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CHAPTER V. CIVIL ENGINEERS.
Don L. Galusha, b. Nov. 17, 1881 ; son of Rufus B. and Myra (Wilson) Galusha. Graduated at Vermont Academy 1900 and at Mass. Institute of Technology 1904. An electrical engineer
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connected with the Stone and Webster Corporation, Boston, since 1906.
Hobart Hamilton, b. June 26, 1831 ; son of J. H. Hamilton. graduated U. V. M. 1853. Civil engineer with C., B. and Q. . R. R. '53-'56; editor at Peoria, Ill., '58-'63; first lieut. 102d Ill. Vols. '63-'65; county clerk '66-'69; master in chancery '67-'74; chief engineer S. and N. W. R. R. '70-'73 ; chief engineer drain- age system Mason Co., Ill. '85. Address Petersburg, Ill.
Don C. Hawley, b. at Cambridge, Vt., Oct. 12, 1866; son of Ira and Carrie (Wheelock ) Hawley ; moved to Jericho in 1876. Graduated Goddard Seminary '87 and U. V. M. '91; with Vt. Marble Co. at Proctor and had charge of their exhibit at World's Fair; since with a construction company, now called the Fiske Carter, whose headquarters are at Worcester, Mass., as civil engineer ; located at Charleston, S. C .; has erected mills and houses in the South ; m. Nov. 5, '04, Albertine Soule, of Fairfield, Vt.
Vinson K. Nash, b. here Jan. 13, 1847 ; son of Daniel C. and Nancy M. (Kennedy) Nash. Studied at Essex Classical In- stitute and Hyde Park ; technical education at Worcester, Mass., mining technical education in Pacific Chemical Works, San Fran- cisco; work as salaried engineer began in 1869; was four years assistant in an engineering firm in Worcester; four years in city engineer's office of that city in charge of construction of sewer system at first and then of streets and parks; one year engaged in construction work upon Hospital for the Insane at Quin- sigamond Lake ; six years in charge of department of railroad construction of a large firm, building new lines, double tracking old lines, rebuilding bridges, etc., preparatory to the introduction of heavier rolling stock on the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R .; one year locating and constructing engineer on the Rock Island sys- tem, building that road from main line in Minn. through N. W. Iowa to Sioux Falls, S. D .; since 1886, excepting one year resi- dent engineer for the D. & H. C. Co. rebuilding their line from Plattsburgh to Lake Placid, has been in business for himself as designing, constructing and contracting engineer on work all over the country ; some of his Vt. works are Winooski sewer, Essex
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Junction water supply, Barre and Montpelier Electric R. R., Springfield Electric R. R., Bellows Falls and Saxtons River Elec- tric R. R .; has been chief engineer of about 1,000 miles of railroad work, about 15 electric lines, 40 reservoirs, besides bridges, build- ings, sewer systems, water supplies, etc .; was contractor for the largest Boston reservoir; also for foundation of Providence terminal station on N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R .; during the contract- ing period he had his own granite quarries and did everything from start to finish; as mining engineer has examined and re- ported upon 2,000 claims, gold, silver, copper and lead propo- sitions mostly ; m (1) Ada S. Humphrey of Underhill, Mar. 17, 1871, who d. Mar. 30, 1872; one son, Curtis H., b. Mar. 1, 1872, a contracting irrigating well developer in Strathmore, Cal; m. (2) Emma L. Guild of Boston, Nov. 10, 1877, who d. Dec. 9, 1882; three children : Charles G., b. Oct. 22, 1878, assistant to the chief engineer of S. P. R. R. Co., Portland, Ore .; John H., b. July 26, 1880, sup't. of machine shop, Vergennes, Vt .; Ruth A., b. June 26, 1882, graduate nurse Visalia, Cal .; m. (3) Annie J. Aiken, of Woonsocket, R. I., Apr. 13, 1887. Present address : Portersville, Cal.
HORTICULTURIST.
George H. Howe, b. Feb. 9, 1888; son of Fred W. and Clara (Collins) Howe. Graduated High School Proctor, 1906; graduated U. V. M. Agr. Dept., 1910; ass't horticulturist at N. Y. Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y.
CHAPTER VI.
MISCELLANEOUS.
LIST OF GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT BORN IN JERICHO.
The following list of such is intended to be complete. For particulars of those who became clergymen, lawyers, physicians, teachers or engineers, the reader is referred to the lists of such. The order followed is that of class years.
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*Thomas Chittenden 1809; lawyer.
