I have ended my tenure as Headmaster of Riverdale Academy.  I was born on a cold morning in Dixie, so I was a Rebel before there were Riverdale Rebels.  It was an honor and a privilege to serve as Headmaster of Riverdale Academy.  My calling has always been to further the intellectual and spiritual growth of young men and women, all the way back to 1968 when I taught German in Kindergarten.

This morning, about 6:00 a.m., being in that stupor between wakefulness and sleep, my bedroom having turned green, a pleasant green, when into that room, enlarging as a visitor entered, came a friend, mentor and teacher, – now deceased – impeccably dressed as a priest wearing his hallmark glasses which, as they were set, directly reflected his demeanor at the moment: they were set at full professor and commanding officer> (He had commanded thousands of men in the moments of their deaths.)  His message was terse and to the point:  he barked with authority but with love in his light Russian accent: Peters, you have work to do!!!

I assume that I will not be retiring soon!

Riverdale Academy then posted, “We would like to thank Dr. Peters for all of his hard work and dedication as headmaster of Riverdale Academy. We wish you nothing but the best. Once a Rebel, always a Rebel!”