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ContentsFALL 2007featuresFor Freedom’s Sake .......................12By Tyra Seldon, Ph.D., Upper School EnglishMaunderings: Jim Foxlow ..................16158departmentsNews of the School ........................4From the Head’s Desk ............................................4Homecoming 2007. ...............................5Student/Faculty Accomplishments. .............................8Fall Athletic Update. ............................................14Park Tudor Annual Report 2006-2007 ........19Alumni News .............................30Meet new members of the Park Tudor Alumni Board ...30Alumni calendar of events. ........................31Alumni Appleseed Scholars. .......................35Class Notes. .............................3833The Phoenix is published three times annually for alumni, friends,and parents of Park Tudor School. We welcome your commentsand suggestions. Please send them to:Lisa Hendrickson, EditorPark Tudor School7200 N. College Ave.Indianapolis, IN 46240-3016317/415-2756 Fax: 317/415-2806lhendrickson@parktudor.org

News of the SchoolFROM THE HEAD’S DESK by Doug Jennings, Head of SchoolEveryone loves a goodstory. In these times of textmessaging and sound bites, awell-told tale still holds therapt attention of children, teensand adults. Stories illustratethe points we want to make,and give life to our messages.Robert Coles is a noted psychiatristand author who writesabout the strong effects of stories.In his book “The Call ofStories,” he notes, “I am constantlyreminded of the powera story can have – its capacityto work its way well into one’sthinking, but also into one’sreveries or idle thoughts, evenone’s moods and dreams.”As an educator I am botha teller and a listener. I enjoyreading stories to our kindergartenstudents; I employ storiesin my teaching; I enjoylunch table recollections ofsports stories; and I have foundthat stories are even helpful infund raising. It is especiallyrewarding to hear the storiesthat our alums enjoy tellingwhen they gather and recall“the good old days.” (The“good old days” are sometimesno more than a year old,but are still recalled with greatnostalgia.)Park Tudor stories are almostalways related to a belovedteacher. From college freshmenand from alumni membersof our 50-Year Club, Ihear wonderful tales of expertise,high standards, warmthand humor. A 1935 graduateof Park School has said, “Wehad some fantastic teachers inthose days, the kind of peopleyou never forget. Somehowthey had the ability to makeclasses fun, but serious.” ATudor Hall alumna, class of’46, recalls with affection, “Thesubstantial Miss Haber, our historyteacher, who opened oureyes to the past.”Succinct praise was offeredfor Jim Foxlow by a memberof the class of 1962: “Hecaused me to fall in love withour native language.”Our most recent graduateshonored English teacher PaulHamer by inviting him tospeak at graduation last spring(and “tell us one more story”).A student commented, “Hecares for us and wants us to doour best. He’s awesome.”Park Tudor’s annual fundappeal includes the opportunityto make a gift in honorof a teacher. I have the proudduty of reading the notes thataccompany these gifts. Thisprocess has been extended tohonor former faculty withinour buildings.The Leffler Seminar Roomand Gallery is a fine example,and the most recent additionis the naming of a science labin honor of Dean Hawver, recognizinghis three decades ofdedicated service.In bestowing the honor,Steve Cagle ’71, a memberof the first Park Tudor Schoolgraduating class, said, “Parkand Park Tudor meant a lotto me and I never forgot theimportant role the schoolsand its teachers played in mydevelopment.”For more than a century,our teachers have enriched thelives of their students and havegiven them wonderful storiesto share with classmates andfamily members. The nexttime you recall such rich experiences,I encourage you totake a moment to write tothat teacher or his/her family.It will mean a lot, and it willkeep the stories flowing.Sandra Stiles Lagoni ’62 (left) and Gordon Wishard ’62 (right) chat with retired English Department Chair and teacherJim Foxlow at the May 2007 reunion reception.4 park tudor phoenix FALL 2007

News of the schoolHomecoming 2007Jasmine Stephenson ’17 shows her athletic ability byclimbing an inflatable “rock” wall during the school’sannual homecoming carnival on September 14.Junior Ella Anand paints the face of her sister Neha ’13 during the carnival. The Park TudorParents’ Association coordinates the carnival activities and games, with school clubs andclasses sponsoring individual booths.Sterling Summerville ’09 tries to gain yardageduring the homecoming game against NorthPutnam High School.Third grader Annabella Helman shows school spirit during the homecoming game.FALL 2007 park tudor phoenix 5

News of the schoolDean Hawver Chemistry Lab named in honor of retired faculty memberOn October 16, ParkTudor unveiled theDean Hawver Chemistry Lab,made possible by a generous$250,000 gift to the schoolfrom Steve Cagle ’71.The gift honors retiredscience department chairand chemistry teacher DeanHawver, who joined the facultyof Park School in 1967 andretired from the merged ParkTudor School in 1996.In announcing the gift at abreakfast before the unveiling,Cagle said, “Park and ParkTudor meant a lot to me and Inever forgot the important rolethe schools and their teachersplayed in my development…I really wanted [my] gift toreward the school and honorthe great teachers who make itso strong.”Cagle acknowledged the“all-star faculty team” of histeachers Bernard Barcio, TomBlack, Jim Foxlow, DeanHawver and Lew Berkeley.“The all-star team is mostlywith us this morning: Messrs.Barcio, Black, Foxlow andHawver are here, but sadlyThe naming of the Dean HawverChemistry Lab was made possibleby a generous donation toPark Tudor’s Empowering Learnerscapital campaign. For moreinformation, please contact AssistantHead of School for Developmentand Alumni Relations SusieMaxwell at 317/415-2757 orsmaxwell@parktudor.org.Mr. Berkeley is no longer withus. I was grateful to have hadthe opportunity to visit him atmy 20 th reunion and I usedthat opportunity to tell himjust how important he was tomy education and to me personally.