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Headed for Hell. For 184 years, strong rulers have built Andover. The pious John Adams (a relative of both Presidents) forbade dancing as well as Shakespeare, and regularly climbed a ladder to wind the clock in Bulfinch Hall, discoursing on its motto, "Youth is the seedtime of life," as the boys vainly awaited his fall. The zealous "Uncle Sam" Taylor (1837-71) was a total believer in "total depravity." "Robinson," he warned one 14-year-old, "you're on the direct road to hell. You're reading too many novels." Still, Taylor's boys, partly inspired...
...year boys) toil at attaining "silver" standards in physical tests, including a "drownproofing" course (copied by the Peace Corps) with a rugged exam-staying afloat for 35 minutes with hands tied behind back. The pride a boy feels when he succeeds is the fruit of Andover's unofficial motto: "Sink or swim...
Then with the appearance of the motto on the back of bills came a new series: Series 1957, also with the signatures of Priest and Anderson. When the Kennedy Administration came to office the change of personnel was recorded as Series 1957A which showed Elizabeth Rudel Smith as Treasurer of the United States and C. Douglas Dillon as Secretary of the Treasury...
After much fruitless investigation, the CRIMSON succeeded in reaching someone who could clear up the great currency mystery: Mr. Henry Holtzclaw, Director of the Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Holtzclaw emphasized that Public Law 140 said the motto was to be added "at such time as new dies for currency are adopted...
Since the Bureau is in the process of switching from flatbed to rotary presses, the motto is put on all bills printed from rotary dies, about one-third of the total. All bills still printed on flatbed presses, however, remain without "in God We Trust." Eventually, all dollars will carry the motto...