Page 2 - Priorities #26 2004-April

Robots, Page 6-8
Board of Directors
Abbott Matthew Leavy, OSB Father Mark Cooper, OSB Brother Edward Englund, OSB Father Martin Mager, OSB Father William Sullivan, OSB
Board of Trustees
Mr. Dave Arnold
Dr. Kristen Brew
Mr. Peter Campagna* Mrs. Liz Cirino
Mr. Al Ebneter
Ms. Betsy Haehl
Mrs. Anne Hannigan
Mrs. Dotty Hayes
Fr. Eric Hollas, OSB
Mr. George Huertas
Mr. Craig Johnson
Mrs. Virginia Kavanaugh Mr. Steven Krausz
Mrs. Mary Lemuth
Mr. Alfred Li*
Fr. Maurus Nemeth, OSB Mrs. Janiece Bacon Oblak Mr. Bill Roberts
Ms. Alicia Rodriguez
Mr. Ray Rothrock
Mr. Andy Schilling
Mr. Bob Simon
Dr. Stuart Young
* Special Representative
Priorities magazine is published in October, January, April and July by Woodside Priory School for its alumni, parents, students, neighbors and friends. Contact the Communications Office at 650-851-6193 or the school at 650-851-8221.
Editor: Carolyn Dobervich
Design: Jim Kirkland, Copperline Multimedia
Photos: Carolyn Dobervich, Father Martin Mager, Jim Kirkland, Charles Kou, Class of 2001, Cathrine Houston, parent.
Chapel Services
Masses at 7:15 a.m. Monday-Saturday
9:30 a.m. Sunday
11:00 a.m. Sunday Hungarian service
8 p.m. third Friday (Taize) ecumenical service All are welcome.
Auction 2004, Page 8-10
Spring at a Glance, Page 4-5
Performing Arts Center, Page 13-15
Woodside Priory School
Celebrating 46 Years of Benedictine Education
In This Issue
Students turn their “talents” to charity for the Lenten season, questions about the new master plan are answered, and some happy news announced. Headmaster’s Letter, page 3
Olympic gold-medallist Dr. Annette Salmeen is on the pool deck, 43 students at one time are on stage for “The Mouse That Roared,” Model United Nations members defend Algeria’s turf at UC Berkeley, three acclaimed musicians are artists in residence on the campus, and eighth graders wash cars and each other for a good cause. Spring at a Glance, pages 4 and 5.
We can’t cure the most debilitating conditions that are the specter of unhealthy old age, but most of us can prevent them. In a speech accepting an award from the Society on Aging, Dr. Walter Bortz gives a positive and balanced perspective on how and why to grow old. Community Forum, page 6.
They move things in unsafe environments, do surgery from far away, and even go
into human bodies to patch things up. Robots aren’t just R2D2 anymore. At Stanford’s Robotics Lab, Woodside Priory’s robotics team sees how the people working at the cutting edge of this new field study the motion of the human body to improve their products. Academics, page 7
Everyone will have a wacky good time in the charming English garden setting of the Mad Hatter’s Ball, this year’s fund-raising auction and party. Come in black tie or Victorian costume—but come! Preview the grand event and some of the delectable auction items. Auction, pages 8, 9 and 10.
In the 1960s, Wegman’s Garden Supply and Landscaping created a vision as lovely as an English garden just off Woodside Road when their acres of flowers were in bloom. Today, the blooms are gone but Mark and Erhart offer the same personal service and professional adivce that their parents once did. Alumni Profile, page 11.
Cold, dark weather is gone and spring blooms on the campus—what more perfect setting for the message of the Lenten and Easter season. Father Martin Mager’s prayer for the Priory campus is that it will always stand for peace over violence.
Benedictine letter, page 12.
The proposed Performing Arts Center’s design has morphed from a “black box” on the hill to what probably will be its final form—an elegant, asymmetrical design adjacent to Founders Hall with a walkway that keeps it well connected to academic life. Design committee member Tom Carter reports on how it looks from a user’s point of view. Campaign update, pages 13, 14 and 15.
On the cover: The Mad Hatter, Headmaster Tim Molak, gets a spot of tea or something stronger from Alice (Samantha Hiller), and Dormouse Molly Dellheim with March Hare Nick Chapman join the party. It’s anEnglishgardenscenethatevokestheMadHatter’sBall.Theheadmastershouldbeinrareformwhenhe dons this thematic hat in place of his usual auctioneer’s model for the Live Auction. Story on pages 8, 9 and 10.