Bacon Academy - Baconian Yearbook (Colchester, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1953 volume:

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' 'ur .0 -lj... ,,... 1-1 lgawrzia, We Hail Chee Baconia, we hail thee-- to thee we will sing- ln Winter and Summer ln Autumn and Spring Baconla we hail thee to thee we will sing The best that we have as a tribute we bring How proudly we ha1l thee wherever we go Thy greatness and glory we always will show For thou art our mother instructor in art And each of thy children of thee claims a part W ,4CO' Thy walls decked wrth rvy Baconta shall stand The fairest the dearest the best in the land From thee have we learned To be noble and true Deep problems to conquer Our dutles to do And all of the fun and the Joys we have met Within these great walls we shall never forget , ' ,, v r l f- , 1 Q 'U gvrcwvrd The year 1953 marks a memorable mllestone ln the hlstory of educatlon 1n Colchester For one hundred and flfty years the lmpact of Bacon Academy has been felt markedly 1n our town There lS hardly an 1nd1 vldual ln Colchester today who has not felt the 1n tlned to become famous and celebrated Amerlcans on the state and natlonal scene have studled 1n Bacon Academy classrooms In fact the lnfluence of ur school 1D the past centurv and a half has been so great that lt cannot be measured Uponthe Class of 1953 rested a two fold respon slblllty, namely that of contlnulng and lmpTOV1Hg the flrst yearbook publlshed last year and that of produclng a speclal Annlversary Issue 1n whlch the tradltlons and h1StOTy of Bacon Academy would be preserved 1n narratlve and lllustratlve form Thls responslblllty has been ably met, for w1th1n the pages of thls volume may be found a wealth of ma terlal to whlch alumnl and frlends to Bacon Academy may refer ln order to recollect the many memorable experlences of thelr youthful days Aram Damarglan Preceptor fluence of the Academy. Many scholars who were des- . ' 0 9mm Uwe H Co 15? able QW THA if is AUX ,ff wr EILEEN ARNOLD B S MARTIN CAPOZZA B A ROBERT CORBO Home Economrcs Mugm Educauon Unlver Commerce Umversxty JOSeph s College Slty of Connecticut of Connecucut -clans- y STELLA E MILESKI B A ROBERT MISCHLER B A DOROTHY WIECZOREK M A Engllsh New York Soclal Studtes Umverslty B S Commerce Teach State College for Teachers of Connectlcut er s College of Connecucut If 11175 X 5 Q X, To f N , I 5 . . 'I . . , '. ' -' ' f . 7 sg, We Learned and Crue. . . all .f :S HAROLD JUDENFRIEND B S M A Mathema ncs Clty College of New York Umverslty of Con necucut in-46' HENRY KULIGOWSKI B S Sclence Un1ver sn of New Hampshlre MARGARET KUZYK R,N School Nurse W W Backus Hospltal S llgq 'e9x BARBARA WOOD B A JANE HURON Languages Mlddlebury Secretary to College the Pnnclpal IVY CODE Your structure rs hrgh your roots are deep Your memorres are everlastrng Your hfe may go, your vmes may no more creep You may be another past thlng Our memorles wrll always remam Wxth these our bnghtest thoughts and these our gayest hours That we w11l nevermore regam Wrllram E Tam But as years go by and into the ages, A All State Chorus Mattle Mae Anna Mae Marvm and Don f n I III 2 I fl , ff, i Pat Ed and Herschel the guldmg hghts of the BACONIAN 'PPT ,C 93 Bacon s top magazrne salesmen collect therr reward New York' -L. if 35. Sherla and Don wrth the coura geous Thanks Joe 1 A famrlrar phrase around Bacon where the custo dran IS a frrend rn need SENIORS Presldent EDWARD GROOBERT A great talker wlth a ceaseless fund of mformatron a four letter man pable leader The wrsdom of many and the wrt of one Che Hes! Um! As ,4 Crilfulc M.-0 I V1ce Presrdent DONALD WOZNIAK Creep happy go lucky helps keep class 1n state of confu sron Judy I hurry not netther do I worry Secretary PATRICIA NORTON Poo ha1r of gold eyes of blue Mom of the senror class hrgh sprrrted full of fun Prrde of the FHA Love me love my cats Treasurer HERSCHEL CUTLER I-Iersch Newton e H1311 wrth the bnefcage can be counted on to do hrs art the money man On therr own ments modest men are dumb We J-fave M We Kfllflg FRANK ADAMS Frankle Westchester s con las tnbuuon to .53 tall blond F and s1lent meltmg smile and magnenc eyes Men of few words are the best men JA. SHIRLEY BRADY 'Shu'1 , , ,Energet1c, , ,a sports enthustast, , , gal with an Insh temper, Dare to be true, nothmg -f l l can need a he, H MATTIE BRAY Mat . . ,A wlllmg worker. , , capable, , ,amb1t1ous, , .great enthuslasm for everythmg, A httle nonsense now and then, IS rehshed by the best of men. 17 ,eq !.,ag' ODESSA BRAY Smrtty Metlculous musl ca drlrgent and yet carefree and mdependent 1 am all the daughters of my father s house and all the brothers too IUDITH BRON udy Our class beauty dreamer talented rn many frelds A daughter of the gods so d1v1nely tall and most d1v1nely an FRANCES CONNELL Fran Capable and tndepen dent makes fnends easlly UP-4 never w1thout a boyfnend I be lleve II because xt rs lmpossrble 611155 af lf 1953 X N ,-af' vias fi brother s keeper? 5 :F Q-if X ' ANNA DENORA Annie ' , Co-operative and dependable an honor student for twelve years good natured The mildest manner and the gentlest heart ANNA MAE FALBOWSKI tx Marsy Attractrve a A k always rn the m1dst of thrngs hep hep grrl A cheerful heart 11' maketh a merry companron ,- 1 I ,rr HOWARD LAZINSK Butch Subtle humor compamed by a shy smrle see what I can do never dull when he s around the Polarord 1. f Camera Man Am I my Af U H l xi vi! EVA L . 15 I 1 1 1 . . . . .ac- ' ' , , 1'I'll x I Q 0 nl . Ii' If Al 'A me I X l., ry, it ' s u H. V '7 ' E2-.' j, til? ' I A 5 H 1 'Guru 1 s 3 1 '.'rS s llf' FAYE NIDSON A new addition to our class quiet and studious a genial smile and brown eyes The secret of success is consistency of purpose LEO PATER Wise Guy easy going opti mistic content with letting the world go its way 1 e brightens with a little mischief Will you walk into my parlor? said the spider to the JANE ROGERS Janie Quiet but friendly the while of mild manner always willing to help A pleasant face a cheery smile gay and friendly all Glass of QXQLO 5 67093 M SALVATORE SAITTA a a mrschref maker always ready for fun never wlthout a musrcran Alma Buds can fly why can t I? MARY SKLENER Marr decervlngly quret wherever Shrrley 15 Mary rs never far away one of the unsung duct1on staff Her volce was ever soft and low Q1 THEODORE S TANKIEWICZ. X Te Cllllel conscrenuous studrous defrmtely a man of few words Trrne shall teach thee all thrngs QQ? S 1 . . . ' ' u my heroines of the BACONIAN Pro- .X U rf hxx ff 'X A 1 WANDA SUROVIAK Wandre Mrss Wreczorek rtght hand gal mdependent and care ree our attendance gtrl co operatton persomfled I have mastered the art of happrness WILLIAM TARN Gurllaume Our John Barry more always rn a play the Unrversal man T e world ts always ready to recetve talent wtth open arms CASIMIR TARNOWSKI Cas lots of get up and go an answer for everythtng Jean ette Oh what a tease' A story! God bless you' I have none to tell' Glass af 195' ROMAN WGLOSYZN Bacon s Rembrandt Strll waters run deep Sure I ll do ll hard workmg always wrllrng to lend a hand usually wrth brush and palette Whatever IS worth dolng IS worth dolng well ROBERT WEBSTER Web well lrked mtschref dwells rn hrs presence a good marksman and hunter T e eagle he was lord above and Rob was lord below SHEILA ZUPNIK S e Another of our hep hep grrls one of our wrttrest Kfiq bouncy enthuslasm though the last not least 1.4 5-.. X I .ai 4'lL....,. Fxgure Helght Legs Eyes Nose Ears L1 s Com plexlon Dlm ples Han' D1spos1t1on Physlque He1ght Eyes Ears Nose Teeth Smlle Dlmples Ha1r D1spos1t1on Way Wlth Guls 6' D ll! I DREAM GIRL PERFECT BO JUDY BRON ANNA MAE FALBOWSKI MATTIE MAE BRAY MARY SKLENER PAT NORTON WANDA SUROVIAK FRANCES CONNELL FAYE NIDSON FAYE NIDSON SHIRLEY BRADY FAYE NIDSON Y WILLIAM TARN FRANK ADAMS SALVATORE SAITTA HERSCHEL CUTLER DONALD WOZNIAK EDWARD GROOBERT HOWARD LaZ.INSK TED STANKIEWICZ. 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R . . -----.----- - 4 Lti the Dearest FAYE NIDSON JUDY BRON FAYE NIDSON FAYE NIDSON WANDA SUROVIAK SHIRLEY BRADY SI-IEILA ZUPNIK ANNA MAE FALBOWSKI PAT NORTON ANNA MAE FALBOWSKI FAYE NIDSON PAT NORTON ODESSA BRAY SHEILA ZUPNIK JANE ROGERS MATTIE MAE BRAY FRAN CONNELL FAYE NIDSON MATTIE MAE BRAY ANNA DSNORA FRAN CONNELL ODESSA BRAY ANNA DGNORA FRAN CONNELL PAT NORTON PAT NORTON C7 SENIOR SUPERLATIVES Most Lrkely To Succeed Best Lookrng Best Scholar Best Natured Most Co operauve Best Athlete Wrttrest Best Dancer Most Musrcally Inclrned Most Pep Most Conscrentrous Cutest Most Optrmrstrc Norsrest Quretest Most Srncere Greatest Polrtrcran Most Dependable Best Dressed Best Mannered Most Absent Mrnded Tallest Shortest Blggest Flrrt Most Versatrle Most Popular fe EDWARD GROOBERT CASIMIR TARNOWSKI EDWARD GROOBERT BOB WEBSTER HOWARD LaZINSK ED GROOBERT HOWARD LaZINSK SAL SAITTA SAL SAITTA SAL SAITTA I-IERSCHEL CUTLER DON WOZNIAK BILL TARN SAL SAITTA ROMAN WOLOSZYN BILL TARN ED GROOBERT HERSCHEL CUTLER DON WOZNIAK TED STANKIEWICZ SAL SAITTA FRANK ADAMS LEO PATER DON WOZNIAK BILL TARN EDWARD GROOBERT It Wzflzm these great W ll Enterrng our Freshman Year was an excmng adventure for us After recoverrng from the results of Inrtratton the frrst order of busrness was to elect offrcers who were Edward Groobert Presrdent James Plunkett Vrce Presrdent Anna DeNora Secretary Herschel Cutler Treasurer Our ad vrsor was Mxss Rokrta We garned a few new members Leo Pater Odessa Bray Julran Josypenko and Helen Saworskr Our f1ISI soclal success was Club 53 Our contrrbutron to the four one act plays was Aunt Mrranda s W1ll rn whrch the cast drd a good Job That year we lost some of our classmates Phrlrp Champayne Phrlrp Levrne Alvrn Curne Helen Saworskr and Wrllram Scoprno We started our Sophomore year wrth more confrdence and securrty toward the comrng year T prlot our class we chose Edward Groobert Presrdent Casrmrr Tarnowskr Vrce Presrdent Patrr cra Norton Secretary Herschel Cutler Treasurer Mrs Ruszala who was formerly Mrss Rokrta was agarn our class advrsor Durrng the course of the year we garned four newcomers Faye Nrd son Roman Woloszyn Stowell Kessler and Stanley Dankrw For the second consecutrve year we presented Club 53 as our class affarr As our part rn the four one act plays we presented Sally and the Vrllarn and our class for the frrst trme succeeded rn havrng tts name wrrtten on the trophy Wrth the closrng of our Sophomore year we lost our class advrsor Mrs Ruszala wrth great regret when she resrgned from the Bacon Academy faculty Although at the begmnrng of our Junror year we were mmus frve members Frank bamotowrtz Evelyn Marn Stowell Kessler Allrson Phelps and Stanley Dankrw we had a new addmon Irene Jonson Electrons were held and the followrng offlcers were elected Edward Groobert Presldent James Plunkett Vrce Presrdent Patrrcra Norton Secretary and Herschel Cutler Treasurer Our new advrsor thrs year was Mrss Danrelson The Jumor Prom one of the IK ' ' II S . . . . u O F . 