Bridgton Academy - Stranger Yearbook (Bridgton, ME)

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THE STRANGER 5 THE INEW GYMNASIUM AND ATHLETIC FIELD Brldgton Academy IS very fortunate to be the reclpxent of a new gymnaslum which w1ll be constructed durmg the summer Th1s lmprovement IS bemg taken care of through the generous bequests of the alumnl and frlends A lot of ground sltuated dlrectly behmd the school has been donated to the worthy cause It IS truly a beautlful slght wlth a commandmg vlew of Long Lake For a long tlme lt has been reallzed that the Academy has needed more space for 1tS mdoor wlnter sports The new bu1ld1ng w1ll definltely take care of thls sltuatlon and vull also benefit the health program of the school It seems qulte ewdent that lf the frlends of the Academy are Wllllhg to support the plan and glVE bequests that we students should take an lnterest IH the sltuatxon also The school here IS u ell vsorth our support as th1s wlnter It annexed the State Preparatory School Basketball T1tle and also defeated one of the best college freshman teams IH the east Get behlnd thls project and boost It to the l1m1t and reallze that you haxe helped set Brldgton Academy on a hlgher plane FST THE MUSEUM One of the most mterestlng bU1lCl1l'lgS on the Academy campus and one that IS not used nearly as much as It should be IS the museum For the benefit of those who would llke to know about lt! lets renew some of 1ts past hlstory For many years lt occupled the present Slte of one of the tenn1s courts In It Rlchard Balley carrled on a blacksmlth shop After hlS death the bu1ld1ng was purchased by the trustees of the Academy and they moved It to where It now stands As the school has grovsn the collectlons haxe grown ln proportlon At the present tlme the entire Museum IS bemg catalogued by Mr M W Bosworth and th1s IS helpmg to determlne 1ust what IS contamed IH the collectlons The followxlng are the lmportant collectlons BIRDS AND ANIMALS Largely from J C Meads collectlon There are 120 dlfferent specles of blrds and thls IS no doubt one of the best collectlons ln Ma1ne OLD FARM TOOLS AND HOUSEHOLD IMPLEMENTS These were obtained through the efforts of Mrs C C Spratt and Mrs J C Mead Y v 7 I I. I 1 v I I I v ' 1 I 7 7 I v Y -l - I I I I I , I v , YI v . I I I I I v v I I I ', I V I I I I I I I I I I I I. v I , I I I I I I I II I I I

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1 'lihitnrinlu A , l ORIGIN OF PHE STRANTGER The filst paper vshlch represented the actnltles at Brldgton Academy was the Adelphxc VN reath It was publlshed qualtel lv bx the students of Brldgton Academy The first ISSUE appealed Ill May 1850 Its shape and QIZQ was llke that of our plesent newspaper The contents xx e1e V613 1nterest1ng and the llterary artlcles xery well Ol gan IZG In Aprll 1884 the paper was replaced by a school magazme called THE STRANCER It IS xexx mterestmg to note how It happened to get 1ts name About that tlme Bowdom College was publlshmg a magazlne called the O1 lent The Academy adopted 1ts 1d63S and form and as no other secondary school 1n the State had exer publlshed a magazlne It vsas g1ven the name THE STRANGER The pr1ce of the book vsas 50 cents per year L1sted 19 an adx 91 tlsement vshlch appeared 1n the first ISSUE STAGE NOTICE Our stage leaves Brldgton exery morn1ng at 6 12 oclock reachlng Norway 1n season to connect wlth Port land and Boston trams and w1th trams on the Grand Trunk whlch reaches L6W1St0D 12 o clock M Passengers here are tlcketed to Lewlston for S2 00 and passengers golng east can spend a couple of hours 1n Lewlston before taklng trams or may V1S1t Lewlston on buslness or pleasure and return home the same evemng Tlckets for Brldgton itralns leave at 2 P M J for sale at the Grand Trunk statlon ln Lewlston FARES Brldgton to Levuston 2 00 Brldgton to Boston Cby ra1lJ 4 50 Brxdgton to Boston iby steamerj 3 00 Or as cheap as any other route Bmdgton Apr1l15 1884 F S T Y 66 79 ' K , 44 A ' W1 11 K , .1 1 4 Y . P 1 . 7 1 L' mn Y . . . K . . w 7 Y N - . ! 7 I 'I . y . . Y U . S . 1 . 7 . . . 7 . . . . Y .. Y 3 . y 65 77 V . Y . , - . , . . . 7 . . , 3 . . . . Bridgton to Portland ....... ................................................ . 32.00 . Y. 7 Y '

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