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

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-7 xc ' --.fgy k K ! '- 'ff' KAI-J-N' I X 4 ' lllsioki' or ic. .x. -.ev ILC. I Ili lll'll.l'lN HENRY The Academy of Richmond Vountr, the oldest academy in Georgia, was chartered by the Georgia legisdaturi- in 17835 however, the Academy was not opened until April Ill, 1755, with William Rogers ot' Maryland an teach- er. 'l'he Academy was under the direction of the Trustees uf Richmond Academy who also laid out the town, numbered the Iota, named the alreetx, built the church, elected the rector, chose the Academy teacher, bought the books and prescribed the courm- of studleag also the Trustees regulated the cemetery, choae the aexton, and many other items of civic atiairn. With funds from the sale of public lands, the Trustees bought two houses on Bay Street betwen Third and Fourth atreeta for the Academy. The pupila were divided into three classes: the first was taught reading, writing, and apellingg the second, English grammar and cypheringg the third, l.atin Greek, and mathematics. The Trus- tees charged tuition, and they con- tltttletl lo do no until 1910. Augusta wan a aniall frontier town, and the school grew alowly. By l79l, the school began to show a decline in funds: the buildings needed cnnatant regains. and at the und of l79t'l, the sc ool wan temporarily closed. ln latin, probalilb under the supervision of llicliard Vlarke, a lin had experience in Dublin and London, the 'Fruatt-as be. gan to erect a brick building on the south aide ol' Telfair Street between Fifth and Sixth atm-et-, lin November l, 1802, the school was reopenl- I, nl though it was far from being liniedu-el. Again thu class was divided into three levels, but the It-ti-ls were the reverse oi what they had been, The tire! level studied l-English grammar, oratory, cornpo- altlon, geometry. algebra, trigonomotry, -urvt-ying, logic, natural and moral philonophy, astronomt, Latin, and Greek: the aecond, reading, writing, arithmetic, English grammar, and gt-ographv: the third, reading, writing. arithmetic, Engliali gram- mar, and oratory. The Academy tlourinhed, and by it-lib ther.- were two teachers ln the clarnical 'lepartmn-nt, two in the English department. and three ia the fomale department. This lant department was housed in a dlntunt, separate part of the building, ami Ita atudenta did not dlambm at the same time aa the boyii did. In an etiort. to avoid the numnu-r heat, the Trustees, authorized by the Stan- legis- lature, opened a branch academy on the Sand :lv FG 'THE OLD ACADEMY BUILDING llills. Although at iirat it vcaa open only during the wunimer, eventually this school. known as the Sand Hills Atadt-my or the Snnunerville Acad.-iny, l't'lllMillt'd open moat of the year. This rahool, turned over to a neparate board of trinity,-en in 1865, nan loraled at the site now occupied by William llvbinson School. The Academy itself continued lu gross until, in 1836. it r--ported a roll of AIZL7 attain-iita, It had a boarding department isbere -uperiotion wan an strict that the boarding nludenlr- could not le-.ue the campus without api-cial permift.-ooo ln It-tim, after securing legislative authorization, the 'lma- teen of Richmond Academy attempted to rnlae the Academv to the rank of college, to ln- called the Tabman Vollngeg however. an naauiti of ten thousand dollara from the city of Ango-ta did not materialize aa promised, and the lruwlla-ea n-lta-t- anlly relinquished the pro ect. After 1850, the Academy suffered a rapid decline I-'or two yearn lt was cloned for repalrl. reopening in IRMS with two teachern. Une of these dropped out in H60 for lack ol atudvnta. ln itlilt, the Academy- build- ing waahrequirntioned by the Fonfederate govern- woultaand on page M lutlowina Prius mill Awards'

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