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J:OHN M. KEMPER CORRESPONDENCE 1957-62 BOX 10

Dartmouth-Andover Nat'l Science Foundation Institute i960 5 items

Info, on a summer institute for high school math teachers held at PA, June-Aug i960 List of teachers attending; report of the director of the institute (Mr. Pieters)

Dean of Students about 20 items

Misc. minor problems, e.g. PA boy who was rude to Andover H.S. principal, photos of faculty in address book?, a messy G.W. auditorium for a Lawrence Gen. Hosp. benefit, disciplinary action requested by JMK for 2 boys who fell asleep(in chapel ?), list of statistics maintained by Deans office,

Donner, Robert about 10 items

"A McCarthy empire builder based on slander & vilification" (M.L.Shields?) JMK draft of a letter to Donner (not sent) defending PA's involvement with a Ford Foundation study. Copy of the restrained reply actually sent byJMK. Donner sends occasional literature opposing communists, the UN, Qemocrats, taxes, and other things including biased teaching of American history (slanted toward Great Britain)

Dormitory Construction one folder

Preliminary planning conference of TAC for dorms 3 & 4

Dormitories thick file

Comparison of dorm sites. Requirements for housemasters' quarters. Letter from TAC stating its qualifications Report of the new dorm committee on furniture. Assorted communications from TAC, incl. plan for acoustical tile ceilings, test boring report, photograph of site plan* resolving problems with the Minors, drawings of the Stimson dorm plaque. Leaflet suggesting gifts of parts of,or a whole new, dormitory.

D Misc. about 50 items

Some thank you letters to Andover Program contributors. Corres. re efforts to interest Charles Dana in a large gift to Andover Program. Sad death of J.P. Davids, '54. JMK explains the firing of Larry Dell Isola to a friend of the family. Letter from JIMinor regretting inability to admit Steven DeMund. JMK answers a parent concerned about radical teaching techniques at Daycroft School. Brief report of Denver Visit, Nov. 1962. Efforts b help Indian teachers find work in the U.S. JMK awards William Donnell an Eagle Schut Badge. JMK helps Merrill Dorman win appointment to Annapolis. Letter from Goldthwaite Dorr, who sends a paper on Tammany Hall written by him in 1895 at Harvard. Attempts to interest Mrs. duPont in the Andover Program.

JMK corres. 1957-62 box 10 (2)

Educational Facilities Laboratories

PA submits a grant proposal to Educational Facilities Laboratories for a study on the best possible scince bldg. for PA. PA gets $19*500 forihe project. Interim report, April, I960.

Esso Education Foundation 1958 6 lett.

PA is looking fur money for a science bldg. Despite efforts of PA sympathizers connected with the company, EEF does not want to give money to prep schools.

E Misc. about 40 items.

Many routine items. Funny letter from J. Adriance to Dr. Eccles about a William Cobb, former chairman of the N. Carolina Republican State Committee, who was discovered to be maintaining two domestic establishments: one wife and child in N.C., another wife and two children in Roanoke, Va. Cobb spent 3 years at PA, leaving in 1940. Over the notation "not allowed to return" in "the vigorous hentracks of Headmaster Claude Moore Fuess, is a succinct appraisal in the fine Registrarian hand of Billet L. Eccles: ' Lacks enthusiasm for anything - it tired.' Little did we know, did we, that William would eventually learn the Great End and Real Business of Living?" (JRA to Willet Eccles, Aug. 21, 1962) filso an original, unsigned poem /by JRA?7: Stimson, Stearns and Stevens - we've named these for Henry L. and Alfred E. and Abbot. T'would seem we're heavy-laden with *S-t's': Egad! Could't be we're forming 'S-T' habit? So cerebrated Royal Blue Trustees, A-planning Dorm 4 moniker to fix -

Resolved: "Let's break the mold with Old Claude Fuess, The Country-boy from up-state New York sticks! Though Mother called homely, he done good; Try as we may, we truly fail to see How in the name of Phillips (Sam) we could Do less than name the joint for The B. D." A letter from David Kendall reveals how David Eisenhower happened to go to Exeter, although his grandfather would have preferred PA. Ref. to efforts to interest Harmon P. Elliot '67 in a big contribution to PA. Electrical facilites for new arts center & science bidgs. Nice letter from Mrs. Elkin thanking PA for her son's 4 years at PA. JMK states in answer to an inquery that the trustees at PA do not interfere with the admissions process. Ref. to the Andover cup at Eaglemrook, with names of winners.

Faculty Housing ateout 5 items

Info, on the building of two faculty houses by Techbuilt in 1962. Several maps of campus.

JMK corres. 1957^62 Box 10 (3)

Faculty salaries 1958 3 items

Two copies of a statement on faculty salaries developed for the Andover Program campaign.

Failures by subjects and courses 57-63 about 15 items

Statistics. Percentages of honors & failures in major courses by departments

Andover Program Financing about 10 items

10-year comparative operative statements, July 1948-June 1958 Some JMK notes and statistics. Memo from Munroe to Schereschewsky 1962 about Andover Program financing; more money needed to complete the Andover Program and it is borrowed from Merrimack Valley Nat'l Bank. "Financing at Andover" is a brief summary of favorable financial conditions at PA from 1949-1957-

Fisher. Henry J. '92 about 15 items

.1959 biographical data on Fisher. He writes that he has reservations about increasing the size of the school, JMK reassures him that 850 will be tops, and not for 5 or 6 years. JMK visits Fisher in Conn. He is publisher of Popular Mechanics. Eventually donates $10,000 worth of stock to And. Prog.

