President's Message September 2014

The President’s Message

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I’m possible” Victor Aguirre

When Ute DeFarlo from Shakespeare & Co. contacted us to see if we’d be willing to send in a letter of support for a grant they really needed to start the much needed campus renovations (including St. Martin’s), we enthusiastically put a letter together supporting their application.

Could it be possible that winning this grant might be the opportunity that would allow them to triage the campus and earnestly start the rescue, renovation, demo or upkeep of some campus buildings, including St. Martin’s?

Nothing is impossible.

In the letter, we included our history and legacy and indi­cated that S&Co. were stewards of what once was Lenox School, and the impact of the grant would not only benefit future generations, it would preserve the historical heri­tage of this school. And then we waited.

Nothing is impossible.

On July 10, I received an e-mail from Ute. Here is an ex­tract from that communication:

“I wanted to let you know that your and the Lenox School for Boys’ amazing support for our Facilities Fund Grant application yielded wonderful results: We were awarded a $290,000 grant (not quite as much as we had requested, but it was one of the largest in Western Massachusetts) and we are thrilled!!!!”

Was it because of our letter? Not singularly, but I like to think that it helped to push the favorable consideration over the goal line. During the month of August they will be receiving matching funds for this grant from their donors. Nothing is impossible if you put your mind, focus and energy into something and do not allow the obstacles that always will be there to thwart your drive.

When told the reason for Daylight Saving time the old Indian said, “Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.” Unknown

Which brings me to the reunion: Are the years starting to become obstacles to attendance? Sure, but nothing is impossible.

Have we run out of younger classes to keep the legacy class years going? Yes, none since ‘71.

But nothing is impossible.

The very legacy of the school represents a sort of indomi­table spirit. So how do we influence the arc of what lies ahead that will allow us to sustain this flinty determination to preserve the memory of the school while sharing the es­sential message of Lenox embodied in the motto?

The answer to that I believe lies in the reunions. That little band of brothers that arrives each year represents the much larger band that still exists. The gathering seems to reinforce the following view: “Lenox is still alive in spirit, and we’re here to give living testament to that fact.” So I am asking that for this reunion, you make a special effort to attend. The class of ‘64 already has 28 returning!!

Nothing is impossible (but reunions are also not forever!).

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no base­ball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” Rogers Hornsby

Around this time each year (post all-star game), I am oc­casionally entertained by emails or snippets of conversa­tions on LSAA conference calls regarding the national past time (that would be baseball for those of you who have been hopelessly gazing down at your smart phone or lost in a politically fragmented haze or waiting for the start of the NFL season). The most entertaining of these seems to always surround the Yankees and the Red Sox.

I thought I’d take some broad literary license and share what I feel distills these Lenox alum baseball discussions (and maybe bring a smile to you):

Is There Lenox Baseball In Heaven?

Two older Lenox alums (are there any young ones left?) had been roommates while at school, both played on the Lenox baseball team and remained life long friends there­after. One of them suddenly fell very ill. His classmate came to visit him, and they reminisced about Lenox, play­ing baseball together and their long friendship.

All of a sudden, the stricken man’s friend says, “Say, listen, we both love baseball so much, let’s make a pact: the first one of us that passes has to somehow come back to let the other know if there’s baseball in heaven.”

The ill alum responds, “Excellent idea! We’ve been friends for years; and what a fitting pact for us to make.”

Sadly, the ill alum passes a few months later. A few days after the memorial service, his surviving friend is dozing when he hears his late friend’s voice. The voice says, “I have some good news – and I have some bad news. First the good news - there is baseball in heaven!”

“Wonderful! But what’s the bad news?” asks the surviving classmate.

“You’re pitching on Wednesday.”

LSAA Alums - Sox vs Yanks:

What’s the difference between a Yankee Stadium hotdog, and a Fenway Park hotdog?

You can buy a Yankee Stadium hotdog in October!

A Lenox Master poses the existential question of

why one supports a team.

A Master asked Lenox students if they were Yankees fans or Red Sox fans. All of the hands go up as Yankees fans, up except for one student. The Master challenges the lone student: “Okay, why are you a Red Sox fan?”

“Well sir, my parents are both Red Sox fans, so I’m a Red Sox fan too.”

