A long and dullish book about a large high school in a middle-sized western town. The school is dominated by the personality of the principal, Everett Marsh, a gruff old-fashioned disciplinarian, who has maintained a very high standard. This is the story of the ins and outs of the man in his relation to students and faculty and with the exception of the man himself, most of the other characters are hazy. For its type well-done, but pretty stodgy reading except from angle of those interested in human problems in the field of education.