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Fifth. "'North District,"' to begin at Silas Heywood's N. W. corner :- thence S. on the line of the "Under the Hill Dis- trict" to the S. W. corner of the farm formerly owned by Daniel Brown :- thence E. on the S. of said farm to the S. W. corner of Dea. John Frye's land: - thence northerly on said Frye's W. line to his N. W. corner :- thence E. to Lawrence Brook :- thence up said Brook to New Hampshire line :- thence on said line to the Bounds first mentioned.
Sixth. "South District," to begin at Lieut. William Ray- mond's N. W. corner :- therce S. by the line of the district "W. of the Pond" to Athol line :- thence easterly on Athol line till it strikes Daniel Woodbury's S. E. corner of the Home lot: -: hence N. till it strikes Capt. Jonathan Sibley's W. line :- thence on till we strike Lawrence Brook :- thence up the Brook, till we strike the S. E. corner of the "N. District" :- thence on the S. line of the "N. District" to the bounds first mentioned.
Seventh. "South East District," to begin at Daniel Wood bury's E. corner of the Howe Lot :- thence E. on Athol line to Thomas White's and :- thence N. to the Brook E. of Nathan Cutting's at the Bridge :- thence westerly as the road is now trod, to Lawrence Brook :- thence down said Brook to Capt. Jonathan Sibley's W. I'ne :- thence S. to bound first mentioned.
Eighth. "Arm District," to begin at the Bridge E. of Nathan Cutting's :- thence E. on the road to Winchendon line :- thence S. on Winchendon line to Templeton line :- thence W. to Gerry line :- thence N. on Gerry and Athol lines to Thomas White's S. W. corner :- still northerly by the easterly line of the "S. E. District " to the Br dge near Nathan Cutting's the first mentioned bounds.
Ninth. "North East District," to begin at the Bridge by Capt. Peirce's :- thence up the Brook to NewHampshire line :- thence E. by said New Hampshire line, to Winchendon line :- thence S. on Winchendon line to the Road that leads from Win- chendon to Roya'ston Meeting House, till it comes to the Bridge by Capt. Pierce's the Bounds first mentioned.
These districts continued, with little variation down to 1820. In 1797, as the result of much discussion, it was voted
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to build school-houses in the several school districts; and, that equal justice may be rendered to individuals, as near as possible, voted that the school-houses shall be built as near the center of the districts as the situation of the inhabitants and the roads: will admit, and that each district may agree on the spot. A. committee, consisting of Capt. Jonathan Sibley, Mr. Benj. Hutchinson and Capt. Peter Woodbury, was chosen to lay before the town an estimate of the expense of building the several school-houses, and also to report the dimensions and method of finishing. This committee reported Feb. 2, 1797, but final action on the report was not reached until May 7th, 1798, when it was adopted and $1500 appropriated for the work.
The plan of six of these houses was as follows: twenty by twenty-four feet; nine and one-half feet stud; square roof; six windows each with fifteen seven by nine lights; the inside walls ceiled; over head crowning and plastered; the seats round the walls on three sides and raised eight inches, and eighteen from the walls, with a good writing table before them and a shelf for books beneath; seats before the tables; an entrance way at one end of the house six feet wide; two doors to enter the room; and the whole to be finished up in workmanlike manner and the outside painted. The three other houses differed only in dimensions. A committee consisting of one from each district was chosen to carry the vote of the town into effect. Three school-houses, that under the hill, in the north district, and in the Arm district-were found of sufficient value to require an allowance to the proprietors. Thus the town secured nine commodious and respectable school-houses.
EARLY SCHOOL COMMITTEES
1806 Daniel Woodbury, John Holman, Joseph Manning, Nathan Read, Ephriam Whitney, James Forbes, Shubel Blanding, Jonathan Gale, Asahel Davis.
1807 Jonathan Gale, Jonas Brewer, John Davis, Asa Walker, Thomas Bacheller, Ebenezer Cutler, Joel Taft, Jonathan Peirce, Isaac Piper.
1808 Jonathan Gale, Joseph Davis, Levi Thurston, Jacob Metcalf, Ephriam Whitney, Benj. Hutchinson, Nathan Reed, Isaac Gregory, William Saunders.
