The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-20
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man, who entered the school atahe age.
of nine and left On 1890 A Reportes,
taxed him with9t at his Office.
81 guess I'll have to admit that am
the angel" he said, although l
hoped to keep in the background. l
know how much ] owe to the training
I had in that dear old fashioned prep
| when my father took me there years
ago, a motherless kiddie.'
natural next question was why Mr..
Hartman had taken the unusual
course Of looking after the welfare Of
his preparatory school instead Of his
college.
81 found they were drifting because
they lacked funds and equipment"
said Mr. Hartman, who is nephew
of Edward H. Hartman. 1T seemed
to me that school that prepared for
college men like j. Pierpont Morgan,
General Alexander Perry, the late
General Joe Wheeler, James B. Dill,
| Bishop Lines, Ernest Flagg, DR.. HOl-
brook Curtiss, DR.. William G.. yibbert
| Clinton Peters and C.. La Rue Munson
should not be permitted to go to de-
cay. I never gave any money that
brought more satisfaction than seeing
the old school re-established, and |
guess they know l propose to see the
thing through"
"Joe" Hartman, as he is known
among the Cheshire alumni, just as
Mr. Morgan is known as "Ponty." had
peculiar experience at the school He
Z was taken in after his mothers death
at an age several years below the
minimum. There was one other baby
there-Clinton Peters, the artist, who
has since been honored by the acad-
envy in Paris and who has studio in
New York
The older boys would not play with
them, and Peters and Hartman had
to make their own amusement. They
became chums, only to drift apart
when Peters was sent abroad to study.
They discovered each other a few
years ago, and out of the reunion came
a renewed interest in the old school.
They went to Cheshire, and Mr.. Har-
riman's decision to rehabilitate the in
stitution was made on the spot. A
few days ago they returned to cele-
brate the one hundred and fifteenth
commencement of the institution.
There were 800 of the old boys in at
tendance
The most notable event was the re-
turn of the old bell which had served
In a Spanish mission and had been
seized in Connecticut from a Spanish
vessel. The school got new bell in
1880 when Trinity college, at Hart
ford, was being improved, and the old
bell was given to church at Bran
ford, Conn Thence 1t went to another
church at Southington. Herbert d.
Lloyd, treasurer Of the school, traced
the bell, and William G. Demerest of
the class of 10 provided the funds for
its recovery.
4 number of stories about Mr.. Nor
gan's schooldays were Petold at the
commencement He was apt IN his
studies, but he had knack of making
original trouble for head masters and
their assistants. One night Morgan
started a big round stove rolling down
a stairway a tutor was mounting. No
one ''squealed." and as a result the
whole school was put son punishment. y
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