The Newtown bee., 1893-01-06
THE VIEWPOINT ACADEMY.
A Flourishing School With an Able Corps of In structors-Its Equipments and Needs A Bit of
 

Academy History.
 A new era and bright one has daw h. ed for Newtown Academy. The winter term has opened encouragingly and bids fair to surpass even the prosperous fall term. The number in attendance is lOS, more than double the number for many years past.
 Probably at no time since it was s:ar5- ed ill 1857 has the Academy been more f1ouri>hing or in better working cOn- dtion. It is certain that the institution never offered the advantages that it does to-day. The course of study in the aca- demic department is a wide reaching one and now offers advantages which few schools in this part of the state can hope to ouUrank.
 A PROGRESSIVE SPIRIT pervades all the departments. No ex- pense is being spared to make the pre- paratory department model school for the young. A good graded course is of fered. Music and drawing is taught in all the grades.
 Principal Cliff has lahore hard to bring the school to it's present high standard. The school has continued to prosper since he took the management of it two years ago. He has associat ed with him, too, an able staff of assistants, W ho, by their efficient work, have helped greatly in building up the school. z.
 There are six instructors in the Acad- emy at present as follows: P. E. Cliff, principal, Miss Sarah G. Beers, Mrs M. C. Rodgers, Miss J. Elsie Chadwick, Mrs c. 5. Piatt and Miss Mary Bacon.
 THE NEW SITE.
 The change in the location of the Academy has materially aided it's prog reSs, as the principal urgently advocated that i5 would and it was mainly through his efforts and that ''power behind the throne," Rev 0. o. Wright, of Sandy Hook, that the project of removal was taken in hand.
 The past summer was looked upon by the promoters of the scheme as the most opportune time for making the change. The preceding year had been one o1 marked prosperity for the Academy, sit u;, ted where it was, and all parts of the town were becoming interested in man. taining good school. It was evident that the unfavorable location retarded the further growth of the school. It was too far from the railroad depot and San- dy Hook and other pOpulous districts il the eastern part of the town were practi cally shut of from the school. Rev Nil Wright. working in behalf of the Sand } II l ests of good school for the whole town l left no stone unturned to assist in bring | ing about the desired change. THE TRUSTEES OF THE ACADEMY looked favorably upon the proposed change, but moved cautiously. Rev G | T. Linsley, the president of the Academ ical association, and who represents tn, I lions share of the Academy stock, hat all along favored the project of making d change. He carefully guarded the iE. terests of the association and when h. | felt assured that the association would not involve too great liabilities, h, gave his unqualified support to the move mtnt.
 l Meetings of the stockholders were ire quently held during the months of June July and August. To carry out the pro 1 feet, the association called for the sub .cription of 5000 new stock. Thi I amount Mir Cliff and Rev MT Wright SOON HAD SUBSCRIBED or promised. It was August before tn vote was finally reached in the matter b, the stockholders. The majority of tn stock was represented at the meeting an, the vote was unanimous one in favor 0 moving the building.
 The way then seemed clear for pro 
 even at this time it looked IS if the whol project would be blocked by the choic of d new site for the building. The ot jections raised seemed to have an infit ente with the trustees, but cOnciliatiB counsel prevailed and it was finally de cidrd to locate ou the site now Occupie ], by the building. A contract was the entered into with BotSford X Nicholson
 building movers of Bridgeport to nov the building.
 Another obstacle presented itself whic delayed the beginning of the work for
 time. This was the opposition engendel
 ed by some residents of the Street agains
 the cutting down of few trees at tn
 head of the Street to make a passage f6
 ihe building. Rev Mir LinsIey, D. {
 Beers and others interested were detel 1nined, however, and did not propose fhs
 the project should be defeated at tn , stage by the intervention of such opp
 sition.
 , A new road WAS found and new col l tract nlatl.. with the building mover ) ttle tinal contract price being $7OO, Whic f was $50 ill advance of the price named
 tile first contract. The jack screws wel : placed under the building the first wee ]. in September and the first move VI I made on September 8
 l THE PREPARATIONS
 for the undertaking and the carrying the plans infO execution against all u
 mountains of difficulties that pre~entt themselves involved Il great sacrifice [
 time and labor nn the part of fh6Se inte estrd in the institution, thi' principal bn
 slans If which W,4a f.frried bv Rev