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1809 Timothy Bliss, Jr., Andrew Kendall, Lemuel Whitney, John Chamberlain, Eliphalet Richardson, Joseph Estabrook, Doct. Thomas Richardson, William Peirce, Capt. Enoch Whitmore.
1811
1810 Capt. David Fisher, Benjamin Davis, John Shepardson, Isaac Metcalf, Stephen Richardson, Rufus Bullock, David Taft, Tarrant Cutler, - Furbush. David Fisher, Benjamin Davis, Moses Walker, Henry Goddard, Silas Heywood, Stephen Bacheller, Jr., Robert Thomson, Paul Wheeler, Isaac Piper.
1812 David Fisher, Russell Wheeler, Nathaniel Bragg, Jr., Isaac Metcalf, Moses Nichols, Isaac Prouty, Samuel Gregory, Benjamin Clark, Jr., Joseph Manning.
1813 David Fisher, Joseph Davis, Thomas Jacobs, John Chamberlain, Thomas Bacheller, Joseph Beal, Stephen B. Bowker, Tarrant Cutler, Joseph Norcross.
1814 David Fisher, Henry Goddard, Enos Metcalf, Russell Ballou, Doct. Stephen Bacheller, Silas Jones, Simeon Stockwell, Stephen Richardson, John Wood.
1815
At a town meeting held Aug. 15, 1814, it was voted to choose a School Committee and the following were elected to visit schools: Joseph Estabrook, Col. Salmon Goddard, Doc. Bachelder, Jr., Capt. Isaac Metcalf, Rufus Bullock, Dea. Amos Jones, Jr., Silas Heywood, Jr. David Fisher, Benoni Peck, Daniel Shepardson, Daniel Woodbury, Jonathan Peirce, Uri Day, Rusell Morse, Willard Newton, Stephen Raymond, School Committee. Committee to inspect schools: Capt. Isaac Metcalf, Dea. Amos Jones, Col. Salmon Goddard.
1816
David Fisher, Abel Bliss, Simeon Jacobs, Benjamin Allen, Isaac Metcalf, Joseph Estabrook, Tarrant Cutler, Stephen Holman, Zenas Stone, School Com- mittee. Chose Isaac Metcalf, Salmon Goddard, Amos Jones, Jr., a Committee to inspect Schools.
1817
David Fisher, Russell Wheeler, E. W. Dexter, William Chase, Nahum Goddard, Rufus Bullock, Amos Jones, Jr., Rufus Forbush, Ephriam Whitney.
Also chose Isaac Gale, 2d, Samuel Bliss, Benoni Peck, Joseph Davis, 2d, Asahel Davis, Thomas Jacobs, Isaac Gregory, Elmer Newton, Stephen Bacheller, Jr.,
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Joseph Estabrook, Jonathan Peirce, Josiah Wright, Stephen Holman, Joseph Norcross, Silas Heywood, Jr., Zenas Stone, Jacob Metcalf and Joseph Jacobs a Com- mittee to inspect the schools and not receive any com- pensation therefor.
1818
Samuel Bliss, Simeon Jacobs, Benjamin Brown, Joseph Jacobs, Thomas J. Lee, Judah Stockwell, Stephen Holman, John Norton, James Buffum, being one person in each school district to hire instructors.
1819 Isaac Gale, 2d, John Burbank, Asa Walker, Joseph Estabrook, Silas Jones, Uri Day, Isaac Metcalf, Moses Garfield, Amos Whitney.
1820 Alanson White, Thomas Jacobs, Jacob Metcalf, Franklin Gregory, Jonah Wheeler, Joseph Norcross, Russell Morse, Abel Bliss, Nathan Reed
1821 Andrew Kendall, Esq., Simeon Jacobs, Enoch Metcalf, Asa Batcheller, Stephen Hale, Joseph Manning, Isaac Nichols, Squier Davis, William Chase.
Voted to choose five persons to unite with Rev. Mr. Perkins in visiting the schools in this town for the year ensuing free of expense to the town, and Rev. Joseph M. Graves, Thomas J. Lee, Isaac Metcalf, Benoni Peck and William Peirce were chosen.
