Governors Academy - Milestone Yearbook (Byfield, MA)

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II IC Il I II A 'I' I U N The M1LEsToNE of 1942 is dedicated to three men, repre- sentatives of the many alumni and masters who are preced- ing us in the defense of those ideals for which Governor Dummer has stood since be- fore MOU1' Nationw Was,- to b Harold Marshall Curtiss, Jr. John Chandler Hill Frederic Anness Stott

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