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Mrs. Shumway, who later became Mrs. Huntington, con- tinued her interest in Shattuck school. In 1884, during a visit to Colorado, she was thrown from her carriage, receiving serious injuries, which resulted in her death. By her will it was found that she had left a bequest to the Bishop Seabury Mission pro- viding for a building and scholarships for Shattuck school, and also for a hall at Seabury Divinity school, to be named in memory of her father "Johnston Hall," and scholarships for young men preparing for the ministry. Shumway hall, com- pleted in 1887, is a beautiful memorial to her memory. The cornerstone of Johnston hall was laid in 1888. The building contains the library, rooms for recitations and professors, and is substantially built.
Hitherto the refectory of Shattuck school had been the base- ment and had been enlarged to meet the pressing wants from the growth of the school. But the time had come when pro- vision must be made proportionate to the expansion of the work. During his visit abroad in 1888 Bishop Whipple met Junius Morgan, of London, whose interest in the work of the bishop led to the erection of the noble building which bears the name of Morgan hall, in honor of Mr. Morgan.
Whipple hall, erected in 1873, was built mostly from the insurance money of Scabury hall.
Manney hall, armory and gymnasium, erected by gifts of the citizens of Faribault, was afterwards burned.
The following is a list of the officers of the Bishop Seabury Mission and of the professors in the divinity school :
Presidents-The Right Rev. Henry B. Whipple, D. D., LL. D., 1860-1901 ; the Right Rev. Samuel C. Edsall, D. D., 1901.
Wardens-The Rev. James Lloyd Breck, D. D., 1858-1864; the Right Rev. Elisha S. Thomas, D. D., 1864-1866; the Rev. James Lloyd Breck, D. D., 1866-1867 ; the Rev. Thomas Richey, D. D., 1871-1874; the Rev. George L. Chasc. D. D., 1874-1883; the Rev. Francis D. Iloskins. M. A., 1884-1888; the Right Rev. John H. White, D. D., 1891-1895; the Rev. Alford A. Butler, D. D., 1895-1905 ; the Rev. George II. Davis, S. N., D. D., 1905- 1907 ; the Rev. Frank A. McElwain, M. A., B. D., 1907.
Acting Wardens-The Rev. James Dobbin, D. D., 1867-1871 ; the Rev. Steinfort Kedney, D. D., 1883-1884; the Rev. Charles L. Welles, Ph. D., 1889-1891; the Rev. Charles Clark Camp, A.
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B., --- 1904; the Rev. Charles A. Poole, S. T. D., 1905 ---.
Professor of Pastoral Theology-The Right Rev. Henry B. Whipple, D. D., LL. D., 1860-1901.
Professors of Liturgics and Homiletics-The Rev. James Lloyd Breck, D. D., 1858-1860; the Right Rev. Henry B. Whip- ple, D. D., LL. D., 1860-1874; the Rev. George L. Chase, D. D., 1874-1883; the Rev. Francis D. Hoskins, M. A., (homiletics), 1884-1888; the Rev. Edward C. Bill, D. D., 1883-1892; The Right Rev. John H. White, D. D., 1892-1895; the Rev. Alford A. But- ler, D. D., 1895-1904; the Rev. George H. Davis, D. D., 1905- 1907 ; the Rev. Frank A. McElwain, M. A., B. D., 1907.
Professors of Divinity-The Rev. David P. Sanford, D. D., 1858-1859; the Rev. Solon W. Manney, D. D., 1859-1869; the Rev. Samuel Buel, D. D., 1869-1871; the Rev. J. Steinfort Ked- ney, D. D., 1871 ; the Rev. Charles A. Poole, S. T. D., (associate), 1888.
