[Ads-l] Quote: "Fifth Best High School in Orange County"

Dave Wilton dave at WILTON.NET
Tue Oct 18 20:03:51 UTC 2016


I'm looking for the origin of a quotation characterizing West Point as the
"fifth best high school in Orange County, NY." I've had no luck finding out
who said it (or even finding out who allegedly said it).

Any clues?


--Dave Wilton
   Department of English
   Texas A&M University
   dwilton at tamu.edu / dave at wilton.net

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