Who wrote … “I’m as corny as Kansas in August …” ??? Be sure to drop off your answer in the Library Question of the Month Box located at the entrance of our library. Good luck! From all the correct answers, a winner will be drawn and a prize will be awarded on September 30, 2011.

APRIL LIBRARY QUESTION OF THE MONTH:  A number of books have been written by – and about – the religious work of this DA alumnus, Heritage Award recipient, and renowned theologian. He is best known as one of the founders of  Centering Prayer

The Question: Time Magazine recently recommended the debut novel of this 1997 Deerfield Academy alumna within its on-going column “The Short List of Things to Do”.  A recipient of the 2006 Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award, her work has also been published in 2008 Best American Short Stories’ 100 Distinguished Stories.  Who is this DA [...]

MARCH LIBRARY QUESTION OF THE MONTH: Time Magazine recently recommended the debut novel of this 1997 Deerfield Academy alumna within its on-going column “The Short List of Things to Do.”  A recipient of the 2006 Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award, her work has also been published in

The Question: A little known fact about this Deerfield Academy alumnus (whose courage is immortalized in a bestselling memoir and a 1975 Emmy nominated movie)  is that he corresponded with Albert Einstein while still a student at DA. Who is this student? The Answer (Provided by Albert Einstein): May 16, 1946 Dear Mr. Gunther: I [...]

Dear Professor Einstein, For some time during free periods at school, I have been struggling, I am afraid rather unsuccessfully, with Eddington’s “Space, Time and Gravitation,” and the rather fantastic idea occurred to me – here comes

Congratulations to Zach Boynton & Audrey Cho who worked as a team to correctly answer our January Library Question of the Month.  We received 70 correct entries and selected our winning entry by lottery. The Question: This award winning actor, who entered Deerfield Academy for a post-grad year, is most famous for playing a survivor of a plane crash [...]

Library Question of the Month for January: This award winning actor, who entered Deerfield Academy for a post-grad year, is most famous for playing a survivor of a plane crash on a television series that ran from 2004 to 2010. Who is he?

Library Question of the Month for December: At the request of his daughter, this Deerfield Academy alumnus published J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series. Who is he? Be sure to drop off your answer in the Question of the Month Box located at the entrance of our library. From all the correct answers, a winner [...]

Congratulations to Ben Turner who correctly answered our November Library Question of the Month.  We received 5 correct entries and selected our winner (Ben) by lottery. The Question: Who were the three Furies? The Answer: Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone [Read more about it in What are the Seven Wonders of the World? And 100 Other [...]