1822
David Fisher, Heman Forbush, Nahum Goddard, Nathaniel Bragg, Tarrant Cutler, Reuben Stockwell, Russell Morse, Benoni Peck, Levi Harris, Ansel Heywood. Voted that these persons be chosen to unite with Rev. Mr. Perkins and Rev. Mr. Graves in visiting the schools in the town the ensuing year, and Thomas J. Lee, Joseph Davis, 2d, and Jonathan S. Pierce were chosen. Salmon Goddard was afterwards chosen one of the same Committee.
1823
Samuel Bliss, Stephen Raymond, Jonas Bartlett, Stephen Richardson, Amos Heywood, John B. Walker, Stephen Batcheller, Jr., Stephen Holman, Jonas Brewer, John Wood were chosen School Committee for the several districts. Capt. Benoni Peck, Capt. William Peirce and Jonathan Peirce, were chosen visiting School Committee in conjunction with the two ministers.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE FROM 1845.
1845
Rev. Silas Kenney, Dr. Isaac P. Willis, Samuel D. Darling.
1846 Rev. Silas Kenney, Dr. Isaac P. Willis, Samuel D. Darling.
1847 Rev. Silas Kenney, Dr. Isaac P. Willis, Rev. N. A. Keys. 1848 Rev. Silas Kenney, Rev. Norman Hazen, Rev. J. H. M. Leland.
1849
Rev. Silas Kenney, Rev. Norman Hazen, Dr. Isaac P. Willis.
1850 Rev. Silas Kenney, Rev. Norman Hazen, Rev. George Goodyear.
1851
Rev. Silas Kenney, Rev. Norman Hazen, Rev. George Goodyear.
1852
Rev. Silas Kenney, Dr. J. B. Gould, Dr. Issac P. Willis.
1853
Rev. Silas Kenney, Dr. J. B. Gould, Rev. E. W. Bullard.
1854 Rev. Silas Kenney, Dr. J. B. Gould, Rev. E. W. Bullard.
1855
Rev. Silas Kenney, Dr. J. B. Gould, Rev. E. W. Bullard, Rev. Silas Kenney, Dr. J. B. Gould, H. D. Newton.
1857
Dr. Isaac P. Willis, J. W. Healey, John Wood, Adriel White, Cyrus Davis, J. M. Eaton, John N. Bartlett.
1858 E. W. Bullard, I. P. Willis, J. B. Gould.
1859 E. W. Bullard, I. P. Willis, J. B. Gould.
1860 E. W. Bullard, I. P. Willis, Edwin, Seabury.
1861
E. W. Bullard, I. P. Willis, E. Seabury.
1862
E. W. Bullard, I. P. Willis, T. C. Potter.
E. W. Bullard, L. Tandy, Robert T. Hancock.
1863 1864 E. W. Bullard, L. Tandy, F. D. Austin.
1865 E. W. Bullard, Lorenzo Tandy, F. D. Austin.
1866 E. W. Bullard, F. D. Austin, H. T. Hanks.
1867 E. W. Bullard, H. T. Hanks, F. D. Austin.
1868
Rev. Charles Brooks, Dr. Henry O. Adams, George F. Miller.
1869 George F. Miller, A. C. White, Henry O. Adams.
1870 George F. Miller, Henry O. Adams, Luke E. Bemis.
1871 George F. Miller, Henry O. Adams, Phillip H. Bliss.
1872 George F. Miller, Phillip H. Bliss. Mrs. Almira H. French. 1873 George F. Miller, Phillip H. Bliss, Mrs. Almira H. French.
1874 George F. Miller, A. M. White. Mrs. Almira H. French.
1875 H. W. Bliss, J. L. Merrill, Lyman Stone, Charles Forbes, C. C. Chapin, A. M. White, Silas Whipple, Mrs. M. M. Perkins, C. N. Stockwell, R. T. Hancock.
1856
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1876 Mrs. M. M. Perkins, C. C. Chapin, Lyman Stone, Caleb N. Stockwell, H. W. Bliss.
1877
Mrs. M. M. Perkins, Charles Forbes, A. M. White, B. H. Brown, L. E. Bemis, Miss Emma L. Pierce, A. D. Raymond, R. R. Safford, Mrs. M. A. C. Adams.
