Chapel Talk, 2004 May 23: Crying / Will Speers
2004
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Reflections on crying: why and how we cry.
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Chapel Talk, 2004 October 6: First Time / Will Speers
2004
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In this talk experiences are relayed that "illustrate this enticing, problematic, tempting world just hovering past adolescence."
Chapel Talk, 2004 January 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. / Tad Roach
2004
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Headmaster Tad Roach discusses and widely quotes Reverend King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail...
Chapel Talk, 2004 May 9: Remarks on Iraq / Tad Roach
2004
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Headmaster Tad Roach's talk, given on Mothers Day 2004, is a reaction to the revelation of the abuses and torture imposed on the detainees of the Iraq War at Abu Ghraib. Reporters Seymour Hersh, Thomas Friedman, Philip Kennicott are quoted.
Chapel Talk, 2004 September 12 / Tad Roach
2004
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Headmaster Tad Roach commemorates the events of September 11, 2001, and reflects on the current state of affairs 3 years later...
Chapel Talk, 2004 October / Peter Caldwell
2004
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Assistant Headmaster Peter Caldwell reflects on the power of language. " Clearly, we need to be extremely careful about how we use language because it can quickly lead to misunderstanding and hurt...
Chapel Talk, 2004 November 17 / Emily Pressman
2004
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In this talk, history teacher Emily Pressman discusses Shel Silverstein's story, The Giving Tree, and what giving thanks means...
Chapel Talk, 2004 June 13: Remembering Dave Washburn / Tad Roach
2004
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This chapel talk was given by Headmaster Tad Roach during reunion weekend 2004. This chapel service was a memorial service for longtime faculty member Dave Washburn '44. Dave had a long, rich history with St...
Chapel Talk, 2004 March 31: Woods, Railroad Tracks and Other Barriers / Donald Duffy
2004
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In speaking of his childhood and adolescent memories of family and friends in Kendall Park, New Jersey, Spanish teacher Donald Duffy relates his experiences of encountering racism in others and in himself.
Chapel Talk, 2004 December 8 / Carol Simendinger
2004
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In this talk, Carol Simendinger, a staff member in the Business Office, speaks of life's path and the many bumps one encounters along the way...
Chapel Talk, 2004 January 7: Woody Guthrie / Mark Hammond
2004
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Through examining the works of Woody Guthrie, Physics teacher Mark Hammond discusses why the singer-songwriter is his hero "[H]e wrote songs to give hope and support to those whose lives were being turned upside down by hurtful people who supposed t..
Chapel Talk, 2004 October 29: A Sermon on Finding Hope / Craig Daugherty P'06
2004
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In this chapel talk Craig Daugherty, father of Dana class of '06 speaks about "finding hope" and refers to two plays at St. Andrew's that focuses on hope: "Laramie Project" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat." Mr...
Chapel Talk, 2004 May 30: Baccalaureate / Joy McGrath
2004
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Director of Development, Joy McGrath congratulates the graduating class of '04 on not conforming to the world and have shown that they are a group with no use for artifice...
Chapel Talk, 2004 January 14: A reading from Genesis and 1 Kings / Joy McGrath
2004
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Director of Development, Joy McGrath shares with us her experiences while being sick and spending time with family during the Christmas break...
Chapel Talk, 2004 October 27 / Ann McTaggart
2004
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In using text from "The Laramie Project", Theatre Arts teacher and director Ann McTaggart asks her audience to explore the magnitude of hatred and fear people can be subjected to simply in being themselves.
Chapel Talk, 2003 January 8: Christmas Day / Will Speers
2003
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Relating tales of Christmas and reflections on accepting oneself.
Chapel Talk, 2003 March 30: War and Creativity / Will Speers
2003
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This talk focuses on the United States entry into the Iraqi War and the creative spirit in the face of wartime crisis...
Chapel Talk, 2003 May 2: Three Teachers / Will Speers
2003
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In this talk, Will talks of three inspirational teachers and what they have taught him -- his fourth grade teacher, Sara S. Westcott; 9th grade history teacher Mr. Burns; and St. Andrew's teacher, Nan Mein.
Chapel Talk, 2003 February 5 / Tad Roach
2003
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Headmaster Tad Roach discusses student responsibility for academic and intellectual engagement. "We all have a responsibility for respecting, protecting, developing and transforming the intellectual culture of St...
Chapel Talk, 2003 March 24 / Tad Roach
2003
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Headmaster Tad Roach gave this talk 2 days after the invasion of Iraq by American forces in 2003. It explores reaction to and reasons behind the pre-emptive war...
Chapel Talk, 2003 April 2 / Tad Roach
2003
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Headmaster Tad Roach gave this talk 2 weeks after the invasion of Iraq by American forces in March 2003. The talk explores the situation in Iraq as reported to the American people by the George W. Bush Administration and by the media...
Chapel Talk, 2003 September 11 / Tad Roach
2003
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Headmaster Tad Roach commemorates the events of September 11, 2001. This Chapel Talk discusses American involvement and response to the War on Terror, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
Chapel Talk, 2003 December 10: What is a Gift from the Heart? / Penny Bartsch
2003
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In this relating of O. Henry's tale, "The Gift of the Magi", Penny Bartsch, Research and Development Coordinator, discusses what a gift of the heart is and from where it comes.
Chapel Talk, 2003 / Peter Caldwell
2003
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Through telling of his father's life of seasonal enjoyment in Vermont, Assistant Headmaster Peter Caldwell suggests that developing a relationship with nature, and specifically a relationship with the School's 2300 acre campus, is beneficial to mind,..
Chapel Talk, 2003 October: Unanswered Prayers / Al Wood
2003
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In recounting the difficulties he and his wife faced during Shara's pregnancy with triplets, Al Wood, the School's Athletic Trainer, talks of his transformation during that pregnancy - of praying for one thing, and of his gratification that certain..
Chapel Talk, 2003 September 24: Transitions / Ana Ramirez
2003
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Spanish teacher Ana Ramirez speaks of the identity transitions - as "immigrant", as "foreign student", as "Latina" - she has gone through since coming to the U.S. from Costa Rica...
Chapel Talk, 2003 February 19: Asking Questions / John Burk
2003
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Through an examination of Walt Whitman's poem, The Learn'd Astronomer, physics teacher John Burk discusses the deeper and expanding understanding that comes of asking questions...
Chapel Talk, 2003: Building Houses / Peter Caldwell
2003
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In telling of building sand castles, tree houses, and his own house in Vermont, Assistant Headmaster Peter Caldwell ponders what a sense of place provides.
Chapel Talk, 2003 May 21 / Tad Roach
2003
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Headmaster Tad Roach honors the incomparable Nan Mein, who officially retired at the end of the 2003 school year.
Chapel Talk, 2003 April 22: Earth Day / Peter McLean
2003
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In this Earth Day talk, Biology teacher Peter McLean asks us to consider, appreciate, cherish, and take care of water, as life - and joy - themselves are not possible without it.
Chapel Talk, 2002 December 2 / Tad Roach
2002
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"St. Andrew's was born to follow a different, more difficult path than its prestigious cousins...
Chapel Talk, 2002 May 2: A Sense of Place / Elizabeth Roach
2002
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In this talk, English teacher Elizabeth Roach speaks of the powerful connection between memory and place. Originally published in May 2002 issue of The Garth.