concert in sold-outNewhall Auditorium

capped a great musicalcollaboration between

Shattuck-St. Mary’s School and theAmerican Boychoir in October 2006.

Not content to have the acclaimedchoir’s visit confined to just one performance as part of the Fesler-Lampert Performing Arts Series,Shattuck-St. Mary’s invited boys fromFaribault and the surrounding area to campus, along with the AmericanBoychoir School choristers. Some 30 boys from Owatonna, Northfield,Faribault, Waconia and SSM spent the day singing and attending masterclass sessions taught by FernandoMalvar-Ruiz, music director of theAmerican Boychoir since July 2004;Anton Armstrong, professor of musicat St. Olaf College and conductor ofthe St. Olaf Choir; and Mark Johnson,music director of the MinnesotaBoychoir since 1993. The concert, in which Cole Kletschka ’12 sang with the Boychoir, closed the full and festive day.

“Some of the boys chose to auditionfor the Boychoir School and have beeninvited to visit their campus,” said SSMPerforming and Visual Arts Chair

Dione Peterson, who organized thechoir’s visit. “The faculty and parentorganization members who housed the Boychoir members were veryimpressed with their discipline, man-ners and conversational skills. Some of the Boychoir members toured ourcampus and were interested in SSM’sofferings as their school does not gothrough the 12th grade.”

The American Boychoir School, locatedin Princeton, N.J., is the only non-sec-

Youngsters from Owatonna, Northfield, Faribault and Waconia spent a day on Shattuck-St. Mary’s campus with SSM choristers and members of the American Boychoir in October.

AMERICAN BOYCHOIRvisits SSM!

A tarian residential boys’ choir school inthe country. The institution offers anacademic and musical curriculum toboys in grades 5 through 8. The cho-risters recently performed with theConcert Chorale of New York and theOrchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hallin the North American premiere of for-mer Beatle Paul McCartney’s Ecce CorMeum (Behold My Heart), a 50-minuteoratorio for chorus and orchestra.

Shattuck-St. Mary’s School community, with its strong commitment

to protecting human rights and dignity, does not discriminate on the

basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national or

ethnic origin in its admissions and scholarship programs, the admin-

istration of its educational, athletic, or other school programs, or its

employment practices.

2007 WINTER ISSUEVolume XXXI, No.1

Shattuck-St. Mary’s SchoolP.O. Box 218 • 1000 Shumway AvenueFaribault, MN 55021 • 888.729.4946www.s-sm.org

CONTENTSFeaturesIndependent Research ..............................6-9A Healthy Shattuck-St. Mary’s ..............10-13SesquiTeam ...........................................14-15Geothermal Magic ................................28-29Linked by Lacrosse ...............................30-32Rhodes Scholars....................................34-35Spiritual Parenting ................................36-37A Call of Duty.......................................38-39From the Archives......................................49

Alumni NewsHoliday Alumni Party ................................40Tax-Free Charitable Giving........................41

School NewsFrom the Head of School..........................2-3Winter Musical .........................................4-5SSM Sports Shorts.................................16-17Figure Skating ............................................18Deaflympics................................................19SSM News Notes...................................20-21SSM Parents’ Association......................22-23Winter Family Weekend.......................24-25Facilities Update ...................................26-27St. Mary’s Hall 140th..................................48

In Memoriam .............................................42Class Notes ...........................................42-47

Managing Editor: Amy Wolf • awolf@s-sm.org • 507.333.1655

Editor: Julie Jensen•Julie_Jensen@comcast.net

Design: Renée Thompson

Contributing Writers: Julie Jensen, Lonnie Schroeder,

Mike Todaro, Bob Neslund, Amy Wolf

Photography: Peggy Bates, Dave Decker, Deborah Hickey,

Hoffman’s Photography, Kathy Linenberger, Renée Thompson,

Robin Schroeder, Johnnie Walker, Sherry Walkup

Class Notes: Kim Cromer

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Our MissionAs a school community, Shattuck-St. Mary’s guides young people to be strong in character, mind, body, andspirit for a life of learning and service.

About the cover...Winter finally arrived in Faribault. It took until March. The Shattuck-St. Mary’s campus was beautifully adorned in snow.Southern Minnesota had not seen two back-to-back snowstorms producing more than two feet of snow since 1982. Thanks to Sherry Walkup, SSM’s events coordinator and photography buff, for this snowy image of the Morgan stained glass windows.

Letters to the Editor...We welcome your letters. Please note that letters may be edited

for clarity and brevity.

DDEESSEERRVVIINNGG CCLLAASSSSMMAATTEECongratulations on another spectacular edition of Through the Arch! The pictures were great—the colors were great—the subject matter well chosen. It was interesting to see the new face of the old chapel, which had not yet been completed when I was there earlier. It was particularly gratifying to seethe profile picture of good old Abe Coman receiving his just recognition for the many years of devotion to the school that gave us all such a great start in life. Thanks for all your many contributions to SSM.

-- JJaacckk FFuulllleerr ’’4400

AA WWEELLCCOOMMEE BBUURRSSTT OOFF CCOOLLOORRBeautiful—Beautiful—Beautiful. What a magnificent job you did on The Arch.The articles were very good, and I appreciate you finding a special spot for Ann Lanphier Brawner’s article on her last trip. I am sure she will be pleasantly surprised!

I am also happy about the new Wooden Soldier Board that is now up. Did you know the picture of the Wooden Soldiers in the very back of The Arch is of our class—1950?

You really out did yourself on this one! Now more work again on the next issue I suppose. TToomm TTiinncchheerr does so many interesting things and he emails me about them, but is too modest for it to be in The Arch. Guess maybe hisclassmates know what all he is involved with by now. What a guy

-- EElliinnoorr AArrnnootttt AAgguussttssssoonn ’’5500

SSPPIIRRIITTUUAALL DDEEVVEELLOOPPMMEENNTT SSHHOOUULLDD BBEE MMOORREE VVIISSIIBBLLEE[Through The Arch] is well done. Photographic reproductions are excellent and the quality of printing and artwork is superior. It is an impressive publica-tion. However, if my count is correct, [in the Summer 2006 issue] seven pagesare devoted to hockey and other sports activities and only one page touches on something that might be considered related to spiritual activities at theschool. This is the single page describing reconstruction at the entrance to the chapel. This, however, does not mention the role of the chapel or religionin student life.

If I may, I would like to suggest that the role of spiritual development be given more visibility in the statement of mission of SSM and in publicationsdescribing school activities. Giving God a prominent place in both will help to establish a strong foundation for the lives of students following graduation.

-- WWaalltteerr EE.. KKuunnzzee JJrr.. ’’4411

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R Reading,’Riting,’Rithmatic

and REACHING

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A message from Nick Stoneman, Head of School

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eading. ’Riting, ’Rithmetic—thethree R’s we all know so well ashistoric cornerstones of a sound

education. But let’s add a fourth “R,” one that represents “Reaching.” Youmight ask, “Why?” In this day and age,it is incumbent upon a school preparingits students for life beyond its borders toimbue in its students a deep commit-ment to reaching. Reaching comes withits own collection of prepositions—over,up, out and in—each invoking a differ-ent meaning, and a different set of hur-dles, expectations and opportunities.

Reaching over speaks to a willingness to be a resource for friends, colleagues,schoolmates, family members, membersof one’s parish—those we know andhave as part of our daily lives. It is insome ways the easiest, yet ofttimes themost difficult, as we must break rou-tines, sometimes cross boundaries, and,frequently, step out of our comfort zone.

Shattuck-St. Mary’s School has wonderfulexamples of alumni who are reachingover.

• AAbbbbyy CCaarrllssttrroomm HHuummpphhrreeyy ’’6622and her efforts to bring her classmatestogether and memorialize PamelaAndreas Stisser ’62—through raisingfunds for the new Student Lounge.

• JJoohhnn CClliikkeemmaann ’’6655 several years agoorganized the first Old Shads golf tour-nament, which has become a traditionthat brings together at least a dozenclassmates, year in and year out, for four days of camaraderie and support.

• And then there is BBeenn EEaavveess ’’0000 who,as a new teacher here, can regularly beseen finding a seat in the dining hallwith students who may be alone or inneed of some care and attention. In thesimplicity of his action lies the essenceof reaching over.

Reaching up is all about one’s aspira-tions and a willingness to pursue them.We have many alumni who have done so in many ways.

• Over 40 years ago, BBoobb FFaayyffiieelldd ’’5588went out on a limb and started a small engineering firm. Today, BannerEngineering employs 600 people and

produces over 27,000 products and distributes them worldwide.

• WWaaddee FFeennnn ’’7744, after a very successfulcareer leading Best Buy’s retail salesefforts, launched a cutting-edge startupcompany featuring voice-activated technology for the home.

• DDaann SSaatthheerr ’’8855 has forsaken a career as a Boeing engineer to partnerwith a builder and start a developmentcompany.

• MMeerreeddiitthh RRootthh ’’0000 left the safe havenof working here at the School to take ajob as an assistant coach at ProvidenceCollege as she pursues her goal ofbecoming a Division I college hockey coach.

These alums, by reaching up, serve as wonderful examples for us all.

Reaching out calls for looking at the world around us and choosing tomake a difference in the lives of peoplewe don’t know except through ourawareness of their needs.

• DDaallee FFuulllleerr ’’5511, after retiring from a successful career as a radiation oncolo-gist, spent the last six years as a fieldsurveyor for the Commission on Cancer, an organization that conducts an approvals program for over 1,400cancer centers across the United States,and visited close to 90 hospitals.

• CCaarroollyynn SSaawwyyeerr BBeellll ’’5566 spent 30-plus years working in the burn ward for children in a hospital in Tulsa.

• MMaarrttyy BBaasskkeerrvviillllee ’’4422 has been working extensively with the YMCA in Minneapolis and sponsors a weeklong“Y Start” summer program for teens,which brings them here on campus for a camp program.

• CCaarroollyynn BBuurrffoorrdd BBrraaddyy ’’4466 volunteersher time tutoring native Spanish-speak-ing elementary school students to helpthem meet with greater success.

• GGaarrrreetttt TThhoorrnnbbuurrgg ’’6644 and his wife,Catherine Oppenheimer, have changedthe lives of thousands of children byestablishing the National Dance Institute

of New Mexico, which offers after-schooland summertime dance opportunities tochildren throughout the state.

• HHaarrrryy HHaaggeeyy ’’5599, in retirement, hasestablished a family foundation with theexpress purpose of funding projects thatsignificantly better the lives of others.

• JJooaann SSmmiitthh WWaaiitttt ’’4499 has been the leading force in the development of the Siouxland Heritage FoundationMuseum in Sioux City, Iowa.

• Finally, as one of its board members,SShhaarroonn HHooffffmmaann AAvveenntt ’’6644 has played a key role in the leadership of theMinnesota Historical Society as it plansthe celebration of the state’s 150th year.

Finally, reaching in calls on us to findthe courage and determination within us to handle the challenging situationswe may face.

• I am thinking of DDaann GGaaiinneeyy ’’4433and JJiimm CCaalllliissoonn ’’4455, who have taken onthe challenge that the years can have onone’s body with spirit and aplomb!

• Then there is TTaammaarraa KKllooeecckkll WWhhiittee ’’8800,who has completed two Ironman compe-titions and is thinking about her next one.

• Finally, one cannot help but havetremendous respect for JJiimm HHaauusscchhiilldd ’’5555and the remarkably gallant approach hehas taken to handling the challenges ofParkinson’s disease.

It is clear that Shattuck-St. Mary’s Schoolgraduates do not take the opportunitiesthey gain by attending the School forgranted. Instead, they recognize theresponsibility that comes with theirattendance, and act upon it. Theyunderstand not just the essential threeR’s garnered while here, but include the vital fourth R of reaching as part of living full and meaningful lives. Their actions and efforts inspire all of us who work here and give us hopethat, equipped with a sound education,our future graduates will learn from the examples of our alumni and do what they can to make the world a better place.

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DIRECTOR’SNOTES:I think there is a part of all of us thatlongs for, or has found, that type oflove that can span an eternity, andthat is what AIDA is to me. At its core it is a simple story of finding love against all odds. The situation iscomplex and the lives are elaboratebut when you strip everything awayyou are left with three people who are damaged, vulnerable, exposed..and human. I have had a wonderfultime pulling off this challenging showwith such a wonderfully talentedgroup of kids. I have also been giftedwith collaborators who understandthe meaning of the word. I want to thank Flannery Miller, DallasMusselman, Kendra Olson, andGretchen Baglyos for being an incredi-ble support system. This show wouldnot have been possible without them.And I want to thank my friend WillChase, who played Radames onBroadway, for the idea and inspirationfor this show. And I want to thank theseniors. I hope that as you ventureforward in life, this is a moment that you will always remember.

Thanks, Mike Todaro

AIDASSM WINTER MUSICAL

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Jesse Stoneman ’07 and the dance ensembleJenna Frankenfield ’08

Students rehearse the vocal music in the Joan Waitt Performing Arts Suite.

From left, Row 1: Mabo Takeuchi ’07, Cole Kletscka ’12, Ginikanwa Onyekaba ’13, Justine Lenter ’09, Rebecca Enrooth ’11, Chloe Mayo ’10, Ning Chen ’07, Sherry Tsai ’10; Row 2: Henry Carlson ’08, LaVana Colebrooke ’08, Ha Na Park ’09, Wendy Lin ’09, Ava Samuel ’07, Katie Kiewel ’11, Ariel Tang ’09; Row 3: Robert Daniel ’09, Chester Mayo ’10, Kye Choi ’07, Loyvie Johnson ’07, John Goeppinger ’07, Jenna Frankenfield ’08, Bakari Williams ’08, Samantha Peterson ’09, Jesse Stoneman ’07, Caroline Howard ’08, Charla Holdren ’08 and Laurin Wolf ’08

Loyvie Johnson ’07, right

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work best are those that the studenthas a real passion for. Most often, theseprojects are involved in areas that theywant to pursue in college as a career,which gives them the motivation to be successful.

“This opportunity allows students anextra advantage that other high schoolstudents will not experience until theyget into their junior or senior year ofcollege or grad school,” said Avery.“Several of our students were betterable to get into competitive universitiesand colleges because they had thisexperience, which is not usually avail-able to them until they are in college,and they could include it on their college applications.”

The independent research programoverlaps with the Honors Program’sindependent project program, calledCapstone. To receive the Honors diplo-ma, a student enrolled in the HonorsProgram must complete a Capstoneproject during his or her senior year.

Not all independent research projectsare Capstone projects and not allCapstone projects involve scientificresearch.

