Hebron Academy Semester | Fall 2004

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Friends Old and New

Former teacher and pastor Bob Crist.

Former headmaster David Riceand Mary Gallant Bley ’72.

Road race winners Dan Thayer ’76 (2nd) Gino Valeriani (1st) and Brian Cloherty ’79 (3rd). Thetop three women’s finishers were Cynthia Reedy, Shayna Magur ’03 and Randi Shol.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Newcomb, a.k.a.Hannibal and Mrs. Hamlin.

“Hebron Women Since 1972” panelists Laurie Huntress ’90,Karen Holler ’79, Nancy Briggs Marshall ’78 and Kirsten Ness ’98.

Sam Whitney ’06 (center) stands in for her father Jim ’71 with his classmatesHarvey Lipman, Rick Rigazio, Scott Wilson, Lee Sawyer and Steve Pollard.

Coach Curtis and Je Won Hong ’07.Senator Mitchell and

Deacon Barrows.

Forbes MacVane ’78and his father

Bill MacVane ’33.

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Hebron, Maine 04238 www.hebronacademy.org Fall 2004

Hebronianaprofit and loss

Hebron History at a Glancea special commemorative section

Turning 200celebrating our past, present and future

Campus Master Planmaking rooms

The Academynews, athletics, philanthropy, and more

Alumni et Alumnaenotes, new arrivals, weddings, obituaries

features

SemesterSemesterH E B R O N A C A D E M YH E B R O N A C A D E M Y

Celebrating 200 years of inspiring and guiding students to reach their highest potential in mind, body and spirit.

departments

O N T H E C O V E R

Junior class president Monét Fournier-

Brazier displays her Hebron spirit at the

Third Century Celebration, October 9,

2004. Photo by Dennis Griggs.

The Semester is published twice each

year by Hebron Academy, PO Box 309,

Hebron ME 04238. 207-966-2100.

Issue No. 194

M I S S I O N

The Semester magazine’s mission is to

continue the Hebron family’s intellectual

and emotional engagement with the

Academy by conveying news, preserving

the heritage and memories of the school

and chronicling the accomplishments of

its alumni/ae, faculty and students.

E D I T O R

Jennifer F. Adams

E D I T O R I A L A S S I S TA N C E

Brian M. Cheek

Kristin Cheek

Robert M. Caldwell

Leslie A. Guenther

Sarah L. Hulbert

Beverly B. Leyden

Beverly J. Roy

David W. Stonebraker

P H O T O G R A P H Y

Jennifer F. Adams

William B. Chase

Skip Churchill, Churchill Photography

Dennis and Diana Griggs, Tannery Hill

Studios, Inc.

and friends

Hebron Academy reaffirms its long-

standing policy of nondiscriminatory

admission of students on the basis of

race, color, religion, gender, age, ances-

try, national origin, physical or mental

disability, or sexual orientation. We do

not discriminate in the administration of

our educational policies, admissions

policies, scholarship programs and

athletic or other school-administered

programs. Hebron Academy is an equal

opportunity employer.

© 2004 by Hebron Academy.

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2 • Hebron Academy Semester • Fall 2004

Editor’s Notell of us at Hebron have spent the last year celebrating the history and tra-

ditions of our school. In February 2004 we threw ourselves a campus birth-day party to mark the 200th anniversary of the granting of our charter.

We took our show on the road to events in Washington, Chicago, Denver,New York, Boston, Portland and Hamburg, Germany. And in October we gatheredat the heart of our campus to mark the beginning of our third century together.

It has been a remarkable time. A time to pause and think about our history, ourplace in it, and our plans for the future. As we wind down our celebratory year, wehope to see you either here in Hebron or perhaps in your hometown.

In preparing this special “bicentennial number” of the Semester, we spent a lot oftime in the Bell-Lipman Archives, poring over all manner of photographs andephemera. The old issues of the Semester were particularly valuable resources, and inhonor of those bygone editors, we have renamed two sections of the magazine. Thecampus news pages return to their 1950s name: “The Academy;” class notes are nowtitled “Alumni et Alumnae” as they were in the Semester’s earliest years.

Jennifer F. Adams, [email protected]

WINTERYoung Alumni/ae PotluckAlumni/ae Hockey Game

EARLY SPRINGChicago, IllinoisDenver, ColoradoSeattle, WashingtonSan Francisco, California

LATE SPRINGNew York CityBoston, MassachusettsPortland, MaineParents’ Association Auction

SUMMERAlumni/ae Golf Tournament

Forget the red and blue states—we’re coloring them green!

FOR MORE INFORMATIONCall or email Beverly Roy at207-966-2100, ext. 266;[email protected].

Homecoming 2005: September 30–October 1

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What does it mean that our school is 200 years old? I believe that being one ofthe oldest boarding schools in the nation, founded even before Maine becamea state, bears significant benefits and significant responsibilities for us all.

The benefits are numerous: we have a strong and enduring foundation that has helped ourschool to survive and thrive in hard times and good; we stand today on the shoulders ofdetermined and visionary leaders who have built that foundation; we have the support andstrength of many, many, friendships; and the accumulated wisdom and tradition of twocenturies as an independent school.

The responsibilities are challenging and will continue to test our strength each year.We must carry out the school’s bold mission; we must keep the essence, the character andthe values of the school intact; and we must be sure to revere the past even as we moveforward with a focus on the future. As Maine Governor Albion Parris said at theAcademy’s semi-centennial, 150 years ago, those who came before us “left a legacy to uswhich we are bound to transmit unimpaired to those who shall come after us.”

From Hebron’s beginning, headmasters, teachers and staff, trustees, students, parents,alumni, and friends have been committed, hardworking, and honorable. What is it aboutthis place that inspires such passion, such loyalty, and dedication from so many?

Hebron is transformational—a place where young people arrive uncertain of their abili-ties or not knowing what special talents they might have. Hebron is a place where, withthe encouragement of others, they discover something about themselves.

Hebron is also a home—where we remember so many triumphs, struggles, and friend-ships; where many children are born and so many are raised, coached, and taken under thethoughtful wings of advisors and mentors, teachers, even colleagues, and fellow learners.

Hebron Academy is a noble endeavor. Former headmaster William Sargent once said,“Every noble life leaves the fibre of itself interwoven in the work of the world.” He couldhave been speaking about Hebron Academy today—everyone who has loved, worked hardfor, and been involved in our Academy has become a lasting part of it.

So it is not the just place that inspires that passion and loyalty, it is the people, theirideas, their work, and the way they live their lives—from those who founded ourAcademy 200 years ago, to the teachers, students, and staff who have defined HebronAcademy over generations, to those who stand next to you today.

At Hebron we strive to be an inspiration and a guide for every student to achieve his orher individual best. I also believe that we all each of us, are responsible for guiding andinspiring one another in our effort to see that our school succeeds. Together, I know thatwe hold the best interests of the Academy in our hearts.

Ultimately, the best way to pay tribute to the past and to show our gratitude to thosewho helped the Academy or who, perhaps, made a difference for one or another of us per-sonally, is to focus on the future, our third century. We say thank you to all those whohave sustained our school in the past, and now we must recognize that Hebron Academy’sfuture rests on our shoulders, in our hearts, and in our minds.

That future is bright, and we have much to celebrate together!John J. King, Head of School

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In September,Head of SchoolJohn Kingaccepted aMAISAD sports-manship awardbanner on behalfof HebronAcademy’s spring athletic teams. Each MAISAD school ratesthe other after each contest; the results are tabulated andthe top three schools are awarded banners at the end ofthe season.

“The MAISAD league is committed to sportsmanshipand this is something we try to value league-wide.” saidHebron athletic director Leslie Guenther.

Categories include conduct of players towards officialsand the opposing team and coaches; conduct of coachestoward officials and the opposing team and coaches; con-duct of coach toward her own team; overall conduct ofstudents and fans; and overall cooperation of the school.The schools in the MAISAD league are Bridgton, Gould,Hyde, Kents Hill, Hebron, Elan, Carrabasset ValleyAcademy, and North Yarmouth Academy.

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In September, Channel 6 reporter Bill Green visited campus to do a piece on our outdoor educa-tion program. Mr. Green is seen here discussing the finer points of fuel stove cooking with BradMann ’05. The segment aired on the local news and also on “Bill Green’s Maine.”

Student Commended byNational Merit

Elizabeth Cole ’05 was recentlynamed a CommendedStudent in the 2005 NationalMerit Scholarship Program.She will receive a Letter ofCommendation from Hebronand the National MeritScholarship Corporation

(NMSC), which conducts theprogram. CommendedStudents placed among thetop five percent of more thanone million students who tookthe 2003 PreliminarySAT/National MeritScholarship Qualifying Test.

Elizabeth is a proctor and istaking advanced placementcourses this year. She is alsoan accomplished actress andhas had roles in many Hebronproductions as well as commu-nity productions. She directedtwo one-act plays last springand helped design and buildthe sets for “Grease.” She isthe daughter of Joanne andJohn Cole of New Gloucester.

Be a ProudHebronian!

Tell them you’refrom Hebron

Academy!

We all know whereGeorge W. Bush andJohn Kerry went to highschool. What about you?

Are you…• Writing your profes-

sional biography?• Being interviewed by

your local paper?• Sending out a press

release about yourbusiness?

Don't forget to mentionHebron Academy!

Left: Elizabeth Cole ’05 portrayedNellie Day 1887 in one of a series ofhistorical vignettes presented atHomecoming.


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The Hebron Players present

The timeless saga of Joseph and his coat of manycolors comes to vibrant life in this delightfulmusical parable. Joseph is a boy blessed with

prophetic dreams, and his father’s favorite son. When heis sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and taken toEgypt, he endures a series of adventures in which hisspirit and humanity are continually challenged.Eventually his brothers unknowingly find themselvesgroveling at the feet of the brother they betrayed. Aftertesting their integrity, Joseph reveals himself, leading toa heartfelt reconciliation of the sons of Israel.

Friday, February 25Saturday, February 26

Androscoggin Theater at Sargent Gymnasium

Want to help out with costumes, sets or other donations? Call or e-mail director

Julie Middleton at 207-966-2100 ext. 228;[email protected]

In September, Hebron’s seniorclass participated in theLeadership Decisions Institute(LDI), an experiential learningprogram offered by CampKieve in Nobleboro, Maine.LDI instructors led activitiesand small group discussions onsuch topics such as communi-cation skills, leadership, rela-tionships, and problem solving.

Dean of Students JamieRoche ’95 and class advisorsJeanine Eschenbach and AndyStephenson ’96 accompanied

the students to the training,which was carried out as partof the Academy’s residentiallife program.

“We’re very pleased with theinstructors at LDI and the waythat they tailored the programspecifically for our students,”said Mr. Roche. “Our hope isthat students will understandthat they can each make a dif-ference at the school and thatthey will apply their experi-ences with Kieve to their livesat Hebron.”

Seniors Participate inLeadership Decisions Institute

Hebron seniors Simon Parent and Greg Cox get assistance from LDI instructorDavid Nichols as they launch an "Egg-O-Pault" at the Leadership DecisionsInstitute at Camp Kieve.

888-432-7664 • www.hebronacademy.org

Tell a Friend!Small Classes

Outstanding Teachers

Structured Community

Academic Support

Excellent College Placement

Fine and Performing Arts

JV and Varsity Athletics

Outdoor Skills Program

Financial Aid Available

Upper Schoolboarding and day • grades 9–12, PG

Middle Schoolday • grades 6–9

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Fall Sports Hebron’s scores are listed first

Cross Country9/25 Hyde10/2 Elan10/9 Hebron10/16 Gould10/23 Kents Hill10/30 Hebron 11/3 MAISADS at UMA11/13 New Englands

Field Hockey9/18 Brewster Jamboree9/24 Brewster 0 49/29 Gould 2 310/2 Kents Hill 1 310/9 Gould (OT) 0 010/15 Waynflete 4 010/16 Kents Hill 1 210/20 Tilton 5 210/23 Holderness 0 510/27 Tilton (OT) 0 010/30 Kents Hill 0 311/5 MAISAD semis

vs. Gould 2 111/10 MAISAD finals

vs. Kents Hill 2 3

Football9/18 Scrim. w/KHS & Hyde9/26 PCD 34 1410/2 Proctor 27 810/9 Hyde CT 36 010/16 Tilton 20 2010/23 Holderness 7 3310/30 Hyde ME 49 1311/6 Kents Hill 42 611/13 League Playoff

P’mouth Abbey 14 22

Golf9/22 Kents Hill/Gould 3

KHS 9, GA 69/29 Gould 6 010/6 Kents Hill 2 410/13 Gould / Kents Hill 3rd10/20 Bridgton 3rd10/22 Kents Hill cancelled10/27 MAISADs 2ndHebron Academy hosted theMAISAD championship at theMartindale Country Club andcame up just one stroke short ofwinning the MAISAD crown intheir first year as a team.

Mountain Biking9/25 Camden meet10/2 Camden meet10/9 CVA meet10/16 Gould meet10/23 Kents Hill meet10/30 MAISAD ChampionshipCongratulations to Kirk Turner’07, who was the overall MAISADchamp for the season!

Boys Varsity Soccer9/18 Brewster Jamboree9/25 Gould 5 110/1 Richmond 4 210/2 Kents Hill 4 110/9 Brewster 0 210/15 Stanstead Coll. 1 010/16 Hyde 1 210/20 Tilton 2 210/21 Richmond cancelled10/23 Gould 2 110/29 Hyde 0 010/30 Kents Hill 2 111/3 Bridgton11/10 MAISAD semis

vs. Gould 2 111/13 MAISAD finals

vs. Hyde 1 4Greg Cox ’05 was chosen for theNew England All-Star game onNovember 21.

What a wonderful sports season fall 2004 proved to be!The weather couldn’t have been better, and not a sin-gle athletic contest needed to be rescheduled, a first

in recent years. Golf made its comeback as a team sport at Hebronafter a twenty five-year hiatus, and the team missed winning themaisad championship by only one point. For the first time, amountain bike team shared the trails with our cross-country run-ners, and both teams had their share of success. Other successesabounded as well; both the JV boys’ and girls’ soccer teams earnedmaisad championship titles; football had its best season in recentyears, finishing 5–2–1; and field hockey made it to the finals ofthe maisad tournament for the first time since 1995 (losing by agoal to Kents Hill in a very closely contested championshipgame). The girls’ varsity soccer team was the first of the maisadschools during the season to defeat a previously undefeated KentsHill team; the two teams faced off in the first round of the maisadtournament, and though Kents Hill would win the game by agoal, it took two overtime periods and penalty kicks for them todo so. The boys’ varsity soccer team advanced to the maisad finalsafter an overtime win in their semi-final game against Gouldbefore falling short in the championship game against a skilledHyde School squad on a cold and blustery November afternoon.

Sarah Irish ’07 puts everything she’s gotinto another booming kick for the girls’JV soccer team.

QB Zack Cavanaugh ’05 helped leadthe football team to a 5–2–1 season.


t h e a c a d e m yGirls Varsity Soccer9/18 Tilton Jamboree9/22 Hyde 4 29/25 CVA 6 09/29 Bates “B” 1 810/1 Richmond 1 610/6 CVA 4 410/9 Gould 2 610/16 Hyde 3 410/20 New Hampton 2 610/21 Richmond cancelled10/23 Kents Hill 1 310/27 Gould 2 210/30 Kents Hill 2 111/3 Brewster 0 411/10 MAISAD semis

vs. Kents Hill LTied up at 2–2 after two overtimeperiods; Kents Hill won 3-1 onpenalty kicks

Boys JV Soccer9/25 Carrabassett Valley0 39/27 Waynflete (2 OT) 2 29/29 Richmond 4 510/2 Kents Hill 5 510/6 Richmond cancelled10/9 Gould 4 110/16 Hyde 2 010/20 Carrabassett Valley1 210/22 Berwick 1 310/23 Gould ”Thirds” 2 310/23 Gould 5 210/27 Hyde 5 010/30 Kents Hill 3 211/3 MAISAD semis @

higher seed (OT) 3 111/5 MAISAD finals

vs. Kents Hill 2 1Congratulations to the boys on theirsecond consecutive MAISAD title!