Professors of Exegesis-The Rev. Solon W. Manney, D. D., 1859-1864; the Right Rev. Elisha S. Thomas, D. D., 1864-1870; the Rev. George C. Tanner, D. D., (acting), 1871-1873; the Rev. William J. Gold, D. D., (adjunct), 1873-1876; the Rev. E. Stuart Wilson, S. T. D., 1877-1905 ; the Rev. Charles A. Poole, S. T. D., (adjunct N. T.), 1888-1892; the Rev. Charles C. Camp, B. A., (New Testament), 1892-1905; the Rev. Frank A. McElwain, A. M., B. D., (instructor), 1905-1907; the Rev. Elmer E. Lofstrom, B. D., (instructor N. T.), 1907; the Rev. Frank A. McElwain (Old Testament), 1907.
Professors of Ecclesiastical History-The Rev. Samuel Buel, D. D., 1866-1869 ; the Rev. Thomas Richey, D. D., 1869-1877 ; the Rev. Frederic Humphrey (acting), 1877-1882; the Rev. Lucius Waterman, D. D., 1882-1885; the Rev. Sylvester Clark, D. D., 1885-1887; the Rev. Charles L. Welles, Ph. D., 1887-1892; the Rev. William P. Ten Broeck, D. D., 1892.
Professors of Ethics and Apologetics-The Rev. Sterling Y. McMasters, D. D., 1866-1875 ; the Rev. J. Steinfort Kedney, D. D., (acting), 1877-1882; the Rev. J. McBride Sterrett, D. D., 1882-1892; the Rev. J. Steinfort Kedney, D. D., (acting), 1892- 1905 ; the Rev. Anthon T. Gesner, M. A., (instructor), 1904-1907 ; the Rev. Anthon T. Gesner, M. A., 1907.
The faculty is now as follows: The Right Rev. Samuel Cook Edsall, D. D., president and lecturer on the pastoral office ; the Rev. Frank Arthur McElwain, M. A., B. D., warden and professor of Hebrew and Old Testament literature; the Rev. John Steinfort Kedney, D. D., professor of divinity ; the Rev. Charles A. Poole, S. T. D., associate professor of divinity ; the Rev. William P. Ten Broeck, D. D., professor of church history and polity and canon law; the Rev. Anthon T. Gesner, M. A.,
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professor of ethics, apologetics and head of preparatory depart- ment; the Rev. Elmer E. Lofstrom, B. A., B. D., instructor in New Testament language and exegesis, and religious peda- gogics; the Very Rev. George G. Bartlett, instructor in homi- letics ; the Rev. George C. Tanner, D. D., instructor in liturgics. Of the above, we may remark that two of the wardens and pro- fessors have been elected bishops, namely, the Rev. E. S. Thomas and the Rev. John H. White. Prominent among writers in the church have been the Rev. Thomas Richey, D. D., the Rev. J. Steinfort Kedney, D. D., the Rev. Samuel Buel, D. D., the Rev. Sterling Y. McMasters, D. D., the Rev. J. McBride Sterrett, D. D., the Rev. Charles L. Welles, Ph. D., the Rev. Alford A. Butler, D. D. Others well known in the church as writers of special papers and monographs are the Rev. William P. Ten Broeck, D. D., the Rev. E. Stuart Wilson. D. D., the Rev. William J. Gold, D. D., of the Western Theological Semi- nary, Chicago, and the Rev. Elmer E. Lofstrom, B. D.
