Fourth grade recess, athletic field, Providence, RI. Sunny, warm, breezy.
Abruptly called to classroom. Teacher Fran Bachman states Mr. Crosby enroute to
address us.
Aura of terror permeates room. Crosby was new Asst. Headmaster. He recently
'addressed' Grades 1 - 6 in Alumni Hall. We anticipated folksy avuncular 'let's
get acquainted' chat. Crosby had other thoughts. All blindsided as he laces
into us. Our table manners? 'Atrocious!' Classroom comportment? 'Savages!'
Academic prowess? 'Morons, idiots, yes even imbeciles do better than you pigs!"
Crosby Final Solution? 'Buckle down! Get to work! Or find another school -
one for fools!'
Today? Crosby arrested, we're 'traumatized for life', parents sue,
therapists descend..
Then? Different. Crosby meant business and we knew it. Get to work - or die.
Crosby enters amidst cold trepidation. States, 'JFK shot, we'd like you to go
home'. Blindsided again, albeit gently.
Subsequent to Crosby's ravening eminence noire, even assassinations - of
which there would be more - proved anticlimactic. Good psychology on his part
both for short run and remainder of our lives.
Paul V. Zecchino, T.D.
PS - Isn't it interesting to note paucity of media coverage of this
anniversary,
similar to that of 07 December, '41 anniversary?
Manasota Key, Florida
22 1913Z NOV 06
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