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Endicott Peabody of Groton was quite another sort-"A magnificent specimen of the Grand Old Man, still erect and towering in his eighties, and looking like the embodiment of rectitude and moral force . . . Horace Taft,*who had also created an important school, was outstanding, too ... He was, however, far more of a humorist, and a twinkle always lurked in his tolerant eyes." Once, after listening to two members of the Headmasters' Association wrangling over some minor matter of undergraduate discipline, "Uncle Horace" abruptly rose and strode out of the room. "How's that debate coming out?" Fuess asked...
Said the headline on a two-page ad in The New Yorker last week: I AM SENDING MY SON TO GROTON WITH THE MONEY I HAVE SAVED DRIVING AUSTINS. The ad quoted a "private letter from [an] anonymous diplomat . . . who used to ornament the Diplomatic Corps," and pictured a man in riding boots, presumably the anonymous diplomat, with 1) a woman, 2) a boy (presumably the lucky Grottie) and 3) a pair of Austin cars...
...punitive measure. The offending student was sent off to some rural area for several months, where he could simmer down and, at the same time, receive individual instruction, usually from a Harvard graduate. In several cases, however, this method also failed. One student, having been rusticated to Groton for his leadership in a dining hall riot to protest the inferior quality of the food, fell in love with the area and refused to return to the College...
...sense he is not; his paternal grandfather came from Germany and he was born in Paris, where his father was studying painting. Democrats are also whispering that Chris Herter is opposed to state-financed buses for parochial schools, which he is not; he opposes buses for such schools as Groton and Andover. The pension scandal gave Herter an issue with which to club Dever, but the effectiveness of Herter's attack is still uncertain...
...Austere, exclusive Groton school at Groton, Mass., which prepared Franklin D. Roosevelt and hosts of other rich & famous men for college (generally Harvard), arranged to admit a Negro boy as a student for the first time in its 68-year history...