Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-13

| to talk 50 Of the people ut the South ne r.
turned his thanks to the meeting ana LOOK Ills
seat
John 1lodgkin then arose. Ito had an earnest
appeal to make to that august body 1t was this:
that subscription be taken up immediately lor
the Chicago sufferers
His appeal was not in the least hcedea, INC
members all leaving while he was on the toor
Ouitc an animated discussion carried on
previous to the opening Of the meeting, between
| John Hodgkin and colored man, the latter say
| ing he hud heard of Hodg kin asserting his Ioii-
| servative principles in other localities, wIuch
| the former denounced several times rs Il Ill
| lie
TIE OLD School HOUSE Despite the hard
lessons and frequent punishmcnts there arc lew
places about which cluster SO many pleasant
memories as about an old school house. In our
CITY, most OF The old lliidings erected for school
nnrposcs have siyen way before the march of
| Enforcement, and though the old house ut the
n. w. corner Of Duke and Royal streets, has
been rciuvcnated within, by the kindly care OF
the Young Mems Christian Association, we APP
prchcnd. from the improvements going on IN
that vicinity, that it. too, will ere long succumo
to tho tide OF progress tt was built IN 1920,
}y tic Rev. John Smith. then pastor Of St
Mary's Church, the lot having been purchased
| by him OF Edward Shelby, for the sum OF s"oo.
The carpenters work WAS done by Thomas
Smith, then an active and popular builder; Dut
4 great deal O the minor arrangements were
executed by Joseph Brig,lon, a lay brother OF
the Society Of Jesus; who though quite lame,
was so industrious Il man that he was never un-
employed, Our older citizens will remember
beautiful garden he kept up in front, where the
aspen trees now stand, and on the north side
As soon as it was finished, St. John 5 Academy,
which had been opened on the Sth OF Septem-
Der preceding, in an old house on Prince street,
was removed to it; Rev. MIR. Smith beng prln-
cipal and Hugh G.. Mclaughlin, teacher OF clas-
sizes sizes; :: Mr.. Brigdon, who deserves the honor of
being called the founder OF the school, taking
the mathematical and English departments.
He was at his post day and night; sleeping in
4 little room Just behind the main building.
Early in 1881, Mr.. Mclaughlin became a
teacher in the Alexandria Boarding School,
and was succeeded by Nicholas Gahan: At
this time, and for several years afterwards, st.
Johns attracted quite Il mum Der OF students
from abroad, mostly from Maryland and Penn
syvauia. - -,
At the end of the second session: Mr.. Brig
| don removed 10 llaMinld. Conn, where he
founded school called Mt. st. James Acad-
envy which was subsequently removed to
Worcester, Mass, and is now 4 Hourshing col
| lego with several hundred students having
been chartered as The College of the Holy
Cross. lie was succeeded BY John II. kcl-
| lenbcrycr, and III the spring OF $50, Mr. Ga
ham having established aclasslcal school at the
old Brooke Lodge, MIR. kcllenbcrgcr became
teacher of classics, mathematics, and higher
| English, the lower classes beng taught by
Peter Smith, Il brother OF the Principal, except
during short time when Rev. Vim. Grace,
| I Is IN f,nnrrn-
| town Collcrr, taught the classics and modern
languages At this time there was nice lit
tie bowling green for the boys, under tho old
| locust trees which are just about to Tall, to
make room for NJ. Lambert new house. In
| 1888. Rev. Stephen l.. Dubuis son, Il native OF
! ST. Domingo who had been twice President OF
Georgetown College, and had served, III early
| life, rs an officer under the great Napoleon,
took charge as Principal. lie broke up the
boarding department. Though some lew stu
dents from abroad still continued their attend
ancc, boarding in private i;niIicSl and secured
the services Of Joseph McEntcgart as teacher
of classics; teaching French himself. In lS39,
| his cunncXion with the school closed, and Mr..
! kcllcrbcrgcr became prlnclpaI, assoclatlng
with himself, in the following year. Mt Nc
| Lauelln. who soon after assumed entire charge.
which he retained until his appointment to
ONCE under L lcSltitiit az io"i'' III i'''
the schonl was CLOSED In the autumn OF that
year, Mr. aIclntcgart returned to Alexandria,
and made nm unsuccessful effort to revive it,
and i wear nr 50 later. Americas Iapronc as
sisted lv Miss HIci\rwnn made similar at
tcmnt. but with indifferent success. The
house was l}lcn occupied by Miss J ulia
VI. CREIGHTON, who kept III excellent prlma-
~ school there until September, iSI1, hen at
tn, rcuue.. 81 many old patrons. another At
tcm,t 10 revive ST. Johns Academy was
mad =. anil this time a successful one Richard
! I, Car,,. an alumn1s OF the schnol, was placed
| in charge. arl though Alexandria was then
fully supplied with schools of 4 very high char
nctcr. and 50 ,npromsing were the prospects
that the school rcopencl with but seven pu-
nils vet bv perseverance and patient labor he
gradually brought it up until the attendance
exceeded that OF its palmicst days, ard 1t was
forced, in 1850 Ia find more extensive quar-
tcrs. Archibald Andrews. Vim. +. Carne,
Noryal f. Ioard, and J. Randolph Bushl'y
we're assistant teachers during these thirteen
vrars. anil stu.lcnts from abroad began to be
again attracted.
! After living idle for some months, It WAS oc-
cunicl about the begnnin. OF the war by Miss
VIRGINIA +. Carkson. who had been; UP to
that time. a public school teacher, but who on
the stopparc of the old school system, opened a
private school for both sexes, and continued 1t
mil her election as teacher under the new
system on the lyt Of May last: In august last
tic property was sold by the Society of jesus ~,
n Brnianin IT. Lambert, esd, who has kindly
granted the use of the oil, house to the Dung
Mems Christian Association for their night
school.
Many hundreds of our citizens have received &C, {!
at least the rudmcnts OF education beneath rs
moss covered root. and have played beneath
the shade OF the spreading trees which surround
It. and they will feel glad that the last use to
Which it is to be applied ere it falls is one 50
good as the noble charity just iinaugura!ed. me
old trees may fall and the old house 10 giye pace
70 stately manSions, but they will live tor, years
in the Utmost hearts of hundreds OF A'ezan-
lrians now scattered from the Atlantic to the
Pacific.
MAYORS OFFICE --t;cor=c Peoples color
ed 10y. was arrested yesterday ut the Orange
l., ,,ut i'm tnp station