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' , X X 3 - ' K at ' if Q T ' 4, T Q A we shall never fnrgcf ..... school s brggest events was presented 1n May Wtllram Mertens and Frances Connell were crowned Kmg and Queen of the Prom As our second event of the year we sponsored a Tal ent Show whrch proved to be a socral and fmancral success Our contrrbutlon to the four one act plays was Quret Home Weddrng Durrng the year a farewell party was gtven for James Plunkett when he moved to Norwrch and Sal Sartta took over the vrce prestdency At the end of the year we lost Irene Jonson Betty Standish Donald Taylor and Sadre Guar naccra who marrred a former student of Bacon Academy Wesley Brady At the close of the year Mrss Danrelson left us to become Mrs Frank Crooker Our fmal and long awarted year had fmally arrrved As we look back through the years we recall all the good trmes we spent together The electron of offrcers thrs year was an rmportant dectsron Edward Groobert was re elected pres1dent for the fourth and Herschel Cutler Treasurer Our advrsor was Mtss Wood We began our class affarrs by wrnnrng the magazrne drrve We presented George Washrngton Slept Here as our fust event of the year It turned out to be a socral and flnancral success berng held two nrghts rnstead of the usual one Sprmg brought w1th rt the fmal crown of our hrgh school act1v1t1es the annual mp to Washrngton After readrng lrstemng d1SCl1S1l'lg and learnmg Amerrcan democracy we frnally were able to see 1ts nucleus It was a frultful and hrghly educattonal experrence brrngmg home more than ever the herrtage and responsrblrty of our Amerrcan crtrzenshrp After our return the days flew by wrth amazrng raprdrty makmg us wrsh trme would not pass qurte so fast The four years were comrng to an end and the door began to close wrth quret frnalrty wrth class Day Exercrses It shut urecovably when we recewed our drplomas on Graduatron Day It rs the wrsh of every graduauon class to remam al1ve rn the hrstory of tts Alma Mater We the class of 1953 have perhaps a drstmctron that no other class can share we were graduated rn the 150th year of Bacon s extstence As a class we w1ll be known as such may we remember and reltve agatn rn memory our hrstory and the hrstory of Bacon Academy . I . . . . l . . . - l 0 o T' 7 6 w n sf, A ig 5 ' I , ,IQ I consecutive year, Donald Wozniak was chosen Vice President, Patricia Norton, Secretary l C 0 . . . . . . . . I . , . . , . . . . D 0 U . . . . . . 0 I . . 0 ' I . . . . . , . 0 , , : . . . , 60155 Will We the class of 1953 berng of sound health and not so sound rn mrnd do hereby declare publrsh and proclarm thrs to be our last wrll and testament The senror boys leave Harold Gutterman alone Frank Adams leaves quretly Shrrley Brady leaves Mr Kulrgowskr a quret study hall Mattre Mae Bray leaves her school sprrrt to Chester Zawrsza Odessa Bray leaves Horace to fxnd another bop partner Judy Bron leaves Coach to Eleanor Adams knowrng that he wrll be well taken care of Ed Groobert leaves hrs masculrne physxque to Bob Jackson Frances Connell leaves for an all grrl college Herschel Cutler leaves hrs brref case to Presrdent Ersenhower Anna DeNora leaves to enter her Ford rn the stock car races Anna Mae Falbowskr leaves her brother Joe alone Howard Lazrnsk leaves for parts unknown Faye Nldson leaves for Moodus Pat Norton leaves all the stop srgns to Jean Gerhardt Leo Pater leaves Nrna Kozak to walk Jane Rogers leaves Peggy Turner to frnd a new luncheon companron f Sal Sartta leaves hrs unsolved chemrcal equatron to Albert Ernstern Mary Sklener leaves to start a school for wartresses Ted Stankrewrcz leaves to burld a new A 8s P Store on South Mam Street Wanda Surovrak leaves Joe rn peace Cas Tarnowskr leaves the dance floor to Crosby Peck Bob Webster leaves on a huntrng expedrtron to Afrrca Roman Woloszyn leaves Mrss Wreczorek and her frrst perrod typrng class rn peace Don Woznrak Creepy leaves to break last year s Olymprc speed record Sherla Zupnrk leaves her sweaters to Glorra Levy We hereby appornt Mxss Barbara Wood CXCCUIIIX of thrs our last wrll and testament In testrmony whereof we have hereunto set our last hand and affixed our seal at Colchester Connectrcut thrs nrneteenth day of June rn the year of our Lord nrneteen hundred and frfty three Class of Nrneteen hundred and frfty three TESTATORS Mattre Mae Bray Salvatore Sartta Anna Mae Falbowskr Donald Woznrak Srgned sealed publrshed and by the above named four our last wrll and testament In the presence of us who rn our presence at then request and of each other here unto subscrrbe our names as wrtnesses X Wrnnre the Poo Hopalong Darsy Mae Creepy 7 Bill Tarn leaves for bachelorhood, 611155 Z7 opllecy The year rs 1965 and the place 15 Colchester Connectrcut A jaguar comes screechrng to a halt rn front of Woznrak s garage A well dressed man steps out of the car takes off hrs whrte gloves and addresses the grease starned mechanrc Cas I-I1 there Don' Remember me Cas Tarnowskr your old classmate? I m passrng through and I thought I d stop rn Don Why Hello Cas Gee rt s great to see you agam' Cas It s good to be back rn Colchester What s new here? Don Nothrng much I haven tseen you srnce we graduated from Bacon What have you been dorng? Cas Well Imarrred Janette have srx lrttle Tarnowskrs enlarged L C P S and I m now rn the rmportrng and exportrng of lrquor Do you own the garage now? Don Yes Thrs one and every other one w1th1n a radrus of ten mrles The Fed eral Government ts urgrng an antr trust surt agarnst me but I m not worrred One of our old frrends IS a supreme court Justrce now Cas No' Whrch one? Don Howard Lazmsk You remember hrm don t you? When I bought hrs father s place I gave them a break Now rt s hrs turn to do me a favor Cas Oh' Drd you see the women wrestlrng on TV last mght? Don No who took part rn the bout? Surovrak rn two strarght falls I guess Wanda w1ll be comrng back thrs way though After the frght she was quoted as sayrng that she was grv mg up wrestlrng for teachrng Seems she s been offered Mrss Wreczo rek s Job at Bacon Academy Don Cas Don Cas Don Cas Don Cas Well maybe I can sell her a new car KA car goes whrzzrng by Q What was that? That s Bob Webster He s gorng up to the caprtal for another hrghway patrol meetrng He s just been appornted hrghway commrssroner How about the rest of the class? Drd you hear from any of them? I read rn the Wall Street Journal where Pat Norton who recently drvorced her thrrd husband expanded her father s busrness and rs now also producrng pencrls too as well as paper Oh I know that Bob s hauled her rn for speedmg about srx trmes already You know that Mr Damaruan retrred a couple of years ago and old J B became prrncrpal? You remember Judy Bron, don t you? Ever srnce her hrgh school days she s wanted to be a pnncrpal Don may I see today s paper? I want to read Roman Wolozyn s comrc strrp L1l Leo showrng the actrons of the Romeo of our class Leo Pater I m sorry Cas I gave rt away Are you gorng to Waterford to see the women s stock car raclng tonrght? Tonrght s race features Anna DeNora Yes You know Anna s old srdekrck Faye Nrdson was Just appornted under Secretary of the lnterror Cas: Well, Shiela Zupnik, the world 's leading lady wrestler, pinned Wanda Don Cas Don Cas Don Don Cas Don Don Cas Don Cas Don BS Don as Don Cas 9432- Yes she s going places Speaking about going places, how about Sal Santa? Well Sal married Alma Roy has 14 children, gave up the accgrdmn and took over S S leather which IS now Saitta and Saltta That reminds me you must know that Fran Connell is now one of the top State Agricultural agents rn Connecticut Yes, she always stops rn to visit Bacon Academy What are the others doing? Well Mattie Mae Bray is teaching grammar school now and her cousin Odessa has been working for Milton Berle Seems he gave her money to sit in the au dtence and giggle all during the show Speaking of show business Edward Groobert the New England Polka King, and his band are putung on a show in our new gymnasium He also calls square dances as a sideline Say how about Anna Mae? She finally married one of those Lebanon boys and I haven t seen hide nor hair of her since Is that so? Well you know that Shirley Brady as her fust act after being tor of the Universal and her husband general manager Our famous lawyer Ted Stankiewicz is representing the government in their anti trust against the A 8: P How t1mes do change Mary Sklener is touring the country campaigning against typewnters She claims they hinder the growth of the bones in the fmgers I guess our old classmates are really making a name for themselves Hershel Cutler is the lead skater in Sonja Heme s new 1ce revue He replaced Dtck Button Jane Rogers has just replaced Dorothea Dix and her column IS now nationally syndicated Listen that s the 4 O0 o clock train coming H1 Frank! That s Frank Adams isn t rt? Yes, he s chief engineer on the D E W W11I I see you at our class reunion? I certainly will be there Now I ve got to get back to New York So long, it was nrce talking to you nv? elected president of J, A, Granowicz and Son, appointed Bill Tarn, proprie- C Z . ., . . C : ' , ' ' ' CLAS SES Chg greatness and glory ,fuumrs year new advrsor Mr Kultgowskt the crew of Marvtn Bob Jean and Annette leadtng the 54 s also chemrstry Arnerlcan Lrterature and French II not to mentton the rnagazme drtve and the booby pnze sponsormg the Jamboree the Wmg Dtng carmval wrth the for Xtune teller and the penny pttch the Junlor Prom the loveltest ntght of the year and the Juntor entry im the four one act plays contest inext year the upper crust ll 6 K K . H, Q A M W , x p J tx 1 . f ' 6 ' I 4 ' 1. ' v ., I of 1 . 