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1776 The Chanty School burned down in the great jive which swept
New York City during the Revolutionary War.

In the early days of its existence—in fact, when the School was
still a Charity School—the young scholars were not quite as much
in the vogue as they are at the present time. In these early days,
styles were not dictated so much by Brooks Brothers as by what
the Head Master happened to consider proper for “clothing the
Chanty Children.” One can understand, therefore, why one of the
members of the present educational organization is inclined to ques­
tion the wearing of “ice cream jackets.” He does not realize that
he is not Joseph Hildreth living in 1776, but his successor living
in 1959.

(1743-1777)