“It is also important to methat so many of the currentscience faculty are here… Wehave only just met today, butI wanted to thank you for allthat you are doing for the nextgenerations of students. Myall-star team made a differencein me and I know that you aredoing the same for your studentson a daily basis.”In accepting the honor,Hawver said, “I had the chanceto work with some really wonderfulteachers and administrators,and to see many amazingstudents pass through thesedoors. I’m proud that manyof those students found themselvesinterested in the scienceshere at Park Tudor, andcarried that interest into college,and on into successfulscience-based careers. Evenmore importantly, scienceboundor not, they found a wayto use the analytical and problem-solvingskills they learnedhere to make their way in theworld. As a teacher, it doesn’tget much better than that.“Steve Cagle was one ofthose students and he has doneme a tremendous honor byletting me know that I and mydepartment influenced his life.That my name will foreverbe associated with Park Tudortouches me deeply. So Steve,my heartfelt thanks to you forwanting to make this happen.Current and former Park School and Park Tudor faculty members gatheredfor the dedication of the Dean Hawver Chemistry Lab on October16. Left to right: retired English teacher Jim Foxlow, Dean Hawver, mathteacher and Dean of Faculty Tom Black, retired Latin teacher BernardBarcio, Steve Cagle ’71 and Head of School Doug Jennings.It is difficult to say how muchthis means to me.”Hawver was joined at thecelebration by his wife Susan,his daughter Jennifer HawverJoyce ’77 and son Ken ’74.Dean Hawver joined thefaculty of Park School in 1967,when he and his family movedto Indianapolis from Cleveland,where he had taught atEuclid Senior High School.The February 1970 issueof “The Park-Tudor Journal”noted: “Mr. Hawver teacheschemistry, the required biologycourse, and a new coursein advanced biology. He hasbeen specially successful inencouraging students in hisclasses to carry through individualand small-group projectsin connection with theircourse work.“In neither his make-up norhis wife’s is there a paucity ofwit and humor. The two haveconsiderably enlivened facultygatherings.”The Hawvers recentlymoved back to Indianapolisfrom Florida, where they hadbeen living for the past severalyears.Save the DateThe Applefest GolfTournament is scheduledfor June 2, 2008 at MeridianHills Country Club.Mark your calendars – furtherinformation to come!6 park tudor phoenix FALL 2007

News of the school106 students, graduates named Advanced Placement ScholarsOne hundred and six ParkTudor students and graduates(and 45% of the Class of2008) have earned the designationof AP Scholar by the CollegeBoard in recognition oftheir exceptional achievementon the college-level AdvancedPlacement Program (AP)exams. Thirteen Park Tudorstudents and graduates havebeen named National Scholars.National Scholar honorsgo to Class of 2007 graduatesKyle Bemis, GregoryBohn, Kathryn Crabb, MichaelHarris, Jaskaran Heir, JamesLipshaw, Kentaro Matsuoka,Ravi Parikh, Luke Robbinsand Alexander Scherer andto Class of 2008 membersCameron Johnstone, JonathanRisting and Tom Schroeder.The National Scholar Award isgiven to students who receivean average grade of 4 or higheron a 5-point scale on all APexams taken, and grades of 4or higher on eight or more ofthese exams.Forty-eight Park Tudorstudents qualified for the APScholar with DistinctionAward by earning an averageof at least 3.5 on all AP examstaken, and grades of 3 or higheron five or more of theseexams. They are Class of 2007members Kyle Bemis, GregBohn, Will Brainard, CourtneyCantor, Emily Christie, KathrynCrabb, Matthew DeVito,Lauren Fisher, Drew Grein,Michael Harris, JaskaranHeir, Clifford Hull, Sara Jetty,Nadia Khoso, Matthew Lanter,James Lipshaw, Kentaro Matsuoka,Ben Mattingly, RaviParikh, Luke Robbins, KelleyScanlon, Alex Scherer, JohnScott, Karl Selm, JulianneSickesteel, Will Tait, Cameron24 win National Merit honorsTwelve Park Tudor students have been named semifinalistsin the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Programand 12 others have been honored as Commended Students.Kyle Bemis, Rachel Braun, Elizabeth Emhardt, Svetlana Fedorikhina,Nick Huster, Cameron Johnstone, Henry Lanham, AmyMaxwell, Tessa Qualkinbush, Jonathan Risting, Thomas Schroederand Tyler Thomas are among 16,000 semifinalists in the 53 rdannual program, based on their performance on the 2006 PreliminarySAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.The semifinalists represent less than one percent of U.S. highschool seniors. (Kyle Bemis, who would have been a senior thisyear, has already entered college.) These students have an opportunityto continue in the competition for some 8,200 Merit Scholarshipawards, worth $34 million, that will be offered next spring.Twelve other Park Tudor seniors earned the designation ofCommended Students by placing among the top five percent ofthe more than 1.4 students who entered the 2008 National MeritScholarship Program. They are: Nathan Baldwin, Chelsea Cain,Reshma Kalimi, Hannah Kennedy, Adriana Keramida-Strahl,Joshua Kimpel, Andrew Pauszek, Kevin Roth, David Sedgwick,Alexandra Spartz, Elise Whitaker and Alexander Zience.Thomas, Elliott Thomasson,Denise Tomlin, Bryan Tuckman,Grace Tuttle, CaitlinVonderohe, Gregory Webberand Cindy Zhang. Class of2008 members are: NathanBaldwin, Svetlana Fedorikhina,Manvir Heir, Nick Huster,Cameron Johnstone, ReshmaKalimi, Hannah Kennedy,Sarah Kosten, Amy Maxwell,Moses Moh, Jonathan Risting,Tom Schroeder, David Sedgwickand Alex Spartz.Twenty-four students qualifiedfor the AP Scholar withHonor Award by earningan average grade of at least3.25 on all AP exams taken,and grades of 3 or higher onfour or more of these exams.They are Class of 2007 membersLauren Braun, HaydenGardner, Amanda Morgan,Will Pearson, Meg Peterson,Ted Somerville, Caitlin Stanley,Austin Turner, Victor vanden Bergh and Alison Woodworth.Class of 2008 membersare Rachel Braun, ElizabethEmhardt, J.D. Hall, DavidHoover, Caleb Jackson, SamJohnson, Adriana Keramida-Strahl, Stephen Luke, RobertMacVicar, Molly Pallman,Meghann Pogue, Ian Shellman,Alaina Urbahns and EliseWhitaker.Thirty-four students qualifiedas AP Scholars, receivinggrades of 3 or higher on threeor more AP exams. They are:Class of 2007 members LuisaArmstrong, Chip