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ancient history of Greece, we thrilled vi­ Kimberlin (Mrs. Andrews) was still the
cariously to the deeds of Achilles and the teacher; she left to get married the follow­
other heroes of Troy by making and paint­ ing year. Could we have been too much for
ing large beaver-board shields. Our pen­ her with fellows like Bill Foster, Charlie
manship was continued, and we learned the Barnard, and the eminent Mr. Charles
multiplication tables. Mr. Brigham, the Scovil? Maybe Houghty Letts had some­
new head of the Lower School, made it thing to do with it!
possible for us to participate in the Father This year we had our first male teachers
and Son Day events. Mrs. Annin held Mr. Brigham and Mr. Allen, in history
music appreciation classes every Friday and mathematics respectively. The Honor
afternoon in Alumni Flail. Here we learned Club, started by Miss Kimberlin, and the
our do, re, mi's and cultivated our voices. English Club, presided over by Mr. San­
Second Intermediate was our first year ford, carried the social end of our school
in the main building; we were proud to be life. The conduct of the class was governed
with the big boys in the adjoining class­ by the standards of the Honor Club, ex­
rooms. We immediately found that Miss pulsion from which was our severest punish­
Chappell would stand for no tomfoolery. ment.
We began to study more seriously, although In the fall we played interclass football;
our hilarious spelling bees and occasional in the spring, combined with the Fourth
parties kept our spirits buoyant and opti­ Intermediate, we played baseball with
mistic. The hardest job Miss Chappell had Rectory School. We felt quite grown-up
was teaching us decimals. Some boys could­ traveling to Pomfret for our game.
n't learn them, no matter how much they
drilled. Fractions also added to our mental Madame never ceased to be a marvel to
distress; we thought these were “just about us, for no matter what skulduggery we
the height.” With trepidation we looked cooked up, she always left her class saying,
forward to higher mathematics. “You are de bes’ boys on eart’l” However,
Our appreciation of classical music was she had one club- -she threatened to send
broadened greatly by the efforts of Mr. us to the “kindegart” if we were really bad.
Gray, who seemed to be in “cahoots” with But Bill Bellows, our French whiz, always
Walter Damrosch in his weekly broadcasts made her happy with his perfect recitations.
(“Good morning, my dear children of the Entering the last year of the Lower
radio audience”). Miss Chappell, who School, we found new members had been
learned what Dr. Damrosch planned to added to our ranks. More adventures and
present, played some of the selections for us experiences were packed into this one year
on (he class-room victrola. For our part in than into any preceding. Throughout the
the annual exhibition, Madame helped regular course of studies, parties and trips
us draw a large rose window. Miss Chappell were intermittently scattered. Sports also
had us paste together pictures we had played a more prominent part in our lines,
drawn, which, when run on two rollers, for our football team (the first and only
gave an enlightening and coherent story of one to do so) met the Rectory team in two
the obtaining of raw materials such as cot­ combats. The second was held on the var­
ton, rubber, and wood. We also made a sity field amid the cheering of the Lower
large map of the United States assembled School. Baseball games with the same
from the individual states made by the school were held again in the spring. We
class. added to our social life the Bicycle Club,
We consider ourselves very lucky that we which offered an opportunity for many of
entered the Third Intermediate when Miss us to go on lengthy trips in the state, not to