Girls JV Soccer9/22 Hyde 5 09/24 Buckfield 4 09/27 Waynflete 0 39/29 Richmond 0 110/2 NYA 1 410/6 Richmond cancelled10/9 Gould 1 010/15 Buckfield 1 010/16 Hyde 1 010/19 Waynflete 0 110/23 Gould 1 310/30 Kents Hill cancelled11/3 MAISAD semis @

higher seed bye11/5 MAISAD finals

vs. Gould 1 0Congratulations to the girls on theirsecond consecutive MAISAD title!

Winter SportsBoys’ Varsity Basketball12/1 Tilton 4:00 A12/3 Richmond 5:00 A12/4 Nbls & Grngh 4:00 H12/8 Pingree 3:30 A1/7 St. Mark’s 4:45 A1/8 Kents Hill 2:00 A1/12 New Hampton 4:45 H1/15 Gould 2:00 A1/19 Brewster 3:30 H1/20 Elan 5:00 H1/22 Hyde 3:00 A1/26 Kents Hill 4:00 H1/28 Berwick 5:30 A1/29 Exeter 2:00 A2/2 Brewster 4:00 A2/12 KUA @ Tilton 3:30 A2/16 Gould 3:00 H2/18 BBN TBA A2/19 Middlesex 2:00 A2/23 Hyde 3:00 H3/2, 3/5, 3/6 NEPSAC Tourney

Girls’ Varsity Basketball12/10 Gould 6:00 H12/11 Kents Hill 2:00 A1/7 Kents Hill 3:00 H1/8 Pine Tree 6:00 A1/12 Elan 2:00 H1/15 Proctor 2:00 A1/18 Seacoast 4:30 H1/20 Elan 6:30 H1/22 Hyde 3:00 H1/25 Pine Tree 5:30 H1/29 Gould 2:00 A2/1 Seacoast 4:30 H2/3 Hyde 4:00 A2/15 MPA prelims

Boys’ JV Basketball12/3 Richmond 6:30 A12/6 NYA 4:00 H1/8 Kents Hill 3:30 A1/12 Elan 3:30 H1/20 Elan 3:30 H1/22 Hyde 4:30 A1/26 Kents Hill 2:30 H1/28 Berwick 5:30 A2/1 Pine Tree 4:15 A2/9 Hyde 3:00 H2/14 Pine Tree 4:15 H

Boys’ Varsity Hockey11/17 Exeter 4:00 A11/19 Proctor Scrim.

@Civic Center 3:30 A11/21 Worcester Jam.

@ U Conn 1:00 A

Boys’ JV Hockey12/4 St. Dom’s 3:15 H12/8 Kents Hill 3:00 A12/10 Lewiston 4:00 H12/11 Falmouth 2:00 H1/7 Patriotic Knights 4:00 H1/12 Oxford Hills 5:00 H1/15 Proctor 3:00 H1/19 Patriotic Knights 4:00 H1/26 Oxford Hills 4:00 H1/29 Brewster 5:15 A2/2 St. Dom’s 4:00 H2/9 Brewster 3:30 H2/10 Lewiston 4:00 H2/14 Berlin 4:00 H2/16 Kents Hill 3:00 H

Alpine Skiing1/12 SL @ Kents Hill 2:00 A1/19 GS @ Sugarloaf 2:00 A1/26 GS @ Shawnee 2:00 H2/2 SL @ Kents Hill 2:00 A2/4 SL @ Sunday River 2:00 A2/11 GS @ Sunday River 2:00 A2/16 New Eng. C’ship TBA A2/18 C’ship @

Shawnee Peak 1:00 A

Middle School Alpine1/12 GS @ Sunday River 2:00 A1/18 GS @ Black Mt. 3:00 A1/28 SL @ Black Mt. 3:00 A2/1 SL @ Lost Valley 4:00 A2/2 SL @ Sunday River 2:00 A2/8 GS @ Shawnee Pk 5:00 A2/10 SL @ Lost Valley 4:00 A2/15 SL @ Shawnee Pk 5:00 A2/17 C’ship @ Shawnee 9:30

Snowboarding1/12 SS @ Sunday River 2:00 A1/19 HP @ Sugarloaf 2:00 A1/26 BA @ Kents Hill 2:00 A2/4 HP @ Sunday River 2:00 A2/11 SS @ Sugarloaf 2:00 A2/18 BA @ Sunday River 2:00 A

Swimming12/3 Relay Carnival 7:00 A1/7 Lewiston 7:00 H1/28 NYA 6:30 A2/2 NYA/Hyde 6:30 H2/21 MPA state meet TBA A2/22 MPA state meet TBA A

Check our web site for updated schedules and game reports.

www.hebronacademy.org

11/28 Holderness Jam. 12:00 A12/1 Hoosac @Proctor 4:30 A12/4 Worcester 6:00 A12/10 Bridgton 7:15 H12/17 St. Mark’s Tourn. TBA A12/18 St. Mark’s Tourn. TBA A12/30 BBN Tourney TBA A12/31 BBN Tourney TBA A1/7 Proctor 4:30 A1/12 Middlesex 4:45 A1/15 Brewster 1:00 H1/17 Kents Hill 4:00 A1/19 Pingree 4:30 A1/22 New Hampton 5:30 H1/26 Belmont Hill 4:30 A1/28 Berwick 5:00 A1/31 NYA 5:00 H2/3 Kents Hill 6:00 H2/11 NYA 4:00 A2/12 Brewster 5:15 A2/16 New Hampton 4:00 A2/19 Proctor 4:00 H2/20 Hoosac 11:00 H2/23 Bridgton 3:30 A2/26 Pingree 3:00 H3/2, 3/5, 3/6 NEPSAC Tourney

Girls’ Varsity Hockey12/1 Exeter 3:30 H12/4 Dover U-16 1:00 H12/8 Governor Dummer 3:30 A12/11 Gunnery 4:30 H12/13 NYA 4:00 H12/17 St. George’s Trn. TBA A12/18 St. George’s Trn. TBA A1/8 KUA@Holderness 5:30 A1/9 NAHA 12:00 H1/12 Kents Hill 3:00 H1/15 Brewster 5:15 A1/21 St. Mark’s 4:45 A1/22 Proctor 3:30 H1/26 New Hampton 4:00 A2/2 Holderness 5:45 A2/4 Middlesex 4:30 A2/9 NYA 4:30 A2/12 Brewster 3:30 H2/14 Kents Hill 4:30 A2/16 Proctor 4:00 A2/18 Dover U-16 7:00 H2/23 Exeter 3:30 A2/26 Kngswd-Oxfrd TBA A3/2, 3/5, 3/6 NEPSAC Tourney

Support Students and Faculty with Gifts of Appreciated Stock

Do you have stock that you have owned for more thanone year that has appreciated since you purchased it?Save on the capital gains tax you would owe if you soldit yourself by donating the stock to Hebron Academy.And since the school is a 501(c)(3) charitable organiza-tion, you will be entitled to an income tax deduction forthe full current market value of your gift, to the extentallowed by law. For moreinformation please callthe Office ofAdvancement andExternal Relations at207-966-2100 ext. 284.

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How a Gift of Stock Helps You and Hebron Academy

True Cost of Gift$650

Charitable Deduction$1000

(Tax Savings: $350)

Gift of Cash$1000

Gift of Stock$1000

Appreciated Stock$1000

Initial Investment$500

Gift of Cash fromSale of Stock

$1000


(Tax Savings: $350)


(Tax Savings: $350)

Capital Gains Tax of $75 (15% of $500)



By making a gift of stockyou can:

• Make a lower initial cashoutlay

• Take the full deductionfor the face value of yourstock

• Avoid capital gains tax

Avoid capital gains tax

The example shown hereassumes the donor is in the35% tax bracket and makesa $1000 gift.

For questions about giving securities, please consult your financial advisor.


Turning 200On October 8 and 9, 2004, several hundred alumni/ae, students,faculty and friends gathered on campus for a festive weekend thatincluded an address by Senator George J. Mitchell, a perfor-mance by Maine humorist Tim Sample ’69, historical reenact-ments, hot air balloon rides, athletic contests and other activities.

With the help of a volunteer from the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, Elise Berry ’11 and TiffanyLevesque ’11 make butter the old fashioned way. The Norlands display was part of many historical activities onFriday, October 8.

The weekend opened with schoolfounder Deacon William Barrows(portrayed by professional actor and

storyteller Jeremiah Fleming) delivering astirring address to students gathered formorning meeting. Later, Mr. Fleming recre-ated the powerful speech Barrows gave in1819 to save the school from being movedto Paris after the Academy building burned.Mr. Fleming spoke in the same room ofDeacon Barrows’ former home where thetrustees met 185 years ago.

In another performance, Mr. and Mrs.Richard Newcomb portrayed HannibalHamlin and his wife. An alumnus ofHebron, Hannibal Hamlin was AbrahamLincoln’s first vice president, a senator fromMaine, an attorney and president of theColby College board. The Newcombs sharedtheir knowledge of the Hamlins’ contribu-tions to Maine.

Other morning panels included a presen-tation about Maine architect John CalvinStevens, who designed many of Hebron’sbuildings, such as the School Building,Sturtevant Home and Allen House. Localhistorians Ben Conant and BowmanSturtevant gave presentations on the historyof Oxford County and the town. NancyBriggs Marshall ’78, Karen Holler ’79,Laurie Huntress ’90 and Kirsten Ness ’98talked about women at Hebron after 1972,and two alumnae from the early ’20s partic-ipated by letter and conference call in a dis-cussion of women at Hebron before 1922.

Hebron faculty got into the act as well.Arts department chair Forest Perkins ’55, a

lifelong resident of Hebron, gave a walkingtour of campus; English teacher andarchivist David Stonebraker talked aboutschool history; and science teacher GinoValeriani discussed alumni/ae contributionsto various scientific fields.

In the afternoon, students became thepresenters and entertainers, as they acted,sang, and danced through a series of histori-cal vignettes. Elizabeth Cole ’05 portrayedNellie Day from the class of 1887. Elizabeth

prepared the performance after studyingNellie’s 120-year-old senior year diary.

The Middle School put together a “his-tory fair” complete with displays about vari-ous aspects of Hebron history and a compre-hensive timeline of Academy events.


Eleanor Davy Allen Receives Distinguished Service Award

My sister, Connie, my brother,Peter, and I are honored to beaccepting this award for our

mother, Eleanor Davy Allen, atHebron’s Bicentennial. We wish ourmother could be here to receive suchspecial recognition-to be in this roomtonight with all of you. She would haveaccepted it with great pleasure andwould have been very touched.

On the occasion of Eleanor Allen’shonorary induction into the AcademyBoard of Trustees a number of yearsago, our family was very moved byPayson Perkins’ personal testimony asto our mother’s warmth when he arrived at Hebron as a freshman. He had just losthis own mother, and our mother Payson referred to was a very wonderful surrogateto him and many Hebron boys facing the regimen of prep school life.

As my father said in his Harvard University 50th Anniversary Report, he wasmost fortunate to have chosen Eleanor Davy of Winchester, Massachusetts, to be hisbride in 1933. With our father putting in such long days and late evenings sevendays a week when school was in session for many years, our mother was left aloneto raise three children, entertain many dignitaries, and preside over many socialfunctions and duties. The two of them made a great team, but our father could nothave done it without our mother.

Thank you.

Remarks delivered by Jane Allen Smith for her mother on behalf of her sister, Constance A.Eastburn; her brother, Peter Allen; Eleanor’s great-granddaughter and namesake, EleanorDavy MacEwan, and other family members.

Hebron legends. Deacon Barrows talked with stu-dents at Old Brick, his home (above). Vice PresidentHannibal Hamlin addressed the whole school in thechurch (below). Assistant Head of School Jack Leydenkept track of who was where throughout the morning.


On Friday evening, HebronAcademy awarded SenatorGeorge J. Mitchell an honorary

diploma to recognize his ongoing com-mitment to education. Since 1995, theSenator George J. Mitchell ScholarshipResearch Institute has awarded nearly$4 million in scholarships to 1,000Maine students for higher education.

In his address, Senator Mitchellreferred to the Academy’s mission, andtold students that they would achievetheir individual potential through alifelong commitment to a “noble objec-tive larger than your self-interest” andencouraged students to “leave room forservice to others—it is in that servicethat you will find fulfillment.” He saidhe considers his own work to createopportunities for young Mainers toattend college, “the most importantthing in my life, aside from my family.”

Academy Recognizes SpecialContributions to the School

On Friday evening, Head of SchoolJohn J. King and Chair of the Boardof Trustees Reeve Bright presented thefollowing awards:

Volunteer of the YearTo Gerald M. Tabenken Class of 1940and member of the Board of Trustees.Each year, Hebron recognizes analumnus/ae with this award for out-standing contributions and significantservice to the school.

Distinguished Service AwardTo Eleanor Allen, “First Lady” for 30years, who dedicated many hours tovarious campus activities and served aslibrarian for a time. This is the high-est honor granted by the school and isgiven to a person for exemplary con-tributions to the Academy.

Deacon William Barrows Trustee EmeritusTo Payson Perkins ’53, Dean E. Ridlon’53 and Albert R. Lepage ’65. Thisaward recognizes a trustee for exem-plary leadership and service to Hebronlong after his or her term ends.

Clock Rings in Third Century

On Saturday, a crowd gathered infront of Sturtevant Hall and lis-tened as the clock on the building

struck noon, symbolically ushering in theschool’s Third Century.

“Today we honor the past, we celebratea remarkable milestone, and we recommitourselves to the future of HebronAcademy,” said Head of School John King.Mr. King spoke about the passion, loyalty,

and dedication of Hebron alumni, faculty,and supporters. He concluded that, “It isnot just the place that inspires passion andloyalty, it is the people, their ideas, theirwork and the way they live their lives—from those who founded our Academy 200years ago, to the teachers, students, andstaff who have defined Hebron Academyover generations, to those who stand nextto you today.”

Below: members of the St. Johnsbury AcademyGraham Highlanders led the Alumni/ae Parade downto Dwyer Fields after the Third Century Celebration.


The weekend’s delicious meals, produced by our food service under the direction ofmanager David Chisholm, were a highlight for students and alumni/ae alike. Thisamazing display was the centerpiece of Friday’s meal, which included lobster new-burg and stuffed pork tenderloin. SAGE vice president Kevin Finnegan spent morethan a day carving and arranging these seasonal fruits and vegetables. Next timewe’re going to see if he can do the Hebron logo on the pumpkin!

After the noontime ceremony, pipers anddrummers led alumni in a parade acrosscampus to the athletic fields to pose forclass photos, eat birthday cake, and cheeron students in several athletic contests.

The Hebron football team won 36-0over Hyde-Woodstock (CT) and both theJV boys’ and JV girls’ soccer teams beatGould (4-1 and 1-0, respectively). The fieldhockey team outshot Gould, but ended thegame with a 0-0 tie. The varsity boys’ soc-cer team battled Brewster, losing 0-2, whilethe girls’ team fell to Gould 2-6.

The Class of 1954 and friends: Gene Whitman, Lincoln Mitchell, Jacquelin Mitchell, Dick “Demas” Jasper, Mary Jasper Kate, Timothy Lane, Emily Lane, Hodie White,Mary White, John Merz, John Sherden ’56, Pete Whitaker, Barbara Whitaker, Bruce Spaulding, Head of School John King and Marcia King.

Maine humorist Tim Sample ’69 was fall-out-of-your-seat funny during his performance on Saturday night.In the end, the joke was on him—after Tim began hisroutine by saying he had never actually graduatedfrom Hebron, Head of School John King closed theprogram by awarding him an honorary diploma.

