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was born while he and his wife served the school. In 1946, Robert L. Curry became the second and longest-serving headmaster, leaving in 1969. Over the years, Lenox's enrollment ranged from 150 to 250 boys, with about 32 teachers or masters. The school was modeled on the
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had all closed. Like Lenox School, these were small boarding schools serving students from throughout the northeast and sometimes beyond, occupying campuses that were once grand estates, often referred to as
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had reduced the popularity of military education. The fate of the school was not unique among private secondary schools in the central
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