The Newtown bee., 1905-12-08
LITCHFlELD COUNT,
WASHINGTON.
A POPULAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

A POPULAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
The Wykeham Rise school for young
ladies, Miss Davies: principal, is enjoy
ing steady growth. The school has
20 boarding pupils and Fl day scholars.
1t has already OutgrOwn the Brins-
made buildings and has overlooked to
one of the Gold cottages, engaged this
fall.
Washington is situated among the
hills in one of the most beautiful parts
Of Connecticut. 1t has an exception
ally good water supply and remark
able health record. The houses are
large, airy and comfor bile, and have
| been provided with entirely new heat
ing apparatus and plumbing. The
| school stands in its own grounds near
the green, about mile from the rail-
| road, it's situation allowing great free
dom in the matter of country walks
and drives, and the pupils are given as
much out-Of-doOr life and exercise as
possible. The course of study is so ar
| ranged as to prepare for college any
girl who may desire it, while offering a
wider choice of subjects to those who
for any reason do not wish to take a
college course. There is excellent in.
structiOn in gymnastics, and the out
door games are under competent super
vision. Lessons in cooking. sewing,
carpentering, etc., can be arranged for
at small charge, and it is strongly
recommended that all pupils be en-
cOuraged to take up some kind of man
| ual training. The hours of study are
strictly limited according to the re-
quirements Of the forms. Lectures on
various subjects are given at intervals
during the'year. All forms receive in
struction in the History and Litera-
ture of the Bible.
The school has the following list of
references: The Rt. Rev Chauncey B.
Brewster, D. D., LII. D., Bishop of
Connecticut; The Rt. Rev Leighton
| Coleman, D. D., LII. D., Bishop of
Delaware; The Rt. Rev Arthur G. A.
Hall, D. D.. LII D.. Bishop Of Yer
mont; The Rev Elwood Worcester, D.
D., Philadelphia, Pa; The Rev Henry
| W. Nelson, D. D., Marshtield Hills,
Mass; Rev Robert E. Carter, Wash
ington, Conn; Rev Percy G Robinson,
| Washington, Conn; Miss Ruutz- Rees,
Rosemary Hall, Greenwich, Conn ;
Judge William Fl. Vredenburgh, Free
hold, N. j.; John H. Barrett, Esq +,
New York City; DR. William J. Ford,
Washington, Conn; Mrs Clarence
Rathbone, Albany, N Y; Mrs De
Kay, SO West Ninth Street, New York
City; John c. Brinsmade, Esq The
Gunnery, Washington, Conn; William
G. Brinsmade, Esq, The Ridge, Wash
ington, Conn.,; Mrs Edison P. Gibson,
Rutland, Vt; The Hon George Cor
nam. Washington, D. G; albert Doug
las, Esq Chillicothe, Ohio; Miss Morg-
ridge, The Cluny, Back Bay, Boston,
Mass; Edward Rotan, Waco, Texas;
William D. Hewitt, Esq, Burlington,
N. j.; J. w. Curtiss, Esq, Greenwich,
Conn; John Augustus Arthur, Esq,
Burlington, Vt.
| The course of study for the various
classes is as follows: First form: Read
ing, writing, spelling, dictation, COM
position and elementary grammar,
arithmetic, geography, history-Eng-
lish and United States Elementary,
Second form: English-Reading,
spelling, dictation, grammar and com
position, arithmetic, geography, Eng
lish and United history, French,
Latin-grammar, Easy reader: elemen-
tary science.
Third form: English: Rhetoric
Themes; Neutrality-suspicious. required
by college examinations for matrcua
tion, literature, algebra, ancient his
tory and mythology, French, Latin
Caesar and NepOS-prOse composition,
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ply or geology.
Fourth Form: English: Rhetoric
Themes; reading-authorS required by
college examinations for naturalization;
algebra, physiology, general history,
French, Latin-prose authors and
prose composition; German or Greek,
general literature.
Fifth Form: English-Advanced
work on the same lines as that done in
the Fourth Form; geometry, French,
Latin-pOets, German or Greek, *mod-
ern history, or preparation for college
examina lions for naturalization, *chem-
istry or physics, *Civil Government,
*modern literature.
Elective; not required for gradu-
alton.
RECENT ARRIVALS AT THE WOODRUFF
| HOUSE.
A. N. Harder, Chatham, N. Y. George
w. Stern, Medina, N. Y; Mr. and Mrs
/ K. Hawley, Bridgewater; George W.
Brown, New York; NJ. A. White, New
Haven; fremont Frost, Ha' tf0rd;
| Duane N. Griffin, Hartford; J. +. Will
liams, Meriden; B. w. Lowell, Water
bury; John E. Grant, Danbury; j. e.
Walker, St Louis; A. McBu "ney,
| Woodbury.; e. J. Byrone, Danbury; A.
P. Smith, Newtown.
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