The Master further presses: “Frankly, that’s not a sufficient reason to be a Red Sox fan. If your parents were both mo­rons, would you be a moron too?”

“No sir, that would make me a Yankees fan!”

A Lenox Pitcher’s Persistence, Endurance, and

Determination Collides with Reality in the 4th

Lenox was playing Cranwell in baseball, and the start­ing pitcher for Lenox was struggling in the early innings. Finally, after Cranwell scored five more runs in the 4th inning, the Lenox coach approached the mound to relieve the Lenox starter.

“But Coach” protested the starting pitcher, refusing to hand the ball over, “I’m not tired!”

“I know,“ said the coach, “but the outfielders are.”

Save the dates, folks! October 17 & 18! Class of ’64, start your engines! Other legacy years: ’69, ’59, ’54, ’49, ’44 .....See ya’ there!

Bob

Message from the President - August 2013

October 18 – 19, 2013 are the dates for the upcoming reunion, so save the dates! The 2013 reunion response form and schedule of events are now displayed separately on the website and also contained in the August 2013 edition of the Pen and Scroll. Class legacy reunion years are 1943, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963 & 1968.  Be there!!

 
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

As I write this message, I am struck with all those we rightly owe our gratitude to for their selfless contribution in helping to memorialize thisshared experience we refer to as Lenox School. Be it the masters who demonstrated with their own conduct our motto inservice to the school and beyond; the staff and families who sacrificed in many ways but made that little school run, yet feel like home; our fellow alums that have devoted time, resources and energy to keep the legacy and spirit of this curiously incredible school (which refuses to die) alive; our good friends at Shakespeare & Co who have greeted us each year with open arms as part of their own family as we return to again validate our shared history; the Jurney family who have selflessly supported us; and countless others who quietly serve and sustain the LSAA. 

 
Thus, I wanted to start this message with a note of gratitude to Keith Simpson ’70 who has digitized and established an on-line archive to view and leave comments (as appropriate) for yearbooks from 1965 -1971. A separate article is in this edition explaining in more detail what this is all about and what it means to the LSAA. Many thanks Keith!

 We have a new location for our reunion luncheon with many thanks to Paul Denzel – we will be having lunch in a more familiar area - the Tina Packer Playhouse foyer (an addition to our old gym). Our dinner will still be at the Lenox Club. A reunion schedule of events is also in this edition for your information. I would be remiss however, if I didn’t mention that S&Co will be performing “Accomplice” on Friday @ 7:30PM and they also have a Saturday matinee of this at 2:00PM, which fitsin perfectly with our events.  

July and August finds us definitely in the grasp of a flourishing yet relentless summer! And while everything looks beautiful, it looks beautifully hot! So the heat of summer will be gratefully and hopefully replaced by a pleasant autumn that provides a respite from the summer sizzle … and heralds our Lenox School time to gather. 

 “From the mid-19th to the early 20th centuries, novelists including Melville,Hawthorne and Edith Wharton, and landscape painters such as Thomas Cole and George Inness, flocked here. According to Carole Owens, author of The Berkshire Cottages—a survey of the palatial summer retreats constructed by millionaires in the post-Civil War Gilded Age—the influx of literary and artistic luminaries "gave the Berkshires a panache that attracted wealthy New Yorkers and Bostonians looking for more than just sylvan beauty." Smithsonian.com

 We certainly were not millionaires or literary/artistic luminaries when we arrived at Lenox School in the Berkshires, but each of us had our own “causa vitae” for arriving in this idyllic setting many years ago, and it was probably not focused on the “sylvan beauty”. On 18 and 19 Oct, we are compelled back to the Berkshires where we can share the why and circumstances of our arrival, share the stories of our Lenox School experience; what it meant to us then, what it means to us now; honor the memories of those that are not with us any longer; and cement yet again the fact that a marvelous little school existed there at one time, that in part, made us who we are today.

The reunion is upon us, and we have the chance to gather our small, band of brothers who shared that Lenox School experience to keep the legacy of that incredible school and our motto alive. I look forward to seeing all of you back at school!

Bob Sansone

President, LSAA

Lenox '68

Important Message about proposed change to by-laws

Dear LSAA Members: 

I hope this finds all of you well! 

