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The first school was opened in 1851 with the following corps of teachers :
Thales Lindsey, A. M., principal; David H. Devoe, assistant principal ; Ann D. Day, preceptress ; Martha D. Lyman, primary department ; H. Amanda Clark, assistant primary department; Eunice E. Husted, 2d assistant primary department; Mary E. Fargo, teacher of music.
Principals since the academy was opened in 1851 :
Thales Lindsley, A. M., 1851-55; Ira Buell, 1855; Marvin M. Baldwin, 1855-61 ; Robert L. Thatcher, 1861-62 ; Levi D. Miller, 1862-63 ; Charles Fairman, LL. D., 1863- 68; Hon. Ira D. Edwards, 1868-69; M. H. Paddock, 1869-73; M. J. Keeler, 1873-75; Frank J.[ Squires, 1875-76; P. K. Pattison, 1878-80; John T. Cothran, A. M., 1876-78, 1880-82; Ralph H. Bowles, 1882 -- 83 ; W. S. Smith, 1883-84 ; Charles E. Allen, A. M., 1884-91; Henry Pease, A. M., 1891-
The academy has been prosperous from the time of its organization and steadily grown in favor and strength, for it was founded upon the modern system of maintaining an academic department by tax upon the assessed valuation of the district. It has always been a free academy, by which title it is popularly known now. In 1884 the building was enlarged to nearly double its capacity to meet the needs of the school. It now has eight grades in which eight teachers are employed, besides the academic department.
Teachers in Academy .-- Henry Pease, A. M., principal; Greek, History, Civics, Economics. Ida A. Clark, Natural Sciences. Emma L. Stone, French, German, Latin. Mary E. Phelps, English. Harriet A. Lounsbury, Mathematics, Bookkeeping and Pen- manship.
Grades .-- Ada Bennett, 8th grade; L. Alice Torrey, 7th grade; Hattie L. Pettit, 6th grade ; Marian L. Brace, 5th grade, Ella N. Colby, 4th grade; Constance A. Bowen 3d grade ; Frances C. Gifford, 2d grade ; Mary D. Hood, Ist grade.
Oak Orchard Street School .-- Melinda C. Smith, principal; Kate L. Ryan, Margaret Lenahan, Hattie E. Prudden.
Laurel Ifill School .- Margaret Ryan, principal ; Kittie Tuohey.
Eagle Street School .- Hannah Tuohey, principal ; Emma M. Griffin.
Elizabeth Street School -- Carrie L. Sutter.
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Board of Education 1894-95 .-- Edward Munson, president ; M. A. Bowen, secretary ; Rev. William J. McNab, Roswell N. Post, John J. Ryan, Michael Slack, Seth G. Row- ley, Hon. Edmund L. Pitts, Irving L'Hommedieu. Officers: George A. Newell, treas- urer ; William Comerford, collector ; Charles N. Hood, district clerk ; F. T. Latham, regent's examiner. Visiting Committee: Miss Julia Merritt, chairman ; Mrs. L. Bren- nan, Mrs. A. F. Bush, Mrs. A. T. Smith, Mrs. J. N. Kersburg, Mrs. M. Cooper, Mrs. M. A. Bowen, and Mrs. H. A. Acer.