1878
R. R. Safford, A. M. White, L. E. Bemis, C. A. Higgins, B. H. Brown, A. D. Raymond, Emma L. Pierce.
1879 B. H. Brown, Emma L. Pierce, A. D. Raymond, A. M. White, Mrs. M. A. C. Adams, R. R. Safford, C. A. Higgins.
1880 B. H. Brown, Emma L. Pierce, Mrs. D. P. Clark, E. A. Carpenter, A. M. White, R. R. Safford.
1881 B. H. Brown, Emma L. Pierce, E. A. Carpenter, Mrs. D. P. Clark, A. M. White, Daniel Davis.
1882
B. H. Brown, Daniel Davis, A. M. White, E. A. Carpen- ter, L. E. Bemis, Emma L. Peirce.
1883
B. H. Brown, C. W. Day, Joseph Walker, L. E. Bemis. Daniel Davis, A. M. White.
B. H. Brown, A. M. White, C. W. Day, F. J. Bliss, L. E. Bemis.
1884 1885 B. H. Brown, A. M. White, C. W. Day, F. J. Bliss, R. J. Walker, L. E. Bemis.
1886 1887 1888
B. H. Brown, A. M. White, C. W. Day, F. J. Bliss, R. J. Walker, A. D. Raymond,.
B. H. Brown, A. D. Raymond, C. W. Day, A. M. White, F. J. Bliss, Rev. J. W. Shaw.
B. H. Brown, A. D. Raymond, Rev. Judson W. Shaw, C. W. Day, A. M. White, F. J. Bliss.
1889
B. H. Brown, A. D. Raymond, C. W. Day, F. J. Bliss, J. T. Nichols, C. C. Chapin.
1890
B. H. Brown, A. D. Raymond, C. W. Day, James C. Longley, Calvin C. Chapin, Flora J. Butterworth.
1891
B. H. Brown, A. D. Raymond, C. W. Day, Flora J. Butterworth, Calvin C. Chapin.
1892
B. H. Brown, Calvin C. Chapin, Flora J. Butterworth, C. E. Wheeler, A. A. Hyatt, J. T. Nichols.
1893
B. H. Brown, C. W. Day, L. E. Stewart, Mrs. J. S. Moore, J. T. Nichols.
1894 L. E. Stewart, Mrs. J. S. Moore, H. O. Adams, W. H. Newton, J. T. Nichols.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
1895
B. H. Brown, L. E. Stewart, Mrs. J. S. Moore, E. B. Hanson.
1896
B. H. Brown, E. B. Hanson, Mrs. H. R. Moore.
1897
F. J. Fairbanks, E. B. Hanson, Hattie R. Moore.
1898 Francis J. Fairbanks, Henry O. Adams, Hattie R. Moore. 1899 Francis J. Fairbanks, Alfred R. Hale, Myron W. Sherwood.
1900
Charles H. Brown, Myron W. Sherwood, Alfred R. Hale. Charles H. Brown, Myron W. Sherwood, Alfred R. Hale.
1901
1902 Charles H. Brown, Myron W. Sherwood, Alfred R. Hale. 1903 Charles H. Brown, Myron W. Sherwood, Alfred R. Hale Charles H. Brown, Myron W. Sherwood, Alfred R. Hale. Charles H. Brown, Myron W. Sherwood, Alfred R. Hale.
1904 1905
1906
Charles H. Brown, Myron W. Sherwood, James A. Bates.
1909 William A. Frye, Myron W. Sherwood, Fred W. Cross.
1908 William A. Frye, Myron W. Sherwood, Fred W. Cross.
1909 Charles E. Richardson, Myron W. Sherwood, Ernest F. Porter.
1910
Charles E. Richardson, Myron W. Sherwood, Francis J. Fairbanks.
1911
Charles E. Richardson, Eri S. Stewart, Francis J. Fairbanks.