*Rev. Samuel Lee 1831; clergyman.
*George Blackburn 1838; teacher.
*George L. Lyman 1841; physician.
*James Smedley Blackburn 1844; b. July 23, 1819; brother of George. Taught in public schools, New Orleans; police of- ficer N. Y. City ; flour and grain merchant ; d. East Orange, N. J., July 24, 1891.
Hobart Hamilton 1853; engineer.
Washington Spencer Cilley 1867; lawyer.
*Henry Homer Douglass 1870; b. Dec. 2, 1846. Manager Minneapolis Mill Company ; d. Jan. 10, 1877.
*Byron Olin White 1873; teacher.
Louis Shaw 1874; b. Mar. 29, 1851. Ass't. manager Mich. Central R. R., Niles, Mich.
Rufus W. Bishop 1877 ; physician.
*Jed Samuel Lane 1886; b. Feb. 8, 1865. Railway engineer in Wis. and Tenn .; manager lumber business ; d. Murphy, N. C., Aug. 2, 1890.
Earl M. Wilbur 1886; clergyman.
*Buel C. Day 1888; teacher.
Carleton Hazen 1888; clergyman.
*Allen Hazen 1888; physician. Frank W. Hazen 1890; clergyman. William Hazen 1893; clergyman. Robert Hazen 1896; physician.
Tracy E. Hazen 1897 ; teacher.
Bingham H. Stone 1897 ; physician.
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Theodore B. Williams 1909. In business at Jericho.
Olive L. (Hayden) Janes 1910; m. Donald M. Janes of Richford, Oct. 8, 1914.
George H. Howe 1910; horticulturist.
Hovey Jordan 1912; post-graduate student at Harvard.
THE FOLLOWING LIST OF STUDENTS WHO ENTERED U. V. M. BUT DID NOT GRADUATE IS APPENDED.
*Samuel Augustus Lee 1835.
*Edwin Blackman 1837; b. 1814. Merchant ; settled early in Chicago; real estate business; d. in Chicago.
*Albert Clark Spalding 1841; b. 1823. Merchant; d. at So. Orange, Mass., Aug. 31, 1847.
*Henry A. Smalley 1853; b. Feb. 28, 1834; son of Judge David A. At West Point, '50-'53; Col. 5th Vt. Vols .; captain 2nd artillery, U. S. A .; d. N. Y., May 13, 1888.
George Parmalee Ranslow 1856; b. Aug. 12, 1832. Mer- chant and farmer ; in 1st Iowa Vol. cavalry.
*Edwin W. Bartlett 1865; physician.
Chauncey Langdon Church 1865; b. Feb. 28, 1841. Private 2d Vt. Vol .; killed in action at Banks' Ford, May 4, 1863.
Emma L. (Lane) Votey 1883 ; teacher.
Charles Edwin Douglas 1886; b. Sept. 12, 1859. In Texas.
Don C. Hawley 1891; civil engineer.
Ernest James Spalding 1892; b. Dec. 30, 1868. Wholesale grocer, Burlington.
Rolla Williams Brown 1906.
Marjory A. Hayden 1916.
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THE FOLLOWING YOUNG PEOPLE OF JERICHO ARE AT PRESENT IN U. V. M .:
Helen M. Chapin 1917.
Reginald G. Hawley 1917.
Chauncey Harold Hayden 1917. Coletta Barrett 1918. Mildred M. Chapin 1918. Wendell J. Hayden 1918. Robert Casey 1919.
Lloyd Hulburd 1919. Ina Irish 1919.
Wilhelm Schillhammer 1919.
THE FOLLOWING ARE AT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE: Clara P. Barnum 1917. Carl H. Moulton 1917.
THE FOLLOWING ARE KNOWN TO HAVE GRADUATED FROM DARTMOUTH:
*Jedediah Lane, Jr. 1794 ; teacher. Frederick L. Kingsbury 1875; clergyman.
*Stephen G. Emerson 1887; clergyman. George Byron Kingsbury 1889; teacher.
THE FOLLOWING ARE KNOWN TO HAVE GRADUATED FROM MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE:
*Heman Rood 1819; clergyman.
*Calvin Butler 1824; clergyman.
*Anson Rood 1825; clergyman.
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*Eugene J. Ranslow 1866; clergyman.
Alice W. Barnum 1912; teacher. Resides at Jericho Center
Blanche Bostwick 1912; teacher; m. Nov. '14, Dr. Clarence A. Bonner. Resides at Skinner, Me.
