26 September 2011

Keep calm and carry on

In November of 1965, during the game between Northfield Mount Hermon School and Deerfield Academy, Silliman Hall on the NMH campus caught fire. Even as Silliman Hall burned, the game went on.
Story at The Whig, via Black at WTF.

4 comments:

  1. DithSeptember 26, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    As an NMH '07 grad, it is HermOn.
    :)

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    Grammar not a required course at Hermon, then?

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    That captures our current state of affairs here in the USA: Never mind the fire, keep watching yer sports...

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  4. MinnesotastanSeptember 26, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    Thank you, Dith. I've changed my blog entry, though it's still incorrect (2 of 3) at the primary source.

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