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board in the Halls of the Institution. The present Board of Instruction are Rev. John B. Robinson, A. M., President; Sylvester Dixon, A.M., R. E. Avery, A. M., Charles M. Glines, ; Julia E. Bullard, Preceptress ; Mary E. Harriman, A. M. , Lizzie A. Herrick, M. L. A.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. This Institution is located in the city of Manchester, and is a branch of a chain of colleges estab- lished in all the large cities in the United States, under the name of Bryant and Stratton Business College.
It is designed to educate and prepare young men and women for all clerical branches of business, such as writing, book-keeping, telegraph- ing &c. The number of scholars who have attended this college, the last year, is over three hundred, coming from all sections of the State.
The length of term, thirteen weeks-tuition for gentlemen, $ 25 a term ; ladies, $ 20.
The college is now under the immediate charge of Prof. G. A. Gas- kell, with competent assistants.
NEW-HAMPTON INSTITUTION is located in the town of New-Hampton, and through the many changes it has undergone from its foundation, it has sustained the reputation of being one of the best Institutions in the State.
The New-Hampton Academy was first opened in September, 1821. Its principal patron, was John K. Simpson, a native of New-Hampton, but at that time a merchant in Boston.
In 1825, the school fell into the control of the State Baptist Conven- tion, and became known as the " New-Hampton Academical and Theo- logical Institution," and was the first Baptist Seminary ever established in New-England. It reniained under the care of the Baptists until the fall of 1852, when on account of financial difficulties, they deserted the ground.
January, 1853, it was established under a new charter, and styled " The New-Hampton Literary and Biblical Institution," and re-opened under the direction of the Freewill Baptist Denomination. Col. R. G. Lewis, of New-Hampton, was the principal leader in this movement, and donated $ 15,600.
The average annual attendance, for the past fifty years, has been over three hundred. There are six school buildings, valued at $ 30,000; three literary societies, each having a library and reading room, besides the general school library, amounting, in the aggregate, to 3,000 volumes.
There is a classical department, for both sexes, also an English de- partment. This Institution claims that its department of natural sci- ence is superior to all institutions in the State, except the Scientific School at Hanover. Their Commercial course is pronounced the best in the State. The invested fund of the school is $ 15,000.
In 1870, the Theological Department, long connected with the school, was removed to Lewiston, Maine Rev. A. B. Meservey, A. M. Ph. D., Principal. There are eight assistant teachers.
NEW-IPSWICH APPLETON ACADEMY is located in the town of New- Ipswich. It was incorporated iu 1789, and for many years maintained
IGASKELLS BUSINESS COLLEGE.
MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE, MANCHESTER.
This building is one of the largest in the state. It is located on Elm, corner of Manchester street, in the im- mediate vicinity of the City Hall, the Public Library, the Post-office, and other public buildings. It is occupied by several of the largest firms in the state, among which are Gaskell's Bryant & Stratton Business College, the lead- ing business school of Northern New England, Prof. G. A. Gaskell, Principal, (for a description of which see "Literary Institutions") ; the extensive printing establish- ment of John B. Clarke, Publisher of the Daily Mirror and American, and Weekly Mirror and Farmer; the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co., several extensive dry-goods establishments, and the Amoskeag and City National Banks.
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the position as being one of the best Academies in the State. It still has many friends, and is well sustained. There is a library of 500 vol- umes connected with the academy. John Herbert, Principal.
NEW-LONDON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION-The location of this Institution is delightful, healthful, and retired, amidst the hills and lakes of New-Hampshire. It was founded at New-London in 1853. In 1873, a new academy building and boarding house were completed, with all the modern improvements for school purposes, at an expense of nearly $ 100,000, and, it now has one of the finest sets of school buildings in New-England.
It has a Board of twenty-four Trustees, and a faculty of eight perma- nent teachers. Provision is made in the Institution for three distinct courses of study, viz .- the Scientific, College Preparatory, and Ladies' Collegiate. Its most liberal endowment was from Mrs. James B. Col- gate of New-York, a native of New-London. There are two scholar- ships-viz. Smith's scholarship of $ 1,150, and Simond's scholarship of $1,000. The income of these is annually applied to aid young men who need and deserve assistance. The average attendance of students, for the past twenty years, is 132; number of alumni, 281.