Davis, WhitneyDawson, Emily Gaynor,Frank Hapak, Courtney Holland,Adam Holt, Kristy Horvath,Jamie Hurrle, KatieLloyd, Liz Pascarelli, NealRamchandani, Anna Sitzmann,Skye Wallin and Kent Winingham;Class of 2008 membersStephanie Bogdewic, JenniferBurns, Chelsea Cain,Colin Fong, Joshua Kimpel,Henry Lanham, Hilary Mohs,Madeline Patterson, AndrewPauszek, Pablo Romo, MarkRusthoven, Toby Sedgwick,Erica Smith, Emily Stewart,Dan Tapiero, Tyler Thomasand Alexander Zience; andClass of 2009 members CameronCecil and Ryan McClure.Class of 2007records highSAT, ACT scoresAgain this year, ParkTudor students aresignificantly outperformingnational, state and localaverages on the SAT test.In August, the CollegeBoard released SAT scores forthe Park Tudor Class of 2007.Park Tudor’s best meanscores for the Class of 2007are Critical Reading-644,Math-638 and Writing-642.The National Means are: CriticalReading-502, Math-515and Writing-494.The Indiana Means are: CriticalReading-497, Math-507and Writing-483.Meanwhile, ACT scores forthe Class of 2007 also are higherthan national, state and localaverages. The Class of 2007’sComposite score average is28.2. Subscores are: English27.9, Math 27.9, Reading 29.7,Science 26.8.The National Compositescore average is 21.2, whilethe Indiana Composite scoreaverage is 22.FALL 2007 park tudor phoenix 7

news of the schoolInvolved in our communityPark Tudor hosted the secondannual InternationalBook Festival on the school’scampus October 11 and 12.The event featured Colombianauthor Rosaura Rodriguez,Mexican author Ricardo Parra,Peruvian author Daniel Rodriguez,Indiana children’s bookillustrator and author Peter J.Welling, Indianapolis storytellerBob Sander and DutchFaculty in the newsauthor Philip Gans. Sponsorsof this year’s Festival werePark Tudor School and LillyEndowment, with supportfrom Indianapolis CulturalDevelopment Commission.• The school sponsored afree concert by the Peruvianmusical group IncaSon inAyres Auditorium on September18. The event, which wasopen to the public, capped twoDr. Tyra Seldon, Upper School English teacher and yearbookadvisor, and Park Tudor board member and alumnus DavidCasey ’86 were among those featured in the 2007 edition of “Who’sWho in Black Indianapolis.” Dr. Seldon was profiled in the “Indianapolis’Interesting Personalities” section of the publication thatcelebrates the achievements of African-American men and womenwho have made their mark in their occupations or professions orin service to others. The book features pictures and biographicaldata on more than 500 influential leaders and achievers. (Seeadditional information on David Casey in the Class Notes section.)• Lower School Director Dr. Jeff Mitchell is featured in a newbook published by the International Center of Indianapolis, “NewFaces at the Crossroads: The World in Central Indiana.” The bookfeatures photographs and interviews of 30 recent immigrants toIndianapolis from around the world, along with detailed informationabout the international dimension of Central Indiana.Dr. Mitchell and his family moved to Indianapolis from BritishColumbia, Canada three years ago.• Social Studies Department Chair and Upper School historyteacher Kathryn Lerch was selected as one of 36 teachers from 23states to participate in a weekend-long History Institute for Teacherson “Teaching Military History: Why and How” in Septemberat the First Division Museum in Wheaton, Illinois.• Debbie Stuart Everett ’69, head coach of the Speech & DebateTeam, has been named chairman of Section 5 (State TournamentDivision) of the Indiana High School Forensics Association (IHS-FA). Mrs. Everett recently presented a workshop on “DeliverySkills of the Extemporaneous Speech” at the IHSFA State CoachesClinic. Alex Sventeckis ’10, an alternate to the national tournamentlast year, assisted Mrs. Everett by providing a demonstrationto the coaches.• Middle School psychologist Dr. Mary Ann Scott was invited tospeak at the 21 st annual Indiana Association of School PsychologistsFall Conference. Dr. Scott’s presentation was called “RoleExpansion: Integrating Neuropsychological Principles into thePractice of School-based Assessment and Intervention.”days of workshops and performancesfor students by themusicians.• Park Tudor is a host siteand sponsor for this year’scitywide “Spirit and Place Festival.”On November 17 and18 at 5 p.m., the IndianapolisWomen’s Chorus will presentperformances of “All God’sChildren Got a Place in theChoir” in Ayres Auditorium.• During the first week ofschool, Park Tudor studentscoordinated a Red CrossSchool Supply Drive to collectsupplies for students atour partner school, IndianapolisPublic School #14. Morethan 12 large boxes of suppliesranging from binders and notebooksto crayons, markers andcolored pencils were donated.• Upper School students participatedin the first “ServiceSaturday” event of the schoolyear on October 6. Studentsspent the morning at ThriftyThreads, the outlet store formaterials donated to the JulianCenter, an agency for womenthat provides shelter and counselingfor battered women andtheir children.In the afternoon, they hostedan “afternoon out/afternoonoff” for the children stayingat the Julian Center thatprovided their mothers withtime to themselves. Each childreceived a stuffed animal and afleece blanket made by the studentvolunteers. The event wasorganized by Student CouncilPhilanthropy Co-Chair MaddieKahn ’09.Park Tudorenrollment2007-08Total students: 984Hilbert Center: 92Lower School: 265Middle School: 205Upper School: 422New students: 145Uruguayan exchange programresults in ninth trip to Park TudorPark Tudor welcomed 20 exchange students and three teachersfrom the Scuola Italiana di Montevideo in Uruguay onSeptember 17 for the school’s ninth visit to Park Tudor. Duringthe 11-day visit, the Uruguayan students visited the IndianapolisMotor Speedway, the Children’s Museum, Kentucky Kingdomamusement park, Craig Middle School and Sycamore School,saw a IMAX movie and went bowling. While at Park Tudorthey participated in Spanish, art, music and dance classes. WorldLanguage Department Chair and Spanish teacher Claudia Nole,along with Scuola Italiana teachers, coordinated the activities.FALL 2007 park tudor phoenix 9

