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When Tabor alumni Will ’71 and Hank Keene ‘70, owners of Edson Marine, learned that students in the Practical Ship and Boat Design classes were in great need of additional spline weights for the design aspects of their course, they stepped right in to help. They wanted to encourage our hands on learning approach to boat design.

Spline weights with splines, shown on the table in the photo above, allow the designer to set up “fair” boat curves in the design process. Because of the popularity of modern computer aided design (CAD) methods, spline weights and splines are difficult to find. Edson Marine is one of the few marine suppliers that still sell spline weights.

The Practical Ship and Boat Design students wish to thank the Keene brothers and Edson Marine for their support and generosity!

I hope you enjoyed the video introduction of John Quirk. I wanted to share how much fun I had supporting John Rice '70 and his team in making it and to thank him for his effort.

Happy New Year!

There is so much to be thankful for in our lives here at Tabor and after the last couple of weeks, and the season that is upon us, I am feeling that strongly.

Many of you remember the ships chimes that rang from the bell tower of Lillard Hall for decades, declaring the approaching watch change for those on shore. While the story below is not about the same clock, its chimes reminded me of those memories I have heard from alumni many times. The picture, below, doesn't show the beautiful engraving around the brass ring of Tabor Academy and All-A-Taut-O and the schools two founding years 1876 and 1916 around the edge, and TABOR BOY in full sail adorning the clock face. All I can think is that perhaps we have found the inspriation of the Tabor seal we use today as our logo.

Bill Rogers '43 just celebrated his 88th birthday. He lives in his own home in Naples, FL, with his oldest daughter, Brenda, and her husband.

I recently received an email from Ted Dimond '06 and Ben Smith '06, which I thought I would share with you. It is not everyday you hear of unselfish behavior, so it is inspiring, good news!

Today, Tabor's unique group of 96 International Students arrive on campus from 24 countries. Chinese students have eclipsed Koreans as our largest block with 21 coming from China and Hong Kong and 19 from Korea. The remaining countries have from 1-7 students and they include: St. Vincent, Mexico, Russia, Bahrain, Vietnam, Sweden, Venezuela, Finland, Kazakhstan, Bahamas, Singapore, UK, BVI, Austria, Spain, India, Canada, Japan, Germany, Bermuda, Taiwan and Thailand.