THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Aug. 22, 1927

¶ In London, England, Representative Ernest W. Gibson of Ver mont, a schoolmate of Calvin Coolidge at Black River Academy in Ludlow, Vt., told the following story last week: "A jackass found its way one night into a classroom on an upper floor of the academy. The long-eared animal didn't like the classical surroundings and played havoc with the desks, tables and books, and roughed the place up generally, to the great displeasure of the Faculty.

"Cal Coolidge and several of us other students were repeatedly grilled. The...

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