GRADUATE OF MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY :
Don L. Galusha 1914; civil engineer.
THE FOLLOWING ARE KNOWN TO HAVE GRADUATED FROM MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE:
Anna E. Warner 1869; clerk Treasury Dep't., Washington, D. C., '71-'82. Resides at Jericho Center.
Maria B. Humphrey 1874; m. Lucius R. Hazen; five chil- dren. Resides at Middletown, Ct.
NON-GRADUATES OF MT. HOLYOKE:
*Mary A. Elliot 1854; d. at Jericho, April 3, 1870.
*Almira F. Elliot 1862; m. Rev. Austin Hazen 1881; d. at Montpelier Oct. 26, 1899.
Jennie G. Warner 1862; m. * Hiram S. Hart 1871; teacher, nurse, librarian; one dau. who died at three years of age. Re- sides at Jericho Center.
Harriette R. Hovey 1880; m. * Charles F. Higgins 1892 ; mu- sic teacher ; social worker; one son who died at three years of age. Resides at Jericho Center.
GRADUATE OF VASSAR COLLEGE:
Ora Wilson Galusha 1906; has done secretarial work with the Economic Club of Boston and the New England Tel. & Tel. Co. Resides at Winchester, Mass.
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SKETCHES OF THE PHYSICIANS AT PRESENT IN TOWN :
A. F. Burdick, practitioner for forty years in Underhill and Jericho. See genealogy.
Merritt O. Eddy, b. in Townshend, Feb. 26, 1877; son of Willard H. and Mary (Lakin) Eddy. Graduated Leland and Gray Seminary, '96, and Tufts Medical 1905. Practiced in Readsboro five years and in 1911 purchased the practice of Dr. H. D. Hopkins; m. in 1904 Mildred D. Hooper of Wakefield, Mass .; two children.
George B. Hulburd, b. in Waterville, Feb. 6, 1862; son of Benjamin F. and Juliana (Miller) Hulburd. Attended Lamoille Central Academy ; graduated U. V. M. Medical '85. In '90 took course in N. Y. Post-Graduate Medical School; practiced in Waterville and in 1894 located in Jericho, where for over twenty years he has followed his profession ; m. in 1886 Anna L. Patch of Johnson, who d. May 31, '87 ; m. July 11, '92, Mary E. Flagg, dau. of Dr. R. L. Flagg of Jeffersonville; one son Lloyd F., b. Oct. 9, 1896, and is now in U. V. M .; health officer since 1903; has served on board of Visiting Physicians and on board of Con- sulting Surgeons at the Mary Fletcher Hospital.
Frank B. Hunt, b. in Fairfax, Sept. 27, 1885; son of Ira E. and Charlotte (Ballard) Hunt. Studied at New Hampton Institute in Fairfax, Vermont Academy one year, and Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax, graduating in 1906; three years at U. V. M .; graduated U. V. M. Medical 1913; course in a Boston Hospital; began practice at the Flats Oct., 1913; m. June 23, 1914, Katherine L. Boughton of Easton, N. Y.
W. Scott Nay, b. in Milton Dec. 12, 1850. (See Nay fam- ily).
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CHAPTER VII.
THE HIGHER SCHOOLS OF THE TOWN.
JERICHO ACADEMY.
The reader is referred to Mr. Wilbur's historical account and also to his Charter Day address, both in this volume, for the progress of education in town and for valuable notes upon the old Jericho Academy. But it seems well to present by itself for the sake of fuller knowledge and reference some material in regard to the academy which has been published elsewhere.
The academy building itself, located on the south side of the park at the Center and now used by the Congregational Church under the name of a parish house, Mr. Wilbur tells us was erected in 1825. It was not till March, 1827, that the school was successfully operated. Under the management of Simeon Bicknell it became the best in this part of the state.
Dr. George Lee Lyman in Hemenway's Gazetteer gives the following estimate of this teacher :
"Rev. Simeon Bicknell, A. M., educated at Dartmouth Col- lege, was many years a teacher of the old stamp, nearest to my idea of the celebrated masters of the great English schools. A scholar must obey implicitly, and learn all it was reasonable to ask of him, or emigrate-no half-way measures. He did not think it reasonable to ask us little boys to learn much.
