audiences for plays and recitals and Mary Choate hosted dances at the Homestead.

Choate School: The St. John Years

From 1908 to 1973, control over the Choate School passed from the Choate family to the St. John family. Under the St. Johns, Choate became one of the largest boarding schools in New England.

In 1908, George St. John (headmaster 1908-47), an Episcopal priest who had previously taught at Hackley School, The Hill School, and Adirondack-Florida School,

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