Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/The Thacher School

Hi, I started this entry - Katherine Bechtel, daughter of Riley Bechtel (of Bechtel Corporation) recently graduated from the school (2003), Kate Mulhulland (of the L.A. water thing) also recently graduated from the school. The school has hosted and run the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament (amateur tournament) for decades and has a unique philosophy (which I will certainly expand upon momentarily). I would not have started this entry had I known that I had to pupulate it so *absolutely* quickly. I do apologize, but this is my first post and I'll admit I have been a bit sluggish. No more! I will populate it shortly. I can assure you, it IS a notable school (member of a group of nine schools that include Philips Academy and Philips Academy Exeter). It was founded it 1889 by Sherman Day Thacher, whose letters to a headmaster on the east coast (The Taft School) have been published in a (now out of print) book called "The Taft-Thacher Letters" and expand on his philosophy on running a boarding school. The school itself if founded on the principles of "Honor, Fairness, Kindness, and Truth" and was built on the philosophy that "the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a boy" (refering to the fact that every incoming freshman must care for and learn to ride a horse for at minimum one year.

This is a unique school, with a hitory dating back to 1889 (it was once a feeder school for Yale, as Sherman Day Thacher's (the founder) father had connections with Yale). That practice was stopped quite some time ago.

Additionally, it is important to remember that this school is on the *west coast*--what most would consider "notable" schools are generally found on the east coast--perhaps why many people in this discussion assert that the school is not notable enough. This schools was among the *first* boarding schools in the west.

Give me a day to put more info up and *then* judge the entry. Thanks.


 * As a Canadian living on the west coast, I promise that I'm not filled up with east coast bias or anything. But, in response to the rest of your points...I'd like to make a quick suggestion. If you're new to Wikipedia, you'd have no way whatsoever of knowing this, but there have been a lot of really, really stupid schools popping up on Wikipedia. As a result, many people (including myself!) tend to look at the article, see if it establishes notability right away, maybe do some quick Google searches, and if it doesn't look good in a hurry then poof, delete vote. If all of this stuff about Howard Hughes had cropped up in the first version of the article, it would probably get better support than it is now. And, besides, looks like it's going to survive VfD anyway, so don't worry too much. Lord Bob 07:08, Nov 20, 2004 (UTC)

I've noticed that someone redirected this article while it was up for discussion on VfD. This has been reverted until a concensus can be reached. [[User:GRider|GRider\talk]] 18:31, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)