“The biggest challenge for all studentsis the logistics,” said Avery. As a result,Avery has helped students arrangemeetings with college professors and, if necessary, has driven the students to the meetings or research opportunities.Here are three examples of independ-ent research projects that were incubat-ed at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School.Findings from these projects will bepresented at SSM’s IndependentResearch Symposium 2007 this spring.

Ben Kett spent his winter breakworking on amathematicalmodeling projectat the Universityof Minnesotaunder the super-vision of CherylZimmerman,Ph.D., in theCollege ofPharmacy.

The project, entitled “PharmacokineticSystems Modeling with Stella 8,” dealtwith the absorption and transportationof medicine throughout the body, pri-marily through the gastrointestinaltract. He used the Stella modeling program to create models to see howcertain factors would affect the absorp-tion and metabolism rates of the drug.

“I wanted to work on this projectbecause I found pharmacokinetics to be an interesting and fascinatingapplication of mathematics andphysics,” said Kett. “I took what I have learned and applied it to a fieldthat was both exciting and constantlychanging. I plan to continue workingfor Dr. Zimmerman from school. I hope to go back into the lab to conduct further study of pharmacoki-netics and apply it to this project.”

John Goeppinger’s independentresearch project gave him real-world, hands-on experience with an insect-eating fungus.

&Independent Research

Honors ProgramOverview...

Thinking Outside the [School]

“My philosophy has always been, ‘Whyshould a student have to wait until theyare in college to get experience pursuingtheir dream and future career if they canget some experience now while still in highschool?’ So, that is my motivation and the reason I am involved in independentresearch here at SSM. This is the same asour athletic, figure skating and fine artsstudents pursuing their dream of being the ‘very best’ in their area of endeavor.” — Pasco Avery, Ph.D.

When Dr. Pasco Avery joined theShattuck-St. Mary’s School faculty last year, he initiated an independentresearch program to provide studentswith an opportunity to explore theirresearch interests and abilities in afocused and individual way.

“Students who are successful in thisprogram are self-motivated, independ-ent, intelligent, diligent and passion-ate,” said Avery. “Also, they must havecompleted the prerequisites in order to pursue their goals. The projects that

Kett ’07Ben

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This project is Kett’s second. Last summer, he also conducted entomo-logical research with George Heimpel,Ph.D., at the University of Minnesota,Department of Entomology, in the areaof chemical ecology. That project, “TheEffects of Scent Trails from Coccinellidson Parasitoids of the Soybean Aphid,”consisted of collecting ladybird beetles(Coccinellids) and determining whetherthe trails of scent left by them on soy-bean plants affect whether a parasitoidwill decide to land on the soybeanplant and prey on soybean aphids.

“I decided to work on this projectbecause I wanted an interesting challenge over the summer,” said Kett,“and I wanted to experience firsthandwhat it was like to be in the lab at auniversity setting. I have no futureplans for this project at this time, buthope that my research will help indetermining whether or not the para-sitoids can be released into the wild tohelp rid the nation of this pest.”

Will gardenersof the futureuse a fungus to beat backbeetles in theircucumbers?JohnGoeppinger has conductedan experimentinvestigatingthe potentialuse of an ento-mopathogenic (insect-eating) fungusfor controlling the striped cucumberbeetle. He conducted various prelimi-nary tests to determine if the adult beetles were susceptible to infection by the fungus.

“The results have shown that the fun-gus will kill the insects,” said Avery,“which may be the first account of thisever being recorded. So, the findingsare significant and indicate that thisbiological insecticide, Paecilomyces

Recognizing that developing one’s creativity and problem-solving

skills are a primary goal of a successful SSM education, the Honors

Program is designed to place strong emphasis on such skill devel-

opment. Launched in 2004, the SSM Honors Program offers a unique aca-

demic experience for a highly selective group of students in grades 9-12.

Incoming students in grades 9-11 are eligible to apply to the Honors

Program during Fall Term each year. Honors Students are selected by

faculty members of the Honors Program Committee before the start

of Winter Term. The program, currently coordinated by faculty member

Beth Trout, includes these major components:

HHoonnoorrss PPrrooggrraamm SSeemmiinnaarr: Offered as a formal academic course and held

during a regularly scheduled class period, students are afforded the oppor-

tunity to discuss, via videoconferencing technology, ideas and opinions

with students at Kelly College in England. Each term the seminar challenges

students to think about concerns faced by not only the United States, but

the world. Topics include: Balancing civil liberties and security in the

modern world, the West’s involvement in modern-day Africa, and

human rights in the twenty-first century.

SSppeeaakkeerr SSeerriieess: Honor students have an opportunity to interact with a range

of unique individuals who are experts in their professional fields. This series

includes both on- and off-campus events. Students are required to attend at

least five events each year. Past events have included the Nobel Conference

at Gustavus Adolphus College, and lectures by adventure photo-journalist

Beth Wald and Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.

IInnddeeppeennddeenntt SSttuuddyy: Independent study allows students the opportunity

to develop an understanding of subjects that are beyond the normal range

of offerings at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School. Internship opportunities are

one form of independent study that offers students “real world” experience.

Based on each student’s areas of interest and time availability, internships

are designed with the involvement of alumni, parents and school-related

contacts. Internships take place locally or on a more extensive basis away

from campus during school breaks.

SSM HonorsProgram

Goeppinger ’07John

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fumosoroseus, definitely shows potential as a biocontrol agent against this pest.”Avery said the findings may be publishedin a peer-reviewed entomological journal.

An advancedplacement biology coursesparked Sheng-Hsiu (Sunny)Lin’s desire tocombine hispassion for science, mathand computerprogramming.To meet the prerequisites forconducting this type of research, he com-pleted an online course in bioinformaticsthrough Stanford University during hisjunior year at SSM. Then, during this pastsummer, he was invited by Dr. Jenn-Kang Hwang, Professor ofComputational Biology, Institute ofBioinformatics, to be part of his lab group at the National Chiao TungUniversity in Taiwan. After converting a fish online data base into a computerprogram called PEARL, he is now con-ducting research in bioinformatics withDr. Steve Freedberg at St. Olaf College.

“This program, with which Sunny is very familiar, will be used in the newbioinformatics course co-designed bySunny and Dr. Freedberg,” said Avery.“His innovation and brilliance withregards to understanding and conduct-ing bioinformatic-type research is outstanding and commendable.”

The student researchers haven’t yet experienced all the benefits of the program, according to their advisor, and won’t for a couple of years.

“Doing an independent research project enables them to ‘keep focused on their dream’ in college, especially during the first two years when they aretaking their basic prerequisite courseswhich can get a bit dry,” said Avery. “It is not until their junior or senior year in college that they start to takeclasses specific for their major, which is more interesting to them.”

CapstoneProjects

Itelina Ma ’07Project title: A Study of the Somali People inFaribault – What they have gone through andhow well they have adapted to life in America

Description of project and its goals:Thousands of Somali refugees have settled in theTwin Cities since the eruption of Somalia’s civilwar in 1991, some arriving directly from refugeecamps while others arrived in secondary migra-tion from other U.S. cities. Drawbacks of urbanliving—such as the high crime rate, the high cost of living, and poorlyfunded school systems—have pushed many of the Somalis out of the bigcity and into smaller rural cities and towns such as St. Cloud, Rochester,Faribault and Owatonna. In this project, I will collect some individual lifestories, so that my reader and I learn about the experiences many of themhave gone through, such as life in Somalia, life in refugee camps, andadjustments to America.

Inspiration or reason for this particular project: We, as a community,ought to make an effort to understand our Somali neighbors, their cultureand their experience, so that through this understanding we could set upservices that are the most needed and helpful to make the transition to lifein America easier.

Future plans: The second part of my project is to find out about theservices offered to the Somali refugees, what kinds are most needed and, if possible, help and contribute to existing service agencies.

“The Capstone project is an exciting experience for students

who have a high degree of self-motivation and are eager to work

closely with faculty members in their academic areas of expertise,”

explained Beth Trout, Director of the Honors Program. “Capstone

projects include internships, research projects, and community

service initiatives. The essential components are that a student

focuses on an area of interest and dedicates a significant effort

to an endeavor outside the traditional classroom setting.”

Here is a sampling of the Capstone projects underway at SSM.

(Sunny) Lin ’07Sheng-Hsiu

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Anne Rothacker ’07Project title: An education in elementary theater education

Description of project and its goals:I am teaching a series of theater work-shops to a group of elementary schoolchildren in the Twin Cities. I spent fallterm researching the impact of theateron children and developing lesson plans. (My workshops will emphasize improvisational games and culminate in thecreative performance of a family story.) I have been develop-ing a teaching style by practice-teaching with my advisor, Mr. Michael Todaro, during winter term, and I will teach the classes themselves after spring break. Theater can have an incredibly positive influence on the lives of young people.By exposing students to theatrical training workshops, I hopeto provide them with an opportunity to explore the joy andlearning that comes from participating in theater.

Inspiration or reason for this particular project:The inspiration for this project came from my personal experience with theater. Being involved in drama, forensicsand team improvisation has given me confidence when per-forming in front of a group, the ability to think creatively and analyze the work of others, and a willingness to takeemotional and intellectual risks. I think that every childshould have the opportunity to experience this personalgrowth.

Future plans: I’m not sure exactly how theater will play a role in my future plans, but I know I will continue actingin some capacity for the rest of my life. I was admitted toBowdoin College through its “Early Decision” program andam beyond excited to abandon the prairies of the Midwestfor the coastal beauty of Maine next fall. I have been in con-tact with several Bowdoin theater students, so I am eager tobecome a part of the vibrant theater community there.

Chelsey Sand ’07Description of project and its goals:I am shadowing different doctors andhealth professionals at District OneHospital. Mr. James Wolf, chief executiveofficer at the hospital, has been veryhelpful in arranging different visits forme. I have done sessions with a doctorspecializing in emergency medicine, adoctor specializing in family practice, and I’ve also spenttime in the hospital pharmacy. I hope this project will helpme to learn more about the field and what specialties I wouldenjoy working in.

Inspiration or reason for this particular project:I hope to work in the field of medicine.

Future plans: My plans for the future are to eventuallybecome a doctor, perhaps specializing in pediatrics.

Jessica Stoneman ’07Description of project and its goals:I am creating a poetry chapbook (pock-et-sized booklet). My goal is to create a book of about 40 of my own poemsand publish them, as well as entersome of them in several literary maga-zine contests. One period a day, I meetwith my advisor, Mr. Matt Cavellier, to discuss and analyzeboth my own poetry and poems written by other authors.

Inspiration or reason for this particular project: BecauseI have had much opportunity to write expository pieces inmy various classes at SSM, this year I wanted to explore writ-ing poetry more. I have written poems on my own for a longtime because I think poetry is a great form of self expression,and this year I decided to formalize my interest in the area.

Future plans: I think this year is really causing me to develop as an author, and to understand and appreciate the editing process. I hope to use these skills in the future to continue writing.

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Headlines trumpet themost recent statistics,commentators cluck

disapprovingly and parentssimply worry. Too many oftoday’s kids are fat, not fit.

According to the AmericanObesity Association, about30 percent of U.S. children(ages 6 to 11) are overweightand 15 percent are obese. Among U.S.adolescents (ages 12 to 19), 30 percentare overweight and 15 percent areobese.

Unfortunately for many people, theextra pounds of childhood, that “babyfat,” doesn’t go away in adolescence or adulthood. The American HeartAssociation says that overweight children are more likely to becomeoverweight adults, and, therefore, be at greater risk of heart disease and other diseases.

Despite the ubiquitous BMI formula,being fat is, often, in the eye of thebeholder. Along with the challenge of obesity, teenagers and those who care about them have to avoid the other extreme of anorexia. Here’s howShattuck-St. Mary’s School tries to helpits students enjoy a safe, comfortableand healthy relationship with food.

Linda Barral is the food service managerfor Shattuck-St. Mary’s School. She was the owner and chef of an upscale,midsized Japanese restaurant for sevenyears in Berkeley, CA, before moving toFaribault in 2003. Her sons, Paul ’09and Peter ’12, attend SSM. Hannah Millon-Garvey is a dietitian who serves as a part-time nutritional consultant at the School.

What are the most important things SSM has done to help students with their nutrition?

LB: We are doing in-house food service,which has greatly improved food cost,quality and service. We have made agreat effort on a variety of foods and the suggested servings of the five majorfood groups (grains, vegetables, fruits,milk and meat) at each meal.

HMG: Of course I am biased, but bring-ing a dietitian on board is the mostimportant thing SSM has done to helpstudents with their nutrition. Diningservices has been and will be makingchanges to the menu in order to helpstudents eat more healthfully. For example, a vegetarian “5-minute menu”(options that can be prepared in fiveminutes) is now available. We do have a number of vegetarians who had foundit a challenge to balance their dietswithout monotony.

So many people go through their daywithout realizing the importance ofappropriate nutrition and the impact it can have on our bodies. It is amazinghow diet can affect both athletic andacademic performance. I am hopingthat through my position here at SSM, I can raise the awareness of the commu-nity here regarding the importance of nutrition!

What things would you like SSM to doin the next few years in this area?

LB: Modernize certain cook-ing equipment and continueto train and improve foodservice staffing.

HMG: I think offering both a general nutrition class and a sports nutrition class would

be extremely helpful for the studentshere. Also, having a fixed cycle menu in the dining hall would be wonderful,as then menu items can be evaluatedand nutrition information posted foreach item. Having a nutrition pageattached to the SSM website might also be of help to students.

What are the most common nutritional challengesyou see members of the SSM community facing?

HMG: The most common challenge I see students facing at SSM is trying to follow a balanced diet in general and knowing what foods in what proportions to choose in the dining hall to maintain a balanced diet.

It has taken a little while to increaseawareness of my services on campus,and it has been only recently that I havehad more one-on-one appointments.However, I have given several presenta-tions to various sports teams and, so far, the response has been wonderful.I’ve had several requests for personalappointments since these presentations.It’s good to know that the students areinterested in bettering their nutritionalhabits!

At this time, my private appointmentslots are for students only. However, Iam aware of the challenges that facultyand staff are facing, as I’ve had concernsexpressed to me outside of my office.Where a lot of the student issues mayinvolve body image and sports nutrition,some of the faculty concerns involvethings such as weight management, dia-betes and high blood pressure. I wouldsay one of the common areas of concernwith both groups is weight management.

Linda Barral, left, is SSM's food services manager, and HannahMillon-Garvey is a dietitian who advises the SSM community onfood and nutrition.

Tabletop nutritional information is available toSSM diners.

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This is a problem in America in general,though, not just at Shattuck-St. Mary’s.

Are there differences in nutritional issues for boysand girls? How about in the ways in which theydeal with those issues?