news of the schoolFall athletic update: Teams brave high temps to compete this fallBy Brad Lennon, Athletic DirectorThe fall sports seasonbegan on July 31 with 173Upper School students participatingin nine sports. Practicesbegan with the temperaturesin the 90s, taxing our sportsmedicine staff and coaches asthey attempted to manage heatstress and other complicationsrelated to the weather. The heatfinally broke around the endof September, bringing muchmore bearable conditions forour student-athletes and fans.CROSS COUNTRYThe boys’ and girls’ crosscountryteams continued theirmarked improvement and successunder the guidance ofhead coach Mike Penington.The boys’ team captured itssecond consecutive IndianaCrossroads Conference championship,while the girls finishedsecond. Manvir Heir ’08and Kyle Marks ’09 were thetop runners for the boys, eachwinning several meets duringthe season. Manvir was theonly boys’ runner from ParkTudor to qualify for the regionalround of the state meet.In addition, John Arak ’09ran strongly all season, andHenry Farley ’11 gave the teamsome much-needed depth.The girls’ team was led byAubrey Little ’08, who alsoqualified for the regionals.Aubrey finished sixth in thesectional and bested her ownschool record at the regionalmeet with a time of 19:45 for5000 meters. The girls’ teamalso had strong performancesall season long from HeidiChen ’09, Helen Hopper ’09,Allie Hanley ’10 and KellieHanley ’11.SOCCERThe boys’ team ended itsseason with a solid 7-5-2record. The Panthers tiedScecina for the conferencechampionship, but fell shortin their bid for a sectional title,losing to a strong InternationalSchool team.Nick Huster ’08 had a verystrong season while playingsweeper on defense most of theyear and eventually convertingto a midfielder on offense latein the campaign. Cole Sommer’09 led the team in scoringwith 21 goals – one shyof the school record held byBrad Smith ’97. Coach TrentKuprewicz looks forward tothe return of Sommer, MarcWagoner ’09 and standoutfreshman Chris Callahan.In girls’ soccer, the Panthersfinished the regularseason with a 6-6-1 record,highlighted by their secondconsecutive conference championshipunder the guidance ofHead Coach Scott McDougall.The girls finished the conferencecampaign undefeated.Katharine Kulka ’10 was onceagain the mainstay in goal,while Maddie Kahn ’10, HannahFarley ’09 and newcomerAbby Farley ’11 had strongseasons. Molly Pallman ’08saw her season end early withan unfortunate broken arm in agame against Speedway.and Ron McCombs ’08. Atseason’s end the Panthers hada 3-6 record heading into sectionalFOOTBALLThe team faced one of itsmore difficult seasons in severalplay, where they weredefeated by first-round opponentClinton Prairie 28-6.years. During one four-gamestretch, the gridders faced fourteams with a combined 30-1record. The regular seasonended with a resounding 40-6win over Shenandoah. In thatBOYS’ TENNISThe defending state championboys’ tennis team had anup-and-down season, finishingwith an uncharacteristic 10-7game Hank Powell ’08 threw regular season record. Thefive touchdown passes – threeto Eric Dungy ’10 and oneboys played one of the moreContinued on page 11each to Justin Spurgeon ’10Lyndsey Holt ’09 goes in for the kill as Nigelie Assee ’10 (left) and VanessaJohansen ’10 prepare to assist. Photo by Tom Black.10 park tudor phoenix FALL 2007

news of the schoolAthletes in the news• Danielle MacInnes ’07was one of three high schoolstudents from Indiana selectedby U.S. Lacrosse as an All-American. She joins previousPark Tudor inductees HilaryGardner ’04 and Ali Oppelt’06. Danielle was nominatedby Coach Candi Parry andIndiana lacrosse coaches votedfor the three state honorees.Danielle finished her ParkTudor career with 104 goalsand 28 assists. She was thefirst Park Tudor player ever topass the 100-goal mark.• Lee Keller ’09 returnedfrom the Eastern GreatLakes Regional Figure SkatingChampionships this fallas the 2007-08 Novice LadiesBronze medalist. Lee competedin qualifying rounds, whichdetermined the top 15 girlsat her level in an eight-stateregion. She then moved aheadto the final rounds, which consistedof a short program andFall athletic updatea long program, after whichshe was awarded the bronzemedal. Lee advances to theMidwestern Sectional Championshipsin Rochester, Michiganin mid-November, whereshe will be one of 12 girlsfrom 22 states who will vie forfour spots at the U.S. NationalFigure Skating Championshipsin January.• This summer swimmerDaniel Hasler ’10 attendedOlympic Training Camp inColorado Springs, achievedawards at the Senior StateMeet at Indiana University andearned Junior National cuts inthe 400 IM, 400 Free and 800Freestyle Relay.During the Senior StateMeet, Daniel earned fourth inthe state in the 400 IM behindthree college-age swimmers.He also placed in the top 12in the 400 Free, 200 Breaststrokeand 800 Free. Danielalso placed 21 st in the 200Continued from page 10Breaststroke and 23 rd in the200 IM. The Senior State Meetdoes not have an age limit onmale participants, so Daniel, atage 15, was competing againstmany NCAA Division I CollegeSwimmers.Daniel also competed in theJunior Nationals Meet and was36 th in the 800 Freestyle Relay,77 th in the 400 IM and 117 th inthe 400 Freestyle. The meetdrew about 1,000 of the topmale and female U.S. swimmersunder the age of 18.• Seven members of the2007 Park Tudor girls’ tennisteam were named to All-Statetennis teams by the IndianaHigh School Tennis CoachesAssociation. Megan Martzolf’07 was named to the first teamsingles, Elizabeth Emhardt’08 and Heather Rogers ’08were named to the first teamdoubles, Sarah MacPhail ’09and Lindsey Thygesen ’10were named to the honorablemention singles team, andJulie Elbin ’10 and CarolineEmhardt ’10 were named tothe honorable mention doublesteam.After Park Tudor won itsthird-straight girls’ state tennischampionship in June, MeganMartzolf went on the followingweek to win the state singleschampionship for the secondyear in a row.• Travis Wilson ’11 won twosignificant titles at the GrandNational and World ChampionshipMorgan Horse Show inOklahoma City in October. Heplaced first to win the GrandNational Title for the 14-yearoldHunter Pleasure Class andplaced first again to win theWorld Championship Title forthe 14- and 15-year-old HunterPleasure Class.