Abbot Academy - Circle Yearbook (Andover, MA)

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uncomfortable frame of mind, with Professor James ' s Psychology in our hands, the hook of learning of which the Seniors of nineteen hundred and three never tired of talking. No girl will forget that first three-quarters of an hour recitation in the Senior Room. Time Hew by and the Senior duties were many. In December, we gave our first reception, which made us feel our importance at Abbot. In May came our Senior Play which, though it caus ed us hard work, nevertheless brought much pleasure. Now the year is nearly over and we shall give up our places soon to those below us. and hand the spade of nineteen hundred and four to the class of nineteen hundred and five. We shall leave regretfully for a larger world which Abbot has prepared us to meet. Amy H. H. Slack. SHAWSHEEN RIVER X 13

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T HE first day in the annals of the Senior Middle Class of Abbot Academy -was Octo- ber sixteenth, nineteen hundred and three: when the class was organized . and the officers chosen to guide it through its two eventful years in And- over. Nothing of great importance happened as we. as Senior Middlers. had small opportunity to show our many qualities, and were left to dream and build castles of the year to come when we should show the future classes how to act. Our first real chance came on Field Day. the twenty- seventh of May. when by hard work we won the honors of the day. and it was a conquest of which we were duly proud. In June, the President of the Senior Class handed the spade to us and bade us take good care of it. In September, nineteen hundred and three. Abbot saw the Senior Class for the coming year We started out fresh and triumphant, but feeling a little queer and out of place at first. Our numbers had been reduced from twenty-five to seventeen. We gathered in No. 1, on Friday morning., in an 12

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Looking Backward and Forward THE class of nineteen hundred and four can hardly realize that it is seventy-five years since Abbot Academy was founded. If we could go back to the early days of Abbot we should find that there have been great changes : but the purpose of the noble men and women who started the school has always continued. That purpose was to develop the character of young women in the right direction and to fit them for useful lives in the world. To Madam Abbot we owe a great deal. It was by her financial aid that the men who wished to found a school in Andover for the education of women were enabled to carry out their purpose. In 1829 Abbot Hall was built. Facing School Street, with its perfect Ionic columns, it must have been an imposing building to the first Fem-Sems. The girls boarded in houses near the school until Smith Hall was built in lSo-t. This building, now closed on account of its age, means very little to us today: but it meant a great deal then. Our class had the pleasure of being present at the laying of the cornerstone of the McKeen Memorial Hall. We have watched the progress of the building this year with interest, and hope that the advantages of such a splendid recitation building will inspire the future classes to more earnest work. Besides modern buildings and a beautiful grove, our school has many other advantages. All those who have ever been at school in Andover are one in their love of the dear old town. The mention of the Old Railroad and Pomp ' s Pond brings back happy memories. We have worked side by side with two other institutions, the Theological Seminary and Phillips