HMG: Both boys and girls receive ascreening for disordered eating behavior,although this issue is more prevalentamong girls. For all individuals, it is a matter of getting to the root of theircurrent eating behaviors and settinggoals to correct or improve their eating behaviors.

For females (in general), eating hasmuch more of an emotional component.We also have more societal pressure to maintain a thin figure. Both of thesefactors impact nutritional habits. Duringa nutrition appointment with a teenagefemale, there is usually a discussionregarding body image and also figuringout if her eating habits are impacted byher emotions and feelings.

Where boys are concerned, particularlyathletes, the concerns have more to do with building muscle mass (whichcould have a body image component)and also athletic performance, thoughthere are many female athletes con-cerned about this as well.

Are there any advantages that boarding schools, or SSM in particular, have regarding student nutrition?

HMG: Having a dietitian on staff issomething that puts SSM above a lot of other schools in helping studentswith nutritional issues, even other private schools. I’ve found that there are only a handful of boarding schoolsthat do have a dietitian. At a boarding

school, nutritional issues of students are not always apparent. They are away from their parents and much more independent. They don’t have asmuch supervision regarding nutritionalchoices or behaviors that a day schoolstudent may have.

Private schools often have a largerbudget for dining services, and so theyare able to offer more options at mealtimes, whereas public schools are oftenrestricted, use a lot of government sur-plus foods and aren’t able to offer asmany options.

LB: The advantages a boarding schoolhas are that some nutritional issues can be addressed and solved much easier by institutional planning andcooking and by providing a limitedvariety of choices.

What is the biggest challenge in providing healthyand nutritious food at SSM?

LB: Meeting various age, cultural, sport and health groups’ needs on a daily basis.

What are your favorite foods to provide to studentsduring stressful times, such as finals week?

LB: The top category foods are salad,fresh cut-up fruits, Asian food, meatand pasta. The favorite dishes are sirloinsteak; chicken, beef or salmon teriyaki;Famous Dave’s ribs; Italian pasta andstromboli; and clam chowder in a bread bowl.

What foods are most commonly requested?

LB: Steak, chicken patty, Asian stir fryand pasta.

How do you integrate fitness with the nutritional aspect of wellness?

HMG: During every appointment, pres-entation or conversation on wellnessthat I have with someone, I alwaysemphasize the importance of fitness andexercise. For a lot of our teen athletes,this goes without saying.

News Fit for Fit AlumniHave you made a major change in your diet? Are you the one who makes people sweat (at thegym)? Do you work in nutrition? Any Ironmen?Ironwomen? Have you found the secret of eternalenergy? Any runners out there? What keeps yourheart rate up and your blood pressure down?Please share your health and wellness tales withus. We’ll use as many as we can in the summeredition of Through The Arch. Send your story (no more than 500 words and please rememberthat we may edit it for clarity and brevity) to:

Through The ArchShattuck-St. Mary’s SchoolP.O. Box 2181000 Shumway AvenueFaribault, MN 55021

You may email your story to: Amy Wolf atawolf@s-sm.org or Julie Jensen atJulie_Jensen@comcast.net.

SSM students have a variety of healthy lunch options.

Meals are also importantsocial times.

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Linda Barral:

• Eat a well-balanced meal, according to the food pyramid.

• Include fresh fruit and vegetables at each meal.

• Do not skip meals and try to eat at regular meal times each day.

• Build each day’s meals around the five major food groups: grains, vegetables, fruits, milk and meat.

• Eat nutritious snacks and do not substitute snacks for meals.

• Balance desserts with other foods that are lower in fat, sugar and calories.

• Try to understand the suggested serving size and reduce waste.

Hannah Millon-Garvey:

• Focus on fruits and vegetables—very “nutritionallydense” but under-consumed by most people.

• Try to make half of your grains whole grains formore fiber and a more natural source of vitaminsand minerals.

• Pay attention to portion sizes! Oftentimes, it’s notso much a matter of what you’re eating, but howmuch and how often.

• Don’t skip meals! Breakfast is the most importantmeal of the day. The dining hall at SSM seemsextremely empty in the morning….Not a goodsign!

• When making nutritional goals, make them attainable and measurable. For example: “I plan on getting up 20 minutes earlier so that I can get to the dining hall and eat a balanced diet eachweek-day morning.” Or “I will exercise for 30 minutes three times a week upon my return home from work.”

Helpful hintsfor students (and alumni) who want to

improve their nutritional profile

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Pat Ceplecha and Candy Meyer, at right,work in the Shattuck-St. Mary’s SchoolAdmissions Office.For at least a coupleof years now, theyhave been going fora brisk walk duringtheir lunch break.The route depends on the weather and could be anywhere from the campus to the surrounding neighborhood to the DaneFamily Field House. Their goal? Exercise,fresh air, a change of pace (pardon the pun)and better health. Now, because of theSesquiTeam, they are also walking to raise money for SSM.

Mike Todaro is in his second year atShattuck-St. Mary’s. During the course of his first year here, the dining hall proved to be an offer he couldn’t refuse. Over last summer, he dropped the extra pounds hegained. He wants to stay healthy and keepthose pounds at bay. Now, because of theSesquiTeam, he’s staying in shape and making sure SSM does, too.

Cyndy Simer is a runner. As Coordinator of the Bastian Leadership DevelopmentProgram, she helps to plan outdoor adven-ture learning opportunities for our students.That’s what she does when she isn’t teachingchemistry, or coaching lacrosse, or being adorm parent or advisor. Like many other faculty members, she runs to stay healthy and to challenge herself. Just last fall, she ran (again) in the Twin Cities Marathon.Now, because of the SesquiTeam, she’s run-ning to help SSM.

Mike Carpentier is an alum from the Class of 2000 and in his second year as an SSMfaculty member. His enthusiasm for Shattuck-St. Mary’s is contagious. He coaches baseballand is a dorm parent at St. Mary’s Hall, whenhe isn’t teaching history that is. He’s beenmeaning to get in better shape, so he wel-comed the opportunity to do so. Now,because of the SesquiTeam, he is gettinghealthier and so is SSM.

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To illustrate their commitment to atruly healthy school, our faculty andstaff have developed an exciting initiative to show their support ofShattuck-St. Mary’s. Successful comple-tion of this ambitious undertaking willclearly demonstrate how we want tomodel healthy behavior for our stu-dents, be good citizens of the greatercommunity of Faribault, and assure thelong-term financial stability of SSM.

In 2008, Shattuck-St. Mary’s will cele-brate its Sesquicentennial. To officiallyend academic year 2006-07 and beginour year-long celebration, the facultyand staff have begun to plan a unique“SesquiTeam” run/walk event on June8, 2007, that will include the participa-tion of faculty, staff, students, parentsand alumni, along with members ofthe Faribault community. The overallgoal of the SesquiTeam will be to runor walk a total of 500 miles. Thisunique event will officially “kick off”the Sesquicentennial year and createthe atmosphere of health and wellnesswe seek to achieve.

Faculty and staff members at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School give selflessly ofthemselves in many, many waysthroughout their time here. To give inyet another way to the School, thoseinvolved will have sponsors, whosefinancial support will go to Shattuck-St. Mary’s. At the very center of thefundraising is the message that our faculty and staff not only believe indeveloping or maintaining their ownhealth, but also in assuring the financial health of SSM.

To this end, helping us to develop ourindividual strengths will be current faculty members Jon Freeman, a crosscountry coach and a runner who has

completed over 80 marathons, andJohn Sumner, 35-year veteran leader of the athletic programs here at SSM.After helping each participant set anindividual goal, these two will helpeach establish a training program as ameans to reaching that goal as part ofthe overall goal of the SesquiTeam. Acourse that winds its way throughoutFaribault and the surrounding area will be established. On the day of the event, the coaches will arrange the SesquiTeam members at variousstarting points throughout the course,based upon individual goals, to createa seamless running and walking relayof 500 miles!

The event will conclude as theSesquiTeam runs through the WhitneyArch. The ensuing celebration will officially set the tone for the comingyear and the years to come: Shattuck-St. Mary’s has a staff and faculty devoted to their personal health, the health of their students, and thehealth of the School and the broadercommunity of which it is a part.

From our community, 112 faculty, staff and spouses have signed up toparticipate in the SesquiTeam! Thedepth of their commitment to goodhealth for themselves and, by theirexample, for our students is inspiring.That this commitment reaches still further by helping to secure an impor-tant part of the SSM experience forfuture students is awesome in thetruest sense of the word.

If you would like more informationabout the SesquiTeam or if you wouldlike to support this project, simplycontact Lonnie Schroeder, Director of Development, in the AdvancementOffice at 1-888-729-4946.

So, just what is thisSesquiTeam anyway?

The SesquiTeam:

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Far left: Pat Ceplecha and Candy Meyer head out for their daily noon walk. Top to bottom: Faculty member Mike Carpentier ’00 enjoys a run. SesquiTeam Coach John Sumner consults with Chery Southworth. Faculty members Dave Sanbornand Beth Trout talk and run at the same time! SesquiTeam Coach Jon Freeman reviewsCyndy Simer’s miles.

HOCKEY

“We had a good start to the season,” saidTom Ward, BBooyyss PPrreepphead coach. “We’veplayed better than Imight have expectedbecause we’re soyoung. Still, we wonthe Minnesota HighSchool Elite HockeyLeague tournament, so that’s a good start.” Ward also noted that six playershave committed to college programs: seniors BBeenn BBlloooodd(University of North Dakota), PPeetteerr LLoommppaaddoo (MinnesotaState-Mankato) and BBeenn YYoouuddss (Minnesota State-Mankato),and juniors BBrroocckk MMoonnttppeettiitt, JJoorrddaann MMuurrrraayy and DDeerreekkSStteeppaann, all to the University of Wisconsin. “That’s morethan usual at this time of the season,” he said, “and it’s anindication of the caliber of kids we have—good playersand good students.” The team spent eight days in Biasca,Switzerland over the winter break, playing in theRaiffeisen Cup. The Sabres went 2-2 against the juniorelite teams (age 20 and under), defeating squads fromSwitzerland, and the Czech Republic and losing to teamsfrom Russia and Sweden. “It was a good experience,”Ward said, “athletically and culturally.”

SSM’s 20-player BBooyyss MMiiddggeett AAAAAA squad returned to theprestigious Silver Stick tournament. Standing at 23-8-2

at mid-January,the BBooyyss UU1166squad faced a fullFebruary withfour games andtwo tournaments.The 18 players(16 skaters andtwo goalies) whomake up SSM’sBBooyyss MMiiddggeett AAAAsquad are playinga 53-game sched-ule this season,including gamesagainst Canadianteams from

Ontario and Manitoba, and squads from Colorado, Texasand Nebraska, as well as Minnesota. Coach ChristianBragnalo’s team opened 2007 by winning the Moorhead

Invitational. Other tournaments on the schedule include the Edina Invitational, Thunder Bay Midget AA tournamentand SSM’s own tournament.

“We came together early and won Border City Cup inWindsor, Ontario,” said BBooyyss BBaannttaamm TTiieerr II coach MurrayEaves. “Now we’re having some growing pains and trying to identify what kind of a team we are.” The team lost a December weekend series with St. Louis to bad weather but played in the Silver Stick tournament in Port Huron,MI, and the Dallas Cup in January. The BBooyyss BBaannttaamm AAteam, 14-17-5 in early January, won its own tournament in November and a December tournament in Waseca, MN.“My team is learning a lot about the game of hockey,” saidCale Politoski, head coach, “and, more importantly, aboutthemselves as young men.”

As of Feb. 15, theGGiirrllss PPrreepp team hadlost only one game.Over the New Yearholiday, the teamtraveled to LakePlacid for a tourna-ment hosted byNorthwood PrepSchool. For the second straight year,the girls returned victorious, defeatingBrewster Academy,Berkshire Academyand The NorthAmerican HockeyAcademy along theway. Senior AAllyyssssaa

BBrreeuu was named the Most Valuable Player of the tourna-ment. “Especially notable,” said Gordie Stafford, headcoach, “was that the girls played most of it without forwardsMMoonniiqquuee and JJoocceellyynnee LLaammoouurreeuuxx ’’0088, who were attendingthe USA Hockey National Team Festival. The national teamtryouts were, coincidentally, in Lake Placid, and the twinswere able to join the team for the championship game.”Stafford’s team continues its march toward San Jose, CA,where, in early April, the two-time national championshope to defend their title.

Also working toward a trip to the national tournament isSSM’s GGiirrllss UU1166 team (girls with birthdates in 1990-93).The team won championships at a U19 tournament in

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SSM SPORTS SHORTS

Brett Kostolansky ’08, left, JasonHorstman ’07 in net.

Luke Greiner ’08 (#21)

Amanda Kessel ’10

Wahpeton, ND, and an Ashland, WI, tourney, and took second in the competitive SSM tourney. The 18-skater, two-goalie roster includes girls from all over North America,according to Coach Eric Darwitz.

BASKETBALL

The boys team startedthe season with a victory, led by 12points and eightrebounds from MMaattttAAuussttiinn ’’1111, a day stu-dent from Faribault.“We are looking for a good year from ourfour seniors: MMaabbooTTaakkeeuucchhii, KKyyee CChhooii,KKeeuunn YYoouunngg PPaarrkkand AAlleexx WWuu,” saidCoach Don Scheel,adding that Mabo hasbeen in the programsince he was in eighth grade.

The nine-member girls varsity team started the 2006-07season 1-2, with a victory over Christian Life. After a recordnumber of girls tried out, the program was expanded. In

addition to thevarsity squad, several more girlsare learning thefundamentals ofthe game on a newintramural squad.“The team hasmade several greatimprovements andboth coaches arevery happy withthe team’s progressso far,” said CoachDaniel Garvey.“This year’s cap-tains are seniorJJeessssiiccaa MMooeennand junior YYuummiiMMaattssuummuurraa, whoboth provide greatleadership andadvice for the rest

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of the squad. Overall, the season has been lots of fun so far and everyone is excited to see how the girls will do the rest of the year.”

SOCCER

The Dane FamilyFieldhouse was thesite of the adidasSSM Boys SoccerInvitational inJanuary. SSM invit-ed some of the topteams in Region IIand won all sevenof its games. In theunder-18 division,SSM faced fourchallengers:Sockers FC (IL),Valley United(MN), Arsenal(NE) and FCMilwaukee Nationals (WI). In the under-16 division, SSMdefeated FC Milwaukee Nationals (WI), Sockers FC (IL)and CRSA (IA).

