Cheshire Academy - Rolling Stone Yearbook (Cheshire, CT)

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A Histor of the Cheshire Aoadem The hisfory of Cheshire Academy dafes baclc fo I794 when if was conceived as a church school. Since fhaf fime if has flourished and grown info a preparafory school of infernafional repufe. lfs firsf principal-was fhe Reverend John Bowden affer whom fhe adminisfra- fion building was named. During his era Cheshire did nof board sfudenfs. The school confinued as fhe Episcopal Academy of Connecficuf fhrough fhe nine- A feenfh cenfury. From I862 fo I892, fhe Academy be- came in parf a milifary school. During a period prior fo I9I6 fo I937 fhe Chesh- ire Roxbury School. In I937, fhe Con- necficuf Assembly granfed a new charfer The Cheshire Cadef Corps of l886. fo fhe school making if a non-profif or- ganizafion, and fhe name Cheshire Acad- emy was permanenfly assumed. T ' Fiffy years ago., Mr. Arfhur Sheriff ar- rived and a concepfion of educafion deeply roofed in New England fradifion influenced fhe educafional and philosoph ical malce-up of fhe school. l-lis policies, which have affecfed fhe lives of ,mosf sfu denfs, have furfhered greafly fhe achieve menfs of fhe Cheshire communify. I . s X? V a ir .f f I J Q ff xi af ., '- xt ww' f L r il! Em 1115 2525 The norfh end of Bowden Hal. builf in I794. Grand Marshal, Dr. John Leahey, leads fhe Baccalaureafe pro- cession. , . .. , . ,.... ... - M.-4.-. - . - ..-. --. --. .., - ...4.::1sL':.1.q-' '.:r,mf- . -, ,.,,.,.,...,,.,.,,, V H ,..-.-,J.'. K.

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' ' . 0 'H H- aiu 'V i q :H Ti I -'M -17' 733' L F' ' 35 'WA' V Aw, i 5 '75 - Y '51 fC T' '-'-I-,lv-gi-41'-1 15:-.f jf-fa, 7 --Q.-'-K N -.1-,.-1-wr-2-ff:-sz:-:Lsfu ':1'I .f4':i:-:Q-of-----A-f---:rsga--y-g-11:-51:3--zegwg-af-1ygf.:,f-gaY-5-5-ay.. . 3 ,U . - ---4 -tv-1-W .He . ' ,U - ' fl Y-- --1 - ' ,. Y 1 N F -- -,J--'jig-Q ggi-QQQ, '1 y Ja-'S 9 X James R. MaeGowan 1890 - 1965 A slaunclw unlailing friend, a man wlwo loved lilo and people in all ways lwas lell a void in llwe lives ol so many. We re- Wfeiled lim as a reaclwer, lwonored lwim as a rolleaour, and loved him 55 5 man. VNU- Glifyll lfrg rqjfngmlgcr n Memoriam Ave Atque Vale Frederick J. Linehan 1908 - 1966 To rlwose who knew him no adequale eulogy is possible. To llwose who loved lwim few words are needed. l-le sl1all be re- membered wirlw lcindness by so many lo whom lwe dedicaled unswervingly a life ol underslanding, a sense ol lair playg a de- volion ro youllw, and a singularly candid and broad approaclw lo life and people. ,fi WPW ' 5 Chlllc C116 Th hlSlOVY l 6 wil lr l bac oh soho flourlshefl and ol Ol lnlel lls lirsl Pl John Bowrlefl lion builclinq Cheshire flifl 1 The school hcaclemyoll leenlh cenlufl From l362 came in P51 aperiocl prior ire Roxbury neclicul Assei soho he My

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These are the sounds of spirit, the integral sounds of belongrng. In the The silence of an empty Campus is filled EIS 2 the l ligg s M' ,H a ff-'f , 1 waves of sound drift through the classroom. and the roar of the they EX the din of thej