Mr. Bicknell was very much afflicted with sick headaches, sometimes so severely as to disqualify him for business for a fortnight. This had a great effect upon his temper, discourag- ing him generally and making him restless and discontented with what he was doing. He taught Jericho Academy five years with rapidly increasing popularity, when, tempted by more bril- liant promises, he removed to Malone, N. Y. The disastrous consequences of his headache followed him, year to year, from one change to another, till in 1844 he went to Wisconsin to find a home for his growing family. After being employed sometime surveying, again becoming discouraged, he came to Milwaukee on his way to the East. Hon. William A. Prentiss, who had also been a Jericho man, meeting him and learning his discourage-
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ments said, 'But, Master Bicknell, Wisconsin cannot spare you so; she needs more such men. You must make your home in Wisconsin. Wait till we see what we can do for you.' He lent him money, which enabled him to make a home there."
Mr. Bicknell came back a second time to the academy, and during the year 1844 preached in the Congregational Church.
Prof. Joseph S. Cilley, who attended the academy about three years, gave interesting reminiscences at the centennial of the church in 1891. We quote his remarks upon the teachers :
"My recollections of the academy go back of my connection with it. I well remember its first permanent principal, Simeon Bicknell, who had charge of the school about five years. He was a noble man, a fine scholar, an excellent teacher, a Christian gentleman. So said the people, so said his pupils, and his praise was upon their tongues no less in after years than then. Under his administration Jericho Academy stood the first, or among the first schools of the State of its kind. Scholars came from far and near, many of whom stood high as students and after- wards attained eminence. Nor did the glory of those days, though dimmed, fade entirely on the departure of Mr. Bicknell. For several years the school flourished and prospered greatly in the hands of others. I do not know positively, but think that Mr. E. J. Marsh was the successor of Mr. Bicknell, and that he remained about two years. Mr. Marsh was my first teacher in the academy, and to him I owe much of the delight I have since found in study, and whatever success, little though it be, I have had in my life work. Under his instruction I learned to read most of all, and I have since acted in accordance with my faith, that when one has learned to read, he may further educate himself, if he will.
"Mr. John Boynton, my second teacher, was the successor of Mr. Marsh, and was fully his equal in all respects. During his stay the school flourished greatly. His pupils loved him and rejoiced much in his instruction and his counsel. He was a brilliant scholar, a fine teacher, a genial, kind-hearted, manly man. He despised empty show and vain pretense, but honored solid worth whether found in rich or humble garb. Dear good man, long since he passed from earth away to rest, I trust, in the
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presence of Him to whom in the presence of his school he daily offered his morning prayer.
"My third and last teacher at the academy was Mr. James T. Foster, a kind, pleasant man, and a good teacher. Under his management the school prospered, though there seemed to be less interest and enthusiasm than before. After his retirement there was but little permanence in instruction at the academy, and the interest of former days began to decline. Frequent change of teachers, and want of vim in some of them, made the decline so positive that even the return of Mr. Bicknell, the first able prin- cipal, failed to restore the ancient fame of the academy. Though he was the same able and efficient teacher, and in a measure suc- cessful, the decline continued after his short stay, and continuing still through years of struggle for life, death followed."
The catalogues of the time were printed, poster fashion, upon a single sheet. That for the fall term, ending Nov. 27, 1835, gives a formidable board of trustees consisting of 22 gentle- men, headed by Rev. Simeon Parmelee, Westford. John Boynton, A. B., was principal; Amasa M. Brown and Orville Wiggins, assistant pupils. I transcribe the names of the students :
LADIES.
Mary Ann Adams, . Jericho
Eliza Ann Blackman . Jericho
Caroline French Belmont, N. Y.
Charlotte B. Gibbs
Jericho
Fidelia U. Graves
.Jericho
Jericho Lydia Griffin
Mary E. Hale Jericho
Esther Howe
Westford
Charlotte A. Parmelee Westford
Adaline H. Parmelee Westford
Martha M. Reed
· Jericho
Mary Reed Jericho Charlotte L. Rockwood
Jericho
Hannah M. Richardson . Jericho
Caroline Richardson . Jericho Matilda Wells Underhill
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Mary Ann Stiles . Jericho Electa Terrill Underhill
Almira B. Whitten . Jericho
GENTLEMEN.
Lovatus C. Allen Richmond
Ferdinand Beach Westford
*Almon Benson . Jericho
John Blackman · Jericho
Chester A. Blake Milton
Wells Blackman . Jericho
*Amasa M. Brown Essex
Milo H. Chapin . Jericho
*Joseph S. Cilley Underhill
Silas B. Day . Jericho
Calvin Earle Westford
*Jonathan W. Earle Westford
Heman R. Gibbs Westford
*Sanford Halbert . Essex
George L. Howe Jericho
James Humphrey · Jericho
*Nelson L. Janes Berkshire
*John A. Kasson Charlotte
Robert G. Keniston . Jericho
Lucius L. Lane . Jericho
*William G. Lacey Wheatland, N. Y.