1 3 4 i 1 w A 'lf , . .upper classmen at last, , ,new I D ! I I ' , 0 0 0 4 D I lo u 0 . X - 4 ' Q . , ,, . . I I We always ufzll slwuf. . another step up the ladder Presrdent Jeannette rulrng w1th a capable hand wrth strong support from Walt Lrbby and Betty wrnnmg thud place rn the maga zrne drrve and grvmg the Jurnors the pleasure U1 of puttmg on the Jamboree O Meara and Stev ens co edrtmg the Sophomore Revrew wrth art work by George Palmer Greek and Roman models for World hrstory Wrnter Wonderland at Day Hall wrth Johnny Down s Tr1o thespxan contrrbutron ln Apr1l a profrtable year for 55 but wart trl next year!! Z Saplfanwrcs til DI Hreshmm starung at the bottom Frank Cohen leadrng 56 rn the cltmb mrtratron four achrng feetlj wxth eye patches and sacks Seruors servants for a day surprxse of the year the race w1th the DCHIOIS for top place rn the rnagazlne drrve gettmg lots of help from Mr Corbo class ad vrsor Valentxne motrf at the class affarr ln February Betty Lou one of the stars rn George Washmgton Slept Here trred and true Baconrtes 1465 '! . eq.. ...pun .31- SAE ORGA NIZA TIONS 'gift' ihau arf Jnsfruffar Orchestra ,,.. h t' 51:5 61116 P 'T 11111 11111171111 t llfl ,411 . . . . Student gdllllflf of the students by the students for the students sponsor of the rnterscholas uc athleuc program and magazrne drrve splash partres school prcnrc student dances new umforms for the cheergrrls annual budget orgamzatron of school socral calendar B A S A membershrp drlve lncludrng free admlsslon to school plc n1c and athletrc contests led by Ed Groobert capable wrelder of the gravel And each af STB ' of thee X T N-.Xxx S Dramalzcs gfllb G53 'Nw' 4 3 ,bifvyqg '57, 5. i f-Q gg uh x7.:xW-A 4 9 4, ' ' 9 N - , A47 I J Q5 9 Q 1 . ., Ns A QQ Q X , is wa I x FVFT3 i 47 i Q , W 0 ' -' w 'J e ' f kg X in V - C I, C, Y :rf U' If f L . '4 N - ' 1 Q ' , :r , 93 ? ' 'N ' - -f I , KC u- . A 'N ::' E, U ' 'N , UQ 3 A - E 1. ff A 1 , X :N ' 4 o s N ,, thy chzldrm cluzms 11 ,wrt mv' F' Audm Visual Club - ,, 'i 1. L A 'W o 4' Clear the front page, I've got a scoop! ' ff 1 .1 A . . , p X . j Q Z ' -6 I ng gn JN 1 xv 9 5'ulur6 HIISIIIKSS 56661666 56161166 61116 T11 d , 5 J W QW 5 1'?' w ,, V. A THLITICS M10 BQCO4 M Varszfy Basketball 5211111 Hlzccr leaders 59' Q 4! 5504 04, CUM N04 M300 lnif' jufzmr Varszfy Elmer lfcadvrs ,I-L I 1 , ! Jia nxhxt v't'k rdlgl 5, 1 .Ki A ' gxcou X C H 3, 5 K 8 'N i 3 ' kucux T '43 2 A I NAME Ed Groobert Cas Tarnow kr Horace Bray Jack Jones Harvey Alpert Joe Falbowskl Dec an lfe Fe March 2 VARSITY BASKETBALL 1952 53 IN DIVIDUAL AVERAGES GAMES PLAYED D I TOTAL 1952 3 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE AND SCORES Norwrch Tech Hale Ray Wrndsor Locks Grrswold Grrswold Valley Reg1onal Lebanon Ellsworth Woodstock Norwrch Tech East Hampton East Hampton Wrndsor Locks Woodstock Lyman CIAC SMALL SCHOOLS Bethel Morgan Stafford Here Here Here Away Here Away Away Away Here Here Away Here Away Away Here TOURNEY TCC Gym TCC Gym TCC Gym THEY 31 ' 37 ' AVIGAME WON IRON QUINTET MAKES QUARTER FINALS Thls year our frve rron men set a New Basketball Record for therr Alma Mater by maklng the quarter fmals rn the CIAC Tournament Therr greatest vrctory came when they up set Morgan of Calrnton by a score of 51 to 48 Stafford whrch was the last team we played went on to wrn the Class C Tournament ' ' ' ' FG FT 19 66 31 163 8. 6 ' ' 19 56 39 151 8.0 19 99 64 262 13.0 5 19 11' 66' 296 15. 5 ' 19 46 21 113 6. 0 A 14 14 16 44 3. 1 WE . 2 ' 74 ' 9 ' 43 12 Ellsworth Here 63 62 ' 19 ' 52 68 I . 6 ' 36 53 13 ' 35 47 16 ' 57 47 ' 20 59 50 ' 23 35 42 30 78 61 ' ' b. 3 ' 91 41 ' 6 54 58 7 ' 52 49 ' 10 ' 44 41 ' 13 ' ' 50 39 ' 17 59 46 ' b. 28 60 52 ' , 51 48 ' 9 r 39 57 TEAM Old Saybrook Moodus East Hampton Valley Regronal Old Saybrook East Hampton Valley Regronal 1952 SOCCER SEAS ON PLACE Here Away Here Away Away Away Here BACON S BOOTERS Robert Webster ' Co Captarn Harold Gutterman George Raymond Robert Morton Harvey Alpert Marvln Cohen 1953 BASEBALL ' Denotes Senrors Salvatore Sartta Joe Falbowskr Paul Shlffman Robert Kahn Crosby Peck THEY 'Co Captarn As we go to press Coach Mrschler has not yet fmrshed schedulrng Bacon s nme or the 1953 season Tournament Jack Jones s treatment of a Jump ball durrng the Bacon Morgan Tournament game Bacon upset the Clrnton Qumtet whrch was rated flrst 1n the Class S WE . 0 1 0 8 1 1 ' 2 0 0 2 O 2 ' 1 5 Charles Altman . ' ' ' ' f Sasser l 4 17 . , ,, rv, X ,-1' , K N ,354 , ?' 5f'a,f ,.- 4 W L--. X... 5 Vzews 5561465 an Persanalzfles FX I ll U V If YNSX 44' L.-L N H Annzvcrsary O c What man rn years gone by knew That on thrs once barren spot would stand A structure not make of buck alone But souls and memorres? What burlder of thrs structure knew That through these hallowed halls Men destrned for natronal renown would strrde And make thrs natron great' Th1s structure IS staunch And has stood through storms and years What grves rt breath a lrfe so long? Its rnhabrtants the famous and the great The quret and the strong Wtllram E Tarn 53 There shall be establrshed for ever hereafter rn the f1rst soctety of Colchester a school of the name of Bacon Academy for the rnstructron of youth 1n readrng and wrmng Englrsh rn artthmetrc mathernatrcs the languages and other branches of learnrng and shall rnclude a common school and a school of htgher order to be opened and kept 1n the bu1ld1ng erected for that purpose near the Meetrng House The whole management and superrntendence of sa1d Academy shall be vested 1n a Board of twelve Trustees And the sa1d Trustees shall rn convenrent trme select and appornt a prrnctpal overseer of sa1d Academy who shall be styled preceptor who shall have the en trre superrntendence and management of sa1d Academy and schools subject to drrectron of Board of Trustees Excerpts from Charter of Bacon Academy Granted by the General Assembly May, 1803 0 1 1 I 1 l l . .. , 1 n 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 ... 1 .-. 1 . 1 9 or DR R DANIEL CHUBBUCK IDA SEIDEL Superrntendent of Rural Schools Elemefllary SCh00l Supervrsor 1950 1953 1950 Graduate of Untversrty of Connectrcut and holder of a master s and doctor s degree from Yale Dr Chubbuck f1rst taught at the Choate School Wallmgford then became teach er coach at Woodrow Wrlson Hrgh School at Cromwell In 1950 he replaced Martrn B Robertson as Superlntendent of Rural Educatron A century and a half has elapsed srnce the foundlng of Bacon Academy Recognrtxon of tts contrrbutron ts f1tt1ng and proper on th1s occasron The anuqurty of the foundtng rs startlrng when we pause to remember that Thomas Jef ferson who was Presrdent at that ttme was born a Brtttsh subJect At that t1me the natton was conftned to the eastern half of the contrnent In that year Ohro was admrt ted to the Umon Then there were no rarlroads telegraphs telephones nor matches not to mentron automobrles televtslon and axrplanes Abraham Lrncoln was yet to be born Through the rncredlble developments experrenced by frve generatrons Bacon Academy has served the Umred States Connectrcut and Colchester Her Alumm have drstmgurshed themselves tn the Halls of Congress 1n the Armed Forces of the Unrted States 1n the market place the churches the schools one became a Ch1efJust1ce of the Umted States Supreme Court Thus w1th a sense of htstory and a wholesome respect for ner servrce to mankrnd we salute Bacon Academy one hundred and frfty years useful R Danlel Chubbuck J-133' awe 'la' BACON ACADEMY from Barber s Hlstortcal Collectton showtng the school at the trme of tts completron rn 1803 The one story butldtng at the left was the conference house for reltgrous meettngs On the church s rtght under the trees can be seen the school for colored chtld ren The church dtd actually face the way tt does tn the photograph Edward M Day on the 200th anntversary of the Frrst Church of Chrrst on August 27 1903 ver1f1ed thrs when he quoted from Rev S P Wtllard the stde of the butldtng to the east and front door to the center Thrs burldrng was constructed tn 1771 betng the thtrd house of worshlp the present butldtng was butlt tn 1842 to replace rt l6'r1af Paragraphs an l6'acaa Academy EDITOR S NOTE L1m1ted space makes rt tmpossrble to prrnt a thorough hlstory of Bacon Academy, A more detatled account of the schoo1's GCVCIOPUICIH and progress, tncludmg the ltfe of tts found er, may be found rn the Htstory of Bacon Academy publtshed rn the Alumnt Assoctatton Anntversary Dtrectory, In the followtng arttcle several toptcs w1ll be drscussed whtch w1ll not be covered tn other sectlons of thts publtcatlon, and w1ll mclude the followtng toprcs some of the most promr nent Amencans who studred at Bacon, very brtef blographrcal sketch of Prerpotnt Bacon, the back ground and motlve for Bacon's Wtll, an explanatron for the selectton of thxs partlcular stte upon whrch to erect the Academy. reasons why Bacon Academy purchased the Southern half of the Park and the Publrc Exhrbtttons, In November 1803 some 200 scholars gathered about John Adams, the frrst preceptor of Bacon Academy, Dunng the century and a half whtch followed, Bacon Academy has served Colches ter, Connecttcut and our natlon fatthfully, It 1S the second oldest academy and oldest htgh , , 4:,:,,Hf,:',' .i'7.,1 .,,... n .. 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' I l . 0 school butldrng tn Connecttcut and bows only to Yale Umverstty founded 1n 1701 and Cheshrre Eptscopal Academy founded tn 1795 For a century and a half thousands of scholars have passed through Bacon Academy classrooms Many of these students were destrned to become famous and celebrated Amencans Some of these scholars tnclude the followtng promrnent persons The Honorable Lyman Trumbull Jurlst Governor and Senator from Ill1no1s the xntxmate frrend of Ltncoln Stephen Austrn The Father of Texas The Honorable Morrtson R Warte Chtef Jus trce of the Untted States Supreme Court 11874 18885 The Honorable W1ll1am H Buckmgham the C1v1l War Governor of Connectlcut The Honorable Morgan Bulkeley Governor of Connec t1cut The Honorable Eltphalet Bulkeley the ftrst Presldent of the Aeta L1fe Insurance Company The Honorable W1ll1am Larrabee 12th Governor of Iowa The Honorable Edwm Dentson Morgan Governor and U S Senator from New York who refused the pos1t1on of Secretary of Treasury tw1ce when appotnted by Andrew Johnson 1n 1865 and Chester Arthur IH 1881 and Isaac Edwln Gray educator ftrst Congressman from Mtchtgan one of the founders of the Untverstty of Mtchlgan Bacon Academy scholars IH the past as today have become the leaders of Amerlca and tts good c1t1zens IIS factory workers tts farmers tndependent busrnessmen housewtves offtce workers doctors lawyers clergymen teachers and statesmen Plczgvalul Hasan r-cab E122-f WSIS:-1 -'mms' tin'-um k'4 ' ps OO'5l,E'oQ Oxcww OKDOO mE'-3 ' Omx2-'IO H F-4 rum-O 9-1'-322 'U 3522 52842. rn'-C w:1'UnJ r-QQQON 2.110 was Owfx u-4OU'P-I BENQ 5-gg-arf mfg r- r- cn zrggg W OS 551512 Ev-:OE HO: '-:Oro KUUQEH Q.:-mo 5520.0 E-r '::'o mop-- A, lUlf: P' :msg whim Zoo.'-' cb'-'1cof,E E5-4,,,' HUGH O v-:O :ragga 'gs' cr:-25 co05'Q- D' Q. roman,- C8 Q v-1 DH Ewa-O mga-'E Q. gs 5'5 mag? Egm-S cons.