Foreign Visitors 1957-62 thick file

Visitors include: Australian architects, V.P.of a Pakistani college.English educators, finish Danish headmaster, Japanese educators, Principal of Burmese college, etc. Some are referred by NCIS or English-Speaking Union or State Dept. Several stamps and foreign cards. Comptroller fo the State Railway of Thailand left a Thai baknote . Dr. Sizer of Harvard brings fixiaa Australian friends to PA. (1961) Package of info on St. John's Ravenscourt Lower School for Boys, Winnipeg.

Andover Program Forms and Mailing EXERSES peices very thick file

Copy of Andover Bulletin, Spring, 1959. Samples of pamphlets', donations cards, etc. Mimeographed "News of the Andover Program " Nos. 1-28*. press releases. Phillipian, Thurs, March 5» 1959* Discussion of proper approach to Slôn Foundation. Copy of Princeton booklet on tax advantages to different types of gifts.

*some numbers massing.

JOHN M. KEMPER CORRESPONDENCE 1957-62 BOX 11

Foundation Presentations about 15 items

Suggested approaches to the James Foundation of N.Y. Suggested by Harper Follansbee that Longwood Foundation (DuPont money) be approached. A spe^qal committee for foundation solicitation tfflfthe Andover program is set up. JMK memo on PA dealings with following proposals: Ford Boundatio©, Donner Foundation, Carnegie Corp., and Spaulding Foundation. Proposal to develop design features for a secondary school scienee bldg. Letter to Avalon Foundation. Ref. to the Hayden & Dreyfus Foundations. Progress report of the Foundation Comm., Nov. 1959*

Fuess. Claude M. 52-63 thick file

Letters of sympathy and tributes to CMF. Complete copy of memorial service at Cochran Chapel. Materials on the CMF dorm dedication. Letter from CMF to JMK in i960: "I returned early tn the week from a ... cruise with a group of so-called •educators', who certainly made me feel how antiquated a professional I am. These fellows have a kind of revised jargon which I cannot always understand." (CMF to JMK, Chestnut Hill, Aug 12, i960) Copy of CMF sermon, Sept. 20, 1959- CMF agrees to write a memorial for Carl Pfatteicher, "with whom I frequently disagreed but whom I always respected."m Letter from JMK to CMF thanking him for his many contributions and services to PA. CMiff gives a portrait of himself by Pezzati to PA. Interesting letter from CMF to JMK, who apparently wrote asking for CMF's opinion on which member of Latin Dept. to promote to Dept. head. It is very frank: "You are very fortunate in being able to lose Peterkin so soon. He was wished on my predecessor by Professor Ropes. I soon discovered that he was both lazy and selfish, and I tried more than once to goad him into resigning. I was unsucessful, and Latin at Phillips ax- Academy suffered accordingly.

"From Chase I expected much, but he soon lined up with the Did Guard, insistent on relentless discipline, and although I had, and have, admiration for his scholarship, I am sure that he would make a poor department head. The more power he has the more dangerous he becomes.

"I know almost nothing about Gillingham... "Benton is a very interesting person, exasperating at times because

of his bluntness, but sensitive, hard-working, and loyal...a man of scrupulous integrity and conscientiousness, andifonlike Chase, he is likely to become more tolerant in a position of responsibility ...I would select Benton.... I venture to suggest that his very gratefulness for recognition would make him a valuable supporter." (CMF to JMK Chestnut Hill, July 17, 1953) In the same letter, CMF advises against hiring Westgate ("decidedly erratic") who is leaving headmastership at St. Bernard's. Many friendly notes and letters.

JMK corres. 1957-62 Box 11 (2)

Fuller. Samuel L., '94 about 10 items.

Fuller makes a Florida visit pleasant for the Kempers by paying their hotel bill. Fuller gives PA $10,000 for a fund to pay an annual award and for a student carillioneur. JMK sends condolences on his death in 1963-

Fund for the Advancement of Education about 15 items

2 bulletins of the FAE on 10-yr plans and teaching silaries. JMK explains some of pani the points of new salary scale worked out in 1956. FAEgives PA money for a chem film project. JMK warmly recommends Outward Bound program to FAE.

F Misc. about 50 items.

JMK does not think Gary Fuller *60's father is a good prospect for Andover Program. Vol. 1, no. 1 of Le Cercle. put out by PA french students. Col. H.G. Foster, PA '10, writes that GuuVbert Amsden has left some papers from his days at PA ('98) if PA wants tham. Foster also has corres. of his grandfather's relating to the PA careers of W.P. and Claude, & Tobias Gibson, in the 1860's. JMK cordially answers a long, chatty letter from Hubert Fortmuller, Jr. PA '52. Ref. to Fort Worth Day School, Confidential memo from M.L.Shields on the Fleischmann Foundation. Some memos about the purchase of additional £xas flexowriters. Antoher memo on presentation to the Fleishmann Foundation, wftich eventually says no. Dean Benedict apologizes to Mr. Fisher-Galati who has complained of PA students littering his lawn. Corres. with Tony Fisher '52, stationed in France & wondering whether to apply for a commission. Dean Benedict writes to Patrick Morgan in Italy'to ask whether Film Society is really necessary, in view of recent lousy quality of the movies. R. W. Sides has to deny admission to Peter Farrell of Bath, Me., Many other odds & ends.

@neral Services Administration. 1957 about 5 items

GSA answers PA's inquiry about how to figure overhead in working out government contracts,

German'Exchange Students 54-58 8 items

letters refer in informal exchange of students with Schule Schloss Salem and are arranged by Dr. Lohnes in Frankfurt/Main Evidently the exchanges do not always run smoothly.