The Presidents of the school have been, Rev. G. W. Gardner, D. D., 1853; Rev. G. B. Gow, A. M., 1861; Rev. A. W. Sawyer, D. D., 1864; H. M. Willard, A. M., 1870, and L. E. Warren, A. M., 1872.
PRESENT OFFICERS-Rev. E. E. Cummings. D. D., President; Rev. H. G. Safford, A. M., Secretary; N. T. Greenwood, Esq., Treasurer.
NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL, Newport. George R. Brown, Principal.
NORTHWOOD ACADEMY is situated at Northwood Centre, near the shore of Harvey Lake. But few towns in the State offer better induce- ments, for literary institutions, than this town. The scenery in and around Northwood is unsurpassed for beauty, in southern New-Hamp- shire, and everything that surrounds the youth tends to a healthy and moral influence, combined with a thorough and practical system of in- struction.
It was incorporated in 1866, and since that time has been under the immediate management of Rev. E. C. Cogswell as Principal. The school has a library of 500 volumes.
NORTHWOOD SEMINARY is located in Northwood, on Clark's Hill, about two miles south-east from Northwood Centre, and com- mands the most extensive and finest scenery in that section of the State. From this point, at a glance, can be seen, nearly the whole basin of Rockingham County, the ocean and its numerous islands near the coast.
It was incorporated in 1867, and gives the scholar a privilege of ac- quiring a thorough academical education. It has a library of 750 vol- umes. William H. Cotton Principal.
ORFORD ACADEMY is located in Orford village, on the Connecticut, and is well sustained. It was incorporated in 1853, and, has a library of 800 volumes. N. E. Stark, Principal.
PENNACOOK ACADEMY-This popular Institution is situated in the
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healthy and flourishing village of Fisherville, on the Northern Railroad, six miles north of the city of Concord.
The buildings are of brick, and contain as elegant a suite of school- rooms and boarding apartments as may be found in any New-Eng- land academy, with ample grounds, beautifully ornamented and in the quiet part of the village, remote from the business streets. This acad- emy has been established at a large expense, and is supplied with the most approved fixtures common to a first class literary institution. E. C. Allen, Principal.
N. Butler, Henry H. Brown and Rev. W. R. Jewett, Executive Com- mittee.
PETERBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, Peterborough. Thomas P. Maryatt, Principal.
PINKERTON ACADEMY is located in Derry. Incorporated in 1814. George T. Tuttle, Principal.
PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY is located in the ancient and beautiful town of Exeter, and is one of the oldest and most popular, endowed, classical schools in New-England.
The founder of this Institution, Dr. John Phillips, who was a native of Andover, Massachusetts, but for many years a resident of Exeter, is be- lieved, by many, to have been the most liberal benefactor, in proportion to his earthly means, among our countrymen of the last century. In 1778, he founded Phillips Academy, at Andover, Mass., giving $ 31.000, about one third of this sum being bestowed at its commencement, and the other two thirds in1790. He also endowed a professorship of theology in Dartmouth College, serving as one of its trustees for twenty years, and made liberal gifts to Princeton College, New-Jersey.
The foundation and endowments of Phillips Exeter Academy, Dr. Phillips regarded as his own individual effort in which he required no coadjutor, and sought no pecuniary aid. From the Legislature, he ob- tained a charter, dated April 3, 1781. It is the oldest institution of learn- ing, established by State law, in New-Hampshire, Dartmouth College being chartered by royal grant, in 1769.
The constitution and laws governing this school were drafted by his own hand, and the foresight in its draft manifests a profound and practical wisdom which fully equals his generosity. His ideas were lib- eral and catholic, and the sentiments embodied in this constitution, are worthy to be handed down to this generation, and to generations for ages to come. "Above all," he says, "it is expected that the attention of in- structors to the disposition of the minds and morals of the youth under their charge will exceed every other care; well considering that though goodness without knowledge is weak and feeble, yet knowledge with- out goodness is dangerous, and that both united form the noblest char- acter, and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to mankind." And " it is again declared, that the first and principal design of this Institu- tion is the promoting of virtue and true piety,-useful knowledge being subservient thereto." The school was opened for instruction, May 1st 1783, and from that date up to the present time its popularity as a first
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class institution for learning, has been maintained against the tide of changes which has swept over our country in every decade, not even excepting literary institutions. The same rules are now enforced, as to what is required of students, as were in the student days of Lewis Cass, Daniel Webster, and many others over three quarters of a century ago. Wealth and aristocracy have never found a foot-hold in this Institution, whereby poverty should be trampled, neither are the faculty allowed to cater to it, on any consideration, and without any regard to either, schol- arship and deportment take the prize. The motto before the student is this-" Whatever you can rationally desire others should do to you, that do for them in the kindest manner."
