"She never struck anyone that I can recall; she just made you feel very small. That was enough for discipline. We feared but loved her."
— Florence Holbrook

January 1, 1970

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Holbrook's former student Alan D. Whitney, quoted in James J. Kilpatrick, "Florence Holbrook, Prin.; Feared and Loved", The Baltimore Sun (July 5, 1983): 9; via Newspapers.com.