In February, SSMhosted the adidasGirls SoccerInvitational. The girls’ field was equally strong,especially in theunder-17 bracketwhere SSM’s girlsfaced FC MilwaukeeNationals (WI),Dynamo FC (IN)and America SC(IL). Both FCMilwaukee andDynamo are statechampions. In theU16 division, SSMfaced Madison 56ers

(WI), Rockford Dactyls (IL) and Wings SC (MN). SSMwent 1-2 in the U17 division and 0-1-1 in the U16 bracket. SSM’s girls played in three Olympic DevelopmentProgram teams from Region II in friendly games at thedome in February.

Matt Austin ’11, right

Megan Hughes ’07

Samantha Peterson ’09

Junior Spinks ’10

As the U.S. Figure Skating competitionseason concludes, SSM is taking stockof its first year under the guidance of

Head Coach Diana Ronayne. Some note-worthy individual results include: KKiirrsstteennOOllssoonn ’’1100 finished ninth in the 14-skater fieldat the 2007 U.S. Junior National competition.Olson qualified for the national meet with athird-place finish at the Midwestern Sectionalafter winning the Junior Ladies division at the Upper Great Lakes Regional. RRhhiiaannaaBBrraammmmeeiieerr ’’1100 finished fourth in the JuniorLadies division at the regional and fourth atthe sectional. Six SSM skaters competed in the U.S. regional competition.

SSM skater NNaannoohhaa SSaattoo ’’1111 was fifth in theJapanese Junior National competition. She finished eighth in the Japanese sectional after taking first place in the regional. Finally,Nanoha earned the silver medal in the 2007Australian Youth Olympic Festival for juniorladies free skating.

The figure skating program has grown to 14skaters, who range from sixth grade to post-graduate status. Their skating levels extendfrom Preliminary (the second test in the U.S.Figure Skating testing program) to Junior (sev-enth out of eight tests possible.) The skaters’training includes early-morning warmups andskating sessions, and two class periods duringthe day spent skating. Off-ice training includesthree days a week of dance and three days a week of strength and conditioning. Theskaters also offer regular exhibitions for theschool and local community.

The skaters shared the Christmas spirit with the SSM community by putting on aChristmas exhibition before the winter break.“All the skaters chose Christmas music andchoreographed solos, trios and groups to themusic,” said Ronayne. “We had quite a crowdand it was outstanding.”

Ronayne said the skaters would compete forthe first time as a team at a non-qualifyingcompetition in Rochester, MN, in February.“This is a stand-alone competition,” she said,“so we’re looking forward to competing butalso having some fun.”

SSM Figure SkatersPerform and Compete

SSM FIGURE SKATING WRAP-UP

KKiirrsstteenn OOllssoonn ’’1100 (above)advanced to the 2007 U.S. Junior National competition, held in January in Spokane, WA.

NNaannoohhaa SSaattoo ’’1111 (right) competed in Japan’s JuniorNational competition and later in the Australian Youth Olympic Festival.

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The United States won the men’s hockey goldmedal at the 2007 Winter Deaflympic Games,thanks to a big boost from SSM Boys Prep

Assistant Coach Ben Johnson. Johnson, in his third year at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, led Team USA withthree goals and six assists in five games. A forward, hewas the top American scorer with nine points andranked ninth overall.

“When you’re surrounded by people who have goalsand dreams,” said Johnson, “it definitely encouragesyou to do your best at whatever it is you do. Whenyou’re a part of the Shattuck-St. Mary’s hockey pro-gram, all the coaches strive to teach and coach the kids to be champions and to compete in every practiceand game. After awhile, that opportunity comes andyou can capitalize on it.”

Team USA went a tournament-best 4-1-0 andoutscored opponents 26-16. The squad lost its opener to Russia, 9-6, but then defeated Sweden 4-1,Canada 4-3, Finland 4-2, and Germany 8-1.

“It was definitely special to win the gold this time,”Johnson said. “This was my third Olympics, and now I have all three: bronze, silver, and now gold. I’ll neverforget the game against Canada. It was a sell-out crowd.Canada was up 3-0. And we scored four unansweredgoals to win. The crowd was something I’ll never forget, and to have that feeling of winning; somethingmost people never get a chance to experience.

“At the same time, my son, Rhett William Johnson, was born just three days before the first game, so I wasn’t sure if I was going to even make it to the game.”

The Deaflympics began in 1924. More than 400 athletes from 22 countries competed in this year’s event in Salt Lake City. The U.S. men’s hockey teamwas selected by the American Hearing ImpairedHockey Association from a pool of 30 players followingtraining camps in Chicago and Ann Arbor, Mich.

“It can sometimes be embarrassing to have a disabilityand with today’s society, it can be cruel,” Johnson said.“It was a special time to have 20 teammates from allover the U.S. bond together and have the same disability, and to see the little children running around cheering, and to play for your country. Because someday, we’ll all have a disability, so I appreciate what I have.”

SSM Coach Leads U.S. Team to Gold

SSM COACH IN THE NEWS

Top: SSM Boys Prep Assistant Coach Ben Johnson, center, hugs twoTeam USA teammates during the 2007 Deaflympic Games.

Bottom: Johnson, wearing No. 23, looks for a pass in Team USA'sgame against Sweden.

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SCHOOL NEWS AT SHATTUCK -ST. MARY ’S

BBrriiaann CCaasshhiinn ’’0044 participated in an exchange program at Hong KongCity University. He is currently a junior at DePaul University in Chicago.PPhhiill TTrroouutt ’’7733 helped connect Brian to one of his classmates in HongKong, EEddmmuunndd CChheeuunngg ’’7733. The two met on the Chinese New Year day. Known for his hospitality, Edmund spent three days showing Brianaround Hong Kong. They also had lunch with DDaannnnii SSuunn ’’7733, who wasvisiting from Los Angeles. The three SSM alums had their photo takenunder the traditional plum flower tree with red envelopes of luckymoney. In sharing this photo Edmund wrote, “Let me tell you thatShattuck-St Mary’s spirit will never leave us no matter where we are. We are bound by and will always be part of this SSM family forever.”

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New School Seal

Global ConnectionsInaugural Elevator Ride!

A much needed new school seal was recentlyadopted by Shattuck-St. Mary’s. Thetiming of this seal was planned tocoincide with the upcomingsesquicentennial celebration.Much time, thought andeffort was put into the newdesign. Current parent andprofessional illustratorLaurie Caple volunteeredher time and talents todevelop the artwork. Lauriespent time researching thehistory of heraldic symbolsand color details. Much carewas given to try to represent ourrich history. What finally emergedwas a large crest consisting of our Schoolcolors of today: black, burgundy and white. The large shield alsobears an Episcopal cross in the center. Inside the large shield are thethree distinct school shields of Shattuck School, St. Mary’s Hall andSt. James School. At the base of the shield is a Latin banner, whichtranslated reads: “Let us enter to learn; let us go forth to do good.” It is our hope that we can move forth from our sesquicentennial celebration as a truly combined school into the next 150 years,knowing that we will always have a great respect for the three schools that helped build our impressive history.

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2006-07 Officers, Trustees & AdministrationOFFICERS

Honorary ChairThe Rt. Rev. James L. Jelinek

ChairLinda Stone Dasher ’56

Vice Chair Fred C. Krahmer ’60

Head of School Nicholas J.B. Stoneman

Treasurer Jeffrey D. Chestnut

Secretary Tamara Kloeckl White ’80

ADMINISTRATION

Barbara A. Brueggemann Associate Head of SchoolDean of Studies

Scott T. CurwinDean of Students

Timothy A. DanielDirector of External Relations

Richard L. Dodd, Jr.Chief Financial Officer

Lonnie T. SchroederDirector of Development

Margaret S. SumnerAssociate Head of SchoolDirector of Residential Life

Amy D. WolfDirector of Admissions &Communications

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Ex OfficioThe Rt. Rev. James L. JelinekBishop of Minnesota

Nicholas J.B. StonemanHead of School

Emmy Storch Alvig ’95Alumni Association President

The Very Rev. James ZotalisBishop’s Representatives

DeVon AlmarasCo-President, Parents’ Association

Karen RoganCo-President, Parents’ Association

Melissa Banuchi Lissy ’85Advisory Committee Chair

CO-OPTEDLeonard Jones, Cynthia Simer and Jennifer SorensenFaculty Liaisons to the Head of School

Kim CromerAdministrative Assistant

2007 TERM EXPIRATION

David N. Cross ’86*Philip W. Mancini ’67Anne Silge Merz ’75Craig W. Whiting ’69

2008 TERM EXPIRATION

Mark Alpert ’60Jeffery D. ChestnutMarion Gorton Edwards ’68Wade R. Fenn ’76David W. Gray ’68Michael HarrisScot P. Kramer ’58David T. Sun ’74Tamara Kloeckl White ’80

2009 TERM EXPIRATION

William A. Bevan ’62Edwin C. Carpenter ’60Linda Stone Dasher ’56Abby Carlstrom Humphrey ’62Jeanette Leehr Fred C. Krahmer ’60David M. McClendon ’74Samuel B. O’Brien ’71* not eligible for re-election

From left, Row 1: Bill Bevan ’62, Phil Mancini ’67, Jeanette Leehr, Linda Stone Dasher ’56, Ed Carpenter ’60, Nick Stoneman; Row 2: Tamara Kloeckl White ’80, Craig Whiting ’69, David Sun ’74, David McClendon ’74, David Gray ’68, DeVon Allmaras; Row 3: Sam O’Brien ’71, Anne Silge Merz ’75, Fred Krahmer ’60, Abby Carlstrom Humphrey ’62, Marion Gorton Edwards ’68, The Very Rev. Jim Zotalis, Jeff Chestnut

SCHOOL NEWS AT SHATTUCK -ST. MARY ’S

Meet the Board of Trustees...

MMaarriioonn GGoorrttoonn EEddwwaarrddss ’’6688was promoted to the newlycreated position of presi-dent of the international tel-evision division at TwentiethCentury Fox TelevisionDistribution on Jan. 11. She will continue to overseesales of series and features to free and basic televisionbroadcasters outside of the United States, as well asthe sale of all Twentieth Century Fox feature films toU.S. networks. She will also work in the internation-al pay television business and lead an initiative todevelop first-run series for pay television platformsaround the world. A trustee of Shattuck-St. Mary’sSchool, she has also agreed to serve as a national co-chair of the sesquicentennial celebration.

Edwards Promoted by

Twentieth Century Fox TV

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The Parents’ Association volunteers, under the dedi-cated leadership of Denise

Anderson, truly “decked thehalls” in preparation for the

2006 Campus ChristmasWalk. Their hard work

created a campus that hadan amazing holiday ambiance. The

entire community benefits from this festiveannual decorating, which is greatly enjoyed. Top to bottom: Kayleen ’07 and Mathis ’08

Miller hold up a signed portrait of WayneGretzky. Lonnie Schroeder and Grace

Stadler cuddle the adorable puggles. KimGreiner consults with two young bidders.

Faculty member Molly Yergens assists withthe ever-popular face painting activity. 22

The Shattuck-St. Mary’s SchoolParents’ Association had a busyand productive fall, thanks to

the hard work of the members of the Parents’ Association Board andnumerous parent volunteers. Wewere involved in a wide variety ofactivities, such as: assisting with registration and a class visit day;hosting a wine reception for parentsand a record-breaking auction duringFall Family Weekend; providing special exam treats for the students;creating historical photo displays inthe Upper School hallways; and decorating the school splendidly for Christmas Walk and the holidays.

Fall Family Weekend was held on Oct. 20-22, and is always one of SSM’s most well-attended and popularevents, and this year was no different.Parents from all over the world cameto the School to spend time with theirchildren and the other members of the SSM community. The Parents’Association was involved in manyaspects of the weekend, from greetingparents, planning the special Saturdaynight dinner, hosting the wine receptionand, of course, organizing The Auction.This SSM Parents’ Association Silentand Live Auction exceeded all expecta-tions, in terms of SSM communityinvolvement, donated items and fundsraised. Almost 500 items and serviceswere donated by parents, alumni, faculty, staff, administration, membersof the board of trustees and the localbusiness community. Donations rangedfrom treasures from China, Korea andJapan; exciting trips to Hollywood,Arizona, Costa Rica and the ScottishHighlands; wonderful gift baskets;signed sports memorabilia; originalworks of art; products and servicesfrom Faribault merchants; a kayak; and even a “puggle” puppy. (Pug andbeagle hybrid.) A professional auction-eer and SSM’s Lonnie Schroeder led theway on the very lively live auction andraffle drawings. A flat panel monitor, aportable DVD player and two seasonsof Lost, and a half-carat diamond wereraffled off to lucky winners.

All in all, The Auction raised over$70,000! This is a breathtakingamount of money for a fairly smallgroup of volunteers to raise at oneevent and, of course, it is due to all ofyou, members of the SSM community.Without your donations, volunteertime and support, it wouldn’t havehappened. Thanks so much to each ofyou, in whatever way you contributed.As the Parents’ Association Board, weappreciate it very much, and themonies raised will be used to fund a multitude of projects at the Schoolthat will benefit and support both current and future students and helppreserve the history and legacy ofShattuck-St. Mary’s.

We have already allocated funds for avery exciting new project, the creationof a terrazzo SSM shield in the floor of the new “link” between lowerShumway and Dobbin. Parents’Association Board member and artistLaurie Caple designed a new shield forShattuck-St. Mary’s, incorporating theshields of St. Mary’s Hall, St. JamesSchool and Shattuck School with aLatin motto from Robert Neslund. A 7-foot diameter version of this new shield will be placed in the floorof this new area, which will serve as an entrance and reception area to theschool. This project will be completedthis winter, and we are all excited tosee how it turns out!

Christmas Walk followed close on the heels of The Auction. This annualevent was held on December 9 thisyear. This is only the fourth year forChristmas Walk, and it has already

become a holiday tradition in theFaribault community and among the students, faculty, and staff! TheMiddle School and Upper School wereboth arrayed in holiday attire, to thedelight of the students returning fromThanksgiving break and everyone who came through the Arch to attendChristmas Walk. Approximately 500guests came this year to see and hearthe talents of our fine arts students.Numerous events were held throughoutthe afternoon, such as performances byArch Dance, the Crack Squad, WoodenSoldiers, and the various musicalgroups; a figure skating exhibition; and dramatic readings from CharlesDickens’ A Christmas Carol. Vendorssold Christmas crafts in the gym, whileface painting, cookie decorating andSanta occupied the children. It was amagical afternoon and a wonderfulway to get into the holiday spirit.

This year’s SSM Parents’ AssociationBoard members include DeVonAllmaras, Denise Anderson, KarenRogan, Jane Forgaard, Melissa Allen,Laurie Caple, Kim Greiner, KathyJohnson, Vicki Sinz and MaryAnneSutton. We are always on the lookoutfor new board members, so if you arethe parent of a current SSM student,live within an hour of the campus and are interested, please let one of us know. We’ll tell you more about it.