Some years ago, we had a provision placed into the by-laws regarding limiting terms of directors on the board to two terms/6 total years. I supported this, and, at the time, this was intended to ensure we had a steady stream of fresh thinking, new ideas and new members taking up the task of serving LSAA on the board.

While we still believe that this concept of seeking new members, ideas, etc. is desirable, our existing by-law structure effectively forces directors off the board despite their desire to continue making a sustained, enduring, beneficial level of enthusiastic and engaged contribution.

As such, the changes being proposed in the attached serves to essentially remove the term limits provision, as we feel that given the demographics of our membership, such forced cycling would ultimately hobble the organization and deny it people who continue to actively and effectively serve. There is also a change formalizing the ongoing practice regarding the role of former presidents serving the board.

That said, we have to point out that there will always be natural replacements (for example, when a board member decides they  no longer wish to serve; the board member feels they can no longer effectively serve due to personal circumstances; death of a board member; etc. ). Frankly, during the business meeting when we vote on this, nominations from the floor and challenges to existing board members may serve to do this as well. 

 What follows in the link is the proposed language we are asking for your support to amend our by-laws such that the LSAA board can continue serving the members without turbulence driven essentially by the calendar. 

Please read: A proposed change in the by-laws

Many thanks in advance for your support. 

Bob

860-916-1467

Message From the President - May 2012

“Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.”  Charles Dickens.

Dickens probably never experienced a winter (or lack thereof), which we just enjoyed here in the northeast! I’m not complaining mind you, I didn’t miss replacing the shear pins on my snow blower at all. But now comes what looks to be an early Spring, accompanied by prematurely blooming (and probably confused) flowers, and what I fear will be swarms of bugs who didn’t have to endure hard freezes or shake off any winter chill. They will likely be unwanted guests through Summer.

So we have to turn our hope and attention to Fall for a welcome respite and our upcoming Lenox School reunion. Perhaps Steve King had it right:

“But then fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way an old friend will settle into your favorite chair and take out his pipe and light it and then fill the afternoon with stories of places he has been and things he has done since last he saw you.”

Now we’re talking!

Fall is when the Lenox School 2012 reunion is upon us!! Unlike Mr. King, however, we mark not September but our October calendars, when we get the opportunity to reconnect, settle back, remember, and fill a few days with our own stories of Lenox School.

It is also that special time to visit the buildings which served as classrooms and dorm rooms; examine the school memorabilia on display of our days gone by; and a time to reflect on the years there and beyond with classmates, alums and the masters who dedicated their life to service. This is how we honor that little school that we had the privilege to attend; which launched us on our life’s journey; and for which we keep alive that special, inexplicable essence, that is the magic and spirit of the Lenox School experience.

So, mark your calendars! The reunion dates are Oct 12, 13 & 14. The legacy years for our 2012 reunion are 1942, '47, '52, '57, '62, and ‘67. I already know first hand that ’62 has had a head start in planning for a great reunion. Last year we set a record for attendance at the dinner in the Lenox Club. Nothing would be more gratifying than to top this!  See you all back at school!

Bob Sansone

President, LSAA

Lenox '68

Message from the President August 2011

The August 2011 Message from the LSAA President, Bob Sansone:

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

And what lies within LSAA is the connection of a shared experience that has brought great meaning to many lives. We meet once a year to rekindle friendships, recall stories of our Lenox years and share our experience of how the journey is going. That once a year opportunity is upon us!

The Lenox School Reunion - October 14, 15, 16, 2011
(Reunion sign up Form)

 The class of 1961 continues to build what looks like an impressive gathering for the upcoming reunion and we hope that all other classes (legacy year or otherwise) will join in for what we believe will be another stellar weekend.  The reunion response form is in the Pen and Scroll as well as on the LSAA website.  Join us!

Need another reason to come to the reunion?

Aside from the memorabilia collection and material assembled at Shakespeare and Company, there really is nothing that informs visitors that the Lenox School existed on these same grounds for many years … until now. Thanks to an anonymous donation from one of our alums, the continuing efforts of Randy Harris and the generous permission of Shakespeare and Company, we plan to have an unveiling ceremony for an historical marker commemorating the existence of Lenox School:  a bronze plaque to be set in front of Saint Martin’s.

LSAA Database

We are diligently working on a solution to make the LSAA database available to members while ensuring a modicum of security. Kimball Packard and Oliver Kempton are central to our success in this area and we feel we’ll have this established soon.