A portion of the academy funds, from the first, has been set apart for the special aid of a certain number of youths of merit who lack the means of support, that number now being about twenty. They receive nearly enough to pay for their b. ard while attending school. Some of the brightest literary stars in the country have received this beneficiary aid, and among the many who could be mentioned are the Honorable George Bancroft and Jared Sparks. It can be said that honest poverty, yearning for knowledge, can truly find a friend in this Institution.
Mr. Phillip's endowments were made at several dates, and together with his last bequest, at the time of his death, April 21, 1795, amounted to at least $ 65,000. The present fund of the academy is about $ 125,000. Abbott Hall was erected about twenty years ago, at an expense of $20, 000, and is used for a study, and as a students' joint stock boarding house. In the early part of 1873, the Swamscot Hotel was purchased, and has been arranged for the same purpose. December 18, 1870, the old acade- my building was burnt to the ground. It was a wooden structure, an- tique in its architecture, but having a venerable appearance. A new brick building has been erected upon its ashes, which is more com- modious and convenient. It was dedicated June 19, 1872.
SPECIAL ENDOWMENTS. There are two endowments worthy of mention, coming as they did from men who had been befriended by this academy in their youthful days, to complete their education. . The first is called the " BANCROFT SCHOLARSHIP." The income of this scholarship, found- ed by Hon. George Bancroft, present minister to Berlin, amounts to $ 140, and is given to a meritorious scholar, selected by the Trustees.
SIBLEY BOOK FUND .- This fund is about $ 15,000, the income of which is appropriated for the purchase of text books for indigent students.
The whole number of students who have entered this Institution up to the present time is over 4,000; the present number is about 200.
INSTRUCTORS .- Albert C. Perkins, A. M., Principal; George A. Went- worth, A. M., Professor of Mathematics; Bradbury L. Cilley, A. M., Professor of Ancient Languages; R. F. Pennell, A. B., Instructor in Lat- in; Professsor Gideon L. Soule, LL. D., was principal of this Institu- tion from 1838 to 1873, and instructor from 1822, to 1838. He retired in June, 1873, after a service of fifty-one years.
PORTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL .- This school was formerly in two de- partments, the boys occupying one department and the girls the other.
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This has been changed, and both sexes are now in one department.
ROBINSON FEMALE SEMINARY-The Robinson Female Seminary, in Exeter, was founded by the wise liberality of William Robinson, Esq., a native and early resident of that town, who passed his latter years in the State of Georgia. By his last will, after providing amply for his widow and near relatives, and endowing a school in the town where he resided, he bequeathed the residue of his large estate to the town of his nativity, to establish a female seminary, in which he directed that " the course of instruction should be such as would tend to make fe- male scholars equal to all the practical duties of life ;- such a course of education as will enable them to compete, and successfully, too, with their brothers throughout the world, when they take their part in the actual duties of life." He further provided, that in admitting applicants to the seminary, " all other things being equal, the preference should always be given to the poor and the orphan."
The town of Exeter accepted the bequest, and adopted a code of regu- lations for the management of the contemplated institution, which was sanctioned by a legislative enactment. The sum of more than a quar- ter of a million of dollars, principal and income, was realized from the bequest, and a female seminary was at once organized on a scale com- mensurate with the design of the founder and the magnitude of his gift. In 1867, the institution was opened for the reception of pupils, and in 1869 it was fully organized and established in the new and elegant build- ing erected for it.
The seminary receives, free of charge, female pupils belonging to the town of Exeter. who must be at least nine years of age and qualified for admission to the Grammar schools; from all other pupils a moderate sum for tuition is required, though this is omitted in all suitable cases, upon proper application. The entire course of study is comprised in three departments-the Preparatory, Academic, and Collegiate-which are designed to embrace a thorough course of instruction, up to the most advanced studies.
