Greetings XCI #2 - Wayland Academy

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Wayland Academy Greetings
Volume XCI Number 2 • July 2009
Wayland Academy
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E. Tyler Graham, M.A.
Chair of English Dept. and Dye Chair of Religion
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Andrew McDonnell, M.A.
English
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News & Notes
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aboutthe
Stone Circle (front cover) is one of my most recent plein aire or “on
location” paintings. It was painted at a favorite spot of mine, Power’s
Bluff State Natural Area and county park. It is known for its outstanding
spring flora and 150 year old stone circles made by the Prairie Potowatomi. The
circles were made by native people, who walked back to Wisconsin after their
expulsion to Oklahoma. The prayer and dance circles were concurrent with the
appearance of the Ghost Dance religion of the western states.
While many people can paint a beautiful scene, my motivation for doing this
painting, as with all my paintings, is to do much more than that. I am attempting
to capture the intangible presence of these places through the suggestion of light,
brush strokes, form, and color. The “presence” of these places evokes a certain
emotional and instinctive response, which I am hoping can be seen and felt by
others through my work.
Cover Painting by Terrill Knaack

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An Evening at Wayland
Alumni Gatherings
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errill Knaack `68 has been the Peter J. Seippel Artist-in-Residence at Wayland
Academy for six years, and his contributions to the school have been both wonderful and
diverse. Terrill leads students in photography, drawing, and art in innovative classes such
as “Learning To See: Union of Art and Science.” He has also planted and maintains with
the students a Native Plants Study Site prairie garden in front of Discovery Hall.
Meanwhile, he leads weekend excursions to some of the more beautiful natural areas
throughout Wisconsin.
Photo by Sue Knaack
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Terrill has a reputation for being one
of the most interesting people to speak
to on campus. Conversation with Mr.
Knaack rarely dissolves into the
standard platitudes but always seems
to end up engaging with art and the
natural world in new or unusual ways.
The Greetings staff sat down with Mr.
Knaack for an interview in his Sunny
Point Studio on Beaver Dam Lake.
Greetings: How important is
communication in your art classes?
TK: You’d be surprised. There have
been some students that have come to
Wayland from other schools where
they’ve had art, and they expect that
they’re going to sit in a corner and not
participate in class.
Greetings: So you would posit
communication as prior to
representation?
TK: Well, art as a form of
communication is a more holistic form
of communication than perhaps other
things. It encompasses a certain
analytical cerebral aspect, it’s
emotional, and it’s visceral: it has an
instinctive aspect to it. And some art is
stronger, in each of those three ways
than others, but you see this in
students, too. When you have a
student in art class for a couple of
weeks, you notice that some of them
are much more emotionally centered,
some of them are more
instinctive/visceral, some of them are
real analytical, logical. They look at a
painting, and they start analyzing it. So
the ideal is to build on that (we use
this term holistic or integrative) to find
a relationship between the other basic
intelligences that a human being has.
We are three-centered or three-brained
beings.
Not only visual art does that, but also
poetry does that beautifully. Poetry
goes right along with the visual arts
and so does music. As a matter of fact,
a lot of what I teach is in analogies
with music because it is very, very
similar. All art boils down to the study
of form at some point or another.
That’s what we teach: a sensitivity to
the interrelationship of form.
Greetings: When I look at your
paintings, I’ve always been struck by
how well you represent nature. You
have a real insight and talent at doing
what most people today rely on
photographs to do.
TK: A very important aspect of my
work is that it’s done from observation
and not photographs. I’ve always been
interested in photography and a lot of
my education was with some great
photographers. I studied with Minor
White at MIT and knew a lot of the
classical great fine-art photographers
back in the 70’s. So I’ve always had an
interest in large format photography
and wanted to make that part of my life.
But I wanted to show that the
relationship between a camera, the
man behind the camera, and the
subject, is very different from the
relationship of what I’m doing when
I’m out sketching in nature. That
relationship with the subject and the
way I’m capturing it is quite a bit
different. There are certain parallels,
but with the camera, the medium of
photography is basically just light, as I
see it. I’m just interested in what light
is communicating
to me. And what I
find so fascinating
about taking
pictures is that
pictures find you.
Light finds you, in
a certain way, and
that picks up your
attention. If you
follow your
attention through,
the thing will
speak to you and
tell you how to do
it. That’s the way
I experience it.
Morning in May
Greetings: Have you had moments
when painting in which you realize
you’ve done something in the
representation of the object that could
not have been done by a photograph?
TK: Oh yeah, absolutely (gestures to
prints). What you’re looking at here
are mostly reproductions of the
artwork. They’re all reduced. A
reproduction is not ideal, it’s not the
work itself. It’s a real reality of being
an artist, though, because most people
aren’t going to spend the money that
you’re going to get for original art.
And so you try to do as well as you
can with a reproduction to make them
long term collectible items if you can.
These are all pigmented, all done on
canvas and extremely expensive to do,
actually. And these will last for
hundreds of years, just like the original
art will, but they are not the real thing.
Let’s take a look at one of the paintings
here: (Walking to original “Morning in
May”)
TK: You see the pigment? You see the
brush strokes? None of that has
anything to do with photographic
representation. I do have my plein aire
paintings. There are some of my studio
paintings, especially some of my earlier
paintings that are more tightly done.
Everything I’m doing now is really
strong on conveying the spirit of the
paintings through the brushstroke.
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One thing about anything that’s a
painting is that it tells you it’s a
painting. It doesn’t pretend to be
something else! So I try to do that in
everything I do, have that certain
feeling of the pigment on the surface
so that you can actually feel that it’s a
painting.
Greetings: In Virginia Woolf’s To the
Lighthouse the plot ends up focusing
almost on the process of the journey to
the lighthouse. One of the main
characters, Lily Briscoe, throughout the
course of the novel is painting, and
Virginia Woolf seems to be suggesting
that it’s not just about the finished
product, it’s about the process of
completing it. To what extent does the
process of painting transform you?
TK: There’s a lot to be said about that.
When you’re painting there’s a certain
thing calling you and you’re responding
to that call. In a way your painting is a
response … The subject matter,
everything that’s out there, plus your
inner awareness, are all becoming part
of one big circle, and there’s that
communication and that thing is calling
to you and you’re responding to it
when you paint. And the feeling of
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doing that is really incredible. If you
look at prayer, for instance, as a call
and a response to a call, a painting
could almost be like a prayer.
Greetings: What do you think about
the state of art and the role it plays in
society?
TK: I think for some reason we’ve lost
a lot of emphasis on art education and
the importance of art. I remember in
the 70’s and 80’s when I was in college
how important art was to people and
being able to have some sensitivity in
looking at art. It was really a part of
being an educated person. And I’m
amazed at how many professional
people I know now who just think that
art is just not something for them at
all. That’s really sad. We have to be
more articulate spokesmen for the arts.
Greetings: Well, why is art important?
TK: Well, art is important first of all
for our own self-knowledge. The
paintings we love become mirrors of
who we are as well. They become like
signposts to our own journeys in life. If
we look at life as a journey that
encompasses awakening both to
ourselves and to a greater awareness of
what we are connected to then art can
become a very important part of that
because it’s a very holistic type of
knowledge. It encompasses everything.
When we put all of that together, the
instinctive, the emotional and the
analytical, we put that together in
some relationship. Then the
possibilities of what we understand
from art are really huge.
Greetings: Tell us a little bit about the
class you’ve developed, “Learning to
See.” What are your goals there?
TK: “Learning to See” is based on this
whole concept of integration. It is a class
about self-knowledge because as soon as
the student starts to draw and starts to
access this certain attention within them
that allows them to draw and to design
things and become more visual, they
really see themselves in a different way,
and they really experience themselves.
Their whole sense of “I am” becomes a
little bit different, and that’s really
exciting to see.
Plus, learning to see color: most
students come in assuming that they
see color and I’m amazed at two things:

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first, how little color some students are
aware of and then second, how fast
they can pick it up. We start out talking
about the picture plane a lot, what
determines how things relate in the
picture plane, color saturation, and
different types of contrast. In the
process of learning how to mix paint
and how to order things in the picture
plane it becomes like a whole new
world for these kids. It’s really exciting.
Greetings: What sort of relationship
inspired you to begin teaching “The
Union of Art and Science” class at
Wayland?
TK: If you know people who do
science at a high level, and several of
my close friends teach at the Medical
College of Wisconsin, and if you ask
them what determines success at a
very high level in science or in clinical
work: it’s the ability to observe. So
how do you teach observation?
(laughing) Well it’s not easy, but there
are certain things that I know how to
do within teaching art that really
enhance a person’s ability to observe,
both outwardly and inwardly, and
occasionally simultaneously.
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Greetings: What would be an
example?
TK: Where it really comes out
dramatically is in beginning
photographers because they get in a
state of identification with what
they’re looking at, and they’re all
outward emotionally involved with it,
but they don’t have the inner attention
to realize what they have to go through
to organize a picture, how they have to
manipulate the exposure. This is a
really simple example of it, but having
that arrow of attention pointed at
themselves, until they are able to do
that, to a certain extent their pictures
always fall way, way short of what
they would like them to be.
And of course that whole relationship
goes much deeper eventually as well
because we learn to observe ourselves
while we work. I think it’s really
interesting to show students at the high
school level that they can observe the
world outwardly and observe themselves
inwardly at the same time. That has a
whole different dimension to their
experience and what they’re able to do.
I think that bringing some sort of
attention into education is just so
important because the whole world is
just sort of looking the other way now.
And we don’t have access to anything
very spiritual or transcendental until
we become acquainted with some sort
of mindfulness or attention.
To watch an extended version of
this interview, check out the
Greetings Web site at
www.wayland.org/alumni/publications.cfm
To see more of Terrill Knaack’s
artwork, visit the Sunny Point
Studio at www.terrillknaack.com
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round ten years ago, when Charity Kahn `87 was first pregnant, she
began to think that her career as a professional musician was over before she’d even
recorded a first album. “I thought having a baby would mean I would never ever have a
chance,” said Kahn. “How could I be a devoted mother and an artist? I thought: I have to
do something because in two months this is all going to be over!”
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Jams
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What seemed like a pre-emptive
conclusion to a musical career turned
out to be its surprising origin. A
software engineer at the time, Charity
Kahn has now released five albums of
music for children, performs live as
Charity and the JAMband, teaches
music and movement classes and
camps for kids, and also trains
educators.
Kahn lives in San Francisco where she
produces her music. Looking back, one
can clearly see her roots in music from
her childhood and education in Beaver
Dam.
When both of your parents work at
Wayland, there is obviously going to be
some expectation that you attend the
Academy. Charity Kahn was no
exception, but thankfully she recalls
her enrollment in Wayland as “one of
the best choices of my life.”
“My dad was my piano teacher, my
parents had a studio in town, and I
was immersed in that. I did a lot of
different types of music at the time.”
At Wayland she and some friends
created their own swing choir, and
overall she describes her musical
experience at Wayland as a good time.
It’s interesting to note, though, that she
was at least as interested in math,
which she majored in at Stanford
University. When she talks about the
early inspiration she gained as a
songwriter, though, she remembers the
English Department fondly.
“My English teachers were just so
amazing. I was going to love math no
matter what, but it was my English
teachers who blew my mind. When I
think about my roots as a song writer,
I owe a lot to them, especially Mr.
Patterson and Mr. Schlicker,” said
Kahn.
These days Charity is fully immersed in
life as a mother, musician, and educator.
She incorporates all three of these
aspects into her Music and Movement
classes. “In my experience, watching my
two boys and watching other kids, the
way that they learn during that first
year is through total absorption,” Kahn
said. “If they’re in a safe environment
with their caregiver there are all these
benefits to brain development. There are
certain movements that are important to
the development of their neurons and
their brains. In a class environment, a
slightly structured dance party, there’s
this tribal environment. There’s bonding
with the parent, and they’re getting that
exposure to rhythm that grows that
musical part of the brain.”
Charity Kahn will be releasing a new
album in the fall, her first in four years.
“All this music has been waiting to be
born. It must be the longest gestation
period for any album of children’s
music.” After that, she plans to
assemble an album of some of the more
grown-up songs she has written over
the years. “I have probably 80 songs in
that vein waiting to be recorded,” said
Kahn, “but the reality is that I’m not
getting any younger. I don’t just have
things to say about children and family.
I have a lot of other things as a
songwriter I want to say.”
Listen to samplings of Charity
Kahn’s music at her Web site
www.jamjamjam.com. Or visit the
Greetings Web site at
www.wayland.org/alumni/publications.cfm
where you can watch a few short
videos.
Photo credit
Image © Aaron D. Anderson, 2009
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E
very student who has ever felt forced to justify his/her decision to focus on
the arts during high school should hang a poster of Susan Caldwell `73 on their wall.
Susan Caldwell is neither a famous singer, nor is she a guitar rock goddess or the sort of
pop star known solely by her first name. This Wayland graduate, though, is a professional
musician living a life she loves surrounded by and infused with her life’s passion: music.
SUSAN
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Susan Caldwell’s job description is not easily
encapsulated in a few words, and this is
because she has numerous vocations. She is a
church organist, a mother, a faculty member
at the Mannes College of Music, and she
holds a title that seems to encompass all the
responsibilities of the three aforementioned
positions: Assistant Conductor for the New
York City Opera.
Oftentimes a job title can hide the
complexity of a person’s duties, and in
Caldwell’s case this couldn’t be more true.

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According to Caldwell, the Assistant
Conductor position “entails the
musical preparation of singers for their
performances. Private coaching,
anything they need to improve their
musical understanding of a role.” That
sounds simple enough, but, in order to
truly coach an opera singer at this high
level, Caldwell has to exercise disparate
skills simultaneously. For one thing,
she has to be versed in a number of
different languages. Caldwell noted,
“As an opera coach one has to be, if
not fluent, literate in French, German,
and Italian, as they come up most
frequently.”
In addition, she has to rapidly
transpose music that was written for
an orchestra and play it on the piano
while multi-tasking in a nearly
unimaginable fashion. “If I’m coaching
the singer in the role of Carmen, I
need to sing all the other voice parts,
so she can make her entrances while
I’m playing the piano.” This means
that, while playing music on the piano
that was never meant for a piano, she
must sing multiple roles in a foreign
language while correcting someone
else. And these corrections must be
delivered in the most careful manner.
In addition to linguist, musician, and
coach, Caldwell often finds herself
playing psychologist. “Singers,” said
Caldwell, “are vulnerable creatures,
entirely dependent on their instrument.
There is not much work for them to
begin with, and they have a pretty
short shelf life. They have to be ready
by thirty years old; youth is kind of
everything these days. They need a lot
of people to support them and make
them look as good as possible.”
Caldwell, herself, credits many people
in her life for helping her achieve her
current status as a musician and
professor, and she looks back fondly
on her time at Wayland Academy as a
day student. “I’m grateful for my
Wayland education. I had three
tremendous music teachers: Connie
Koehne even before I went to Wayland,
and she continued to be a great mentor
and influence, and I studied piano with
Mr. Kahn and the organ with Mr.
(Franklin) Stecker.”
She credits these and other teachers
for guiding her in the right direction
and creating opportunities for her.
“The training for a musician is not
always as straightforward as for other
fields; you have to get an early start,”
said Caldwell. During her time in
Susan Caldwell `73 (center) with her students in the opera
program at the Mannes College of Music
Beaver Dam, she would sometimes
accompany the choir on the chapel
organ, and Mr. Stecker made her his
assistant at First Lutheran Church in
Beaver Dam. She performed with the
Beaver Dam Community Symphony
and was part of a group that called
itself the New Baroque Jazz Trio. “I
had so much professional experience
even before I went to college. A lot of
responsibility was entrusted to me at
Wayland, and in other places that
might not have been possible.”
Her education at Wayland provided
Caldwell with four years of French and
enough Advanced Placement credits
that she was able to test out of classes
at St. Olaf College, opening doors to a
number of other courses and allowing
her to accelerate. Since then, music has
taken her all across the United States
with further schooling and experiences
from San Francisco to Michigan to
Georgia. For a brief spell, she found
herself on a Cunard cruise line as part
of an opera trio.
Today, she works with some of the
most talented young singers from
around the world, sometimes even
performing with the New York City
Opera. “If there’s a keyboard in the
orchestration I will
sometimes play
that in the
performances. For
instance, recently
during Puccini’s
Tosca, there’s a
very thrilling part
in the opera,
where I had to run
from playing
celesta in the pit,
get in an elevator,
ride that to the top
floor, climb a
ladder, and play
the organ over the
stage.”
All of that sounds
truly exciting, but
the way Susan
Caldwell speaks about music reveals
that her art is more than just an
exciting job. “It isn’t just our career.
It’s who you are. Sometimes I have to
remind myself that for many, many
people, even if they have a career, it’s
still just what they do. There’s
something about music that fills your
every atom.
“Music transforms people. When I’m
working you can be sure I’m not
thinking about anything else, and
worries and anxieties all leave your
mind. I realize more and more how
blessed I am to have this career.”
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ara Johnstad `81 is a
successful singer, producer, and radio host
living in Berlin. Her music could be
claimed by numerous genres, but her
voice has a consistently jazzy
edge. At times she dips into
a New Age swoon or
a torch singer’s
smiling
growl.
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Her most recently completed album,
paths X, is available in the states via
iTunes or Amazon and has charted in
the top ten on many Internet charts.
She is currently producing three
projects: a poetry compilation, Kite
Tailor, with Las Vegas artist MJ
Hummingway; a performance of
French composer Michael Legrand’s
works entitled Le Grand Love; and an
original album scheduled for release in
early 2010, Moon in Capricorn. The
latter is a collaboration with the
Italian film composer and arranger,
Fabrizio Pigliucci. In addition, she is
working on an orchestral production
called Ladies of Swing, which she will
be performing for two thousand people
in August 2009.
ad
Greetings: If you don’t mind tracing
your path a little bit, I understand you
were born in Germany, moved to
Wisconsin when you were six, and
then moved on to Minnesota and big
things beyond. What brought you back
to Germany?
KJ: I was born in St. Louis, Missouri,
and then went to Berlin with my
family. We moved back to Wisconsin
when I was in first grade. It is true that
after studying at Wayland, and then at
the University of Minnesota, I
returned to Europe. I always smile at
the question what brings us
somewhere? Every young person I
know dreams of traveling. Many
Americans dream of studying in
Europe, and many Europeans dream of
studying in the states. I made my
dream a reality and traveled the world
and moved back to Europe. I knew
someone in Berlin, so it was the logical
choice. Otherwise, I would have
happily gone to London, Paris, or
Rome. Now I call this wonderful city
of Berlin my home.
Greetings: You wear a lot of hats:
performer, coach, writer, and radio
host. Which of these is most fulfilling?
Or are they all fulfilling in different
ways?
KJ: I do wear many hats and enjoy
exploring the many facets of my
personality. If you look closely, there is
one red thread connecting it all. I have
been given a vision which I live in
utter totality — it is that of the human
voice and the role it plays in our
development as humans and the world
we live in. If you really look at the
vastness of my work — it is concentric
circles and in the middle is the human
voice. This human voice has the ability
to heal and make our world a more
peaceful place to live.
In the middle is me as a
singer/songwriter. I write and listen
and in owning my own truths and
working on myself I am changed.
Slowly polishing my rough edges, I
look at the light and shadow; I relax in
the now and pull out threads and
ribbons of memory from the past. This
involves many hours of deep reflection,
meditation, and discipline. The next
ring/circle is to take the impulses, the
colors, the words and put them onto
paper and record them and then put
them out onto stage. This is a very
empowering and very fragile process
for all artists, yet this is our calling. We
bring spirit to earth, create works of
art that inspire, knowing that at some
point we/it/all will return back to
spirit. It is a circle. Sometimes we ask
ourselves... what is the point? Why
work so hard when we know we are
all passing? That is the point. It is a
process, and the more you are able to
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manifest and create, the more you
grow as a human being. We must
embrace life and all its colors. We must
embrace the toils and struggles as well
as the joy and the bliss. The strongest
trees are the ones that have survived
storms and drought and rains and
winds... Creativity is our life force. So,
I, as a singer, invite spirit in, listen,
materialize breath and tone into
melodies and then find ways to share
it, in concerts and on CDs. Then I get
to start all over again. It is a crazy
work. I sell breath and emotion and
heart and inspiration. Who would have
thought it possible?
The next circle is coaching. I dedicate
time each week to help others reach
their highest state of creativity. It
grounds me and helps me remember
where I came from. My clients are
singers, TV stars, doctors, teachers,
healers, psychologists, architects, press
secretaries, and the lot. Everyone who
has done the core voice alignment
training I offer discovers within a very
short time something very simple.
CORE ALIGNMENT VOICE WORK
not only harmonizes us within our
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own system, strengthening our
immune systems and giving sound to
our inner voice, it also harmonizes us
with our environment. With our
world. It teaches us to trust and
articulate our needs. I have seen clients
make huge jumps in their career and
personal lives due to a clarity that
arises when they are in alignment with
who they are. I also am happy that
when they leave, they leave with song
in their heart and an understanding of
the power of human language. Sound
and language can lift us up or destroy
us. Song is a powerful tool which must
be used consciously. There is no
greater joy than that of a parent or a
teacher. When you have helped a
person shine, you know that you have
done something good for this world.
Now the bigger picture — or as I like
to see it the outer rings — is my new
Essence Radio Show, which airs five
hours weekly. The show is personal,
spiritual, authentic, and celebrates my
deep belief in Global Mind and Global
Heart. I have fans from Israel,
Palestine, Argentina, Japan, Australia,
Germany, Ghana, Brazil, America, and
Canada. The musicians are all top, and
I strongly and consciously play voices
and sounds from all corners of the
world so that we realize and wake up
to the fact that we are one humanity,
and the only force that can bring peace
to our world is the force of
unconditional love.
Greetings: Your Web site has tons of
information and material available to
fans, a radio show available around the
world, and you have over 11,000
Myspace friends! Clearly you’re
plugged in. Do you have a big hand in
managing your online presence?
KJ: I do have a big hand in
management. After a few field trips
with major labels, I realized that for
me the word freedom comes with great
responsibility. I am proudly an
independent artist and I am closely
connected to my fans. I manage all my
productions and oversee everything I
create. The only way that online
presence works is if it is personal. It is
very rewarding to see that my fans do
care and want to support me.

