I was struck by this famous-to-many-but-I-had-never-seen-it photo--in The New York Times recently.
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November 20, 1965--nearly 50 years ago--the Science Building at Mt. Hermon, a prep school in Massachusetts, caught fire. And there was a crucial Big Game between the school's football team and their rivals from Deerfield Academy being played at the very same time. . .
A student football player's father, newspaperman, Robert S. van Fleet, happened to take photos of the bizarre juxtaposition of game and fire on that crisp Autumn day. The photo (above) later won the Associated Press Sports Photo of the Year award.
Apparently the photo has become a notorious curiosity in these 50 years (although, as I said earlier, I only learned about it in the Times last week. I am out of so many loops.) Some students and school faculty and staff did aid the firefighters, but it was decided that the game should continue. Perhaps just to keep all those people occupied and out of the way of the firefighters. The game did go on. Unfortunately for Mt. Hermon, they lost the game and their Science Building.
Any analysis of this event relevant to our times? Too much emphasis on football? Or sports in general? One thing for sure, as the NYT article points out, this type of dual action probably never would happen today. Too many potential lawsuits.
The article also states that the fire was only the second most notorious event at the school. In 1934, the Headmaster of the school, Dr. Elliot Speer, was mysteriously murdered, There were suspects, most notably the dean of the college, but no one was ever convicted of the crime. So much for the Hallowed Halls of Ivy!!
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