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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, 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 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 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, 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 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 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 / 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, 2002 October 2: Car Trips / Will Speers

2002
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The confines of a car, or other small space, can lead "not only to fights and tension and cars pulling over in the breakdown lane, but also to conversations, conversations that start friendships or clarify emotions or assert care
and love and even c..