-.5 0885 H-X35 W S lil 1' aw - 1 . A .. '- C X fi ' V ' . - - Q . - . ' . - Q ' . . ' Q . ' I ' . -N I 6 1, Th1s Photo taken about 1889 tncludes members of the Class of 1890 Standmg left to nght Mr Tucker Preceptor Ttmothy Sull1van John Sheehan Srtttng Jesste L Swtft Clayton Standtsh Julla Sull1van Below Edward Day thrifty, frugal, honest, industrious and kind farmer. Mr. Bacon owned and worked slaves, as was the custom in those days he was krnd to hrs slaves and freed all of them at hrs death It rs rnterestrng to note that hrs most farthful slave Zrp or Scrpro by hrs long labors contrrbuted as much to e accumulatron of the estate as Mr Ba con hrmself Research by the late Dr Cyrus Pendleton hrstorran of Colchester and Bacon Acade my rn thrs century leads hrm to questron whether Mr Bacon was as promrnent honored and respected rn Colchester as he was prctured for over a century after hrs death He pornts out that Bacon was not a Church or Lodge member I-le was second on the lrst of evaders for not Jorn rng the Revolutronary Army when he was drafted and frned frve pounds JOHN ADAMS ,Moiwc Har leavzng Frrst Preceptor of Bacon Academy A raduate of Yale Adams came to Bacon V4 3 from Plarnfreld Academy rn 1803 and served as rts preceptor untrl 1810 He abruptly ended hrs servrce over a matter rnvolvrng a drscrplrnary case An hrs torrcal account states when a drfference of oprnron arose between the preceptor and the trustees regardrng a case of drs crplrne the Master feelrng that rn thrs most rmportant department he must be allowed a free hand presented hrs resrg natron Adams after resrgnrng left Bacon to go to Phrlrps Academy And over where he achreved great fame and promrnence as an educator No documents exrst grvrng evrdence to Prerpornt Bacon motrve rn leavrng the bulk of hrs estate for the support of a school rn the Frrst Socrety of Colchester Wrllram Krnne hrstorran of Bacon Aca demy rn the 1800 s thought that Bacon chrldless and lust separated by death from hrs wrfe wanted to perpetuate hrs name Dr Pendleton s theory though undocu mented seems to be very logrcal and plausrble Bacon s wrll was not wrrtten untrl a few months before he dred at the age of '76 and after the death of hrs wrfe Had he planned to endow a school for any consrderable number of years one would expect hrm to have wrrtten hrs wrll before approachrng hrs allotted span of lrfe That he burlt up hrs vast landed estate wrth a frxed obJectrve rs questronable Crr cumstantral evrdence rndrcates that Prerpornt Bacon was advrsed and rnfluenced to support a school Wrtnessrng the wrrtrng of Bacon s wrll were John Watrous Senror Danrel Watrous and Lydra Watrous fwrfe of Damelj In fact the wrll rs unmrstakably rn the handwrrtrng of Danrel Watrous the lawyer Twenty frve years before rn 1775 the same John Watrous and Amasa Ransome wrtnessed the wrll ' In-,, ..' . 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I. v 1 1 of Lt Davrd Day who bequeathed one half of hrs estate to the Westchester Soctety for the support of a school of hrgher educatron for the youth of Westchester Socrety Dr John R Watrous Colchester s popular physrcran and most promtnent crtrzen probably attended Mrs Bacon rn her last rllness early rn 1800 He saw rn Prerpornt Bacon the possrbrlrty of dorng somethrng for the Frrst Socrety s1m1lar to what he and hrs father had a hand rn dorng for Westchester Socrety rn the wrll of Lt Davrd Day rn 1775 Dr Watrous a clever polr trcan knew all about Prerpornt Bacon that he was a mrser and had no feeltng for hrs rela trves Therefore he would have no drffrculty convrncrng Bacon that to leave the estate for educatronal purposes would deprrve any one from benefrtrng by hrs hard earned wealth and srmultaneously preserve hrs name for posterrty That the Watrous famrly should have had a hand rn establrshrng both the Day Hrgh School rn Westchester and Bacon Academy rn Colchester rs more than a mere corncrdence The ewdence seems to suggest that the foundrng of Bacon Academy was pretty much a Watrous affarr Al' 2 F sis-......,.. Thrs prcture of Bacon Academy rs a reproductron of a lrthograph done somettme between 1827 and 1836 when Charles P Otrs was the school s preceptor The frgure tn the lower left corner rn the dark surt rs sard to be Colonel Joseph Isham a trustee for 35 years The tall slrm frgure a lrttle to the left of the Academy entrance rs Mr Otrs The photo on the rnsrde front cover was taken rn 1890 by C F Macintosh and shows Bacon Aca demy the chapel Know Day Hally and the Congregatronal Church Many changes were made srnce the trme of Mr Otrs In the 1850 s Nathanrel Hayward spent hrs personal fr nances to renovate the school whrch rncluded the addrtron of the whrte rarl borderrng the roof Academy srgn shutters and overhangrng entrance arch The belfry was also en closed The burldrngs used to house the horses used by students travelrng to and from Bacon were located behrnd the chapel on about the same spot where the Negro School was burlt rn earlrer days The shadow rn the forefront was made by the Keeney Hotel now no longer rn exrstence a stopprng place for travelers The Chapel was burlt rn 1857 on the spot where the thrrd11803y church was located The house at the extreme rrght rs the Old Cra gm Homestead resldence of Dr Edwrn B Cragrn and the present srte of the Cragrn Me mortal Lrbrary The accumulated Bacon property and wealth mcluded 495 Acres of land 181 Acres of land 140 Acres of land Sundry notes U S notes 1 5 From thrs fund S7 059 37 was used to construct the burldmg Th1s wealth was bequeathed 1n Bacon s w1llQApr1l 7 18005 as follows Item my wrll rs and I do grve all the remarnder of my estate both real personal and mrxed of every krnd that I now have erther rn professron reversron or remarnder and all that I shall d1e selzed of all thrs 1 grve the rnhabrtants of the frrst Socrety rn Colchester for the purpose of supportmg and marntarnrng a school rn sa1d frrst Socrety at such a place as the Inhabrtants of saxd frrst Socrety shall agree upon near the Meetmg House rn sard soctety a school for the rnstrucuon of youth rn readrng and wrrtrng Englrsh rn Arthmeuc Mathemaucs and the Lang uages or such other branches of Learnmg as sa1d Inhabrtants shall drrect hrs! Kzfurd af Crusfees In May 1803 the General Assembly granted the charter establtshmg The Trustees and Prop rretors of Bacon Academy on July 5 1803 the Board of Trustees met for the fust trme and on November 1 1803 Bacon Academy opened tt doors The members of the flrst Board of Trustees were promlnent Connectrcut cmzens who came from all parts of the state and rncluded the followrng men Hrs Excellency Jonathan Trumbull Jr of Lebanon Connectxcut second son of the Old Revolutronary War Governor prrvate secretary and ftrst ard to General Washmgton mem ber of the Connecttcut General Assembly speaker of U S House of Representatrves re elected governor of Connectrcut for 11 years unt1l h1s death tn 1809 Honorable Zephanrah Swtft renowned lawyer and promrnent statesman publxsher of several law works Honorable Roger Grlswold of Lyme Lawyer Congressman 11795 18055 Lteutenant Governor and Governor of Connectrcut General Epaphrodxtus Champron of Westchester the Second Soclety of Colchester Son of Colonel Henry Champron for whom the Colonel Henry Champron Chapter of the D A R IS named and Congressman Rev Henry Chanmng pastor of Frrst Church rn New London from 1787 to 1806 MaJor Roger Bulkeley Lreutenant of the compan, whrch volunteered from Colchester at the trme of the Lexrngton Alarm Aprrl 1775 Rev Salmon Cone mrmster of Frrst Church of Chrrst Colchester 1792 to 1830 Colonel Joseph Isham executor of Bacon s wrll and treasurer of the Academy sl ,8so. oo 3,348. so 2,soo. oo 13,025.87 . . 4,344.20 ETFQTST Dr, Daniel Watrous, prominent lawyer. Asa Brgelow farmer and netghbor of Mr Bacon lchabod Lord Skrnner surveyor and burlder Dr John R, Watrous most promlnent Colchester physrcran and cttrzen Selecfzau af Sm' ar Karon Academy Dr Pendleton rn hrs Founder s Day Address fMay 10 19455 offered two reasons why Bacon Academy was bu1lt on thrs parttcular s1te One because the wrll provlded that the school should be butlt near the Meettng House tnterpreted to mean adjacent to tt Two because the s1te owned by the Frrst Soctety was obtatned wtthout cost On thts stte was located the school house of the Frrst Soctety Dtstrtct Therefore rt rs be lteved that an agreement was reached wrth the Ftrst School Drstrtct to house tts school rn the new butldtng for the prrvtlege of the stte Thts Academy stte has probably been used for the educatlon of Colchester Youth for a pertod of at least 235 years Evtdence rndtcates that the Frrst Drstrtct school was cons U-ucted tn 1718 near the meettng house Purchase of Sauth Hay of Park Ky Karon Academy It was through the leadershtp of Dr John R, Watrous that the Academy acqutred the deed of that sectron of the park now used as an athletrc freld When the academy was burlt the whole of the present park was prtvate property The north half was then owned by the 1-x '-U? Showrng part of the class of 1900 Front row George Cavanaugh Kathryn O Connell Back row Anna Daudey Mrs Dtckrnson teacher Mr Dtcktnson Preceptor Mary Shea Grace McLean Wlllram Baker and Altce Slater Members not present are Cora Carrrer Wrllram Healey and Marte Rogers ages N 0 vt af T 1 fs' 'H-4 5' i , 1 , A if 3 'J , S., K A rl -wa Q' ' A , X cl - p Y p . A, . A I U KA f 4 N wi .aug As estate of Dr Watrous wlfe the south half by Azarrah Wrrght brother rn law of Dr Watrous In our present center freld just oppostte the meetrng house there was a store and nearby a corn crrb and slaughter house There was no Norwrch Avenue when the Academy was burlt Thrs whole sectron east of the academy was a large expanse of swampy farm land the only houses rn stght berng the Wrrght house and the Isham house The Norwrch turnprke road was lard out rn 1805 It rs sard that the surveyor pornted Ih1S road to the exact center of the front door of Bacon Academy In 1821 Dr Watrous Ralph Isham and Davrd Demrng all members of the Bacon Academy Board of Trustees purchased thrs property of Azarrah Wrrght whrch rncluded the burldrngs and an acre and a half of land for S750 00 They then sold the burldrngs to John Turner for S100 00 provldrng the bu1ld rngs were removed from thrs ground on or before July 1 1821 The remarnrng land was sold to the Academy for S200 00 representrng a loss of S5450 OO apparently Dr Watrous had vrsrons of a central park He controlled the North half and knew that rf the lower half were sold to a prrvate party the park could never matertalrze Although Bacon Academy bought th1s land rt was not used untrl the begrnnrng of the 20th century when baseball became a part of the school currrculum Undoubtedly these men wanted the plot of ground to serve as a future park for the town Pulrlzc 81411111 nous The By laws of Bacon Academy provrded for publrc exhrbttrons to be held annually rn September In Mr Adams trme and afterwards the exhrbrtrons were great affarrs wrth the presence of the Governor of Connecttcut musrc processrons and paradrng It was qurte common rn the frrst century of the Academy hrstory to have for one of IIS non resrdent trustees a governor or an ex governor of Connectrcut when he lrved east of the Connectrcut Rrver The annual exhrbrtron was an event antrcrpated by many people all over Eastern Connectrcut All day programs were planned a typxcal program IS prrnted below Srnce the order of Exerctses for mornrng and after noon followed the same general pattern only the forenoon program rs prrnted here ORDER OF EXERCISES At The ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF BACON ACADEMY September 2nd 1840 FORENOON 1 Sacred Musrc Prayer Orat1on1nLat1n by IohnG Brockway Lyme Ct Drssertatron On the Amerrcan Independence by Edgar Clark, Colchester Ct Drssertatron on Conscrence by Johnl. Arnold Colchester Ct Instrumental Mustc Address on Government byW1ll1aml-I Rogers Colchester Ct 8 The Alton Tragedy byE andG B Day Colchester Ct 2. . 