New London High School - Whaler Yearbook (New London, CT)

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Mr. Miner Presirlent Mr. McGinley President 1111 lrn Ahminintratinn Eulkrlrg Enarh nf Glruutmi Sidney H. Miner, President Nathan Belcher, Secretary Ernest E. Rogers Charles B. Waller George H. Bathgate Arthur H. Shurts P. LeRoy Harwood, Eulkrlrg Alumni 3-Xminriutinn President, First Vice-President. Second Vice-President, Treasurer Secretary, Assislnnl Secretary, ex-omcio Thomas S. McGinley James F. Ahern Donald Chappell Edward S. Huntley Frank S. Joseph Harold Beach N

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illiatnrg nf Eulkvlvg Svrhnnl Unlh in thv iixrrrpts frum Qlh Rvrnrhu frnm IBD! Qlaialngur R. LEONARD H. BULKELEY, who died in 184-9, left by will a fund of about 3B25,000, for the founding of a free school for the boys of New London, to be known as uBulkeley Schoolf' with the provision that the fund should be kept invested until a much larger amount should be available. The original endowment has been increased by several generous gifts and legacies, viz: From the estate of Mr. Asa Otis, flB10,000g from the estate of Mr. Henry P. Haven, 55,0003 and from the Hon. George 17. Tinker, upwards of 511,000 for the construction and furnishing of an extensive addition to the building. The original Trustees named in the will of Mr. Bulkeley, live citizens of New London who secured the charter for the school in 1850, under the corporate style, f'Trustees of Bulkeleyf, were: Messrs. Nathan Belcher, William C. Crump, John P. C. Mather, Henry P. Haven and N. Shaw Perkins. Of these Trustees, four served the school until death, the fifth, Mr. Nathan Belcher, resigned in 1884, after a trustee- ship of thirty-five years. During the school year 1904-1905, the Trustees made some radical changes in the corporation management and in the course of instruction. Application was made to the General Assembly at its January session, 1905, for authority to amend the charter of the corporation. The amendment was duly authorized by the Legis- lature and was adopted November 17th, 1905 by vote of the Trustees. This amend- ment provides for a board of seven instead of five Trustees. It also provides that one of the additional Trustees shall be the Chairman of the Board of Education of the City of New London, ex officio, and that the other shall be nominated by the alumni of the school and elected under such regulations as the corporation may adopt. The adoption of the change of the charter increasing the number of the cor- porators to seven made the Chairman of the Board of Education at once a member of the Board of Trustees. During the month of June, 1906, circular letters were addressed to the graduates, enclosing voting slips, inviting them to vote for an alumnus of Bulkeley School, a resident of New London, who has been graduated at least five years, as a nominee for Graduate Trustee of the corporation. This canvass resulted in the nomination of Mr. Sidney H. Miner of the class of 1886, and this nomination was ratified by vote of the Trustees, June 18th, 1906. Mention should be made of a memorial that has been placed on the facade of the school by the efforts and generosity of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion. The bronze tablet is a memorial to Captain Charles Bulkeley, who served in the Revolution and the War of 1812, and to Leonard Hallam Bulkeley, founder of the school, father and son, and it is most fitting that this record of the patriotism of one and civicgenerosity of the other should be placed on the enduring granite walls of Bulkeley School. Page Elf'-:fm i..1.