Former members of the Board of Education since 1861 .-- James Kearney, A. Bancroft, L. W. Merritt, A. K. Tuthill, Hon. Henry A. Childs, Oscar Whedon, J. C. Davis, A. J. Lyon, John Furguson, M. W. Ryan, William S. Tamblin, William Headley, Charles H. Headley, Dr. James Chapman, Lewis J. Ives, Bernard O'Reilly, Darwin Fuller, O. K. Johnson, C. A. McCormick, Albert L. Swett, Dr. R. S. Bishop, Albert J. Hill, Dr. E. P. Healey, B. Fairman, C. Farnham, C. S. Hoag, Hon. E. S. Whalen, J. C. Sheppard, Richard Becker, Albert Ball, M. McDonald, Owen Boyland, Col. Erwin A. Bowen, S. C. Brownell, J. K. Burroughs, Edward Posson, Albert M. Berry, E. Fitzpatrick, D. H. Abell, C. S. Murdock, William H. Lee, W. W. Patten, John W. Graves, Hon. John Parks, Dr. C. Whaley, S. C. Bowen, B. M. Anthony, Edward Davey, M. C. Bignall, J. D. Kearney, S. G. Purdy, John N. Kennan, S. E. Filkins, Jacob Gorton, Michael Cooper, L. Robinson, Manley Gaylord, Aaron B. Hunt, H. A. Fairman, Seth G. Rowley, Samuel E. Clark -- 61.
Twenty teachers are now employed in all the schools. In 1875 the Board of Education, by vote, made the schools wholly secular. For many years a parochial school was maintained but was discontinued in 1865, and since then all the children have regularly attended the public schools.
The district library contains about one thousand volumes and is val- ued at $1,200. The philosophical, chemical and astronomical apparatus is estimated at eight hundred dollars. In 1889 and '90 1, 100 children attended school out of a school population of 1,400, and about one hundred non-resident pupils some portion of the school year.
HOLLEY ACADEMY, 1850-In the fall of 1846 Worden Reynolds opened a select school in an old hotel building near the northwest cor- ner of the public square. This led to the founding of Holley Acad- emy, as other select schools had done elsewhere in the county. The citizens of Holley felt the need of an institution, at home, that would furnish instruction in branches higher than were then taught in common schools.
A public meeting was called for March 29, 1847, and at this meet- ing Hiram Frisbie, Augustus Southworth, and William Hatch were
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chosen a committee to solicit subscriptions for the founding of an academy. They succeeded in securing the required amount in money, lumber, lumber at mill, timber, lime, brick, building stone, plows, village lot. boots and shoes, teaming, and "my work," so that the follow- ing summer a two-story brick building was erected on a lot donated by Hiram Frisbie, situated on Wright street, and valued at $300.
It was conducted as a private school until March 28, 1850, when it was incorporated by the Regents as Holley Academy. The building cost $2,406 ; library, $161.25 ; apparatus, $153.78 ; lot valued at $300 ; total, $3,021.25. The academy started free from debt. The first Board of Trustees were: Augustus Southworth, president ; Col. John Berry, secretary; Luther D. Hurd, treasurer; James Benjamin, Hora- tio N. Keys, H. B. Perry, and Ransom P. Orr.
The first principal was Chandler T. Ford, A. B., a graduate of Will- iams College. His successors down to 1868, when the academy was changed to Holley Union School and Academy, were :
Loren Barnes, A. B., Edward O. Hall, William L. France, William D. Alle, A. M., Joseph Gile, Peter J. Carmichael, Hon. Ira Edwards, and George R. Smith. The pres- idents up to this time were : Augustus Southworth, H. N. Bushnell, William Hatch, Chauncey Robinson and H. N. Keyes. Secretary from 1850 to 1868, Col. John Berry.
For eighteen years this institution did most excellent work, but like many other academies was not financially a success.
The population of Holley had so increased that the common school accommodations were insufficient. It was therefore decided to unite the public school and the academy. April 6, 1868, the trustees of the academy turned over the academy property to the trustees of the Union Free School, " upon the express condition that an academical department shall be kept up therein without any vacation to exceed at any one time more than one year; and upon the failure to keep up said academical department as above provided, said academy property, both real and personal, shall revert back into the hands of the original contributors or their representatives." The institution was to be known as the Holley Union School and Academy. The first trustees chosen were: George W. Pierce, president; Jeffrey Harwood, secretary ; Dr. E. R. Armstrong, James Farnsworth, Nelson Hatch, and D. H. Par- tridge. Col. John Berry, Augustus Southworth, and Horatio M. Keys
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were made honorary members for their long and faithful labors for the benefit of the academy.