• Park Tudor cheerleaderstook home two trophies fortheir double superior ratingsfrom the Universal CheerleadersAssociation at the IndianaUniversity cheer camp thissummer. More than 250 cheerleadersrepresenting 30 teamsattended the camp.difficult schedules in the state. Over the course of the season theteam endured a number of injuries and line-up changes, overcomingthem to defeat archrival Brebeuf and win the sectional title.The team quickly disposed of Brownsburg and Ben Davis inthe regionals, advancing to a showdown with top-ranked NorthCentral in the semistate, where the boys dropped a 4-1 ending totheir season.VOLLEYBALLThe lady netters had another strong year, finishing with a 22-7record. The Panthers were led by outside attacker Lyndsey Holt’09 along with libero Alyssa Johansen ’08 and top setter MaddieReese ’10. The girls took second-place honors in conference playand highlighted their season with an impressive win over Brebeufin five games. They defeated Triton Central and Indian Creekin the first rounds of the state tournament, but lost to HeritageChristian in the sectional final.News from the Board of Directors• Sharon Sullivan, president of the Park Tudor board of directorsfrom July 2005 to June 2007, was awarded the Tom H. WrightAward at the annual Park Tudor Foundation Dinner on September7 at the Conrad Hotel. The award is given annually by the board ofdirectors “to recognize persons whose sincere and energetic devotionto Park Tudor School has resulted in extraordinary serviceto the school and its students.” Head of School Doug Jenningspresented her with the award, saying that during her two yearsof board leadership, she always put the interests of students first.Mrs. Sullivan continues to serve the school as a new member ofthe Park Tudor Trust.• Park Tudor parent Cynthia Bir has been elected to the school’sboard of directors, replacing Robert Lauth.FALL 2007 park tudor phoenix 11

FeatureFor Freedom’s SakeB y T y r a S e l d o n , P h . D . , U p p e r S c h o o l E n g l i s hEditor’s Note: In July of this year, 21 Park Tudor Upper School students traveled to Cape Town,South Africa to work with children at Christel House South Africa through a trip sponsored byIndianapolis-based Ambassadors for Children. Christel House, established by Indianapolis philanthropistChristel DeHaan, has five learning centers around the globe, serving nearly 2,600 children.Before leaving for Cape Town, Park Tudor students participated in various hands-on activities andinteractive leadership modules at the Eagle Creek Peace Learning Center, a community educationalinstitution teaching peace building and conflict resolution skills to youth and adults. Trip chaperoneDr. Tyra Seldon highlights the trip’s unanticipated impacts.Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live withoutand know we cannot live within.— James BaldwinThis article is dedicated to all of the beautiful children whoattend Christel House South Africa.Months before leaving for our humanitarian trip to SouthAfrica, I read Paul Rogat Loeb’s book “Soul of a Citizen:Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time.” Movedby his eloquent retelling of numerous stories from the Civil RightsMovement about bravery, trust, love and cooperation, I often pausedto wonder if indeed we live in an age in which our cynicism anddistrust for each other have become so normalized that we often failto see and embrace the simplest aspects of each others’ humanity.How often do we avert the eye contact of strangers, offeran obligatory “how are you?” or halfheartedly part our lips tosay “hello” while walking briskly to our next meeting, class orappointment? As much as I would like to exclude myself fromthese minor offenses, I too am guilty as charged. And yet, asI spent time with 21 Park Tudor students and the learners ofChristel House South Africa, I became aware that it is oftenthe small, yet authentic, expressions and gestures that are mostmeaningful and transformative.Using the Peace Learning Modules, Park Tudor studentswere headed to Cape Town to teach South African childrenhow to be bridge builders and agents of change in their owncommunal units (family, school, community and society).Theiroverall objective was to illustrate that creating and maintainingpeace is plausible, yet by the time the trip concluded, welearned more from the children of Christel House than we evercould have imagined.v v v v v v v vI sat on the orange steps in the courtyard at Christel Houseand closed my eyes. Not even the bustling sounds of the highschool learners and Park Tudor students playing soccer, shootinghoops and skipping rope would interfere with this slightreprieve from the larger group. This was my moment of respite;finally, my time just to be still. It was only our second full dayin Cape Town, but I was already drained. Only the day before,we had toured the Slovo Settlement near Langa and Kewtownin Athlone where many of the Christel House learners and their12 park tudor phoenix FALL 2007

FEATUREfamilies lived. While riding through the settlement, Park Tudorstudents were viscerally moved by living conditions that didnot include indoor or below-ground plumbing. Women washedtheir clothing at a communal well and public toilets lined theunpaved, muddy streets. Young toddlers, nestled at their mothers’knees, waved lovingly as we drove by their homes. Attimes, we would see school-age, unsupervised children walkingthe streets.We toured a two-room shanty of one of the ChristelHouse parents, where five adults and three children livedwithin two feet ofother dwellings similarin size and scope.The mother swept herdirt floor while graciouslyletting us intoher home. Posted onher refrigerator door ina room that doubledas the kitchen and livingroom was a posterwith the four principlesof Christel Houseprominently displayed:respect, responsibility,independence andintegrity. Park Tudorstudents observed tacitlyas they tried tocomprehend the abjectpoverty that they wereencountering firsthand. Was there enough of a common language amongst us toreally articulate what we were seeing? Feelings oscillated fromanger, disillusionment and guilt to compassion, empathy andhope. How did this woman muster the strength to still believein herself and in humanity? Where did her formidable spiritcome from?Well versed on the topic of apartheid, I’d seen movies anddocumentaries and taught novels and memoirs that attemptedto paint an accurate picture of the living conditions of the Blacksettlements. Yet, as much as I could intellectualize what I’dseen, my heart was less understanding: more than 5,000 peopleliving in 1,200 shacks, many of whom were young children.