Greetings: Is the web something
you’re glad to have, or is it just
something you have to deal with as a
professional musician in the modern
age?
KJ: The web has been very
instrumental in my career. I think it is
revolutionizing our world. It is exciting
to be able to do studio work in Tokyo
or Rome or Iceland without ever
having met the producers physically or
needing to fly in and stay in hotels, etc.
It is possible for someone to send me a
track online and to send them back the
final recording within a day. It is also
possible to be on Skype and send over
an idea, watch the guitarist play what
you just sent him in his living room.
His mother brings in a tea, you smile
on the other side of the Atlantic as you
work on a new song idea and think,
wow, my ancestors came by boat to
America, and I can now
simultaneously be teleconferencing all
over the globe. I produce the radio
show at my desk in Berlin and the
station is in Brooklyn. That is the
Internet.
Greetings: As an artist and voice
coach, looking back, what lessons did
you take away from your time at
Wayland? What experiences were
formative here?
KJ: Ah, I do love my years at
Wayland. These words popped into my
head. Discipline. Yes, I enjoyed
studying and the clear structure, and
without having learned that, I would
not be able to produce at the level I do.
Community, I still have strong
memories of eating together at round
tables. Strange, but it is the round
tables I remember and that the
teachers sat with us. I had many good
talks with teachers that shared their
perspectives with me and inspired me
to ask questions.
The last, of course, is music. I had
always sung, but at Wayland I spent
hours in my free time sitting in the
chapel basement and singing and
playing. A dear friend of mine (whom
I have somehow lost touch with)
Thomas E. Park shared with me all of
the songs from Broadway and jazz that
I didn’t know. I had grown up in a
small town in Wisconsin. He was a big
city boy from Chicago. At Wayland he
opened to me a new world of song and
music. It was at Wayland that the path
became clear that I was an artist, and I
continued on that path for the rest of
my life. So, dear Wayland, I thank you.
To learn more about Kara Johnstad,
visit www.karajohnstad.com
Listen to Kara’s radio program at
www.myspace.com/theessenceshow
Watch videos of Kara performing
on the Greetings Web site at
www.wayland.org/alumni/publications.cfm
Photo credits
Joerg Grosse-Geldermann
Stephan Eich
Jantje Müller
Joerg Grosse-Geldermann
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Introduction
by E. Tyler Graham
After positing that “man is the most imitative of the
animals,” Aristotle, in part IV of his work, The Poetics,
explains that “the reason why men enjoy seeing a likeness is,
that in contemplating it, they find themselves learning or
inferring, and saying perhaps, ‘Ah, that is he.’” The
philosopher suggests that “mimetic” art, or art that
represents and imitates life, has the capacity to shed light on
reality in a way that allows its viewer to gain more access to
the truth. For Aristotle, art has a real function in a
“Lyceum,” even if Plato (his one-time mentor) suggested —
at least implicitly — that the artists might not be well-used in
an “Academy” (see, for example, Book X of Plato’s Republic).
How then does Wayland (an Academy) treat the mimetic
arts? Are the arts used to improve the students’ search for
the truth, or are they shunned or even feared as corruptive of
the “philosophical” enterprise? It appears that the large
diversity of artistic endeavors at the school speak to
Wayland’s healthy embrace of the arts. Today, the school
offers courses in creative writing, stained glass, photography,
orchestra, jazz band, and many other areas, but in this article
students from my journalism class (itself art?) will take a
look at three areas in which the arts are flourishing today:
Musicals, Choir, and Film.
The Musical
By Siyi Wang `10
The musical has been a mainstay at the Academy for many
years now, though it recently has seen a tremendous rise in
popularity under the leadership and direction of Mr. William
Dore III. Mr. Dore, himself a boarding school prodigy,
combines twelve years of musical experience with three years
directing at Wayland to claim significant expertise in this area.
Moreover, he feels that the musicals continue to improve. In
commenting on this year’s performances of Anything Goes,
Mr. Dore said, “This is the happiest I have been with a
musical. It was more organized
than the other years. We
started handing out scripts and
choral books early enough.”
Meanwhile, the student body
seems to be responding to the
higher standards. “Lead roles
are also setting the tone. There
is an increased amount of
energy coming out of them,”
said Dore, a Massachusetts
native and die-hard Red Sox
fan.
William Dore III
Furthermore, the Academy faculty seem to be on board with
the whole program in a way that may not have been seen as
much in the past. According to Dore, there was no negative
feedback by faculty this year. “No teacher was frustrated
with what the time demand of the musical was this year,”
said Dore.
Dore is not alone, though, in making the musical fly to great
heights. He quickly credits the Choir director, Mr. Chris
Mientus, with helping the success of the program. “I make
the ultimate decision” on what musical is being performed,
but “I consult Mr. Mientus, because for me the music is the
most important part,” said Dore.
In general, Dore explains that the “ultimate goal is having a
good time, and that’s what makes it a success.” Dore’s vision
for the future of the musical program is that he sees “a
performing arts center and more dedicated students to the
program.” In the meantime, “The audience has grown over
the years, and I believe the popularity is going to grow… It
just keeps getting better. That has been echoed by parents.”
In a moment of witty reflection, Mr. Dore even hypothesized
that the future of the musical program at Wayland would be
“In outer space, flying automobiles.” In other words, the
sky’s the limit with Dore at the helm!
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The Choir
By Johanna Sckaer `10
The Wayland Choir, led by Mr.
Mientus, now has 57 members — up
from 22 members as of last year. It is
easily one of the most popular classes
at Wayland Academy.
Moreover, the Choir often is one of the
most visible signs of Wayland’s artistic
accomplishments abroad. For example,
on April 16, the choir took part in the
Wisconsin School Music Association
Large Group Festival at Lakeland
College, where they won a gold medal
for Exemplary Performance.
On campus, the choir is notable in a
number of ways. The most prominent
offshoot of the program would
certainly have to be the a capella
group, “Almost Famous.” In
commenting on the growth of the
choir, Mr. Mientus said, “It’s huge
progress.”
In fact, the progress in numbers is so
good that Mientus has stated that the
growth cannot go much further. The
choir loft can only hold so many. The
Choir Guru said, “Our maximum is 58
kids.” Math Note: 58 students is about
25% of the entire student body!
Though there may be a need to slow
the growth in numbers, this has not
stopped Mientus from imagining an
expansion in the types of
performances. Mientus mentioned that
he probably will add a show choir
which requires more singing and
dancing skills.
As far as the main choir is concerned,
Mientus added, “I may do some college
pieces, [and] I will try to do more
competitions and trips next year.”
In a final thought on the nature of this
art form at the Academy, Mientus said,
“I also think retention is very
important for a choir. And I don’t like
people changing too much every year.
If kids joined in their freshman year, I
think they should like it, and they will
sing for four years. So we can keep
most of the same people every year. I
will try to make it fun, but at the same
time we are learning stuff as well.”