The following principals have served since 1868 :
Professor Gage, Burr Lewis, A. M .; D. J. Sinclair, A. B .; Abel Stilson, Lott Farns- worth, Marvin M. Baldwin, A. M .; A. W. Dyke, A. M .; George H. Kneeland, H. J. Pease, Henry Pease, A. M .; Willis E. Bond, A. M .; Herbert Reed, A. M .; and Henry D. Hopkins, A. M., the present principal. The presidents of the Board of Education since 1880 have been Hardni Beebe, Mrs. D. M. Partridge, Ira Edwards, J. D. Cogs- well, C. A. Chase, Dr. E. R. Armstrong, and E. D. Bronson.
In 1882 the increased attendance necessitated better accommodations. An addition was then made to the building at a cost of $4,500. In 1889 the board purchased the Coy house and lot adjoining the school lot for $2,200. Two rooms were arranged for school use, but this was in- sufficient. In 1868 three teachers were employed for 100 pupils. There are now eight teachers and the number of pupils has increased to over 350.
The present Board of Education are :
C. A. Chase, president ; George H. Savage, W. T. Pettingill, M. M. McCrillis, C. D. Bronson, and Horace Farewell.
Teachers-Henry D. Hopkins, A. M., principal; Anna L. Potter, preceptress; Jennie A. Coles, 7th Grade; Caroline E. Ridler, 5th and 6th Grades ; Lina L. Warren, 4th Grade; Susan L. Love, 3rd Grade; Mary A. Maynard, 2nd Grade; Helen M. Orr, 1st Grade.
PHIPPS UNION SEMINARY, 1837-The founder of this once famous institution was Miss Caroline Phipps, daughter of Joseph Phipps, one of the early pioneers of Orleans county. She attended the district school at Eagle Harbor, and at the early age of fourteen taught her first school at Gaines Basin. In 1832 she attended the Gaines Academy and later the Nichols Ladies' School at Whitesboro, N. Y. In 1833 she began a select school in the old Eagle Tavern building in Albion, on the lot where her seminary afterwards was built (now a part of the Court House Square), near where the county clerk and surrogate's office now stands. She was an ambitious woman, with progressive ideas and great self-reliance.
In August, 1833, she boldly issued a circular letter announcing her intention of founding a female seminary in character similar to the famous Willard Seminary of Troy, N. Y. She met with considerable
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opposition from leading citizens, who believed it better to establish an academy for boys and girls. It was not until April, 1836, that a sub- scription of about $4,500 was raised for the purpose of founding the seminary,
The amount was loaned to Miss Phipps, who gave a mortgage on the seminary property and subsequently paid the debt in full.
Following is the original subscription, containing the names of many citizens who have been conspicuous for good works in Orleans county .
Alexis Ward. $200
Jacob Iden. $ 25
Franklin Doty 100
Hiram S. Goff. 50
James Stevens 100
T. H. Blackwell. 25
Hugh McCurdy 100
Samuel Whitcomb. 25
Henry J. Sickels. 50
Roswell S. Burrows. 200
Freeman Clarke. 200
Thomas C. Fanning 100
Norman Bedell. 50
Harvey Goodrich 100
J. J. Orton.
50
C. W. Swan. 100
William James.
100
Joshua Rathbun. 100
Franklin Fenton. 100
A. H. Mckinstry 100
James Hazen 75
Roswell Clark 100
Seymour Treadwell 100
Elizur Hart 50
O. Nichoson 100
Thomas S. Clark. 100
Abram Cantine 100
Alpheus Barrett.
25
T. and S. Burrell. 100
George Champlin
50
Abel R. Torrey. . :
50
A. B. Mills. 100
David Swan.
50
F. Holsenburg 25
E. T. Noble.
25
Cyrus Farwell 50
Alderman Butts,
75
Eliza Dana 25
Sheldon Hopkins.
