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Faculty .-- M. S. Anthony, I. M. Banta, H. A. Merriman, Clama C. Lathrop, R. G. Bolles, MI. E. Bassett.
FREMONT .- Located in the third ward, between Fremont and Edinburgh streets. Size of lot, one hundred by two hundred and thirty-five and a half feet. " The building was erected in 1854, is sixty and a half by eighty-five feet, and bas five separate rooms on the lower floor ; accommodates the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. The first, second, and third grades occupy the upper story, in rooms separated by sliding glass partitions.
Faculty .- James M. Couk, M. A. Sterling, M. F. Richmond, C. A. Badger, M. J. Dickson, J. L. Cowles, F. E. Galloway, J. E. Gilson, A. M. Stewart.
GENESEE SCHOOL is located on South Francis street. Size of lot, one bun- dred and twenty-five by two hundred feet. The first school building was erected in 1857, and destroyed by fire August 31, 1873. Rebuilt in 1874. It is a fine structure, three stories high, fifty-seven by eighty feet. The first floor has four school-rooms, two thirty by twenty-three fcet, and two thirty two and a half by twenty-three feet, besides wardrobes and closets. The second floor is similarly arranged. The third floor has two school-rooms, one thirty-two and a half by twenty-three feet and the other twenty-three by thirty tect, aside from a private room fifteen by ten feet, and a large room thirty-one by fifty-four feet.
Faculty .- S. C. Pierce, Mary E. Gilman, E. Della Brown. Emma A. C. Hayes, Frank A. C. Reichenbach, E. S. Baker, Eliza A. Woodbury, Louisa J. Connell, MI. II. Bennett, Julia G. Lyndon, Amelia L. Leahy, Ella I. Munson.
CENTRAL SCHOOL is located in the second ward, corner Jones and Centre streets. Size of lot, one hundred by one hundred and eight fect. The building is forty-four by sixty feet, two stories, and was erceted in 1842. The first, second, and third grades are on the upper floor, and the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, cigbth, and ninth, on the lower.
Faculty .- W. E. Cook, S. C. O'Keefe, A. L. Brettle, N. C. Lathorp, F. V. Wright, E. P. Wetmore, L. M. Qualtrough, Eliza Freeland, E. Ilorn.
FRANKLIN SCHOOL is located on Lyell street, in the ninth ward. The original size of the school edifice was fifty-one by one hundred and fourteen feet, erected in 1832. It was enlarged in 1857, and again in 187], when six rooms were added. Brick building, two stories, and contains sixteen rooms, separated by sliding glass partitions. The upper floor is occupied by the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, and the lower by the different classes of the seventh, eighth, and ninth gradey.
Faculty .- Julius J. Townsend. Mary E. Depoe, Ella L. Carr, Dora E. Clark, Martha A. Clackner. May Marsh, Libhie I. Brown, L. M. Kunc, Carrie E. Servosa, Libbie T. Brown, M. O. Brown, E. S. Alleyn.
GLENWOOD SCHOOL is located on Lake avenue, near Derp Hollow. Size of lot, one hundred and thirty-two hy one hundred and seventy-five feet. The school edifice was creeted in 1859, and is a brick structure, two stories, fifty by seventy-four feet in size. The rooms on the lower Hoor are occupied by the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. The front room on the second floor is
used by the third and fourth grades, and the large room by the first and second grades.
Faculty .- Delia Curtice, Lois Hanford, Ella Norris, Emma Bell, Sarah I .. Delano, Emma Marsh.
CARTILAGE SCHOOL is located on North Saint Paul street, about two miles from the centre of the city. It is a one-story brick building, thirty-two by forty feet, erected in 1835. It is situated on a lot ninety by two hundred and fifty fect, and will accommodate about one hundred pupils.
Faculty .- Nellie A. Conkey, S. J. Curtiss.