Film by Joey Richardson `09 A Very Short Class Film
Film
By Nick Kosewski `10
Andrew McDonnell came to Wayland
with one thing known to him. He was
going to teach English. No sooner had
he begun this work, however, than a
new project came to his attention.
McDonnell was quickly slotted with
the task of forging a new elective in
film. He read the iMovie manual, dug
up his old undergraduate film class
textbooks, grabbed some cameras, and
started Wayland’s film program.
The class started with nine students in
its first year, and, now in its third year,
the class has drawn 35 people, large
enough for two sections. As one of the
most popular electives, film quickly
gained access to more advanced
technology than iMovie.
“We use Final Cut Pro, which is the
same as many professionals use for
commercials and feature length films,”
said McDonnell. The class is not only
about making movies, but also about
learning the art of criticizing art. The
class teaches terms but more
importantly a way to see the films in a
more advanced way, or as McDonnell
put it, “Stop being passive consumers
of images.”
The class makes films for enjoyment
but also because (as McDonnell
explained) “film changes the way they
[the students] watch films and T.V.”
On campus, the Film Festival (a product
of the class’s endeavors) has become a
key annual event at Wayland, with most
of the student body in attendance. And
the show has gotten better each year.
From barely being able to get thirty
minutes of material to struggling to
keep it shorter than two hours, the
festival is a key showcase for the best
video creativity in the student body.
The festival also “allows the students
to see how others react to their films,”
noted McDonnell. “You can’t control
how an audience is going to react to a
movie. It’s good for the students to see
that they (the audience) sometimes
reacted differently than you’d expect.”
As for the future of the film program,
McDonnell noted that “natural
demand on campus” will keep the
program moving. Trying to put more
films online, entering films outside of
our festival: these are going to be the
things that will keep students
interested and excited.
Watch videos from the film class at
the Greetings Web site at
www.wayland.org/alumni/publications.cfm
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COMMENCEMENTby Tyler Graham
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O
n the morning of May 24, 2009, Wayland’s
graduating class walked in joyful procession, bedecked in cap and
gown, into Lindsay Gymnasium to receive the long-awaited award
for their efforts of four years of college preparatory study. The
weather (always unpredictable in Beaver Dam) was kind and
supportive to these young adults whose Wayland Big Red caps and
gowns glistened in the morning sun as they entered the space
from which they would leave, at last, alumni: the graduating Class
of 2009.
Class President
Shirley Wu
Co-salutatorian
Mark Bruning
Co-salutatorian
Brendan Weinstein
Commencement `09 was one to remember with excellent speeches from four eloquent
seniors as well as a moving keynote address from Wisconsin’s Governor Jim Doyle. The
celebration began with the `09 class president, Shirley Wu, welcoming the community and
announcing that this “Class of 2009” should really be termed “the family of 2009.”
The first speech was from co-salutatorian, Mark Bruning, whose reputation for humor and
brevity did not disappoint the masses. In his own introduction he explained that his speech
would have three distinct qualities to it. He said, “one, it will be noticeably shorter than most
of the speeches heard today; two, it will cover basics, and I won’t go into incredible detail;
three, it will somehow still get the job done.” In the end, his message was — and did — just
that. He concluded: “Class of 2009, the best advice I can give to you is live one day at a time.
Do everything to the fullest, and have fun doing it.”
The second co-salutatorian took a completely different approach and explored a thematic
link between Wayland’s boarding experience and the most popular fiction of his generation:
the Harry Potter series. Brendan Weinstein’s talk was simultaneously hilarious and
profoundly moving, as he wove together his favorite characters and themes from Harry
Potter books with his four years of Wayland life. In recalling his initial impressions of the
Academy, Brendan explained that “Mr. Osvald [Brendan’s mentor], with his comely beard,
gentle but broad-stroked walk, and above-all his ability to openly converse with students,
became Hagrid.”
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Meanwhile, Dr. Lake and Ms.
Hutchison [the Latin teachers] were
half-wizards. “A lifetime of studying
Latin for intellectual satisfaction? Who
are you kidding? You clearly just want
to do magic.”
For himself, Brendan realized that he
was much like the “half-crazed
Hermione Granger,” whose assiduous
dedication to studies made her nearly
catatonic at times.
Brendan’s profound panegyric to his
now-alma mater concluded with the
proclamation that, “for every struggle
there has been at Wayland, there has
been a rewarding time of hanging out
with friends, making bad jokes, and
doing absurd things to overcome the
daunting schedules and demands levied
upon us. In the end, I am somewhat
glad I didn’t go to Hogwarts. Most of
the people I’ve come to know here are
clearly Gryffindors, a few Ravenclaws
and Hufflepuffs as well. And even
some of the Slytherins really aren’t that
bad. Anyway, word on the street is that
Hogwarts got hit by the swine flu and
the recession pretty bad.”
The Valedictory speech allowed Addie
Rauschert to reflect on the four-year
process at Wayland. Freshman year,
she recalled, “the infamous breakfast
sign-in broke us in to the Wayland
ways. We learned to roll out of bed at
7:28, to drag our groggy bodies in
wrinkled, non-matching Wayland dress
code down to the dining hall, to make
it in time to sign our greatly desired
autographs by 7:30 a.m.”
Then sophomore year, “we rejoiced in
no longer being the youngest class;
finally we had someone we could push
around.”
“Junior Year we relished becoming
upperclassmen… The year flew by as we
Distinguished Service Citation recipient
and Trustee Emeritus Dick Kimberly `54
managed our schedules, played sports,
performed in theatre productions, and
began the college search.”
Then senior year came, and among
other things allowed that “we heard
back from colleges, deposited our
money, and now here we are, all
decked out in the Wayland red,
preparing to say good-bye to the place
that has been home to us for one, two,
three, or four years.” Rauschert ended
her speech with a big thank you to all
of the Wayland family.
Trustee Emeritus Karl Rauschert `47, Jessica Doyle, Trustee Chair Susan Peterson `63, Governor Jim Doyle, President Bob Esten `64,
and Trustee Emeritus Dick Kimberly `54
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Valedictorian Addie Rauschert