25
Harvey Ball. 50
Moses Bacon
50
Lorenzo Burrows 100
Andrew Wall.
25
Hiram Sickels. 25
Benjamin Greig 25
Rice Warner
50
John B. Lec .. 100
Lewis Warner (goods) 100
Samuel Fitch 50
Calvin Church 50
William Fisher 30
Oliver Brown. 25
John Henderson 25
N. M. Miller 25
Pierpont Dyer.
25
J. M. Andrews 25
Lansing Bailey.
50
William H. Watson 25
D. Holt, jr. 25
James Holmes 50
Some more subscriptions were afterwards made, and by this fund and the public spirit and liberality of the above named citizens of Albion, the seminary and Albion Academy grew.
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Miss Phipps erected a four-story brick building, 40x60 feet. The cost of the real estate was $14,000, and the school furniture was valued at about $3,000. The school opened in January, 1837. It met with signal success from the beginning. It soon had an attendance of 100 boarders and 100 day scholars. They came from far and near from all parts of the country. Miss Phipps was married in 1839 to Henry C. Achilles and they, assisted by her two sisters, Misses Mary and So- phronia Phipps, conducted the seminary about nine years. In July, 1848, it was sold to Rev. Frederick James, but soon reverted to its first managers. They continued again with flattering success until July, 1866, when it was sold to Rev. G. A. Starkweather. Three years later it again came back into the hands of its first managers. It steadily in- creased in popularity, and for over twenty years it ranked among the first institutions of its kind in the State. They employed ten teachers, whose salaries amounted to $2,000.
In 1857 a large addition was made to the seminary building to meet the needs of the school on account of the increased attendance. The grounds were also enlarged.
A fire occurred in the seminary building in the autumn of 1874, and another in the spring of 1875 which so crippled the institution that it was discontinued. The property was purchased by the county and now forms a part of the Court House square. Following is a list of teachers of the seminary, as nearly as could be compiled by Mr. E. R. Reynolds.
Caroline Phipps, Sophronia Phipps, Mary A. Phipps, Martha A. Ballard, Helen Phelps, C. E. Church, Amelia F. Barnard, Damie A. Colburn, Jane M. Cole, H. M. Ellsworth, Martha Everts, L. H. Reed, Mary Jane Pratt, Alzina Farr, Mary White, Helen Doty, Jane Seaton, Harriet Stewart, Sarah Green, Charlotte Crittenden, Louisa Metcalf, Mary F. Waterbury, Maria Sheldon, Carrie Anderson, Louisa F. Sawyer, Minerva O'Harrow, Caroline B. Hoyt, Etta Alderson, Harriet M. Marshall, Francis H. Miller, Julia Paine, Mary Ingoldsby, Sarah Smith, Mary Jane Anderson, Minnie Hodge, Harriet Smith, Charlotte Goodell, Sarah Stewart, Anna P. Sill, Abba Barnard, Sarah E. Baker, Pamelia Grey, Catharine C. Abeel, Maria Pollock, Ellen A. Mckinstry, Mary Everts, Mary Salisbury, Camelia Leach, Mary Buell, Mary Howland, Martha Achilles, Anna C. Peak, Ellen H. Avery.
ALBION UNION FREE SCHOOL, 1876 .- At the regular school meet- ing, the second Tuesday in August, held at the village hall, in Albion,
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Hon. Sanford E. Church was chosen chairman and the following officers elected :
N. Z. Sheldon, trustee; Fred G. Beach, clerk; George Freame, collector, David Hardie, librarian.
On motion of Hon. John G. Sawyer, John H. White, Abel Stilson, Charles H. Moore, E. R. Reynolds, and Seth L. King were appointed a committee to examine the general laws on the subject of organizing a Board of Education and of procuring such amendments thereto as might be necessary for the organization of a Board of Education and the estab- lishment of a Union School in the village of Albion. On motion of J. H. White, Hon. John G. Sawyer was added to the committee.
