) real impact must occur when severe focus on. Last year we spent time assessing violations occur. Faculty need to take • School is a place for serious work these values which we believe are im­ action, not avoid a situation, when mi­ where students learn how to learn, portant to the development of charac­ nor or major infractions occur. We all develop academic skills and broaden their knowledge in vari­ ous academic fields. • School is a place to develop social skills, to play, to find a sense of spirit in oneself and within vari­ ous sized groups. • School is a place where a student's personal character is influenced, shaped via the adults (and their peers) who teach. • School is a place where faculty have the opportunity to demon­ strate the connection between freedom and responsibility. We get high compliments on the first two points. Our students are chal­ lenged to do serious work. Their skills and intellectual curiosity are devel­ oped. The spirit of the individual is brought out, sometimes all too well as our students are lively individuals with a rich variety of interests, many of which are fostered at Princeton Day School. Duncan Ailing is greeted by junior kindergarteners, Meagan Medick and Derek Mayer. must come to realize that when we New Parent Supper - Sept. 21, 1993 We want each student to mature so come to school, we come to a place Welcome to Princeton Day School. that when each graduates he or she with special meaning and purpose. You have completed a thorough, has had a rich experience in honoring We are not the beach, the mall, or the thoughtful, humanistic admissions important academic skills, developing family living room. process which has culminated in your self-confidence, finding the capacity This year we have the opportunity children being enrolled here. We have to lead an ethical life, awakening ap­ preciation for the aesthetic in life and to improve the quality of our lives at both developed expectations for your maintaining a healthy body. Each stu­ Princeton Day School. To be sure the children. Now we must work together dent will be at a different stage in this new wing, the return of classrooms to to see that your children mature as process come graduation. Each will students and as human beings. This the middle school, and the expanded have been asked to grow as an indi­ partnership, which must be character­ space for the upper school will help us vidual in the context of working with ized by appreciation for high stan­ shape better behavior in school. To be other people and caring for them in­ dards, ample patience when hurdles sure the commitment and enthusiasm side and outside the school. And, emerge or mistakes are made, civil of our administrators will help us ad­ while each is being prepared for the discourse to resolve problems when dress the affective side of education. next level of education — college — they arise, mutual respect for each To be sure, focusing on this area of our each is also being asked to view learn­ other, and a good sense of humor responsibilities as teachers will help ing as a lifelong pursuit. Simple, but about children and what they some­ us enhance the character development complex. times do, is one of the many special of our students. To be sure our efforts features of a