1912 Charles E. Richardson, Eri S. Stewart, Francis J. Fairbanks.
1913 Charles E. Richardson, Eri S. Stewart, Nellie W. Farrar.
1914 Charles E. Richardson, Eri S. Stewart, Nellie W. Farrar.
1915 Charles E. Richardson, Eri S. Stewart, Nellie W. Farrar.
Nellie G. W. Farrar, member of the school committee, is the wife of Walter N. Farrar. She was born June 9, 1871, at Chesterfield, N. H., daughter of Watson and Jennie (Thomas) Wheeler. She attended the public schools of Chesterfield and Hinsdale, N. H., and the Westfield Normal school. While at Westfield her mother died very suddenly, being sick only a few hours, and she went home to be a companion for her father. He lived only three months, after which she went to Worcester, Mass., to live with her guardian, and worked in the office of William H. Burns until she was twenty-one, when she entered the training school for nurses at Fall River Hospital, where she established a reputation as one of the best nurses in either medi- cal or surgical cases, having nursed for the late Dr. Maurice
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Richardson, Ex-Mayor John Coughlin and other prominent physicians of the city. She served at the hospital as head nurse, and had full charge of the children's ward. She is much inter- ested in nursing and has on many occasions given a helping hand to the people of the village. She is a member of Themis Chapter, O. E. S., and of the Athol Woman's Club. In 1913 she was elected a member of the School Committee by a large vote. She married Walter N. Farrar Nov. 28, 1894. They have no children.
Charles E. Richardson, chairman of the School Committee, He married May ,9 1901, Mabel Viola Hutchins, daughter of Francis J. and Margaret (Lyall) Hutchins of Royalston. They have two children, Clara Mabel, born May 14, 1905, and Charles Francis, born May 21,1908. Mr. Richardson has been engaged in farming, being one of the progressive young farmers of the town, and is prominent in town affairs. He has been chairman of the School Committee since March, 1909, and is also a member of the Finance Committee. He has been a member of Royalston Grange for twenty-one years, has served as Master two years and Lecturer three years.
Eri S. Stewart, member of the School Committee, was born in Royalston April 8, 1887, son of Luther Stewart. He attended the common schools of Royalston, graduated from the Athol High School in the class of 1905 and attended the Massachusetts Agricultural College one year. He has followed the occupation of a farmer, and has been active in town affairs, having served on the School Committee four years, constable three years, and is also inspector of dressed meat, and deputy Forest Fire Warden. He has also been Master of Royalston Grange three years.
He married Bernice Hager, daughter of Arthur Hager of Athol, April 8, 1907. They have two children, a son and a daughter.
HIGH SCHOOL EXHIBITION
When the author of this History was searching for material in the State Library at the State House in Boston, and inquired if there was anything relating to the Town of Royalston in the library, there was brought to him a carefully preserved program
CHARLES E. RICHARDSON
LUTHER E. STEWART
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of an Exhibition of the Royalston High School in 1852. We deem this as worthy to be inserted in the History of Royalston as showing what the young ladies and gentlemen of more than sixty years ago were doing. The following is the program:
Royalston High School Exhibition At the Town Hall Wednesday evening, Nov. 10, 1852.
Exercises commencing at 6 1-2 o'clock Doors open at 6 The proceeds of the Exhibition to be appropriated to defray- ing the expenses of a Course of Literary Lectures.
Order of Exercises. Music
1. Salutatory Oration in Latin,
C. G. G. Paine
2. Phillip's Letter to the King.
A. Bryant Music
3. The Present, Past and Future.
Dramatic Antediluvism D. W. Adams
Personal Millerite of 1852 C. B. Willis
Contemporaries Agent E. L. Parker
Geologist S. H. Heywood Music
4. Oration
W. W. Cobb
5. Kossuth at Lowell
E. Pierce
Music
6. Spiritual Manifestation.
Mrs. Scroogen Miss E. P. Brown
Miss Tiddell Miss E. A. Davis
Miss Heartall Miss S. L. Paine
Mrs. Hodges Mrs. S. S. Putnam
Dramatic Personal Mrs. Duncan Miss L. L. Bullock,
Miss Goodrich Miss E. Davis,
Miss Hampden Miss D. Perry,
Miss Bradbury
Miss M. A. Forrister,
Miss Plimpton Miss M. E. Shepardson,
Miss Davenport Miss E. A. Lyon,
Miss Packing Miss G. Davis,
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Mediums
Miss Cromwell
Miss S. L. Holden,
Miss Alcult
Miss M. J. Putnam,
Miss Carlton
Miss M. Walker,
Mrs. Tyler
Miss S. P. Bragg,
Miss Lawton
Miss S. E. Wheeler,
Miss Fang
Miss O. L. Hubbard,
Miss Cutler
Miss R. Willis,
Mrs. Kidder Miss A. Woodbury.
