Again, it was 1965 and I don't mean that in an offhand, oh it was so long ago type of way either. I mean it in a you guys have watched Mad Men, you know things were different kind of way.
I'm not saying that excuses the behavior but it's not like he lit a cross on this kid's lawn. Am I the only one who saw School Ties? Prep schools of the era were not a friendly place.