Trustees of the Bishop Seabury Mission. Right Rev. H. B. Whipple, D. D., LL. D., 1860 to December, 1901 ; Rev. J. Lloyd Breck, D. D., 1860-1867; Rev. Solon W. Manney. D. D., 1860- 1869; Rev. E. Steele Peake, 1860-1866; Rev. E. G. Gear, D. D., 1861-1873; Rev. D. B. Knickerbacker, D. D., 1861-1884; Hon. H. T. Welles, 1861-1897; Hon. E. T. Wilder. 1861-1904; Gen. N. J. T. Dana, U. S. A., 1861-1866; Right Rev. E. R. Welles, D. D., 1862-1875; C. W. Wooley, 1862-1866; Rev. S. Y. McMasters, D. D., 1865-1875; J. C. N. Cottrell, 1866-1870; Luther Dearborn, 1866-1883; Rev. Samuel Buel. D. D., 1867-1871 ; Right Rev. E. S. Thomas. D. D., 1868-1894: Rev. James Dobbin, D. D., 1868; Lorenzo Allis, Esq., 1869-1878: Rev. Thomas Richey, D. D., 1870-1875; Harvey Officer, Esq., 1871-1892; Hon. E. C. Ripley, 1871-1874; J. D. Greene, 1871-1884; W. E. Jones, 1871-1883 ; Rev. J. Steinfort Kedney, D. D., 1872; Gen. N. G. McLean, 1874- 1883; Hon. Isaac Atwater. 1874-1906; Rev. George L. Chase, D. D., 1875-1883: Rev George W. Watson, D. D., 1877-1886; Will- iam Dawson, 1882-1887; A. H. Wilder, 1883-1891 : Rev. Thomas B. Wells, D. D., 1884-1891: Right Rev. Mahlon N. Gilbert, D. D., 1884-1900; J. C. N. Cottrell, 1884; Reuben Warner, 1884- 1905; Rev. F. D. Hoskins, 1885-1888; Hon. Gordon E. Cole, 1888-1891; John II. Ames, 1888-1902; George II. Christian. 1889; Right Rev. William M. Barker, D. D., 1890-1895 ; William Daw- son, Jr., 1891-1897 ; Rev. George Hf. Davis, 1891-1907 ; Right Rev. John HF. White, D. D., 1891-1902; W. II. Lightner, Esq., 1892; Herbert C. Theopold, 1894; Rev. A. W. Ryan, D. C. L., 1895 ; W. M. Prindle, 1896; Right Rev. J. D. Morrison, D. D., LL. D., 1897; B. B. Sheffield, 1897 ; Right Rev. S. C. Edsall. D. D., 1900; Right Rev. T. N. Morrison, D. D., 1901; Right Rev. Arthur L.
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Williams, D. D., 1901; Right Rev. Cameron Mann, D. D., 1902; Andrew G. Dunlop, 1904; Rev. Charles H. Plummer, D. D., 1905; Alfred H. Bill, 1907; Rev. Charles Carter Rollit, 1908; Edward H. Foot, 1908; Right Rev. William Hobal Howe, D. D., 1909.
The present officers of the board are: Right Rev. Samuel Cook Edsall, D. D., president ; Rev. James Dobbin, D. D., sec- retary ; Stephen Jewett, Esq., treasurer.
There have been but two presidents-the Right Rev. H. B. Whipple, D. D., LL. D., and the Right Rev. S. C. Edsall, D. D.
The secretaries have been : The Rev. J. Lloyd Breck, D. D., secretary and correspondent ; the Rev. E. S. Thomas, D. D., cor- respondent; the Rev. D. B. Knickerbacker, correspondent; the Rev. James Dobbin, D. D.
The treasurers have been: The Rev. Solon W. Manney, D. D., the Rev. Samuel Buel, D. D., the Hon. Luther Dearborn, H. A. Scandrett, J. D. Green, Stephen Jewett, Esq.
Endowments and Scholarships. For the first years of its existence the Bishop Seabury Mission depended for its support on the contributions sent through the daily mail. This means that clergy, instructors and students in theology had to depend upon the casual gifts of children and parishes in the East. The Rev. Mr. Breck was the correspondent. But this uncertain income could not build up and endow a system of schools. In some instances the support of a young man for the ministry was provided by some friend. The earliest bequest appears to have been about 1865. To make a full record of all the bequests and endowments for professorships, scholarships and for general expenses is not necessary for the purpose of this sketch. It is highly proper to speak of the Hon. H. T. Welles and the Hon. Isaac Atwater, whose gifts at different times have been note- worthy, and also of the endowment of Dr. E. C. Bill for a pro- fessorship. The munificent donation of Mrs. Augusta M. Hunt- ington and of Mr. Junius Morgan have already been named. With few exceptions, all these bequests and endowments came through the personal influence of Bishop Whipple.
More than 300 students, who are now scattered from the At- lantic to the Pacific, have received the benefits of the institution. Two have become bishops and many of them are occupying positions of influence in large parishes.