Goldwater, Sen. Barry 1963 5 items

articles and letters relating to Goldwater's speech at PA sponsored by the Russian club.

G Misc. about 50 items

Corres. with various Gardners in Chicago who are alumni and contributors. JMK made the acquaintance of Arthur Garthe, head carpenter during the building of S imson House, and recommends him


A G Misc., cont.

for a permanent position at PA. Resume of Ba Lt. Col. Benjamin Gault, PA '29, who is looking for a job as headmaster after @0 years of teaching at West Point. Several letters of thanks for gifts to Andover Program. Mr. Ben Gilbert hosts a very successful PA party in New York. In D e c , 1959. JMK letter of condolence to Son of Mr. Gildehaus, who had apparently been giving JMK a very bad time. JMK is unable to help an old sail classmate who wants his son to go to PA. Ref. to a plan for an elevator in G.W. Hall. Letter from the South Pole, from Charles Greene, Jr., with a nice IGY Antarctica cover.

Harvard College Military, Naval, & Air Science Visiting Comm. 58-62

JMK spent 6 yrs on this visiting comm., ending in 1964. File contains materials concerning his work on this comm.

Harvard — M i l i t a r y . Naval. etc• thick file

Lists of Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC grads of Harvard, used by JMK to solicit funds for a new rifle range at Harvard. Also letters sent to indivuals who were also PA grads.

Harvard — Military, Naval, etc. 1962-64 about 15 items

Brochures on NROTC program. Notices of meetings of the committee. Report of the EKIH comm., May, i960. Other material.

Harvard Univ. -- Misc. about 15 items

Results of PA grads who chose advanced placement at Harvard, 1962. In teturn for taking apprentice teachers from Harvard, PA faculty is offered a free summer course--there are no takers. JMK- invitations to High Table at Eliot House.


Headmasters Ass'n 57-58 about 20 items

Nominations for Fall, 1957. A humorous description of the Yale Faculty hockey team which has engaged to take on the Headmasters Ass'n team, which includes JMK, Feb. 12, £957 (He is listed on the roster as litter bearer). Equally amusing program of the event: a final note reads "Applicants for admission to any of the Secondary Schools represented may see the Headmasters in Choate Infirmary during the week fallowing the game." A news clipping of the match indicates that the headmasters, won, 3-1. Ass'n handbook, 1958. A Sports Illustrated account ofabove-mentioned hockey game. Some seconding letters of nomination, and program of the 65th annual meeting, Feb, 1958.

Headmasters Ass'n 58-59 10 items

Ref. to a rematch of the Yale Fac. team with the headmaster's Hie Haec Hockey Club. JMK declines. Records of the Headmasters's Ass'n transfered to PA archives. Program of 66th annual meeting.


Nominations for fall, 19591 with JMK's votes noted in margin (?). JMK also declines to play in the third annual hockey game. 67th annual meeting program, Feb. , i960


Nominating list, JMK's letters of seconding. JMK declines another invitation to play hockey against ifea "what Yale chooses to call her Faculty" Pricneton wants to send a few more Headmaster's Ass'n records to PA. April, 1961) Program of 68th annual mtg. 1961


same type of stuff as preceeding folders.

Headmasters Ass'n 62-63 about 15 items.

JMK nominates Valeau Wilkie of Gov. Dummer and solicits seconding letters from other members. 'List of nominations with JMKS .votes. No annual meeting program.

Headmasters Ass'n 1963-64 about 20 items

Report of a trip to Enx"£;aaH England by Mr. Jones. Other items same as in above folders.

Pro.iect Hope 62-63 about 7 items

JMK agreed to be a director, 7/12/72, to help out Stephen B. Young, Director for New England. JMK is actually a member of the Mass. committee. He is unable to make the meetings & dinners, and does not sign up for a second year.


Honor roli 1948-62 about 20 lists

Fall terms, 46 and 48. Fall & Winter 55-56. Fall 56. Spring 57- Fall 57- 1958: spring, fall, winter. 1959:sp,f,w. 1960:sp,f,w. 196l:sp,f,w. 1962: sp.

Housing, faculty—annual moves 1957-62 thick file.

Rejoflrd of housing changes, 1957• Complete sets of Housing Bulletins for 1957-58, 59-60, 60-6l, and 61-62. The latter set also includes two housing committee reports which give some idea of how housing assignments were made.

Housing. Student 57-62 about 30 items

Memos from W. Bennett, dormitory cinsus lists. Report of the ad hoc student housing committee, 1958. Report on immediate and long-range housing aeeds. A memo on proctors. One memo entitled "Why we should take next year off" from Bennett to Sides relating that as of June, 1959 "...we have 767 potential boarders for 1959-60 and 746 spaces for them"

Housing studies 58-62 thick file

Memos form R. Healy on estimated costs to renovate certain houses, 1958. 1959 survey of housing, with a rating of each house. Two housing surveys in i960 by R. Healey with recommendations; mSp of proposed changes. Nov., i960 report with suggested housing changes by W. Gierasch. 1961 distribution of boys in houses. 1961 photo of corner of Highland & Salem Sts.

Housemastering 1957-62 about 8p.items

Nov. 1955 memo to faculty from JMK about housemastering. Memos on px-afarx-sax selection of faculty for various types of housing and on the pilot dorm experiment. JMK notes on one student who did poorly at PA but might have done better with more attention from housemaster. Talk by Floyd Humphries at parent's orientation meeting, Sep 1962 about how a housemaster is supposed to function.