3. ' ' ' - . . . . 4. ' ' ' - . . 5. ' ' ' - . . . . -6. '. 611155 af 1901 F1rst row Frederrck Holmes Deborah Shea Second row Arthur Clark Florence Car ver Belle Rathbun Mary Cobb George Baker Thrrd row Mrs Drckrnson teach er Frank Daudey Preceptor erett Loomls B Day D Dean E Grllett J Avery Lrttle F Brshop Smlth Jr H Rogers F Smrth R. Arnold Jr K Burnap Drssertatron on The Mrnd by Rufus Smrth Chatham Ct Drssertatron on Grautude to our Ancestors by Joel R, Amold,Jr Colchester Ct D1alogue The Yankee Emrgrant by Alfred W Carey Colchester Ct J Avery W Carey Wright Da Tvler K. Burnap B Hrllard P Hyde A Amold Lrttle The exhrbmons were drscontmued rn Krnne s t1me Guls d1d not take part rn them, The declamatlons plays and dralogues were always orrgrnal composed by students Dickinson, Carolyn Day, Ev- Y , . Y. Since 1803 Bacon Academy has had 49 precep tors John Adams being the first and Aram Damarpan the forty mnth These pages give several of the most prominent and influential rn the school s history Often these men like Alden Baker served as preceptors and then trustees and others like Rev Myron N Morris, came left and returned again to teach Included are also those, still living, who have spent a part of their careers here and now pay tribute to its historical srgnrfrcance WILLIAM KINNE Preceptor 1848 50 1852 56 William Kinne became preceptor rn 1848 and stayed untrl 1850 when he resigned 'W Refusing an offer from Leicester Academy Mississippi he returned rn 1852 and re mained until 1856 While here he es tablrshed the Classical and English high school at Bacon His attempt to raise a fund for the Academy failed but he suc ceeded rn getting the Trustees to reor ganrze the requirements so that no one under ten was allowed to begin study without examination in elementary sub jects Kinne also with Philo Gillette in 1853 origrnated the Otis Fund now known as the Ons Constitution Prize JAMES R TUCKER Preceptor 1888 1899 Tucker was serving as school head when the first four year high school program was rn troduced in Bacon Between 1853 and 1890 the two courses of study English and Clas srcal covered a three year perrod The four year program was at first divided rnto two branches general and classical the latter later being changed to college pre paratory, id, ga? . W . 1 A sd H . ' . i A 1 to accept a tutoring position at Yale, 9 .U , Q S. . f . . f ' X f 5 ' I i -1' c ARTHUR E GREGORY JAMES BROOKS Preceptor 1923 24 Preceptor 1921 23 WALTER BUNCE SPENCER Preceptor 1904 1907 A Yale graduate Spencer was offered a pos1t1on at Hrllhouse but 1nstead became Bacon s preceptor for three years then left to become head of West Hartford Publrc I-hgh School From 1920 untrl hrs death he was pr1nc1pal of Commercral Htgh School New Haven He achreved great prommence w1th hrs work rn Con nect1cut Scholasuc Athleucs ra1s1ng Connecucut to an admrrable pos1t1on among secondary schools He also or1g mated the New England Accrdent Benefxt Fund desrgned to help schools provxde for the expense of athletlc xn1ur1es Through hrs work the state basketball tournaments have assumed maJor sco rn school sports Among other headmastershlps he held before h1 death 1n 1952 he was actmg presldent of Rollrns College Wmter Park Flonda JOHN W GOODRICH Preceptor 1929 30 JASON A RUSSELL Preceptor 1934 1937 JULIA PRICE BARTMAN Preceptor 1937 1947 Mr, Goodrich, now Superintendent of schools in the Middletown City School District, served at Bacon from 1929-30. He studied at University of Connecticut and Teachers College, Columbia University, After leaving Bacon, he became head of Glaston- bury High School then Superintendent of schools and principal of Portland High School His message reads Congratulations and best wishes to the staff and student body of Bacon Academy upon your institution s completion of one hun dred fifty years of service to the community state and nation' I am writing my congratulations from my desk in the first high school in Connecticut to an institution that had served Connec t1CUt for forty seven years when Middletown High School was established Dr Russell a Dartmouth graduate began his teaching career in Massachusetts After teaching English in University of Marne and traveling abroad, he came to Bacon in 1934 He left to teach at Dakota Wesleyan University later became head of the English department at Washington and Jefferson College 1n Penn sylvama and is now professor of English at Bloomsburg QPennsylvan1aj State Teachers College His words on Bacon s Anniversary Greetings to all of my former Bacon Academy students and my hearty congratulations on the occasion of the Sesquicentennial of your Alma Mater May the future years of this historic edu cational institution be as successful as those of the past century and a half Bartman taught m New York and Hartford before coming to Ba con She accepted a position at Wrllimantic State Teachers College in 1947 and rs now director of Extenston and Field Services director of Placement and Student Teaching at that institution The following is her message The years that I spent at Bacon Academy are among the happiest of my life The warm friendship of faculty students and people in the community is an intangible but very real treasure One of my greatest pleasures is to follow the success of the students and the faculty with whom I was privileged to work for over twelve years The fame of Bacon Academy is due to her fine traditions of the past and to her forward progress into the future I am hap py that I could share in her tradition and her progress A Q 3 ' . 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Educated at Hunter College and University of Connecticut, Mrs, 7? ,mx Y x K A . . - MARTIN 3 ROBERTSON Supervrsor of Rural Schools 1929 1950 Greetmgs and best wrshes to Bacon Academy IIS alumnr trustees faculty and students From 'Q August 1 1929 to August 1 1950 II was my prrv rlege and opportun1ty to work wrth you as your supervrsor Workrng wrth the trustees and Super rntendrng Commrttee of Samuel P W11lard Edward M Day Arthur L Stebbrns C E Pendleton E B Cragrn Edward T Bunyan and John Condren w1ll always be an tnsprratxon These men who have passed to therr reward were devoted to seemg that grrls and boys of hrgh school age rn Colchester had that whrch never can be taken away educatton Samuel Cutler Harold Clark Wrllram B Gerhardt Sylvanra C Norton Addre M Wrckwrre and many others are grvmg then best councel to provrde secondary educatron for all Colchester youth I am greatly rndebted to these peo ple for thetr understandrng of the rmportance of publtc educatlon Bacon Academy through 1ts faculty and students exemplrfres the sp1r1t of IIS founder Prerpont Bacon As rn the past even now Bacon Academy rs meet1ng the needs of Colchester s young people to lrve well rn these troublesome trmes I rejorce tn rts 150 years of fa1thful servrce Educatron IS l1fe at 1f.S best Martln B Robertson CLASS OF 1903 Ftrst row Kathryn Tynan, Helena Shea Catherrne Kelly, Mrchael Ttraspolskl Second row Elsa Daudey Charles Irwm Mary O Connor Mmnre Damm Thrrd row Josephrne Dawley Mrnme Case, Sylvtna Norton Helen Frtzgerald Louts Schlarch Davtd Srnxth . - V' V in gb s 'K 3, sr. 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Same of U16 Mm Wim Srnce 1ts begtnnrngs Bacon Academy has produced men and women who have left tnerr mark on thrs country s htstory Its students have gone on to promrnence rn local state natronal and rnternatronal affarrs Colchester has reaped the benefrts of such people as Charles Tarnter Harley Post Buell member of the state house and senate and trustee from 1907 to 1923 Erastus Day successful lawyer charrman of the Republrcan state central commrttee from 1886 to 1890 appornted U S consul at Bradford England from 1907 to 1909 and father of Edward Day another alumnus and promrnent corporatron lawyer There were such people as Dr Arthur Stebbtns trustee from 1916 to 1939 popular dentrst and even more popular champron of youth whose rdeals are berng carrred on through the work of the Stebb1ns Leadershrp Crrcle an Aca demy organrzatron dedrcated to the development of youth leaders rn the communrty And there rs Edwrn B Cragrn emrnent surgeon who before hrs death left the Cragrn Memorral Lrbrary to the town and father of the late E B Cragrn Trustee of the Academy from 1939 to 1952 U S Supreme Court Justrce Warte and Connecucut Governors Buckrngham and Bulkeley The follow rng pages reveal strll others Stephen Austrn Samuel P Wrllard and men who have shown qualrtres of leadershrp and courage rn the past just as Wrllram Johnston holder of the Congressronal Medal STEPHEN AUS TIN Austrn completed hrs work at Bacon rn January 1808 As far as rs known rt was the frrst drploma rssued by the Academy Together wrth Sam Houston he founded the state of Texas and was rnstrumental rn helprng rt garn rndependence from Mexrco although he dred rn 1836 Just before the successful Texas revolutton He rs the only Bacon graduate to have hrs portrart on a U S stamp a commemo ratrve three cent stamp rn honor of the 1936 Texas centennral A letter wrrtten by hrs father Moses Austrn explarns why Stephen came to Colchester Mrne A Burton June 10 1804 Mr Danrel Phelps My obgect rn sendrng my son Stephen to New England rs to obtarn hrs educatron I there fore request that he may be placed at the best school rn your country and that great care may be taken that he forms no rmproper connectrons that may have a tendency to corrupt hrs rdeas of , , , . 1 . . , , . 9 I D 1 u O I ! of Honor, had shown them in World War Il, n Q . , q . 