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Principal Dietel, a graduate of Exeter, Princeton and Yale, came to Emma Willard in 1961 from Amherst, where he was assistant professor of humanities. "I knew nothing about teen-age girls," he said, but his ignorance has been a blessing. While keeping academic standards as tough as ever, he has softened some of the starchiness. Young ladies may now wear pink nail polish.