The keynote speech allowed Governor
Jim Doyle to reflect on the Wayland
career of his son, Gabe Doyle `97. He
reflected on how he recently visited Gabe
who is now a young father managing the
duties of childcare and professional life
while facing the difficult challenges of
life. He used this reflection as a note for
this year’s graduates to realize that while
some challenges have been met here at
Wayland there are many more ahead.
He then discussed the state of the
nation and world, assessing the fact
that “so much has changed in one
year.” Now more than ever in a world
with difficult economic times, high
school graduates need to seek college
education. “We need you… to get the
best education you can get,” he said. In
particular, “Take the values that you
have learned here and keep them as
you move into the professional world.”
As the speeches concluded, it seemed
that there was nothing left but the
diplomas; however, Susan Peterson, the
new chair of the Board of Trustees,
had a surprise up her sleeve. Calling
Richard Kimberly `54 to the podium
with her, she delivered a tribute to the
two-time chair and member of the
Board for his half century of service to
Wayland Academy. Susan’s memorable
encomium culminated with her
presenting Mr. Kimberly with the
Distinguished Service Citation.
Mr. Kimberly received the award with
gratitude, as the entire audience gave
him a standing ovation. Then, noting
in awe how great the Academy has
become in his many years of service,
Mr. Kimberly mentioned tongue-incheek
that he couldn’t have graduated
from Wayland today. He culminated
his thanksgiving with a note to the
graduates: “Don’t forget your character
and knowledge.”
The ceremony concluded with the
graduates parading back to the
gathering space outside the gym where
they threw their caps into the air. The
Class of 2009 had become alumni.
Commencement photos by George
Pfoertner `80
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Adam Bunkoske
Valedictorian
Audrey Rauschert
Co-Salutatorians
Mark Bruning and Brendan Weinstein
The Weimer K. Hicks
Achievement Award
Adam Bunkoske
Wayland Academy Writing Award
Veronica Neumann Thompson
Alumni Association
Memorial Service Awards
Lindsay Cieslik and Tyler Hill
Board of Trustees Awards
Lindsay Cieslik and Tyler Hill
Glen and Ella Dye Award
Audrey Rauschert
The James P. Freeman
President’s Award
Lindsay Cieslik
President’s Award
Leah French
Kit Mayer Sports Cup
Kelsey Peters
2009 Commencement Awards
Wiseheart Cup
Tyler Hill
Laura A. MacDonald Award
Audrey Rauschert
Edwin Putnam Brown Award
Edward Randerson
Awards Presented During Honors
Convocation May 17, 2009
Academic Book Awards —
Class of 2009
English
Audrey Rauschert
Greg Boulanger Memorial
Award in Drama
Tyler Hill
Music
Jared Krause
Visual Arts
Youn Ah Roh
Classics
Edward Randerson
German
Audrey Rauschert
Veronica Neumann Thompson Kelsey Peters Edward Randerson
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Lindsay Cieslik Leah French Tyler Hill
Spanish
Mark Bruning
Mathematics
Audrey Rauschert
Science
Edward Randerson
Social Studies/History
Audrey Rauschert and
Miles Reid-Anderson
Senior Art Purchase Award
Tyler Hill
2009 Senior Honors Awards
First-year:
Epiphany Burgess, Youngil Kim,
Molly Lowell, Kelsey Ruegger, and
Shuangxiu Yu
Two-year:
Sarah Baig, Andrew Haberman,
Junsoo Hong, and Xue Wu
Three-year:
Leah French, Joseph Graham, Suk
Hyun Kim, Youn Ah Roh, Michael
Schwemmer, Clare Wolfe
Four-year:
Karlie Aubry, Mark Bruning,
Adam Bunkoske, Lindsay
Cieslik, Tyler Hill, Sarah
Janisewski, Julia Kim,
Veronica Neumann
Thompson, Edward
Randerson, Audrey
Rauschert,
Spencer Schumann, Elizabeth
Spencer, Brendan Weinstein,
Ye-Seul Yang

W
ayland
Academy’s
administration, faculty, staff,
and the Board of Trustees
are honored to present the
school’s class of 2009!
Karlie L. Aubry
Little Chute, Wisconsin
Syracuse University
Sarah Baig
Alhassa, Saudi Arabia
Unknown school in Pakistan
Jacqueline C. Barron
Berwyn, Illinois
DePaul University
Mark J. Bruning
Crystal Lake, Illinois
New York University
Adam B. Bunkoske
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Macalester College
Epiphany D. Burgess
Chicago, Illinois
Spelman College
Sang Yoon Cha
Seoul, Korea
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Lindsay J. Cieslik
Madison, Wisconsin
Wheaton College
Jason Crivolio
River Forest, Illinois
Butler University
Jonathan J. DeHart
Ann Harbor, Michigan
DePaul University
Brennan W. Fitzgerald
Juneau, Wisconsin
Rochester Community and Technical
College
CLASS
Leah French
Marion, Wisconsin
of
Georgia Institute of Technology
2009
Maximillian Georges
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Ripon College
Lars Gossel
Macomb, Illinois
DePaul University
Joseph T. Graham
Chicago, Illinois
Purdue University
Andrew R. Haberman
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Christopher Hannah
Calumet Park, Illinois
Ripon College
Tyler T. Hill
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Macalester College
Junsoo Hong
Seoul, Korea
Washington University in St. Louis
Sarah K. Janisewski
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Westminster College
Julia S. Kim
Daejeon, Korea
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Suk Hyun Kim
Shanghai, China
Northwestern University
Youngil Kim
Daejeon, Korea
Indiana University at Bloomington
Jared J. Krause
Brussels,Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Justin J. Krause
Brussels, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, Stout
Molly Lowell
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Denison University
Steven E. McCaskill
Chicago, Illinois
St. Norbert College
Veronica R. Neumann Thompson
Cambria, Wisconsin
Knox College
Kelsey Peters
Winnetka, Illinois
University of Kentucky
Erin Phipps
Nashotah, Wisconsin
College of St. Catherine
Damarr G. Purifoy
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Adam G. Pusinelli
Burr Ridge, Illinois
Texas Christian University
Edward L. Randerson
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Marquette University
Jeffrey V. Rauscher
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, Platteville
Audrey L. Rauschert
Bushnell, Illinois
University of Richmond
Miles J. Reid-Anderson
Lake Forest, Illinois
Knox College
William J. Richardson
River Forest, Illinois
DePaul University
Elizabeth Richardson-Hart
West Branch, Iowa
Luther College
Amberly Ritchie
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Marian University
Youn Ah Roh
Seoul, South Korea
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kelsey Carroll Ruegger
Appleton, Wisconsin
St. Norbert College
Spencer Schumann
Fall River, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Michael Schwemmer
Ripon, Wisconsin
Syracuse University
Elizabeth H. Spencer
Crystal Lake, Illinois
Loyola University Chicago
Jessica Stout
Hinsdale, Illinois
Curry College
Andrew Weaver
Berkeley, California
Eckerd College
Brendan W. Weinstein
Park Ridge, Illinois
Stanford University
Austin B. Williams
Chicago, Illinois
St. Norbert College
Clare A. Wolfe
Madison, Wisconsin
Grinnell College
Xue Wu
Shanghai, China
Wellesley College
Ye-Seul Yang
Goyang, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea
University of Washington
Shuangxiu Yu
Shanghai, China
Mount Holyoke College
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Sara Sanderson `74 and son Andrew Weaver `09. Four generations of
Wayland Grads! They are holding the Wayland diplomas of Sara’s
grandfather, Thomas Harvey Sanderson, who arrived at Wayland in
1899 by horse-drawn carriage, and her father, Thomas Jess Sanderson,
who arrived at Wayland in 1930 in a Ford sedan.
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Chair of Science Craig Hill H`06, Tyler Hill `09, and Director of
Athletics Judy Hill H`06
Jared Krause `09, James Krause, Lisa Krause, and Justin Krause `09
Co-salutatorian Mark
Bruning `09 & family. Mark’s
father Kevin Bruning (2nd
from left) is a Wayland alum
from the class of 1979 and is
the Chair of Wayland’s
Parents’ Council.

Greg Pusinelli, Adam Pusinelli `09, and Marie Pusinelli Tom Randerson, Caitlin Randerson `06, Ed Randerson `09, and Jane
Randerson
Jo Schumann, Spencer Schumann `09, Mark Schumann, and Brooke
Schumann `11
The Reid-Anderson
family celebrated Miles’s
graduation. Miles’s
grandparents, Ian and
Dorothy Hutchings, flew
in from the UK especially
for the weekend festivities.
Senator Scott Fitzgerald and Brennan Fitzgerald `09
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With
over 120 items on the
Silent Auction, 41 on the Live Auction, and
close to 200 guests, the 33rd Annual Spring
Gala and Auction was a resounding
success! The evening is Wayland’s only
major fundaising event of the year. This
year $46,400 was raised for classroom
technology and, although this amount was
$3,000 less than last year, it was still
considered very successful. Trustee Burnie
Sullivan commented, “The Gala is one of
my favorite Wayland events. It was super!
And the results considering the economy —
outstanding!”
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Marie Pusinelli looks over the section of Wayland items such as
a W sweater (knitted by English teacher Martha Kesler) and
“Preferred seating at the Graduation Ceremony.”
Left: Always a popular
Live Auction item — Rule
the Big Red — the winning
bidder is Wayland’s
President for a Day. This
year Holli and Rob
Ruegger won the bid for
their daughter Kelsey
Ruegger `09.
Photo by Linda Lutes
Right: Tracy Rabata,
and Paul and Leann
Tramm, are all members
of Wayland’s Parents’
Council.
Auctioneers Jeff Kitchen and Julius Temkin — they have been
helping with the Spring Gala and Auction for over 30 years.
Wayland’s Director of Facilities John Harris, his wife Jennifer,
and Trustee Burnie Sullivan `69. The entire Sodexo Facilities
department did an outstanding of job of keeping up with all the
extra work involved with the Gala and Auction.
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Sara Sanderson `74 bid on some of the silent auction items.
Trustee Georgianna Starz and Trustee Chair Susan Peterson `63
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Paul Tramm is persuaded by Chief Financial Officer Rodney
Miller that he needs more raffle tickets.
Dorthee Gossel receiving the raffle spiel from Vice President of
Development Trent Jackson. The competition between Jackson
and Miller (over who could sell the most raffle tickets) was fierce.
Former English teacher Roger VanHaren
H`84 was the evening’s emcee.