H Misc. thick file

. Thank-you notes from JMK to Andover Program contributors. Routine exchanges with Hackleu & Holderness schools. Ref. to the Hamilton Fund. PA accepts C.B.Kaufmann, recommended by Pres. of Allegheny Steel, even though he is in Europe & not available to interview. A table of gifts to Harvard campaign, 1959- G. Benedict's letter to a father in Ireland reassuringh,about Jerry Heist's accident in PE class which resulted in two broken wrists. Letter from Maurice Smith, '13, asking JMK to reconsider the application of Robert Helms. Letter to Bennet Hirst saying he can come back to senior year at PA if he really wants to. He was expelled for being out of bounds overnight. His father then resigned as alumni rep. for Andover program in Idaho. Letters to Steve Hord re. Chicago fund raising activities. Corres. with Jack Horner of United Aircraft about fund raising for the science bldg. JMK recommends ministers for the First Church in Cambridge. Huntington school complains about ponduct of PA athletes at a Track meet. Papers re the bequest of the total estate of Robert Hurlburt to PA. He had no relatives, & JRA supplies a report of the funeral, fx* I"* ftuto


Instructor and housemaster file about 30 items

Records relating to JMK's Math lBb course. Reports on students living at Phelps House, including letters to parents. Also medical reports & class reports & demerit slips.

JOHN M. KEMPER CORRESPONDENCE 1967^72 BOX 1

Abfrtt, Paul 1961 about 15 items

An alumnus in N.Y. Interested in Outward Bound. He is

concerned about the rejection for admissiin of a protege. Arra§njes for an autographed copy of MacArthur's autobiography to go to PA.

ABC-ISTSP 1968-69 thick file

Materials relating to the national Independent Schools Talent Search Program and A Better gfeangw Chance. JMK is a member of board of trustees in 1968, and PA is a member school. JMK states that "OUTWARD BOUND and ABC are my two favorite causes, and the two to which I give the bulk of my extracurricular time" (JMK to Charles S. Hamilton, Dec. 26, 1968, in support of a proposal to the Avalon Foundation for funds for ABC)

ABC-ISTSP 1968-69 extremely think file

ABC auditor's report. Reading lists and course outlines of Black History courses at various schools. ABC trustees agree to work toward a "non-white or disadvantaged student enrollment of 8-10fo of the boarding papulation of the member schools.", and schools who^make this a public committment will receive priority in the awarCding of ABD funds. (Memo of trustee action of Sept. 29, 1968) *ftBC Newsletters. Reports of trustee meetings.

A B C - I S T S 1969-70 e x t r e m e l y t h i c k f i l e

More of the same. ABE Newsletters, reports of trustee meeting, most of which JMK attends. Lists of ABC students at various schools and lists of the colleges they attend. Data about black study courses. Ref. to education needs of American Indians. Paper on "Racial Minorities and Curriculum Change" by Todd Furniss with a commentary by John MMnro, which interests JMK. Reports of the executive director.

ABC - ISTS (Development Office) 1969-70 about 20 items

Reports of the ABC Development office to the trustees. Ref to possible grant from Olivetti Foundation to ABC. Some comments by JRA on the effect of PA's active role in ABC on alumni giving: He seems to feel that any negative effects are more than balanced by other alumni who support the program. (Feb. 1970) Reports relative to ABC's 1969-70 fund raising campaign, which employed JRA as helper.

ABC-ISTSS 1970-71

More reports* financial, statistics on participating schools colleges attended, and attrition.


ABC-ISTS (Development office) 1970-71 about 10 items

Reports of ABC fund raising activities. JMK writes a letter to Bob Sarnoff at RCA in support of an ABC proposal. JMK continues to help with proposals to various foundations

ABC-ISTS (Development Office) about 10 items 1971-72

JMK no lunger a trustee in 1971, but continues to help when he can, writing in support of foundation proposals.

ABC-ISTS 1971-72 about 10 items

ABC Newlsetters, other printed material

ABC Pro.iects (Dartmouth, Carteton. Williams. etc.) thick file

Concerns the programs set up to help the transition of ABC students from public to private schools—summer program. Lengthy proposal. Comments of Donald Shepard, a tutor, o^n PA's program in 1965. Report by Dean Dey of Dartmouth "Chapter Two of Project ABC" Corres. with head of Carleton's ABC summer program. Ref. to Mt Hofyoke program. Examples of creative writing at Carleton ABC. Report on Dartmouth 1969 prpgram

Activities 1967-72 about 30 items

List of student organizations as of D e c , 1965- Budget of the outing club. Sonstitution of the Andover Studefm Political Union. Problems of space for extra-curric. activities. List of student organizations and their meeting places. Long evaluation report on student activities and student government (1970) with list of activities and their purpose. 1971 memo on the relationship betewen activities and athletics.

Addison Gallery 1967-72 thick file

Memo on AG accounting, 1967. Copy of Oct., 67 Boston Riwiew of Photography. JMK memo, '67, recommending that AG have a larger annual purchase fund. Lists of new acquisitions for trastee meetings. Corres. with candidates for B. Hayes replecement. Information on gifts to AG of money. PR on Seven Decades show. Cook wants to raise the figure alloted for special exhibits. Cook prophases a car for AG against advice of administration. Catalog: The Black Photographer 1908-1970. Material on the National Humanities Faculty with which C$ok is involved.

Addison Gallery 1967-72 additional material about 25 items

Ref to Gov. Wintrop desk; owned by Phillips' wife. Newspaper clipping referring to _Am. Heritage, Oct, 68 which used a primitive school scene from AG to satirize student unrest. Insurance Co. recommends a much better alarm system for AG in '68. Report on the theft of silver, Dec. 1968, with list of stolen pVSces & values.


