Last week through the bare boles of the trees, past the stocky, red-brick buildings of Pomfret School, a sombre hearse made its way. As it must to all men, Death had come to Headmaster William Beach Olmsted, whom Pomfret boys have affectionately, awesomely known as "Mr. O" for 32 years. Pomfret boys knew that he was not leaving the school as he had found it.
Graduated from Trinity College (Hartford) in 1887, Professor Olmsted began teaching at St. Mark's. In 1897 he left to go to what was then...
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