Word: sills
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...case of the youngest headmaster in the U. S. is in point. Twenty years ago Father Frederick H. Sill of the Order of the Holy Cross (Episcopal) procured an old farmhouse near Kent, Conn., enrolled 18 pupils and three masters, founded Kent School. The first night of school the headmaster cooked scrambled eggs which the boys served, the beginning of a regimen of self-help that has continued until today, when Kent is a flourishing school of 200 boys. Kent teaches self-reliance, directness of purpose and simplicity of life, in a quiet rural community...
...Kent's waiting list grew in popularity, it was seen that another school of the same type would be welcomed. Instead of lengthening his waiting list, Father Sill called to him his two prefects of '18, bought them another farmhouse at South Kent, five miles away, and helped them establish, not a twin, but an independent "younger brother" of his school. Twenty-four charter pupils were enrolled. Today, in its third year, this school (South Kent) has 51 boys, 7 masters and a waiting list of 100 or more boys, who will be admitted as fast as expansion...
...secure grip upon only six cities on the railway between Aleppo in the North and Dera in the South. The Druses were said to be in control of an area as large as the state of New Jersey between Mount Hermon and Wadi Ajami. At Aleppo Miss Elizabeth Sill of Pittsburgh, in charge of the local Near East Relief, was reported to have been appealed to for help and protection by literally thousands of refugees...
...Brigadiers, commandants of Forts Bragg, Leavenworth, Sam Houston, Clark, Sill, Riley...
When M. Dzierzynzky informed him that there was little chance of his being released, he vaulted the sill of his cell window...