Addison Gallery — Alumni Treasures Show about 5# items

Copy of Catalog, 1967. List of alumni interested in lending objects for the show. Examples of forms used. Report on the whole process of planning the exhibit by Sara Weeks. Memo from W. Munroe on. the cost of the catalog (expensive)

Admissions thick file

Lots of statistics. Schedules of duty officers for weekend guide service. Comparison of action taken on joint applications to PA and PExeter. Memos concerning drop in no. of applications in 1970- Clippings in 1971 about drop in admissions. Vol, NoJ. of Harvard's "Perspective". Continued problems in 1972.

Advanced Placement 5 items

Monograph (25p) on the beginnings of the advanced placement program by David Dudley of IIT, which outlines PA's significant role. Other memos and routine stuff.


Afro-American Society very thick file

PA wants to move carefully with request of students to form an Afro-American Scoeity in '67. Note from Meredith Price to JMK. PA rejects the request at first, fearing ties to

a national organization & semi-professional agitators, and too much pressure on black students to join. OK is f o u l l y xx given. \ Copy of the corstitution and some early programs. Afro-American^ Cultural center is als$ ok. Vol. 1 of the Andover Black Caucus'. Memos on feat black studies. Annual budget figures for Af-Am \ S(Qo]iety. More issues of the Andover Black Caucus. Minutes of V trustees meeting, 1969, w M c h discussesd the position of blacks at PA. Long memo from Frank Eccles (Dec. 1970) outlining agreements reached between AfAm Society and faculty about .such things as hiring Sf black faculty, a black dorm, black history courses.

Alumni Council — Topics for Meetings

One sheet listing topics discussed by alumni council from Oct. i960 to Oct. 1970.

Alumni Council Meeting: April. 1968 about 15 items

Minutes of the meeting. Minutes of executive comm. of the Alumni Council, Jan, 1968, and Jul£, 1967. Schedule of events for alumni council meeting, Fall, I967. List of members of alumni Council with addresses.

Alumni Council 1968-69 about 5 items

Minutes of May, 1969 meeting, suggestions, nominations, and ballot for alumni trustees and alumni council, 1969. Schedule of events for fall meeting, 1968. List of Alumni council members with addresses.

Alumni Council 1969-70 about 5 items

Minutes of Alumni Council/Trustee meeting, April, 1970. Minutes of Alumni Council executive Comm., Jan, 1970. Minutes of Alumni Council Meeting, Oct., 1969. Address of Aluni Council Members, July, 1969.

Alumni Council and Class Agents 1970-71 about 10 items

. PA finances, a/report prepared for Class Agents' Convocation. iTdress of Alumni Council members, June, 1970. Minutes of Alumni Council meeting, Fall, 1970. Minutes of Alum. Council Exec. Comm. in NYC, Jan, 1971. Minutes of Alum. Council meeting of Spring, 1971. which discussed the question of coeducation for PA. Case for by Simeon Hyde (from Addover Bulletin) and against by Richard Pieters.

Alumni Council & Class Agents 71-72 thick file, about 20 items

^dress of Alumni Council members, June 1971. Annual report on gifts to PA, 70-71. Also a report on Parent giving. PA finances from 69-71. Minutes of Fall, 1971 Alum. Council meeting. Materials


Alumni Council 71-2, cont.

relating to Spring, 1972 meeting. Addresses of Alum. Council members, 1972.

Alumni Dinners about 25 items

Alumni get-togethers at PA, NYC, Philadelphia, Boston. List of questions asked by parent & alumni at N.Eng. dinner. JMK notes for a talk given to Chicago, Detroit, Boston, & N.Y. alumni dinners about student unrest. (1969)

Alumni Fund 1967-72 about 20 items

Material for Alumni Fund Statement: incl. general comments by JMK and KHKLKJoma JMK commencement address, 1970. Copies of Andover Giving. Some memos .on ways to increase alumni gifts and on the use of money raised. Three "statements" of JMK: "This is the Real World", Helping Boys to Find Themselves", and "There have been some Changes".

Alumni Trip Fla., Atlanta, Wash. D.C., Phila. March & April, x6l

Itinerary. Hotel, car rental, & other receipts. Thank you notes. Some notes on Atlanta students.

Alumni Trip Cleveland & Pittsburgh April '68

One item — itinerary.

Alumni Tpjp Rochester, Detroit, Syracuse Nov. '67

Syracuse guest list, itinerary. Same for Detroit.£Roch. itinerary

Alumni Trip Los Angeles, San. Fr., Portland about 20 items

Itinerary. List of 6hristmas gifts. Outline of speech (Nov. »68) deals somewhat with topic of campus unrest. Hotel, etc. receipts. Annotated lists of prospects and contacts.

JOHN M. KEMPER CORRESPONDENCE 1967*723 BOX 4

Alumni Trip Nov. 17-23, 1969 about ten items

Same speech on student unrest, in outline: "The Class of '69 - most wearing - maybe most worn-out" Itinerary of trip to Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, And San Fran.

Ambassador Program 69-71 about 30 items

Info, on expoeriment in International Living. A Greater Lawrence Program is affiliated with the Experiment, and JMK is in charge of selection committee. Several application forms of prospective Experimenters.

American Bar Ass'n about 10 items

The chairman of the ABA's standing committee on Education about communism and its contrast with liberty under law sends JMK various materials generated by the committee, because of JMK's interest its work.