The following Monday evening a meeting of School District No. I, of the town of Albion was held at the Court House, to take action in organizing a Union School. Hon. Daniel H. Cole was chosen chairman and Hon. Henry A. Glidden offered the following resolution :
Resolved, That a Union Free School be established within the limits of School District No. 1, in the town of Albion, Orleans county, pursuant to the provisions of title 9, chapter 555, laws of 1864, of the acts relating to public instruction as amended by the laws of 1876.
. This resolution was adopted. A Board of Education, consisting of nine members, was nominated by Edward Porter, esq., and elected by a nearly unanimous vote :
For one year, Charles H. Moore, Henry A. Glidden; for two years, Joseph M. Cor- nell, George W. Ough, Charles A. Keeler; for three years, John N. Proctor, Abel Stil- son, Abram H. Goodman.
Upon the organization of the above board, John H. White was elected president, and Abel Stilson clerk.
The Union School was organized with a course of study extending through twelve years, and divided into three departments, viz .: Primary Department, Grammar School, and High School, each embracing four years of the course of study, and therefore embracing four grades. The schools were then placed under the charge of a superintendent appointed by the Board of Education.
In August, 1876, the Board of Education purchased for $2,500 the real estate of the Albion Academy. The academy occupied an entire square of three acres, bounded by West Bank, West State, Academy
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and West Academy streets. The High School and Grammar School were placed in this building, and the primary schools in the four dis- trict school buildings, owned by the district. In 1878 an addition was made to the High School, 120 by 60 feet, and again in 1885, another forty by twenty feet. A fine two-story brick building just south of the Court House square was afterwards built, now known as the Central Primary. The Public and Town Libraries are on the second floor of this building.
School opened September 1I, 1876, with the following corps of teachers :
Freeman A. Greene, A. M., principal, Latin, Greek and natural sciences (served as principal from 1876 to 1883, superintendent since 1883, eighteen years). James H. Mattison, assistant principal, mathematics and literature. Una Stilson, French, Ger- man and mathematics. Jennie J. Brown, reading and mathematics. Grammar School : Ella Wirt, Margaret McGuire, Fannie A. McCraken. Primary Department: Eliza C. Gillette, Cora M. Willsea, Libbie M. Fuller, Fannie E. Hubbard, Addie J. Briggs.
Superintendent and teachers 1894-5, with title and college from which they are graduates :
Freeman A. Greene, A. M. (University of Rochester), superintendent. High School : Charles Hamilton, A. M., University of Rochester, principal, Latin, Greek and mathe- matics. Anna F. Barrett, A. B., Cornell University, graduate of Albion High School, 1888, modern languages, literature and mathematics. Frances Olmstead Abbott, Nor- mal, science, history and composition. Elizabeth Grace Fisher, A. B., Vassar College, German, Latin, rhetoric and history. Elvira O. Cousins, O. B. Emerson College, elocu- tion, physical culture and vocal music. Carrie R. Baker, principal Intermediate De- partment. Sarah L. Hatfield, teacher of drawing throughout Union School. Gram- mar School: Teachers, with year of graduation from Albion High School. Lolah M. Barrell 1881, principal seventh and eighth grades. Alice L. Harris. 1886, assistant. A. Grace Harris, 1887, assistant. Etta Alderson, principal, sixth grade. Jennie H. Mattinson, 1880, principal fifth grade. Minnie B. Glenn, 1888, assistant. Primary Department: Anna L. Mason, 1889. Ida M. Bratt, 1884. Florence M. English, 1892. Mary F. Dowd, 1889. Nellie M. Bowles, 1893. Le Vanche Gallanneau, 1887. Cora R. Byington, Ella M. Hill, 1885. M. Jeannette Robertson, 1890. 12 teachers employed in 1876. 22 teachers and 1 superintendent in 1894.