ANDREWS Schoot. is located on Saint Joseph street. and named in honor of Samuel G. Andrews, who represented the district as a member of the board of education at the tique the school edifice was built. and was very active in its loca- tion and erectinn. Size of lot, one hundred and fifteen by two hundred and fifty fect. The building was erected in 1860, is of brick, two stories, and has fourteen rooms, separated by glass partitions. The first. second, third, fourth, and fifth grades occupy the upper story, and the sixth, seventh, eighth. and ninth the lower.
Faculty .- W. H. Bosworth, Sarah J. Whalen. Fannie P. Elton, Alice A. Rabinson, Jennie Madden, Delia C. Moshier, Susan Havil, Emily J. Fenner. Rosa G. Goddard, E. T. Fitzgerald, Lucy A. Fitzgerald, Isabella Rogers, Katie A. Cungean, Laura E. Leland.
ATWATER SCHOOL .- This school is located on North Clinton street, and takes its name from " Atwater Tract." The first edifice was erected in 1857; third story added in 1866, and finished in 1870. It is a commodious three-story brick building, situated on a lot eighty-one by one hundred feet. The sixth, seventh, eighth. and ninth grades occupy the lower story, the third, fourth, and fifth grades the second story, and the A and B classes of second and first grades the upper. The upper story is furnished with sliding glass partitions.
Faculty .- V. M. Colvin. A. M Galbraith. M T Williams. E J Wallyce, J E. Burleigh, F. B. Gregory. H. A. Robinson, B. O'Rorke. E. E. Isles, J. A. Goggin.
CHESTNUT SCHOOL is located on the corner of Chestnut and James streets. It is a two-story brick building, thirty-five by forty fect, and erected in 1841. The lower story is occupied by the sixth. seventb. eighth. and ninth grades, and the upper by the fourth and fifth.
Faculty .- M. A. Hayden, Mary Purcell, Emma Remington. Jennie Crandall. WADSWORTH SCHOOL is located on the west side of Wadsworth square. and was named in honor of General Wadsworth. to whose generony gift Rochester is indebted for the ground on which the building stands, and the fine grove which forms the most delightful playground in the city. The school edifice is a modern brick structure, having six rooms on the lower floor, occupied hy the fourth, fifth. sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. and five on the upper, with sliding glass partitions, font of which are occupied by the first, second, and third grades. while the fifth room is used as a recitation-room for the A class of the first grade, and is occupied by the principal.
Faculty .- N. C. Parshall, Sarah T. Copeland, Anna H. Collins, D. Pierce, Mary Streeter, Alice C. Boyen, Ella V. Meyer, Helen C. Mudge, Jean Shaw, Jessie F. Booth.
MUNGER SCHOOL is located on Ilickory street, in the twelfth ward, and takes its name from the " Munger Tract." Size of lot. one hundred and thirty-two by three hundred feet. The first building was erected in 1845. front addition in 1852, south end in 1867, ail remodeled in 1871. The building is of brick, two stories, with ten rooms, five on cach Hoor; the upper rooms are separated by sliding glass partitions, and the lower by permanent glass partitions.
Faculty .-- A. G. Knapp, R. R. Short, L. Annie Randolph, M. C. Baker, P. H. Gordon, J. A. Morse. II. HI. More. S. W. Howe. M. E. McLeod, S. S. MeVicar, A. S. Glover. M. J. Lennon. Ennna Perkins, L. F. Smith, Anna Page.
RILEY SCHOOL is located on Seio street, and named in honor of General Riley, as a pulilie recognition of distinguished services rendered the city in former years. Size of lot, one hinmilred and fifty by one hundred and fifty fect. The school edifice is brick, two stories, vreeted in 1850. The fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth. and ninth grades ocenpy the lower floor, and the first, second, and third the upper. The rooms on both floors are separated by glass partitions ; those on the upper floor being movable.
Faculty .- John G. Allen, A. P. Thring, Emily Manvel, E. A. Phillips, E. T. Kinleyside. E. II. Duryce. E. D. Hannahs, F. M. Decker, E. L. Manvel, L. F. Perkins, E. R. Satterlee.
