Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-02
HISTORY OF ADDISON COUNTY
GRAMMAR SCHOOL CORPORATION
Oldest of MlddeburyS Educational Bodies Will Be Century
and Quarter Old Next YeartS Records Disclose Much
of Towns Educational History,
l BUTTON

Others as may voluntarily subscribe
therefor shall build and furnish a good
and sufficient house for said Grammar
School of the value of one thousand
dollars by the next stated session Of
the Legislature, and shall forever after
keep the same in good repair"
1t speaks well for the character and
united team work of the citizens of this
and surrounding towns that SO persons
subscribed and paid $3.50 in subscrip-
tons varying from $3.50, the smallest,
to $3.50 given by Seth Storrs, the larg-
est. Moreover, Storrs' Park of about
GA acres, on July %, 1900, was decided
to the school by five of Middlebury's
generous land owners "for a green or
common for the same, and as site
for its buildings This is the land on
which the graded school now stands
and westerly thereof including the sur
rounding streets which are on the park
lands The deed recites that it is Civ
en- "in consideration that a number Of
the inhabitants of said county have
built by subscription on a certain part
of the premises hereinafter decided and
described, an academy or house for a
public school
% az nu.Chas;n', Howor 81 tbe
dou,r ,nd IF ;nd;vidn,i woa1th he.
,,non , 1,, and now wore nrohahlv
,Io nau;,,,lart NJ a;rt. of ,t ,aoet $40.
coo if made now
,dd;eon Cnnn,,. r.r,r,-ror school was
..'.'ror'i t;',bo- srbao, nv ",radouv %
l,a'' .,lloJ to yb;oh minis
,,, I'D .,bor.l.d tho ono,rtnnji 81,
ot he y9r.on. district school, of the
.,,iutv r,r urinary education would
a, r,r I. ,her and better -chooing, or
ia. .9v tor ,andarv education rs
function, were mainly those of prescn.
an. bi.h ..1o,', and of the Grade, inn
,,.1il..l. Beneath Nh, h.gh school. no
,,.i c,r.d he enrolled who was not
v.,rs of Az. aud able fo read English
va1
+, uu i.. o,.o~,,.l fla. fine oh1.
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pup ''''O ~ y" ny 'L"-,or ,
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'.1 .I $50 ~ y 0N''P' 'S
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Inc constitution says no'"I"s "D ~,
h5h schoo-S' mere were "o"e' "0
training now gwen IN hlsh HChooiS was
everywhere IuIhiSneu by dOH"e'i'io'
ana grammar sCnooIS supper 'eu ~ an,
lv by tons Most OF lheSe se"oo''
found suCh tull'onS liautqu"IG l"I '"'
quaIliv oi service lley uGSiit" ~ 'eH-
der They mad 10 seek auuIlIo'ldi sup
port from the pubic. Wo possible
ways suggested themselves Inc on1
was to seek ana Cd am proper enuo"'
ment but III Middleoury' tHe Eely
college, winch the grammar sCHool ldO
housed III ITS poverty, required an u
the philanthropy OF lheir common
graduates IN securing IT'S requisite en-
dowment The givers had not ehousl
for both. Colleges and grammar SchooN
alike then depended on buttons ant
land rents tor all income except IRON
endowments. The colleges uSuaIy sue
ceeded III efforts Tor endowment IRON
grateful graduates he & T m III a
schools were generally iorsotten o!
those who had been students ID DoIn
The college tie is stu Tar stronger thaI
that OF the high school as we al wei