Word: vane
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That tradition is emblazoned in the House Coat of Arms, rung out once a month by fifteen tons of Russian bells hung in the vane-topped tower, observed once a week at the ceremonial High Table. That spirit lives in every one of the 292 members who inhabit the maze of rooms. That way of life, shared by all members, is cemented by a constant round of communal activity--the Christmas play, the seasonal dances, the year-round sports competition. After ten years of incessant building, the House is infinitely more than a place to eat, sleep, and study...
Still standing is David Dove's Germantown house. In the belfry of Germantown School's main building still hangs the original school bell; above it still swings a weather vane with three bullet marks from Hessian muskets. But 177 years have softened the memory of old Schoolmaster Dove, and last week Germantown Academy proudly unveiled a newly acquired portrait of its scheming, irascible, sarcastic founder...