MONROE Scunot is located on Monroe avenne, near Alexander street. The building is of brick, modern style. three stories high. sixty four by fifty two feet, and is one of the finest school edifices in the city. On the first floor are four school-rooms, two wardrobes, and four teachers' rooms. The second Hoor bas rooms similar to the first. while the third floor has two school-roots, a wardrobe, two teachers' moms, an assembly room, andl principal's room.
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Faculty .- J. W. Osborn, Jr., Emily Hanford. J. W. Greez, C. MeLear, L. M. Reuter, U. Stilson, Livia A. Manvel, J. S. Bush, Katie .1. Buther, D. B. Crouch.
HUDSON SCHOOL is located on North street, on a lot eighty by one hundred and fifty fect. The school editice was erected in 1850, and remodeled in 1871. It is a two-story brick structure, forty-seven by fifty-tour and a half feet. There are three rooms on each floor, separated by glass partitions, which on the upper floor are sliding. The fourth, fifth, and sixth grades occupy the upper story, and the seventh, eightb, and ninth the lower.
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Faculty .- Lizzie A. McGonegal, Emma M. Moser, Anta M. Lowry, M. E. Biegler, Ella MI. Patterson, Mary W. Lee, Frank H. Edgar.
WHITNEY SCHOOL is located in the eleventh ward. on Orange street. Size of lot, one hundred and thirty by two hundred and twelve feet. The building was erected in 1858, and remodeled in 1871. It is hrick. two stories, fifty-six and a balf by eighty feet. The ninth, eighth, seventh, and sixth grades are on the lower floor. The upper story is divided into four class-rooms, separated by sliding glass partitions, and is occupied by the first, second, thuird, fourth. and fifth grades.
Faculty .- T. A. Raymond, M. T. MeGorray, N. M. Monagan, M. E. Malone, F. H. Merriman, E. A, Redmond, S. L. Cogldio, C. R. Jennings, M. L. Foulds, Mary L. Coghlin.
CONCORD SCHOOL is located on Concord avenue. Size of lot, two hundred and fifty by three bundred and seven feet. The building is of brick, two stories high. As crected in 1867 it consisted of six rooms, three on each floor, with permanent partitions below and sliding glass partitions on the second floor. An addition. two stories in height, fifty-one by seventy-two feet, was made in 1873, with six rooms, three on each floor, separated as in the original building. The upper rooms are occupied by the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and six grades, and the lower by the different classes of the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades.
Faculty .- Sarah Shelton, M. W. Himman, Ella E. Young, Alice J. Rundel, Alida J. Barron. James FI. Dickinson, Hattie L. Ball. E. Fannie Cowles, Nellie F. Cornell, Florence A. Waring, Delle S. Hanvey, Maggie Whitbeck, C. E. Pugh, Anna J. Tomlin, Lucy H. Clark.
SEWARD SCHOOL is located in the eighth ward. on the corner of Seward, Mag- nolia, and Reynolds streets. It is a modern two-story brick building, seventy-sevco "by fifty-one feet, ereeted in 1869, aod is designed for an intermediate and primary achool. The other rooms of the lower story have permanent glass partitions.
Faculty .- M. E. Westfall, Mary A. Pierce, Emmua M. Mathews, M. C. Bergb. OAKMAN SCHOOL is located on Oakman street, uear North Clinton. Size of lot, one hundred and twenty by three hundred and seven tect. The building is of brick, two stories bigh, with Mansard roof and tower. The lower floor is divided into three rooms, separated by permanent glass partitions, occupied by the Dioth, eighth, and seventh grades. The upper story is occupied by the sisth. fifth, and fourth grades, and the rooms are separated by sliding glass partitions. It was erected in 1855, and is fifty-two by seventy-two feet in size.
Faculty .- Louisa M. Daniels, Jane N. Brown, Helen A. Wedd, Nellie M. Allen, Sophia Samuels, May C. Ilogan, Eliza Rogers.
NORTON SCHOOL is located on the corner of Norton and St. Joseph streets ; brick building, one room. Amelia Stanley, principal.
BRIGHTON SCHOOL ia located in rear of Ely place; wooden building, one room. Miss E. Jewett, principal.