Best wishes on behalf of the entire SSM Parents’ Association Board!

Karen Rogan and DeVon AllmarasCo-Presidents

From left, DeVon Allmaras, Gretchen Peterson, MaryAnne Sutton, Wendy Joarnt, Laurie Caple,Denise Anderson, Jane Forgaard, Melissa Allen, Karen Rogan, Kathy Johnson. Not pictured: Kim Greiner, Vicki Sinz.

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In order for our magnificent facilitiesto serve our learning community and

function well in the twenty-first centu-ry, a concerted plan to upgrade, reno-vate and refurbish them is underway.Renovation and repair not only fortifiesthe structures, it fortifies and enhancesthe programs those structures house.The challenges we confront includeaccessibility, erosion of facades, vulner-abilities in mechanical and electricalsystems, and safety concerns, as well as responsible energy consumption.

The following projects have been com-pleted in the last few months or will becompleted in the very near future:

The Chapel of the Good Shepherd

The entrance has been made accessibleto anyone experiencing mobility prob-lems, an additional restroom has beeninstalled, and the entire structure hasbeen air-conditioned.

The Dobbin-Shumway LinkBefore this fall, a student could

not walk from the Student Lounge(StuLo) to a visual arts classroom without going up and down severalsteps and/or going outside. The base-ments of both buildings are accessiblethrough a door at the same level.Combined with the classroom projectthat follows, this enables a student towalk from the Student Lounge to thebasement of Kingham without everleaving the building or going outside.

Three New ClassroomsWhere once Shattuck cadets prac-

ticed their marksmanship, there arenow three new classrooms. Yes, thatmeans the old rifle range is no more.For students of a more recent vintage,it means the costume and prop shopfor theater has found a new home.

The New ElevatorAs beautiful as Newhall Auditorium

is, it was inaccessible to many mem-

bers of our greater community. By theend of January, anyone who has mobil-ity issues will be able to come in thenew Dobbin-Shumway link, turn tothe left and enter an elevator that willtake them to the first, second or thirdfloors of Shumway Hall. This opens all of our student performances andthe Fesler-Lampert Series to any and all members of the public who wish to attend.

The St. Mary’s Hall GymSadly in need of repair nside and

out, the building has been expertlyrepaired and refurbished. It was thesite for this year’s Pilgrims’ Breakfastand offers a grand “new” campus gathering place.

The Parade FieldOver the summer, more than 60

miles of piping for a geothermal systemlike the one at the sports complex wasinstalled. When this system is up andrunning, the School will save signifi-cantly on the heating and cooling ofMorgan Refectory, Newhall Auditoriumand Johnson Armory (gym). There isalso a raised soccer field toward thesouth end of the field, near the base-ball diamond. Everything was cappedby an amazing sod-laying operation.

Your continued support is vital to ourability to preserve the buildings andgrounds that grace our historic cam-pus. Without the necessary funds, wewould not be able to accommodate agrowing population of students eagerfor their very own Shattuck-St. Mary’sexperience. For more informationabout our upcoming plans or aboutways in which you might supportthese projects, please contact LonnieSchroeder, Director of Development, at 1-888-729-4946 or 507-333-1637,or via email to lschroeder@s-sm.org.

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They call it magic.It’s hard to argue with that label for an energy system that produces sevenunits of energy for every one unit pur-chased from the utility. But, while it isnearly invisible, there’s a lot of scienceat work before themagic happens in thecutting-edge geother-mal system Shattuck-St. Mary’s School hasinstalled.

“The new ice arenauses low-temperatureheat pumps to makeice,” explained M. PatHarty, president of theAustin, MN, companythat performed thework. “Our system isan integrated geother-mal system. Thismeans we can freezethe ice and heat thebuilding at the sametime. The arena has tubing in the floorto help heat the common rooms. Thereis tubing in the seats to keep feet andother parts warm. This all happens atthe same time the ice is being made.There is also a geothermal dehumidifi-cation unit to lower the humidity levelto keep fog off the ice.”

Almost 14 miles of tubing, buriedabout 30 inches below ground, is the skeleton of the system. Geothermaltechnology exploits the fact that under-ground temperatures remain fairly consistent despite the weather. In hotweather, fluid in the indoor portion of the system pulls heat from the

buildings and car-ries it through theoutdoor, buried por-tion. In cold weath-er, the reverse hap-pens. The outdoorportion of the sys-tem is either buriedhorizontally—undera parking lot or, inSSM’s case, a paradefield—or vertically,similar to a tradi-tional well.

In the new arena,Ice Kube heatingpumps are connect-ed to a ground

exchanger, located east of the soccerdome. The ground exchanger absorbsthe heat that the geothermal ice-mak-ing equipment creates. New heat pumpshave been installed to use some of thatexcess heat to warm the soccer dome.

“Standard geothermal has a coefficientof performance of 3.5 to 1,” said Harty,

president of Harty Mechanical andEarth, Energy and Ice. “This meansyou purchase one unit of energy fromthe utility and the geothermal systemproduces 3½ units of energy. When we make ice and heat the building, we have a coefficient of performance of 7 to 1. This is almost like magic.”

Harty, a pioneer in the geothermal con-tracting business, estimates that theinitial increased cost of a geothermalsystem is paid back within three to fiveyears because energy bills are typically40 percent to 70 percent lower, andthe geothermal heat pumps last longerand require less maintenance.

That cost savings was an important factor for SSM administrators to con-sider when deciding to install the new system.

“The initial cost was substantially high-er than the more traditional system sothat became a hurdle as we tried tomaximize the project budget,” saidRick Dodd, SSM Chief OperatingOfficer, who added that Tom Hexum, a past SSM parent, was “very instru-mental in promoting the geothermaltechnology.”

In addition, the initial project was the new ice rink, and, Dodd notes:“Geothermal technology has not beenused in many ice rinks in the United

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States—many in Canada, though—soit was relatively untested technologythis far south.”

However, the idea of heating and cool-ing entire buildings while reducing theSchool’s reliance on fossil fuels, its pro-duction of greenhouse gases and itsenergy bills proved to be an irresistibleone.

“We have since installed a well field onour main campus that will eventuallybe used to heat and cool the main aca-demic and possibly residential build-ings,” said Dodd, who added that SSMmay consider other technologies, suchas wind turbines and corn furnaces, in the future.

“The geothermal system is good for the environment and produces nogreenhouse gases,” said Harty. “This is a really interesting business becauseit’s good for the environment, good for the end user and, we think, also a good investment.”

And, as with all good magic tricks, it’s mostly invisible.

“There really is not anything that is visible, unlike wind turbines, so it has really been word of mouth that we even have the geothermal technolo-gy,” said Dodd.

Magic is Grounded in Science

Preserving the beauty of the School’s campuswhile reducing its energybills, the new geothermalsystem does much of its work underground.Eventually, a well fieldon the main campus willheat and cool the mainacademic buildings.

After installation, the geothermal systembecomes virtually invisible.

Do the roots of the lacrosse program at Shattuck-St. Mary’sSchool reach as far back as the

Native Americans’ game of the 1600s?It’s entirely possible they do. But it’sunlikely that the connection will everbe traced with any certainty. What is certain is that the idea of renewingthe game on the SSM campus was nur-tured by one alumnus’s love of history,of the sport and of the School.

“We don’t know if the Lakota playedlacrosse where Shattuck-St. Mary’s is now,” said Phil Mancini ’67, “but it’s conceivable that they did. I lovehistory and I love Shattuck-St. Mary’s.I think it’s wonderful to think aboutthe sport coming full circle here.”

Lacrosse today is a varsity sport forboys and girls at SSM and this springwill inaugurate Minnesota State HighSchool League-sanctioned tournamentsfor both. Just as in its sibling sports ofsoccer and hockey, the idea in lacrosseis to put a rubber ball (about the sizeof a baseball) into the other team’s goalas often as possible. Players use 3½-foot sticks with a webbed pocket atone end to pass the ball and shoot. As in soccer, players run. As in hockey,they pass to each other and play on“lines.” And, as in basketball, there arezone defenses and fast breaks.

But when Mancini arrived on campusin 1964, there was no lacrosse. Manciniwas no lacrosse authority but, as ateenager, he had seen a lacrosse stick(called a “crosse”) in the window of a San Francisco sporting goods store.Smitten by the hardware, he’d come to school, hoping to play.

Although there wasn’t a team, Mancini did learn the sport after he met “a kid from Canada,” namedMike Stinchcombe ’68, who knew how to play. “Like most kids,” remem-bers Mancini, “once I had a stick in my hands, I was hooked.”

He passed along that love of the gameto his children: Claire, a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts, and Drew, a former SSMer who’s now a senior at Deerfield Academy. Both of the younger Mancinis play the sportfor top-level programs—Drew, in fact,went to Deerfield to play for its nation-ally known lacrosse team—but thosearen’t the only lacrosse programs thatPhil Mancini holds dear.

During the 1999-2000 school year,Mancini, an SSM Trustee, and fellowalum Tom Breuer ’93 had a chat. “Tomsaid, ‘Wouldn’t it be terrific to have alacrosse team?’ and I said ‘I’ll get yousome money to get some basic equip-

ment,’ said Mancini, an investmentadvisor in Hillsborough, CA. “Therewas only one kid who had ever playedbefore but there was enormous interestand support on the part of the stu-dents.”

Although he no longer plays what hecalls “a young person’s game,” Manciniis involved with U.S. Lacrosse, thesport’s national governing body. “It’sterrific that SSM has lacrosse but it will take some time before the qualityof the game approaches the level inMaryland and Long Island, for exam-ple,” he said. “They’ve been playing for many generations on the East Coastand the quality of the game there iswonderful.”

SSM’s first boys team played in thespring of 2000, but the sport was notrecognized as a varsity sport for boysby the Minnesota high school leagueuntil 2006. That recognition followedthe explosive growth of lacrosse in thestate, and the nation. In 2005, SportsIllustrated magazine estimated thatthere were 186,000 lacrosse players,age 15 years or younger, across thecountry.

“I find that once people play lacrosse,they really only want to play that,” saidMancini. “It’s a very physical game.

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There’s lots of running, passing and hitting. Kidswho are athletic, with good hand-eye coordina-tion, will do well in lacrosse. Size is not as criticalas all-around athleticism.”

The girls team at SSM, meanwhile, began play in 2001, the same year the high school leaguesanctioned it as a varsity sport. There were 401players on nine high school teams in Minnesotathat season; in 2005-06, more than 1,000 girlsplayed on 22 high school teams.

SSM Coach Cyndy Simer noted that the conse-quences of the sport’s growth spurt haven’t beencompletely positive for SSM’s girls team. “Initially,we were pretty competitive, even the first year,”she said, “but it’s getting difficult to compete withthe bigger programs. In the bigger schools, there’smore specialization of athletes and the sport isbecoming one where a bigger, taller player has anadvantage. The game is much more physical thanwhen I played. You need an aggressive personali-ty, a competitive spirit, and a desire to win. Youalso need the ability to visualize how a play isgoing to develop and how to play when you don’thave the ball.”

In the original game, a player’s hand could nottouch the ball at any time. The ball, made ofwood or animal skin, was tossed up in a circle ofopposing players (a faceoff) to start the game andafter each goal. To score, the ball was carried orthrown with a stick through the opponent’s goalat one end of a field that could be miles long andhad no boundaries. Games could go on for daysand involve hundreds of players.

French Jesuits in the 1630s were the firstEuropeans to describe the game they saw Nativesplay as “la crosse” because jouer a’ la cross was acommon French term for any game played with aball and curved racquet. The stick the Nativesused reminded the priests of a bishop’s staff, orcrosse. According to Donald Fisher’s Lacrosse, A

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Top left: Tom Breuer ’93, left, and alumni inspiration Phil Mancini ’67, right,launched SSM’s lacrosse program in 2000.

Lower left: Becky Stoneman ’10 works her way down the field during the 2006lacrosse season.

Top right and opposite page: These three photos capture some of the actionfrom SSM’s early lacrosse seasons.

History of the Game, a variety of ball games wereplayed by many different Native peoples inNorth America before Europeans settledthroughout the area. And, while there arenumerous precursors to modern lacrosse—inOjibwa, baggataway; in Dakota, takapsicapi; inIroquois, takitchawei; in Cherokee, istapoli—Fisher declares that the modern game evolvedfrom the game called tewaarathon by theMohawk.

A Montreal dentist, Dr. William George Beers,codified the existing rules and established manynew ones in the 1860s. The game spread to theUnited States, where the first collegiate gamewas played in 1877. Although it was long pri-marily a Canadian and East Coast game, thesport has spread across the United States andnow is played in more than 30 countries.

Regional variations of lacrosse, played with oneor two sticks of differing forms, testify to thesport’s widespread popularity in North America.In its Native versions, the athletic contest fea-tured speed, stamina and deep spirituality.Indigenous peoples believed the game wasgiven to them by the Creator for more than justamusement. Native people played to settle dis-putes, to develop or heal spiritually, and to pre-pare for war. In the traditional faceoff, playersraised their sticks to the sky and yelled thename of the Creator.

The lacrosse players at Shattuck-St. Mary’s todaydon’t use the same rules, equipment or languageof their ancient predecessors. Yet, Mancini, atleast, can detect a link.

“The Chapel sits on Lakota holy ground and weknow that they considered the game a gift ofthe Creator,” said Mancini, “so, it may very wellhave been played 200 years ago where SSMnow stands.”

In the 1880s, the Rev. Henry Whipple St. Clair, a member of theDakota tribe, studied at Shattuck School and graduated fromSeabury Divinity School. One of his sons also attended ShattuckSchool. Relatives of the St. Clairs visited Shattuck-St. Mary’s Schoolon Sept. 28, 2006, and spent time with faculty member BobNeslund. Henry Whipple St. Clair was a day student who livednear what is now Tepee Tonka park in the little Dakota colonythat Alexander Faribault and Bishop Whipple sponsored after the1862 Dakota Conflict. Mr. St. Clair served as a clergyman at St.Cornelia’s Mission at the Lower Sioux Agency and also for manyyears in South Dakota. His father, George, was the first Dakotapriest ordained by Bishop Whipple.

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Arts or sciences? Study or play? Research or recreation?

For KKaattiiee LLeeee ’’0033, theanswer is always “yes.”

Valedictorian of the Shattuck-St. Mary’s School Class of 2003,Katie was named a Rhodes

Scholar for 2007. She is an honorssenior at the University of Minnesota,where she began studying when shewas 15, and is also concertmistressfor the University of MinnesotaCampus Orchestra.

