{"id":2929,"date":"2011-10-31T19:01:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T00:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ohrstromblog.com\/spsarchives\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2015-04-06T15:15:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T20:15:26","slug":"mr-dole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ohrstromblog.com\/spsarchives\/archives\/2929","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Dole"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Kodak No. 2 type photograph taken in 1890 by Theodore Mitchell Hastings, Form of 1894, while a student at St. Paul’s School.<\/p>\n

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Shown in this photograph is Lester Carrington Dole, faculty member from 1878-1918. In the background a group of students is gathered in front of the Big Study.<\/p>\n

Arthur Stanwood Pier, in his book,\u00a0St. Paul\u2019s School 1855-1934<\/em>, described Mr. Dole this way:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lester C. Dole, instructor in gymnastics, was one of the most hard-working and conscientious men in the school. \u00a0Besides having entire charge of the Gymnasium, he assisted in the coaching of the younger boys in cricket and football; gave boxing lessons and fencing lessons; took boys out gunning in the autumn and managed the Thanksgiving shoot; coached all the crews, both on the rowing weights in the Gymnasium and in the boats on Long Pond; and many duties as boundsmaster; supervised much of the swimming at the old swimming hole. . . He was a great favorite with all the boys, because of the eager and merry disposition that he showed in the exercise of his duties. . . .Unfailing cheerfulness and complete unselfishness were his most conspicuous traits; they made him beloved by the successive generations of boys throughout his long term of service at St. Paul’s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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