“Do you remember my name?” The question, simplystated, startled me. Unsettled by my memories from the daybefore, I looked up with caution and saw a warm and welcomingsmile. Standing before me with a perfectly symmetricalface was a young man beaming with confidence and pride. Hissmooth skin looked as if it had been chiseled out of impeccablemahogany and his eyes radiated with anticipation.“Of course I do – your name is Freedom.” Freedom satdown beside me. We looked at each other and I wondered whyhe wasn’t taking full advantage of his recess period. After a fewmoments of guarded silence, he asked me where he could findSterling. I pointed across the yard to a group of red shirts andblue uniforms encircling a bench several feet away from us.“He’s inside the circle…I think they are doing card tricks.”Freedom didn’t move towards the group. He did benddown and turn his head sideways to catch a glimpse of Sterling’sfeet. “I see him.”I offered to go and get Sterling, but Freedom declinedpolitely. We sat on the steps and sensing my discomfort, Freedominitiated a conversation.Amazed by hismaturity and poise, Ilistened as he talked tome about his favoritemovies, the new HarryPotter book, his family,sports, the Bibleand the model TyraBanks. I discoveredthat he lived in oneof the nearby townshipsand that he, likemost of the childrenwe met, was not onlyfascinated by Americanpopular culture,but well versed in it aswell. In the midst ofour conversation, he’dReggie Nesbit ’10 takes a break with some of his new friends from Christel House.often glance intenselyat the group in front ofus just waiting for a chance to excuse himself so that he couldgo talk to Sterling.After we’d exhausted everything that a sixth grader and a34 year old could possibly have in common, my curiosity gotthe best of me. “Why do you want to see Sterling?” Freedomtold me that earlier in the day, during one of their small-groupactivities, Sterling placed his blue and gold hat on Freedom’shead. He let Freedom wear it during the duration of the groupactivity. “I want to thank him.”I offered to relay the message, but Freedom declinedfirmly. “No, I want to tell my hero myself.” Instinctively, I said“What?” but Freedom answered why: “Sterling came all theway from America to be with us so he must love us.”Surely there was more to this story, there must be an andin there somewhere; I waited for the climax, the big momentof truth that would reveal some larger connection that Freedomhad made with Sterling, but there was none. Masking my owndisappointment, I kept thinking a hat. The bell rang, signalingthe end of recess, and Freedom thanked me for our conversation,waved goodbye and half walked/ran to get in line.Continued on page 14FALL 2007 park tudor phoenix 13

featureWatching attentively, I pondered, what just happened here?Still unsure, I walked over to Sterling and pulled him from thegroup. “You have to go and find Freedom,” I exhorted. I pointedto Freedom’s line and Sterling walked briskly to join him. Idon’t know what they said to each other, but I did see a pair ofsmall arms wrapped around a red Park Tudor shirt.During our evening debriefing session, many of the ParkTudor students felt as if they weren’t “making a difference” andsome even questioned the value of spending unstructured timewith the learners. One person suggested, and others concurred,that value could only be measured by tangible outcomes: buildingfences, digging wells, painting walls, constructing buildingsor donating money. As much as we tried to convince themthat indeed there was value in the short-term relationships thatwere unfolding, many of them were still unconvinced and a bitjaded about the intangible things they were doing to enhanceand brighten thelives of theseyoung people. Wehad crossed manyphysical borders toreach Cape Town,but there was stillthis palpable senseof disbelief: Didfour days in thelives of strangersreally matter?v v v v v vThe very nextday, Park Tudorstudents spent theentire day workingin small groupswith the ChristelHouse learners.As we concluded,some of the ChristelHouse studentsbegan setting up for their music class. A set of drums, keyboard,guitars, xylophones and African drums sat in a small corner ofthe room. Within minutes, Luke, Blake and Jeff joined theChristel House learners and they began an impromptu “jamsession.” Serendipitously, students converged on the musicians:hands clapping, feet stomping and shoulders swayingto the melodic tones. In the center of the room students beganto dance; South Africans showing Americans and Americansshowing South Africans their best “moves.” Hank and Devindemonstrated the Matrix dance, which elicited shouts of excitementfrom the entire crowd.They became a seamless mass of young people roaringwith laughter, often demonstrating animated and exaggeratedfacial expressions and body movements. There was applauseand Eric’s and Reggie’s affirming shouts of “Did you seethat?” Kristen, Samantha, Eden, Erik and Tory grasped ontotheir South African peers and Juan’s smile engulfed the room.Stephanie, Ally and David watched attentively while capturingeverything on their cameras. Before us stood a group ofstudents, similar in ages, yet worlds and life experiences apart,interacting as if they were lifelong friends. After two hours ofdancing, talking and playing, no one wanted to leave.We spent the following day with the younger children atthe Christel House lower school. Once again, Park Tudor studentsled small group exercises. They were supposed to focuson activities that helped to strengthen the learners’ hand andeye coordination, yet this evolved into piggyback rides, humanhelicopter excursions, four square, and monkey in the middle.Smiles abound;no one seemedto care that wewere “slightly” offcourse.I couldn’t helpbut notice that Jeffwas dragging hisleft leg. To my surprisethere wasa young girl grabbingonto the backof his pants legwhile her friends,giggling uncontrollably,trailedclosely behind.Soon there were atleast eight boys andgirls tugging on hispants legs and gentlypulling on hist-shirt. During theentire 20-minuteperiod, they werealways within two feet of him. Everywhere he turned, therewas a semicircle of gold and blue uniforms trailing directlybehind him, chanting, “Sir, sir.”Later I saw him reading a book with one child in his lap,two hovering over him, and at least three on each side. Seeingthis normally stoic, composed and even guarded young mansmiling immensely and laughing openly served as a reminderas to why we were there.Stephanie would later write that “I was standing in a circleof first graders when a beautiful girl from the fifth grade namedZeta pulled me aside and wrapped her arms around me in ahuge embrace. It was then that I realized that I wasn’t the oneStephanie Bogdewic ’08 and Juan Lopez ’09 listen attentively for instructions while playing a gamewith Christel House learners.14 park tudor phoenix FALL 2007

