Students were charged with bringing entertainments both physical and mental; a catapult with stuffed animals was set up on the sidewalk, a piata of the king (that bore a striking resemblance to Welch) was tied up near the front office and a badminton net was strung up near the school marquee, where students played blind man's bluff or spent time in the stocks.

I am still legally prohibited from discussing where we went and what we did, which is why I will be forever grateful for the book Blind Man's Bluff It is a godsend for veteran submariners who have had to explain away long absences from their families with the simple euphemism "special operations.