Seabury and Johnston halls afford accommodations for about thirty-five students.
The writer is indebted for the material of this history to the Faribault "Herald," 1858, the Faribault "Republican," Bishop Whipple's diaries, and to the "mission papers" issued from time
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to time by the Seabury Mission. He had personal knowledge of the institutions from 1858 .- Rev. George C. Tanner, D. D.
SHATTUCK SCHOOL.
Two of the men who were conspicuous among the founders of Faribault were instrumental in making it notable as an educa- tional center of national reputation. The fame of Bishop Whip- ple was almost world wide, and Shattuck especially, of the many kinds of work he inaugurated, is known in every part of our own land and abroad. Wherever they and Shattuck are known, Faribault is known. No men have been identified with it who are deserving of more gratitude for what they did directly and indirectly in its early days for the prominence and to the credit of Faribault than Bishop Whipple and Dr. Breck.
In point of time, the name of James Lloyd Breck is first in the annals of the church and of education in Faribault. He was a pioneer in territorial days, having come to St. Paul in 1851; thence to Gull Lake as a missionary to the Indians until 1857; and to Faribault to found a mission, and with it a parish school, in 1858. The former developed into the cathedral parish ; the latter was continued as a part of the mission and was largely supported by it until 1868. Out of it grew all the church schools. Dr. Breck did not remain to see much of this marvelous growth, but indirectly it was the result of his pioneer work. It was this feeble beginning and his influence, that turned the attention of Bishop Whipple to Faribault and convinced him this was the strategie point at which to begin his great work. For the bishop, no less than Dr. Breck, saw the supreme advantage to the great Northwest of establishing in its beginning a strong center for Christian education. With this in view he at once secured a charter for the Bishop Seabury Mission, with ample powers for schools of all grades. The first to receive attention was the divinity school, but means for its first building were not secured until 1864-65. Like all the subsequent buildings for the various schools that have done so much in giving Faribault its fame and in building it up, this hall was built with money that was secured elsewhere, and as large improvements are still to be made, the end is not yet. The location of this building was on the grounds now occupied by Shattuck.
Shortly after, another step leading to the establishment of Shattuck was taken, when a few boys from the Twin Cities and other points were admitted, to live with the divinity students, and they, with others selected from the parish school, to attend as daily pupils, were organized into what was called a "grammar school." It was put in charge of the Rev. George C. Tanner
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as principal, with James Dobbin and Charles H. Plummer, then studying theology, as his assistants. Dr. Breck, as dean of the mission and head of the household, resided in Seabury from the winter of 1866 to April, 1867, when he resigned and removed to California. Professor Tanner at the same time took charge of the parish in Owatonna. Meantime the bishop's plans were matured and greatly expanded. He had been impressed during a visit to England by the remarkable history and influence on national affairs of the ancient schools that had been founded and endowed centuries before-Winchester as far back as the year 1387, Eton in 1440, Rugby in 1567, Harrow in 1571. The efficiency of these schools in training the character of boys appeared to him as one of the best features in English life. It gave him the keynote to the character of the institution he desired to found in Minnesota for the training of boys so long as the state exists. With the conviction that what was done so successfully in the earlier days of England's civilization can be done now, he came home with the faith and courage to under- take it, although he was utterly without means with which to build so great a work. The surprising thing is that the plan he had formulated though not worked out in detail, as that had to be done later by the one who would be charged with the responsibility of developing and building it up, yet gave him such a clear vision of what Shattuck is and is yet to be. It was a tre- mendous responsibility to lay on a young man inexperienced in such work and with no assurance of the financial help that would be necessary. Nothing but the keen sense of duty which the long continued urging of the bishop and his optimism awak- ened led the present head of the school to devote his life to building it up.