featureStudent opportunities for foreignstudy expand to Egypt, SpainDr. Tyra Seldon with a young girl from the township of Guguletho.comforting her, but rather she was holding me. She let me cryon her shoulder for what seemed like an hour before pullingaway, looking into my face and telling me she loved me.”Multiply these stories by 20 and you will understand thebonds that Park Tudor students created with the children ofChristel House Academy South Africa.Lona Ncipa, a tenth grader, later wrote the following abouther experiences with Park Tudor students: “Every second youspent with us meant a lot. Your words of encouragement liftedour spirits and our souls. Your laughter, love, and presencebrought a special kind of joy into our school. How you madeus feel was indescribable. You were like brothers and sisters.No one can ever replace the time you spent with us. Thanks forcoming and making a difference in our lives. You cared, sharedand made a difference.”If anyone has the right to be engulfed in rage, hatred anddisillusionment, it is children like Freedom, Lona, Zeta and thehundreds of others who are still enduring the vestigial effectsof a system that dehumanized them. Yet they radiate lovingspirits, authentically optimistic attitudes and a genuine senseof purposefulness. Not surprisingly and quite appropriately,as our Park Tudor students were saying their final goodbyes,they were the ones who whispered “thank you” to their SouthAfrican friends.Park Tudor’s student travel programs are madepossible in part by generous donations to ParkTudor’s Empowering Learners capital campaign.For more information, please contact AssistantHead of School for Development and Alumni RelationsSusie Maxwell at 317/415-2757 or smaxwell@parktudor.org.• Park Tudor is sponsoring a new two-week trip forUpper School students to Egypt and Jordan during springbreak 2008. The trip will feature historical and cultural sitesin Egypt and Jordan, as well as a school visit in Amman,Jordan. Students will travel on a felucca (a traditionalwooden sailing boat) on the Nile River, meet Nubian villagersin Egypt and Bedouin people in Jordan, and takein ancient sites including the Great Pyramids of Giza, Mt.Nebo where Moses is buried, the famed “Rose City” ofPetra, the Dead Sea and Luxor.Upper School social studies teacher Margo McAlearwill lead the trip. The other two chaperones will be MediaServices Coordinator Jane Kokotkiewicz, who has led twostudent-travel trips at Park Tudor and Middle School MediaAssistant Jeff Mitchell, who has studied in France. Bothhave traveled extensively in Europe and the U.S. In addition,a professional tour guide will accompany the groupthroughout the trip.• French teachers Janice Vote and Amy Kerr willchaperone an Upper School trip to France in June 2008 forinterested Upper School French students.In Provence, students will stay in homes, attend morninglanguage and cooking classes, and experience theextraordinary history and culture of the region. Afternoonexcursions will include investigating spectacular Romanruins, visiting the medieval papal palace at Avignon, andwalking in the footsteps of artists like Vincent Van Goghand Paul Cézanne. After a high-speed train ride to Paris,students will continue to use their language skills as theywitness first-hand the effects of 2000 years of history onthis beautiful capital city — from the Romans, throughthe Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the “Grand Siècle,” theEmpire, the Belle Époque and the 20 th century.• A new exchange trip to Spain is planned for fourthandfifth-grade students in March 2008. The trip will alternateevery other year with the established Lower Schooltrip to Montevideo, Uruguay (see article on page 9).FALL 2007 park tudor phoenix 15

FeatureMaunderings: Jim FoxlowPark Tudor is pleased to announce that retired Englishdepartment chair and beloved English teacherJim Foxlow has been named editor emeritus of ThePark Tudor Phoenix. Mr. Foxlow taught English at Park Schooland Park Tudor from 1953-1988. When he moved back toIndianapolis in May after spending 15 years in Maine, itseemed the perfect opportunity to invite him to serve as editoremeritus, as he was the first editor of the school publication.We are pleased to welcome him back to Indianapolis and toPark Tudor School. To celebrate his return, we invited severalof his former students to ask him questions, which he answersbelow. Many thanks to Gordon Wishard ’62, Steve Cagle ’71,Will Higgins ’74 and Lucy Bowen McCauley ’77, who offeredthe following questions.Mr. Foxlow also kindly shares a poem he wrote after a tripto England, the genesis of which he explains on page 18.Q: What brought you back to Indianapolis after manyyears in Maine?A: Family (or a significant part thereof). Though contentedin Maine, I’d come to feel that being reasonably close, physically,to those who mean much to me is more important thanplace. And as Aragorn says near the end of “The Return of theKing,” “…the tree grows best in the land of its sires….”Q: What drew you to teaching English in the first place,as distinct from any other set of courses?A: A history major up to the end of my junior year atWabash, I discovered, in completing the reading assigned forthe following summer, that literature made a stronger appealthan history. Math and the sciences were never viable options.Q: What are your fondest memories of the Park Schooldays on Cold Spring Road?A: The friendship and sage counsel of [Headmaster] PeteGarrett and Charlie Smith; the liveliness and abilities of theboys, rather particularly the eighth graders of 1953-1954; theextraordinary patience of the parents; and the fun of mounting16 park tudor phoenix FALL 2007

