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Picking up the thread in 1958 andbringing it forward another quarter of acentury to 1983 ...Bill Amos~s notice in the spring 1981 Bulletin set thoughts in motionamong the trustees and myself. Last summer I wrote Bill asking if hewould consider writing another book that would, in effect, be a sequelto Waldy's. While employing an entirely different approach, itnevertheless would be an "official" history written by one who lived it,picking up the thread in 1958 and bringing it forward another quarterof a century to 1983.Because no one can experience, or remember, all that occurred yearafter year for two and a half decades, alumni, former teachers, parentsand friends are invited to contribute recollections (records, anecdotes,whatever) of those years. Bill will write a number of you directly lateron, but everyone is urged to write or call him at your convenienceduring the next couple of years.Remember, along with the triumphs and joys, there were failuresand distress. Biologist that he is, Bill thinks of the School as a livingorganism, one that maintains (as many of you from his classes willrecall) a "dynamic equilibrium?' One thing is certain: St. Andrew'salways has been dynamic and, despite the surges of a given year, it hasmaintained an equilibrium while continuing to grow.Bill wants those who contributed so generously to his earlier requestto know that your extraordinary (but believable) accounts still willcome to light in the book he described last year, although it will now bedelayed a bit. Catherine and Bill will be moving to their beloved farmin Vermont before many more years, and it is important he have accessto School records while compiling a second history of St. Andrew's.Part of his work at School the next two years will consist of research inpreparation for writing, aiming at a possible publication date in 1985.Jonathan B. O'BrienHeadmaster