Abbot Academy - Circle Yearbook (Andover, MA)

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Academy; listened to their lecturers with pleasure; and watched the athletic contests of Phillips with interest. This year our class pin is the Abbot seal. It represents a young woman carrying a flaming torch. This woman with the torch of truth was made to represent an ideal of its artist; so our characters ought to represent the ideal which has been the spirit of Abbot for so many years. The lives of the Abbot girls of the past have made it easier for us to {jet nearer to that ideal which has been forming all these seventy-five years. As separate individuals we shall soon be forgotten, but the impress of our characters will remain to help the Abbot girls of the future. l ' .I.IZ 1BETH S. CAS! . STAIRCASE LANDING ' 5

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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

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Members of Senior Class Elizabeth Stuart Case 74 Grove Hill Avenue, New Britain, Conn. Born September 14, 1883, New Britain, Conn. Treasurer of Senior Class Editor of Class Book Senior Play