The Academy

The AcademyThe academy lay in the center of a valley, its red-brick buildings arranged in a square. Beyond the surrounding athletic and drill fields were thick woods that rose gradually on all sides, forming a shield of privacy that made the Academy seem in fact to be, in the words of the school brochure, "a little world of its own."Mr. Holston parked his car in the area marked for visitors. Before proceeding toward the administration building, he paused to watch several groups of unif...