“I believe that in the future,if Choate is really to survive, the men who teach at Choate must instill in its students an active interest in our politics and in the national life around us.” –john. f. kennedy ’35 c o m m o n r o o t s
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When Senator John F. Kennedy ’35 came to Choate to receive the School's first Alumni Seal Prize in 1958, he met with Headmaster Seymour St. John ’31, left, and his former history master, Courtenay Hemenway.