Bicentennial Celebration Steering CommitteeKimball L. Kenway ’70, TE, chair

Jane Harris Ash ’79Deborah Beacham Bloomingdale ’83

Jeanine S. EschenbachHarvey A. Lipman ’71, TE

Forest E. Perkins ’55

Cynthia ReedyEugene R. Smith ’43, TE

Lois SmithDavid W. Stonebraker

Jay L. Woolsey, TT

In the year of our Lord one thousand eighthundred and four. An act to establish anAcademy in the Town of Hebron, by thename of Hebron Academy… 1804

1804–2004

Recording Hebron Academy’s long, richhistory in a scant 24 pages was a chal-lenge. Out of necessity, we had to skim

lightly across the decades, merely acknowledg-ing paradigm shifts, marking singular eventsand capturing the flavor of the times. We areindebted to the school’s archivists: Harold Hall,Ned Willard, Mary Rea and David Stone-braker, for their stewardship of a collection thatis astounding in its breadth and depth.

Taking a long look at Hebron’s people, wewere struck by the deep and abiding loyaltyand affection that the school inspires. Over theyears, Hebron’s faculty, students and alumnihave drawn on their energy, good will andsense of humor to keep our school strong. Wewish we could have met Deacon Barrows andBilly Sargent. If only we could have seen Stur-tevant Hall take shape and the Home rise tothe west. Perhaps we could have taken a turnin a prize speaking contest or traveled with ourclass for a dinner at the Poland Spring House.

But since time travel is impossible, we mustsimply write our own pages of the ongoingstory that is Hebron Academy, and know thatwe are leaving our own legacy of loyalty andaffection for this remarkable place.

e remember the deacon when he hadbecome an old man—we remember hisbald head and whitened locks. We remem-

ber well the traces of firmness and kindness,of wisdom and benevolence, in his noble

countenance. Even now we seem almost to hear his wellknown voice, and to listen to his words of good senseand piety, as they were wont to flow from his lips.

Venerable man! He did not live in vain: he did not livefor himself alone: he did not live merely for his owngeneration: he lived for posterity, and coming genera-tions will bless his memory. I remember to have heardone of his kindred regret, that he should have chosen aplace so retired and a region so rough, as the field of hisbenevolent and persevering labor. But perhaps it may betrue that he was just the man for the field. While noother man might have so well cultivated this field, per-

haps he would not have left such amark on any other field. Otherpeople of higher aspirations,might not have been so docile inhis hands. Here was a man for theplace, and a place for the man.

Address of Rev. Adam Wilson, D.D.,Proceedings of the Semi-CentennialCelebration of Hebron Academy, p. 7

Deacon William BarrowsHere was a man for the place,and the place for the man.

14 • The Semester • Fall 2004 • Hebron Academy 1804–2004

1790

1795

1791Baptist Society formed; holds reli-gious meetings in houses and barns.William Barrows becomes deacon.

1792Town incorporated.

he following books are to be used in the courseof education, viz., in the morning and eveningbefore prayers the Holy Bible; at other timesthe Beauties of the Bible, Columbian Orator,

Webster’s 3rd part, Welch’s Arithmetic,Morse’s Geography, Murray’s or Alexander’sEnglish Grammar, and such Greek and Latinauthors as students are usually examined in toobtain admission at the Universities.

From the rules and regulations for the academy prepared by trustees Ezekiel Whitman, Luther Cary and Jesse Rice.

Minutes of the Trustees, July 1, 1805

The first “Academy” was a 50' x 30' woodenbuilding. After it burned in 1819, Deacon WilliamBarrows successfully thwarted a plan to movethe school to Paris Hill. The Academy may haveresembled this sketch of an early school-house done by James Elliott for a bookletcelebrating Hebron Academy’s sesquicentennial in 1954.

The Outside World: 1804Thomas Jefferson is president • Napoleon crowns himself

Emperor of France • Meriweather Lewis and William Clark

depart on their Expedition of Discovery • There are only 17

states in the Union • Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee,

Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens and

Edgar Allen Poe are not yet born

In the year of our Lord one thousand eighthundred and four. An act to establish anAcademy in the Town of Hebron, by the

name of Hebron Academy, and to create aCorporation of Trustees for the same.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRepresentatives in General Court assembled, and by theauthority of the same, That there be, and hereby is estab-lished, in the Town of Hebron, in the County ofCumberland, an Academy, by the name of HebronAcademy, for the purpose of promoting piety and virtue,and for the education of youth in such languages and insuch of the liberal arts and sciences as the Trustees here-inafter provided shall order and direct.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,That the Rev. John Tripp, Rev. James Hooper, SamuelParis, Ezekiel Whitman, Cyrus Hamlin, John Greenwood,Luther Cary, and Jesse Rice, Esquires, and WilliamBarrows, be, and they hereby are nominated and appointedTrustees of the said Academy; and they are hereby incorpo-rated into a Body Politic, by the name of the Trustees ofHebron Academy, in the County of Cumberland; and theyand their successors shall be and continue a Body Politicand Corporate by the same name forever.

…

This act approved February 10, 1804 by the General Court of the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Hebron Academy 1804–2004 • The Semester • Fall 2004 • 15

1800

1804Charter granted by the General Court

of Massachusetts on February 10

1807Tuiton set at $.20 weekly,

reduced from original fee of$.25 per week.

1808With 60–70 volumes, thetown’s secret Tyrocinic AdelphiSociety forms a library.

1805William Barrows, Jr. opens the

Academy on September 3

1805

n the years 1802 and 3 the schools in Hebron,eight in number, were all for the first timekept by her native sons. The instructors wereyoung and inexperienced, but sensible of their

responsible situation and anxious to acquitthemselves with honor and a good conscience; andthat they might be better enabled to do this, theyassociated together in 1803, embracing at first noother objects than devising the best methods ofschool government—introducing a uniformity ofbooks and manners into their schools—andimproving each other in pronunciation; Englishgrammar and correct reading and speaking.

[They] increased their numbers by inviting theirmost forward scholars and some of the most enter-prising, well informed young men in the townand vicinity to unite with them.

[The society] first took the name SocialCompact, which it retained about two years—when it assumed the name Tyrocinic Adelphi—derived from the Latin word Tyro, signifying afreshman or beginner and the Greek word Adelphosmeaning brother…

In the spring of 1806 the [Academy] studentsbecame connected with this Society…

In the Summer of 1808, the Foundation of aLibrary was laid and by the liberal donations ofthe members, more than sixty volumes were col-lected.

Excerpt from a letter of William Barrows, Jr., North Yarmouth, dated March 1, 1815

Diversions, circa 1816Shown here is the first page of a handwritten “Order of

Exercises” from September 18, 1816. There are 13 items all

together, ranging from an “Original Oration Salutatory in

Latin” by future minister and Academy trustee Adam

Wilson, to several “disputes”, to a “Selection from

Shakespeare.” What was on the minds of students in 1816?

The “original disputes” give us an idea. Ezra Tubbs and

David Swett debated the

question, “Does the happi-

ness of man depend more on

the disposition of the mind

than on external circum-

stances?” Later in the pro-

gram Ephraim Tripp and

Josiah Dean considered

“Whether the aboriginal

inhabitants of America, or the

emigrants from Europe, have

been most worthy of censure

in the frequent wars that have

taken place between them.”

In 1819, the original Academybuilding burned. Neighboringtowns seized the opportunity tocall for the school’s relocation.Deacon Barrows would havenone of it, and his impassioneddefense of his school savedHebron. “And now the purse-proud people of Paris, takingadvantage of our misfortune,have come down to steal awayour little ewe lamb that wehave nourished in our bosoms,the offspring of our prayers andtears and toils.”


1810

1815

1814Deacon Barrows’ house burns on December 14.

Lost in the fire were the treasurer’s records and theoriginal records of the Tyrocinic Adelphi Society.

1819Academy building burns. In “little ewe lamb”speech, Deacon Barrows successfully thwarts

plan to move the school to Paris Hill.

[Hannibal Hamlin] wasjust about the most solidpolitician and statesmanever to come out of theState of Maine. He wasmodest and unassumingbut infinitely shrewd as a

politician. He was reticent about speaking, thesilent Senator he was called, but few couldequal him as a stump speaker or Congressionalorator when the occasion demanded. He was aman of simple habits who loved nothing morethan to return home for fishing and hiking andhunting, and yet his speeches were heavilysprinkled with classical allusions that mightordinarily stamp him as a learned academician.He was a worker, but never a worrier.

Excerpt from an article by Evan R. West, in the Summer 1960 issue of the Semester

Hannibal Hamlin attended Hebron Academy during the1826–1827 school year. His older brother fell ill, and Hamlinreturned home to run the family farm, but was inspired by hisyear at Hebron to enter law and public service. He was admit-ted to the bar by 1833 and opened his first law office inHampden, Maine. He entered Maine politics as a Democrat,and was elected to Congress in 1840. Although he was not anabolitionist, he opposed the expansion of slavery, and changedparties in 1856 because of his beliefs. In 1860 the Republicannominating convention chose him to run for vice presidentwith presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. He urgedLincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and insistedon arming the freed slaves. After serving one term withLincoln, he returned to the Senate to serve Maine and thecountry for many more years.

Detail of portrait of Hannibal Hamlin by Vivian Akers ’08.

The Outside World: 1829Andrew Jackson inaugurated • first typewriter patented • Louis

Braille invents embossed reading system for the blind • Levi

Strauss born • Robert Peel creates London’s Metropolitan

Police force • Oliver Wendell Holmes is “class poet” at Harvard

Josiah Angier Mitchell of Freeport attended HebronAcademy in the 1820s. Instead of preparing for a lawcareer, he followed the call of the sea, and became captainof the clipper ship Hornet when she was launched in 1851.On May 3, 1866, laden with kerosene and candles on herway to San Francisco, the Hornet caught fire and burned tothe waterline. Thirty-one crewmen salvaged what theycould and took to three boats. Tied together for severalweeks, the boats eventually separated. Captain Mitchell’s21-foot longboat drifted for 4,000 miles, finally landing atHawaii 43 days later with a near-dead crew of 15. A youngreporter named Mark Twain happened to be on the islandsat the time and his story about their ordeal began his liter-ary career. Their voyage is also recounted in The Hornet’sLongboat by William Roos, a copy of which was donated toHebron in 1956 by Robert Bryan ’50; and in a 2003 bookby Joe Jackson called A Furnace Afloat.

Above: detail of print by Frank V. Smith depicting the Hornetbeating the clipper Flying Cloud in a race around Cape Horn.


1820

1825

1829Trustee House built about where

Atwood Hall is today. It serves as thepreceptor’s house and as a dormitory.

1821New Academy build-ing is ready for use.

William Barrows, Jr. 1805 (F)Simeon Parmalee 1806 (Spr)

William Weeks 1806 (Sum)William Barrows, Jr. 1806–1809

Bezaleel Cushman 1809 (one mo.)Thomas Fessenden 1809–1810

John Eveleth 1810–1811Nathaniel Wright 1810 (Sum)

James Merrill 1811–1812William Barrows, Jr. 1812–1814

John Eveleth 1814–1816Stephen Emery 1817 (Spr/Sum)

Michael B. Sargent 1817–1818Israel W. Bourne 1818 (F)

Moses Emery 1819–1821Ephraim Tripp 1822–1823

William A. Lane 1823 (F)Stephen Coburn 1824 (Spr/Sum)Simeon Perkins 1824–1832

Preceptors: 1805–1832

In Hebron’s earliest days, students boarded with local fami-lies. As enrollment grew, the trustees decided to build ahome for the preceptor that could also be used as a dormi-tory. Trustee House was built in 1829, about where AtwoodHall stands today. The original house was fairly small, butadditions were made to it over the years. This photo wastaken around 1885.

Selections from Trustee Meeting Minutes

May 29, 18279. Voted, that thirty dollars be appropriated for the purchaseof two globes, Terrestrial and Celestial, one each, not lessthan twelve inches in diameter.

May 26, 182911. Voted, to give Rev. Allen Greely [a trustee] sixteen dollarsfor his globes, which for some time have been in our hands.

May 29, 183315. Voted, that the Superintending Committee be authorizedto dispose of the globes on hand and procure new ones, andsuch maps as they deem necessary.

May 28, 18349. Voted, that the Superintending Committee be authorizedto dispose of the old globes belonging to this Academy, andto purchase such maps and such other apparatus as they shalljudge proper, as far as the state of the funds will render expe-dient.

May 27, 183510. [same entry]


May 31, 183712. Voted, that the Superintending Committee be authorizedand directed to dispose of the old globes belonging to thisAcademy within the ensuing year.

May 30, 183812. Voted that Dr. Robert Carr [the treasurer] be appointedto sell the old globes.

May 29, 183910. Voted that Dr. R. Carr be appointed to sell the old globesbelonging to this Academy.




1830

1835

1837Deacon Barrows dies. He served

as a trustee for 33 years.

Hebron, Oct. 22, 1845

The Committee appointed by the Trustees of Hebron Academy at their lastannual meeting to decide upon the erection of a new building for use of theschool with power to examine into the state of the fund to obtain a plan and anestimate of the expense have attended to the service assigned them respectfullyreport that the erection of a new building is expedient and necessary and that abuilding be erected in the course of the summer of 1846—the work to be com-menced as early in the season as practicable. The Committee estimate the expenseof the new building at five hundred and twenty dollars in addition to the materi-als which may be used from the old building. The building to conform to thewithin plan with such alterations as the Committee may consider proper.

Levi WhitmanRobert CarrGideon Cushman

In 1847, the third Academy building, of brick andmeasuring 20' x 30' replaced the 1821 building,whose faulty foundation was damaged by frost.The original doorstep still marks the location ofthis building, slightly south and east of today’sschool building.

Among themany interest-ing objects inthe Archives isthe original keyto the 1847school building,presented byWalter L. Grayof South Paris.


1840

1845

1844–45Catalog lists 55 students for the fall term and 106 for

the spring. The terms were 20 weeks long, with a four-week summer vacation an eight-week winter break.

1847Third Academy building erected. Itis brick, 20' x 30', two stories with atower and belfry rising in front.

The Outside World: 1854Franklin Pierce is president • Crimean War begins • Tennyson

writes “The Charge of the Light Brigade” • Republican Party

organized • John Philip Sousa born • First Naval Academy

class graduates • Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

Text Books.pClassical Department

Latin.—Weld’s Latin Lessons and Reader; Andrews’and Stoddard’s Grammar; Cæzar’s Commentaries orViri Romæ, Cooper’s Virgil, Abbott’s Cicero; Andrews’Sallust; Krebs’ Guide; Livy; Leverett’s Lexicon.

Greek.—Kuhner’s and Sophocles’ Grammar; Jacobs’Reader; Arnold’s Exercises; Greek Testament; Anobasis;Cyropædia; Liddell and Scott’s Lexicon.

French.—Pinney’s First Lessons; Bugard’s Translator;L’histoire des Etats Unis; La Henriade; Paul et Virginie;Corinne; Racine; Boyer’s and Surenne’s Dictionary.

German.—Follen’s Grammar; Rolker’s Reader.

English Department

Mathematics.—Smith’s and Greenleaf’s Arithmetic;Bailey’s and Smyth’s Algebra; Geometry andTrigonometry; [Davies’ Legendre;] Flint’s Surveying.

English Language.—Well’s Grammar; Weld’sParsing Book; Whately’s Rhetoric; Town’s FourthReader; Webster’s Dictionary.

Geography and History.—Pelton’s Geography withOutline Maps; Willson’s U.S. History.

Natural Sciences.—Parker’s Philosophy; Silliman’sChemistry; Dana’s Mineralogy; Wood’s Botany;Olmstead’s Astronomy; Burritt’s Geography of theHeavens; Cutter’s Anatomy and Physiology.

Intellectual and Moral Philosophy.—Watts onthe Mind; Upham’s Mental Philosophy; Wayland’sMoral Science.