 Although I listed the following in my Spring message, it is an effort that merits reprising:

“If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”  Toni Morrison

I know Randy Harris and Ed Ockenden are eager to receive more information for the Lenox Book project: Lenox School Book of History and Memories (not the final Title) whose goal is to provide a source of memories and enjoyment for LSAA members; commemorate the School and those involved with it; and to add to the enduring legacy of the School "as we knew it."

Please send information to:  Email to Randy Harris rdassist7@gmail.com with a copy furnished to Ed Ockenden at edock2@verizon.net.  Written input to Randy Harris, 410 Cottonwood Drive, Harker Heights, TX 76548.  Telephone Input, as necessary, to Randy Harris at (254) 690-6795. See the LSAA website for more on this as well.

Looking forward to seeing you back at school!

Very Warmest Regards,

Bob Sansone
rjsenergy@gmail.com
860-916-1467

Message From the President - May 2011

When I last wrote my website message in Jan, it started with this gloomy passage:

 “I can hear the constant drip, drip, drip of the roof leak in our enclosed porch (it is the drips I can’t hear that worry me). The ice dams producing this are about one foot high and nothing short of more dripping and an eventual Spring thaw is going to remove them.”

 “Time and tide wait for no man” (Chaucer)

And thank God for that!! Time has inexorably moved along and the ice dams and the incessant “drip, drip” of roof leaks from the “hiberna horribilis” have given way to a reluctant Spring… but a Spring nevertheless. It reminds me, to remind you:

Spring is here! We’re already planning our LSAA reunion and looking forward to seeing everyone again!

HOLD THE DATES:

Lenox School Reunion Weekend

October 14, 15, 16, 2011

The class of 1961 has been leading the reunion charge with a tremendous amount of planning and preparation for this, their “Legacy 50^th Reunion”. I hope not far behind in their planning are the classes of 1971, 1951 and (dare we hope) from one or two from 1941. The classes of ’46, ’56, ’66, are in their mid legacy years of 65th, 55^th and 45^th reunions respectively and we hope for a great turn out from them as well. Need contact info for classmates? Drop me a line!

We have been the beneficiaries of a wonderful Lenox reunion of sorts already! This reunion story (which is, by the way, still unfolding) captures part of what makes Lenox School and LSAA unique and enduring. Nearly fifty years ago (in 1962 to be exact) a band of Lenox Boys and masters descended in Kiyosato Japan to assist with the building of a chapel for the Kiyosato Educational Experimental Project (KEEP) - here is a link to a Time Magazine article on KEEP that further explains the genesis of that organization -

Where do I begin this heartwarming story? It all started with an e-mail request by a friend of Midori Curtis to LSAA. (“Midori Curtis?” you ask yourself. Those of you who Google her name will find a world-renowned artist. However, the connection with Midori and LSAA has little to do with her art, as you’ll see):

Dear Bob (cc Midori),
I got your name and email address from Jim Fawcett because I have a friend, Midori, who is looking to be in touch with someone affiliated with the Lenox School.  A native of Japan, Midori has a friend who volunteered with students from Lenox School at Kiyosato Summer Camp half a century ago and who would like to reconnect with the school.  I wonder if this is something you can help her with.  If so, please be in touch either with me or with her. 

Many thanks,

Liz Goodman

LSAA Board member Randy Harris ’68 (who has become LSAA’s indispensible agent of all things historical regarding LSAA) and Doug Hardy (who actually went on that KEEP trip) responded to Liz’s request on behalf of Midori. Randy provided a history of Lenox School’s endeavors in trips such as this as well as providing scanned photos from the actual KEEP trip from our memorabilia. Doug Hardy sent Midori this poignant e-mail:

Dear Midori,
Thank you for taking time to chase down the Lenox School boys who visited Japan in the Summer of 1962. I was on that trip and it changed my life. My interest in Japan stayed with me as I went to college and grad school. I met several Japan scholars who helped me with my career and, while I left academia, I spent almost all my professional career in Asia and 22 years over three assignments in Tokyo. I married a secretary from the research institute (Nihon Keizai Kenkyuu Center) where I was writing my doctoral thesis, second daughter born in Tokyo (1986) and both graduated from The American School in Japan (ASIJ).  My most poignant return visit to KEEP took place in the summer of 1992, 30 years after our original visit when my oldest daughters' sixth grade ASIJ field trip was to KEEP. The Lenox Chapel still stood although the wooden benches were showing wear. The altar may endure into the next century! BTW, the altar stones all came from a nearby stream that we carried up, KEEP workmen mixed the cement and helped us build it. Left to our own, who knows what architectural disaster we would have committed. 
We left Tokyo in 2005 and retired to Scituate, south of Boston.
 

