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Letters letters Editor’s Note: Among the most rewarding aspects of publishing Horace Mann Magazine is the opportunity to connect HM alumni with their school, and with one another. The Spring/Summer 2011 issue of the magazine drew letters from alumni from the classes of 1942, 1968, and 2005. We greatly welcome their correspondence, and are pleased that their letters updated information about their past and current work. Details can be found in “Class Notes.” The last issue of the magazine focused on HM alumni engaged with communities around the world. It also featured alumni involved with food and restaurants. We recently learned of another alumnus who is welcoming diners: Alan Blackwell ’00 and his partner Alyssa Blittersdorf opened Metropolis Wine Bar & Cocktail Lounge in Brattleboro, Vt. in July 2011. “Metropolis” is worth a visit, especially now that ski season is underway. Take it from HM Upper Division English teacher Deborah Stanford, who is Alan’s mother, and a very satisfied customer, and learn more at www.metropoliswinebar.com. reconnecting with your past, especially when that past has done so much to form who you became and the values you hold. It may seem funny, but I still remember the words to our school song and occasionally find myself singing it. Robert Lamb ’68 News about Prof. Robert Lamb ’68, of Purdue University, appears in “Bookshelf” and “Class Notes.” Composing for Britten 100—in Jerusalem enjoyed reading the latest HM Magazine on HM’s international involvement, though I was saddened to hear of the death of Tom Reilly, my Russian teacher. Here in Jerusalem, Israel, I am working to produce Benjamin Britten’s spiritual chamber opera, Curlew River in Sept./Oct. 2012. It will probably be the first of the Britten productions that will occur during the 2012/2013 season honoring the 100th anniversary of Britten’s birth. (My proposal was one of nine that won Britten 100 Awards for this purpose. We are still looking for more sponsors, however!) In creating Curlew River, Britten took a Buddhist Japanese Noh play, Sumidagawa,(written by Kanze Juro Motomasa in about 1430 and still performed today) and moved it to medieval Christian East Anglia. My production moves Curlew River to a poor town near the Pale of Settlement at the end of the 19th century. This is the first poly-cultural, poly-religious version of Curlew River, and for the first time also we will be using professional dancers throughout the performance to indicate water, wind, spirits, etc. There’s lots more information on the website, http:// curlewriver.com/, and I hope everyone will plan to visit Israel and see this unique production during the Britten Centenary season! John C Saunders (Jonathan) ’68 js@jscomputerworks.com I Education in a Global Era have just finished reading the Spring/Summer issue of the Alumni Magazine. It is simply fantastic in every respect. What a truly wonderful job you and your associates have done in presenting both the school and it’s alumni and their dual involvement with the well chosen theme “Education in a Global Era.” Very beautifully presented and most impressive. Best, Don Hillman ’42 I Remembering Horace Mann School ’ve just spent the past hour on your magazine website and am overwhelmed by its high quality. Frankly, it’s considerably more impressive than any similar university website I’ve ever seen. I am so very sorry that I’ve fallen out of touch. It never occurred to me to send any information about my life or work to my high school or college, only to my graduate school, and I suspect that only occurred to me because I spent years getting Harvard’s university magazine and it’s liberal arts magazine, so I knew they had those. I’m afraid that you could fill a library with all the things everyone seems to know but that I haven’t figured out. I would love to receive the link to coming issues of the Magazine so I can read up on Horace Mann. And the next time I’m in New York City, I definitely will come to Riverdale for a visit. My last time was around 1979, and it’s pretty clear that with all that’s changed it might as well have been back in the Age of Jackson. I’d love to see the library. It was nothing like what you now have! Once again, thanks so very much. When you hit your 60s, as I just did, there’s a wonderful feeling that comes from 2 Horace mann magazine Winter 2012 I Keeping up on fellow alumni while writing and traveling recently read the Spring/Summer 2011 issue of Horace Mann Magazine and I was very impressed. I always love receiving the magazine and seeing what my fellow former classmates and alumni are doing but I was particularly intrigued by this Education in a Global Era issue. Since graduating with my B.A. in Communications from Temple University in 2009 I spent some time teaching English language in Italy, traveling and freelance writing for online food and travel publications. I am freelancing while actively looking for employment in my field. Kendra Elise Howard ’05 Writer & Creative Freelancer, Wordpress: Kendra Wanderlust I http://www.metropoliswinebar.com http://curlewriver.com/ http://curlewriver.com/

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Horace Mann - Winter 2012

Horace Mann - Winter 2012
Contents
Letters
Greetings from Dr. Tom Kelly
Greetings from Melissa Parento ’90
Horace Mann School’s 125th Anniversary Observances Begin
Strategic Thinking
New Initiatives in Institutional Research and Admissions
HM's New Director of College Counseling
Timothy HO and Monica Merlo are 2011 Tina and Dave Bellet Teaching Excellence Award Winners
Langfan Oratorical Contest, 2011
Horace Mann School Graduates 178 in June, 2011
Alumni Council Corner
Bookshelf
Class Notes
Memorials
Philanthropy and You

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