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...fact was, said Billy, that "it was only after the case got into the newspapers and [Eleanor] filed 150 pages of affidavits charging me with everything from smuggling Chinamen to raising marijuana on my window sill that I decided to take a look at the pretty pot that was calling the kettle black ... I refuse to get bitter about [Eleanor], and I never suspected any extracurricular activity on the part of my wife. But her behavior was enough to make a strong man weep. My marriage ended seven years ago." (He was locked out of their house in October.) Since...
...boys were surprised at Father Sill's versatility. At Kent they were ready to believe that the restless little cleric could do anything. He was the school's founder, first headmaster; he presided over the discipline of the school, taught religion and English, supervised admissions; he coached football, hockey and crew;* he acted as chaplain, purchasing agent, business manager and dietician. For his boys, Father Sill prescribed his precepts of hard work and simple faith. Under the "Kent system," they made their own beds, waited on table, did most of the chores of the school. And under Headmaster...
...turn of the century, he got permission from his superior to start a boys' school. He mailed an appeal for funds to 1,500 well-heeled New Yorkers, aimed at a founding fund of $250,000. In all, he received six answers and $300. "Well," sighed Father Sill, "if the Lord wants me to make a school with $300, I will...
...after a paralytic stroke, Headmaster Sill was forced to retire as active head of the school. But he stayed on at Kent, living in his modest house, watching over the school he loved. He still attended regular meetings of the school trustees, and every Sunday afternoon some of the senior boys gathered to hear one of their number read a paper Pater had prepared. The weekly column "Pater Recalls" still ran in the Kent News, and letters went out steadily to Kent alumni all over the world. Not until last week did the youthful energy run down. At 78, after...
Died. The Rev. Dr. Frederick Herbert Sill, 78, founder and headmaster emeritus of the Kent School; in Kent, Conn...