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Another great source of pride for Hall is the crop of ice skaters that Manter Hall has churned out over the years. The school admitted its first girl, Tenly Albright, "around 1950," because she could not find a girls' school which would permit her to shape her studying around her rigorous ice skating schedule. She later became a world figure skating champion, and went on to Radcliffe and Harvard Medical School. Ever since, Manter Hall has produced a steady stream of ice skaters because it allows them scheduling flexibility. Girls now comprise 40 per cent of the student body...
...Manter Hall's physical plant precludes any extra-curricular activities. Three floors of classrooms constitute the entire school. The dusty halls, off white and drab brown walls, dark floors, iron stair cases and dim lighting all contribute to the musty atmosphere of the 50-year-old building. Everything in the school seems to be coated with a layer of dust. Hall cites the school's lack of recreational facilities and limited extra-curricular activities as its chief disadvantages. "We are a 9 to 3:30 workshop-type school," he explains...
...lack of facilities, however, does permit Manter Hall to offer a far lower tuition than its closest competitor. While Manter Hall charges $1950 per year, Belmont Hill charges $3100, and Buckingham, Brown and Nichols charges $3025. Hall mentions that "there's really no competition because we don't have their facilities." He says that the current recession has hurt Manter Hall, but declines to elaborate...
From 1886 to 1930, Manter Hall served as a combination prep and tutoring school. Originally founded on the former site of As You Like It at Mass Ave. and Holyoke Street, the all-boys prep school had boarding facilities on the top floor. In 1927, the school moved to its present location...
...until about 1940, Manter Hall also tutored students for the special entrance exam administered by Harvard. "Anyone who failed these exams could take courses over the summer at Manter Hall," the director explains. "They could retake the entrance exams until they finally got into Harvard." The school ceased to offer this service after 1940, as a result of the dramatic increase in Harvard applications and the advent of standardized college boards...