Andover Bulletin about 20 items

Copy of May, 1969 issue with "Reflections on a Winter Term" by JMK. JMK reply to a letter from an alumnus' mother charging PA with "meeting every demand for laxity made by a few studdnts" in abandoning dress codes a n d allowing students to advocate draft evasion on campus . (Mrs. Claude H. Jones, Oyster Bay, N.Y., May 26, 1969) A number of letters, some congratulating JMK for "Reflections" and some outraged at the photographic essay in the same issue which showed portrajcits of semi-longhaired PA students.

Andover Educational Improvement Ass'n 1972

A seminar sponsored by Andover public schools on individualized secondary education, to which PA is inveited.

? Commencement about 20 items 1972

Reunion info, and forms. Lists of responsibilites. Copy of invitation. Reunion Weekend schedule. Order of Exerci^s'6 Copy of Phîlipian, June 9* 1972. Reunion guest lists by class. Speech by S. Hyde, notes for speech by T. Sizer. Two more copies of order of exe*ercises.

Andover Inn, thick file

Materials relating to 1969 study of the Inn by consultants. F. Stott memo on Inn proposals. Plans for $1 million renovation of the Inn. Funds for the consultants' study given by Milton S-fceinbach, who continues to take interest in revnuvation plans. Much of the money seems to havd been aaised by trustees. Oct.,1970 memo to the trustees outlines progress to date. Financial statements and other accounts relating to Inn


Andover, Town of about 10 items

Annual budget message, 1969. PA donates use of cage for special town meeting, use of pool for spe&c]al education caasses. F. Stott memo on problems encountered by PA when it plans to buili^new dorm on Highland Rd. and Selectmen considered requiring PA to pay tax on it. 1970 annual report of Andover School Committee.

Andover Inn — Study of development of long-range pland for Inn operation by Harris, Kerr, Forster & Co. 54p. Oct. 1969

Archeology Thick file

Copy of Scientific American April, 19711 with article by R. S. Mac Neish. Letter of thanks for gift of an artifact collection from Dr. Tyzzer.Some rearrangements have to be made as Byers retires and MacNeish joins the staff. Reprint of an article on conducting a dig with secondary school students. Info on gift of Ross Moffett collection. Memos opposing PA's hiring Miss Maclntyre for a position with the Peabody Foundation. Some small evidences of friction between Byers and Johnson. "A look forward" Oct., 1968 by F. Johnson & R. Macneish; a statement of their plans for the Peabody Fdn. Proposal from Johnson for remodelling exhibits to make them more useful to PA. Some memos on status of employees on the Peruvian project. Other reports on Peruvian project. Proposal to NSF for more funds for Peruvian project. Informal memo on trip to Mexico by E. Sisson.

Not in folders:

First & Second annual reports of Peruvian project 1969-70

Peabody Foundation Annual reports, 1969 (2) 1970, 1971

Art Department about 25 items

W. Monroe asks G. Bensley to describe and figure his costs more accurately. Minutes and memos about the activities of the Art Ass'n of N. E. Boys Prep Schools. 1967 memo by B. Hayes of a program of development for the arts at PA. JMK 6alks to art dept. about its needs and responsibilities in Jan, 1968. In answer to an inquiry, Gerry Shertzer justifies the presence of a furniture design course in the art dept. Memos on the idea of mini art centers for clusters. Memo on materials used in PA-Abbot art courses, 1971•

Aspen,Institute for Humanistic Studies June-July, 1968

JMK is asked to be a resource guest at summer session of the Aspen Executive Program. Background info & corres about JMK's participation.


Assemblies about 10 items

An emergency meeting on May 29 about fighting between PA boys and Townies. Other memos on possible topics and speakers.

Athletic Department thick file

Memo from T.Harrison about pre-season football program (0ct.'6l) outlining ways to keep boys out of trouble, Athletics -schedules, coaching assignments, Statisitics on the PAT program (developing physical abilities of lowers & juniors who fail minimum tests) List of Athletic Department wants, March, 1968. Petition from Club hockey players demanding more rink time. Various memos on the assignments of atretic dept. crews.

Audio-Visual Center about 10 items

A copy of Focus which lists film holdings of the A-V center and the Addison Gallery. Minutes of Trustee meeting of Jan, 1968, which discuss the Paine addiction "to Addison G. for photogrpphy. Memo on A-V dept p r o c e d u r e s . w

Ault, J. Burchenal about 15 items.

A saa successful fund-raising alumni. He is against co-education for PA. JMK replies that he wa also very concerned: "...you can be sure that there'll be lots of discussion into which I shall invite Trustees and Alumni before we go off the deep end. And I do agree that unless we're very intelligent and farsighted, it could be a deep,deep end." (JMK to J.B. Ault, Feb. 19, 1970) JMK helps with a reference when Ault decides to leave business for headmastership of a private school. He becomes V-P of St. John's College in Santa Fe.

A Misc. thick file

Intr&dtfuctions of assembly speakers. Requests for suggestinns for headmasters posts, and other information about school administration. Ref to four-school study of last two yrs of prep school and first two of college. Corres. with Andover Skating and Tennis clubs. Various comments on a proposal for Andover North, a scheme to buy an island off the Maine coast for a wilderness campus. Some letters to applicants and parents of applicatifts. Corres. with Winslow Ames, PA '25, who SCH± wants to establish rowing between Andover & Exeter, and complains about the emphasis put o n military records of Trustee nominations. JMK replies that it is just part of the list axh of things he has done. Also mention of Albuquerque as a site for Andover West. JMK declines to be a member of Board of Governors of the American Scholarship Foundation. Series of letters when T. Harrison makes an adverse report on Mark Allen 1968 for M s long hair and general sloppiness. After a talk session in Paul Revere dorm, JMK indicates that he still is not fond of long hair, but is interested in the variety of motivations*for such hair styles. (1968) Some figures on comparative aptitudes of PA and Abbot students, 1972.


