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...Wrote a Mercersburg Academy graduate : "I, . . . along with many fellow alumni, resent the fact that you omitted the name of Mercersburg and the mention of her headmaster, Dr. William Mann Irvine, from an article which ends with this sentence : 'These are the schools which during the last quarter-century have achieved some national repute.' You entirely ignore Mercersburg. She's recognized as one of the five greatest- Andover, Exeter, Lawrenceville and The Hill being the other four. She is more democratic than any other school of which you made mention - perhaps that is the reason...
...school is to be judged only by her athletics, then Mercersburg is greater than even Exeter and her quarterbacks, for who will ever forget Meredith or Woodring or Keck or Caldwell; if she is to be acclaimed only for her scholastic attainments, again she reaches forth and holds those laurels with Andover; if her greatness lies in her wealth alone, you rightfully omitted her name, for Mercersburg does not have the money that Hill does, nor does Mercersburg teach that success and happiness come hand in hand with riches...
...same time, the Coolidge boys, who had come home from Mercersburg Academy, went aboard and the yacht put out again for the night. Conferences there were, to 'be sure, but all was peaceful along the Potomac...
...Coolidge, attended by Mrs. Frank W. Stearns, journeyed to Mercersburg, Pa., to see her elder son John, who will go to Amherst in the Fall, graduated from Mercersburg Academy. She attended the unveiling of a portrait of Lieut. Commander Joel T. Boone, a White House physician, as well as a graduate.of Mercersburg. She also laid the cornerstone of a new chapel; heard the class ode, the music of which was written by John; heard him receive the fourth prize in English theme writing; heard him give one of eight honorary orations on Perseverance; heard a concert by the Academy Mandolin...
...Headmasters Association met for the 32nd time. Those present numbered 95, including: Mather A. Abbott of Lawrenceville, Huber G. Buehler of Hotchkiss, William M. Irvine of Mercersburg, Endicott Peabody of Groton, Lewis Perry of Exeter, Alfred E. Stearns of Andover, Horace D. Taft of Taft. They elected Charles L. Kirschner of the New Haven High School as their president...