JAY STREET SCHOOL is located on Jay street, west of Whitney school. Miss E. Kewin, principal.
ROCHESTER FEMALE ACADEMY, Mrs. Sarab J. Nichols, princ pal. This insti- tution was organized in 1835, and went into operation the following year. It is the only chartered educational institution in the city subject to the regents, except the Free Academy. It has always been under the control of ladies as principals, except from 1858 to 1863, when it was under the control of Rev. James Nichols. The school has three departments,-preparatory, junior, aud senior,-in each of which the instruction is most thurongh. It has also a library, and is furnished with apparatus and a cabinet of minerals to illustrate the natural sciences. The trustees are Seth H. Terry, Thomas C. Montgomery, Joseph A. hastman, Lysander Farrar, Lewis Il. Morgan, Oscar Craig.
VOSBURO'S ACADEMY, East Main street, corner of Stone: John K. Vosburg, principal. This school was established in 1858, and is known as a day- and night- school where young men, buys, and young ladies are prepared for book-keepers, nr for any other pursuit in which they may wish to engage.
TRINITY SCHOOL, corner of Frank and Centre streets, has, at this writing, passed out of existence. It was a parochial school, organized in April, 1870, by the rector of St. Luke, Rev. C. H. W. Stocking, now of Grace Church, Detroit. It was a preparatory school for girls and boys, and continued in successful opera- tion for four years, under the control of Frances M. Buchan.
ROCHESTER BUSINESS UNIVERSITY was founded by Bryant, Stratton, and Chapman, September 1, 1863, Mr. J. V. R. Chapman assuming its management.
July 19. 1866, Mr. Chapman retired, and Mr. L. L. Williams suceceded to his interest and assumed tho presidency, which position he has since occupied. Tho branches embraced in its curriculum are book-keeping, penmanship, commercial law, business arithmetic, and practical granonar, which are supplemented by instruction in commercial orthography. business correspondence, business forms, office details, etc. Its departinents are open to both sexes. This university ia one of the fised institutions of Rochester, and justly merits the enviable reputa- tion attained. Its yearly attendance has reached six hundred pupils, and is steadily increasing.
HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL OF ROCHESTER.
BY MRS. S. H. TERRY.
In the autumn of 1856 Mrs. Ebenezer Griffin, of Rochester, visited Brooklyn, New York, where she witnessed the successful operation of an industrial school, She returned home fully imbued with a desire to establish a similar institution in Rochester. In co-operation with her friend and neighbor. Mrs. Henry .A. Brewster, she called an informal meeting of ladies at the house of the latter, corner of Spring and Washington streets, to discuss the feasibility of such an coterprise. A second meeting was held in the lecture-ruom of Plymouth church, where, in December, 1856, the Industrial School of Rochester was organized and the following officery elected : First Directress, Mrs. David C. Alling; Second Directress, Mrs. Alfred Ely ; Treasurer, Mrs. George H. Ely ; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Seth H. Terry ; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Gilman H. Perkins. On the 15th of April, 1857, the society was incorporated, and the following persons constituted the first board of directors : Ilcory A. Brewster, Aristarebus Champion, Heory R. Selden, Aaron Erickson. Samuel D. Porter, Elias Pond, Adolphus Morse, Samuel P. Ely, Edwin Scrantom, Edward M. Smith. Joshua Cookey, Ebenczer Griffin, and John M. French. The design of this institution is thus defined in the second article of its constitution :
" The objects of this association are, to gatber ioto the school vagrant and desti- tute children, who, from the poverty or vice of their parents, are unable to attend the public schools, and gather a precarious livelihood by begging or pilfering; to give them ideas of moral and religious duty ; to instruct them in the elements of learning and in different branches of industry, and enable them to obtain an honest and bonorable support, and to become useful members of society."
This organization had its birth in the midst of a winter of unusual severity, and when there was a great pressure in the money market, and all its operations were necessarily conducted on a very economical basis. The first cash contribu- tions were from H. A. Brewster and A. Champion, wbo each give one hundred dollars; Samuel P. Ely and George H. Ely each gave fifty dollars, and John 31. French gave the free use of rooms in the old Rochester House, Exchange street. A matroa, cook, and teneber were bired as permanent resident of the house; all other services were gratuitous.