BA-BE Misc. thick file

Corres. with Phillip Babb, a generous parent of two PA boys, & ? and Perry. Mr. Babb is upset with the tone af a letter from Mr. Morell informing that Perry will assuredly fail math and not get a diploma. JMK reassures him that Morell has the boy's best interest at heart, etc. Short JMK letter to H. Bachmannon his retirement from the English Dept. Letters to Bernard Began, father of Ken, who gave generously to PA land acquisition funds. Letters & memos on Mark Baldwin, denied a diploma for distributing liquor and pornographic films in 1970. JMK grants the diploma after a succesful semester at UNC. Some figures and notes on Bancroft Hall remodeling. Exchange of letters in June, 1970, wkxKii with Michael Batal about drug problems on. campus. JMK agrees with a parent who thinks that boys should not iixe be educated in a place

that is cut off from the "real world". Mr. Wallace Bell (1968) is concerned about permissive/trends at PA and fearful of giving students too much of a role in running the school. Memos about opening the basement of Benner house to students (1967 and 69) Russell Bennett refuses a job with Andover Program as Minnesota rep, but gives $10,000. Letters from Edward S. Bentley, who increases the fund in his son's name to $30,000. Letter foom a man who lives in JMKs ancestral home in Warrenton, Va.

Barker, Robert R. About 20 items.

Apparently unsuccessfull attempts to interest Barker, a very wealthy man, in PA. He does supply advice on managing endowment.

Bennett, John M. about 20 items

A Texas alumni who is concerned about a sermon in Chapel given by George Bundy Smith, a black PA grad and NAACP lawyer. JMK did not ffi that civil rights is a political and not a moral issue. HKEX John Bennett IV is* chosen for Schoolboys abroad. Bennett is also upset by the selection of William Coffin to speak at Chapel (Feb, 1969) JMK pointed out that Coffin had^lpeakinganjiually since the time when he was acting School M i n i s t e r . ^ ^ i s very concerned about the liberal tendencies he feels are growing at PA. JMK has to reassure Bennett in 1971 that PA did not encourage or subsidize students who took part in peace demonstrations in Wash. D.C. in May, 1971.

BF -BRN Misc. thick file

In response to a letter fromBishop's College School in Quebec asking about a PA-Abbot merger, JMK sends a confidential study (1970) and says"I qlways thought Ei&M&HJifi Canadians had better sense than we, on our side of the border. ... Xfcaxx-spHrxxsx We have not progressed very far, yet perhaps too far to turn back, /there are/ "some awesome financial and administrative contrasts which are going to be hard to reconcile, the closer we approach x-a matrimony." Difficult dealings with the father of Timuel Black, who looses stereo equipment during moving and gets behind in tuition- payments/

JMK corres 1967-72 Box 5 (3)

BF - BRN Misc. cont.

JMK helps George Blackwell to find jobs. In Sept., 1971* JMK writes that he is jealous of Philip D. Block, just retired as Chairman of Inland Steel: "...particularly at this moment in September when fi I face what^Looks like a very complicated year." Block supports it the land acquisition program, a^wrîtes two letters of support for applicants. Brief JMK letter to ihe mother of a boy thrown out of PA and convicted of drug misuse. (Aug. 1970) JMK writes to guardian who feels that PA should give students the responsibilities for KXHEt school government that they demand (1969); t "You and I know that progress in any given community is usually made by a series of compromises. This is very hard for boys to accept. They forget, in[their enthusiasm for a particular point of view, that theee is often an equally enthusiastic (if not violent) opposing point of view. But I guess you have to be a lot older than sixteen to understand the danger of what nowadays is called 'polarization'." (JMK to Mrs. William Kiskadden, June 30, 1969) Details & mamas letters about the Richard K.Boyd Fund, established for a '56 PA grad killed in Vietnam. An unsolicited gift from Grandmothefi of a PA student/pleads to a memo on types of funds and restricted uses of income from them. John S. Brittain, '40, tears up his pledge card and sends it backwith an angry letter about PA's abandoning dress codes, educating disadvantaged boys, and going coed. JMK writes a nice letter in return.

BRO.- BZ Misc. thick file.

Homer M. Byington, PA'26, Consul General in Naples, gives PA a portrait of Geo. Washington in 1968. Ref. to educational research being done by Robert Burton as Air Force Acad. Corres. with Burdicks of Chicago area, who organize alumni affairs there and have a son Tony who has difficulties at PA. Alumnus Morrison Bump '37 is upset about allowing students too much control in school affairs and turning into "animals of no visible good habits" F, Stott mentions in 1970 that budget cuts have to be made, and suggests that JMK leave more of the "dirty" decisions to him. Col Staunton Brown in interested in a job at PA. JMK writes a letter about what happendd to Chapel (Aug 1970) to Howard Brown and about his views on the role of religion in secondary schools. Corres. & memos re? to Gardner Brown, Chicago alumnus, whose son Malcolm has problems at PA.