Trustee Jack Faber and his wife, Jeanne
Chef Richard took a minute to see how a couple of guests were
doing and to watch some of the bidding.
Vice President of
Development Trent
Jackson joined Greg
Pusinelli at the Chicago
Blackhawk’s Playoff
Victory. Pusinelli was the
winning bidder of an
authentic Chicago
Blackhawks Jersey signed
by Adam Burish
(shown above).
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alumnigatherings
Alumni in the Sarasota and Naples area of Florida gathered together last March to renew Wayland friendships, share memories
of classmates and teachers, and honor the Academy’s incredible legacy of knowledge and character. President Bob Esten `64
presented a State of the Academy at both events.
Sarasota
Judith Jensen Schwartzbaum `61 hosted an event at the TPC Prestancia Golf Club in Sarasota.
Bob Prosser `60 and Trent Jackson Sarah Smith `59, Bob Esten `64, and Pam Tompkins
Graham Barkhuff, Trent Jackson, and Pat Barkhuff H`56 Audrey Mayer `47, Trent Jackson, and Ed Mayer
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Bob Esten `64, Linda
Esten, Bob Prosser `60,
Judith Schwartzbaum `61,
Leonard Schwartzbaum,
Pam Tompkins, Trent
Jackson, Sarah Smith `59,
Carrie Smith Metzger `56,
Audrey Mayer `47,
Jon Metzger,
Susan Peterson `63,
Tink Alexander,
Pat Barkhuff H`56,
Graham Barkhuff, and
Ed Mayer.

Naples
In Naples, Eileen and Trustee Emeritus Karl Rauschert `47 hosted
a reception at the Naples Yacht Club.
John Sensenbrenner, Mary Sensenbrenner, Trent Jackson, Karl
Rauschert `47, and Eileen Rauschert
Susan Peterson `63, Elizabeth Wilson, and Clinton Wilson `88
Joe Steuer, Trustee Robert Kuehling, Susan Kuehling, John
Sensenbrenner, Mary Sensenbrenner, Jon Labahn `57, Jean
Baumann, Barbara Weiner Bartlett `43, Dennis Baumann,
Susan Labahn `57, Bob Folsom `63, Bob Esten `64, Nancy
Folsom, Trent Jackson, Susan Peterson `63, Madalyn Conklin,
Clinton Wilson `88, Elizabeth Wilson, Karl Rauschert `47,
Eileen Rauschert, Jamie Steuer, Linda Esten, and Tink
Alexander.
Madalyn Conklin (daughter of Anita and Walter Thiede `43),
Trent Jackson, and Susan Peterson `63
Karl Rauschert `47, Susan Peterson `63, and Bob Esten `64
Trent Jackson, Nancy Folsom and Bob Folsom `63
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Editor’s note: We will be pleased to
publish your email address in future
issues of the Greetings if it is included
with your submitted News and Notes.
1940s
Don E. Jones, Jr. `46 writes, “I
continue to serve as a trustee for Tampa
Bay Performing Arts Center (tbpac.org)
and as an adjudicator for the Southeast
Theatre Conference. Last year we sailed
on the 99 day maiden voyage of Cunard
Queen Victoria.”
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George N. Pratt `53 writes, “I have had a month of nostalgia. First, I learned in the last
issue that a roommate of mine, Gene Kenniger, passed away. Second, I saw a picture of
Don Augustine, and he and I have about the same amount of hair. In the photo, I am on
the right, and Ron Schmoller `53 is on the left. We had lunch this past week and tried to
remember the early 50s at Wayland. Ron has Alzheimer’s, but he still has pretty good
recall. We laughed about Club Henry, Don ‘Bebop’ Walther, Ron ‘the Hog’ Hoglund, the
Roundy musical shows, and the ever present Mr. Tucker. We played football together (not
too successfully), but we think we remember it was fun. Lastly, my wife and I attended a
musical show with the big bands doing ‘Sing Sing Sing,’ ‘Somethin’s Gotta Give,’ and ‘One
for My Baby.’ We have such fond memories of the Junior Proms and our infamous five
minute period before Mr. T. rang the bell. Got to run, I think I heard a bell ring.”
1950s
Mary Corcoran Chinchinian `50
writes that she “had the treat of seeing
Don Davis `50 and his wife this fall!”
All Alumni Reunion
& Wayland Hall Re-dedication
October 16-18, 2009
Judith Ann (Hinze) Kyger `53 died
April 7, 2009, after a five month battle
with cancer.

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Seven women from the Wayland class of 1962 reconnected at their 35th reunion and now hold biennial mini-reunions all over North
America. Their most recent destination was Rio Caliente, a spa about an hour from Guadalajara, Mexico. First row (l-r): Susan
Stebbins Adams, Joan Godshall Dudley, Lynn Fitzpatrick Dean, Virginia Seeman Drabbe, Jan Bowman Sparks; second row: Lynne
Peters Alexander, Kathleen Burns Haller.
1960s
Hugh Nielsen `61 writes, “I have
retired from Emigrant Bank in New
York City as of May 1, 2009. My
current activities revolve around the
retirement community in which we
live as well as traveling to various
locations for vacation.”
Mr. Jeffrey R. Lasher `64 writes, “I
am enjoying retirement in a fantastic
but changing country — Costa Rica. I
volunteer weekly at a dog shelter and
the local school. I have travel planned
for Central and South America.”
John F. Fisher `65 asks, “What
alumni in the past have been from the
Merrill/Wausau area? I met several
people in Mexico from Merrill and
wondered.”
Grace Baldwin Doherty `65, died
October 27, 2008.
Dr. Elizabeth Gay Hooker `67
writes, “After many years in Florida, I
have left the mainland. I am enjoying
my new life on beautiful Kauai!! Me
Ke Aloha Keakua.”
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Dr. Annette E. Sampon-Nicolas `68 is
a Hollins University Professor of
French in Roanoke, Virginia. She has
been named Knight of the Order of
Academic Palms (Chevalier dans l’Ordre
des Palmes Académiques) by France’s
Ministry of National Education for her
exceptional record of teaching,
publication, and promotion of French
culture through a multitude of
activities. “To be named a Knight of the
Order of Academic Palms is the greatest
honor,” says the Belgian-born Sampon-
Nicolas. “I owe everything to my
parents, who were both French teachers
[at Wayland]. Their love for French
language and culture inspired me to
follow in their footsteps. French has
always been at the heart of my life.”
1970s
John Lyle `71 writes, “I am taking
classes again at the University of
Denver, where I graduated in 1975,
and have classes in the very same
classrooms as in the 70s. It is hard to
have to do homework again!”
Elizabeth Traut Bosio `73 writes, “I
just read the notes from others from
our class. It’s great to hear from so
many of you. It’s amazing how far we
have spread around the country from
Beaver Dam. I’m still in Broomfield,
Colorado, which is just outside of
Boulder (26 yrs now). We should all
try to mark the date in our memories
for 2013 and try to get back to
Wayland for our 40th. God knows if
we’ll all be able to negotiate the trip
and campus for our 50th! Come to
Colorado and ski; I have a place near
Breckenridge and would love to ski
with anyone who heads this way. I’ve
met up with Karen Sorenson `73 in the
past and had hoped to ski last winter
with Eric Gefvert `73, but a bad storm
prevented me from getting up to the
mountains.”
Julie Batchelder `73 writes, “I have
been a guidance counselor at a high
school for the last eight years. My days
go very fast as I multi-task often, and
no two days are the same. I work at
Palmer High School in Colorado
Springs, Colorado, which has about
1,800 students. I truly enjoy working
with adolescents, particularly in
helping them prepare for their life after
high school. I am married to a
wonderful man, David Truitt, who
cooks at a nice restaurant in downtown
Colorado Springs. My son, Jason, is
now 25 and has a son of his own (yes, I
am a grandma to a 22-month-old
named Justin). My daughter, Sammy, is
11 and will begin middle school next

