When I was in college, I helped out at The Columbus Boy Choir School, which is now The American Boychoir, a very famous school. The Columbus BCS was the first to present Amahl and the Night Visitors, and was broadcast on TV in the 50's. Now they make recordings with almost everyone. You hear them on commercials, etc. Anyway.... when I worked there, all the kids had animal names like Dog, Bounding Skunk, Weasel, etc. They actually started this, and gave each other the names.
The school is located at the old Listerine Mansion in Princeton. The man who invented Listerine sold the Mansion, and the school bought it. It has a great hall with beautiful wooden floors, and the boys like to run across it and slide on the floor. Weasel did this and got a big splinter straight in his back. He came to me for help. I must have worked for a half hour trying to take the splinter out. I couldn't because it was straight in like a knife. As i dug with a pin he never so much as wimpered. What an amazing kid, though he did have to go to the doctor for removal. Anyway, it was the greatest place I ever worked or spent time. It came to an end when I graduated. I wonder if they still have animal names?
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