A little more than a decade after the school’s founding, the Trustees hired alumnus Eli Thayer as the fourth principal. Thayer went on to be one of the Academy’s greatest alumni, but his lofty ambitions and ideals nearly put the … Read More
Author Archives: Frank Callahan
Fudging Cole Porter’s Age
“Cole’s elfin size and agile mind may have also helped endear him to students and faculty, especially since he was thought to be twelve and just about the youngest in his class. Actually Cole was fourteen when he enrolled at … Read More
Daniel Webster Abercrombie Story, Part 2
Arrival in Cambridge “With their fortunes ruined and the father dead, the grieving family had little to retain it in the south and therefore set out for Massachusetts to find a new life.”[1] “I got my start in life from … Read More