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' ' H11 ve ,Made .7f Qamous propr1ety I wrsh h1m to be furnrshed w1th such masters and connect htmself wtth such SOCICIY as becomes a young gentleman rn hrs statxon I also wtsh h1m to be furmshed wtth clothtng proper to appear as becomes a gentleman and that such expenses as may be necessary to ac complxsh hrs educatxon and you may advance from t1me to trme, shall be pa1d by me on de mand, and that I may have rt always IH my power to meet the btlls of expenses attendmg th1s bus1ness, I request that btlls of expenses may be rendered each quarter and the most prompt attentron shall be patd to the dtscharge of all such b1lls of expense Recommendtng h1m to your frxendly protectlon and dependmg on you for 1.nformat1on from ttme to txme res pectrng h1s conduct I trust htm to your care When Stephen Austtn completed hrs Elementary studles at Bacon Academy he was presented the followmg cert1f1cate very legtbly wrttten out IH long hand so far as IS known the fn-St dtploma ever tssued by the Academy Th1s ceruftes that the bearer Stephen F Austm, has been a member of th1s rnstttutxon and a Boarder 1n my famtly, most of the trme, for three years past As a scholar he has been obedtent and studrous as a boarder unexpectxonable Havmg passed acceptably the publtc exammatlons, and havrng durmg the whole perxod sustalned a good MORAL character, he 15 judged worthy of th1s honorary testlmomal Attest John Adams, Preceptor Colchester Bacon Academy January 'ith 1808 CLASS OF 1904 Front row Ruth Snow Sad1e Clark Maude Congdon Back row Dan1elW1ll1ams My ra Avery John Fxtz gerald Jr Myrtle ASA Lombard John Shea . . ' . D ,, . . . . . . . ' . . . . . l . . . g , . 0 . . By order of the Trustees in such cases provided-- I 1 S 'my 'K I I . , . 'Z-4, . '. , ' I . . 9 1 . v ' . g I ' Q, G A ' , b. .-4. , A p . , , . ,. . . V Q, Q J: if K. SAMUEL PORTER WILLARD Wtllard served as trustee from 1895 to 1938 at the trme bemg appornted to the Super rntendrng commrttee and actrng as clerk from 1899 to 1938 Together wtth Edward M Day he was responsrble for the addmon of the agrrcultural 119121 and domestrc scr ence 119183 courses to the currrculum The late Dr Pendleton modern hrstortan of Bacon wrote of hrm Durrng these forty odd years Samuel P Wrllard was the actual d1CIat0r of Bacon Academy and wrth the hrgh standmg marntaxned by Bacon Academy durrng these years who can say hrs labors were rn vam? Hrs basxc phllosophy of educatron can best be descrrbed 1n hrs own words spoken 111 1928 on the occasorn of Bacon s 125th anniversary The school has to prov1de the preparatory currrculum for those gorng to college and at the same trme to prov1de the studres that are helpful to the others that are to complete then school work upon leavmg the Academy if EDWARD T BUNYAN The late Mr Bunyan served as trustee from 1927 untrl 1943 and board charrman from 1931 to 1943 Upon hrs reurement rn 1943 the trustee records noted that Durmg these years he has been very regular rn attendance at the annual meetrngs and was very keenly mterested 1n the welfare of the Academy As charrman he was always drgnrfled and eloquent rn hrs address .XP S. . , Y I . , . - , 1 n . . n Z L 1 . o y I 'I p V' s o . o ' ' KZ! 9 L4 - - .. 9 , , . - .. . . . .- . I . . 4 . I 9 - g .. - . ,W 9 1 V . , . . . , , H 5 I EDWARD MARVIN DAY Day graduated wrth the frrst four year course class rn 1890 Son of a success ful lawyer he gamed promrnence as an authorrty on corporatron law He was appornted non resrdent trustee rn 1916 and rn 1920 was appomted to the Super1ntendmgComm1ttee Through h1s efforts Bacon acqurred rn 1929 the burldmg that was the chapel of the Congregatronal Church He personally frnanced 1ts renovatron and the burld rng IS now known as Day Hall rn hrs honor Through hrs rntluence Bacon became the recrprent of several legacres Always deeply rnterested 1n the Academy he gave freely of hrs trme money and experrence untrl hrs death on May 2 1947 1953 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Frrst row Mrchael D O Connell Stafford Sprrngs Sylvrna Norton North Westchester Samuel Cutler Board Charrman Colchester MaryA Leal Colchester ClaytonC Mrller, Colches ter Second row Harold Clark Charrman ofSuper1.ntend1.ng Commlttee, Colchester Wrllram B Gerhardt, Superrntend1ngComm1ttee Clerk, Colchester Alden T Bunyan Hartford M1chaelJ Stula Super1ntend1rrgComm1ttee, Colchester RobertE Foote, Hebron W1ll1am Shugrue, Colchester Davrd S Day of Brrdgeport also a member was unable to be present when the photo was taken - S CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR Wrllram J Johnston hero alumnus, recerved the Congressronal Medal from Presrdent Roosevelt for hrs merrtorrous servrce durrng World War Il The center frgure rs Secretary of War Strmson The crtatron reads, On February 17 1944 Ln Italy he frred upon a force of 80 Germans causrng 25 casualtres and voluntarrly covered hrs platoon s wrthdrawal Stayrng all nrght he contrnued hrs attack the next day agarn coverrng for hrs platoon durrng whrch he was SCVCI?-ly wounded and reported krlled The next mornrng he crawled back to Arnerrcan lrnes and gave valuable rnformatron of enemy drsposrtrons and so rnsprred hrs fellow soldrers that they fought and held p0S1t10H agarnst superror forces He now resrdes rn Hebron holdrng the posrtron of Chref of Freld Sectron Veterans Admrnrstratron Hartford pr-rv! in Mmm 4-ww r if J' CLASS OF 1905 Frrst row srttrng Maurrce Tynan Grace Thomas Ethel Smrth Anna Mrnsk, Mrnnre Brgelow Anson Strong Second row Floyd Trffany Evelyn Strong, Lena Mrnsk Mrchael McCarthy Myra Manwarrng Thrrd row Elmer Secord Anna O Connell Annre Hutchrnson Morrrs Cutler, Lena Manwarrng Hurrzculum Hluznges Uzrvugh Che llmrs The Academy currlculum from 1803 has undergone three major changes each change ooverrng approxrmately a span of 50 years In the earlter years Bacon taught elementary as well as secondary school subJects, the last elementary class moved out 1l'l 1931 From 1803 to 1853 the educauonal program was dtvrded 1nto 3 branches study of Latrn and Greek Mathematrcs and Englrsh, and the common or elementary Each year was drvrded rnto three terms, September to December January to Aprtl and May to August The ftrst and second branch scholars were requrred to attend mornmg recltatron at 5 30 during the summer term, and seven a m durrng the w1nter terms I I' The learned languages bra rch rn cluded the study of Lat1n and Greek Engltsh Grammar, logrc rhetorrc, belles letters, mathematics natural phtlosophy astronomy and moral ' un phllosophy Although the second branch empha s1zed Engllsh and mathemattcs xt also tncluded wrrtrng, practrcal geo metry geography Engllsh Grammar, rhetorrc, belles letters and occastonal readlng at the dtscretlon of the tnstruc tors I The common or elementary branch covered readrng wrxung, artthmetrc and other parts of educatlon suttable for females 1 ,f In 1842 the school trustees realrzrng the need to keep up wrth the rest of the country 1n the women s r1ghts movement, converted what ts now the mathematrcs classrooms 1nto a female hlgh school The room was enclosed, carpeted and set apart from the rest of the school a prrvate statrcase was butlt and blmds added It was dlscontrnued ln 1848 Report card of Alden Baker, student and preceptor and trustee of Bacon The student was rated on basxs of 8 pomts anyone recervmg 5 or more be mg rn the upper half of hrs class rn SCh0l3SI1C average It rs not known why he had so many unexcused absences but rt ts a fact that he walked to school from hrs home on the New London Road Hts mother berng a very poor wrdow he walked barefoot carryrng hrs shoes to save shoe leather and put them on when he reached the town Q . 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' I D I 1 From 1853 to 1890 the currlculum consrsted of the Classlcal and Englrsh departments, The former was based on the study of Latrn and Greek and also rncluded Englrsh Grammar and some Math The Englrsh Course suessed Math and Englrsh very srmrlar to the second branch of study 1r1 prevrous years Both departments assrgned composmons wrrtten translatrons and declamatrons throughout the year If a student frnrshed two or more terms and passed the publrc exammatron successfully he was entrtled to an honorary testrmonral srgned by the preceptor In 1890 the modern secondary four year program was rntroduced rn the Academy At f1rst rt consrsted of the Englrsh and Classrcal rn the early 1900 s the Classrcal was changed to college preparatory Besrdes thrs there IS Busmess Educatron mtroduced m 1942 Home Economrcs 119185 and the academrc or general course Vocatronal agrrculture was begun 1912 In 1916 the hrgh school took over the entrre second floor The school year 15 now drvrded rnto two semesters September to January February to June Qi CLASS OF 1907 Frrst row Helen Hodge Lrlltan Avery Mabel Allen Carolyn Smrley Mrnette Norton Edna Smrth Second row Bertha Lathrop Lours Mmsk Paul Clrfford Benlamm Elgart Thrrd row Ruby Bxgelow Mary O Brren Oils Kcwsfzfullan Prize QSeptember 15 18531 Of the many prrzes and awards grven to Bacon Academy students the oldest rs the Otrs Constrtutron Prrze establrshed on September 15 1853 rn memory of Charles Pomeroy Otrs Preceptor from May 1827 to January 1837 Mr Otrs dred rn the mrdst of hrs labors and rn the mrdst of hrs usefulness Under hrs leadershrp a turbulent and ungoverned school became a model of system and order Infusrng rnto hrs puprls somethrng of hrs own love of learnrng and rndomrtable applrcatron he slowly but surely rarsed the Academy from the low state rn to whrch rt had fallen and made rt rank among the frrst of lrke rnstrtutrons rn our country Respected at home known and honored throughout the U S rts halls were frlled wrth youth from almost every part of our land To serve hrs maker rn promotrng the good of man and especrally the good of the young was Mr Otrs hrghest ambrtron and to accomplrsh thrs object no labor was too great to undertake no self denral too severe to be undergone Phrlo Grllett and Wrllram Krnne contributed S50 each to the Otrs Prrze Fund whrch had for rts purpose the promotron and encouragement of excellence rn the elementary branches of learnrng rn Bacon Academy as well as to do honor to the memroy of Charles P Otrs A standard drctronary of the Englrsh Language was awarded to the scholar who stood frrst rn spellrng and defrnrng In 1898 Wrllram Krnne rn hrs wrll left S500 to be used for a Constrtutron Prrze the wmner of whrch had to have the hrghest score on an examrnatron on the Hrstory of the Constrtutron of the Unrted States IIS amendments and documents Krnne s wrsh to combrne the orrgrnal Otrs Prrze wrth thrs new one was carrred out thereby establrshrng the Otrs Constrtutron Prrze as rt now exrsts Two prrzes are now awarded A frrst and second for the hrghest score on an examrnatron 1n the hrstory and content of the U S Constrtutron A frrst and second on the spellrng and defrnrng of 100 words taken from the U S Constrtu tron CLASS OF 1910 Frrst row Margaret Brown Marlon Norton Preceptor Royal Moore Harold Smrth Second row Jeremrah Shea Mabel MacDonald Mabel Hrtchock Frank Foote Jennre Gellert Thud row Kathrrne Morgan Mrnnre Gray Mary Mrntz Carrre MacDonald Harry West Member not present was Ruth Carver 0 0 0 0 o 9 9 1 I I . 