1850 Catalog, page 10

Dudley P. Bailey1832–1833Isaac Palmer1833–1834

Jacob L. Mitchell1834–1836

Ebenezer Dole, Jr.1836–1837

Josiah A. Bearce1837–1838

Ozias Millett1838–1844

Benjamin F. Parsons1844–1847

George G. Fairbanks1847–1849

Albion K. P. Small1849–1851

George M. Staples1851 (F)

Gowen C. Wilson1852 (Spr)

Mark H. Dunnell1852–1855

Preceptors and Principals:1832–1855

In 1859, students hailed from: Andover, Auburn,Buckfield, Denmark, Foxcroft, Hartford, Hebron,

Minot, New Gloucester, North Yarmouth, Oxford,Paris, Poland, Portland, Scarborough, South Paris,Sumner, Temple, Turner, Holliston, Mass., SouthWeymouth, Mass., and Jacksonville, Florida. Twenty-seven gentlemen and 15 ladies were enrolled in theClassical Department, studying Latin, Greek andFrench; while 41 gentlemen and 14 ladies made up theEnglish Department, taking courses in EnglishLanguage, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Geographyand History, Mental and Moral Science and Civil Polity.Spring term scholars numbered 56; 19 attended thesummer term and 67 the fall term.

1859 Catalog of Hebron Academy


1852The Trustees raise tuition for the

“classical and high English studies” to$3.50 for a term of 12 weeks.

1855Semi-centennial celebrated

185337 boys and 20 girls are enrolled in classicaldepartment; 35 boys and 21 girls in the English.

1855

1850

came to the Academy in 1865. The Academy building at thattime was of the red schoolhouse type; the seats and bencheswere made of heavy pine plank, the latter being skillfully carvedwith keen jackknives. The room was heated by means of a large

cast iron stove with a very long stretch of funnel; wood was usedfor fuel. Our teacher was Mr. Herrick; he was a very pleasant man

wearing his hair long and often thrusting his fingers up through it àla Henry Ward Beecher. Every morning he treated us to a sermonette.Doubtless we needed it.…A more thorough and efficient teacher Ihave never met.

Most of the students from out of town boarded with Deacon andMrs. Barrows. They were both large parties, each tipping the scales attwo hundred and fifty pounds. Their furniture was all made to corre-spond with their avoirdupois. But they were great otherwise. Theirinfluence over the students was of the best. A wounded soldier by thename of Farnham was to be my roommate for the next five and a halfyears. Our room was furnished as follows: a rope bed with straw mat-tress, a table and two chairs, a wash stand, bowl and pitcher, and akerosene lamp. The room was heated by a small air-tight stove.

The men’s toilet was in the barn, there were no bath rooms or bathtubs, but there was a pond not far away. There was no provision forsports of any kind, and as for athletics there was a stony road runningpast the deacon’s house where we could walk or run without the leastfear of being knocked over by an automobile. In the village there wasa small store and post office combined. There one could purchase astick of candy or a pint of peanuts provided he had the change.

Rev. Frederick H. Eveleth, Hebronian, October 1930

No complete record has been found of Hebron studentsand alumni who served in the Civil War. Hon PercivalBonney, in a reminiscence of 1886, mentions some whoserved: Otho W. Burnham, S. Myrick Barrows, GeorgeW. Pratt and Henry M. Bearce; of lives lost in the war,he mentions: “S.S. Kenney, one of the brightest boys inschool, but whose promising career was cut short by arebel bullet in the Shenandoah. The war also cut downLeonard A. Caldwell, W.H.H. Merrill, William E.Millett, Jonathan Nash, Frank H. Pratt, John L. Tubbs,William S. Tubbs, Arch D. Leavitt, Colby ’62 andmajor, 16th regiment, Paschal Barrell, AugustusDwinal, and Emore S. Whitman.”

Harold Hall, History of Hebron Academy, p. 49

In 1867, $750 was appropriated to build a chapel for theschool. Another $800 was raised by subscription, and thewooden one-story, 35' x 56' building was erected slightlynorth of the Academy. It was used for recitations as wellas for chapel and general exercises.


1860

1862The secret Tyrocinic Adelphi Society isdropped and the Lyceum Society, opento both boys and girls, is formed.

1866The faculty includes Ernest Borchers, a native of Berlin,Prussia, who had studied in Paris. Principal Herrick lec-tures on his travels in Egypt and the Holy Land.

1867Academy chapel built; the wooden

35' x 56' structure was used forchapel and recitations.

1865

Dudley P. Bailey1832–1833

Charles J. Prescott1855–1857

Selden F. Neal1857–1860

Joseph F. Elder1860–1861

Alanson C. Herrick1861–1871

Dudley P. Bailey*1865 (Sp)

Sarah C. Bailey*1866 (Sp/Su)

John F. Moody1872–1878

Edwin A. Daniels1879–1881

William W. Mayo1881–1885

* Acting Principal

Preceptors and Principals:1855–1885

Alanson C. HerrickWhile under Principals Dunnell, Prescott and Dr. Neala high average of membership had been maintained foryears, new life was infused into the institution by thecoming of Mr. Herrick, which soon bore good fruit.Scholars came from wherever he was known. Youngmen came from distant parts of the State because oftheir personal liking for him. Parents who could affordit were glad to send their children to Hebron Academyto be under his instruction and care.

In the recitation room I remember him as a pleasantand yet a stern teacher. He made his scholars interestedin their lessons. It used to seem that we had learnedmuch from him in recitation that we had not found inour books.

During the first years of his teaching he entertainedthe students with frequent lectures…upon what he hadseen while abroad. These lectures drew attention to theschool, and people from surrounding towns came tohear them.

Dr. Josiah C. Donham, Semester, March 1902, pp. 73–75.

Bailey Block was one of the larger private homes which housed Academy students.Eventually the school bought the building, refurbished it and renamed it BarrowsLodge. It was moved across the road to its present location in the late 1920s.

From the Spring Term Catalog,1873.

The Outside World: 1879Rutherford B. Hayes is president • Thomas Edison tests

first practical electric lightbulb • North America’s first arti-

ficial ice rink opens in Madison Square Garden • Albert

Einstein, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin born • first per-

formance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance


1870

1875

1874Hebron becomes the western fitting

school for Colby University, as it was thenknown. The affiliation remains until 1956.

1879The Hamlin Library is named in

honor of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin’sgift of $1000 as a library fund.

1878The first formal

commencement is held

The Hamlin Cadets, circa 1882.

e are pleased to see that someof the students are interestedin gymnastic exercises. A hor-izontal bar has been erected

upon which they exercisealmost daily. This is a step in the

right direction, and if a proper amountof interest is awakened it will prove avaluable acquisition. But we warnthem to take into consideration theattraction of gravity beneath the bar,otherwise they may break something.

The Hebron Semester, November 1884, p. 32

The first issue of the Semester

appeared in November 1880. Among

the articles are: “Hebron: A Sketch of

its Surroundings,” “England and

France in the 14th Century” and

“Metrical Version of the Iliad.” The

cover sports the Maine state seal sur-

rounded by the Latin motto: omnia

quaeque obstant fato constantia

vincit which means, roughly, “con-

stancy conquers everything which is

obstructed by fate.” The Semester

was published semi-annually by students for many years

before becoming the alumni/ae magazine.

Hamlin Cadets. The military company organized last termhas been sustained this spring with increased interest. Theofficers elected last term were all re-elected this Spring, andare as follows: Captain, George M. Atwood; First Lieutenant,J. B. Sturtevant; Corporal, F. P. Stearns; Sergeant, L. L.Whitman. Being informed by Adj. Beal that there were noarms in the control of the State able to be issued, and consid-erable interest and perseverence, they bought a complete outfitapiece at their own expense. They procured them of the com-pany at Norway and South Paris. All of the arms were entirelynew, having been used only on parade and drill. The rifles aregood target rifles, and the company have practiced almostevery Wednesday afternoon. The company numbers abouttwenty-five privates, the officers and the drummer.

The Hebron Semester, April 1882, p. 24

1884—The earliest piece of athletic equipment (at far left in thephoto) was a wooden bar, turned at the Paris ManufacturingCompany, and carried to Hebron by George R. Morton 1886.


1885Twenty-eight-year-old William E.Sargent becomes principal, ushering in

a time of growth for the school

1883The first reunion of

alumni/ae is held atcommencement

1880First Semester mag-azine published

1884A horizontal wood bar, turned at the Paris

Manufacturing Company, becomes the firstpiece of athletic equipment on campus.

1886Fund raising begins fornew Academy building

1889The campus takes shape with Edward Dun-

ham’s donation of the “bog” and other land;trustees purchase of two additional parcels

1880

1885

In 1891,Sturtevant Hallreplaced the 1847Academy, whichthe school hadlong outgrown.Named for theprincipal donor tothe project,Benjamin FranklinSturtevant, it wasdedicated on June23, 1891. Here wesee the old build-ing (right) givingway to the new(left).

At 3:00 a.m.on October30, 1899, abright lightwoke a janitor at the Academy building and he gave thealarm: Trustee House was on fire (above). The March1900 Semester reported: “There were about 30 studentsturned out of their rooms and about 70 out of tableboard by the fire. It is worthy of note that at breakfasttime on the same morning every one had been providedwith a room and board was arranged for so all knewwhere to go for breakfast.”

Three months later, on January 26, 1900, the alarmsounded again. This time it was the Bellevue, a largestructure housing students, men working on building thenew dormitory, and H.L. Melcher’s store and post office.Fortunately, construction of Sturtevant Home was wellunderway, and it was ready for occupancy in September.

Fire!

he prospects for a base-ball team were very discour-aging at the beginning of the season of ’99. Five of

the former team having graduated in ’98, little mate-rial seemed left us. But with the help of the gymnasiuminstructor, Mr. Nathan Pulsifer, and the faithful work ofthe boys, some raw material was developed, so that wewere able to put up a very effective team.

Semester, November 1899The team won 11 games out of 14, beating, among others, theLewiston Athletics, Nichols Latin and Westbrook Seminary.


1890

1895

1891Sturtevant Hall dedicated

1897Tuition is $8.00; board at Trustee Houseor the Bellevue is $2.25 per week, $2.00 ifstudent goes home on Fridays

1899The Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.

enhance the school’s spiritualand social life

1893Foot-ball begins

As enrollment increased during the Sargent era, the need for a true dormitorywas clear. Phoebe Sturtevant, whose husband’s generous gift in 1890 led the wayfor the building of Sturtevant Hall, took the lead in funding construction of a dor-

mitory for girls. Sturtevant Home was dedicated at Commencement in1900 and housed 75 girls, in addition to providing central dining

for the entire school. Shown here are Minnie Morgan,Sarah Jones and Ethel Robinson, circa 1904.

ocial life this year has brought out new abilities in theHome, for the dining room lends itself beautifully for enter-tainments in the nature of parlor plays we have discovered,

and the effect and influence of the Home are noticeably evidentin the higher tone of taste, aim and bearing of both boys and girls.

Principal William E. Sargent, Report to the Trustees, June 16, 1902

The Outside World: 1904Theodore Roosevelt is president •

New York city subway opens •

Construction of Panama Canal

begins • World’s Fair and Summer

Olympics are held in St. Louis • The

teddy bear is introduced • First

Rolls-Royce manufactured • Russo-

Japanese War begins • Ivan

Petrovich Pavlov wins Nobel prize in

medicine • Cary Grant and Count

Basie born • First successful caterpil-

lar track made


1900Sturtevant Home dedicated

1904Centennial celebratedat Commencement

1906Curriculum reorganized tooffer three tracks: college,scientific and English

1908Tower clock installed inSturtevant Hall

1908Leslie Cameron ’08

publishes a fictionalized account of A Year at Hebron Academy

1900

1905

The campus soon after the completion of Atwood Hall. The trees in front of the church,which were planted sometime in the late 1800s, are well on their way to becoming the

huge trees that graced the Grove until the infamous “Ice Storm of 1998.”

Their Sacrifice. This issue of theSemester is dedicated to themen whose names appear on thehonor roll on the first page. Fourof these men have paid the greatsacrifice—that of having died inthe service of their country. Theyrepresent the true Hebron type ofman, the fighting man, fightingin academics, in football, in base-ball, in track and in after life. They died for their coun-try; they died that democracy might live. Let us be wor-thy of such men. Let it not be said that they died invain. President Wilson said in a famous speech, “Force,force to the utmost.” Let us borrow in a measure of histhoughts and say, “Work, work to the utmost.” WeMUST be worthy of these heroes.

Semester, October 1918

Coach Jack Ryan died of Spanish influenza while in the Army.Philip Frothingham ’15 was killed in an airplane accident inFrance. Albert Lavorgna was killed in battle in 1918. LucienLibby died in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in 1918. Harold T.Andrews was the first boy from Maine to die in the war. He waskilled in an ambush near Cambrai. Hebron’s first athletic field (inthe Bowl) was named in his honor.

Girls on the bridge,circa 1920.


1915Nellie Whitman retires after 39 years atHebron during which she served as pre-

ceptress and math teacher

1910Atwood Hall dedicated

1914Deacon William Barrows

monument dedicated

1918Three faculty men resign

to enter the war

1914Freelan O. Stanley 1873 elected

president of Board of Trustees

1915

1910

ebron has always been a co-educationalschool; the girls have always supported the

boys in athletics, social activities, andall other phases of school life—in fact, it

has been our school. But this will all bechanged. We will never feel free to return toHebron and will never be able to see other girlsdoing the things we have done. Our Alpha, ourY.W.C.A., things which have made our schoollife pleasant, and for which we have worked, willend with this year.

It seems hard to realize that after this year thealumni will be always boys; that never again willa girl receive a diploma from our Alma Mater. Inthe course of a few years no one will associate thegirls with the school; instead Hebron will besynonymous for boys.

1922 Green Parrot, p. 45

The Outside World: 1929Comic book characters Tintin and

Popeye debut • Seeing Eye Dog

organization formed • First Academy

Awards given • Herbert Hoover inau-

gurated • Museum of Modern Art

opens in New York • Admiral Richard

Byrd flies over South Pole • Stock

market crash in October leads to

Great Depression • Thomas Mann

wins Nobel prize in literature • Dick

Clark born • Grand Teton National

Park created • First phone booths

installed in London

Facts and Figures: 1922

One hundred and fifteen studentswere registered, but only 101attended (14 left for a variety ofreasons including homesickness,academic difficulty, disciplinaryissues). Seventeen were day stu-dents paying $90 a year intuition. Sixty-five were new stu-dents. The faculty salary budgetfor ten teachers was $18,750,with salaries ranging from $1300to $3500.

In the early 1920s, a group of inter-ested boys and teachers flooded thebowl and began playing hockey. In1924, F.O. Stanley offered to builda rink, above the foundations. Thearena was built just north of thebridge and was first flooded inDecember 1925.

DOCTOR WILLIAM E. SARGENTOn Wednesday, January 19, 1921, DoctorSargent, our beloved principal, wasstricken with an apoplectic shock. Hisright side is completely paralyzed, and

he has been deprived of his power ofspeech. While at present he is conscious

only a part of the time, his physicians holdout encouragement that he will recover.

It is not to be expected that students now attending theAcademy should fully realize what Doctor Sargent’s illnessmeans to them. Only those who have gone out from theAcademy to take their place in the world can appreciate thebenefits to be derived through contact with a man of suchsterling worth. He did not occupy in the lives of the stu-dents so much the position of principal and instructor asthat of a father among his children.

Doctor Sargent was appointed principal of HebronAcademy in 1885, and during the past 35 years his tirelessenergy has been the major factor in building up theAcademy to a position among the leaders of New England’spreparatory schools.

Semester, February 1921, p. 12


1920

1925

1922Board votes to make Hebronboys-only; appoints principalRalph L. Hunt

1923Hebron’s Cum LaudeSociety chapter chartered

1929Sargent Memorial

Gymnasium dedicated

1921Prof. Sargent suffers a

debilitating stroke

1926Stanley Arena dedicated

ebron is an ideal place for study.Located in a hamlet, in the midst of an

industrious, intelligent and pros-perous community, there is need

of no public places other than a well-keptand decent country store.… The studentsdepending on themselves alone for socialenjoyments, each comes to enjoy the sympa-thy and advantages of all. One term here neverfails to make a student feel at home.