Music
7. Oration-Webster-W. C. Earle,
8. Hatch at the Syracuse.
Women's Rights Convention M. A. Wilson. Music
9. The Right Arm
10. Recitation,
B. Dexter. Miss McLean.
Music
11. The Fallen Saved.
Those taking part : W. C. Earle, D. W. Adams, E. Davis, J. Chase, N. Holman, B. Dexter, W. W. Cobb, C. G. G. Paine, M. A. Wilson, D. Ray- mond, A. Ballou, D. Brooks, T. McLean, F. Bullock, C. Pierce, C. Hancock, S. H. Heywood, E. L. Parker, A. Davis, Miss E. A. Davis, Miss E. R. Browne, Miss M. Walker, Miss M. Turner, Miss L. L. Bullock, Miss S. G. Peirce, Miss J. Cutler, Miss E. Bryant.
Music
12. Poem, T. McLean
13. Oration and Valedictory Address, Music D. W. Adams.
Great changes have taken place in the Schools of Royalston during the last sixty years as in every other thing connected with the town. As far as we have been able to ascertain from any records there was probably the largest number of scholars in the schools of Royalston from about 1845 to about 1850. In 1849 there were four hundred and fifty-nine scholars, of whom ninety-seven were over fifteen years of age. In 1854 there were one hundred and forty-six scholars attending private schools in Royalston, and there was paid for the support of these schools Four Hundred and Seventy-five dollars.
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For quite a good many years in the middle of the last century the winter terms of the schools were taught by young men who came from some of the New England Colleges, and also by young men of Royalston, who had attended some of the old time Academies. Some winters more than half of the schools of the town were taught by these young men. Among the teachers of 1856 were: Henry Peck, Edward J. Flint, John Follet, Francis M. Lamb, A. J. Fisher and Jefferson K. Cole.
In 1858 the list contained the names of Albert Bryant, Jefferson Richardson, H. D. Newton, Bela J. Jacobs, W. H. Knight, Percival B'odgett, Robert T. Hancock and Samuel J. Storrs; of these all but three were Royalston young men: Storrs was from Amherst College, Percival Blodgett from Orange and Knight from Brattleboro, Vt
In 1860 the male teachers were: Lyman Walker, of Thetford, Vt .; H. C. Bennett, Rindge, N. H .; Jay Davis, Royalston; Robert T. Hancock, Royalston; W. F. Leonard, Warwick; H. O. Howe, Gill; A. F. Pierce, Royalston; and G. A. Miller, Woodstock, Vt.
In 1872 there was only one male teacher who taught in town, Alfred D. Clifford, of Phillipston, who taught the North East School. In 1873 the male teachers were L. B. Caswell at South Royalston, Harlan P. Townsend at the Centre, Alfred D. Clifford in the North East District and Phillip H. Bliss and Arthur A. Upham.
L. B. Caswell also taught the South Royalston School in 1874, and the Centre School in 1875, and had in each of these schools twenty-two scholars over fifteen years of age, while in 1914 there were only three scholars over fifteen years of age in all the schools of the town.
In 1868, of the twenty-one teachers employed in the schools, seventeen be onged in Royalston, while in 1913, of the eight teachers in town, only one be'onged to Royalston.