On Christmas, 1856, more than three hundred destitute children partook of a dinner provided for them in the rooms of the association, which, on the 5th of January, 1857, were thrown open to the needy children of Rochester. A class of neglected, destitute, filthy, lawless children was soon collected. and a large and efficient board of managers strove to elevate them out of pauperism. The man- agers collected funds. provided supplies, assisted in teaching the children in the school-room and sewing-class, visited them in their homes, made new garments for them and repaired old ones, and furnished thein with a substantial dinner.
During the first year two hundred and sixty-four girls and two hundred and seventy-two boys were connected with the school; the average attendance was seventy-five. Ten children were provided with homes; seven hundred and four garments, one hundred and nineteen pairs of shoes, and twenty-one pairs of rub- bers were distributed among them. The cash expenses of the institution amounted to nine hundred and forty-six dollars and fifty-eight cents.
It was not the original design of the institution to retain children in the house after school hours, but exceptional eases soon minde it necessary to provide tem- porary homes for some of the children. A homeless colored hoy, who slept in an old sbanty, found his way to the industrial school; exposure at night induced consumption, and a home was given him in the institution. Frightened children would ask for ahelter, as intemperate parents were abusing them at home, and they would be harbored till the hour af peril was over, when they would return to their wretched abodes.
It soon became evident that more suitable quarters were needed to efficiently advance the objects of the association, and in 1853 the society purchased, for two thousand eight hundred dollars, of Mrs. Albert G. Smith, a house and Fit. The house. No. 76 Exchange street, was of brick ; the lot had a front of forty feet. running back one hundred and sixty-two feet to l'ine alley. Alterations were made in the house, and a two-story addition, tifty-four by twenty-three fret,
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was erected at the west of the building, thus furnishing, on the ground-fluer, u kitchen, dining room, closets, and bathing-room, and, in the seennd story, a large well-ventilated school-room.
In 1866 a large lot on the north of the old premises was purchased for two thousand five hundred dollars. thus providing an ample playground for the chil- dren; and in 1871 a small lot south of the original purchase was secured, thus enabling the society to make alterutions in their old house and additions south of it, to furnish accommodations for a day-nursery, where working mothers could leave their infants frow morning till night, while they labored to support their families.
Improvements on Exchange street have necessitated the new grading of the lot, and the taxes for sewerage have been heavy, but the present edifice as it now stands is an honor to the city, and by its central position and internal arrange- ment is well adapted to the needs of this charity. A good cellar gives ample room for storing vegetables and supplies. for a wash-room, furnace-room. and enal. On the first floor are the parlor, family sitting- and dining-room. two nurseries, bath-rooms, a kitchen, closets, and dining-room ; on the second, the school-rooms, ladies' sewing-room, wardrobe, matron's room, and the girls' dormitories; on the third are the boys' dormitories and a hospital for the sick. The school-room is supplied with the ordinary school appointments, and also with a parlor organ cost- ing one hundred and seventy dollars, which was paid for by contributions taken up in thirteen of the city Sabbath-schools.
The present centennial year completes the second decade in the life of the in- dustrial school, and through all these years this charity, with unswerving purpose, has sought to carry out its original benevolent designs. On five days of the week it has opened its doors to destitute children unable to attend the public schools : it has instructed them in the elementary branches of education: it has imparted moral and religious lessons ; it has given them ideas of neatness and industry ; it has initiated the older childich into the mysteries of the kitchen and dining-Touiu; it has elothed the ragged. shivering little ones, taught them how to make and mend their own garments. given them a pleasant home by day and a substantial dinner, and sent them forth to impart useful lessons in their own darkened homes. During and since the civil war many children of soldiers have here found a refuge.
Besides this, it has given a permanent home to many needy ones, thirty-four of whom now constitute the home family.
