Adelphi Academy - Adelphic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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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

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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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16 ADELPHI ACADEMY. new site it expanded its character as well as its environment and became coeducational. The change, viewed with a doubt at first by some, has been amply justified by time and experience. In February, 1868, the Academy first occupied its new home with num- bers multiplied almost forty-four-fold beyond its initial attendance five years before. Nevertheless the expense of maintaining the equipment had become so great that Mr. Lockwood, in the summer of 1869, relinquished the ownership of the institution to the gentle- men who had already given him material support. They assumed the responsibility with the intention of transforming the Adelphi from a private into a public institution and of making it the property of the community. Mr. Wm. S. Woodward and twenty other citizens provided the necessary funds to establish the Academy upon its new basis, and they also secured a charter of incorporation from the Board of Regents of the University. These fathers of the Adelphi were : William S. Woodward, Buckley T. Benton, Alfred S. Barnes, Alfred C. Barnes, William H. Wallace, Charles H. Noyes, Charles Evans, Gen. Henry W. Slocum, Samuel M. Mills, Thomas Vernon, joseph C. Hutchison, M.D., Charles E. Hill, Enos N. Taft, Rev. Dr. Wm. lves Budington, john Davol, Charles Pratt, Samuel Crowell, Peter M. Dingee, Joseph P. Elliott, M.D., Samuel Wright and Truman I. Ellinwood. During the winter of 1870-71 a number of gentlemen, more than one hundred in all, contributed 3355o,ooo for the benefit of the Academyf By gifts from several of the Trustees and from other friends of the Academy, the western wing was built in 1873, and in 1880 the eastern wing was added by gifts from Charles Pratt and Hayden W. Wheeler, members of the Board of Trustees. The increasing number applying for admission required still larger accommodations, and in 1886 Mr. Charles Pratt, President of the Board of Trustees, by a gift of 3B16o,ooo, provided means for a new building upon the following conditions: U That it should be the aim of the Institution to provide improved apparatus and appliances for teaching, and to employ a sufhcient number of the best instructors with adequate salaries, and that the total number and the age of pupils should be limited to correspond with the carrying out of this idea, and further, that when