year. A lot of my free time is spent
helping Sammy with all her activities
and spending time with family and
friends. We have two dogs (a Golden
Retriever and a Poodle), one cat, and
one firebelly toad. It’s always busy at
my house, and it seems that the days fly
by. I love to walk and hike (I walk
everyday). I also enjoy reading and
being outdoors, as we have many nice
days here. I would love to hear from
friends at Wayland. I know that many
members of my class have been
involved with Wayland through the
years, and I wanted to update you on
my whereabouts and activities.”
Sue Braden `74 is living in Vieques,
Puerto Rico, a beautiful island in the
Caribbean. She has established a nonprofit,
Vieques Chef’s Association
(VCA), dedicated to benefitting the
island youth who are plagued with teen
pregnancy and drug addiction. The
VCA raises funds through membership,
grant writing, and corporate
sponsorship to support existing sports
and arts programs and to create new
ones. Sue writes, “My personal goals for
this fledgling association are to see Pasa
Fino polo played on the fields in front
of Sun Bay and A Midsummer Night’s
Dream performed on the plaza with 30
local children in the local French
influenced Spanish dialect. This is just
in my spare time. I would love to revisit
Wayland, especially the likes of Bev
Dohmann. I have yet to complete my
first lap: God bless you, Sol. Please do
not hesitate to contact me.”
Mr. John Grummel `76 writes, “I am a
self-employed comic book trader. I spend
winters in Boca Raton, Florida. I have
three daughters — Angel (29), Christina
(26), and Melissa (22). I also have two
grandchildren, Brooklyn (19 months)
and Ryder (one week old today).”
Nancy Parent `76 writes, “I’m
writing to tell you of news, sad and
happy. The sad news first — my
husband, Pete, died last November of
cancer at 51. Rhiannon, our daughter,
and I miss him and mourn his loss.
I’ve decided to stay in Gunnison,
Colorado, where I teach music at the
local elementary school, and Rhiannon
will be in 5th grade in the fall. She
dreams of going to Wayland, and we
shall see! The happy news is that
Gunnison is a wonderful, loving
community and we’ve been enveloped
in a tapestry of love here. To add to
this tapestry, my mother, Polly Parent,
93, is moving to Gunnison to live with
us this summer. There are lots of
changes in our lives, and we’re all
taking it step-by-step. I wish all the
Wayland community my best,
especially those who have experienced
loss recently. If you would like to
contact me, please do so at
npmusic@mindspring.com.”
Dr. Mark T. Duffy `79 is still
dedicated to his philanthropy at
Aravind Eye Hospital in India. He
writes, “I have made frequent charity
trips to work there and send my
monetary donations as well.” You can
learn more about this organization at
www.friendsofAravind.org, specifically
their “ring of hope.”
1980s
Samer Nashashibi `80 writes, “I
currently live in Bahrain, and I’m
married to Naima Kuodous from
Morocco. We have one son, Wahib
(15), and two daughters Amira (13)
and Salina (11).”
Scott M. Posnanski `86 would love to
hear from any and everyone! He
exhorts, “Have a great 2009!”
1990s
Jeong Won Park `92 recently moved to
South Korea on business for two years.
Dr. Dominik Scheruhn `94 writes,
“Hey folks, I moved to Switzerland a
couple of weeks ago, to Lucerne, which
is an awesome place. So, if anyone
should be around, let me know. I will
stay here until December; then I will
be moving to Munich for the last year
of my residency.”
Kate Bartizal Kimmons `90 was
married February 14 at the Union
League Club in Chicago to James A.
Kimmons. They are residing in Claredon
Hills, Illinois.
Ms. Brooke Conley `98 writes, “I am
currently living and working in Park
Slope in Brooklyn. I would love to see
Wayland friends when you are in town.”
Heather L. Niles `99 writes, “After a
long struggle with FOP (ifopa.org) and
my health, I am slowly working on
finishing my social work degree with a
minor in art therapy. I currently live at
a small community-based residence
facility in Madison and have no plans
on moving anytime soon.”
Alicia C. Kelly `99 writes, “I
completed my master’s degree in
health law from Loyola University
Chicago School of Law on May 16,
2009. I miss everyone and say hello to
all my Wayland friends.”
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1990s continued
Liz Boucher `99 and Stephen Lee, of West Monroe, Louisiana,
were married June 6, 2009, in Arlington, Virginia. Liz’s
Bridesmaid of Honor was her sister, Kristene `97. Penny
(Hommel) Strack `96, and her husband, Brian, were also able to
help the new couple celebrate. Liz’s brothers, Steven `07 and
Michael `10, were ushers. Liz and Stephen met during their first
assignments (Liz by her employer, the USO, Steven, by his
employer, U.S, Army Special Forces.) on Okinawa, and, after
having spent the past two years in the Washington, D.C., area,
will start new assignments there this summer.
2000s
Larry P. Pitcher `00 is working as a financial analyst for
the operations department at RTI Biologics (RTIX) in
Alachua, Florida. He was recently accepted to the
professional MBA program at the University of Florida.
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Rachel Cartwright `01 is working in New York as a lawyer. She
graduated from Hofstra Law School in May 2008, and is working
for a law firm specializing in labor and employment law. She
writes, “I have a nice boyfriend who graduated from Hofstra Law
School and has a job at a Brooklyn law firm. Jose and I are taking
the Florida bar examination in July 2009, and we’ll see where we
settle. Because of Wayland, I received a very nice scholarship to
Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island.” She
graduated cum laude with majors in Spanish and Communication
with a minor in political science.
Trustee Georgiana Starz, proprietor of Camp Nicolet Inc. in
Eagle River, Wisconsin, writes, “The 2008 Franklin Freestyle
Wake Board Tournament was another successful benefit
event for the Christopher Starz `01 Leadership Memorial
Fund.”
Erin Lamm `02 writes, “I graduated from DePaul
University College of Law in May 2008, and practice family
law in Chicago. I am excited about the start of my career. I
hope that all of my classmates are doing well. If you are in
Chicago, give me a call!!”
Susanna Redmer `03 writes, “I graduated from the
Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2007, with a degree
in British and American Literature. I recently graduated with
my Master of Arts degree from Mount Mary College, and I
am working on my teaching certification! I am also engaged
to Timothy Carlson who is an electrical engineer with a
Milwaukee based company. We have a 2010 wedding
planned!”
A few of Wayland’s newest alums and current students visited
together in South Korea.
Left top: (l-r) Moonhyok (Jason)Kim `11, Youngil Kim `09,
Julia Kim `09, and Addie Rauschert `09
Left: (l-r) Julia Kim `09, Sang Yoon Cha `09, Addie Rauschert
`09, Chung Bok Lee `10, and Paul Oum `11

