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About NMH Northfield
Honor Northfield Events
As of September 2005, NMH will be a
one-campus school on the Mount Hermon campus. To honor and
celebrate the significance and beauty of the Northfield campus
after 126 years of operation, many events were planned. Following
is a sampling.
April 1
April 3
May 15
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Sacred Concert, Auditorium, 2:30 pm
“O Northfield Beautiful”
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Northfield open houses and walking tour
All Northfield houses presented open houses immediately
following Sacred Concert. Photographs
chronicling the history of the individual houses and other
presentations were on display for Sacred Concert guests.
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Images of Northfield
photography exhibit by
artist
Sharon La Bella-Lindale, The Green Room, Auditorium (on display
when the Auditorium is open, including at Reunion 2005, and
by appointment)
May 20
May 22
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A gathering to honor Northfield
Round Top at 11 am, Memorial Chapel lawn at 1:15 pm
Students, faculty, and staff gathered at Round Top to honor
the spirit of Northfield campus through music, dance,
poetry, and prayer. Participants then traveled to the Mount
Hermon campus for a gathering at Memorial
Chapel lawn for more song, words from Head of School
Sturtevant, and the blessing of a special Northfield tree
that was replanted at Mount Hermon.
May 29
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Baccalaureate service
This end-of-year traditional program included the
personal reflections of five Northfield alumnae: Nancy Bartram
Beecher '44, Irma Klein Schachter '45, Jean Fuller
Farrington '53, Becky Parfitt Kennedy '67, and Deborah
Arnold Chavez '71.
June 2
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All-school meeting for students,
faculty, and staff
Premier showing of Remember Northfield, a DVD slide show
with sound track of Northfield voices and music―from
Ira Sankey to "Jerusalem" to the Northfield Benediction―and
200 photographs depicting the campus through the decades;
ice cream social
June 9-12
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Reunion 2005: Honor Northfield events
"Finding the Highest and Best Use of the Northfield Campus: The
Journey" by Northfield Stewardship Committee Chair and trustee Carol Ramsey '70
"Historical Remembrances of Northfield Mount Hermon" by NMH
staff and native Northfield resident Lorrie Stearns Proal Hon
'64 & '68
Remember Northfield, a DVD music and slide show by NMH college
counselor David Thompson and archivist Peter Weis '78
"Tell your favorite Northfield Stories" videography booth
organized by NMH Outreach Director Annette Mackin Wadleigh
Images of Northfield photography exhibit by NMH staff member and
Northfield artist Sharon La Bella-Lindale (prints
available for purchase)
"Landscape History of the Northfield and Mount Hermon Campuses"
by historian Karen Forslund Falb '59
Archives in Dolben Library open June 10 and 11. Class and school
memorabilia on display. Archivist Peter Weis '78 available for
conversation.
September 9-10
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Celebrate Northfield: A special opportunity for alumni to
return to NMH to join current students in Opening
Convocation, honor and celebrate the Northfield campus, and
participate in a range of activities, many of which were
suggested by alumni after the January 2004 decision to move
to one campus
(more information)
Commemorating Northfield
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NMH Magazine spring edition honors the Northfield campus
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Poster of Northfield architectural
details, at locations around campus
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The specially designed Celebrate
Northfield banner moves from one site to another on the
Northfield campus and appears at special events
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Class of 2006 project—Northfield
blanket on sale by members of the current junior class
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Celebrate Northfield student T-shirt
contest underway
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Commemorative Hillside mug and Hibbard
glass available for the on-campus community; also for
sale at Reunion 2005
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Prints of Images of Northfield photographs
by artist Sharon La Bella-Lindale for sale (ordering
information)
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