1930–1931 Catalog, p. 12

RALPH “BUSTER” HUNTIn 1922, theBoard of Trusteesappointed RalphLeslie Hunt as thenew principal. Mr.Hunt had hardwork ahead of

him. Enrollment had dropped andmany buildings were in disrepair. Hefired unnecessary employees, embarkedon a whirlwind program of repair andpainting, and sent 1700 letters toalumni/ae to solicit new students. Acomplex man, he did not endear him-self to his students or his faculty, buthe kept the school open through theDepression and the early years ofWorld War II. He was proud of hisboys and kept track of their collegecareers, announcing their scholasticachievements at school assemblies.

William E. Sargent1885–1921

Ernest C. Marriner*1921 (Jan.–June)

James W. Howlett1921–1922

Ralph L. Hunt1922–1943

* Acting Principal

Principals andHeadmasters:1885–1943

Fearless spectators crowd the jump to marvel at thebravery of the intrepid skiers. Jumping at Hebron’s

own ski hill was a featured attraction at WinterCarnival in the 1930s.

Freshman class, 1930.


1930

1935

1933In the fourth year of the depression,Principal Hunt appeals to alumni/ae,

asking them to refer students

1937Tuition rates range from $575 for aroom in Atwood to $750 for a roomin Sturtevant

Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Allen, Jr. and their three small chil-dren moved into the Headmaster’s House in the fall of1945. With no faculty, no students and no staff, Claudestarted at once to employ people to get things ready for1946. He had stationery engraved, found office space in theInfirmary and hired a secretary. Charlie Dwyer went towork with paint can and brush on the hydrants and fenceposts, and contractors were engaged to do the major repairwork. With the plans for the plant under control, Claudeturned to the problems of personnel. His first faculty camewith experience from such schools as Deerfield, Groton,Brooks, Andover, Governor Dummer and Hebron. [Theschool] opened in 1946 with a full complement [of stu-dents] who came from college admissions officers, guidancemen, independent school people, alumni, and probablyeven from the adventurous who thought the idea of attend-ing a wholly new school would be exciting.

Adapted from an article by L. EdwardWillard in the Fall 1970 Semester.

Reopening the Academy

At a Memorial Day service in 1947, Mr. Allen readthis list of alumni who were killed during World War II.

Ernest B. Anderson ’38 • Newton D. Anthony ’36 • John T. Babine ’41• Albert M. Baldi ’40 • William W. Bartlett ’43 • Robert A. Brautlecht’41 • James Brophy ’41 • Curtis C. Brown ’35 • Jason L. Brown ’37 •O. Ross Brown, Jr. ’36 • Victor V. Burheimer, Jr. ’40 • Richard A.Churchill ’40 • Richard W. Davis, Jr. ’39 • Richard M. Desmond ’45 •Richard L. Duffett ’39 • Frederick J. Elliott, Jr. ’36 • Richmond H. Ellis’36 • Porter H. French ’43 • William H. Gillespie, Jr. ’38 • Norman D.Glick ’43 • Laurie J. Greenleaf ’38 • John S. Hay ’40 • Louis J. Kline’43 • Richard S. Knight ’38 • Joel Y. Marshall ’36 • Alfred W. Maxwell,Jr. ’39 • William E. McGill ’43 • John W. McPherson ’41 • Arthur B.Monroe ’42 • Arnold M. Myshrall ’37 • Charles E. Norton ’38 • CharlesW. Norton, Jr. ’33 • George A. Olds ’31 • Clifford L. Parkinson ’31 •Omer Pomerleau ’38 • Vernon W. Preble ’41 • Robert M. Rand ’38 •Robert C. Rathbun ’38 • Gerson M. Ross ’41 • Geroge E. Scamman’35 • Frank A. Scott ’36 • Amos W. Shepard, Jr. ’36 • Richard B. Smith’41 • Walter L. Stisulis ’36 • Thomas L. Van Over ’37 • Ernest E.Whitney, Jr. ’37

At a meeting of the Board last Friday in Portland they decided tosuspend the operation of the school for the uncertain duration ofthe war. It seems almost an impossible task to register the necessaryboys to keep the school in operation under present conditions. Nextyear there will be no eighteen-year-old boys available, and many ofthe seventeen-year-old boys will sign up for A-12 or the V-12Reserves. The Board members felt that it would be physically impos-sible to secure enough young boys to keep the school on a soundfinancial basis. Hence, the unpleasant decision which I know everymember of the Board regrets, yet, it seemed the only thing to do.

After graduation is over we shall close up the buildings, file theproper inventory, and Mr. Williams alone will remain here to lookafter the property and act as Caretaker until normalcy returns again,and the members of the Board feel that they can safely open theschool.

Excerpts from a letter from Ralph L. Hunt to Pvt. Forrest H. Taylor ’43, June 3, 1943

Sturtevant Home $750Atwood Hall $650Howe Cottage $575Cook Gymnasium $525

Athletic Fee $20Infirmary Fee $10Senior graduation expenseswere billed in May

Tuition and Fees: 1942–1943

Born in Cushing, Maine,Charles Clark Dwyer came toHebron as a laborer in 1900 towork on Sturtevant Home. Byspring he had enrolled as a studentand returned as teacher and coachafter graduating from Colby in1908. When the school reopenedafter World War II, Charlie Dwyerwas 67 years old and back in theclassroom. His association with theschool continued until his death in1967, an unparalleled career of ser-vice to Hebron spanning 54 years.


1940Enrollment of 193 includes boys from Massachusetts,Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, NewYork, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington

1943The Board of Trustees suspends theactivities of the Academy “due tothe exigencies of the war situation”

1946The school reopens under the leadership ofClaude L. Allen, Jr.; 125 students and 14faculty members make up the community

1940

1945

First Alumni Fund Reaches $3819.00The response to the first Hebron Academy AnnualGiving Fund has been gratifying. More important to theAcademy than the contributions is the interest shown bymany alumni, parents and friends who on the returnenvelopes wrote to the effect: “I am glad that I at lastam being given an opportunity to do something for theSchool that did so much for me” or “I have been follow-ing the School closely through the pages of TheHebronian and I am happy to send this contributiontowards its support.”

The contributions that have come in varied from $1 to$500. The average contribution is just under $30. Thesummary to date:

Parents of Graduates and Undergraduates ........$1295.00Friends .................................................................755.00Alumni ..............................................................1769.00

$3819.00

Semester, Spring 1955

Claude Allen’s 1958 faculty, including Charlie Dwyer, George Freiday,Jerry Twitchell, Harold Hall, Barney Williams and Ned Willard.

The Outside World: 1954Dwight D. Eisenhower is president • Supreme Court bans

racial segregation in public schools (Brown v. Board of

Education of Topeka) • First color broadcast of World

Series • From Here to Eternity wins best picture Academy

Award • Tolkien publishes The Fellowship of the Ring

n defining a school one accounts not only its pastaccomplishments and traditions but also the person-ality of each current student body. The list of stu-dents attending Hebron in 1954-1955 emphasizes

more strongly than have the lists of other years thethreefold nature of the student body’s background: (1)

the cosmopolitan element from urban Massachusetts,New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island; (2) the indi-vidualistic, sturdy, common sense contingent from Maineand sister states; and (3) the provincial sprinkling fromthe Eastern Seaboard, South and Mid-West, paradoxicallygiving the Academy a non-provincial quality.

Massachusetts sends the largest delegation this year,62, just two more than home state Maine’s 60. New YorkState contributes 18 students, New Hampshire 13,Connecticut six, New Jersey four, and Rhode Island andVermont both send three. Then come with two studentseach Pennsylvania, Virginia, Louisiana, and Ohio; andwith one student each the District of Columbia, Florida,Kentucky, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

But the United States tally does not give the wholepicture. From the north Canada enrolls one student.And from Latin America, Cuba sends one student,Guatemala two, and Chile one. Finally from the Far

East the Island of Formosa sends one representativeand Thailand another to round out the School’s largest

enrollment since its 1946 reopening: 189.Semester, Fall 1954


1950Cook Gym demolished

1952Stanley Arena collapsesunder weight of rain-soaked snow

1954School concludes year-longsesquicentennial celebration

1957School adopts the AdvancedPlacement Program

1953Stanley Arena II

dedicated

1950

1955Hebron is first secondary school in Maine to beinspected and re-evaluated by the New EnglandAssociation of Colleges and Secondary Schools

1955

In 1889 Edward Dunham donated the “bog”—known as the Bowl today—which was gradedand drained over a period of years and became known as Andrews Field. The need for addi-tional playing fields was clear by the early 1950s. The Board acquired land in 1957 and con-struction was complete in 1963. Named in honor of Charles C. Dwyer 1904, long-timeteacher and coach, the area included a football field encircled by a track, a second footballfield, two soccer fields and two baseball diamonds. Olympic sprinter Jesse Owens was thefeatured speaker at the dedication ceremony, held in the spring of 1963.

n the Spring of 1968 the Academypurchased an Olivetti Programma101 portable computer for use inboth course and non-course pro-

jects. The Programma 101, servingthe dual purpose of being both a

computer with memory and storagecapacity for programs and a calculator,has been placed in the ConferenceRoom of Treat Science Hall and is avail-able to the students not only during theclass day but also during all free time. Itrests on a wheeled cart so it may easilybe taken into the classrooms. Studentsare taught to use the machine in twovoluntary evening lectures and are thengiven a set of practice problems towork out in their own time.

Semester, Summer 1969

Part of a sixties building boom, Treat Science Hall wasdedicated in 1960. Other buildings from that era areHalford Dormitory (1967) and Hupper Library (1970).


1965

1960Stanley Arena II collapses

1963Olympic medalist JesseOwens is featured speaker atDwyer Fields dedication

1967Halford Hall dedicated

1960Treat Science Buildingdedicated

1960

he five essentials of a good school, HeadmasterClaude L. Allen, Jr. said at his meeting withthe faculty at the beginning of the schoolyear, are good teaching, good food, good

medical care, a good athletic program andthe proper religious influence.

“These are certainly the basic ingredients which anyparent wants and they are the ingredients which weoffer,” Headmaster Allen said. “In addition we stress thestrong personal interest which you and I take in eachand every boy in the School.”

Semester, Winter 1970

The Outside World: 1979Phnom Penh falls • Jimmy Carter is president • militants

seize 63 hostages at U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran • Soviet

Union invades Afghanistan • Saddam Hussein becomes

president of Iraq • at the movies: Apocalypse Now, Alien

and Kramer vs. Kramer

Sam Hoopes ’73,Thom Johnson’73 and JimMoulton ’73 on awintry day in thenew HupperLibrary.

Class of 1979 officers: Ilene McKenney, secretary; BrianCloherty, vice president; Tucker Thompson, president;and Steve Jeffries, treasurer.

Hebron’s Klassroom Kwiz team appeared onthe academic quiz show on WMTW, a localtelevision station.

Hebron To Go Co-EdLately there has been some talk around campus concerningthe idea of Hebron becoming co-ed starting in September of1971. At a recent meeting, Mr. Allen informed the studentbody that the Board of Trustees had decided that thischange will take place. In order for this change to be suc-cessful, there will have to be a minimum of at least fifteengirls enrolled. However, if there were enough applications,up to thirty-five or forty could be accepted. The future forthis change looks quite good. Hebron has the facilities andthe room to provide for a female day program. What thetotal effects of this program will be is hard to determine.However, the prospects are quite hopeful.

The Hebronian, March 6, 1971


1975

1970Hupper Library dedicated

1972Claude Allen retires; David

Rice appointed headmaster

1977John Leyden appointedheadmaster

1979Academy celebrates

175th year

1972Girls are once again admittedas students

1970

The Computer InvasionThe [computers] demand, among other things, that welearn new languages: basic, fortran, pascal. Yet in thepresence of these machines, even our English is chang-

ing. Operators talk about data programs, interfacingequipment, editing menus. Certain students are asdextrous with the little cursor as a juggler is withthree bowling pins.In the school building, students use Apple IIe word

processors to write, edit and print research papers, care-fully justifying both margins. In the DevelopmentOffice, a Digital computer is programmed to print aseries of letters to class agents. Over in the maintenancebuilding a Honeywell computer decides it is time toshut off the heat a quarter mile away in SturtevantHome. And this is just the beginning.

Three Apple IIe’s and five Apple II Pluses, along withtwo printers and one color monitor, occupy the newcomputer room. Another Apple IIe sits in a room byitself in the library. It doesn’t take long for the dailysign-up sheet to be filled.

Hebronian, Spring 1984

John Philbrick ’80and John Benbow’78 in the smash hit“Godspell.”

Claude L. Allen, Jr.1945–1972

David Rice1972–1977

John T. Leyden1977–1985

John Suitor*1985–1986

David Buran**1986–1991

Raymond A. Nelson*1991–1993

Richard B. Davidson1993–2000

Paul C. Domingue*2000–2001

John King2001–

* Acting/Interim Headmaster

** President, 1991

Headmasters and Heads ofSchool: 1945–

Headmaster John Leyden, faculty and administrators, Fall 1983.Quite a few of them are with us in 2004, including Bill Chase, MooseCurtis, Betsy Found, Bruce Found, Bob Gunn, Carol Henrickson, BevLeyden, Forest Perkins, David Stonebraker and Gino Valeriani.


1980New “HA” logounveiled

1985John Leyden dies

unexpectedly

1986David Buran appointedheadmaster

1985

1980

Earlier generations weathered the devastation of fire. In January 1998, an ice stormcrippled central Maine and closed Hebron Academy for 17 days. We lost many trees,including the hundred-year-old maples in the grove in front of the church, but thanksto some quick work by Maintenance to drain pipes, the buildings escapedunscathed.

In 1993, the Robinson familyenclosed the outdoor hockeyrink that had served theschool since the early 1960s.Both boys’ and girls’ teamsnow play in Robinson Arena.

This is part of a group of Hebron stu-dents and faculty who participated inan exchange program with studentsfrom Tomsk, Siberia.


1990

1991Middle Schoolopens

1993Robinson Arena dedicated; 100years of football celebrated

1998Ice storm devastates campus

1992Lower Schoolopens

1994Richard B. Davidsonappointed headmaster

1997School receives $1 millionbequest from estate ofRobert W. Messer ’05

1992Hebron group travels to Siberia,

Russia, for exchange program

1995

The Outside World: 2004George W. Bush re-elected president • Red Sox win

World Series for first time since 1918 • Olympics held in

Athens • Terrorists attack commuter trains in Madrid •

Return of the King wins Academy award for best picture

• Wangari Maathai of Kenya awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Hebron Academy Today

TuitionUpper School boarding $33,000Upper School day $18,500Middle School $16,500

EnrollmentUpper School boarding 120Upper School day 75Middle School 42

Gentlemen 142Ladies 95

Geographical distributionStudents come from 16 states and sevencountries: Maine, Massachusetts, New York,New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, California,Illinois, Connecticut, Washington, Florida,Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio,Vermont, Wisconsin, Canada, Korea,Germany, Japan, Slovakia, Cameroon, CôteD’Ivoire.

2004

On October 8 and 9, 2004, hundreds ofstudents, faculty, parents, alumni/ae andfriends gathered to celebrate the begin-ning of Hebron Academy’s third century.


2000

2005

2002Lower Schoolclosed

2001John King appointed

head of school

2004School community celebrates200th anniversary of charter

2003Playwright Edward Albee speaks at

Androscoggin Theater dedication

2004


Building the Future:Campus Master Plan

As Hebron Academy’s population grows andthe needs of the school change, it is clearthat we need more classroom space, a mod-ern athletic facility and a fine arts center.Harriman Associates, a local architecture andengineering firm, conducted a series of meet-ings and interviews with members of thecommunity and did an assessment of thephysical plant. Presented on this page is anoverview of their recommendations. The fol-lowing pages offer a closer look at the pro-posed remodeling of Sargent Gymnasiuminto a new arts center and the subsequentmove of the student center.