Daniel B. Lee . Jericho
Wallace E. Munson Colchester
Horace W. Parmelee Westford
Horace Reed . Jericho
George Rich Charlotte
Sumner Rockwood
. Jericho
Samuel Rice
. Westford
Francis M. Rublee Berkshire
*Paraclete Sheldon Underhill
Thomas N. Skinner
Stockholm, N. Y.
Chauncey C. Skinner . Jericho
*Albert C. Spaulding · Jericho
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Horace R. Stebbins . Jericho
*John G. K. Truair, Cambridge
Thomas S. Truair Cambridge
*Lester Warren .Fletcher
Torrey E. Wales . Westford
*Orville Wiggins Essex
Kendal Williams Richmond
John Williams Richmond
DeForest Weed . Sheldon
Ladies, 19 .- gentlemen 42 .-* In languages 14 .- Total 61.
Expenses-Tuition for common English branches, $3.00 per quarter.
Tuition in the Languages, $3.50 per quarter.
"The winter term of this academy will commence December 7 .- Spring term, March 14, summer term, June 6. The Trustees of this institution feel gratified in being able to give so flattering an account of the situation of the school, and would assure the public that no exertions on their part will be spared to maintain its usefulness and reputation.
"In addition to the usual advantages enjoyed in schools of this nature, there is connected with this institution a library, amply sufficient to supply all students with text-books at a trifling expense.
"It is desirable that those who intend to become members of the school the next term, should enter at the commencement, as classes in the principal branches taught will then be organized, and those who enter afterwards will be expected to join classes already formed.
"Board may be obtained in good families, including room, washing, lights, etc. from $1.00 to $1.25 per week.
"The retirement of this institution from scenes of dissipa- tion and vice render it a desirable resort for those whose object is improvement."
The catalogue for the term beginning Sept. 5, 1836, names James T. Foster, A. B., principal. The number of students was 85, of whom but 13 attended the year before. Their names fol- low :
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LADIES.
Betsey M. Bartlet Jericho
Lucinda Bartlet . Jericho
Maria Barber Jericho
Eliza A. Blackman · Jericho
Mary J. Blackman . Jericho
Sarah C. Bostwick
Underhill
Maria S. Buckley
Cambridge
Lucy Crane . Jericho
Laura S. Chapin · Jericho
Lydia I. Galusha .Jericho
Charlotte B. Gibbs Jericho
Lorain Griffin .Jericho
Lydia Griffin Jericho
Frances Hamilton .Jericho
Delana Hard
Jericho
Sarah Hutchinson
. Jericho
M. W. Hyde
Waitsfield
Hannah M. Jackson
Westford
Anna Johnson
. Jericho
Julia S. Kellogg
.Jericho
Melissa Lane
Jericho
Lucretia W. Lee
Jericho
Charlotte Lyman
Jericho
Emily Marsh
. Jericho
Lydia Nash
.Jericho
Jane Parker
. Cambridge
Fanny Prouty
Jericho
Mary Reed
. Jericho
Caroline Richardson Jericho
Rosantha Rockwood Jericho
Lavilla Stiles
Jericho
Sarah S. Stiles . Jericho
Aurora S. Tomlinson Richmond
Harriet M. Warner Cambridge
GENTLEMEN.
Lorenzo Allis
. Colchester
*Pliny F. Barnard
Waitsfield
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*Orlo Barnard Waitsfield
Joel B. Bartlet . Jericho
James S. Blackman Jericho
Charles Blackman . Jericho
John W. Blackman · Jericho
Selim F. Blackman Jericho
Wells Blackman . Jericho
Henry Brownell
Colchester
*S. Chamberlain
Underhill
*Rufus Childs Waitsfield
Andrew C. Cummins
Berkshire
Thomas Chittenden
Jericho
Edwin R. Crane
. Jericho
*Joseph S. Cilley
Underhill
Hosea Douglas Richmond
Henry Douglas
Jericho
Cassius Douglas
. Jericho
Wm. Frink
Underhill
Elisha Ford . Underhill
Bradley Fullington Cambridge
Rollin M. Galusha
. Jericho
Wm. N. Hodgins Grand Isle
James Humphrey . Jericho
Wm. Jemerson Cataraugus, N. Y.