This new organization and management began in April, 1867. It was so poor the beginning could only be made by its continuing to live in Seabury with the divinity students. On Thanksgiving day, 1872, Seabury hall was burned, and the divin- ity school was then removed to its present site. Meantime a building had been erected in 1868-69 for the increasing needs of the boys' school, so the separation was more easily made. This served for a time both as a schoolroom building and dormi- tory, with the dining-room and kitchen in the basement. By far the largest contribution for it having been made by George C. Shattuck, M. D., of Boston, in recognition of this and other benefactions to the bishop's work the building was named in his honor "Shattuck hall." As it was the main building for some time and no official action was taken in the matter of a name until it was separately incorporated thirty-six years later as "Shattuck School," this name naturally clung to the school as
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the successive buildings were added. Within two years the growth in numbers making it necessary to provide for the school work outside this hall, a frame building was erected. This was converted afterward into the dormitory now known as "The Lodge," when Shumway hall was built in 1887.
In 1870-71 Bishop Whipple spent the winter in France, at the same hotel with Mrs. Augusta M. Shumway, of Chicago. The school had begun to show signs of a degree of success that confirmed the bishop's hope of its becoming one of the perma- nent institutions of the great Northwest, and he talked with such enthusiasm about his plans as to excite a lively interest in her mind. This led her to offer him $10.000 for a chapel as a memorial of her little daughter. The amount was ultimately increased to nearly $30,000. It led to her becoming by far the largest benefactor of the school up to the date of this sketch. The chapel was consecrated in September, 1872, and was at the time one of the notable buildings in the state. It is an interest- ing fact that its doors have not been locked for thirty-seven years.
The burning of Seabury had made necessary an additional dormitory, which need was supplied by the erection in 1873 of Whipple hall, named in honor of Bishop Whipple. With the ex- ception of the cottages for Professor Whitney and the command- ant, and a comparatively small drill hall and gymnasium in 1880, no further building was possible for upwards of twelve years. The gymnasium was burned in 1893, and the insurance money of $15,000 was applied to the erection of the basement story of a building to replace it. For the want of means this room had to serve as the drill room fifteen years, when the walls were enlarged and made the foundation of the present splendid S. S. Johnson memorial. This interval was a period of waiting in the expansion of the school, while the system was being per- fected and strengthened for the great and permanent growth so soon to follow. Unknown and silent influences were at work that were destined to do more than anything yet to lift the school to the high plane on which it would find its destiny. Although living a so great distance, her home being in Cincinnati, Mrs. Shumway's interest was constantly increasing. Every summer that she was not traveling abroad found her and her daughter here at commencement. Her last visit was in 1884. Two months later she was fatally injured by a fall from a mountain wagon in Colorado. Greatly to the surprise of the bishop and rector, it then developed that she had rewritten her will a year before, and provided a bequest of $200,000 for the benefit of Shattuck. It was to be divided between a building as a memorial of her husband and the endowment of a fund to assist poor boys
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to enjoy the advantages of the school. The portion of her estate that was available for this bequest realized about $170,000, of which $88,000 was placed at interest and the remainder devoted to the erection of Shumway hall.
Immediately on the completion of this noble building the architect was set at work on plans for a new dining-room and dormitory. With these plans in hand, Bishop Whipple, during a visit to England, interested Junius S. Morgan, of London, and received from him a gift of $50,000 for its erection. The plans having been prepared, the building was begun at once and was completed for the opening of the term in September, 1889. In a distressing accident the donor was killed by being thrown from a carriage shortly before its completion, so that Morgan hall became his memorial. During its erection the rector re- ceived funds from Mrs. J. S. Smyser for the adjoining building- the Smyser memorial-in memory of her son, Harry B. Smyser, a former cadet. Then came another cessation in building extend- ing over several years. In 1905 a plan long contemplated of severing the corporate relations of Seabury and Shattuck was brought about and a new board of trustees was formed and incorporated under the name of "Shattuck School." This cor- poration received from the Bishop Seabury Mission a net prop- erty of nearly $500,000 which had been accumulated under its management, for the benefit of Shattuck. To commemorate this important event in its history, it was proposed by the alumni members of the board, who numbered five of the nine trustees, that plans be prepared for a gymnasium and office building, and an effort be made by them to secure funds for it from the old boys and patrons as their gift to the new corporation. While the canvass for funds was at the time only partially successful, owing to the general depression in business, it was sufficiently so, in view of the pressing need for the building, to warrant its completion. The cost, including the connecting corridor to Shum- way hall, was $60,000. It is absolutely fireproof and sanitary, with the swimming pool, shower baths and toilet rooms finished throughout in tile and marble, and the gymnasium and office equipped with every appliance desired. The upper story pro- vides two class rooms and sleeping rooms for boys. It is one of the most solidly built buildings in the state, and by the dura- bility of all the materials used in its construction, is a contribu- tion of its donors to the physical training and equipment of boys for generations to come.