My fondest regards,

Doug Hardy Lenox '62 

E-mail quote from Midori Curtis to LSAA President: “Ahhh ! I am overwhelmed! This is unreal----- !!”

View pictures from building of the chapel in 1962, here

Her words distill the essential feelings she had from the correspondence sent to her from Randy and Doug.

So, the Lenox School legacy lives on and is resurrected (thankfully) by those who have been affected by the encounter with Lenox. In the reflection of those good things in their life, they have sought out those Lenox Boys who participated in nobly living the motto and serving them … 50 years later!! I have asked that the KEEP photos Randy scanned be attached here for your perusal. The next edition of the Pen and Scroll will have the full version of this amazing story as well.

I also mentioned in my winter web site message that I’m hopeful we will have a further surprise for attendees at the next reunion, thanks to the generosity of an alumnus (who wishes to remain anonymous).  Intrigued? Come to the reunion and see! 

“If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”  Toni Morrison

Randy Harris and Ed Ockenden are eager to continue receiving information for the Lenox Book project: Lenox School Book of History and Memories (not the final title) whose goal is to provide a source of memories and enjoyment for LSAA members; commemorate the School and those involved with it; and to add to the enduring legacy of the School "as we knew it". Thanks to all of you who have already provided input as the book is taking shape, but we’re sure that more of you have much to contribute!

Please consider contributing by sending your information to: 

• Randy Harris e-mail - rdassist7@gmail.com with a copy furnished to Ed Ockenden at edock2@verizon.net. 
• Written information to Randy Harris, 410 Cottonwood Drive, Harker Heights, TX 76548. 
• Telephone Input, as necessary, to Randy Harris at (254) 690-6795. See more info on this LSAA website for the book project, as well as to keeping an eye out for new information which we’ll be posting.

 Remember!!  Reunion weekend - Oct 14, 15 & 16; See you all back at school!

Bob Sansone, President LSAA, Lenox ‘68

Message from The President - January 2011

For those of you in the Northeast, you are no doubt dealing with the piles of snow, ice dams and various and sundry other joys this winter has brought thus far.

As I write this (it is Jan 26^th 2011) I can hear the constant drip, drip, drip of the roof leak in our enclosed porch (it is the drips I can’t hear that worry me). The ice dams producing this are about one foot high and nothing short of more dripping and an eventual Spring thaw is going to remove them.

I write all of this to assure myself (if no one else) that Spring will come, and it won’t be that long thereafter that we’ll be planning our reunion and looking forward to seeing everyone again.

HOLD THE DATES:

Reunion Weekend

October 14, 15, 16, 2011

We have been blessed with the sustained and continual support of LSAA members over the years to make the group the viable wonderful organization it has become. I am hopeful that we will have a further surprise for attendees at the next reunion thanks to the generosity of an alum (who wishes to remain anonymous) that will further cement the legacy, name and history of the school for the public to see that indeed, a marvelous school existed here once. Intrigued? Come to the reunion and see! 

Part of what makes LSAA and Lenox Alums special is the fealty we display to our motto, which we live to (in part) by providing scholarships to deserving youth. With this in mind, please do not hesitate to forward recommended nominees for either our regular scholarships or the Rev Curry Scholarship.

Speaking of which, I’d like to respectfully ask for your additional support of a donation to the Rev Curry Scholarship Fund, which has been generously endowed for the first year by an anonymous donor.

Despite the generosity of this donor, I feel it is our obligation to sustain this by creating our own financial support of this wonderful scholarship. We already have some donations which have been dedicated from alums to this fund, but we have a ways to go before we reach critical mass. If you have the wherewithal, please send whatever you can to Ed Miller with a note that the donation is directed for support of the Rev. Curry Scholarship fund. Feel free to call me should you have any questions.