Twenty-eight different teachers employed in Albion High School since 1876 with de- gree, college from which they graduated, and term of service. - Freeman A. Greene, A. M., Univ. of Rochester, principal 7 years, superintendent 11; James H. Mattison, 1 year; Una Stilson, 2 years ; Jennie J. Brown, 3 years ; Frances W. Forbes, A. M., Univ. of Rochester, 1 year, resigned to accept a professorship in Buffalo Normal School ; Mary J. Hawthorne, 3 years; William P. L. Stafford, A. M., Hamilton, 3
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years; Frank H. Hall, A. M., Hamilton, 2 years; Alice L. Hulburd, A. M., Vassar, 5 years; Helen M. Farrand, A. M., Univ. of Michigan, 3 years; Julia A. Sawyer, one year at Wellesley, 5 years; Helen L. McChesney, A. M., Ingham, preceptress 12 years, resigned June, 1894, to travel abroad; Lowell C. Smith, A. B., Hamilton, 1 year ; William J. Rushmore, A. M., Harvard, 1 year; George W. Benton, Univ. of Indiana, 3 years ; Abigail K. Wolcott, A. B., Elmira, 3 years; Emma J. Haney, 4 years ; S. Ida Price, 2 years, taught 3 years in the Grammar School; Carrie R. Baker, 6 years, taught in Union School since 1878; Charles A. Hamilton, A. M., Univ. of Rochester, 6 years; Katharine M. Cochran, A. B., Vassar, 4 years, resigned to accept a position as teacher of Latin in New York Teachers' College ; Albert C. Burrows, B. S., Univ. of Rochester, 1 year ; Cora F. Herrick, 2 years, taught in Union School from 1878 to 1889; Seymour Olmstead, 2 years; Frances O. Abbott, 2 years; Elizabeth Smith, 2 years; Harriet C. Paul, 2 years ; Sarah L. Hatfield, 3 years.
IN MEMORIAM.
Sarah J. Hale, '79, graduate of Albion High School, died March 22, 1883 ; Fannie Hubbard, died September 23, 1883; Margaret M. McGuire, died February 22, 1885 ; Sarah E. Wall, '85, died March 2, 1889; Mamie E. Hubbard, '86, died May 22, 1892.
Board of Education 1894, with term of service .-- John H. White, 16 years, presi- dent ; Irving M. Thompson, 14 years, clerk; George W. Ough, 18 years ; Franklin Clarke, 1 year; Albert C. Burrows, 1 year; Ezra T. Coann, 12 years; William B. Dye, 1 year ; Orville H. Taylor, 4 years ; Isaac S. Signor, 4 years.
Other members of the board since 1876 .-- Albert S. Warner, 5 years; Thomas Hales, 1 year ; Seth S. Spencer, 7 years; John Bidelman, 1 year; John Cunneen, 5 years ; Joseph M. Cornell, from 1876 till he died, July 4, 1890, trustee of Albion Academy for many years and contributed liberally to its support; Abram H. Goodman, 13 years, from 1876 till he died, February 17, 1891; Abel Stilson, 4 years; Henry A. Glidden, 6 years; Charles A. Keeler, 1 year; John W. Proctor, 4 years; E. Kirk Hart, 4 years, from 1889 till he died, February 18, 1893; Charles H. Moore, 17 years, from 1876 till he died, August 4, 1893. Twenty-two have served on the board since 1876.
Officers of board with term of service .-- Presidents: John H. White, 1876-77, 1882- 94; John N. Proctor, 1878-9; Charles H. Moore, 1880; Albert S. Warner, 1881.
Clerks -- Abel Stilson, 1876-80; Henry A Glidden, 1880-2; Seth S. Spencer, 1882- 9; Irving M. Thompson, 1890-4.
Rev. A. C. Osborn, D.D., Regents' Examiner.
IN MEMORIAM.
