Although I’ve seen the documentary and heard the sound bite version of the speech many many times by now, today is the first time in a long while I’ve listened to the whole thing beginning to end, and thought I would share this.

Internet Pro Radio provides an MP3 podcast of the entire speech here (1.9MB, 16:13)

There’s also a full transcript here. See also Wikipedia.

You don’t need an iPod to play this, it’s should work with nearly any computer.

If you’re in a hurry, the “famous” part that’s usually excerpted for classes and media commentary starts at around 10 minutes in, but you really need to listen from the beginning to get the full impact.

Dear Classmates,

As I trolled my email for news for the spring Bulletin, I found that I’d already reported all that I had. So please, if you have anything noteworthy, please send it along. We’d like to hear from you!

My own news, and my excuse for not being on the ball this season, is that our family is expecting baby #3. So there you have it. Advance notice, even! I hope you’ll send me your news to help me fill up the next column. Unless, of course, you’d like to hear a minute-by-minute account of Baby Handy’s birth!

Take care, and please have a peaceful, restful holiday season.

Charlotte

Charlotte Breed Handy ‘80
Class Correspondent

Email: breedhandy (at) msn (dot) com

Click here to order a print of your class photo. You will need the password that was included in your reunion packet. Contact us if you need help with the password.

This was slightly challenging, as I didn’t seem to get a password or other info in my packet, but if you follow the link and search through a list of events, you eventually wind up at this page where you can order a reunion photo. The only photo you can order is the group photo of the entire class, though. It would be nice if they had a way to order from the set of event photos in general.

It’s $8 for 4×6, $12 for 5×7, $18 for 8×12, $25 for 10×15 or $15 for 8 wallet photos (who buys wallet photos of a group photo?), plus $3 shipping and handling.

Hint: the password isn’t “phillips”.

I still have my yearbook around after digging it out for the reunion this spring, here are a few old photos from the 1979 Exeter-Andover football game for your entertainment. ]]> http://www.exeter80.org/home/archives/2005/11/05/photos-from-the-1979-exeter-andover-football-game/feed/ http://www.exeter80.org/home/archives/2005/11/02/exeter-andover-game-2005-via-webcast/ http://www.exeter80.org/home/archives/2005/11/02/exeter-andover-game-2005-via-webcast/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2005 06:37:49 +0000 hjl General http://www.exeter80.org/home/archives/2005/11/02/exeter-andover-game-2005-via-webcast/ From the Alumni Office:

Reminder! Homecoming 2005
Saturday, November 12

The Academy’s fourth Homecoming is coming up on Saturday, November 12, 2005. We hope you’ll come home to Exeter and participate in the day’s activities. (Pre-register to attend online and double your chances of winning an Exeter chair.)

New! Live Webcast
If you can’t make it back to campus, join us online for a live webcast of the varsity football game starting at 1:30 pm. This broadcast will also include highlights from other Exeter/Andover contests that day.

Use this test link to check the system requirements for watching the webcast (you’ll see a clip from last year’s game) or review the technical specifications below. The November 12 webcast will be at the same URL. You can also find this information on the Homecoming page at http://phillips.exeter.edu.

Regional Rivalry: Webcast “Mixers”
Exeter and Andover alumni/ae are making plans to watch the webcast together in the following cities: NYC, Boston, Austin, TX, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Details will be emailed next week to those areas. Contact regionalevents@exeter.edu for more information.

Webcast URL for November 12 http://events.reflectsystems.com/clients/exeter/20051112

They also provide a test link to see if your computer setup will work with their webcast.

I watched part of last year’s webcast from here in California. Don’t remember who won, but it was quite entertaining to see large mounds of snow along the sides of the field. The play-by-play announcements were also done by the students.

This year has seen many notable calls for donations — for the Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the recent earthquake in Pakistan and India. This comes in addition to the ongoing needs of other worthy causes doing good works at home and abroad.

As an individual and as a class agent, I sometimes find myself wondering about the priority and impact of contributions to Exeter versus other philanthropic projects. This also comes up as a topic of conversation among classmates. I always encourage classmates to participate, but respect their interest and support for other causes as well.

In my case, I was able to go to Exeter because others before me had given their financial support, and I want to continue to make it possible for those that come after me. But I’ve spent enough time working with projects like these that I am acutely aware that the modest amounts I can contribute could be significant to other smaller organizations.

Along similar lines, Sunday’s New York Times has a column by Ben Stein reflecting on his donations to Yale.

The law school treated me like gold, and I have tried to treat the law school like gold since I left 35 years ago. I contribute fairly generously. I have been a class agent for more than 20 years, soliciting money from my classmates, and I have even spoken at Yale for no fee, which is a real rarity in my life.

But lately, something has been nagging at me when I ask my classmates for money and when the law school asks me for money.

Is it possible that giving to Yale right now is a bit like giving gifts to Goldman Sachs or Brown Brothers Harriman? I am sure that there are fine people in those places, and investment bankers are almost always intelligent, hard-working men and women. I enjoy their company. But they really don’t need my money, and other people do.

I love Yale, and I am deeply grateful to Yale. It is a star in my sky every day and night. But at this point, is it an investment bank or a school? I am really not sure, and this troubles me. I would love to be shown that I am wrong, but I am not certain that I am.

Seth Godin comments on this:

Michael Motta answered that question for me when he quoted Ben Franklin in an email today. “he that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than whom you yourself have obliged”.

In other words, Yale wants Ben Stein’s money so that Ben will be inclined to do the things that Yale really wants: send over great students, hire graduates, talk up the school and maintain its place in the pantheon of liberal arts colleges. And donors are far more likely to do that than disconnected alum.

It’s not always about giving. Yale wins by taking.

What do you think?

Hi, I found your site on Google because I too was wondering what was with the “Acting Principal Tom Hassan.” I couldn’t imagine how Tingley could disappear without a letter being sent to the alumni. But the full text of Hassan’s opening assembly remarks explains that nothing is amiss; Tingley is just on sabbatical until March:

http://www.exeter.edu/opening_assembly_05.htm

I hope this helps.
-Jonathan Elgart ‘87

Mr. John G. Arnason
Mr. Leonard Arone
Mr. Robert E. Barber
Ms. Gretchen E. Booma
Mr. Adam M. Brufsky
Ms. Judith A. Chiarito
Mr. Jeffrey D. Flint
Mr. Robert H. Kitchen
Ms Isabel C Ladd
Mr. David G. Martin
Mr. Michael P. McDiarmid
Mr. Peter S. Nicholas
Mr. Christopher Nielsen
Mr. Kaveh Parsi
Mr. David Rivera
Ms. Alice A. Smith
Mrs. Theresa Wood Thompson
Mr. Ching-Ming Tseng

You can try a quick Google search to see where some of your classmates might be now…

A number of people have asked about getting a copy of the DVD or putting the video on the web, especially for those who weren’t able to attend last May. That sounded like a reasonable idea, it’s just taken a while to make it happen.

A few technical notes:

• This is a large download. Don’t try this if you’re on a dialup connection.
• This is presently Windows-only. If I get a usable QuickTime version together I’ll put it here as well. (If you’re a Mac user with video authoring tools and a fast connection, feel free to volunteer.)
• If you have an older Windows PC, this may not work for you, or you might need to upgrade the Windows Media Player. This uses the WM9 codecs. If you don’t understand this, don’t worry about it.

And now — here’s the online version of

Exeter 199 - the video (14 minutes, 34MB, Windows Media 9)