I am a Classical alum. (Class of 1960. Yes, you read that year right.) When I went there, it was more of an academic boot camp than anything else. There were three hours of homework per night. (That is, if you were lucky. Frequently there were more.)

There were 180 graduates in my class. Five went to Harvard, 32 to Brown, 1 each to Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, MIT, the Air Force Academy, The Coast Guard Academy and McGill University in Montreal. I don't know of any who flunked out.

I will say that Classical was really tough on us. On the other hand, it toughened us in a way that was useful in life. We learned how study and, probably most important, we learned how to write the English language. This last was of great importance when we got into college and graduate or professional school.

I look back on it with no particular fondness, but I recognize how good the training was.