The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-08-20

land. With the half township of land
began easier times for the academy. In
those days OF low wages the cost Of
running the school was not great. In 1920
Mr.. Joseph Sherman was engaged as pre-
ceptor for $3.50 year. The land was at
once sold to Messrs, Fisk and Bridge Of Bos-
ton. for nine thousand dollars. and the acad-
emy was upon its feet with surplus money TO
invest In shares Of the Canal Bank In Port
land, and 10 other securities.
In 1886 the school was divided into two de-
partments. classical and an English. In
for which they received donation Of $500
In cash from Hon. Peter @. Brooks OF Bos-
ton. former citizen OF Yarmouth. At the
meeting Of August 2ist, 1872, the new bu d.
English and classical departments, with a
principal for each. was approved. The
school was now very prosperous. 1t had In
1886 two preceptors. Allen Ii. Weld, A, NJ.
and Nathan Dole, A. B., with Mrs. A. Ii.
dents, Of whom As were in the classical
department. The classical department fitted
students for college, and the yellow old cata-
logue OF 1886 shows what the privileges Of
the academy were. The list Of classical stu
dents shows that young men were sent from
all portions Of Cumberland county, and from
other pats Of the state. From Portland
there were Henry T. Cummings and
Daniel W.. and Thomas A. ID. Fes-
sender. and George WI Skillings. For the
golden age: It was the great fitting school
Tor Bowdoin College, and sent its graduates
even to Yale and Harvard. From 1887 TO
1850 inclusive, the Academy sent 14O STU
dents na 70 bowdoln College, with others to
Among the students and graduates were
many men who have attained eminence In
the Nation, the state or the communities In
which they have lived. There was William
tha Nn.ka a..A ANak.m g.
North Yarmouth for Harvard; Leonard
SWEET, Abraham Llncoln's friend and conf
dant. who went to Waterville; General Oliver
y. Howard, who went to Bowdoin. and
thence to West Point; and his two brothers,
Gen. Charles II. Howard and Roland b.
Howard; Charles A. Spofford. well-know
lawyer Of Eastern Maine; lothian b. SewalI,
later Professor OF Bowdoin College; George
A.: Fairfield, now Of the u. s. Coast Survey I,
Oliver Stevens, later U. S. District Attorney
Of Massachusetts; ex-State Senator Robert
w. Lord, Of Kennebunk; Rev. DIR. A. X. p.
Small; Rev. DIR. Stockbridge OF Brown Uni
yersity: VIM. M. Todd. Of Calais; DIR. Au-
| gnstls Y, Hamlin. OF Bangor; General
FL. Goodenow. of Alfred, once Consul Gen.
| eral of the United States at ConstantInople,
Walter Wells, author Of "rhe Water Powers
OF Maine;" Samuel r. Crocker, founder and
distinguished editor Of the Literary World
Marceilus Emery, the fiery Democratic edl'
tor OF Bangor; Chas. E., VIM. Henry and
Geo. +. Clifford. sons of the Justice; DR.
iMenTy 4. Cummings, Of Portland; Daniel
States Court OF Claims; DIR. A. III. Burbank.
OF Yarmouth, now president of the trustees
the late DIR. John ID. Lincoln, Of Brunswick
General Samuel j.. Anderson, Of Portland;
tne late Alyah Black, OF Paris, well-known
lawyer; Moses NJ. Butler; Rev. Ephraim
Q; Cummings. Of this city; John NJ. Good
win; Leonard ID. Shepley, Of Portland: Dr.
William Osgood, Of North Yarmouth; DIR.
James Bates Of Yarmouth; benjamin q.
SNOW, hrst ST missionary @isy to the Micronesian
ington; Daniel 2. Linscott. prominent
Chicago lawyer; Henry Newbegin, promi-
nent lawyer OF Defiance, of Ohio; Charles
Parsons, president Of the Rome, Water town
and Osdensburg Railroad; DR.. Alfred Mitch
ell, Of Brunswick; the late DIR. Samuel H.
Tewksbury; Llewellyn Deane, Of Washing
ton Charles g. Came, Of Portland; John 5.
Crosby, Of Bangor; Sumner l. Kimball, or
ganizer and superintendent Of the Live Saw
ing Service; John L. Patten. Of Bath; Con-
gresham Charles A. Boutelle. of the Fourth
District; County Attorney III. FL. Burbank of
Saco; Gen. Henry g. Thomas; George w.
True and Darius II. Ingraham, later to meet
in the exciting municipal contests, OF Port
VIM. 7. Holt. OF Denver, Col; Charles L.
Marston, Sec. of Northern Banking Co..
Prentess Loring, OF Portland Samuel Free
man, founder OF the wellknown New York
house Of s. Freeman & Co., Of which j. Hop
kins Smith, Of this city, was formerly mem
Der /; Rev. John M. Mitchell, late of Portland;
Herbert q. Briggs, postmaster Of Portland;
Dr. David Dana Spear. OF Freeport; Stephen
w. Carr. of Bowdoinham ex-State Senator K.
Dudley Freeman. Of Yarmouth; and others.
In all not less than ten thousand students
have attended the old Academy.
Among Its officers have been men likewise
well known. beginning with the first Presl-
dent: Cyrus Hamlin, later the famous Presi-
dent OF Robert College, Constantlnople, an
instructor In 1886; Philip Eastman, dis
tingulshed lawyer; A. II. Weld. who while
principal wrote the text books which
made him famous, Yields Latin Lessons,
and Weld and Quackenbos's works; and
General Edward Russell, first secretary In
prominent men of this part Of the State.
His term Of service In the early years has
been rivalled in later years by Barnabas
Freeman, who has been treasurer for forty
seven years.
OF the present buildings, Russell Hall. the
older, Is dormitory, and was completed
about 1872. The academy building proper
has been built since to take the place Of the
old academy, which was put up amid so
In harmony with the progressive spirit
which has marked the school In the past, the
trustees have decided to enlarge and
strengthen Its courses and to improve Its
methods and appliances. so placing It upon
the most approved lines Of modern instruc-
tion and training.
There will be three courses, English, Col
lege Preparatory and Modern Languages.
With each Of these, sciences, In due measure
will be combined.
Arrangements are made to reduce expenses
to very favorable rate.
Students prepared to enter high school
OF good. standing will be eligible for ad-
mission to the academy.
The college preparatory course will fit for
Bowdoin and for other leading colleges, in
cluding Wellesley, Smith and Mt Holyoke.
The English course Is designed to give
ample preparation for business pursuits.
For convenience and altractlveness of
location, for exceptionally favorable sanitary
conditions, for excellent social and moral
surroundings, and as point upon which the
best educational and intellectual influences
center. 1t Is believed that North Yarmouth
Academy may advance the highest claims to
favorable consideration.