The number of students has averaged from 225 to 275, of whom much the greater number belong in Exeter. The immediate government of the Robinson Female Seminary is vested in Eben S. Stearns, M. A., Principal, with ten assistants who are all ladies.
The Board of Trustees are as follows-Charles H. Bell, President; Ab- ner Merrill, Joshua Gitchell, Noah Hooper, William P. Moulton, John E. Gardner, Samuel W. Leavitt.
ROCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL, Rochester.
ROLLINSFORD HIGH SCHOOL, Rollinsford. Milton C. Hyde, Princi- pal.
SIMONDS FREE HIGH SCHOOL, See Warner.
SOMERSWORTH HIGH SCHOOL, Somersworth. W. H. Farrer, Princi- pal.
STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL, Claremont. This popular Institution was founded through the liberal endowments of Paran Stevens, Esq., of New- York, a former resident of this town. These endowments amounted to
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$ 68,000, $ 15,000 of which was appropriated to assist the town in erecting suitable buildings, and $ 50,000 as a permanent fund to support the school. By the will of the late Mrs. E. B. Alden, $3,000 was also en- dowed for the benefit of the school.
The school, though established and endowed, largely, by private mu- nificence, is entirely public in its character. Any child living in the town, who is twelve years of age and can pass the required examination, can be admitted to all its privileges. The committee having the school in charge is elected annually in open town meeting as other town offi- cers are, any one member or all the members being subject to change with the will of the voters.
The building, located upon a principal street, on an ample lot enclosed by an iron fence, is of brick, two stories high, placed over a fine cement- ed basement which contains the furnace, and surmounted by a slated mansard roof, in which is an ample hall the whole size of the building, used for the assembly of the school for devotion, musical exercises, lecturing, examinations &c. The central stories are divided into four large school- rooms capable of accommodating two hundred scholars, while the av- erage attendance, since the first year, has not exceeded half that num- ber. The expense of this fine building was over $ 27,000. It was fin- ished and opened for the first school, in September, 1868. Arthur J. Swain, is the present Principal.
Mr. Stevens died in May, 1872. He has placed a monument in Clare- mont, of which the name written on its tablet will ever be cherished by the generations to come; a monument more honorable to his memory and more lasting than one of marble, towering high to meet the starry heavens, far above the shaft of Bunker Hill.
ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL is in the city of Concord, about two miles west of the State House, and was first opened on Thursday, April 3, 1856, for the admission of pupils. The act of incorporation by the Legislature is dat- ed June 29, 1855. The first meeting of the Board of Trustees was held September 5, 1855. The design with which it was founded is sufficient- ly expressed in these words, from the deed of gift: "The founder is de- sirous of endowing a school of the highest class, for boys, in which they may obtain an education which shall fit them either for College or busi- ness; including thorough intellectual training in the various branches of learning; gymnastic and manly exercises adapted to preserve health and strengthen the physical condition ; such æsthetic culture and accom- plishments as shall tend to refine the manners and elevate the taste, to- gether with careful moral and religious instruction."
The full course of instruction is designed to cover seven years, and to prepare for admission to the Freshman or Sophomore class in our best Colleges.
The religious instruction is in accordance with the Liturgy and other Formularies of the Protestant Episcopal church, There are about 160 students and twelve instructors.
The Rey. Henry A. Coit, D. D., is the Rector. The Right Rev. Bishop Niles is the President of the Corporation.
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TILDEN SEMINARY.
WEST LEBANON.
TILDEN FEMALE SEMINARY was erected in 1854, as recorded on the marble block in the wall over the front door.
Among the early contributors to this noble enterprise were William Tilden, Esq., and Richard B. Kimball, Esq., of New-York; Prof. Charles B. Haddock, Mr. Allen H. Weld, and Mr. Joseph Wood. Mr. Tilden was the largest contributor, and hence the seminary took his name.
During the first ten years, three principals-Prof. A. H. Weld, James Means, and V. H. Dean-in this order, had charge of the school. Vary- ing fortune attended their efforts.
In the spring of 1865, Mr. Hiram Orcutt, the present Principal, leased the property and re-opened the school, having in charge, also, for the three following years, Glenwood Ladies Seminary, at Brattleboro, Vt. In the fall of 1868, Mr. William Tilden, the original founder, decided to enlarge the building, by erecting two spacious wings, which were completed the following spring, at an expense of over $ 20,000.