It has also welcomed to its cheerful nursery many wailing infants ; but experi- ence has proved that it is not wise, during the summer months, to congregate too many of this class beneath one roof in the midst of a city. It has received into its day-nursery the children of working mothers, caring for them from early morn till night, while their mothers were earning means for their support.
A large proportion of the beneficiaries of this institution have come from homes desolated by intemperance ; others have come because sickness or death bas de- prived the little ones of home comforts. Those best able to judge pronounce this charity a success. It cares for the helpless children, and seeks to make them self-supporting and useful.
The Industrial school has received some appropriations from State funds, and some memorial legacies, the interest of which is used for its support. The board of education supplies two teachers; the city pays a small >um for the board of some of the children, and parents for others; but the charity depends mainly for its support on the contributions of the benedcent citizens of Rochester. Two annual festivals-the strawberry festival in June, and the donation reception in Octuber- are held for the benefit of the school, and the managers rely largely on the avails of these to defray the current expenses of the institution. To meet special emergencies subscription papers have been circulated. and citizens have generously responded to the calls.
The last annual report shows an average attendance in the school the last year of ninety-three ; the home family has averaged about thirty : two hundred and twenty garments have been made from new material; one hundred and eighty-five from old; eight hundred garments have been repaired; nine hundred and thirty- four distributed ; one hundred and ninety-tour pairs of new shoes, and seventy- three pairs of old. have been given out ; the current expenses of the year amounted to three thousand seven hundred and ten dollars and forty-seven cents; Exchange street improvement and repairs amounted to one thousand four hundred and fifty- five dollars and thirty cents.
For more than eleven years the Industrial School Advocate has been published under the auspices of the association. It has ought to increase the public interest in this charity, and has made a monthly report of its conditions, needs, and do- nations. For five years it was wilited by Mrs. George T. Parker; since then it has been edited by Mrs. Seth H Terry.
The following list comprises the names of the officers of the Industrial school for the year 1876 :
CORPORATE OFFICERS .- Directors, Charles J. Hayden, Edwin Scrantom,
Lewis Morgan, Aristarchus Champion, * Levi A. Ward, Samuel D. Porter, John MI. French, " Seth H. Terry, D. A. Watson, Ebenezer Ely, * D. W. Powers. I-ae Butts, " Elias Pond .* Edward M. Smith, Jacob Anderson. William Kild. Henry R. Selden, Gilman H. Perkins, Henry A. Brewster." Emmett H. Hollister.' F. L. Durand, Fred. Turpin, Charles F. Pund, George S. Riley, J. W. Hatch ; Charles J. Hayden, president of the board ; Edwin Scrantom, secretary ; Gilman H. Perkins, Levi A. Ward, financial committee.
Oficers of the Association for the Year commencing January 8, 1876 .- Presi- dent, Mrs. George F. Danforth ; First Vice-President, Mrs. Nehemiah W. Bene- dict ; Second Vice-President, Mrs. Hiram Sibley ; Third Vice-President, Mrs. Isaac Butts; Fourth Vice-President, Mrs. Alfred Ely ; Treasurer, Mrs. Lewis H. Morgan : Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Gerard Arink ; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Gilman II. Perkins.
ROCHESTER REALSCHULE .- Prior to 1870 this school was under the charge of Dr. Dulon. At his death, in April, 1570, Mr. II. Plaefilin, who had been called from New York as assistant, became principal. The old frame building where the school was held at length hecame unfit for the purposes of the school, and the attendance rapidly decreased. The school board, being discouraged. offered to deed the house and grounds to Professor Pfaetdin, and leave him the school at his own risk. He accepted the offer, and, through the financial assist- ance of his brother-in-law, Mr. Memhard, of New York, a new building was com- pleted January 1, 1873, and in the same year the Realschulverein was reocean- ized. The number of pupils increased from one hundred and twenty in 1873 to one hundred and fifty-eight in 1876. The principle upon which the school is based requires a simultanenus study of the German and English languages. It is under the control of Professor Herman Pfaettlin, through whose able man- agement it rauks among the foremost schools in the city.
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