Key to Site Plan Overview

1. New field house addition to Robinson Arena.

2. Sargent Gymnasium becomes arts center and

possibly the student center.

3. Addition to Treat Science Building would pro-

vide four labs, clearing four classroom spaces,

possibly for Middle School use.

4. Two classrooms could replace the gallery (relo-

cated to arts center) in lower level of Hupper

Library.

5. A student center addition could be made to

either Sturtevant Home or Sargent Gym

6. Sturtevant dining facilities could expand to the

east or west of the existing building.

7. Possible addition to Atwood Dormitory.

Possible future dormitory.

8. New vehicular circulation creating two loop

roads; potential area for new playing fields

and possible septic field, pending soil tests.


ArtandSoulFor over a century, Hebron students

have unleashed their creativitythrough drawing, painting, pottery,

photography, music and theater. WhenSargent Gymnasium was built in the late1920s, a theater stage was part of thedesign, and many plays have been mountedthere over the years. In 2001, the stagehouse was renovated through the generos-ity of Albert Lepage ’65 and became theAndroscoggin Theater.

A new field house will also mean a newbeginning for the arts at Hebron. SargentGymnasium will be remodeled into an artscenter, providing room to grow and anappropriate performance and exhibitionvenue.

The possible floor plans shown here pro-vide ample studio space for fine arts,including a large darkroom and a room forthe kiln. Hebron’s musical groups willhave a large rehearsal area as well as prac-tice rooms for individual “woodshedding.”New dressing rooms and an expandedbackstage area will bring new possibilitiesto theater productions.

The first floor, which now houses the fitness center, lower gym, locker rooms, training room and equipmentstorage area would be completely renovated to provide studio space for visual arts. Classrooms for sculpture,pottery, painting, and architecture will be added as well as a darkroom and kiln room.

The second floor will feature a 310-seat auditorium with stage and large music area with smaller practice rooms.The back stage area will be expanded and new dressing rooms constructed out of what is now the girls’ lockerroom.

The third floor will change the least. The existing balcony will provide seating for 140, and existing areas will beeasily converted to classroom, storage and office space.

First Floor

New construction

Renovation

Unchanged

Second Floor

New construction

Renovation

Unchanged


Like Melcher’s store and the Hebron Trading Post before it, theJohn T. Leyden Student Center is a campus hot spot.

Centrally Located

Possible Plan for Student Center

Highlights include:• snack bar and seating area• a large game room• media room• lounge area• campus store

New features• an office for the Dean of Students• a meeting room• changing rooms and lockers

for day students

A new four-season sunroom will beadded to the dining room on themain level to increase the availabledining area.

The Leyden Center occupies thewalk-in basement of HalfordDormitory, and is nearly always

filled with students studying, catching alittle television, hitting the snack bar andschool store, or just plain hanging out.

The new campus master plan relocatesthis favorite spot to make it more centralto campus and to improve efficiency. Bymoving the student center to SturtevantHome, students will not have to crossRoute 119 to reach it, and all food storage,preparation and serving will be concen-trated in one area, streamlining vendordeliveries.

After the Fine Arts Center moves toSargent Gymasium, the basement ofSturtevant Home will be remodeled for useas a student center. The artist renderingand plan to the right show a possible con-figuration of the new area. A new sunroomon the front of the building will provideadditional space for both the dining roomand the student center.

This artist’s rendering shows what a sunroom addition to the front of Sturtevant Home might look like. The sun-room would provide space for the dining room on the main floor and the student center on the lower level.

Please note: these illustrations arenot architectural renderings.

Ground Floor

New construction

Renovation

Unchanged

Seen atHomecoming

Class of 1931 • Hockey Field • Classof 1933 • Bill MacVane • Class of1934 • George Hamor • Class of1939 • Stewart Graham • Class of1940 • Gerry Tabenken • Class of1941 • John MacDonald • RalphTurner • Class of 1942 • Steve Chase• Ken Hendy • Class of 1943 •Manny Plavin • Gene Smith • Classof 1947 • Rod Rodrigues • Class of1948 • John Monks • Cam Niven •Robert Rice • Class of 1949 • ArtCooper • Bob McTaggart • JoeQuinn • Bob Rich • Joe Robinson •Phil Smith

a l u m n i e t a l u m n a e


1936Sydney Alpert and his wife celebratedtheir 60th anniversary in June.

1939Germany invades Poland • World War

II begins • USDA starts first foodstamp program • Gone With the Windpremieres • Alice Marble and Bobby

Riggs win Wimbledon

1940S I X T Y - F I F T H R E U N I O N

Homecoming 2005September 30 and October 1

For more information, call or e-mail BeverlyRoy in the Alumni/ae Office at 207-966-2100 x266, [email protected]

William Collier reports, “Sold my cattlefarm outside Orange, VA, and moved toCharlottesville.”

1942Philip Isaacson’s photographs were exhib-ited at the June Fitzpatrick Gallery at theMaine College of Art in June.

1943Lester Bradford writes, “I enjoy beingretired and having time to work on houseconstruction with Habitat for Humanity andto tramp around the scenic NorthCascades.” n Al Penta writes, “Connie andI will celebrate our 50th wedding anniver-sary next year. Four children:three girls—Pam, Kim, Patti—and son John. Countlessgrandchildren. All doing fine.”

1944Allies invade Normandy • Nobel

Peace Prize goes to International RedCross • G.I. Bill of Rights passed •

Harvard University scientists constructthe first automatic, general-purposedigital computer • Casablanca wins

best picture

1945S I X T I E T H R E U N I O N



1949North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) established • South Africainstitutionalizes apartheid • Cabletelevision debuts • George Orwell

publishes 1984 • Death of a Salesmanwins best play Tony award

Bob Rich reports, “The bicentennial cele-bration on October 8 and 9 was a boomingsuccess. The weather was perfect and thecampus looked great for the several hun-dred alumni who joined in the festivities. Six’49ers were on hand to help commemorateour 55th class reunion. Art Cooper and his

wife Jean came up from Raleigh, NC. Theyused the trip to Maine to also hold animpromptu 55th reunion in Concord, NH,with some of Jean’s high school classmates.Bob McTaggart came over from his sum-mer place in Rome (Maine, that is). Bobspent many years with Monsanto and livesin Long Meadow, MA, when not in Maine.After leaving the corporate life, he built avery successful business marketing garden-ing accessories at major flower shows, mak-ing numerous buying trips to China. I raninto Joe Quinn at the football game. Dr.Joe still lives in South Paris where he had adental practice for years. I had lunch withJoe Robinson and his wife under the bigtent set up near the playing fields. All thelobster rolls one could eat was the menu!Phil Smith and his wife Holly came over

George Hamor ’34 and Bill MacVane ’33. Class of 1948: John Monks, Cam Niven and Robert Rice.

Class of 1949 and friend: Bob Rich,Bob McTaggart, Art Cooper, PhilSmith, Horace “Hockey” Field ’31 and Joe Robinson.


a l u m n i e t a l u m n a eSeen at

HomecomingClass of 1951 • Jay Johnson • TedRuegg • Rupe White • Class of 1952• Rusty Brace • Class of 1953 • LenMintz • Payson Perkins • Class of1954 • Dick Jasper • Timothy Lane •John Merz • Lincoln Mitchell • PeteWhitaker • Hodie White • GeneWhitman • Bruce Spaulding • Classof 1955 • Richard Parker • BillDavenport • Bob Bird • JonathanMeigs • Class of 1956 • JohnSherden • Class of 1958 • KeithClark • Kennedy Crane • Ted Noyes •Mal Davis • Norm Farrar • Lennie Lee• Class of 1959 • Bernard L. Helm •Thomas Mann • Conrad Conant •Class of 1960 • Jim Cassidy •Michael Malm • Class of 1962 • DickForté • Gordon Gillies • Jim Austin •Don Bates • Steve Lane • Jamie Rea• Susan Garner

from Southport. Phil spent many years inthe headmastering business and is now ourtreasurer for the Academy Board ofTrustees. And as for me, my wife Dorothyand I live just outside Richmond, VA, whereI am fully retired but busier than when I wasgainfully employed. Let us know whatyou’ve been up to.” n Joseph Quinnwrites, “Still enjoying life on Paris Hill andgoing to Florida in the winter.”

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1951Fred French reports, “In May we held theinaugural U.K./European Symposium onAddictive Disorders, modeled after theannual Cape Cod Symposium on AddictiveDisorders which I founded in 1986. Theresponse far exceeded our expectationswith 440 attendees from 15 countries.” n

Jay Johnson’s work was recently part of agroup show in New York called “artists atwaterside: retrospective.” n John Rocraywrites, “Still practicing law in Brattleboro.”

1954Nasser becomes premier of Egypt •Supreme Court bans racial segrega-tion in public schools • First colorbroadcast of World Series • FromHere to Eternity wins best picture

Academy Award • Tolkien publishesThe Fellowship of the Ring

Dick Jasper writes, “Thirteenth grandchilddue December 15 for son Bruce who isdoing internship to complete his PhD inclinical neural psychology at Univ. ofFlorida in Gainesville, FL. His twin (Harry) isCFO of a hospital in Washington state. SonTom is Army civil service in Okinawa. Susieis in Derry, NH, and Cathy has just endedfull-time work to raiser her two of our sevengrandchildren. We still run worldwidehealth business.” n Our sympathies go toCharles Northrup on the loss of his wifeEleanor in July. n We’re wishing a speedyrecovery to Bruce Spaulding after hisrecent bypass surgery. n Dave Wilson isenjoying his eight grandchildren andassisting with Messalonskee lacrosse.

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After a 25-year career in Washington, BobBird retired as chief federal lobbyist forGeneral Mills three years ago. He is now anindependent consultant for RadissonHotels, United Healthcare Group andGeneral Mills out of his Georgetown homeoffice. He spends his summers inWolfeboro, NH. n James Fenlason writes,“Retired from my position as director ofspecial ed in 1994 after 32 years in theSpringfield school system. Enjoying myretirement with golf, fishing, etc. Spendsummers at Swan Lake in Belfast, ME.”

1959Nikita Kruschev meets with Dwight D.Eisenhower at Camp David • Alaskaand Hawaii become states • Soviet

Lunik II probe reaches moon • FrankSinatra wins best album Grammy for

“Come Dance with Me” • BorisPasternak publishes Doctor Zhivago

Scott Harrison writes, “Transferred fromRamstein, Germany, to Charleston, SC. Stillworking communications for USAF as acivilian.”

Bernard Helm ’59 (right) chats withDeacon William Barrows.

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1961John Frechette writes, “Finally returned toBoston after 30 years. Spending 6 monthson Cape Cod and 6 months in Naples, FL.Retired after 28 years with Owens-Illinois asVP human resources and chief spokesmanin labor negotiations for the company andthe glass container industry.” n ZandyGray reports, “I was operated on for

prostate cancer this past spring. All wassuccessful because I have regular checkupsand do not avoid my health! I recommendthe same to everyone and to everyone’sloved ones!”

1962Jonathan Brooks writes, “Happy TwoHundredth! I have fine, faded memories ofmy year with you.” n Jamie Rea reports,“We are moving 2 miles from the hosue webuilt in 1992 to a small subdivision with agrass landing strip and a hangar. May retirefrom 26 years with Maine state governmentnext year. Had a great party at JimLittlefield’s where we saw CharlieChamberlain and Pete Guild.”

Color My State Green!This spring, alumni/ae will be hosting receptionsin Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle,Washington D.C., New York, Boston and Portland,Maine. Visit www.hebronacademy.org for moredetails. If you would like to help plan an eventnear you, please call or e-mail Beverly Roy in theAlumni/ae Office at 207-966-2100 x 266;[email protected].



Seen atHomecoming

Class of 1964 • John Giger • EdGottlieb • Tom Hull • Axel Magnuson• Rick Waxman • Class of 1965 •Albert Lepage • Tommy Reeves •Class of 1966 • Reeve Bright • ChrisBuschmann • Clem Dwyer • Class of1967 • Rush Crane • Paul Goodof •Class of 1968 • Christopher Sample• Bob Waite • Eric Morse • Class of1969 • Mark Lumbard • Tim Sample• Class of 1970 • Chip Baumer •Craig Clark • Henry Harding • KimKenway • Joe Poges • Ron Sklar •Ted Warner • Peter Welsh • Class of1971 • Ray Brown • David Gould •David Jessich • David Lyons • HarveyLipman • Stephen Pollard • RickRigazio • Scott Wilson • Lee Sawyer

1964Nelson Mandela sentenced to life

imprisonment • Warren Report con-cludes that Lee Harvey Oswald acted

alone in assassinating PresidentKennedy • First class stamp costs $.05

• The Beatles appear on “The EdSullivan Show” • Jean-Paul Sartredeclines Nobel Prize for Literature

Jim deRevere and his wife Twyla are bothinvolved with the Department ofHomeland Security/FEMA. They recentlyreturned from Guam where Jim was trans-portation director at Anderson AFB forrelief supplies to YAP in response to therecent Typhoon Sudal disaster.

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Cory Friedman and his younger son sailedin the Laser North American Championshipin June.

1966Reeve Bright appeared on national televi-sion and the front page of the New YorkTimes in November. He was part of a teamof lawyers making sure that Florida’s elec-tion 2004 ran more smoothly than in 2000.n Arthur Forsdick writes, “Retired, living inGlastonbury, CT, with wife Lee-Ann, son

Christopher and daughter Heather.Daughter Kate in Boston with Bain Capitalhaving graduated from Colgate in 1999.”

1968Our sympathies go to Bob Waite on theloss of his mother in August.

1969Richard M. Nixon inaugurated • NeilArmstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk onthe moon • Woodstock • “Sesame

Street” debuts • ARPA, the precursorto today’s Internet, goes online, link-

ing four major universities

James Brown works as an educator andlandscaper. He also does worship andleads a cell group at church. n RichardWaxman recently completed his secondyear as managing broker for a small M&Afirm in the San Francisco area. He reportsthat he bought his dream country house inSonoma.

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1971David Jessich has recently returned to set-tle in Texas after nearly thirty years with

Aramco in Saudi Arabia. He has retiredfrom the oil business and is now lookingforward to raising a grade-school-age son,leadership in the local Boys Scouts ofAmerica, and competitive sailing. n

Harvey Lipman reports, “I was pleased tosee so many ’71 classmates at Hebron 200.We had one of the larger groups attend.Newly-elected trustee Scott Wilsonattended his first meeting of the board.(He follows Peter Keller, Chuck Glovskyand me!) Dave Jessich, having spent hisentire career in Saudi Arabia, visitedHebron for the first time since graduation.Rick Ragazio, forever young, is still playinghockey, albeit in a no-check league. In thespirit of the day, David Lyons gave outcopies of a 1928 topographical map ofHebron. David Gould and his wife Annarrived just in time for luncheon lobsterrolls. We witnessed one of the mostpoignant moments in the history ofHebron Academy, the proclaiming of thebeginning of the Third Century, as theSchool Building clock chimed noon with 12long peals.” n Rick Rigazio was on campus

Class of 1964: Rick Waxman, Axel Magnuson, John “Smokey” Giger and Tom Hull.

Class of 1966: Reeve Bright, ChrisBuschmann and Clem Dwyer.

all weekend and told some great storiesabout Hebron hockey and the continuedhockey success of his Hebron teammatesduring their college days. Rick is in salesleadership for a fabric manufacturer. n

Scott Wilson attended the bicentennialfestivities, as well as attending his firstboard meeting as a new trustee. Scott isteaches math at Noble and GreenoughSchool.