“Shattuck-St. Mary’s gave me theunique opportunity to express myselfboth academically and artistically,which enabled me to develop bothinside the classroom as a student andon stage as a classical violinist,” saidKatie. “With Shattuck-St. Mary’s smallclassroom sizes and small groupinteractions, I was able to develop mycritical thinking skills and cultivatemy intellectual curiosity. As concert-master of Counterpoints, I was able to develop my leadership skills whileallowing me to grow as a musician.”

A talented violinist who has studiedviolin for 19 years, Katie, 21, willgraduate in May 2007. The scholar-ship will cover two to three years ofdegree courses at Oxford University,and Katie will begin her studies therein the fall. At Oxford, she plans tocontinue her research into the bio-chemical, cellular and genetic factorsinfluencing cancer and other diseases.

“While at Oxford,” Katie said, “I lookforward to beginning my graduatestudies in biochemistry. I will be ableto continue to conduct cancerresearch as well as play my violin in small chamber ensembles. Thisopportunity will allow me to collabo-

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rate internationally with leadingresearchers and allow me to learnabout and experience British culture.

“My ultimate goal is to become aphysician-scientist,” said Katie. “Iwant to be actively engaged inresearch and clinical practice in orderto improve the understanding of disease, engage in the vigorous pursuitof scientific knowledge, and apply myresearch and new scientific conceptsto clinical problems.”

She could have graduated from theuniversity early, but decided to pursuea degree in biochemistry from theCollege of Biological Sciences and adegree in chemistry from the Instituteof Technology. She has done researchat the university on lupus, an autoim-mune disease, and on the metabolismof nicotine, the addictive chemical intobacco. For the past two summers,she has conducted research at HarvardMedical School on the human papillo-

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DDaavviidd DDuunnccoommbbee, who attended St. James School (1973-75) andShattuck School (1975-77), alsoattended Oxford University on aRhodes Scholarship. Duncombe,who attended NorthwesternUniversity and graduated with a degree in Asian studies, wasawarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1983.

mavirus, a cause of cervical cancer.She is currently conducting therequired research for her summa thesis with Dr. Sharon Murphy at the University of Minnesota’s CancerCenter. Her project concerns the roleof a group of enzymes known ascytochrome P450s in the metabolismof nicotine and other carcinogensfound in tobacco products. She isinvestigating whether variations in the activity of these enzymes have aneffect on the risk of smoking-inducedlung cancer.

“In addition to her superb work inboth the classroom and the researchlaboratory, Katie is a delightful per-son,” said Paul Siliciano, director ofundergraduate studies for biochem-istry. “She is modest, sincere and volunteers her time to help other students.”

Katie is the daughter of surgeon Joe Lee and attorney Patricia Lee of Bloomington, MN. Her brother,Austin, has signed a letter of intent to play hockey at Minnesota StateUniversity, Mankato. He will enrollthere in 2007 as an honors scienceand technology student majoring in engineering.

Katie has received numerous scholar-ships, awards and honors during hercollegiate career, including a two-yearBarry M. Goldwater Scholarship, foroutstanding undergraduates whointend to pursue research-orientedcareers in the sciences; and a Maroonand Gold Leadership Award, a four-year academic scholarship. She wasone of 900 Rhodes Scholarship applicants endorsed by 340 collegesand universities in the United States.

The Rhodes Scholarships, establishedfollowing the death of British philan-thropist Cecil Rhodes in 1902, theworld’s oldest international fellow-ships. Rhodes Scholars are electedeach year from more than a dozencountries. The United States elects

32 Rhodes Scholars annually througha competition administered by theAmerican Rhodes Trust. Criteria forthe scholarships are high academicachievement, integrity of character, a spirit of unselfishness, respect for others, potential for leadership andphysical vigor. The value of the scholarship is approximately $45,000 per year.

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When Mimi Walch Doe ’76 wanted to write a book on parenting, she went to the original source. Her originalsource, that is.

Her mother.

“The book was conceived in our mindsone time when we were together, and we thought it would be a fun thing todo,” says Marsha Fayfield Walch ’50 of 10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting,which was first published byHarperCollins in 1998. “The next timewe got together, we’d gotten a publisherand so forth. Then, we went to a cottagein North Haven in Maine. It was anextremely enjoyable experience because I love my daughter and I enjoyed work-ing with her, but it was very hard work. I was in Mississippi and she was inMassachusetts and we faxed thousandsand thousands of pages to each other.”

Would she do it again? After some laughter, Walch admits, “I don’t know.”

In 10 chapters, the book offers exercisesand practical suggestions to express spirituality in daily life. After the bookwas published, it was excerpted in Ladies Home Journal and Doe appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

“As a parent of two children,” Doeremembers, “I was looking for practicaltips and strategies for how to raise children with a sense of empathy andcompassion. I saw how rote learningcrushed those instincts and I wanted to find an approach that would nurturetheir spirituality. So, I asked my mom,who’s a psychotherapist and a wonderfulrole model—she got her Ph.D. at age61—to work with me to make sure thestrategies were therapeutically correct.

“We started the book at a little cottage in Maine where we spent one week onesummer. We brainstormed together andcrafted 10 principles. Back then, we didn’tuse email, and she was in Mississippi and

I was in Massachusetts. But we were ableto break up the book and go back andforth. Editorial differences? We didn’thave any. She’s my mom. She thoughteverything I wrote was great!”

At the time, Doe had already written onebook, Drawing Angels Near: Children Tell of Angels in Words and Pictures, based bothon her own experiences and her work onthe television show Concert in Angel-Land,which aired on the ABC affiliate inBoston.

“My writing was really kind of a fluke,”she says. “My daughter, Whitney, hadalways talked about angels and, as aresearcher, I wanted to learn if other children experienced angels.”

After graduating from Shattuck-St. Mary’sSchool in 1976, Doe attended SweetbriarCollege. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa,magna cum laude, with an undergraduatedegree in theater. After working inregional theater and then in New YorkCity, Doe went back to school. In 1983,she received a master’s degree in educa-tion with a focus on educational televisionfrom Harvard, where Sesame Street wasdeveloped.

“I loved understanding what childrenbring to us,” says Doe.

Harvard is also where she met her husband, Tom. The two have been married 22 years and have two children,Whitney, 19, and Elizabeth, 16.

“I had always been very interested in spirituality, not necessarily religion, butthe spiritual aspect of life,” says Doe. “I think religion is fabulous. Tradition is very wonderful. History is beautiful.But the most important thing is we allhave a direct connection to God. Wedon’t have to practice dogma. We havepersonal accountability. We become disconnected from that because we’re so busy. I don’t want families to keeptheir religion to just one day a week.”

Excerpt from:1100 PPrriinncciipplleess ffoorr SSppiirriittuuaall PPaarreennttiinnggNNuurrttuurriinngg YYoouurr CChhiilldd’’ss SSoouull By Mimi Doe with Marsha Walch, Ph.D.Published by HarperCollins, ©1998.

To be a parent is to live a

balancing act. When our

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nance. We change diapers, buy food,

make food, clean up food, wash

clothes, pick out toys, pick up toys,

put out toys, wipe away tears, wash

clothes, drive to events, tuck in, wipe

counters, pick up toys again, wash

clothes, arrange appointments.

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while living an “on the run” life.

A long hot bath, a walk around the

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nuggets slipped into your busy

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of family life as never-ending tasks,

with no time for our own nourish-

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ending. Each day we begin anew

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on what lies ahead; we can recharge

and start over. Release the old and

embrace the new. Change will

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Not surprisingly, her co-author agrees. Walch cameout of retirement to assisther fellow Mississippiansin dealing with the after-math of the 2005 hurri-canes. “The children herewere so displaced,” shesays. “A lot of people hereare so depressed and dis-couraged. That’s why Icame back to work.

“I think this book andMimi’s other books are very helpful topeople in making connections with theirchildren,” says Walch, who works mostlywith adults and teenagers. “I believe [thebook] has a great deal of significance inlives today. There’s a great deal of helpfulinformation in it. Of course, I would saythat because we put it there.”

Doe has since written three other books and writes an on-line newsletter,“Spiritual Parenting Thought for theWeek,” available at spiritualparenting.com.

“We teach what we want to learn,” she says with a laugh. “I kept hearing, ‘I want to parent this way but I’m so busy’ so I wrote Busy But Balanced. Then, as I was parenting teenagers, Iwrote Nurturing Your Teen’s Soul. When Whitney was doing her collegeapplications, I wrote Don’t Worry You’ll Get In with Michele Hernandez.”

The two alumna authors have not, however, written a book about parentingchildren at boarding school. Nor is such a collaboration likely.

“I did not feel challenged at all by parenting children in boarding school,”says Walch, who attended St. Mary’s Hallfor a year and a half. Her brother, BobFayfield ’58, attended Shattuck School.“The college prep is the strength of theschool. The big thing is that youlearn the way to study. I thinkthat’s an excellent thing to teachyoung people. My girls [Mimiand Kathleen Walch Grieci ’74]wanted to go. Had they not, Idon’t think I would have sentthem. My two boys were defi-nitely against the idea and theydidn’t go.”

Doe remembers that the large public highschool she was attending was not provid-ing the academic challenges she wanted.

“My sister had gone to SSM for her senioryear and I begged my parents to let mego,” she says. “I spent two very happyyears there. I was involved in theater andWooden Soldiers. It was my first experi-ence with the Harkness Table-style oflearning, with sitting around a table andhaving my voice heard. It was veryempowering. And boarding was fine.”

Doe’s younger daughter,Elizabeth, attends DeerfieldAcademy. Whitney, now a student at VanderbiltUniversity, did not chooseboarding school. Whether in boarding school or not,teenagers are special to both women.

“Teenagers, like those at SSM,are on a spiritual quest: ‘Whoam I?’ ” Doe says. “We needto look at them, not just

their behavior. Our culture sexualizes and bashes teens and then we’re shockedat how they sometimes behave? We neverlook at them as spiritual beings.”

Her mother puts it more simply: “I love teenagers.”

Mimi Walch Doe, left, was in SSM's graduating class of 1976, following in the footsteps of her mother, and writing partner, Marsha Fayfield Walch, who graduated in 1950.

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When Col. Martin Breaker ’68arrived in Iraq in October2005, he went right to one

of the flashpoints of that volatile coun-try—Abu Ghraib. Not to visit. Not to inspect. Not even to second-guess.He went there to, well, here’s how heexplained it to Head of School NickStoneman in a June 7, 2006, letter:

“I asked for this assignment to insurenothing like that happened again andto work at restoringAmerica’s dignity, honorand integrity.”

Although the letter wasshared with all Shattuck-St. Mary’s School alumni,some have requested a bitmore about Breaker, hisdecision to volunteer forservice in Iraq, and histhoughts about and memories of SSM.

Breaker served as the com-mander of Abu Ghraib forseveral months before thefacility was returned toIraqi government control in August 2006. Breakercannot share much abouthis current assignment, which heexpects to last until at least September.

“That you don’t hear anything aboutwhat I do means the job is getting done correctly,” he said viaemail. “I can say this, Americans canbe very proud of the great job that theyoung men and women do over here. I have thousands under my command,most in their early to mid-20s, someeven in their late teens. They do amagnificent job, without complaint, in a harsh and dangerous environment.

They work very hard, and have beenvery successful, at restoring America’shonor so callously lost in the AbuGhraib scandal a few years ago. Towhat degree I influence them is impos-sible to tell. They come with prettystrong values already, much the sameones I first learned at Shattuck. But Ido tell them I expect them to live up to those values and constantly check to make sure they do.”

Breaker chose to attend ShattuckSchool as a 13-year-old. Although his mother pushed for a public highschool near where the family lived inChicago, after looking at other schoolsin the Midwest, he campaigned suc-cessfully for Shattuck School.

“I wanted to go to a military highschool. It was all I knew,” Breakerrecalled. “I had gone to a militarygrade school near Chicago since firstgrade. It was a time before child careand both my parents worked at their

candy-making business. They couldleave me at the school until theypicked me up after work, wheneverthat was. A friend of theirs in thecandy business from Mankato knew of Shattuck School and suggested we go see it.

“I knew it was the place I wanted to goas soon as we drove through the Arch.It was confirmed when I went intoShumway with its grand architecture

and sense of history. The paintings of thefounders, the studentnames on the wallsgoing back decades, theworn stairs—all spoke ofa special place that I felt I wanted to be part of.At 13, I could not haveput it into words as Ican now, but thinkingback, that is what I felt.”

After graduation,Breaker attended theUniversity of California,Santa Barbara, andserved three years activeduty in the U.S. Army.He earned two master’sdegrees—an MBA fromNorthwestern University

and a master’s in strategic studies fromthe Army War College.

He married Heidi in 1975 and raisedtwo children: Emily, who graduatedfrom SSM in 2005, and Matthew, who is a college student. He ownedand operated two resorts in northernMinnesota, taught for 12 years at com-munity colleges and universities, andstayed in the Army Reserves. He retiredfrom the reserves in 2003 but volun-teered for recall to Iraq.

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A Call of DutyA Former Shad Draws Upon Values Learned From the Past

While commander of Abu Ghraib, Breaker had an American flag flown forSSM to recognize his fallen Schoolmates and in appreciation for the valueshe developed while a student here.

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Some of his most vivid memories of his time at SSM include: “Beingon the BN staff and walking to thefront of the chapel in a tight V for-mation with our hats held on ourleft shoulder. Spit shining shoes.Retreat formation and hearing taps.”Given those recollections, he doesregret that the School is not asclosely identified as a military-styleschool as it once was.

“Although I was quite unhappy thatthe military was dropped and didnot have much to do with theSchool for some time because ofthat, I’ve realized that change wasneeded in order for the School tosurvive,” said Breaker. “I’ve beenmuch more closely involved withSSM in the last few years, especiallywith my daughter going there. SSMis still about building character andabout instilling core values that canbe used for the rest of a person’slife. Integrity, honesty, respect, com-mitment, courage and leadershipare a few that come readily to mind.I see these are still fundamental val-ues at SSM today. Would I like tosee a return of the military? Yes. Ithink there is a completely differentclimate today than when it was

dropped. I think there is a place forit at Shattuck. I would like to see itcome back as a voluntary programopen to both males and females.”

Breaker recalls Harry O’Connor and Doc Wilhelms as instrumentalin helping him develop as a youngperson but says he thinks he shouldhave “had more fun…and differentglasses” as an adolescent. Still,Breaker has plenty of other vivid memories, including:

“Carrying Mr. Robertson’s car up to the top of the Johnson Armorysteps. Yes, it was his car that wentup there, but it really only meansvery much to those who were there.That’s one of the great things aboutthe School. Things happened whileyou were there and that time/mem-ory belongs to you and your class-mates. It’s what keeps you closeover all the years and a story youcan tell each other time and againwithout anyone saying they heard it already. No, I don’t know how he got it down.”