Members of the Board of Education .- Thomas Hales, died July 20, 1884 ; John N. Proctor, died February 11, 1889; Joseph M. Cornell, died July 4, 1890; Abram H. Goodman, died February 17, 1891,; E. Kirk Hart, died February 18, 1893 ; Charles H. Moore, died August 4, 1893; Henry A. Glidden, died January 31, 1894.
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But one year was needed to convince the people that the graded system of public schools was the best. The first year's school closed June 28, 1877, with promotions, awarding of prizes, appropriate public exercises and a picnic in the Court House Park. The following is the programme of the first closing exercises of the High School :
Piano solo, Minnie Powers. Quartette, Misses Tanner and Chester and Messrs. How- ard and Stebbins. Essay, "Cross Roads," Fannie W. Burleigh. Essay, "Fences," Clinton Clark. Essay, "Improvement of Time," Clara Goodwin. Essay, "Envy," Dora Hannington. Oration, H. W. Lattin. Essay, "The End not Yet," Mollie Lattin. Piano duet, Minnie Powers and Clara Proctor. Essay, "Fate," Lena Van Voorhies. Essay, "Pleasures of Memory," Mary Tanner. Essay, "Labor," Jessie Thatcher. Es- say, "Mysteries," Ida C. Young. Essay, "Footprints of Time," with valedictory, Carrie E. Thompson.
Eight of the above pupils afterwards graduated from the High School, and Miss Ida C. Young taught several years in the public schools of Albion and Rochester.
At the opening of the second year two rival literary societies were or- ganized, known as the Kappa Phi and Alpha Phi, which did much to awaken a deeper interest in rhetorical work, The first public exercises the Kappa Phi had was October 10, 1877, with the following pro- gramme :
Singing by the school. Declamation, "Columbus," Warren Gordis. Recitation, " Her Letter," Grace Wirt. Essay, "Flies," Mollie Houghtaling. Song, " The Wolf at the Door," Clara Van Camp. Recitation, " The Messenger," Alice Torrey. Recita- tion, Nellie Winch. Declamation, " Lessons of History," Lewis Rogers. Song, " Gently Down the Stream of Time," Lizzie King. Recitation, "Our Folks," Addie Gibson. Recitation, "Song of Home," Lena Phelps. Song, "Jennie, the Flower of Killdare," Hattie Clark. Declamation, "Wounded," W. S. Hunt. Poem, "Make the Best of It," Carrie Thompson. Singing by the school. Recitation, " The Blue and the Gray," Liz- zie King. Recitation, Mittie Straight. Essay, "Trip to the Moon," Gussie McGerald. Song, " Among the Hay," Alice Torrey. Declamation, Charles Cushing. Essay, " Drift- wood," Sarah Hale. Recitation, Annie Lawrence. Declamation, Bennie Williams. Singing by the school.
John H. White, president of the Board of Education, was present and addressed the school.
October 27, 1877, occurred the first public exercises of the Alpha Phi society. Hon. Sanford E. Church addressed the school at the close of the following programme :
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Song, "Geneveive," Getty Lewis. Declamation, "Sheridan's Ride," Henry Glenn. Essay, " Faith," Ide C. Young. Recitation, " Launching the Ship," Lillie Northrup. Song, "Take This Letter to My Mother," Minnie Mason. Declamation, H. W. Lattin. Essay, "I," Fannie Burleigh. Recitation, "Widow of Glen Cove," Julia A. Sawyer. Song, " Old Folks at Home," Louise Diem. Declaration, "Picturesque of Rome," George Glenn. Recitation, "Parson Avery," Clara Mason. Song, "Drifting With the Tide," Hattie Warner. Essay, " Good Breeding," Milo Root. Declamation, "Queer People," Louis Landauer. Poem, "Kiss Me First," Alice Daniels. Recitation, "Cur- few," Kessie Buell. Select reading, Getty Lewis, Song, "Patriotic," Quartette. Se- lect reading, Prof. Forbes. Song, Louise Diem.
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