1972Our sympathies go to Mary Gallant Bleyon the loss of her father in July and toSteve Gates on the loss of his mother inAugust. n Mary Gallant Bley returned tocampus for the first time in a long time.Mary and her family live in Texas. Her twochildren are now finished with college andshe has her eye on retirement in a fewyears, after many years of public service inTexas. n Steve Gates attended theBicentennial weekend along with his wifeJoan and their two grade schoolers Nickand Zoe. n Bruce Hunter attended the


a l u m n i e t a l u m n a eSeen at

HomecomingClass of 1972 • David Jacobs •Steve Gates • Mary Gallant Bley •Hodie Holliday • Bruce Hunter •Judd Lowe • Jefferson Scott • RegisLepage • Class of 1973 • Cy Cook• Paul D’Agincourt • Doug Garvin •Nick Carter • Jim Moulton • Classof 1974 • James C. Harris • BillLinnell • Jon LeRoyer • Roger Clark• Class of 1975 • Ellen Augusta •Erik Bateman • Class of 1976 •Susan Crist Mowatt • Sue Gardner •Dan Thayer • Becky Webber

Homecoming festivities and told about thenew company he founded which is involvedin appraising commercial and institutionalproperty. n Dave Jacobs was on campus allweekend with his wife Connie and theirtwin grade schoolers, Daniel and MaryElise. Dave is a commercial accounts exec-utive with Staples. n Regis Lepage poppedup in the “Faces in the Crowd” section ofSports Illustrated in June. Regis won his firstnational event, the Super Comp drag rac-ing championship at the NHRA’s MACTools Gatornationals. Regis and Carolynattended the Friday homecoming dinner. n

We were glad to see Judd Lowe on cam-pus, too. He leads marketing and sales fora software firm. n Jeff Scott also attendedHomecoming and let us know that he nowministers to two parishes in Maine. n TheGates, D’Agincourts, and Jacobs families,along with Nick Carter, Cy Cook and RickRigazio ’71 all bunked together at a localbed-and-breakfast during the Bicentennialweekend. There were many great Hebronmemories exchanged well into the nightduring their stay together. The “fellas” alsorecounted the fun of a reunion Nick hostedin June (to celebrate some '50' birthdays).Attendees included the Doug Garvin ’73family, the Rick Garvin ’72 family, theGates, the D’Agincourts, the Cook family,the Jacobs and Nat Corwin '73.

1973Paul D’Agincourt and his wife Mary Annejoined the fun for the Bicentennial dinner.Mary Anne is a writer. Paul has started hisown practice in psychiatry and is enjoyingthe greater flexibility offered over his for-mer hospital affiliations. n Cy Cook was oncampus Saturday and brought us up todate with his distinguished teaching careerat Choate Rosemary Hall. His wife, MeaganShea, also teaches at Choate RosemaryHall. They have two grade schoolers, Ebenand Emma. n Nick Carter was also oncampus all weekend and made his class-mates proud to hear of his new career, fol-lowing a life-long passion teaching musicto grade schoolers.

1974President Nixon resigns • Patty Hearstkidnapped • The Sting wins best pic-

ture • People magazine debuts •Stephen King publishes Carrie

Our sympathies go to Cole Harris on thedeath of his mother in October.

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Erik Bateman writes, “I’m still waiting for my‘75 classmates to come to southernCalifornia for a visit. Stubby, Linny, Sue?” n

Jessica Feeley reports, “Busy as usual herein the County. House renovations, runningthe local food pantry and keeping odd hoursas a victim advocate. Went to the girls’ MaineState Swimming Championships in Februaryto cheer on Micaela and the rest of theCaribou team. I also joined in on a few for theHebron girls. (However, I did not see themjoin in during the poolside “chicken dance.”)

Class of 1970: Peter Welsh, Henry Harding, Kim Kenway, Joe Poges, Craig Clark, Ron Sklar and Chip Baumer.

Class of 1972: Bruce Hunter, JeffScott, Mary Gallant Bley, Judd Lowe,David Jacobs, Hodie Holliday andSteve Gates.

Seventy-Three classmates Cy Cook, Paul D’Agincourt, Jim Moulton and NickCarter catch up with former headmaster David Rice.

1976Brenda Libby MacDonald writes, “My,how time flies! I’ve been teaching in spe-cial education for 25 years now-right out ofcollege at UMF. My husband, Scot, is also aspecial education teacher. Our oldest son,Ian, is attending the local university(Lewiston-Auburn College) and ouryoungest, Garth, is attending theUniversity of Rhode Island in the pharmacyprogram. Love to hear from AnnHeikkinen and Susan Gardner!” n MelNadeau writes, “Still keep in touch withGeorge Hillier and Billy Kaneb ’75.Enjoyed one of the best fishing trips everback in my hometown of St. Paul’s River,QC. Kirby and I caught a 13-poundAtlantic salmon.”

1977Jane McKay Morrell was recently electedto the board of directors at the JeremiahCromwell Disabilities Center in Portland.



1979Carter and Brezhnev sign SALT II

agreement • Iranian militants seizehostages at U.S. embassy in Teheran •

Radiation released from Three MileIsland nuclear plant • First class stamp

costs $.15

Brian Cloherty is a pilot for NorthwestAirlines. Brian was able to attend Hebron’sBicentennial celebration in October. He

currently lives in Minnesota with his wifeCindy and three children. n MeganMcCarthy Jackel is living in Worcester,MA, She and her husband have two daugh-ters, ages 13 and 9. Megan was sorry shecouldn’t make it to her 25th reunion inOctober. n Marjie Needham is director ofcounseling at Worcester Academy. n Oursympathies go to Alan Schwartz on thedeath of his mother in October. n JohnSheperdson lives in Danville, CA, with hiswife and two children, ages 13 and 11.John is starting his 22nd year working forAvis Rental Car. He was sorry he couldn’tmake it back to Homecoming, and says“hello” to all.

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Local television reporter Lisa Gardnerrecently won a prestigious award fromColumbia University for a series of storieson the Somali migration to Lewiston.

1982Jeanne Kannegieser writes, “I haverecently been acutely reminded of Hebron’searly 1980s staff/coaches/teachers who,over two years, slowly broke through (some-what) a stubborn teenage stupor. I am veryappreciative of (almost) all the attention(remedial included!) I received as a student.

Go Lumberjacks (what a great mascot)!” n

Jon Rising is a pilot for Jet Blue Airlines. Heand his wife Lynn live in Ocala, FL, with theircats Pratt and Whitney.

1983Marc Van Gestel writes, “Living in Ann Arbor,MI. Working as a pilot for Northwest Airlines.Skiing, running, life is good. Love to hear fromclassmates. MVG211@ yahoo.com.”

1984Soviet Union withdraws from SummerOlympics • Bell system broken up •

Martina Navratilova and JohnMcEnroe win Wimbledon • Apple

Macintosh computer debuts • “Termsof Endearment” wins best picture

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Marcus Bauman is a dermatologist andlives in Berlin.

1986Harper Ingram Wong writes, “I have afriend out here who’s sending his son toboarding school in New Hampshire this

Judy Harris Osojnicki ’83, MollyBloomingdale and Debbie BeachamBloomingdale ’83.

Seen atHomecoming

Past Faculty • Jay Woolsey • Helenand Dick Davidson • MargeryMacMillan • Chris Ayers • Evan West• Amy Briesch • Pauline and SpikeVeayo • Gillian and Nat Harris • BobCrist • David Rice

coming fall and I’ve had to recount my expe-rience and adventures at Hebron with theirwhole family. It's been a tremendous walkdown memory lane (has it really been 18!!years?!) with all of the questions that they'vehad. I hate to admit that I almost considermyself a Californian, but after fourteen yearsand no family left on the East Coast—well,this has become home. I live in Danville, 30miles east of San Francisco, with my hus-band, Elbert, and our two sons Garrison (7)and Conner (4). I have been at my currentjob with Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp(MGIC) for almost seven years as senioraccount manager and still love it. I still keepin touch with some Hebronians, and alwayslook forward to hearing how life is for manymore in the magazine. I will try to be atHomecoming ’06 for #20—I believe I missed#10 for my wedding! I hope all is well atHebron. I think of Hebron often and I don’tbelieve I’ve ever had a run-on sentencesince Mr. Willard’s class. For incoming stu-dents: When you think you’ll never need touse what you’re learning at Hebron in reallife, think again.”

1987Elizabeth Curtin Hayes writes, “Hello tomy classmates. We’re enjoying the PacificNorthwest. Love to hear from anyone.” nAyumi Horie writes, “After a fairly nomadicexistence, I’m settled now in the HudsonRiver Valley after buying an old churchwhich is in the process of a major renova-tion. I’m working at an artist residency pro-gram called the Women’s StudioWorkshop, teaching ceramics and workingas a potter.” n Kate Thoman Crowleywrites, “Will be moving back to Boston inAugust. We’re looking forward to beingback in New England.” n Congratulationsto Kristin Wright who recently receivedthe Achiever Award from the New EnglandEducational Opportunity Association.

Weddings1985Juliet Chase and Will Bailey, on July31, 2004, in Hebron.

1986Sarah Devlin and Peter Fallon, onOctober 30, 2004, in Portland.

1988Jenn Willey and Frank Algieri,September 4, 2004, in Freeport.

1990Michelle Nowinski and StephenBrann, August 2002.

Melissa Eiler and Toby White, onAugust 16, 2003.

Faculty and StaffEmily Gilmer and Robert Caldwell, onAugust 28, 2004.

Sheila Brown and Peter Suydam onAugust 21, 2004.

Former FacultyEmily Hinman and William Walker, onJune 12, 2004, at Squam Lake, NewHampshire.

New Arrivals1985To Tammy and Doug Johnson, adaughter, Abrielle Stephanie Johnson,on September 22, 2004.

To Chris and Barbara Holler Smith, adaughter, Grace, in September 2004.

1986To Heather and Tony Cox, a daughter,Olivia Walker Cox, on June 26, 2004.

1991To Tasha and John Robinson, a daugh-ter, Julianna Bailey, on July 29, 2004.

1993To Jennifer and Marko Radosavljevic,a son, Nikolas, on August 7, 2004.



Seen atHomecoming

Class of 1978 • David Stotler •Martin Kuchler • Forbes MacVane •Marc Roy • Nancy Briggs Marshall •Class of 1979 • Stephen Jeffries •Jane Harris Ash • Mary P. Bergin-Finn • Toby Gardner • Karen Holler• Peter Wattles • Brian Cloherty •Gena Canning • Class of 1980 •Lisa Gardner • Andrew Smith • TroyKavanaugh • Todd Danforth • Classof 1981 • Nat Harris • Ed Stebbins• Class of 1983 • Annie Ader •Arne Rosenhagen • Judy HarrisOsojnicki • Debbie BeachamBloomingdale • Class of 1984 •Debbie Schiavi Cote • JohnDonahue • Jeffrey Dow • Josh Freed• Mark Galos • Ben Gardner • JohnLeamon • Samantha Lee Goodwin •Steve Liberty • Ian Ormon • LarrySparks • Thomas Bryant • JayDoherty • Art Rotch • DaveHathaway • John Dill • John Suitor •Class of 1985 • Michael Silverman •Ned Sullivan • Julie Chase Bailey •Kathryn Gardner • Eric Shediac •Class of 1986 • Carl Engel • ScottDowns • Peter Fallon • Class of1987 • Tracy Jenkins Spizzuoco •Class of 1988 • Meredith Tarr • JenBerman • Nickie Drouin Salemi •Class of 1989 • Tim Cassidy • AmyClark • Kimberly Housman • JimJenkins • Charlie Seefried • Class of1990 • Matthew Callahan • AndrewHaskell • Laurie Huntress • BrettMartel • Jen Walker • Jim Hill •Class of 1991 • Niki Chase • LynnHolabird • Scott Nelson • Class of1993 • Seth Dick • Class of 1994 •Jamie Estabrooks • James Clifton •Beth Davis • Laura HemondBouchard • Jed Kutzen • Emily Rines• Wolfgang Stacey

Kristin is executive director of theWashington County Children’s Program,which helps children with special needsand their families.

1988Bonnie Gregory Buelow writes, “I’mteaching reading at the middle schoollevel. I live in central New York with my hus-band, Kyle, and our two dogs, Otis andRufus.” n Laird Kaplan reports, “Back inNY for now. Hope to hear from you all!” nVance Loiselle writes, “Married nine yearsto wife Carolyn, with two children,Jacqueline (4) and Peter (2). Currently co-founder and vice president of marketing atBladeLogic software in Waltham, MA.” n

Rob Quigley writes, “Since November2003 I’ve been serving as the deputy statechief information officer for GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger out here in Cali. Iwork on information technology policy andweb communications. If you live in the areaor are passing through, give me a holler.Would like to say hi to my pal Ceci Clearyand to my soccer pals too!”

1989Chinese students take over

Tiananmen Square in Beijing •Communist Romanian governmentoverthrown • Berlin Wall opens toWest • Tanker Exxon Valdez spills

crude oil in Alaska • Bobby McFerrin’s“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” wins song

of the year Grammy

Hugh Kirkpatrick is living and working inCalifornia but says he’s trying diligently tomove back to New England. n Sara Shawis working as a consultant for the FamilyService Agency of San Francisco in childdevelopment.

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Michelle Nowinski Brann is a high schoolsocial studies teacher at Wells-Ogunquit

Color My State Green!This spring, alumni/ae will be hosting receptionsin Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle,Washington D.C., New York, Boston and Portland,Maine. Visit www.hebronacademy.org for moredetails. If you would like to help plan an eventnear you, please call or e-mail Beverly Roy in theAlumni/ae Office at 207-966-2100 x 266;[email protected].

High School in southern Maine. n PeterKoson is the winter site manager at theAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

1992Katherine Hiss was recently awarded achild development associate credential inrecognition of outstanding work withyoung children. She is the assistant sitedirector at the Daisy Garden MCA child-care site in Lewiston.

1991Scott Nelson writes, “I’ve recentlyreturned from nine months in England andIndia, where I was doing fieldwork for myPhD in international development. I’mplanning to spend the next 12 months athome in Colorado working on my disserta-tion and skiing whenever possible.” n JohnRobinson and his wife are “quickly learn-ing the true depth of sleep-deprivationthat comes along with being first-time par-ents.” In November, John was elected tothe Maine State House. He’ll represent adistrict that includes Raymond, Frye Islandand parts of Poland and Standish.

1994Nelson Mandela elected president ofSouth Africa • Newt Gingrich named

Speaker of the House • First classstamp costs $.29 • White House

launches web page • Schindler’s Listwins best picture

Emily Harvey reports, “I am now a gradu-ate student at Clark University, working onmy master’s in environmental science andpolicy. My research is on the relationshipbetween land use change and climatechange in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.I won a Fulbright to study management ofprotected areas in Paraguay in 2005. In1998 I graduated from Wellesley College,

Class of 1984. Alumni/ae include,from left to right: Samantha LeeGoodwin, Deb Schiavi Cote, JoshFreed, John Donahue, John Suitor, ArtRotch, Larry Sparks, Dave Hathaway,John Dill, Steve Liberty, Ben Gardnerand Ian Ormon.



Seen atHomecoming

Class of 1995 • Jamie Black •Shannon Connolly Shanning •Michael Flaherty • BethanneRobinson Graustein • Jamie Roche •Class of 1996 • Devon Biondi •Sarah Kutzen • Andy Stephenson •Katharine Stearns Moore • Class of1997 • Jon Boehmer • J.R. Duvall •Christiane Wiederhold • Class of1998 • Kate Belanger • AndrewEstroff • Kirsten Ness • KarenSanborn • Class of 1999 • AmandaWalther • Chad Lauze • Jake Leyden• Jenny Agnew • Class of 2000 • PatTaylor • Delian Valeriani • ErikYingling • Class of 2001 • AnaisWheeler • Stu Hedstrom • Class of2002 • Leah Hedstrom • MarenWorley • James LeBlanc • Class of2003 • Corinne Nielsen • Kat Koenig• Adam Rousseau • Sarah Shine •Troy Bryant • Evan Capps • ShaynaMagur • Laura Meyer • FrançoiseVilledrouin • Class of 2004 • LisaLundstrom • Jason Knopp • ElliotWatts • Chelsea Lipham • CarrieCurtis • Casey Hilton • Jamie Quinlan• Beth Potvin • Jason Staats • CindyLebel • Helen Unger-Clark • AshleySterling • Bo Warrick • Brittany Crush• Matt Morton • John Slattery • StoAustin • Chris Nadeau • ShannonKearney • Christy Little • ConnorRasmussen • Caroline Bauer • JeffScammon • Abby Lavigne • RandyMorin • Ryan Close

with a double major in environmental sci-ence and Spanish. I then joined the PeaceCorps, and worked with primary schoolteachers to implement environmental edu-cation in Paraguay for two years. Weplanted endangered tree seedlings, put onteacher workshops, planted the schoolgarden, and created a school library withhelp from Maine schools.”