Emily Breaker ’05

A 2005 graduate of Shattuck-

St. Mary’s School, Emily now

attends Minnesota State University

at Mankato. Her participation in

the life of Shattuck-St. Mary’s School

was instrumental in restoring her

father’s connection with the School

and his former classmates.

What would the adult Marty Breakeradvise the adolescent Marty Breaker to dodifferently? “Get different glasses.”

“Americans can be very proud of the great job that the young men andwomen do over here,” Breaker says. “They do a magnificent job, withoutcomplaint, in a harsh and dangerous environment.”

The 2006 Annual Holiday Party was held on December6th in downtown Minneapolis. The event drew alumnifrom around the Twin Cities region and was a festive

kick-off to the holiday season. The assortment of appetizersand desserts were enjoyed in the elegant and stately surround-ings of the Minneapolis Club.

Plan to join SSM alumni, faculty and friends at the 2007 event.Circle the first Wednesday in December – December 5th – tohold the date. We hope you will join us

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Andrew Greene ’96, left, with his friend Christine and Tom Holland ’96,with his wife Casey, right

Lonnie Schroeder and Tuck Warner ’42 Donna Peterson Hedstrom ’69, left, Meredith Willis Potter ’69, MargaretMead Amundson ’68, Bill Hite ’69, right

Sally Warner, left andBrenda Hauschild ’55,right

Warren Lundsgaard, left,Marilyn Woolridge andher husband, Hugh ’55,and StephanieLundsgaard ’50

Davina Hauschild, left, and Head of School Nick Stoneman

Left, Kristen Treadway Koch ’94.Sara Huntley ’94, right

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Holiday Party

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In August, President Bush signed into law the PensionProtection Act of 2006. While this legislation focuses primarily on pension matters, it also enacts various

charitable giving incentives and reform measures.

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• make his or her gift before December 31, 2007.

The law precludes funding of gift annuities or similar life income plans. The distribution must be made directly from the trustee of an IRA to Shattuck-St. Mary’s. Donors should not take the distribution themselves and subsequently write a check to SSM.

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We have brochures available that outline these new opportunitiesin greater detail. As is always the case, we encourage you tocheck with your financial advisors about the feasibility of this plan for you and your families.

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CLASS NOTES FROM SHATTUCK -ST. MARY ’S

1931Thonet Dauphiné writes: “I verymuch enjoyed visiting Shattuck-St. Mary’s last June and learning of the excellent progress it is making inthese difficult times. Thank you for the many kind acts we were given.”

1936In March 2006, William Mussett’swife, Lorraine, died after 57 happyyears of marriage. He still lives inFlorida, golfing and traveling toHawaii during hurricane threats.

1937Three years ago, Richard Wilhoit andhis wife left Sanibel Island and settledat Shell Point Retirement Village inFort Myers, FL. They have 12 great-grandchildren. Bud Albertson ’48 is also in Fort Myers and the two often meet at the golf course.

1943Robert Mars writes: “Just a littlechallenge—we have 20 wonderfulgrandchildren. Can you beat that,Class of 43?”

1945Jefferson Jones moved to ColumbiaFalls, MT, in April 2006, saying it’s “a place where it is still like Montanaused to be. Next move—the VeteransHome, just down the street.”

1946Carolyn Burford Brady is lookingforward to celebrating the sesquicen-tennial. She is taking a short trip toRussia in February. When people tellher it’s too cold to go to Russia inFebruary, she tells them she went to Saint Mary’s Hall in Faribault,Minnesota!

1948Robal Johnson is back in college,pursuing his master’s in psychology.

1949Mary Strickland Kimball was veryinvolved in the May 2006 election of anew diocesan bishop for California. InSeptember 2007, Mary will celebrateher 75th birthday by walking fromWales to London with a good friend.

Hollister S. Smith ’26

January 3, 2007

Virginia Hirst Lesser ’28

November 18, 2006

Herman J. Robitshek ’30

July 9, 2006

Julius Willson ’31

December 2006

Mary Kingham Smith ’32

August 3, 2006

Charles R. Westbrook ’33

August 10, 2006

Alice Frink Westover ’33

July 27, 2006

Barbara Sickels Gillingham ’37

January 13, 2006

Jean Welch Knight ’38

July 8, 2006

Stanley H. Stauffer ’38

November 2, 2006

Celia Ronningen Davis ’39

March 31, 2006

Charles B. Gary ’39

August 21, 2006

Alice Robertson Bond ’39

May 17, 2006

Donald R. Peterson ’39

November 13, 2006

Arnold Hanson ’40

Spring 2006

David W. Robinson ’42

August 18, 2006

Laird Guttersen ’44

June 13, 2006

Cecil G. Fortney ’45

April 5, 2006

Charles B. Sweatt Jr. ’46

July 7, 2006

William S. Anderson ’47

June 9, 2006

Howard W. Haynes ’47

August 16, 2006

Jean D. Gordon ’48

December 10, 2004

Howard S. Gross ’48

July 24, 2006

Singleton Kamp ’48

February 8, 2006

Walter P. Hutchins ’49

July 24, 2006

Mary Jo Johnson Hey ’52

July 5, 2005

Bruce Heimark ’53

August 4, 2006

William P. Standard ’55

June 16, 2006

Charles B. Craig ’57

January 2006

William C. Gray ’64

October 17, 2005

Elizabeth “Dede” FlaglerSorenson ’65

September 28, 2006

- Former Trustees -

Barbara Klemme

September 22, 2006

Thomas G. Lyons

January 12, 2007

- Past Faculty -

Marjorie Bullen

In Memoriam

1950“All is well in Lake Bluff,” says TomTincher. “I have a new shoulder.One of our daughters has a newhip and the other, a new productshe is marketing. One son has anew bride, another a new car, thethird a new boat. Ethel is just fine.”

Dave Branger writes “We watchedour granddaughter in the Montanastate golf tournament. We had a big Lewis and Clark celebration all through the Yellowstone country[last] summer with the Corps ofDiscovery coming by dugoutcanoes to reenact the stop atPompei’s Pillar and the stop atPirogue Island here in Miles City.”

David Martin’s daughter, Mollie Cullom, lost a tight race for a seat in the ColoradoHouse in the 2006 election.

While doing research for the book he is writing about U.S. 20, Perry Treadwell drove fromAtlanta to Oregon. After attendingthe annual Quaker Gathering inTacoma, WA, he and Judith droveback through Idaho and Wyomingto revisit some of the U.S. 20 sitesthey had seen the May before.

With one artery 99 percent closedand the other also thoroughlyclogged, Jim Moore had two stentsinserted. “It had slowed down mytennis game to where the olderguys (80+) were calling me awimp,” he reports, adding that he’s doing fine now. Jim says he has Lee Aust’s son to thank. “Hewas on the team that developed thestent with imbedded antibiotics.”Jim reports that he, Perry Treadwelland Ward Pollard meet everyquarter for lunch and to discusswhat is right and wrong in the country.

Bud Strom had a completeshoulder replacement (titanium and plastic) at Northwest Hospitalin Tucson. “It’s truly amazing what

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John ’43 and Allie Dane have been busytraveling. John, right, and Dan Gainey ’43,left, enjoyed a great visit in California inAugust. In December, on their way to theAlamo Bowl, John and Allie stopped andvisited Al Pendleton ’43 and his wife, Lorita.The Danes also visited Tim and MelissaAdams in Colleyville, TX. Tim’s father,George Lovell Adams, was a member of the Class of ’43.

Emil Reichow ’51 received the WisconsinFootball Coaches Association DaveMcClain Distinguished Service Award andwas one of the silver anniversary inducteesinto the WFCA Hall of Fame.

The University of Minnesota presentedHerb Hanson ’43 with its OutstandingAchievement Award in October. Herb and his wife, Bar, were also on hand tohelp break ground on Hanson Hall, a new addition to the Carlson School ofManagement made possible by a gift from the Hansons. Herb is a former SSMtrustee and has stayed active serving onnumerous boards and commissions.

CLASS NOTES FROM SHATTUCK -ST. MARY ’S

Connie and Fred Krahmer ’60visited Larry Koenig ’71, right,while in Lima, Peru.

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they can do with a little metal andduct tape,” says Joan. “We’ll neverget through the airport now withone knee and one shoulderscreaming to the metal detector.Send tranquilizers.......for me.”

No new hips or shoulders for Bill Eccles, who writes: “This 50er and his wife are fine.” He’sbeen working on a textbook thatwas to be web published in threeparts. Go to Amazon.com andsearch for Pragmatic Circuits.

Bob Knott left the University of California at Berkeley in 1996where, he says, he “had the greatopportunity to work with and forGlenn Seaborg for nearly 20 yearsand that was an experience and ahalf. Now I’m sanding mahogany,installing a 3K inverter, servicingthe onboard 8kw generator,cruisin’ the rivers, and loving it.Heck, I only have to comb my hair if I have to go to a rental andchange out a toilet or something.”

From his new home in PalmSprings, Bob Wilson writes:“Although I have been among the chronically missing from classreunions, I nevertheless feel verymuch connected to my colleaguesin the class of 1950 and toShattuck. During the past several years, I have had thepleasure of hosting variousShattuck receptions and otherfunctions at my LA residence. Ihave now moved to Palm Springs,where I have spent the past 18months constructing a house,located on the lower slopes of Mt. San Jacinto.” Bob adds that he and Churchill (his 12th colliesince 1963) would be honored towelcome guests.

At the age of 73, Tom Wilson hadhis left tonsil removed because ofsquamous cell cancer. After surgery,several weeks in the hospital, twochemotherapy treatments and 36 radiation treatments, Tom and Dutch are “plugging along.”

CLASS NOTES FROM SHATTUCK -ST. MARY ’S

Head of School Nick Stoneman, and hisdaughter Jesse ’07, joined Danni Sun ’73 andher daughter, Christine, for a fabulous dinner.

The many aunts and uncles of theclass of ’55 are pleased to announcethe birth of Charles Wesley PottsWhite, newborn son of classmateStephan White and his wife, Jennifer.

Jim Guitteau ’75 and wife, Locke,visited Mark Senft ’75 this pastSeptember. They traveled toHonolulu and made a specialover-night trip to Kona to seeMark. Mark is pointing toMichael Dell’s house. He wasn’t home though... .

Carol Jacobson Trieweiler ’68 is afourth grade teacher in Whitefish, MT.Her daughter Anna is a sophomore atthe University of Montana in Missoula.Christina ’99 received her master’sdegree in May 2006 and works at theKalispell Regional Medical Center.Kathryn ’96 is a special educationteacher in Kila, MT, and is working on a master’s degree.

In September, Roger Kuehn ’85, left,attended a surprise 40th birthday party in Las Vegas for Scott Gunn ’85, right. More than 50 friends and relatives managed to keep it a surprise. “It was a great time,” says Roger.

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CLASS NOTES FROM SHATTUCK -ST. MARY ’S

With a grandchild in college,David L. Ford notes “we areall getting older.”

1951The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology recognizedDale E. Fuller, M.D., for hiscontributions to the field ofradiation oncology by naminghim a Fellow of the Society.

Dick Lyman reports that“Don Reynolds is a first-ratepainter of portraits. DuffyOlsen has a big family and grows grapes in his spare time.”

1952She just moved into a villa-type condo in Fort Worth,TX, but Georgia HudsonHenry says she loves it! Sheand her westie, Maggie, traveloften, especially to Arizonawhere Georgia’s oldestdaughter now lives.

1953Ann Beck White writes “Wenow spend the cool summersin Pinetop, AZ, with wintersin Tucson. We have the bestof both climates.”

1954Peter Puchner is theAdvisory Dean in the Office of Student Education atColumbia University’s Collegeof Physicians and Surgeons in New York City.

1955“Our daughter-in-law recentlyhad another girl, which makesfive grandchildren andcounting,” Doug Nelsonwrites. “We hope to see HankMurphy in Tucson next March.”

Todd Troost is still sewingand quilting with abandon.See for yourself at his website:www.sewenjoy.com.

1956Tim Palmer reports that he is looking forward to the SSMcruise aboard the SeaDream

in 2008.

Frank House visited hisbrother, Charles House ’60,and family, in Cleveland, MO,over Thanksgiving and metwith Richard Bliss and hiswife while there.

1957From Delaware, WalterSamans says he is retired and playing lots of golf.

1958Twenty years to the day afterbeing hired as Director ofVolunteer Services, MaryCoffin Stephenson retiredfrom Hospice Austin on Sept.1, 2006. Her daughter lives in Dallas, is married and hastwo boys. Mary’s son lives inSteamboat Springs, CO, andis married with a baby on theway. Mary says she travelswhen she can and works as a private chef to pay the bills.

1959Paul Sudmeier has beenmarried to his wife, Helen, for 37 years and has lived in Idaho for 23 years. Stillpresident and CEO of theIdaho Trucking Association,he travels extensively whilerepresenting the truckingindustry.

Marshall Blume is still at theWharton School, University ofPennsylvania, teaching MBAs.

1964Lawrence Sommers movedto Chicago last July and tooka new job with the FederalEmergency ManagementAgency.

Retired, Mark Seacrestenjoys life with his wife,Marjorie, in Nebraska and Florida.

Cecilia Conklin Obergcontinues to teach English as a Second Language in theSt. Paul Public School District.This past July, she taughtEnglish as a volunteer atDonetsk Christian Universityin Donetsk, Ukraine. “It was a great experience to live andwork with Ukrainians andvolunteers from manycountries,” says Cecilia.

1965Skip DeHaro points out that Bill Borlaug’s father, Dr. Norman Borlaug, willreceive the CongressionalGold Medal of Honor. Dr.Borlaug, a 1970 Nobel PeacePrize Laureate, is believed tohave saved more lives (morethan 1 billion) than any otherperson who has ever lived.The first Congressional GoldMedal was awarded in 1776to George Washington. Dr.Borlaug joins an illustrious list of recipients includingThomas Edison, Pope JohnPaul II and Martin LutherKing Jr.

1966Calling himself a “retiredbum,” Charles McClurereports that “I spend my timefollowing my English setter,Peso; looking for Arizonaquail and upland birds as farnorth as Edmonton, Alberta;or photographing anythingand everything foundoutdoors.”

1968Bob Brenner is president ofPrime Resources Corporation.

