Loomis Chaffee High School - Confluence Yearbook (Windsor, CT)

Page 9 text:

Gibarles llibgar Sellem 1893-1934

Page 11 text:

v-v--ruv--V-W' 'S 1Ricbarb 1benrx3 wana 1879-1933 In the death of Richard Henry Dana, Jr., November 29, after a short illness, Loomis loses a very dear friend. From the time in 1912 when Mr. Dana with his partner, Henry K. Murphy, Won the architectural competition for the de- sign of the school group, he has been not only a skilful architect, but a devoted student of Loomis life, seeking to make the physical plant an instrument through which the physical, educational, and spiritual ideals of the founders might be realized. No detail was too small for his consideration. From the milkers at the farm, to the pantrymen at the dining hall, the teachers in the classrooms, the preacher in the chapel, and the master's Wife in her home, every aspect of school life was of vital interest to him. To the solution of our prob- lems he brought enthusiasm, patience, understanding, and vision. Imbued with the finest New England traditions, a grandson of both the poet Longfellow and the Richard Henry Dana who Wrote Two Years Before the Mast, born and bred in Cambridge, a graduate of Harvard, he was in many ways ideally fitted for the task of developing plans for a New England school on one of the oldest homesteads in Connecticut. In his Loomis buildings he preserved the flavor of tradition Without sacrifice of utility. Fortunately for us plans had already been developed for another dormitory, an auditorium, and additions to the gymnasium. Whoever makes the details and superintends construction, the ultimate plant will be the work of Mr. Dana's mind and spirit. The picture above, and two etchings and two pencil drawings which follow, giving effective examples of the quality of Mr. Dana,s work, are affectionately dedicated to his memory. The buildings themselves will be his lasting monument.