JOHN M. KEMPBR CORRESPONDENCE BOX 6 1967-72

Buildings and Grounds thick file

Memo from Healy to JMK on proposed savings through reducing janitor payroll by cutting the number of hours worked by^ janitors. Figures on Fire protection program. Memo on renovation of Graham House for Outward Bound offices. Notes of dorm inspections in 1967 and letters of commendation to janitors from JMK. Memo on traffic lights on Main St. List of priorities on bath & kitchen remodeling. PA buys property on Stonehedge Rd. & Salem St., 1968. Memo on security, 1968. Memos on Bancroft tennis courts. First issue of the PA Employees' news bulletin. Memo on remodeling of Bancroft Hall. PA terminates security contract with Wackenhut, 1969, and hires Vicbj^r Seriice of Lawrence. PA concerned about wages, and if they are comparable to siniiar jobs in the area. Memo on dorm inspections. Memo from Dean of Students on need for additional campus security. (May, 1969) 197071 list of PA rental properties with occupants & rents. Long memo from W. Monroe on (tjn![ e management of PA property. Some info, on the history of the Trott porperty on Stonehedge Rd.

CA - COL Misc. thick file

RepVt on Bruce Carl, who is advised (?) not to try PA (1968) Corres. with Nathaniel Cartmell of NYC who is interested in getting more disadvantaged boys into schools like PA. Suggests strongly that Jews must be represented on the Alumni Council (1968) He wants to see Negros and Jews on the PA faculty. Four-page memo from Simeon Hyde on the Problems of recruiting black teachers. JMK talks with Edward C. Cay ley about a ]?ossible^possition at PA Unsuccessful (?) attempt to interest Otis Chandler of the Los Angeles Times in a big gift to PA. Thurston Chase is unhappy in retirement in Virgin Islands & asks JMK for a job at PA, but there isi't any. JMK has to answer 3 letters from upset alumni about speech by Noam Chomsky in 1967. Some corres. with Colorado Academy.

Calendar about 12 items

Annusal calendars and some memos on them. 1970 letter to parents explaining the trimester system.

Campion, Thomas 70-71 about 10 items

Director of operations for the NYT, he writes to JMK for help in finding a job in education. F. Stott mentions several things he could do at PA, and he eventually becomes Vice Chancellor of UMass Amherst. Earlier letter, Mayl96l, Campion complains bitterly about the excessive influence of the athletics dept. on academic matters.(He was alum, council member.)

Canadian Headmasters Ass'n about 10 items

Large glossy photo of headmasters at conference, Nov. 1970, incl. JMK. JMKS notes for speech, which recounts the trials of a boy with long harr who wanted to go out for football at PA. He would also like to worry less about the 5 x±x&x "d's":

JMK corres. 1967-72 Box 6 (£)

Canadian Headmasters, cont.

"May dollars, dress, and drugs soon disappear as issues. And may we soon figure out what to do with dames and democracy." (JMK Ms speech g i v e n / ? / to Canadian Headmasters* conference Nov. 23, 1970)

Carleton College 1969 5 ifcems

Article on discontinuing of religious requirement at Carleton. Copy of "Black at Carleton", a pamphlet about black students at the school.

Catalogue 1967-72 about 15 pp.

Page mock-ups of the 1970-71 catalog and some memos about items to be included.

Choate School about 10 items

Routine stuff. Info, on the Russian Studies Center at Choate. Interesting JMK letter to Headmaster of Choate in answer to a qiestion about social issues. "We've had our share of trouble with drugs. In the last few weeks of the year, on three separate occasions, the local police got wind of drug use by P.A. students and ended up arresting no less than five of our boys. Four of them got probation and one got a suspended sentence. All of them were also dismissed by the school." Fear of dismissal doesn't seem to be enough of a deterrent, and JMK doesn't feel like PA is making much progress in disoouraging drug use. He sees a similar lack of results in banning the use of cigarettes. "The hair business is such an emotional issue that some of the faculty completely blow their cool. Some boys, on the other hand, get really up-tight about being spoken to about their hair. The problem for me, as I see it, is to keep the peace and explain to the boys that they've just got to get along with the older folk, making some concession re their hair in return for our help in getting them educated." (JMK to Rev. Seymour St. John, June 17» 1970)

Church, Howard W. about 10 items

A former PA teacher, 1917-25»who writes from time to time in outraged indignation about William Coffin speaking at Chapel, the admission of "girls and darkies" to a "Manly WASP sort of place" like Yale or PA,, etc

Cochran Chapel about 30 items.

Copies of the Epistle and Chapel Programs. Memo on nonT^"" school ase of the Chapel. Letters about problem of insufficient funds for new hymnals. Memo from the Religion Dept. supporting the proposal for voluntary ckopel.


College Admissions thick file

Many charts comparing admissions & acceptances with applications to colleges. Memo from R. Hulburd in April, 1971,

laments the fact that PA candidates are getting weaker every year, and seniors still insist on trying only for prestige colleges

College Entrance Exam Board about 10 items.

Average senior scores on College Boards, 1961 - 6 5 > PA is chosen as a member of CEEB in March, 1970.

Commons about 20 memos

Mostly about schedules of commons duty and increase of problems with students.

Communistic Propaganda in Textbooks one note

Ref to book/?/ good at answering charges of communist textbooks

Community Service about 10 items

Four PA students honored for their work at Greater Lawrence Guidance Center. Ref to South End Summer project. Budget for community service programs 1970-71.

Composition of Student Body 3 reports

Report of May22, 1968, on spe^6]al adademic provisions for low testers and students from disadvantaged backgrounds. /l6pp/ XS^ss "Costs and rewards of school integration" Sept, 1964. Report on the socio-economic background of Andover students.

Documents

J OHN M. KEMPER CORRESPONDENCE 1957-62 BOX 10 Info, on …€¦ · J:OHN M. KEMPER CORRESPONDENCE 1957-62 BOX 10 Dartmouth-Andover Nat'l Science Foundation Institute i960 5 items