The transcendent mirror
Subtitle: a bicentennial anthology for Deerfield
By: Janet W.B. Rogers [and] Eric Widmer, editors
Contributors: Widmer, Eric, joint editor; Ilchman, Alice S.; Ilchman, Warren F.; Danielski, Charles E.; Friary, Donald R.; Heise, Karinne T.; Heise, Thomas A.; Rosborough, Brian A.; Merriam, Robert L.; Henry, Frank C., Jr; Henry, Wanda S.; Binswanger, Robert B.; Brill, Steven D.; Cutler, Eliot R.; McClean, Ferrell P.; Chafee, John H.; Bush, George, 1924-; Esselstyn, Erik C.; Barton, Frederick D.; McKenzie, Malcolm; Viswanathan, Meera S.; Gardner, M. Dozier; Gathers, Dwayne A.; Grosvenor, Gilbert M.; Zimmermann, Warren
Publisher: Deerfield Academy Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Deerfield, Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780963280053; 9780963280060
Subjects: Deerfield Academy; History; Description and travel; Secondary Education
Other titles: Bicentennial anthology for Deerfield
Notes: In memory of Frank L. Boyden and Helen C. Boyden, who taught us.

Deerfield Academy Press. - Andrea Moorhead, Editor. - Robert Moorhead, Designer. - Sandra Lively, Editorial Assistant.

Printed in the United States of America. - Hull Printing, Meriden, Connecticut.
Table of contents: title: Preface. - Introduction. - I. Deerfield at 200: The Bicentennial Address. - Deerfield at 200: achievements and opportunities. - Panel Discussion, October, 1998: Refracting the past: reconsiderations of our history. - II. The Place and its Past: A Deerfield welcome. - Back to the future. - Life at Deerfield Academy 200 years ago. - Schoolmastering. - Panel discussion, September, 1997: Medical practice: what's new, what's not. - III. "A Community of Interpretation": Keeping the watch. - Helen Childs Boyden. - "The child is father of the man." - "As natural as breathing:" teaching history at Deerfield. - Panel Discussion, October, 1998: A moving picture: values and tolerance in a changing culture. - IV. The Contributing Life: "Never give in." - The gifts of memory. - Some advice from an optimist. - Panel Discussion, November, 1997: The future is upon us: forecasts from the field.; title: v. The Global Journey: Taking Deerfield to the ends of the earth. - Going global. - Homeward bound. - Panel Discussion, October, 1998: Through a looking glass brightly: perspectives on a changing world. - Our contributors and their contributions. - Programs of homecomings and grand celebration weekend.