This poem (Motorboat) was written by Henry Montgomery and published in Pawling School's yearbook, The Scroll. It describes shenanigans of students on dorm in Cluett Hall at Pawling School and the commodore's (the dormitory master) reaction.
This is a photograph of a student's dormitory room in Cluett Hall on the campus of the Pawling School in Pawling, New York (circa 1927). Space was saved by folding the bed (left foreground) against the wall during the day. The book leaning against...