Annual Walpole Historical Society Scholarship Winners Selected!

WALPOLE, NH:  The Walpole HHistorical Society sponsors an annual scholarship to aid a graduating high school senior (who is a Walpole senior) in pursuing further studies in History and/or Documentary Filmmaking.  This year, the board decided to divide the $500 scholarship to two most deserving students, Ian Burr and Cassandra Kreek.  Both are graduating seniors from Fall Mountain Regional High School. 

Cassandra explained why she wanted to study history in her essay, which included the following:

‘Youth should be the time for traveling backwards; in a sense, the time for returning. Our reality is seen through the filter of past experience on a personal and cultural level. To truly escape the limitations of our past and so clarify our vision of the present, we must return to our history…For me, it seems a shame to live life trapped in this glass city of past perceptions.  Ironically, the only way to escape seems to be learning the ins and outs of this city; when we see it…we realize the limitations it imposes on us, and can choose, if we wish, to be free.’

Ian closed his essay with the following:

‘Today documentaries have been made on everything. Yet, the documentaries that matter are the ones that tell a lesson about human nature, whether it be “Enron” or “Bus 174” (bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro).  I’m not saying that by making documentaries, the world will be perfect. There will always be war, destruction, death, hate, and rage. However, by giving a visual to the people, topics that otherwise would go unnoticed can be addressed by the public.’

In the fall, Cassandra will attend St John’s College and Ian will study at The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles where we wish both of them continued success!