Edward Johnson Jericho
Sylvanus H. Kellogg Jericho
Asa Lane . Jericho
Lucius L. Lane Jericho
Edgar Lane .Jericho
D. B. Lee . Jericho
Seymour Lyman . Jericho
Charles H. Lyman Jericho
John Messenger Jericho
Myron Messenger Jericho
Ansel Nash Jericho
*S. N. Parmelee Fairfax
Benj. Parker Underhill
James Reed .Jericho
Horace Reed
.Jericho
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John L. Richardson . Jericho
Martin Richardson . Jericho
Edwin Rood . Jericho
L. (?) W. Rockwood Jericho
*Albert C. Spaulding Jericho
Chauncey C. Skinner
Jericho *Earl Smilie Jericho
Francis Smilie Jericho
John Terrell Jericho
Robert Tarbox . Jericho Ladies, 34 .- gentlemen, 51 .-* In languages 8 .- Total 85.
Rev. Edwin F. Wheelock stated in his remarks at the church centennial that he came to Jericho Center in the fall of 1845 as a teacher in the academy, though Dr. Lyman says it became ex- tinct in that year.
SELECT SCHOOLS.
Select schools, as they were called, were conducted by var- ious teachers after the close of the academy in the building which it had occupied. These were not under the supervision of the town school superintendent or supported by the town, but stu- dents paid the expenses. The editor has not learned when they were begun, but finds that in 1856 William Trumbull Lee was teacher. There were at times about thirty young people under instruction. George Kennedy taught about 1857, his sister Betsey, being assistant. Frank A. Chapin and Chauncey L. Church, who was killed in the war in 1863, have been mentioned as instructors. Warren Mooney served in the fall of 1864. Henry Wade, Rev. Austin Hazen, Fred S. Platt, now clerk of U. S. Court at Rut- land, in, 1875, Judson Jenkins, George Henderson, Mrs. S. N. Brownell, Mrs. Jennie W. Hart two terms in '80-'81, Emma Lane now Mrs. J. W. Votey, Frank E. Garvin in '86-'87 and Miss Frances B. Hill in '89-'90, are reported by different per- sons and taught approximately in the order given.
At the Corners Prof. J. S. Cilley in '82-'83, was conducting a flourishing select school with fifty scholars, and continued this work for several years.
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JERICHO HIGH SCHOOL.
By Mrs. J. W. Hart and S. H. Barnum.
In 1905 a considerable number of young people, being de- sirous of attending a high school, were going out of town for that purpose and were drawing according to law so much tuition money from the town that the idea of establishing a high school in Jericho was strongly agitated. It became warmly advocated and strenuously opposed. Mrs. Ellen H. Mann, a former super- intendent, had advocated it in her school report of 1903. Miss Alice A. Flagg superintendent, F. G. Pease, F. D. McGinnis and L. C. Stevens school directors, were prominent in behalf of the
movement. It was decided that a school should be opened, and that it should be located in the school building at the Center upon the second floor, which had been used for a hall. In September of 1905, the school was opened with Stanley B. Harkness of Chicago, a graduate of Oberlin, as principal, and with 14 or 15 pupils. These were allowed their choice among three college preparatory courses, viz. : the Classical, Latin-Scientific and Eng- lish.
During the second year, Mrs. Ellen H. Mann, who was again superintendent, said in her report: "As to the high school, it has proved, under the thorough and systematic tutorship of Princi- pal Harkness, a success in attainment if not in numbers. The pupils of this department have made as proficient and satisfactory progress as could be made in high grade schools elsewhere."
In September, 1907, the high school opened with 17 pupils under Miss Maude M. Tucker, a graduate of Middlebury Col- lege. The addition of a course in book-keeping seemed to meet the wants of some of the pupils, especially the boys, who were not hungering for a knowledge of English literature and the languages, and it made the school more popular with such. Mrs. Mann speaks of Miss Tucker's eminent qualifications, pleasing personality and unbounded enthusiasm as having more than realized the ambition of the friends of the school. Mrs. Mann regrets the lack of support and enthusiasm from the town.
The first class to graduate was the class of 1908, which numbered five : Dessa Bolger, Blanche B. Bostwick, Loraine H.
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Ransom, Frank B. Brown and Hovey Jordan. Two of these later completed a Normal School course, one graduated at Mid- dlebury College, one at U. V. M., and one after a course in a Burlington Business College became a prosperous farmer in town. The graduating exercises were held in the Congregational Church in June and addresses were made by Congressman D. J. Foster and State Superintendent Mason S. Stone.
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