1970Craig McKinley has beenappointed the director of the Air National Guard. A lieutenant general with 32 years of service, he works in the Pentagon and is responsible for formulating,developing and coordinatingall policies, plans and programsaffecting more than 106,800Guard members in more than 88 flying units and 200geographically separated unitsthroughout the United States,the District of Columbia,Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.

1971The people of Michigan’s 6th Congressional districtelected Fred Upton to an11th term in the U.S. Houseof Representatives. Says Rep. Upton, “20 years goes by fast.”

Bob Von Tour reports that “Natalie and Nathan have both graduated fromTexas A&M. They are on their own!! Yea! Patti and I moved to Denten fromHouston, a little slower pace.Playing lots of golf—life isgood.” Bob has been electedto a two-year term on theboard of directors of theDallas World Trade Center.

1972Although David Heusinkveldis starting his 26th year as abehavior disorders teacher forthe Cedar Rapids CommunitySchool District, he reportsthat his wife, family andfriends “think I’m still sane.”

1977Julia Roberts graduated from Cardinal StritchUniversity in December 2005 with a master’s degree in education.

CLASS NOTES FROM SHATTUCK -ST. MARY ’S

1984In April 2005, AndreasKristinus opened an office inBeijing, focusing on Chinesetravelers going to the UnitedStates. “This is an excitingmarket to be in as it is stillnew and still somewhatunexplored,” he says.

1985In July 2006, Dan Satherand his wife, Katrina, andtheir three children returnedto Seattle after taking a year to travel around the world.Dan met with fellow ShadSrun Chatharatkul inBangkok. Dan is a real estatedeveloper in the Seattle area.

1988Stanley Reynolds’ daughter,Caroline Grace Reynolds, was born on April 21, 2005,in West Des Moines, Iowa.Stanley and his wife, LauraDuske, were married in 2003.Jim Von Maur, Cory Furnessand Justin Bradford ’87attended the wedding.

1990Heather Wendfeldt Lockeand husband, Greg, havethree children—Ethan (5),Tanner (3) and Landon (8months). Heather received hermaster’s in exercise physiologyfrom the University of Illinoisin 2000 and has lived inCanton, MI, for six years.

1993The Rio Grande Valley KillerBees of the Central HockeyLeague signed forward Joe Casey for the 2006-07season. Joe played fourseasons at the University ofDenver from 1996-2000, butis getting his first taste of prohockey. Joe had been playingsenior hockey for the JacksonHole Moose in Wyoming inUSA Hockey’s Senior-Adivision. Before going on the

disabled list in mid-December,Joe had three goals and fourassists in 21 games with theKiller Bees.

1994“Bree and I had our first son,Copeland, on Aug. 9,” writesCal Abel. “We just moved to Florida where I am theengineer on the USS FLORIDA(Gold) SS6N – 728.”

1995Megan Meythaler and her husband, Jim Riff, areparents of a baby girl,Brennan Elizabeth, born on Feb. 15, 2006.

Briget Towey had a baby soTed Towey ’00 is an uncle!Jayden Damion Towey-Frazierwas born on July 15, andweighed 8 pounds and 13 ounces.

1996Kathryn Trieweiler is aspecial education teacher inKila, MT, and is completingher master’s degree throughMontana State University –Bozeman. She marriedNicholas Schwanz on Aug. 12, 2006, with Fr. Doyle officiating.

On May 19, 2006, SamNichols and his wife, Sarah,became the proud parents of Jackson.

Cherish Galvin-Bliefernichteaches fifth grade socialstudies in a small school inupstate New York.

Mountain Adventures Tours, a children’s enviro-tainmentprogram based out of SunValley, Idaho, is the propertyof Matthew Gershater, whostarted the program nine yearsago. Next for Matthew is adocumentary-based video

production team, coveringevents from Canada to Belize.

1999Christina Trieweilercompleted her master’s inspeech pathology in May atthe University of NorthDakota in Grand Forks. Sheworks at the Kalispell (MT)Regional Medical Center.

In May, Jennifer Allard andher husband, Philip Smith,had their first son, KiernanMichael Smith.

Teerapatt Sukhajeeradejwrites: “to all the greatpeople, teachers and friends atSSM, who contributed to allthe good memories that I havefrom my time there. Now Iam back in my town, ChiangMai, which is a populartourist destination these days.If anyone is planning theirtrip down here, please emailme at teerapatt@gmail.com.”

2004Still playing hockey, JoeyResch is a junior at theUniversity of Illinois. Joeysays that it would be great ifsomeone would donate a carto him so he could drive upand visit.

From Union College, CarlyAimi writes: “Along withplaying on the women’s icehockey team, I joined asorority and was studentactivities chairman. I amdouble majoring in culturalanthropology and LatinAmerican Caribbean studieswith a minor in dance. In the fall of 2006, I will travelto Fiji, Australia and NewZealand where I willparticipate in an economicprogram that personalizes anentrepreneur internship anddo field research on the south

Pacific culture, along withmany excursions to the beach.”

2005Brooke Collins is in hersecond year of pre-pharmacyat Bemidji State University.

Justin Milo is a freshman at Cornell University inIthaca, NY.

Trading his hockey gear for a surfboard, Peter Johnsonis now a sophomore at SantaClara (CA) University and ismajoring in political scienceand environmental policy.Pete and his parents moved to Arizona.

Taylor Chorney (USA) andJonathon Toews (Canada)were captains of theirrespective 2007 NationalJunior Teams. Both players are currently at UND. Alsorostered on the USA 2007National Junior team wereformer Sabres Jack Johnson,Jamie McBain and KyleOkposo. Canada won theWorld Junior Championshiptournament.

Former FacultyLarry Novak will retire fromteaching at the end of thisschool year after 37 years inmusic education. He was amember of the SSM facultyfrom 1975-78.

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CLASS NOTES FROM SHATTUCK -ST. MARY ’S

Lisa Kirkpatrick ’93 andRyan Gill were married by Father Doylein the Chapel of the Good Shepherd onMay 27, 2005. Kirsten Trandem ’92 andLiz Freeman ’93 were bridal attendants,and Michelle Hayes ’93 and JessicaChavie Grund ’93 were guests.

Dr. Rande Paquin-Stanton ’93 and herhusband, Tim Stanton, have a baby boy,Harrison Gerard Stanton, born onOctober 6, 2006. He weighed 7 pounds,13½ ounces and was 21¼ inches long.

On June 17, 2006, April Stojak ’99 wasmarried to Nick Shaw in Aurora, Ohio. From left, Natalia Mendoza ’06, HeatherHawkins ’99, April Stojak ’99, KelliHalcisak ’00 and Merry Mendoza.

In August, former faculty memberand dorm parent, Randy Munsen,received a doctorate in educationfrom the University of Arizona inTucson. Randy serves on the historyfaculty of Pima Community Collegein Tucson where his wife, formerfaculty member and dorm parentPatti Munsen, is music director ofMost Holy Trinity Catholic Church.Randy, Patti, and their childrenCésar, Lu, and Nick, (pictured above)send warm greetings from Arizona toeveryone at Shattuck-St. Mary’s.

Willis Wodnik ’94,was married September 2, 2006, to ToreyMacDermot in Steamboat Springs, CO. Willisis the food and beverage manager at theCatamount Country Club in Steamboat. Willis’brother, Andrew ’99, was best man and hissister, Rebecca ’01, did a reading.

Ben Jacobs ’89 recently became the districttechnology coordinator for Saudi AramcoSchools in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Benand his wife, Crystal, (former facultymember) have two children: Kai andNora Annette, who was born on Sept. 24, 2006

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From 1858 to 1864, all boysand girls, from primary school age to those in

divinity school, attended Dr. Breck’s Mission Schoolhouse indowntown Faribault. In 1864,Seabury Hall was built on the bluff across the river and the divinitystudents and grammar school boys, manyof them boarding students, were transferred there from the Mission Schoolhouse. With two of his own daughters at Bishop Doane’s school, Saint Mary’s Hall in Burlington, NJ,Bishop Whipple recognized the need for a boarding schoolwhere daughters of the clergy and other “young ladies” wouldbe welcome. Bishop Whipple and his wife, Cornelia, built alarge addition to their home and opened their own St. Mary’sHall, with Sarah Darlington as principal and Cornelia as house-mother. Mrs. Whipple moved her own daughters into thealcoves to make room for additional girls. She gave up her parlors to endless, nerve-wracking piano practice, kept all the household machinery in working order and was alwaysready to entertain wealthy and well-known patrons who came to see the Bishop.

St. Mary’s Hall opened on All Saints Day, Nov. 1, 1866, with 33 girls and three teachers. They considered themselves a family. The Bishop called the girls his “daughters,” and said,“We have one table, one altar, one household.” Taffy pulls oncold winter evenings, egg hunts at Easter and a sleigh ride intothe country on the Bishop’s birthday helped give the school atrue feeling of family and home. Religion was, of course, ofprime importance. In the study room, rows of desks faced alarge platform on which was installed a little draped altar. Itwas the girls’ only chapel and they knelt for prayers, morningand night, at their desks.

On Saturday, Sept. 30, a celebration of the 140th anniversaryof the opening of St. Mary’s Hall was held. Wonderful reminis-cences of their times at the School were shared by Linda StoneDasher ’56 (current Chair of the SSM Board of Trustees), JanGould Martin ’75 (an SSM faculty member) and Sonja JohnsonMoore ’88 (former alumni relations and development staffmember). Jesse Stoneman, member of the Class of 2007, gave her perspective on the School she treasures as a soon-to-be “Saint.” Head of School Nick Stoneman encouraged all of those attending tounderstand the scope of the achieve-ments of all the women who havegraced the SSM hallways.

It was a grand celebration and a fittingway to begin the next year and a halfof celebrations andrecognitions thatencompass thesesquicentennialof the schoolsthat constitutethis School.

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Sonja Johnson Moore ’88

Bobbi Sumner and Phil Mancini ’67

Lonnie Schroeder addresses all who came.

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This excerpt is from the upcoming book,written by Bob Neslund, to commemoratethe sesquicentennial of Shattuck-St. Mary’sSchool.

The June 1, 1870, issue of the FaribaultRepublican ran a headline 10 lines longto announce that “to the pupils ofShattuck School in Faribault belongs thehonor of having ... carried out the firstregularly organized Regatta upon the‘sky-tinted waters’ of Minnesota.” It read:

the introduction of boating as an amuse-ment and stimulant of bodily vigor....”

Four boats and crews were listed in thatyear’s catalog, and all participated in theextravaganza. The boats were Undine,Red Bird, Rover and Ariel. It must havebeen a stunning sight:

“Lining the shore under the shade of the trees for the distance of half a milestretched the great crowd of spectators,swaying in eager anticipation, the gayand many-colored dresses of the ladiesadding to the life and charm of thescene.”

Well, the purple prose of the FaribaultRepublican goes on and on, but suffice itto say that Undine won at 20 minutesand 14 seconds, beating Red Bird by 10seconds. Members of the victorious crewwere W.R. McKay, bow; C.E. Byrde,stroke; and F.R. Hamlin, coxswain. Thewinning time seems hardly remarkable,but the teams were using fairly heavy,flat-bottomed boats.

Adding interest to the occasion was thepresence of St. Mary’s. Attending aShattuck event was a rare treat for the“Mollies.” Two girls had made a blue silkbanner and embroidered “Champion—S.B.C.” on it. (S.B.C. = Shattuck BoatClub.) One of them, Miss Emily DuBois,chosen to present it to the winners, wasformally introduced to the crowd, asreported by the Republican:

“It is an ancient and time-honored cus-tom that the meed of honor ... should be bestowed by a woman’s hand. Nextto the approbation of heaven itself, thereis no reward which the chivalrous heartmore esteems than a woman’s smile.”

In the very next issue of the Republicanappeared a challenge from theMinnesota Boat Club of St. Paul for thestate championship. The proposal speci-fied that the race could take place eitheron Cannon Lake or on Lake Como in St.Paul, that any number of single or dou-

“The doctrine that a sound mind canonly be contained in a sound body isfully recognized by the faculty of thatinstitution, as exemplified in their erec-tion of a Gymnasium building for dailyathletic sports, in their introduction ofmilitary discipline under the direction ofan accomplished officer of the regularservice who has been specially detailedfor the purpose, and in the countenanceand encouragement they have given to

ble shells could be entered, and that thelosing team would pay travel expenses.The Shattuck teams had no suitableshells—the nearest available one was inLaCrosse and it was water-logged—so theyturned down the challenge temporarily.

The Shads ordered what they thought weretwo first-class shells from Corning of St.Paul, “an experienced builder [who] con-structed the first paper boat in the coun-try.” The Republican reported:

“They are of cedar, 42 feet 8 inches inlength, and 18 inches wide, and weigh but140 lbs. each. They are as sharp as a gar-pike at bow and stern, and look as thoughthey would divide the water with littleresistance. Their cost was $310.”

JJ.. FFrraannkk AAllddrriicchh,, SShhaattttuucckk 11887733,, was aneyewitness to the championship raceagainst the St. Paul club, which took placeon Cannon Lake on June 18, 1871. Here’sthe story in his words:

“Our team was composed of DickVanDusen, Harry Whitney, ProfessorMcKay, Tom Burns and Harry “Tip” Tyleras coxswain. We had ordered two woodenshells made for us in St. Paul, but theyproved to be of inferior construction andstability. Our boat filled with water atabout the half way point and started tosink. Our crew was rescued from the waterwhile the St. Paul crew, in a well-builtshell, sailed along gloriously to victory.Thousands of people lined the shores ofthe lake to watch the race which resultedso ignominiously for Shattuck.”

That year there were four crews at theSchool, and the Junior Tritonia’s Red Birdwon the intramural race on the StraightRiver course. In 1873, though, there wasonly one—appropriately named “theResolute”—and the catalog noted that “theannual regatta was omitted by reason ofdeath in the school.” There was no moreboat racing at Shattuck after that.

From The Archives— by Bob Neslund, faculty member and sesquicentennial book author

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Our year-long Sesquicentennial is coming fast! The kick-off celebration is planned for the 2007 Reunion Weekend, June 8-10.Subsequent events will be held on campus and throughout thecountry for the entire year, finally culminating in an All SchoolReunion in Faribault the weekend of June 6-8, 2008. Look forfuture mailings or check out the SSM website for information on specific events. This celebration has been planned to have“something for everyone” and will help reconnect you with the School’s past, present and exciting future. Mark your calendars today!!!

SESQUICENTENNIAL

KICK-OFF CELEBRATIONINCLUDING THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CRACK SQUAD

AND THE SESQUITEAM EVENT

June 8-10, 2007

SESQUICENTENNIAL

ALL SCHOOL REUNION

June 6-8, 2008For more information contact the

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