, 1870-12-23
: AN OLD ACADEMY BURNED
To1al Destruction oY Phillips Exeter
Academy. the s. EkuGoyf' School OF
New EnRtauds
6sry,r fbs ..&r l,ork TTturs De+ a.

Total Destruction oY Phillips Exeter
Academy. the s. IEuEby'' school OF
New Engiauds
Ffp.n The As,c York 7fpses, Dee So.
rh1lips Exeter Academy, whose totl de- |
etruction by an iuceudiaFy fire On Sunday |
morning IL mentioned in = telegram from |
Exeter, New Hampshire, ia oce Of the Oldest:
bert and mort widely kuoHn institutions OF |
learning in New England: It WIS founded
and literally or doaed IN April, 1881. by John
Phillips, IL D., = native Of Andorer, NASH
cEukctta, who, On re1:hipE manhood. re-
moved 10 E1ofet, anarna?e that to*n bis resi-
etnce. Mr.. Phillips WAS also liberal patron
afro known As Philips Academy, md besides
gave large sum to Princeton College, and
founded profe.aornrip Of theo'ngy At Dart
mouth. The Exeter ACADEMY il the Oldest in
etituticn Of learning tatabiished By State au-
,ho1ity IN New Hampshire, Dtstmouth co!!egs
The chaTteF Of the academy Vas extremely
liberal, and all its properly WAS exempted
from taxation forever. The cum given It by
Mr. Ehiilips was 1t least equal to s65, ,0o0.
ul:lrh. considering tho time 1t was oastoTea,
war u4unlfceDt indeed.
The constitution and bylaws, drafted by
tho founders oHn hArd. expressly declare
list "the first principal d.sign OF this iustt-
,u,Inn is the promoting OF virtue and true
rtrty, nseful knowledge boing subservient
| .ieA were AFFORDED worthy necdy students,
tlroush scholarships and exemption from tho
| ,aymcnt Of tnition, aud that these fAvors
| iirva not been nnworthily bestowed. has
tesn shown time and again. Aa tho late
rrCf J. G. Host raid, in IN article pub
lisbed in the North american Recien, the aid
extended to such men as Jared Sparks, John
&. ralfrey, hnl George Bancroft wAB certain-
IL rot I bad Investment. Only few moniha
fso, the 1ast-ramod showed thlt he had not
- nRr>t ta. tT1A AIr1H hz
had enjoyed at this restitution, ~ he sont
frusp GeImzny = liberal eum to DO devoted
to Young meritoKious students ut the HcAdo-
Tho building which has just been destroyed
~ns framo structure, erected in 1884, Twen-
It has not for come yea1s been equal to the
nee.ie OF the institution, and should ita de-
ttruction now indure the graduates and
friends Of the academy to contribute funds
= for tho erection OF another building adequate
to the demaeds uron It, tie present loss may
not prove I very great disadvantage.
The lit OF graduates includes tho nArues OF
unary WHO have added greatly to the honor OF
the country. OF the number miy be nention-
cd Lewis Casa. Daniel Webster, Edward Ever
crufs, John T. Hale, William .. O., Oliver ".
H., and Eptraim Peabody. Dsujlmin F. Butler.
Prof. Fransts Bowtn, Amos T. Akeruan, Lew
esett Saltcu-tal1 and Prof. Aipheus 8. Packard.
Two Of our Presidents, Lincoln and Grant,
have sent thiiher their sous 10 be fitted 10,
college. The school fe / clsesical one, dcyot'
lug itself entirely TO fitting young men for col
lege, and in Yale. Dartmouth, Harvard, Wall.
inns, Bowdoin and Amhetet. an Exeter dt y
| has been looked upon AZ equal to that furnish.
,, ed by any other Institution IN the country. Ia
fact, ut Harvard Collegci II has long bscn re-
!. En1ded a the best At times tho Boston Lstir
School has made energetic attempts to rival
il not to euIplsa il, but the Exeter bors have
! usually been nble to retain the supremacy yeal
J Attcr year In the clsssea 1t that univerEity.
; The old building Was. In August. 1883, tht
! ! Fcene Of = gathering such Is has seldom beeI
seen IN this country. At that date Dr.. Abbo
. completed bis tern, Of tfty years service, aud
: n his earnest request. his resignation WA re
: lucfant]y accepted The occasion was eeixs st
: tle opportunity 10 testify to him publicly tht
! gratitude and love they al felt toward him
Prof. Hoyt, from whose paper 1e hAvo al
! ready quoted, describes the result IN thes'
: termH:
: Daring tho half century there had gon
Q forth from the institution mora than tw'
: = thoutand pnpilr, and now they cams thsone
4 ing back to do their old instructor rcver
!: ehce. They camc from the Senate CHAN
; Governors chair, tho pulpit, the 6elds Q
y literature. and the laboratory Of science
= and they held . high festival OF the heart
y Daninl Webster preslded On the occasion, ~
}. tistoa by Edxa,d Everett, the Demos.hsue
!. and Clctro OF the American forum Elo4uen
il speeches were mAde by them. and by JudR
y Thatcher. Judge Emery, Judge Merrill. D,
= pa1frey, Dr.. Henry Ware, JE-, LayaIett Sa
a tonttsll, Jonathan Chapman, A. II. Everett
il John r Hale, aud many others whose name
Till illuminate the p,ges q history e A1ter u
d the old pupils, presented to their vennrAb|
70 | teacher ! massive and elegant silver Vase "a
~ ~ token Of their profound respect and abtdtn
u. reverence. About q, 600 wcro also subscribe
for tho establishment Of the Abbot schola
IL chip 1t Harvard University, the annual inoom
10 Of Ahieh is now appropriated to the coilsE
he education Of ecune meritarious student fro
II the academy At Exeter"
ns Dr.. Atout lived more than ten years aft
no. this remi-eentennial celebration, dying {
The 25th Of October. 1Si9. a. tho ripe ago
81. Under his successor. Dr.. Souls, Il
rrosr er,ty Of the academy has continued u
ceecked, md studenfs from every state
| the Union, and sono from forsign countrie
e e hsvs 1esorted thithor to enjoy the advaatag
q, il Affords. ~.
" The pecnnisry valuo OF ths building wss 4
'os | large, and the insurarce, raportod to amou
to Ss.o0o btld upon It will probably nea,
LOT cover the loes. Tho echool haviug heeu
classical one Curing mott Of isa history. !
". nor was the library belonging to I
III academy proper large or of mn
value There werc, however, in ono
the wings three or four Thousand we'll
al lected volumes belonging TO tho Gold
nm Rranch," u debating sotiety composed of
uy. OF !no et1oenes; Nuore I'M ~nIoa7ea
qupntly became noted fer his eloGuence
mp no pulpit, at The bar, OF IN tho balls Of q
srsse, and whoee motto OF "F. S. T." y
yea,s ago. 20 gre.t mystery to tho uninid
011 uaSeat 49, i..S ~. t;d,Cn. ~ II. =,
'7o' pltie destruction Of the tine.houored bu
4ca. irg, srouLd vhirL 20 long hare clustesedm
lsed p!catApt AeMcr1rs Of carly struggles and
Of hood's achievements, w1ll bring pain But
the | irx,;intion ita4N wa doubt not will conti
t OF .ts.1f.,tiv ~ IN IT, carer Of nsefnlpnas,
interrupted by the temporary loss it has e
tHirsH