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This division was unfortunate. If only
one half of the school turned out people
would get the impression that it had
run down, had few scholars, and was not
the flourishing academy that it had pre-
viously been.

There were two societies in the school.
The Southerners called themselves “ The
Magruders.” The leader was Lee Morris.
He was given precedence because he was
named Lee, after the Confederate gen-
eral. The Northerners were called “The
Rip-Raps,” and they made Howard Grant
their leader. These two lads, who should
have been like brothers, imagined now
they were assuming the réles of those
great commanders who fought and suf-
fered, and finally sheathed their swords at
Appomattox. What could those foolish
children know of the pathos, dignity, and
magnanimity of that great surrender,