Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Summer 2012 | Page 13

This key fob belonged
to Ernest R. Woodbury
who became Headmaster
in 1905. Known for ruling
with a strong but kind
hand, Woodbury banned
football players from
games if they had poor
ranks in their academic
studies. Affectionately
known as “Prof,”
Woodbury (below)
would serve as headmaster for the next 32
years.

TA Tr easu r es

With this issue of Postsc
ripts, we introduce the TA
Treasures page. With over
hundred years under its bel
two
t, Thornton Academy prese
nts us with countless op
nities to celebrate the his
portutorical resources that we
curate here on campus: art
documents, photographs,
ifacts,
architecture, paintings, eph
emera, and decorative arts,
a few. In the next issue,
to name
look for our focus on th
e history and renovation of
Headmaster’s House.
the

Headmaster Woodbury stand
s in front of TA
students who are seated at
the Washington
Monument on their annual
senior trip.

In her diary, Pauline Smith (class of 1931) details a trip to
Washington, D.C. From 1908 to 1956, the senior trip to the
capitol was one of alums’ most memorable experiences.