Adelphi Academy - Adelphic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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14 BRYAN, RATHARINE .... A CLAY, NELLIE I-I ........... CREUSE, MME. JULIAV .... CUDDY, LOUISE J ....... DE ROUCEMONT, A .. . DUNNING, MAFILDAM . . EDWARDS, W. A .... EARR, MABEL A ..... .. . FLAGLER, FRANCES H .. FOSTER, EMMA E .....,. FOSTER, LILLIAN... FOSTER, MABEL ,...... HARLOW, LOUISE D .. HARVEY, ANNA E ...... HEDOE, HELEN D .... HEDGE, LOUISE J ...... HEDGES, CARRIE E ....... HOBSON, GEORGE R. E. .. HOLT, W. v .............,.. HORMBY, MRS. MARIE D .... KALLWITZ, OSCAR ........ KENT, ALICE I ............ KENT, HENRIETTA B .... LEGGETT, ESTELLE... . LESTER, ORDELIAA .... LEWIS, A. S .......,....,.. MORRILL, CHARLOTTE .... OSEORN, E.W ,......,.... PATEMAN, EDNA E .... PECKHAM, MRS. v. D .... PECRHAM, W. C ......... PETTIT, H. S ................ RAWSON, CHARLOTTE ...... REDDALL, FREDERIC ...... ..... ROBINSON, MRS. CORNELIAS ..... ROSE, 1. T .........,.............. ROWSE, ELLA A .... SEELYE, A. M ..... SEELYE, B. P .... SHARE, W. W ...... ........ SHIELDS,j. FRANK .......... VANDERCOOR, MRs.M. E ..... WADSWORTH, A. C ...,...... WATERS, MRS. H. M .... WEBSTER, W.T... WEEKS, JEANNETTE D ...... WENTWORTH, ELMER E .... WHITMAN, C. S, .......... . WHITTARER, J. B ........ WHITTAKER, MARY W.- ., WILLIAMS,5OHN P .... WILLIS, LETTIE A .... WYRES, MARY L .... ADELPH I ACADEMY. .1q7 Ryerson Street. . . . .499 Greene Avenue. . . . . .187 Putnam Avenue. .414 Macon Street. .337 West 58th Street, N . . .137 Gates Avenue. . .. 65 Clifton Place. . . . . . 134 Prospect Place. .676 Greene Avenue. . . . . .436 Grand Avenue. .290 Adelphi Street. 290 Adelphi Street. . . . .119 Gates Avenue. . . . . .240 West 22d Street, N. .106 Monroe Street. .. . . .106 Monroe Street. 160 Willoughby Avenue. 361 Henry Street. . . . . .363 Grand Avenue. . . . . .699 Chauncey Street. 50 Livingston Street. 341 Lafayette Avenue. . . . . .341 Lafayette Avenue. . . . 22 Seventh Avenue. 153' State Street. 133 Quincy Street. 300 Adelphi Street. . . . 18 Spencer Place. -Carlton Hill, 'N. j. 131 Canibridge Place. 406 Classon Avenue. 297 Ryerson Street. 9 Clifton Place. . . . . .383 Seventh Street. . . .448 Irving Place. ' . . . . .402 Adelphi Street. 214 Schernierhorn Street. 280 Ryerson Street. 121 St, Felix Street. 331 McDonough Street. L - 358 Carlton Avenue. 278 Clifton Place. AIS Lafayette Avenue. 420 Adelphi Street. . . . . .394A Lafayette Avenue. 79 Hanson Place. 264 Ryerson Street. 280 Ryerson Street. . .... 419 Hancock Street. . . . . .4115 Hancock Street. 'Morris Park, L. I. . . . 54 Downing Street. . . . . .104 Cambridge Place. .Y Y.

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ADELPHI ACADEMY. 13 FIRST GRADE. MARY ARQUIT, MARY L. WYKES. Instructors in English, HERBERT VAUGHAN ABBOTT, B.A. QArnherSt, '85j, LOUISE I. CUDDY fAdelphi, '87j, MRS. ELLA A. ROWSE, MRS. CORNELIA ROBINSON, ARTHUR M. SEELYE, A.B. fAmherst, YQOJ, MRS. M. ELIZABETH VANDERCOOK, LETTIE A. WVILLIS. Instructors in German, LILLIAN FOSTER Q1-Xdelphi, '7Sj, MABEL FOSTER CAdelphi, 'gay Instructors in French, MME. JULIA V. CREUSE, CORNELIA H. B. ROGERS, B.A. CWellesley, '84j. + CAbsent on leave. Grafdurtfe Stlzclenf at Yale-3 EMMA E. FOSTER, ---- Instructor in History and Science. KINDERGARTEN. MRS. MARIE DIETRICH HORMBY, - - Director. ANNA E. HARVEY, - - ----- Assistant. MRS. VICTORY D. PECKHAM, - Assistant in Physical Culture. ART DEPARTMENT. JOHN B. WHITTAKER, - - Professor of Painting and Drawing. MRS. MARY W. WHITTAKER, ---- Free-Hand Drawing. HENRY S. PETTIT, M.D. CL. I. College Hospital, YQOD, Instructor in Physical Culture and Director of the Gymnasium. FRANCIS H. FLAGLER, - - - Assistant in Physical Culture. ASHBURTON S. LEWIS, ------ Accompanist. FREDERIC REDDALL, ---- Instructor in Vocal Music. DELWIN F. BROWN, - Instructor in Penmanship and Bookkeeping. BURSAR, LIBRARIAN, CHARLOTTE MORRILL. MABEL A. FARR. DIRECTORY. ABBOTT, HERBERT V ..... ............... ..... . . . x IO Columbia Heights. ARQUIT, MARY ......... .... . 392 Clinton Avenue. AUSTIN, SARA J .... ...io7 GMES Avenue- BIRDSEYE, EMILY L ...... , .... I4I Gates Avenue. BOGGS, -IEAN .... ....,. ...... I 7 8 Clinton Street. BROWN. D. F. ...... .... F rework L- 3-

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ADELPHI ACADEMY. 15 The Adelphi Academy. Historical Sketch.-The Adelphi Academy derives a remote origin from a school for boys which was projected in February, 1863, .by Edward Bunker and Aaron Chadwick. During the sum- mer these gentlemen transferred their school to Mr. john Lock- wood, a man of rare ability as a teacher, who began his labors in September, 1863, in buildings upon Adelphi Street, with eleven pupils. Under his management the increase of numbers in attend- ance at the Academy was remarkably rapid. Systematic physical training under Mr. T. I. Ellinwood was a marked feature of the Academy life, and Mr. Ellinwood became associated .with Mr. Lockwood in the management of the Academy. So much interest was manifested in the development of a representative school upon the Hill that a number of patrons took a pecuniary interest in the acquisition of new grounds and buildings. The present site of the institution was purchased and the corner stone of the original Lafayette Avenue building was laid july z3d, 1867, by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, after appropriate ceremonies in the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church. On the 12th of the following November Prof. Warren T. Web- ster began his long connection with the Adelphi. Among the found- ers ofthe Academy, Prof. Webster's name should occupy a very prom- inent place. He has remained continuously in the Adelphi since 1867, and has contributed thereto all the unique force of his per- sonality. When the Adelphi was preparing for removal to the