0 I - 1 . . v - 1 - . n I I I 1. . . . . . . . . . 2, . . 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W - ir Nr ik V z ' , f I ., X I 1 I 0 ' K' r D 1 0 . . . 1 Q - I Q Y , ' 1 e , 'Rmb 'Xt' 'bm' 4101 'ag Y' 5' A y Qt 1, ig The earltest magaztnes publtshed by Academy students were of a ltterary nature usually the work of members of the ltterary soctettes THE BUD OF GENIUS ts know to have been prtnted tn 1856 and records prove tts extstence tn 1856 Replactng tt tn 1857 was THE EFFORT but for Just how long tt was tn prtnt ts not known THE BURR appeared tn 1887 and the earltest coptes of THE ECHO tn 1905 Records also contatn coptes of the latter tn 1906 and tt ts be lteved that perhaps thts was the fore runner of what ts now THE BACONIAN publtshed by Bacon students as a quarterly Through the years tt has undergone several changes tnstead of betng an enttrely ltterary magaztne tt has combtned both news of school acttvtttes and prose and poetry selecttons contrtbuted by the students The Bacontan club conststs of tts staff members and recently a new publtcatton has been added Introduced tn 1952 the Yearbook has become an tmportant part of Bacon s Journaltsttc acttvtttes Appeartng much earlter that tts prtnted efforts were the l1terary soctettes One of them the Bacon Academy Unton was organtzed tn 1839 Its constttutton dated September 30 1839 gave as tts object tmprovement of those connected wtth unton tn debattng soctal advance ment and excellence tn ltterary composttton all questtons bordertng on theology and beartng dtrectly on poltttcs to be excluded fThe last clause was struck out by vote of members tn 18615 It elected tts own offtcers and tntttatton dues of twenty ftve cents for males and thtrteen cents for females were charged An edttress was appotnted by the chatrman once tn two weeks whose duty was to prepare a paper fThe Efforty from ortgtnal compostttons Prtv ate meettngs were held weekly and ftnes were tmposed for such offences as deltnquen cy tn paytng dues tardtness 134153 use of tmproper language 1661, non performance of duty tn debate, de clamatton or arttcle 4, 1613. Subjects for de bate covered a wtde H range of tnterests, and i vtctors were Judged by wetght of the argument presented, The follow tng are examples of de bate toptcs CLASS OF 1912, IN PART AT 1913 REUNION Ftrst row Berntce Allen, Besste Randall, Eltzabeth Shea, Moses Ratt ner, Montca Cltfford, Dorothy Cltfford, Rose Levtn, Second row James O'Brten, Stdney Hewttt, George Cutler, Royal Moore, Pre ceptor, James Case, Saul Agranovttch, Edward Norton. i . 2 f 1 -, F M -1 f ? f IFE S s- at F s .. il H110 I 551 -is? Qi' I ' - lfbffi' Q39 8:33 f' 1 - 1 s 2 - ' .F if f Ts I ' Re f 51-.eg K 1 F lax Lg it LJ Q . - . ' . I I . . 0 1 A I D i y - A . I 113.1 lvl FUI!! judged by werght of the augument presented The followrng are examples of debate toplcs 1853 1854 1855 1861 1861 1861 1862 Dec May Oct Fe Sept Nov an -ily? 1.4 SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Cast 1912 F1rst row Charles Hall Frank Foote Edgar Car ner Second row Anna Snow Marton Lyman Ethel Maynard Marlon Norton Thlrd row Ed ward Smxth Clayton Mrller Leroy Brown Henry West Mrchael Shea R A Moore Preceptor Is dancrng a proper amusement for the young? Ought there be a tax lard on property for the support of publrc schools? Strong drmk has been a greater lnjury to Ih1S country than slavery Mental labor has been producttve of more good than manual Does the Press or Pulprt exert the greatest mfluence? If would not be best for the presrdent to declare tmmedlate emancrpatron Resolved that the m1l1tary man 15 more servrceable to hrs country than the statesman KING S DAUGHTERS F1rst row Lerla Jackson Anna Daudey Second row Mrs Henry Drckmson Florence Carver Thrrd row Lena 17-it 4' i H-af Grllette Carol Day Edrth McLean The club was an academy orgamzatron con nected wrth the Protestant Churches rn Colchester the gxrls met under the super v1s1on of the preceptor s wtfe Mrs Dlckrnson at the homes of varrous townspeople Q' tc., B -' af If X 'l w gn at 1 if 1 50 ,AL A A X l . 'Visa -v - ' - Y - bi 1- M J .. H . . . . . Wa A , A , s rl'-1 1 1 . 1 -, W 'M sr NV- : D I U ?Ilwf:?..4,J,' Q Wy- SM ,- .U l : . , ir .x y , . ' ' . QA ' 3 . r' 5. b . . - eff . Q ,, X . O Y Rx A l Q I - l 5 - -- t ,,,,,, t gl Vg qs P V Ji . - '-1 ' mi F .I - ' ' . x' 'A 3 'VNV . - . a TQ., n ' Isl 1 at ' 5 . , any ,, ,H 1' , . ' ' 1 ' ' n G I .xp fly: L' v I O l 8 I x ,I . Q L Olrsereerrees ef Keren s Progress Down through the years Bacon s foundrng has been commemorated by exercrses and the wrrtrng of an Annrversary Ode The seml centenmal celebratron was held rn 1853 consrstrng of a par ade a program at the Federated Church and a meetrng on the Common The parade was led by the Colchester Band followed by the Trustees and ex trustees clergymen teachers and scholars chorr guests and crtrzens The church exercrses rncluded the grvrng of the Hrstoncal Address by Wllllam Krnne and an address on educatron by Professor Thatcher of Yale It closed wrth the Annrversary Ode wrrtten by Park Benjamln promrnent Journalrst and poet of New York Crty and alumnus of Bacon After the mornrng program the celebrants moved to a spacrous tent on the green to eat then partook of another rntellectual feast held rn another park tent The Centennral rn 1903 was also an all day affarr The maln speaker was Henry Drckmson preceptor besrdes the Hrstorrcal Address were the speeches on the Board of Trustces Bacon Academy rn the Mrmstry rn the Law and rn Medrcrne Inclement weather prevented the holdrng of the afternoon exercrses on the Common and the observers adjourned to Grange Hall where more addresses were g1ven In the evenrng a receptron was held rn the Academy Burldrng The Ode on thrs occasron was wrrtten by Lrllran Benjamrn Treat whrch ended The Century has pard full well In gratrtude that doth excel Old Prerpornt Bacon Joy to tell Who gave us our Baconra , 'a 'W' CLASS OF 1914 Frrst row Nellre Gray Anna O Bnen Charles Blacker Ruth Mrner Anna Stankrewrcz Second row Francts Carrter Calvtn McCall Dexter Mead Lours Kaplan, Earl Holmes Benjamln Horowrtz , . . . . 1 O - I - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 11 - 11 - 1 . 1 1 ' 1 1 2 1 1 1 . 1 1 g 2 11 - ' -- -- - 11 . flea 4 . 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' I ' 1 . , - 1 1 1 , , 5 0 1 1 , 1 The one hundred twenty-fifth celebration in 1928 was made up of a similar order of exercises, the address being given by Hiram Bingham, then Senator from Connecticut, This year Bacon 's 150th anniversary will be held on June 19 20 and 21 with the annual com mencement exercises opening the celebration and which includes the Alumni Association meeting and Banquet on the 20th William Tarn Class of 1953 wrote the Anniversary Ode found on the first page in this section CLASS OF 1917 Front row Rebecca Katz Anna Johnson Mary Cutler Anna Elgart Nellie Gerhardt Katie Horowitz Second row Alex ander Hershatter Daniel Wein stein Harold Blacker Hattie Osten Sarah Friedman Eliza beth Cairns Third row Walter White George Marx Harold Wade Harry Simon Nathan Buchalter Roland Brown Hy man Mrllindorf CLASS OF 1915 First row Anna Bernstein Samuel Levine M Vin cent O Connell Elizabeth Shea Second row Harold Porter Charles Kramer Eugene Clifford William Gerhardt Andrew Lathrop Edward McCall I 9. .J-4 A 1 1 Kazan s Zradzizans Like many other historic buildings Bacc Academy has many traditions and customs Founder s Day is observed Jointly every year by the students fa ulty of Bacon and the Colonel Henry Champion Chapter of the D A R Every third Wednesday in May a planned program IS held at Day Hall ending with the traditional placing of the wreath on Pierpoxnt Bacon s grave located in the cemetery in back of the school The ringing of the bell in the enclosed cupola atop the building rs reserved for specral events such as a v1ctory over an important rival in athletic events The annual Class Day Program and Commencement Exercises are customs dating back to much earlier days Every June there IS a particular afternoon set aside for the Senrors during which the class song will and prophecy are made public Beginning these ceremomes is the entrance of the Seniors preceded by the traditional daisy chain made by members of the Junior class who also participate as ushers for both Class Day and Commencement At Baccalaureate and Com mencement the graduates are led into the Federated Church and to their seats by the Marshal selected from the Junior class who closes the exercises by leading them out in the same manner An integral part of Commencement 1S the reading of the prize winning Gilbert Lamb Essay personal essay written rn appreciation of one s own and a requirement of every Senior before graduauon 1 . - . . . . ba . n o Q . k I I D A . 1 . . . , . . . ' a Some other major traditions include the Junior Prom, Four One Act Play contest and the Freshman Day in September, welcoming the new class into Bacon Academy, C A 1 41 a ,...