Word: grotonians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Groton is an inbred school. When a son s born to an old Grotonian, the happy news is wired to the Rector, who enters the child on the list of favored applicants. Result is that out of a student body permanently fixed at 180 boys, 94 are sons of alumni. Brighter than these are apt to be the ten boys admitted each year by competitive examination. Groton's scholastic standing is high, partly because it drills for College Board Examinations...
Keppel prepared for college at Groton and was there a news editor of the Grotonian and chairman of the Year Book Board. He will appoint the heads of the art, business, editorial, and photographic boards of the Red Book, subject to the approval of a committee of upperclassmen. These choices will be announced some time next week, and the date of the competition for positions on the various boards will be definitely set for some time after the Christmas vacation...
Chase prepared at Groton School where he was the editor-in-chief of the "Grotonian". He is expected to take over the duties of his office immediately, in preparation for a competition for the remaining positions on the Red Book Board, which will start in January. At a meeting to be held in the near future the new editors will meet to choose the students who will aid them in the publication of the Red Book...