The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-14
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.

| boi LllC I eeot Ilelil Stlltuiy oO lhSIoiiNA l by Citizen of the Town.
 Away back in the forties many of us
 now living in town and elsewhere began
 our school days. Little did we think of
 that time they were to be the most happy days of our life. Commencing
 in the year 1S47 John Freeman taught | in the western school district. He was
 succeeded by the following teachers
 Miss Sarah Dudley, summer term of the
 same year, the winter term of 1S4S-49
 and the summer of '49 and '50; Miss | Amelia Rossiter the summer of '5O; Daniel H. Manwarring the winter of | 50 and '51; Miss Mary E. Clark the
 summer of '51 Lauren L. Nettleton the winter of '51 and '52. At this time the | number of scholars increased to such an extent that it was decided necessary
 to build an addition to the building for
 a primary school. Miss Rachel $. Ev-
 arts taught the senior department and Nll D. hotl let 1lIIllGllUGu IHS pllllldIy us- partment during the summer of '52 and the winter of '52 and 53; Miss Jennette
 J. Rose and Miss Mary J. DensloW the
 summer of '53; George F. Phelps and
 Miss Susan l.. Bushnell the winter of
 '53 and '54, continuing through the
 summer term of '54 Elmer c. Hine and
 Miss Ellen F. Webb the winter term of
 55 and '56; sherman B. Bishop and
 Miss Ellen E. Webb the summer of '56;
 sherman E. Bishop and Miss Susan l..
 Bushnell the winter term of '56 and '51,
 continuing through the summer of '57;
 Elevan Johnson and Miss Abbie Burr
 the winter of '57 and '5S; Miss Ellen G.
 Wright and Susan l.. Bushnell winter
 term of '5S and '59 and summer termof
 59; Frank H. Nettleton and Miss Melis-
 sa Stevens winter term of 59 and '60
 Misses Ann G. Ferris and Maria A. Ba-
 con summer of 60; Misses Ann G. Fer ris and Sarah E. Baker winter term of 50 and '61; Herbert R. Pratt and Miss Fannie C. Hull winter term of '61 and '62; Frank H. Nettleton and Miss Hat tie Leete and Miss Mary J. Hull winter term of '62 and '63 and summer term of '63; Samuel J. Hilliard and Miss Mary Hurd winter term of '63 and GA; Win field Denison and Miss Melissa Stevens summer term of '64; Winfield Denisor and Miss Fanny Amber winter term of '64 and '65 Winfield Denison and Fan ny M Ambler summer term of '65; Winfield Denison and Miss Mary J. Williams winter term of '65 and 66; and summer term of '66; Winfield Denison and - winter term of '66 and '67; Winfield Denison and Miss Carrie Bartlett summer term of '67, Edwin k. Kelsey and wife winter term of '67 and '6S and until close of summer term of '59. At the annual town meeting held in October, 1869, the districts of the town were consolidated and called the "Union school district of Clinton" The younger scholars were taught in the eastern and western districts and Ed win R. Kelsey taught the more advanc- ed classes in the town hall until April, 1S62 when the schools were removed to the Morgan school building which was furnished through the muniticence of the late Charles Morgan of New York, former native of the town.
 During the time that George F. Phelps taught in the western district, Elisha Y. Clark, of Old Saybrook, taught in the eastern district, and there sprang up a great rivalry between the two schools and at that time the dis trict schools of this town stood higher in rank than the schools of any town in Connecticut. Soon after the old western district was abandoned Henry Willard and family commenced to oc- cupy it as a dwelling house, but after l lapse of many years the N. Y N. H. X H. Railroad company concluded to | make improvements in this locality, and | purchased the old school house. The old | CT portion was torn down, the newer portion being moved down Grove street | and is now occupied by Mr. Willard and | wife Thus ends the history of the old | red schoolhouse.-Dee River New Era.