Adelphi Academy - Adelphic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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ADELPHI AGADEMY. 17 this result should be accomplished, and the annual surplus revenue of the school in any year should equal or exceed f155,ooo, then each year in which the surplus revenue equals or exceeds the said amount, at least 5,155,000 should be set apart towards forming a permanent fund, equal to the sum donated, the income of which should, as soon as sufficient, be applied to the support of a Depart- ment of Physical Education and the Laws of Health. This fund was accepted on the conditions proposed, and the new building was substantially completed and ready for occupancy at the beginning of the school year, September, 1888. The Adelphi Academy during this first quarter century of its corporate existence has grown to be the possessor of about a half- million of dollars' worth of property and the -educational home of about one thousand pupils. It is not a private speculation, but a public benefaction. It belongs to no one man or set of men, but to the whole community. Should the receipts be greater than the expenditures the community alone will be the gainers. The con- trolling purpose of the founders who have made these gifts to the public was to advance the cause of education and the common Wel- fare by bringing hundreds of our most 'promising children and youth under influences that should foster in them a nobler manhood and womanhood 5 to lay broad and deep the foundations of their usefulness and happiness and so to plant in the heart of this great city an institution that should go on expanding and blessing long after its founders had passed away. Great opportunities disclose greater needs. The Adelphi Academy to-day can do more good and needs more help than at any time during its twenty-Eve years of life. Departments of the Academy and Terms of Admission.- The courses of study and methods of instruction are designed to furnish a thorough and systematic education from the very begin- ning to the time when the student is either equipped for the active work of mature life, or is ready to enter upon the special training of university studies.

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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

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18 ADELPHI ACADEMY. The Adelphi Academy comprises five divisions: The Kinder- garten, the Academic Department, the Collegiate Bepantment, the Art .Dfpartmerngiasnd fthe. Bepa'r1m'ren't 'OT Physical Culture. The Kindergarten Course may extend through three years. It forms an admirable preparation for the Work of the Primary grades. A training-class for teachers is maintained in connection with the Kindergarten. Into the Kindergarten itself children four years old and upward are admitted. They have careful attention from the time of reaching the building until they leave, and are trained by the most approved methods. They are kept quite separate from the main body of students. A Visit to the Kindergarten will prove its best recommendation. There are skilful and approved teachers, a large number of assistants and an ample supply of every needful equipment. The hours of session are from 9 A. M. to I2 M. Parents of the pupils are at all times welcome in the Kindergarten rooms. Other visitors are requested to apply for admission in the Bursar's office. The vacations are the same as in other departments of the Academy. The Academic Department comprises eight classes, including the three Primary grades, formerly called Preparatory in the Adelphi. Pupils may be admitted to this department who have attained the age of six years or over. The course of study is com- pleted in eight years. The studies of the eighth year involve what is usually called 'fthe High-School grade of work. Rooms and hours of the school session in this department are so arranged that pupils of the three primary grades do not come in contact with other classes. The Collegiate Department includes four years of study, but the student may select any one of three courses in the department, viz., the Classical Course, the Literary thereafter to be called the Collegiatej Course and the Scientific Course. The Classical Course affords a thorough preparation for any American university, and graduates from this course will have read as much Latin and Greek as will satisfy collegiate requirements as far as the end of Sophomore year.