In
Remembrance
Stoakley W. Swanson `52 died May 9,
2009. Stoakley was a professor
Emeritus of Marketing in the Business
School at Sacramento State University.
He was at Wayland for four years and
served as president of his class; he
received the Edwin Putnam Brown
award at graduation.
Friends will remember him for his
critical — and often contrarian —
thinking that imbued his observations
with illustrative quotations and
aphorisms, characteristic of his unique
personality.
In 1981, he became a faculty member
at Sacramento State where he was
active in campus affairs, serving as
Chair of the Marketing Department
and as a faculty senator for both local
and statewide offices. He was a key
member of the California Faculty
Association where he participated with
the collective bargaining team in
negotiating the faculty union’s first
system-wide contract in the mid-
1980’s, and later left the party as an
Independent. He retired from the
faculty at Sacramento State in
December 1997.
Connie M. Koehne H`66 (former
faculty) died January 8, 2009. Connie
started piano lessons at four years old
with her father as her teacher. She
attended Marycrest College, Davenport,
Iowa, and graduated with a B.A. in
music from DePaul University,
Chicago, Illinois. After college, she
toured as an accompanist with her
brother Richard. She became the staff
pianist at Mount St. Mary’s On-the-
Fox Academy. She also was the first
pianist with the Elgin Symphony
Orchestra and taught at Elgin
Academy, where she met her husband,
Bill.
In 1965, they moved to Beaver Dam
because Wayland Academy offered Bill
a teaching position. Shortly, her
accompanying ability was discovered.
She began playing for liturgies
throughout the area, especially St.
Patrick’s Church. Connie also taught
private piano lessons until she retired
in 2004. In 1973, Bill passed away, and
Connie decided to stay in Beaver Dam.
At that time she became Chair of the
Music Department at Wayland. Connie
retired from Wayland in 1991 and
continued to play for liturgies,
weddings, and funerals well into 2008.
William G. Ellis H`67, former
President of Wayland Academy and
New England College, and Dean of the
School of Business and Legal Studies at
Concordia University, died March 3,
2009. An alumnus of Williston
Northampton School in Massachusetts,
Ellis received his B.S. from Babson
College in 1962, and an Ed. D. from
Pennsylvania State University in 1968.
He also held master’s degrees from
Suffolk University (Business
Administration, 1963), Westfield State
College (Education, 1965), and
Concordia University Wisconsin
(Administration, 1991), and completed
professional programs at The
University of Chicago, The
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
and Harvard University.
During a career in higher education
that spanned more than 46 years, Bill
distinguished himself as visionary and
a leader, serving as Chair of Business
and Director of Continuing Education
at Castleton State College in Vermont
(1969-72), Executive Vice President at
the College of St. Joseph in Vermont
(1972-73), and Academic Vice
President and Dean of the Graduate
School at Thomas College in
Waterville, Maine (1973-82). In 1982,
Ellis was named President of Wayland
Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
Over the next 13 years, he fostered the
Academy’s capital campaigns,
improved its physical plant and
endowment, developed innovative
academic programs, and advanced
athletics. Following his tenure at
Wayland, Dr. Ellis became President of
New England College in Henniker,
New Hampshire. In 1997, he and wife
Nancy returned to Wisconsin, where
he served as Dean of the School of
Business and Legal Studies at
Concordia University through June
2008. Upon his retirement, Concordia
named him Dean Emeritus. He was
awarded the Exceptional Service
Award by the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools
(1994), the Distinguished Service
Citation by Wayland Academy (1995),
and was twice named Business
Professor of the Year by his students at
Concordia University (1999, 2007). In
2001, he received the Excellence in
Education award from Penn State
University’s College of Education, the
highest honor bestowed upon a College
of Education alumnus for significant
contributions to the field of education.
An active community member,
William Ellis served as Director of
Bank One of Beaver Dam, Director
and Board Chair of Beaver Dam
Community Hospitals, Inc., Director of
Westra Construction Corporation, and
served consecutive terms as President
of the Beaver Dam Chamber of
Commerce. While at Thomas College,
he served as Corporator for Maine
Savings Bank and First Consumers
Savings Bank. He also served as head
tennis coach at Babson College, where
he had been a standout tennis and
squash player, winning the small
college New England singles
championship in tennis. He later
served as head tennis coach at Thomas
College, where he produced two NAIA
New England singles champions, and
Wayland Academy, leading the boys
tennis team to two undefeated seasons
and producing a state singles
champion.
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Throughout his life, William Ellis was
a dedicated and loving husband, father,
and son. He is survived by his wife,
Nancy Kempton Ellis, two sons,
William Grenville Ellis, Jr. and
Bradford Graham Ellis, two daughtersin-law,
Lola Belle Ellis and Diane
Mulroney, and two grandchildren,
Anna and Tucker Ellis.
Mr. Philip E. Buchanan `85 died
March 2, 2009. Philip was a 1990
graduate of The Colorado College in
Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he
met his life partner, Wendy Thomas.
Following college, he secured a single
engine commercial pilots license for
both land and sea at Hillsboro
Helicopters in Oregon. His passion was
float planes, and he spent many hours
flying around both the Columbia and
Willamette Rivers. After moving to
Wisconsin, he was employed by Fox
River Paper Company in Appleton in
the human resources department, and
he was transferred to Housatonic,
Massachusetts, where its Rising Paper
division was located. Once there, Phil
decided to pursue his dream of
building custom furniture, and he
apprenticed himself to Peter Thorne of
West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Later, he set up his own shop in
Housatonic where he built beautiful
pieces of furniture. Phil also served on
the town library committee and was
instrumental in establishing a regional
guild for fellow furniture makers. Phil
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and Wendy were married in August
1993. When in Housatonic, they built
their dream home on a granite hillside.
Their daughter, Zoey, was born in
2003, and the family raised bees,
blueberries, Newfoundlands, and a cat.
In his senior year in high school
(1985), Phil was diagnosed with a
head tumor. For twenty-four years,
Phil met the challenges of managing
this cancer through surgeries, radiation
therapies, and medications. He and
Wendy traveled, skied, canoed, swam,
camped, drove Phil’s 1976 Landcruiser,
listened to music, and laughed
together.
In 2006, Phil became blind; he and
Wendy decided to sell their home and
his business and move to Portland,
Oregon. Phil enrolled at the
Commission for the Blind, where he
began to learn Braille, to acquire
mobility skills, and to establish a
workshop in his new home.
Unfortunately, in 2008, the pressures
of the tumor in his head took their toll,
and Phil’s health declined. In the last
two months, Phil was bedridden in his
home where he enjoyed the company
and appreciated the support of his
friends and family. Phil was a person of
simple values, of trust and hopefulness.
He worked hard and laughed a lot —
his sense of humor was wicked, wry,
and funny. He met people honestly; he
was faithful. Phil met the challenges in
his life with grace, and surmounted
them with honor.
Aimé J. Ellis `87 died May 26, 2009.
Aimé was an Associate Professor in the
Department of English, at Michigan State
University. To his colleagues, friends, and
students, Aimé was an ambitious,
intelligent, kindhearted, and creative
man, with a knack for engaging his
students and challenging their
preconceived notions of the world. His
book, If We Must Die: From Bigger
Thomas to Biggie Small, explores several
themes in 20th century African-
American literature and will be published
in the next year.
Michael L. Thieman `02 died May 17,
2009, as a result of complications of
Myasthenia Gravis and Graves’ Disease.
Michael graduated from Wayland
Academy in 2002 and received the James
P. Freeman President’s Award. This
award is presented annually by the
members of the senior class to one of
their own classmates. Michael was a
semester away from completing his
Bachelor of Art’s Degree in Business. He
was studying for his LSAT exam in
pursuit of his goal to obtain his law
degree in order to help others.
Mary Ellen (Molly) Rich Borges
(Former Faculty), of Carlisle,
Pennsylvania, died January 15, 2009.
She was the widow of Donald W. Rich,
Jr., her husband of 25 years; she is
survived by her husband of 23 years,
Dr. Wayne H. Borges.
Mary Ellen chose to teach, a gift she
continued to share throughout her life.
She first taught at Wayland Academy
from 1947-1950. She was introduced
to her first husband, Donald, by
Wayland president Weimer K. Hicks.
While living in Central Pennsylvania,
she became an English/Theatre teacher
at Cumberland Valley High School.
After receiving her master’s degree,
she became a guidance counselor and
started a peer counseling program.
While often in the news about her
teaching and counseling efforts, Mary
Ellen was characteristically creative in
promoting good health when she had
her “Be Well” license plate
prominently displayed in the Carlisle
Sentinel after her car unexpectedly
accelerated into the front window of a
local paint store.

The Greetings Essay Contest
As part of Wayland’s ongoing efforts to
encourage great writing and lifelong
learning, in the last Greetings, we requested
entries for a Greetings Essay Contest. The
topic was “Describe your favorite memory
of Wayland Academy.” Below is Joan
Cooper Larsen’s winning entry.
A single memory of Wayland? My
words, I am sure, will reflect those of the
hundreds of students that spent their
boarding school years at this wondrous
place. A single memory cannot
encompass the moments, the days —
and yes, the years — that we still look
back at with the knowledge that the
experiences that peppered our everyday
life would continue to hold us in good
stead for the years to come.
It was a much more innocent time. We arrived — novices on
the dating scene — with rules galore on how we were to
conduct ourselves with the opposite sex. But boys and girls
— an even number of each in every class — were thrown
together at what were called “mandatory” dances in the gym
every Friday and Saturday night. “Going steady” was
acceptable — wonderful, actually. But the three minutes to
get from the gym to the girls’ dorm did not lend itself to
much “undesirable” behavior. And yet — yet — in the
rarified air of this Wayland world, there were three boys and
three girls in our class who eventually married their Wayland
sweethearts. Physical contact was certainly at the very
minimum as we were told to dance 18 inches apart (with one
teacher who actually had a measuring stick available).
Joan Cooper Larsen `49
Eighteen inches — once we were a little
more mature, the space angle — well —
it seems an extraordinary distance, don’t
you think? I will say no more.
Manners — you do remember manners,
don’t you, from “the old days”? As one,
we always rose to our feet if any adult
entered a room. With the boy, girl, boy,
girl system of seating at the dining room,
the boy always saw that the girl’s chair
was pushed in before he sat down. We
girls liked that a lot — as what girl does
not want to feel like a princess at every
meal? But it seemed that a boy holding a
girl’s hand under the table was always
seen by the table’s chaperone with the
undersea telescope who frowned at what
was called “close communion”. An instant
two dismissal points and forty demerits
and a letter to the parents made another try at another time
more than risky … but not impossible … or so I found.
Stories of those years pile one against another and would run
the length of a good book. Living together 9 months a year in
what were — to most — the awkward years of being a
teenager drew us close, forming a bond that the college years
could not measure up to. Again, I believe that most would
agree that the friendships formed, the confidences shared, the
“first love” feelings that others couldn’t help but know in
this tight environment, were the ties that have bound so
many of us closely to one another over 50 years later.
The friends made in those teenage years that still are the
dearest friends would have to be the fondest memories. They
still are “there” for us, still support us through the traumas
as well as the delights of getting older. We may not live
within walking distance, but with phone and e-mail and just
plain love for each other that found its beginnings during our
Wayland years, we find are the best gift that the school could
have given us.
And so I will take this opportunity to thank Thelma Arslan
Connor, Carolyn Frey Keating, Lynn Roseman, Connie
Sensiba Mueller, Betsy Law Roberts, Jackie Kerr, the
wonderful Sal Christifolli (and a few more I will leave
unnamed) — my classmates at Wayland in 1949 — who I
still count as my nearest and dearest friends … and my never
to be forgotten Wayland blessing.
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Three generations of Wayland graduates are represented in this Rauschert family photo. Trustee Emeritus Karl `47, Eileen,
Anne `11, Audrey `09, Cynthia, and Trustee Mark `83