The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1901-05-17

m New Milford on the same broad
lines that has made Ingleside sue
cess, there was general rejoicing. 1t
is to be called the Weantinaug school,
and work on the new building is al
ready under way.
In pre-Colonial days. when this por-
tlon OF the State of Connecticut was
in undisputed possession of the red
men, and localities, mountains, lakes
and rivers were given names in the
Indian tongue, this particular part of
the Housatonic Valley, wherein is To-
Gated the town of New Milford, was
known as "Weantinaug." Some of
these odd but singularly beautiful In
dian names happily still survive. In
adopting the appellation of "Weanti-
naug," therefore, as the name Of the
school, they are only perpetuating the
original title of this portion of the
beautiful valley of the Housatonic.
Xhe aim of the school is to provide
preparation for the best colleges and
scientific schools under the most fav-
orable conditions for instruction and
study. Prominent among these con-
ditions are the unity of the school life,
the intimate contact of pupils and
masters in social as we'll as other rela-
tions, and the limitations as to num-
bers, whereby the masters are able to
acquaint themselves directly and con-
stantly with the needs and progress Of
each individual.
The school owes it's foundation to
the wise liberality Of Miss Caroline S.
Sanford and her sister, Mrs William
d. Black, patroness Of Ingleside, both
residents of New Milford, thus insur-
ing material equipment of the first
order and sound financial basis for
its opera tion.
The head master of the school will
be Rev Frank Barnard Draper, until
recently the rector of All Saints
Memorial church, New Milford, a
graduate of Columbia University, and
for the last eight years instructor in
the higher mathematics and the
sciences at Ingleside school. Men Of
culture and ability have been provided
as instructors in the various depart
ments, the best specialists have been
secured, and everything has been done
to secure the best results in physical,
mental and moral development. An
experienced and skillful physician is
health officer Of the school.
New Milford, lying among the
Litchfield Hills, in the most pictur-
esque portion of the state, is beauti-
full village of nearly five thousand in
habitants. 1t is easy Of access, being
situated on the Berkshire Division Of
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad, 80 miles from New
York, and some As northwest from
New Haven. The school itself is
within a mile from the center Of the
village, at an elevation of nearly 200
feet above the Housatonic river, and
commanding a wide and very beauti-
full view of the village and valley to
the south and west.
A very attractive and substantial
new building is being erected in &C.
cordance with plans and under the
supervision of Rossiter & Wright, OF
New York, whose reputation as archi-
tects is guarantee of the thorough
ness of the work. The building will
be heated throughout by steam, SO
| that entire comfort is secured during
all seasons. It. will be lighted by the
incandescent electric light, and thus
the air of the school, reading, and
sleeping rooms will be freed from the
noxiouS fumes of kerosene or gas and
the heat incidental to these means of
illumination, besides contributing to
the security against the danger of fire.
Every department of the school will
be under one roof, an arrangement
which prevents any danger from ex-
posure in passing from one building to
another. The head master Will oc-
cupy a private cottage in close proxim-
ity to the school building, but with
his family and the other masters
takes his meals in the same dining
hall with the school.
The government Of the school will be
made as simple as possible, and is in
| tended to be wholly in the interest OF