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Alyssa Doherty is teaching English andcoaching soccer and lacrosse at the Ethel

Walker School. She brought some of hersoccer team members to Hebron this sum-mer to participate in the Maine SoccerSchool and the girls thought it was hilari-ous that they stayed in their coach’s olddorm! n Sean Morey is playing for thePittsburgh Steelers. n Bethanne RobinsonGraustein writes, “Enjoyed Homecomingand would love to see more people. Stillenjoying being a stay-at-home mom. I stayvery busy running after Bobby. We areplanning to add to our house this winter sothat will give me something else to do!”

1996Matt Blondin spent eight months inPakistan and was promoted to sergeantupon his return to Edward Air Force Base inCalifornia.

1998Marc Flaque is living in Manchester,England, and working for an airline. n

Richard King graduated from the AirNational Guard Academy of MilitaryScience in July, and was commissioned as asecond lieutenant in the Air NationalGuard. Richard is a pilot with the 101st AirRefueling Wing, assigned at the AirNational Guard Base in Bangor. n KirstenNess is living in Old Town and in her sec-ond year of grad school. n Karen Sanborngraduated in May with a master’s in com-

munication. She is working in the Bangorarea at Eastern Maine Healthcare Systemsas a community relations associate.

1999War erupts in Kosovo • Twelve stu-

dents and a teacher killed in shootingspree at Columbine High School •Senate opens impeachment trial ofPresident Clinton • The Blair Witch

Project becomes instant cult classic •Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”

wins record of the year

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Trent Emery graduated from St. Lawrencethis spring. He majored in fine arts with adouble minor in anthropology and out-door studies.

2001David Lisnik reports, “AttendingWestwood College in the Denver, CO,

Mike Flaherty ’95, Bethanne Robinson Graustein ’95, Sarah Kutzen ’96, Devon Biondi ’96 and Kate Stearns Moore ’96 admireGracie Donahue (daughter of John ’84) and Bobby Graustein.

area. Taking a 2-year surveying class.Probably will return to Alaska as the jobprospects for surveyors are good there.” nDerek Marquis is working at PioneerPlastics in Auburn. n Arias Wan was namedto the spring dean’s list at BostonUniversity.

2002Katie Curtis went to England with theColby crew team to race in the Women’sHenley Regatta in June. Since then, she hasbeen studying at the University of Otageoin Dunedin, New Zealand. She has seenquite a bit of the South Island and plannedto travel around the North Island beforereturning home for Thanksgiving. Katie saysshe’s looking forward to being back atschool with Carrie! n Emily Geismarreceived the William B. Wise Scholar-Athlete Award for the 2003–2004 schoolyear at the University of Southern Maine.

2003Lee Barker was recently promoted tolance corporal in the Marine CorpsReserves. n Mike Myrick is studying crimi-nal justice at Husson College in Bangor.

2004Shauna Neary was recently named Athleteof the Week at Mt. Allison.



1926Albert W. Penley died July 13, 2004, at hishome in West Paris. He was born inGreenwood, the son of Walter and LisbethMurphy Penley. He worked for ChesterLamb at his store in Otisfield and was co-owner of Penley Brothers Clothespin Mill inWest Paris. Mr. Penley was a partner inPenley and Mills, Inc., in Bryant Pond. Hewas a supporter of the West ParisUniversalist Church and a lifetime memberof the I.O.O.F. in West Paris. He was a char-ter member of the West Paris HistoricalSociety. Mr. Penley owned seven harnessrace horses and enjoyed fairs and harnessracing. He is survived by a son, AlbertPenley, Jr.; a grandson; three nieces; and astep-great-grandson. His wife, MariettaSmith, predeceased him, as did an infantson, a grandson, a brother and a niece.

1931Albert A. Silva died August 12, 2004, inNew Bedford, Massachusetts. Mr. Silvagraduated from the New Bedford TextileInstitute and also attended BostonUniversity. He was a former member of theCountry Club of New Bedford and theSoutheastern Massachusetts ClaimsManagers Association. He was a chartermember and former president of theDartmouth Lions Club. Mr. Silva served inthe Asiatic-Pacific Theater with the ArmyAir Force during World War II. He wasawarded the Asiatic-Pacific TheaterCampaign, Philippine Liberation andAmerican Theater Campaign ribbons andthe Good Conduct and World War IIVictory medals. He is survived by his wife,Norma Sevigny Silva; a daughter, RobertaK. Harrison; a son, Mark S. Silva; two grand-children and an aunt.

1936Harlow Burns Currier died October 16,2004, in Springvale. He was born inThornton, New Hampshire, a son ofGeorge and Gladys Downing Currier. Heplayed baseball and football and started ineach game he played in nine years ofschool competition. Mr. Currier served inthe U.S. Army infantry during World War II,and received the rank of First Sergeant athis honorable discharge. He worked at theGoodall Sanford Mill until it closed, thenworked for the state of Maine as anemployment counselor, retiring as supervi-sor of the vocational/rehabilitation pro-gram. Mr. Currier served on many civiccommittees and was an avid flower gar-dener. Mr. Currier’s first wife, AltheaHunnewell Currier, died in 1989. He is sur-vived by his second wife, Louise; a daugh-ter, Thea Beattie; a stepson, Michael

Gibbs; stepdaughters Linda Gibbs andGail Jordan; and their children and grand-children.

1937Edward W. Martin died July 3, 2004, fromcomplications of heart disease at his homein South Natick, Massachusetts. Mr. Martingraduated from Dartmouth College. Heworked in the commercial finance depart-ment at First National Bank of Boston untilhe retired in 1980. He then attended LeeInstitute of Real Estate, acquired his bro-ker’s license and worked for Hill and Co. inWellesley. He was involved in many organi-zations and was responsible for bringingthe Farms baseball league into Wellesley.He served as president of Maugus Club,Lyons Club and Wellesley TennisAssociation. Mr. Martin was a member ofthe Highland Glee Club of Needham andthe Wellesley Choral Group. He was atenor soloist at Second and Centralchurches in Newton. He enjoyed bridge,tennis, badminton, water skiing, swim-ming, snow skiing and attendingDartmouth football games. Mr. Martin issurvived by Janet Kilty Martin, his wife of 25years; four children, Jane Barberio, EdwardMartin II, Diana Ganley and Jill Griffin; ninegrandchildren and ten great-grandchil-dren. His first wife, Marjorie Preece Martin,predeceased him.

1942George Disnard died September 3, 2004,at his home in Claremont, New Hampshire,of an apparent heart attack. He served inthe Air Force during World War II and theKorean War. Mr. Disnard was superinten-dent of schools in Claremont for 24 years,after working as a teacher and principal inthe city. After his career in education, hewas elected to the state House ofRepresentatives. He went on to the stateSenate, serving six terms and never losingan election until 2002. The town ofClaremont recognized Mr. Disnard and hiswife, a long-time music teacher, by namingan elementary school for them.

1947Donald R. Kimel died unexpectedly on July2, 2004, at his residence in Gloucester,Massachusetts. He was the son of David andViolet Olsen Kimel. Mr. Kimel graduatedfrom Bowdoin College and worked inde-pendently in the travel industry for manyyears. An avid sports fisherman, he fished inArgentina and recently returned from a fish-ing trip in Alaska. He is survived by JoanButler Kimel, his wife of nearly 46 years; adaughter, Pamela Grace; and two nephews.His brother Robert Kimel predeceased him.

1956Colonel Edward Bradlee Sleeper diedApril 9, 2004, in Portland, soon after beingdiagnosed with leukemia. He was born inRockland, a son of Cleveland and DorisBradlee Sleeper, Jr. After graduating fromHebron, he entered the United States AirForce. After serving at various U.S. AirForce installations as a navigator, heentered pilot training. From 1964 to 1968,while based in Okinawa as a C130 pilot,Col. Sleeper flew many missions underheavy combat fire; many times returningwith wounded soldiers. He served as apilot instructor and flight scheduler andwas an advisor to the New Hampshire AirNational Guard at Pease Air Force Base.During this time he earned a B.A. and amaster’s in public administration from theUniversity of New Hampshire. He went onto serve in a diplomatic capacity in Zaire,Norway and Belgium. After retiring fromthe Air Force he worked as a consultantwith General Dynamics in Brussels andFinland. In 1992 he returned to SouthThomaston and became active in civicaffairs. He was an active member and pastpresident of the Rockland Rotary Club andwas recently re-elected selectman of SouthThomaston. He loaned his plane or flew forAngel Flight and delivered Meals-on-Wheels. Col. Sleeper is survived by hiswife, Astri Thorvaldsen Sleeper; two sons,Edward B. Sleeper, Jr. and Erik T. Sleeper;two daughters, Sonja Sleeper and Sylvia S.Seiler; two brothers, Henry R. Sleeper andD. Bradford Sleeper; two sisters, Harriet S.Miles and Martha S. Majunka; four grand-sons and many nieces and nephews.

1959Peter H. Williams died in a motorcycleaccident on August 14, 2004. He was bornin Hanson, Masschusetts, a son of Edithand Lester Williams, Sr. He earned a bach-elor’s degree from Northern MichiganUniversity and a doctorate in mathematicseducation from Indiana University. He andhis wife, Rosalie, spent two years as PeaceCorps volunteers in Sierra Leone, WestAfrica. While in graduate school, Mr.Williams taught middle school mathemat-ics. In 1970, he began his college teachingcareer at Indiana University, Northwest. In1973, he returned to Maine and joined thefaculty at the University of Maine at Farm-ington, where he pursued his love of teach-ing in the departments of Education andMathematics. Mr. Williams worked atCianbro as a training director in 1975 andwas vice president of personnel and safetyin 1985. He then returned to the Universityof Maine at Farmington, where he waschaired various mathematics, computerand science departments. In the fall ofl976, Mr. Williams served briefly as interimhead of MCI, assuming responsibilities forthe opening of school, scheduling classesand oversight of the MCI community. Healso served as the chair of the SAD #53

Board. In 1995, he was appointed to theMCI Board of Trustees, serving until 2003.He was vice-chair of the board during hissecond term. He and his wife traveledextensively, including four months teach-ing in Beijing, China in 1999, a trip to GreatBritain in 2002, and a six-month trip acrossthe United States in 2004. At the time of hisdeath, Mr. Williams was a consultant andstatistical analyst for the Maine HealthResearch Institute and had participated ina number of projects to improve healthcare in Maine. The team of which he was amember had developed a nationallyaccepted model for cost-effective deliveryof HIV treatment. Mr. Williams is survivedby his wife of 43 years; two sons, Dan andJeff Williams; and four brothers, Lester,Lew, John and Lloyd.

Former FacultyVernon L. Wood died June 17, 2004, at hishome in Orleans, Massachusetts. He wasthe husband of Eva R. (Staples) Wood for57 years. Born and raised in Lynn, heearned a bachelor’s degree from TuftsUniversity, studied at the University ofGrenoble, France, and earned a master’sdegree from Trinity College. Mr. Woodserved with the 2nd Division Infantry, U.S.Army, in World War II. He was wounded atthe Battle of the Bulge in 1944 andawarded the Purple Heart. After his dis-charge from the Army, he worked for theU.S. Postal Service before beginning histeaching career. He taught foreign lan-guages at Bridgton Academy and HebronAcademy, until retiring in 1991. Besides hiswife, survivors include a sister, MarjorieWeinstein; two sons, Grant J. Wood ‘67and Stephen J. Wood ‘74; and a grand-daughter. Memorial donations may bemade to Hospice & Palliative Care of CapeCod, 270 Communication Way, Hyannis,MA 02601.

Other DeathsSamuel Stanton ’31, on August 29, 2003,in Canaan, CT.

Ernest “Hal” Pottle ’37, in 2003.

Donald V. Shannehan, Sr. ’37, on August20, 2003.

Dana T. Merrill ’63, on January 16, 2004.

Albert “Sandy” McReel ’80, in April 2004.

Obituaries

On the income side, we see that the board began the yearwith a balance of $121.54. They earned $55.00 in rentfrom a J. M. Drew, possibly for Trustee House, which was

nominally the school’s boarding house. More curious are the twolines showing interest income and income from principal. Were thetrustees in the business of lending money? And what item is miss-ing that you might expect to see?

Many of the expenses are for items we are familiar with today.Repairs, cleaning, furnishings, printing, heat and so forth. Notethat they spent $12.00 for chairs and $16.00 on firewood for theyear. They were heating just two buildings—the Academy andTrustee House—and only for the spring, summer and fall terms.There was no winter term at that time, sparing the expense of

heating the buildings during January and February.(The Academy chapel was built the following year.)Collectively, the trustees were paid $33.86. They werereimbursed for the time they spent at meetings and fortheir travel.

There were two preceptors (headmasters) that year.Alanson C. Herrick took a leave of absence and wasreplaced by Dudley P. Bailey for one term. Togetherthe men were paid $210. But by far the largest itemis $530 “loaned the past year.” It does seem that thetrustees were in the money-lending business, but whyand to whom we have yet to discover. The trustees’minutes reveal lists of “interest due” and “notes due”in addition to property owned in Hebron and inMonson (part of a grant to the school), but we’re notsure what the notes were for.

What don’t we see? Tuition on the income sideand faculty salaries on the expense side. Why? Atthat time, the preceptor was paid a salary, plustuition. It was then up to him to hire and pay histeachers. We know that in the 1866–1867 schoolyear, tuition was $5.00 to $6.00 per term, depend-ing on courses taken. There were four teachers inaddition to the preceptor: Ernest Borchers, professorof modern languages; Miss Sarah C. Bailey, precep-tress; Miss Nellie Howe, assistant; and MissLucinda Barrows, music.

All in all, it’s a good thing that the Academybegan its fiscal year with $121.54 in the bank,because expenses were slightly more than incomefor that year.


hebronianaProfit and Loss

On May 2, 1866, treasurer C. C. Cushman submitted this report to theBoard of Trustees; essentially a statement showing the school’s income andexpenses for the year just finished. This simple sheet gives us many clues tothe working of the school at that time—and raises a few questions.

Our mini midway was a hit withkids of all sizes.

Phil Smith ’49 admiresa Stanley Steamer.

Emeka Uwasomba ’06 assesses his optionsduring Hebron’s shutout of Hyde (CT).

Noah Love ’07 quizzesArt Cooper ’49 in “Name

That Head of School!”

Andy Churchill ’10 clarifiesa timeline event at theMiddle School History Fair.

Stephen Jeffries ’79 marches in thealumni/ae parade with Philip and Julia

Sixth graders make cider with help from theWashburn-Norlands Living History Center.

Activities for All

Jeremiah Fleming, a.k.a. Hebron Academyfounder Deacon William Barrows

Zoe Gates,daughter ofSteve Gates’72

Head of School John King

Bicentennial Committee chair Kim Kenway’70 welcomes alumni, students and friends

Tim Sample ’69 told some wicked funnystories on Saturday night

Elizabeth Cole ’05 portrayed Nellie Day1887 in a historical vignette

Ruth Tabenken, Senator George Mitchell, Gerry Tabenken ’40 and Albert Lepage ’65 at a leadership reception on Friday night

Marc Roy ’78 enjoys a new perspective on campus

Chris Buschmann ’66

Bicentennial Faces

Documents

Hebron Academy Semester | Fall 2004