The Mark of the Knife

Ridgley School, with its white buildings set comfortably among the maples and the oaks that crown the flat top of the hill a mile to the west of the village of Hamilton, attracts and holds the attention of all eyes that fall upon it. Partly perhaps because the dormitories and the recreation halls fit into the landscape and do not jut boldly and crudely above the trees-as so many buildings on hilltops do-there is an air of hominess and informality about the place which new visitors generally notice and mention to Doctor Wells, its head.