After several years of agitation in regard to the subject, the School District system was abolished in 1867.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS
In March, 1889, the town voted to unite with the towns of Templeton, Hubbardston and Phillipston in the employment of a Superintendent of Schools. A joint convention was held at
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Baldwinville, consisting of the Committee from Royalston" Hubbardston, Phillipston and Templeton. Percival Blodgett, of Templeton, was elected Chairman and Rev. M. H. Hitchcock, of Hubbardston, Secretary. A superintendent was elected, and on the basis of the average attendance in each town, one-half of his time was to be devoted to Templeton, one-tenth, to Phillip- ston, one-fifth to Hubbardston, and one-fifth to Royalston. Each town was to pay its proportionate part of the expense, and at the end of the year receive the same proportionate part of the State's gift of $1000 to the district. The first Superinten- dent of this district was Randall J. Condon, who served in 1889 and 1890; E. J. Edmonds, 1892, 1893; W. Scott Ward, 1894, 1895, 1896; Charles E. Putney, 1897 to 1901; F. G. Atwell, 1901 to 1907 inclusive; Alberto W. Small, to 19081910, inclusive. Asa M. Jones, the present superintendent, has held the position since 1911. He was born in Unity, Me., graduated from Colby College, taught school several years in Vermont and became Superintendent of the Charlemont, Mass., District in 1908, from which place he came to the Royalston District in 1911.
The former Superintendents are all engaged in educational work at the present time as follows: Randall J. Condon is now Superintendent of the Schools of Cincinnati, Ohio; W. Scott Ward is Superintendent of the Athol schools; E. J. Edmonds has a teachers' agency in Boston; C. E. Putney 's Superintendent of the Schools of Burlington, Vt .; F. J. Atwell, in Hopedale, Mass .; and Alberto W. Small, in Chelmsford, Mass.
The standing of a community in regard to education can be found in the sons and daughters who have graduated from the colleges and professional schools of the land and entered the learned profesions or have become teachers in the schools and higher institutions of learning.
The list of the native born of Royalston who have graduated from college is unusually large for a town of its size.
COLLEGE GRADUATES
George Newton, Esq.
Dartmouth 1808
Samuel Barrett
Harvard 1818
Franklin Jones
Amherst 1829
Asahel Peck
University of Vermont 1830
Rev. Sidney Holman
Williams 1830
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Alexander Hamilton Bullock Amherst
1836
Prof. Nelson Wheeler
Yale 1836
Rev. Jesse K. Bragg
Amherst 1838
Stephen Holman
Williams 1839
Rev. Ariel E. P. Perkins
Amherst 1840
Hosea Davis
Dartmouth
1842
Caleb B. Metcalf
Yale
1842
Rev. Amory Gale
Brown University 1843
George B. Newton
Yale
1843
Leonard L. Leathe
Amherst 1843
Rev. Ebenezer Cutler
University of Vermont 1845
Rev. Henry Cummings
Amherst 1847
Isaac Stevens Metcalf
Bowdoin 1847
Hon. Benjamin C. Perkins
Dartmouth 1848
Benjamin S. H. Brown
Harvard
1850
J. Ormond Wilson
Dartmouth
1850
Samuel C. Gale, Esq.
Yale 1854
Charles A. Gregory, Esq.
Harvard 1855
Henry M. Harrington,
Amherst 1860
Charles G. G. Paine
Amherst 1861
Rev. Albert Bryant
Amherst 1862
William Clark Peckham
Amherst 1867
Hamilton S. Peck
University of Vermont 1870
Everett B Bragg
Mass. Agricultural 1875
John V. Hazen
Dartmouth (Scientific ) 1875 Yale 1877
Harvard 1879
Ann Arbor 1883
Smith 1891
Albert W. Merr am
Worcester Polytechnic 1896
Mabel Winifred Adams
Cornell University 1899
Williams 1900
Smith 1900
Walter F. Ellis
Harvard 1900
Berhta Winifred Clark
Joseph Frederick Perkins Robert Winthrop Adams Lena May Bowker
Geo. Washington University 1900
Williams
Worcester Polytechnic 1904 Mt. Holyoke 1908
Samuel Augustus Fiske
Arthur C. Brown
Jenner Morse
Mary E. Raymond
Fred Wilder Cross
Florence Shepardson
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Carl Shepardson Brown University 1908
Charles Watson Bowker, Jr. Dartmouth 1911
There is also a good list of natives of Royalston who entered College but for various reasons did not complete their college course.
Daniel Shepardson was two years at Amherst College and two years at Brown University, but did not graduate from either. He received the honorary of degree M. A. from Granville Col- lege in 1850, and Brown University in 1853, also the honorary degree of D. D. from Bushnell University in 1872.
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