In the middle of this “hiberna horribilis” (and to entice the fair weather souls and golfers among you) Ed Miller has posted a notice seeking interested alums and faculty who may wish to celebrate surviving this winter of plenty by going to Ireland in the Fall of 2011 or 2012. Please see Ed’s posting on the site as well as on the message board.

Finally, I know Randy Harris and Ed Ockenden are eager to receive input for the Lenox Book project: Lenox School Book of History and Memories (not the final Title) whose goal is to provide a source of memories and enjoyment for LSAA members; commemorate the School and those involved with it; and to provide an enduring legacy of the School "as we knew it". They are seeking your personal recollections on any or all of the areas listed below.  Campus and Buildings; Faculty and Staff; Academics, Student Body; Student Life; Religion; Athletics; Extracurricular Activities; Outreach Programs; Memories of Classmates/Family Members Who Have Passed On; any experiences that you had with The End of the School, The Bordentown/Lenox School and Visits to the Campus Since the School Closed; and a Farewell/Parting Thought On How the School and Experience Has Changed Your Life. Please send your input to:  Email to Randy Harris RDASSIST7@gmail.com with a copy furnished to Ed Ockenden at edock2@verizon.net.  Written input to Randy Harris, 410 Cottonwood Drive, Harker Heights, TX 76548.  Telephone Input, as necessary, to Randy Harris at (254) 690-6795.

The next Pen and Scroll is scheduled when we are assured that Spring has indeed arrived! Please send your articles to Mark Gottsegen in anticipation of this.

Below, you will find a message from Ed Miller about a possible Alumni trip to Ireland.

Very Warmest Regards,

Bob Sansone

rjsenergy@gmail.com

860-916-1467

All Aboard for Ireland!

For several years now, my Lenox roommate, Scott Reynolds (`66) (and wives!) have travelled to the British Isles together, including several trips to Ireland….a land of great beauty, friendly people, and great golf.

I’m interested in knowing how many Lenox lads (and/or significant others) would be interested in a trip to Ireland, either in the fall of 2011, or fall of 2012 (after summer prices have subsided a little).

A plan might be to have a week of golf with just the lads, and then invite others to join us for a second week.  (Or…those just interested in golfing can go home, and others can join us for the second week.)

We’ve found it’s really easier to get a single place for the entire week, and travel to and from each day, returning to the same place…rather than traveling around the country, packing and unpacking each day, looking for a new B&B each night, etc.  Although traveling to Ireland, and traveling within Ireland isn’t inexpensive, renting a big place together, and dividing the cost of rooms, cars, fuel, food, etc., etc., makes it a little more affordable.  I would estimate the per person weekly cost as follows: airfare $700, contribution toward car, fuel, and insurance $250, accommodations (probably sharing) $200, golf $350 (we’ll be rained out a couple of times), and food $200 = $1,700.00.  Even with trinkets and a couple of nightly beverages it would cost less than $2000 per man (including golf), per week. A second week would probably be less expensive, since the emphasis might not be on golfing, and there’s only one airfare to purchase.

Listed here are several manor houses, castles, and other large places of accommodation which could be used as a base camp for a week or two.  I’m not familiar with any of them, although I do know where the counties are within Ireland.  Perhaps someone interested in the trip, or someone just interested in helping us out, could visit these websites and get some specifics, particularly cost and availability.  We’re interested in number of bedrooms, set-up (# of beds per room, for example), total number accommodated, etc.  If something looks like a particularly good deal, please bring it to my attention.

Here’s what’s out there:

Name                        Location               Bedrooms                             Sleeps

Farran House            Co. Cork                 6                                             14

(www.farranhouse.com)

Turin Castle               Co.Mayo                                                                12

(www.turincasle.com)

Enniscoe House         Co. Mayo                                                                7

(www.enniscoe.com)

Ross Castle               Co.Galway                                                             10

(www.rosscastle.com)

Beaufort House          Co.Kerry                                                                30
(www.beaufortireland.com)

Coolclogher House         Co. Kerry                 6                                       12

(www.coolclogherhouse.com)

Ardtarmon House            Co.Sligo                                                           27

(www.ardtarmonfarm.com)

Altramon House          Co. Wexford                                                          11

(www.altramon.com)

Northern Ireland
Drenagh                          Co.Derry                                                            28

(www.drenagh.com)

DISCLAIMER

I should probably add that anyone traveling abroad, particularly in a large group, has to expect problems…and be good-natured in dealing with them.  As meticulously as we might plan, things go wrong….cars aren’t available, accommodations aren’t what they’re supposed to be, golf reservations aren’t honored, etc., etc.  Simply put, that’s part of the travel “experience”!

