The Phillips Academy Archives contains countless treasures. The OWHL’s summer student workers, Cassie and Ashley, have spent time exploring those treasures while helping Interim Archivist Tim Sprattler work on projects this summer.
In response to an inquiry from an Andover alumnus who was part of the Academy’s Jazz Band “The Aces” during the 1950′s, the girls found and scanned pictures of the band.
They were surprised to learn that the Academy also had a marching band during the fifties.
Arranging itself into the letter “A” was the band’s signature move. Another request (for information on Andover’s “Secret Societies” led the students to discover that not too long ago, Andover had what ammounted to residential fraternity houses. This is the house inhabited by the members of PBX.
Many of these old houses still exist around campus. It would be fun to do a scavenger hunt to see how many could be identified. Cassie and Ashley enthusiastically agreed that it is great to have a summer job where you can learn interesting things while you are working. The entire staff of the OWHL is in complete agreement.
Tim’s shirt says it all:
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