Word: earshot
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...themselves behind thick trees, gathered ivy about themselves, for L. F. A. is not a Rich School (plant value: $800,000). But no such embarrassment is suffered by big-boned, energetic Headmaster John Wayne Richards, called "Big Dick" by younger faculty members and his 207 boys when out of earshot. Seventeen years ago he left the faculty of Hotchkiss School (Lakeville, Conn.) to succeed William Mather Lewis-now President of Lafayette College-as L. F. A.'s Headmaster. He brought Hotchkiss ideas about running a successful school; new boys even became known, Hotchkisswise, as "bo-jacks." A Yaleman...
...however, Dr. Richards were able to try out this very experiment, he would discover the "blind" violinist surrounded by as many appreciative listeners as there would be room for within earshot of his G string...