Having said that, if you are interested in going to Ireland, for a week of golf or otherwise, please contact me, and I’ll get you in the “loop”.  We’ll see how much interest there is, and go from there.

Best wishes to you all.

 Ed Miller `66

38 N. Main Street

 Northfield, VT 05663

edmiller@tds.net

802-485-8397

802-229-0422 (home)

Other websites for large Irish parties: 

www.groupaccommodation.com

www.castlerentals.com

www.lodgings-ireland.com

www.hiddenireland.com

Guys:  what’s out there?

Reunion! (from August P & S)

“Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river.” Cyril Connolly

The truth is, we are all part of that main river we call Lenox School. It should come as no surprise that as we approach the legacy years of the last few classes to graduate, the challenge of drawing more alums back to our annual get-together will become more challenging. Yet we were pleasantly surprised by the number of grads from Lenox ’69 who assembled last year for their legacy (and we want to see them again this year!!)

We have started as early as possible in seeking to generate bigger numbers and have been targeting the classes with graduating years ending in 0 or 5 (1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, etc thru 1970) to make this a legacy reunion and hopefully flood the event as we never have before.

Toward this end we have engaged with a few classes already to help them contact their classmates. In fact, the class of 1964 is already active and we hope they use this year as a warm up for their legacy anniversary next year! The dates for this reunion this year are OCT 15 and 16 and you will find herein the reunion response form (to send into me along with dues) along with the reunion weekend agenda.

“History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity, so that we can better face the future.” Robert Penn Warren

By the time this goes to print, we will have accomplished some fairly important tasks which I feel inure not only to the benefit of the members but also honor the memory of those who have gone before us. Let me summarize:

1.  Thanks to the incredible efforts of one of our alumni (Randy Harris asked that he not be named as the principal author of this, so I won’t name him as the principal author… let’s just say he’s an author….) we have a wonderful document completed, which is titled “The Lenox School Campus History”. It memorializes the history of the campus we all knew; and the story that comes forth from this document is nothing short of incredible and captivating.

2.  On July 27^th 20 plus Lenox alums, wives and masters assemled in Lenox for a memorial service honoring the memory of Canon Whitman ‘33, who was so instrumental as the Rector of Trinity Church for 31 years and as a board of trustees member in contributing to and guiding Lenox for so many years.

2.1  We have our first Rev. Curry Scholarship recipient identified; and this individual will be formally announced at our reunion dinner.

2.2  The LSAA web site now has not only  “The Lenox School Campus History” available in it, but we also have included a paper detailing the work done by the Quo Vadis committee regarding the prospect of resurrecting Lenox school (The Feasibility of Re-establishing The Lenox School”).

2.3  Here is your chance to memorialize your version of the legacy of Lenox:  we are continuing work on the Lenox School Book of History and Memories Project that will be yet another means of creating an enduring legacy, as well as being an enjoyable read and trip back to the past.  Essential to this Project are your recollections of our School and its campus and so I encourage you to contribute to the effort by submitting them as requested.

 “The part always has a tendency to reunite with its whole in order to escape from its imperfection.” Leonardo da Vinci

I am going to make this my shortest President’s message (I am sure much appreciated by our Editor and many of you!!) by making a simple 3-part decision tree for whether you should attend the 2010 Lenox School reunion or not:

1.  If you have not been to any of our Lenox School reunions, come to this one!

2.  If you have been to one of our Lenox reunions, you don’t want to miss this one, so come to this one!

3.  In the event you are not sure of the answer to #1 or #2 above (and this is the universally correct answer) - attend the 2010 reunion.

 If you contact me, we will find a way to provide you with a contact list of your classmates to facilitate reaching them (along with the 3-part decision tree above) to ensure they are planning to attend this year. As Leonardo exhorted, come escape your imperfections and reunite with us at the Lenox School 2010 reunion!

Bob Sansone

President, LSAA

Lenox ‘68

860-916-1467

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