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The Centennial year cannot end just with this year’s class, or with the pleasant memory of younger days among those faculty members entrusted with the continuing education of future W-H generations. No, a special tribute is called for, to recognize the extraordinary commitment of those who administer our little community. Returning to its roots, W-H finds its administration teaching in the classroom. Who could doubt the warmth with which Mr. McDougall greets the morning, or his easy, conspiratorial rapport with the younger generation? Mr. Vietor, more of the old school, views the conviviality of today’s perhaps excessively cheerful student with greater reserve, an attitude shared by the headmaster. Yet, who can wonder at Mr. Ayres Rabelesian good humor or his spellbinding raconteurial skills at the lunch table? And note how he exemplifies the correct academic attitude in his daily punctual rounds for morning attendance. Whether walking the halls or working behind his own neatly arranged desk, Mr. Ayres leads his competent
administrators into the next century of running the Wardlaw-Hartridge School.