While work on this was still going on a proposition was received from the widow and two sons (graduates) of the late Samuel S. Johnson, of California, to provide funds to make the proposed armory and library a memorial of him. These
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funds were immediately available, and the building was erected in 1907-08. It is a noble building, with scarcely an equal for its purpose in any of the schools, and is an honor to the school and the city as well as to the man whose name it perpetuates. It contains a drill hall and indoor earthen athletic court and run- ning track of magnificent proportions, also a beautiful reading room and library, and other rooms of great value. For con- venience, it is closely connected with the gymnasium, and through it, with the school building and dining room, by a stone and concrete corridor. The total cost of this improvement and furnishing is upwards of $100,000. Together with the gymna- sium building, it marks Shattuck in its physical appointments, as it already was in rank and reputation, as one of the foremost boarding schools for boys in America. Other buildings and improvements for which plans are in preparation will make it more than ever an object of pride to the city and county and an honor to the state. Chief among the contributions to be sought for its further advancement is the accumulation of an endowment fund, which ought to reach a half million dollars, to be invested for a permanent, fixed income. Such a fund added to the annual earnings from pupils will raise it to the highest rank of secondary schools, will greatly increase its ability to assist poor and worthy boys to obtain the coveted education, will largely increase its financial and civic value to this com- munity, and will give it the same guaranty of permanence for the benefit of the boys of unnumbered generations as was given by the endowments of the old English schools more than 300 and 500 years ago. The early completion of these large plans is worthy a civic pride that appeals for the co-operation of local citizens with the managers of the school, who have brought in from abroad and expended here such splendid sums of money to raise Shattuck to its present enviable position.
By this far-reaching policy of building for the future, the founders and builders are preparing it to contribute, as the years and generations go by, to the increase and the betterment of the local prosperity infinitely more than anyone is yet able to comprehend. There is no other enterprise that will be of so great and varied importance. This purpose of working for posterity justifies the greatly increased cost of the later build- ings, in making them so solid and lasting by the substitution of steel and concrete and tile for less durable material. It makes the prosperity of Shattuck and the increase of funds for build- ing and for its annual maintenance a matter of practical interest and value to the public. It concerns every business man and citizen in and about Faribault. What helps the school helps the town; for it is put here to stay. It can never move elsewhere
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as any commercial business in town can. In contrast with it only a few years will elapse, till one can go up and down the streets, and not find one business in the hands of the men or the firms that control it today. Men die, and their places are taken by others. Not so with the corporation, or its business, or the names of the men and women whose donations to its building or its endowment funds, help add to its increasing advantages, and the permanence of its usefulness. The names of most people pass into oblivion. The names of the benefactors of Shattuck will be preserved for all time in the archives, and in the names and usefulness of the buildings or endowments. It is one of the surest ways of doing good that will last. It gives each donor as strong a guaranty as one can have, that so much at least of his or her estate as is entrusted to this corporation, will not be dissipated in a generation or two as estates generally are. It is put in a trust under the guardianship of the law of the state; its income, or the improvement made by it, is certain to be used perpetually according to the recorded will of the donor, without being diverted to other objects. It opens a way for any one interested in the future of his own city, to make an investment in the interest of education, that will contribute in all the years to come to the benefit and credit of Faribault, while exerting a long-lasting influence on the country at large. through the multitude of boys who will go out from its walls better and more useful men .- James Dobbin.
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