Blair Academy - Acta Yearbook (Blairstown, NJ)

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Swimming is a coached sport and every boy has an opportunity to learn in the sixty-foot pool.

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I 'VIV , K K I An exciting end run adds fo the thrills of the game.

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BLAIR ACADEMY, BLAIRSTOWN, New JERSEY. Payments Payments are due in two equal installments, one at the opening of school in September, the other on February 1. Checks should be made payable to Blair Academy. The School reserves the right to suspend any boy for whom bills are not paid within thirty days of presentation. Students are received only for the entire time from the date of their entrance until the close of the school year. For those who enter late the charge is S40 per week until the opening of the following semester. No deductions are made for dismissal, withdrawal, or absence. The School is not responsible for any expense connected with accidents in athletics. Money will not be advanced to students fand charged on the billj except in emergencies. A deposit of S25 should accompany the application for registration. This fee is credited on the first semester bill. It will be refunded only in case notice of withdrawal is given before the first day of August. Reductions To clergymen, teachers, and oflicers of the United States Army and Navy 3250. To students whose permanent residence is within the bounds of Newton Presbytery 8200. SCHOLARSHIPS A limited number of scholarships and opportunities for self-help are granted each year. In awarding these privileges, preference is given to boys of high scholarship or of special ability in music or literary pursuits, boys of high character and serious purpose, who could not otherwise attend a school of this type. No financial consideration is given to athletic ability. Each recipient of such concessions must sign a deinite agreement to do his reasonable best, to perform duties assigned to him in the service of the School, and to support the highest ideals of the School. PRIZES Prize for Public Debate Through the generosity of the late Mr. Wayne Dumont, in memory of his father, John F. Dumont, an annual prize of S20 has been provided, to be awarded to the winner of the inter- society debate, at the annual contest on Washington's Birthday. This prize was awarded in 1930 to James Francis Holden. Page twentyfeight