I m not seeing what points readers to Hotchkiss in popular culture Please clarify If the section is called Hotchkiss in Print then maybe movie references are not appropriate here or the section should be renamed As to your point about disgruntled alums Whether the quotations are positive or negative is immaterial If they are references in print and they shed light on the history and reputation of the school then the quotations seem entirely appropriate here Would we want to include every last mention of Hotchkiss in the written record Perhaps not However below are reasons for including quotes I have recently added actually re added because they were removed at some point Thomas Hoving quotation Hoving is one of the more notable alums a longtime director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art As a public figure who is also an alum his perspective on the school is significant McPhee is also a leading writer of profiles and this piece originally appeared in the New Yorker So it s authoritative The Cullman quotation I believe Cullman was chairman of the board of trustees and the Cullman family has been one of the school s major supporters Since Cullman is an alumnus and a prominent supporter his comments on the school are worth noting Julian Houston is a judge in Massachusetts As a successful legal professional an alumnus and a person of color who has written a book that is clearly based on his experience at the school it is appropriate to quote him on his time at the school Archibald MacLeish is among the school s most prominent alumni Because of his stature his comments on the school are notable Lemisch is both an alumnus and an emeritus history professor who has written an article on the history of Hotchkiss Because he is an alum and a historian and because the subject of this article is the history of the school a quotation from it is notable The above reasons support the relevance of these quotations to this article If there are other quotes by prominent alums who enjoyed their time at Hotchkiss of course those would be worth citing here as well