Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-16

solicitor. ana 5000 had been secured
before the next fall. \ plot or - acres
At the corner of Warren and Central
streets IN which stood the spacious
Warren ma"sicn was available al Hal
lowell and the use OF the Hallnwcll
tcad'm,' building Was also secured
TIL" support ~ ~" people Of IIIlluwcll
WHs ri.rn. anu ON September. 1872.
priu, inn Ch'ri.s Fi-E found himself
IA chnrG' ~ "A large school. Tile next
year y girls, dnrluitnry was built. ana
~" usc ~ harding house f"r the
huys completed The equipment for =
growing ANA progressive institution.
The agent returned L" Washington
county auI resumed pastoral work in
ia, belief t'iat his services were no
longer needed. In addition To- the
boarding scholar. the school had the
total ATTENDANCE that belonged To
High school in Iiallowcll, ana some day
scholars from nciahhnring towns and il
y.Is D. 1aTl-i as an educational and
blsincss triumph.
Ouy " TIL early officials states that
the nnlucial panic of 1874 killed the
school. or, rather, gave it the death
blow from which it was unable to re-
Of the denominations showed 4 great
shrnkage.
The institute survived the panic and
came into the epu, h of returning pros
perity. but the great growth of the
High schools in the State deprived it Of
larec amount Of patronage and sup
port. Many people We're getting sec
| ondary education for their children
|
to such schools. With the graduation
| Of the class uf 1896 the IIanowell
| Classical Institute was formally closed
The filst principal Of the school was
| Charles Fish. Il BowdOin graduate. who
was later at the head of lh- Brunswick
High school for many wears He re-
tired from active teaching a few years
ago. having had service Of more than
30 wears in the school room.
The second principal, A. ". Burr, left
the school for college profcssorShip in
the West, ana is today the head or one
Of the departments i'll Beloit College,
| BeI"lt, WIS. Several other men were
At tie mead IF the arucol. ana the last
one to make an effort to restore its
glory was Rev. Edward Chase, now
retired and living at kennebunkport.
! Rev. Henry +. Harding. the original
agent for the institute. after a lifetime
in the ministry with that exception, re-
turned Ia Halloween TWO years ago ana
he is living with his Wife and daughter
| in cosy home On Page street
Among the men who were educated
at the institute are John Washburn.
| then uf HalIoWcI. the son of one Of the
/ famous W2shhurn family of Liver
more VINO went West and is in the
| great Touring concern Of Minneapolis;
! Robert Washburn, now an editor and
newspaper proprietor in Seattle; Judge
| f.. T.. Chase of Bluchll; DR.. John f.
| Walker of ThomaSton: Judge George
| A. Safi, rd. cashier of the Northern Ma
tional hank of Hallowcll. and Rev.
| Carroll f.. Harding, rector of the Epis-
copal Church of the Epiphany. one Of
the prominent churches Of Baltimore
The institute land, at the time it was
ACQUIRED for tile school. was a part Of
the I.akeman estate which had come
| in:n possession from the Warren es-
tatn. After the abandonment nf the
school. il law idle some years. and was
| bought by Gen. Thomas II. Hubbard.
| the New York banker and philan-
thropist. who was born in Hallowell, n
son of John Hubbard. who was COVER
nor of Maine in 1850, 1851 and 1852. Gen.
| Hubbard gave Bowdoin College its
| magri1lcent Hubbard library. and he
has endowed the IIallowCll public Ii
| brlry in menlorv Of his father. so that
| If is now officially designated as the
| Hubbard Free library Of Hallowell.
lie also owns the Hubbard homestead.