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progras just outside the city of Willia The school itself was named after Peter Pelham, who came to America in 1726 and spent a number of years in Boston, where he studied anist at Trinity Church The orientation brochure for the school told us that Pelhaanist at Bruton Parish Church, taught young women at the time to play the harpsichord and spinet, and was the ar's Opera was first performed in the city

Although our teachers and counselors tried to keep a sense of decorum and history about us while we attended the Pelham School, the dormitory quickly revealed that a little over four dozen ers had become the residents Rock and movie posters, as well as some humorous posters, were instantly slapped aver the austere walls Despite our study of classicalout of s and doors

Everywhere else on the cas were prim and proper We had a dress code at class Boys had to wear slacks and white shirts with ties: girls wore black ankle-length skirts and white blouses, but no pants outfits and certainly no shorts Once we ended the for: however, there was still a standard enforced in the cafeteria After dinner, everyone could be as sloppy as he or she wished and it was not unusual to see us in old sweatshirts and jeans walking barefoot through the hallways

We had a strict curfew of ten pm on weekdays and eleven pm on weekends At those hours all radios CD players and television sets had to be turned off You could keep the lights on in your rooly advised since breakfast began at six-thirty and ended at seventhirty with the first class starting at eight

On weekends, the pool was open, but bikinis and thong suits were absolutely forbidden Our counselors and administrators referred to their own liability whenever anyone offered the slightest challenge or complaint

"While you are here in our house," Doctor Richard Greenleaf began his opening talk to all the arriving students at orientation 'you have to obey our rules We have ate parents while you are here under our wing We have to have an absolutely notolerance policy when it concerns our safety codes To illustrate how serious this is I will read froiven when you arrived-- just to be sure there are no

s"

He adjusted his glasses and then lowered his voice to sound even more austere

"There will be absolutely no s in the dormitory at any time Just like on an airplane, anyone who tampers with one of our smoke detectors will be ies of any sort can be on this caht onto this ca that an incidence of vandalism or disrespect toward our property will be considered a very serious affront to the school Anyone who violates a curfew or fails to have proper per the campus will be asked to leave the campus permanently Proper classroom decorum is

paramount

"We are all here for one main purpose, and that's to further our development and pro Tess with ourelse is secondary You are here because your fa to finance this pursuit They have faith and expectations and we intend to do the best we can to justify that faith and succeed with those expectations

"You have one of the most qualified and talented faculties in the country, state-

of-the-art studios and five-star facilities Enjoy yourselves, but work hard, very hard and help make this the most successful summer of music yet"

There was light applause,from the parents and relatives who had accompanied the students to the school Afterward, a lunch was held and ere all introduced to members of the faculty My piano teacher Professor Littleton, had returned, which ray hair, bushy eyebrows and rosy cheeks He had the war us believe we could do better He made us believe it was in us to reach a little further

For a while I thought I wasn't going to have a rooirl naned to be ras hours later I heard a loud bang just outside my door and froze for a one so they could be hooodbyes anyway, and Daddy thought it was best to just do what had to be done and go before a single tear could escape a single eye He nearly succeeded but Mo