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“I’d bombed out of a couple of schools,” one student from Cleveland explains. “I was hard for the family to explain away. So my father pulled some strings and here I am in nowhere. They’re safe. I’m safe. I’m here after a piece of paper and if I wait long enough I’ll get it. Everybody’s happy.”

Yep, that was Parsons. And you can see how something like it today would have solved the problems of those desperate California parents.

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And guess who made that effort to organize a reunion? Back in 1966, he was this guy:

George C. Jordan III, son of a New York investment broker, has been dwelling happily in Fairfield off and on since 1959, when his father spotted the school through an ad in the Wall Street Journal.

“I call Fairfield home now,” he says. “I like the people here. I’ve got my clubs and my apartments. I belong to the Jaycees, the Elks club, I used to be a member of the V.F.W. but they didn’t like me because I was too loud. I was a member of the Chamber of Commerce for a while. I belonged to the country club but that got too expensive. Just joined the Eagles.

“Draft? I’m 25, overweight and have high blood pressure. Furthermore, I’m a student. You’d think they’d give a seven-year man like me a scholarship.”

https://www.parsonscollege.org/content/mlog/w/wiz2.html

And now, or at least a few years ago:

As part of this effort, George C. Jordan, III is collecting as many names, e-mails, addresses and phone numbers for a mailing. No effort has been made since 1995 to update the Parson’s database. Your assistance to have a near perfect mailing will ensure that Parson’s alumni are fully informed of the plans, FREE OLDIES CONCERT in the Square June 3, as we once again pay tribute to our alma mater.

Seems George lives in Lenox, Massachusetts now...

https://www.parsonscollege.org/content/130anniv.html