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Sherman Day Thacher, (November 6, 1861 - August 5, 1931), was the founder and headmaster of The Thacher School at Ojai, California.
Sherman Day Thacher contacted educator Thompson Webb, an instructor at the Webb School of Bell Buckle in Tennessee (founded by his father, William R. Webb), that his school was turning down dozens of qualified students every year, and that an empty school near Claremont was for sale.
Sherman Day Thacher didn’t travel from Connecticut to Ojai with a school in mind. In search of a rejuvenating environment for his ailing brother, Mr. Thacher arrived with him in 1887 and developed a deep appreciation for the stunning landscapes and open, resourceful, and informal attitudes of Western life.
The philosophy of The Thacher School is rooted in the wisdom and work of its founder, Sherman Day Thacher, who embraced the extraordinary natural venue of his school and sought above all else to train his students “in the art of living for their own greatest good and for the good of their fellow citizens.”.
May 31, 2011 · Sharp & Savvy: Sherman Day Thacher (1861 – 1931) by David Mason. Sherman D. Thacher. It was in 1888 that Sherman Thacher took up a homestead claim of 160 acres in the Ojai Valley. At first he thought he might teach as a side line which would furnish him some means of livelihood.
It caused Joseph to revive earlier contacts with Alfred Sherman, a British journalist who sometimes wrote for the Israeli daily, Haaretz. Their conversations widened and deepened as the disasters of early 1974 tempted Heath to call the early General Election which brought him down.
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Sherman Day Thacher contacted educator Thompson Webb, an instructor at the Webb School of Bell Buckle in Tennessee (founded by his father, William R. Webb), that his school was turning down dozens of qualified students every year, and that an empty school near Claremont was for sale.
