Academy of Richmond County High School - Arc Yearbook (Augusta, GA)

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Iwi 1 THE ARC : Iwi STAFF OF THE ARC Erlifm'-in-C'l1irf: CQUOURICH HENRX' .-'l.vsi.wfn11f lizlifor-iz:-Clzirj': HOBIEII HOXY'EI.I. B11.wim'.v.v Jlilllllgffi :XLLEX SYMMS -1.w.vi.sf1111f 13u.vinrs.v JInnugf'rs: THOMAS PHINIZY, Trens., HENRY NORTH ASSOCIATE EDITORS Liffvzzry lflrliforz NORMAN Tom-ix' .llilifury Efliforz HOMER HOWELL flnxs I'lT'l'llfN Erlffur: H.xRM.xN C1,,xRK .lflzlrfiv lfrliforz .X1.1:E1c'1' 'Fr-1m11'soN Jukv Ezfiforz BIARION VERDERY .-lxsf. Joke Ediforr CLIFFORD ATTRIDGE Ari Ediforz LIONEL LEvY Assf. Art Editors: P.-XI'I. ROBERTS, BRIAN BARNEY DUNBAR I'l10f0gr11pl1iv Ediforz IDOVGHTY SYLVESTER IGI BIERRY

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i U. ijgjtlia aac .H Foundation of The Acadein of Richmond County 'T' HE Academy of Richmond County is the oldest educational institution in Georgia, aml the fourth oldest in the lvnited States. The Statute of 1783, under which it was c1'eated, may not be a teclmical charter, and no corporate name was given to the Board, which, though not called Trustees of the Richmond Academy, was referred to sometimes as the C0111- missioners of Richmond County, sometimes as the Trustees of Augusta, and sometimes as the Trustees of the Academy and the Church. The original act did not designate the duties of the Board. They exercised all manner of powers, many of them diverse, and from our present standpoint incongruous. It laid out the town, numbered the lots, named the streets, built St. Paulis Church, managed the Academy and chose the teachers, ran a lottery, repaired the river bank, narrowed Broad aml Greene Streets, and performed many other functions not recorded here. In 1783, immediately after the close of the war, the first demand of the citizens was for the establishment of an Academy. The new State had no money and no means of raising it, but it took advantage of the fact that the land in and around Augusta was held under royal grants, containing a provi- sion that the purchaser should improve the property within a given time, 01' else that the lot should revert back to the King. Many of these lots had been bought up by those who did not improve them. and hence were liable to fo1'- feiture. These, together with the Public Reserve, originally laid out as a com- mon around the Fort, were vested in Trustees to be sold, and the proceeds used for building a church, and for the building of an academy or seminary of learning, It was, of course, necessary to sell lots and raise money before the school could be established. But the citizens were not willing to wait on that slow progress for raising R11 endowment sulticient enough to maintain the academy. They did not want their children to be deprived of that which was instantly needed. But the Board looked at it from a linancial standpoint, and took no steps either towards hiring a teacher or erecting a building. The public was not satisfied with the progress made and the Grand Jury, on March 27, 1784-, presented as a grievance the want of a seminary of learning. This stimulated the Board, and they let a contract for the erection of a schoolhouse. rllllis contractor died before any work was done, and the Grand Jury again in Octo- ber, 17841, presented as a grievance the languishinv situation of the CJ intended academy or seminary of learning. The Board then res- cinded the contract with the executor of the deceased contractor, but appeared to have been unable to forward the building. The Grand Jurv, awain res ,iondin to the Jublic im atience on March . D . 9 ZH, 1785, mresented as a 0'l'1L'Vil.IlCQ the Commissioners for the ubhe . 1 nl Q . D . . . s P buildings ot this town tor not making proper exertions in getting the church and academy erected, notwithstanding the tunds appropriated for the purpose and which are deemed more than adequate to carry the same into execution. This presentment stirred them into motion, and on the next day, March 25, 1785 the Board havinu' consulted u Jon the em loyment of a Blaster for the 7 D . ISI