featurean annual three-act play in the old gym (even when cast andcrew liberated our ’51 Austin at one late-night rehearsal).Q: How was The Park Tudor Phoenix born, andwhen?A: In the mid or late sixties [Headmaster] Bill McCluskeyasked me to take on the task of producing a quarterly alumninewsletter. (Called “The Park School Journal,” it was a far cryfrom Lisa Hendrickson’s excellent magazine of these days.)After the merger of Tudor and Park [in 1970] I suggested thatthe name might be changed to The Park Tudor Phoenix, seeingthat the paper was rising from the ashes of “The Tudor HallBulletin” and “The Park School Journal.” In accepting that suggestion,Bill said, “If you don’t mind my saying so, it’s likelyto be a Phoenix not too frequent.” (Even those alumni whodon’t remember the play “A Phoenix Too Frequent” will haveno trouble understanding Bill’s comment when they recall howlong they had to wait for the return of corrected themes.)Q: Years ago you had your seventh graders read “TheHobbit.” We loved it. Many of us went on to read “TheLord of the Rings” trilogy. Did you see the recent “Lord ofthe Rings” movies; and if so, what did you think of themand how do you explain their popularity?A: I did see the “Lord of the Rings” films and thoughtthem expertly cast, though some of the wild and whirlingspecial effects sent me back to the books, the elegiac tone ofwhich, leavened with humor, I continue to admire. I wouldleave accounting for their popularity to more perceptivereviewers. There are plenty of them.Q: What poets are you reading now, and what poets didyou read while in middle age? Have your tastes/interests/perspectives changed over the years?A: As a handful of friends/alumni know, I’ve lately cometo enjoy the poems of Billy Collins, who has succeeded inrestoring to poetry (as I understand he wished to do) muchof the humor lost during the Romantic period, as well as thepoems of R.S. Thomas. Hardy’s “Collected Poems” remainsa bedside book. In middle age I found little time for readingpoetry not included in the Park or Park Tudor curricula (whichI’d largely determined, I suppose). As to changing tastes & c, Ican probably say (with Frost? I’m not sure)You will not find me changed from him you knew,Only more sure of what I thought was true.Q: What other books and authors are you enjoyingnow?A: Some time ago I heard an aging historian say he’dgiven up the reading of fiction, except for an annual rereadingof all Jane Austen’s novels. Though I don’t find much to quarrelwith there, I’ve also enjoyed the work of such contemporarynovelists as Anita Brookner, J.L. Carr, J.G. Farrell, AnthonyPowell and Anne Tyler.Q: I would like to know more about how you developedyour unique teaching style.A: Gloria, my late percipient wife, might have answeredby saying – truly – “He was just showing off.” In a similar veina friend of my Wabash days, when he heard thatThis, too, awaits: your fate may be to teach,In some suburban school, the parts of speech,said, “That’s good. Teaching is essentially play-acting.”Q: Who was your favorite high school teacher andwhy?A: There were two, one a teacher of English and the othera teacher of speech. Both were very good at bringing down toearth a high-school boy excessively full of himself. When thelatter teacher set a classroom exercise in which her pupils wereto walk across a platform in their ordinary way, I demurred,saying, “I don’t think I can do that, for it seems to me the way Iwalk changes from day to day.” “Yes,” she replied, “dependingon whom you’re imitating.”Q: You were one of the few teachers with long experienceat the all-boys Park and the coed Park Tudor. Doyou have a sense of difference in the students (beside theobvious chromosomes) and the teaching between the twoenvironments?A: I tried to answer this question in a “recollections” piecethat appeared in the Phoenix some years ago, in which I spokeof the good sense of the young women who had come to theCollege Avenue campus from Tudor Hall. Here I would addonly an observation made at the end of a class session by oneof their successors: “We’re not interested in what Dover Wilson[author of “What Happens in Hamlet”] says about Hamlet – wewant to know what you think.”Continued on page 18FALL 2007 park tudor phoenix 17

featureIn the autumn of 1988, the signal generosity of agroup of Park and Park Tudor alumni enabled Gloria, mylate wife, and me to make our first and only trip to Irelandand the UK. This is the one “literary” result of that happyexperience, which appeared in the March 2005 number of“The Hardy Society Journal.”– Jim FoxlowIn Stinsford Churchyard, Dorset(For Thomas Hardy)Inside church-hatch we find your family graves.You made old bones but they do not lie here,Only your heart. It bears a heavy weight,Though not so heavy, it may be, as thatWhich consciousness laid on it when you lived.For sixty years that heart has been enclosedIn Wessex soil; but just as you once heardSome long-dead villagers speak from growingthingsIn this same churchyard, so we pilgrims catch,From the ivy, yew and laurel of the place,Vague murmurs of the honest lines you wrought.She takes my arm, and we approach the church.A gurgoyle on a corner of the towerRevives the Weatherbury imp whose mouth spatrainInto the midst of Fanny Robbin’s grave.Inside the porch a copy of your sketchOf the interior as it looked beforeThe gallery was pulled down calls up the strainsOf strings and serpents turning out a psalm—The Mellstock quire you knew in backward days.And now more distant choristers chime in,Practicing a new hymn, “Lead, Kindly Light,”While Bathsheba and Oak move, whispering,Among the mounds outside. — The vision fades.We turn towards your county town and markThe irony, which you might have appreciated,That you, who bore estrangement from the oneWho at the first put magic in your eyes,Should from your mould have brought two loverscloser.Jim Foxlow, who has taken up woodworking in his retirement years,constructs a Shaker-style table at a workshop in Maine.18 park tudor phoenix FALL 2007