In June of 1869, a new charter was secured from the legislature, and a new Board of Trustees appointed.
The building, as completed, contains a spacious gymnasium, dining- hall, rooms for the family of the principal, studio, a reading, historical, and library room, and some fifty pleasant rooms for boarders.
The out-fit has cost some $ 50,000. The school has been in successful operation during these years, and at present (1873) has pupils from seven- teen different States of our Union.
EXPENSES-For board and tuition in the English course, for the Ac- ademic year, $ 225; for board and regular instruction in all departments of the school, for three successive sessions, $ 300.
TROY HIGH SCHOOL, Troy .- Mrs. Louisa B. Wright, Principal.
TUBBS UNION ACADEMY is pleasantly located in the town of Wash- ington. It is a popular Institution in the vicinity of its location, and is well sustained, under the supervison of its present teachers-Misses Beede and Sanborn. It has a fund which relieves part of the expenses of managing the school.
WALPOLE HIGH SCHOOL, Walpole. Curtis R. Crowell, Principal.
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE.
This popular Institution is located in the city of Concord, about one half mile south-west from the State House. It is situated on Pleasant Street, on elevated ground, overlooking the southern por- tion of the City and an extensive range of country towards the south and south-east.
This Asylum was created by an act of the Legislature, in 1838. From this date, to 1842, the time was expended in the organization, location, and erecting necessary buildings, which consisted of a cen- ter structure, forty-six by fifty-one feet, four stories high, two wings extending in opposite directions, each being thirty-six by ninety feet, and three stories high. The center was devoted to business purposes, while the wings afforded accommodations for forty-five patients of each sex. It was opened for the reception of patients, October 28, 1842.
In 1845, it was found necessary to erect a separate building, to accommodate the more disturbed class of the insane, remote from the quiet portion in the main buildings.
In 1849-50, another wing was added, which gives accommoda- tions for fifty more patients. In 1854-5, a fourth extension was made, on the same side, thirty-four by sixty feet, and three stories high. This last building was also used for the accommodation of the disturbed class, to the number of twenty-one. In 1856, another wing was erected, on the opposite side, thirty-six by one hundred and forty-six feet, and three stories high, adding room for about sixty women. In 1856-7, another extension was made, on the same side, giving additional room for thirty patients. In 1868-69 was added a building in the rear of the original center for a bakery, kitchen, ordinary, dining rooms and chapel in the second story.
As now constructed, the Asylum will give accommodations for two hundred and sixty patients, and the buildings, together with the land for the location, has cost the State one hundred and ninety- four thousand dollars ($ 194,000). It has been the policy of the State to provide buildings at the public expense, and require a charge for board sufficient to cover the necessary running expenses of the institution, and the Trustees have always sought to fix the rate as low as consistent with the maintenance of a first class hospital.
The Asylum is under the management of twelve Trustees, ap-
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pointed and commissioned by the Governor and Council, for a term of four years, three retiring from the board, and three appointed every year. These Trustees receive no compensation for their ser- vices, actual traveling expenses alone being allowed.
The Governor and Council, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House are, ex-officio, constituted a visiting committee, with full power to examine into the condition and affairs of the Institu- tion, and see that its benevolent designs are being fully carried out. With these wise precautions, it does seem that the New-Hampshire Asylum for the Insane should be far above suspicion of any irregu- larities, which are now resting upon similar institutions, in other States ; and while strict economy is practiced in all of its arrange- ments, it has always been the policy of the Managers of this Asy- lum to make it in all respects a curative Institution. Thirty-four hundred (3400) persons have received its care and treatment from the beginning; and of this number over fourteen hundred (1400) have been restored to their mental health.
By Statute, the sum of six thousand dollars ($ 6,000) is annually appropriated to assist the indigent insane in the payment of their support at the Asylum, to be appropriated by the Governor ; not over one third of this sum being credited to their support by towns. In addition to this State aid, the indigent insane receive, annually, the sum of eight thousand dollars ($ 8,000), derived from the inter- est of legacies left by various benevolent persons for their benefit. These two charities so greatly lighten the burden as to bring the benefit of the Hospital within the reach of those of very small means.
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