-.. ' 1 D Y ' 'P' Q A A if I Y 4: r -- I 4 ' 1 o Annie Hutchinson Foote composer of Baconia school song of the Academy Y CLASS DAY DAISY CHAIN made by the Class of 1951 Lola Alpert Adella Rzezmk Frances Stula Dorothy Polanski, Faye Evans Jennie Boluck Graduates af l6'acaa Academy CLASS OF 1924 Front row Paulxne Horwrtz Anna Rabtnowrtz Teacher Teacher Teacher Rachel Chamberlaxn Eleanor Moore Back row Rudolph Fedus Arthur Stebbrns Jr Lours Solomon Edward Agranovttch Claude Gtl lette Teacher Preceptor Arthur Gregory Nathan Lerman John Wrtnn Moms Cohen Morrrs Kamrnsky Isadore Nerdle Not 1n photo Ester Horwxtz Selrg Lenesfsky Rachel Slopak. CLASS OF 1921 Frrst row Maurrce Hankm Josephtne Chabaud Altce Brown Jacob Berman Sara Cutler Helen Kllngon Is1dor Stuck Second row Abraham Lettner Mlldred Porter Rachel Freedman Isabella Cohen Lrlltan Gersten Altce Condren Fanny Curgenven Not Photo Wtllram Shugrue ft' J CLASS OF 1925 Rose suick Esther Stern Thelma Rosenbaum Louis Minsk Morris Broder Veronica Fedus Janet Pendleton Rose Wallack Not in photo: Jeanette Shlesinger, CLASS OF 1931 Below Samuel Berman John Gregory Frrst row Rose Ernhorn Fannre Was nrewskr Beatrrce Grtlrn Hyman Schwartz Sarah Levrn Dorothea Raymond Dorrs Rrley Second row C V Howell Davrd Wal lack Edward O Connor Charles Sharlor Gertrude Seger George Wasnrewskr Hyman Falk John Popek Davrd Levrne John Zeno wrrz Joseph Busel Not rn photo Anna Srgal 5 FACULTY 1930 31 Frrst row Josephrne O Brren Noyes Strckney Preceptor Margaret Do novan Second row Barbara Cole Cecrl Howell Pearl M Trffany X CLASS OF 1932 CLASS OF 1932 was the frrst class to take the now annual Washrngton trrp several townspeople also Jorned them Left to rrght Noyes Strckney Mrs Harrlet H Stebbrns gulde Lourse A Drckrnson Isaac Mrller Monrca Clrfford fnot a studentj Elenore Wrlenskr Edward McCall Kazmrra Wlodarczyk Bessie Levrne Gladys Turetsky Wrllard Sullrvan Anna Tynda Chester Hrmmelstern Helen Zelezmcky Mrchael Busel fdeceasedj Mary O Connor Mrchael Stula Margaret Stula Helen Chemerynskr Elmer Foote fnot a studentj Wmrfred Brown, Edwrn Stebbrns Anne Ewafove CLASS OF 1936 First row: Amelia Lawrence, Mary Pranowitz, Helen Sta- chura, Fanny Goldberg, Julia Bartman, Marion Lester, Olga Koptonak Paulrne Sarrnsky Rose Lampert Second row Stanley Gladkowskr Mrcha el Kendzror Roy Mrkolacrk Eunrce Barrett Clara Was nrewskr Frederrcke Drescher Fannre Schadrck John Frtz patrrck Carl Jakartrs Walter Gregory Benjamrn Staba Thrrd row Joseph Sokolow, Ludwrg Savrtsky Bronrslaw Stula Matthew Bochaln Benjamrn Lrverant Joseph Koss Lours Jarach Donald Raymond John Bashrllof Adam Prekarz CLASS OF 1937 Frrst row Dora Grlman ..- mour Levrne Katherrne Smlth Leo Slopak Helen Polakevrch Frances Popo w1ch Anna Drnnerstern Jean Threnes Agnes Prano wrtz Lours Berman Barbara Standrsh Second row Alrce Sklarsky Mae Fedus Ida Brown Josephme Gladd Nelrna Lerman Bella Gold berg Julra Bartman Marcra Wallack Frances Nonnen backer Sylvra Seger Anne Dertch Henrleta Adler Thrrd row Henry Vechlnsky Wrllram Mrller Edmund Stula Edward Chmrel Julrus Epstern, Alex Bocharn Seymour Cohen Arthur Solomon Charles London Anthony Prekarz, Alex Getzoff CLASS OF 1938 Frrst row Bertha Doberrentz -Q. Esther Nelkm Shrrley An -w derson Bernrce Ruszala Helen Gorrrck Blanche Ju rach Edrth Marvrn Mlldred Levy Second row Truman Dorous Edward Mrsrewrcz Teofrla Wasnrewskr Helen Semkow Mrnnre Adaschrk Jul1aBartman Katherrne Frtzpatrrck John Sablrtz Nathan Rudne Jules Polans ky Thrrd row Abraham Lrverant Theodore Frll Charles Sawaryn Srdney Turetsky Wrllram Huron Oscar Stollman Mrchael Plecan Stephen Fedus Abraham Sacks Srdney Marofes I D . - D I . . 1 - Q I , - I I D l ' 1 1 s 0 1 I I I ' rslggsfi . 3 V 7 W' i , 4, .- f : ' I . r .. .L . -.. ,., ' ' rf F 1 Q D D ' - I D ' - D I D I I I , - I D , .. I I I ' : I I I I I I D I 0 Lf, - 'W' ' - H . . U l2..,s get - 9 gag J ' 1 ' - lc ' ' ff'x Q r . 3 . , ' ,,, , , - - ' 1 a K H ' 1. 'Z' ' ' at I I ' D v n I I I I - . I I I I I I I I I I First row: Seymour Miller, CLASS OF 1939 A j d Pauline Kubit Mildred Ray- mond Josephine Piekarz Margaret Daly Mildred Getzoff Ruth Goldberg Judrth Gtlman John Stula Second row Emily Sklarsky Rita O Connor Ruth Bala ban Dorothy Gitlrn Julia Bartman Stanley Lorenzen Laura M1kolaJc1k Mae Sa vitsky Eltzabeth Markham Muriel Jonah Third row MatthewTandysh Loren Marvin Mtlton Goltlieb Joseph Sudol Andrew Ladika Joseph Pehowdy Anthony Polakevtch Frank Popek Stanley Srmon Meyer Kashkin CLASS OF 1940 Frrst row Barbara Clark Alice Stula Malcolm Jonah Yetta Gilman Morris Levme Charlotte Seserman Alex Gorelick Jenny Dinnerstem Anthony Rutka Second row William Zenowitz Dorothy Clark Alex Falbowskr Re gina Rybitski Alex Sanfchuk Julia Bartman Edith Dean Joseph Huron Alice Dean Allen Sablltz Martha Koso vrch Third row William Koptonak Adeline Turetsky Gilbert Brown Evelyn Clark Seymour Neleber Alrce Trtgo Isreal Jaffe Margaret Fltzpatnck Lillian Wrdles CLASS OF 1941 First row Mary Jurach Fran 3-'- ces Brown Max Korman Bermce Wildansky Gerald 1' Ievine Ethel Levme Ray mond Htgnett Mollie Alpert Michael Adaschrk Second row Abraham Einhorn Laura Shlesinger Edward Briggs Augusta Drescher Eugene Lef kowrtz Jul1aBartman Regina Savrtsky Herbert Sachs Stella Wasnrewskr Rtchard Adler Mary Webster Third row Wanda MBICWICZ Olga Ple can Allen Shedroff Sarah Schuster N1cholas Skalarsky Joseph Churney Helene Savrtsky Leon Glomboski Ada Goldberg Louis Rudne . . . 7 , . . 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' , u CLASS OF 1942 Frrst row Helen Nyman Mollle Slernberg Florence Wasnrewskr Margaret Savalle Katherrne Bertelsen Helen Prekarz Lrllran Babachuk Anna Chotkowskr Kathleen Woodward Genowefa Stula Second row Evelyn Bursten Anlta Levy Josephrne Nau mawrtz Cecelra Marvrn Raymond Chmrel Julra Bart man Vera Gyome Mrnette Nelkm Mary Romanofsky Trllle Zawlsza Phrlrp Llve rant Thrrd row Alfred Bushey Paul Sablrtz Ernest Lefkowrtz Paul Groobert Alrce Tarnowskr Leon Shedroff Edw1nStula Lester Levrne Gladys Potter Fred Clark Joseph P1ZZ1IO13 Alexander D1 Pasquale CLASS OF 1943 Frrst row Rose Korman Ann Gardrgo Lrllran Srmon Mary Getzoff Joseph Tadr Renee Kupper Second row Alrce Fedus Jennre Pugatch Beatrrce Rudne Helen Stula Ju11a Bartman Jennre Sklars ky Lors Wrlenskr Stella Koss Esther Falk Margaret Clark Thud row Nicholas Horochev sky Melv1nLevme John Sur wrll Joseph Savrtsky Raymond Popowrch Mrl1taryD1plomas Robert Grlmour M1chaelMalet1ch Mrssmg from prcture Gladys Standrsh FACULTY OF 1943 1944 Srtung Florence Smrth Julla Bartman Dorothy Nelson Standrng Charlotte Trrbble Elrzabeth Slack Francrs Vesta Henrretta Carson Theresa Grady ka, Jenny Popek, Hilda Dean, ' , ' Di- CLASS OF 1944 Frrst row Robert Mrller Glona Canlr Hans Herschman M11 dred Kashkm Harold Goldberg Rena Werner Herbert Clark Helen Tarasavrch Marlon Nau mowttz Second row Melvm Scott Beatnce Schuster Ida Balaban Rose Mane Fuchs Katherme Tandysh Julra Bart man Cecelta WBSDICWSRI Margaret Fuchs Judlth Dem ber Bella Katz Em11Mlk0 lajcrk Thtrd row Chester Derda Helen Nelkrn Mrchael Trrgo Dorothy Churney George Bengston Betty Jones Eugene Goldberg Abraham Epsttne George Mackas Mrlrtary Drploma Fred London .2-We CLASS OF 1945 R: Roklta Edward Rokrta Joanna S3 Fedrshen Anrta Wtles Sylvra Heller Katherrne Gregor Second row Paul Gregory Norma Urcan Irene Gyome Helen Glemboskr Julra Bart man Wanda Mrkulskr Mary Savalle Wrlma Murray Trmothy Drrscoll Thrrd row Elrn Nelson Mary Mestre Frank Nrcolo Ira W3SH1CWSkl Allen Grttlrn Lrllan Waldansky Beverly Neleber Specral Mllttary Dtploma Alfred Wtlltam Murawskr CLASS OF 1946 Frrst row Walter Plecan Herbert Levme Mary Shea Robert Sherman Robert Katz Phyllrs Webster Irvrng Gold berg Mary DeNora Arthur VonRoemer Second row Joseph Adler Edward Glem boskr Jennre Gyome Mtch ael Koss Hyman Stollman Carol Neleber Mxchael Zag ray Althea Perkrns . : . ' . ., D . - , 1 I l ' l ' I , I S - I I . , , - ' . . ., l ' - . . , . , . . , , ' ' . . . 1 . Fair' M ' ' I First row: Ruth Couture, Julia inf - . . . i is V . , . . . . 4 . ' y. . . . . ., , - I I I' . . l I l . , . .' I I 9 ' 4? . I , ' . . . . . - . . , - .' . . . - . . . . . CLASS OF 1947 oy K Front row Burton Ryan Rose Mestre Everett Clark Barba ra Lreberman Rrchard Clrf ford Robert Gregory Sally Berkowrtz Leon Zubow Second row Frederrck Sher man Blanche Scott Delo res Felcrano Francrs Trrgo Myra Smrth Julta Bartman Rosalyn Berman, Max Gllbert Pearl Lrverant Herbert Rosen bloom Shtrley Wrldansky Thud row Nrcholas Norton Stanley Cohen Clarence Marvm Constantrne Chrger Joseph Mackus Leonard Gottlreb Abraham Zolot Charles Savalle CLASS OF 1948 Front row Sanford Lefkowrtz Amy Mrller Nathan Gold berg Carol MIHIZ Momca Zawrsza M1chaelDeNora Murrel Solomon Second row Betty Ryb1tsk1 Hannah Scovell Rrchard Joaqutn Lorratne Ktng Gerald Ste1n berg Etleen Shea Aram DamarJ1an Iulrus Balaban Marxon Felener Annte Lutzky Thomas Raczewskr Dolores Bengston Charles Webster Thtrd row Esther Marcovskr Edward Tarasevtch Agnes Murray Roland Olzewskt Evelyn Reynolds Karl Ferlmg Barbara Skowronek Helene Wasnrewskr Thomas Glemboskr CLASS OF 1949 Front row Selma Sherman Pobert Beach Rose Dalfon so Frank Boluck Betty Werner Adrrenne Zrmmer man Earl Brady Anna Olu bowrc Second row Wallace Slavkm Beverly Sherman Molly Shaskrn Kenneth Stula Aram Damarnan Mary Basht loff Irw1nSh1ffman Elarne l Cohen Donald Beach Thrrd row Robert Clark Shrrley Al pert R1chardSeserman Walter Sawchuk Loux.seSav1tsky Jane Huron, Mary Lu Clark, Thomas Smrth, Helen Murray, '14' ' 'F .351 , p L we ' as -2 iii 1 f , ' W I 7'M..f', g 'A A . , . .- 3 I A H 3 . , V . . , ' , - . 9 U 1 D . l . y . . . . . 2 . 1 , ., . . , , . , , . Jean Michalskr, Vrctor Carlr, ' ,Tray ,J A ' . , - ,ii ,W -y 4 ' ' E ' ,. : ' 1. ' . . i W . , , . - D . 9 .. , . , , 9 . 1 . . . . : .' , I ' ., I . l . . . 5 , - . . . D . . - . . I I I . 1 l .. , .- , . . ' . . . : , ' I ' I , . . , i CLASS OF 1950 Front row Eugene Carlr Laura Katz Lawrence Green Pearl Berkowrtz Rena Belle Frredman, Franklyn Felcrano, Marrlyn Stollman, Morrrs Ep stern Second row Vrctorra Dalfonso Mane Sharlor Leon Levrne Hrlda Schuster Raymond Leon Nancy Norton Vrola Rogers Aram Damarpan Thrrd row Barbara Taylor Jo ann Boson Melvrn Mrller 'diva Gladys Webster, Bruce Goldberg Joan Goldberg Stanley Harasrmowrtz Patrrcra Trouton CLASS OF 1951 Front row Marre DePr1z1o Barbara Stankrewrcz Doro thy Srboroskr, Donald Ger hardt Walter Srboroskr Rosarra Guarnaccra Fay Grlbert Second row la Rzeznrk Sondra Neleber Cecelra Savrrsky Fay Evans Sondra Solomon Lola pert Dorothy Polanskr Aram Damarjran Thud row Wrllram Haefele Gertrude Moore Frances Stula Marlo DeFalco Jennre Boluck Arthur Horowrtz Ianrce Gmsberg Herbert Shedroff CLASS OF 1952 Front row Jean Lesnewsky Lucrlle Herzrg Arlene Grar chen, Roger Parrrsh Peter Carlr Joyce Gurran Mary Berk Frances Marvrn Second row Paul Sarrette Chester Reneson Shuley Grarchen Gladys Bray Barbara I-lerczeg Aram Damarjran Patrrcra Daw son Arlene L8Z1IlSk Constance Clrfford, An thony Harasrmowrtz Irvrng Srlverman Thrrd row Paul Sherman Ronnald Jones Davrd Shea Wrllram Gerhardt Henry Darlmg Frederrck Brown Wrllram Gutterman I Marjorie Lieberman, Adel- . 1 1 l , Al- ports Af Che Afadcmy 1910 BASEBALL TEAM Unknown Frank Foote Jeremlah Shea Moses Ratrner N1p Nelkrn Royal A Moore Hen ry West Joe O Brren Harold Smrth Israel Levrne 1932 BASEBALL TEAM Ftrst row srttrng Chester Hlmmelstern Joseph M Kendzror Edw1nH Steb btns the late Mrchael Busel George Raymond Mrchaell Stula Second row standxng Coach Ce c1lV Howell Howard Standrsh JosephW Kur zel W1ll1amSegar N1 cholas Bocha1n the late Joseph Pranowttz Isaac R, Mrller Manager Ber nard Goldberg 'Wilt 1931 32 BASKETBALL TEAM Fust row srttmg Mtch aelJ Stula Edwrn H Stebbrns the late Mtch ael Busel Morton Krup mc Joseph W Kurzel Second row standmg Coach Cecrl V Howell Bernard Goldberg Nrcho las Bocha1n Wrllram Se gar Joseph M Kendzror Chester Hrmmelstem Manager Joseph Bass 2755 BACON WINS INTER- SCHOLASTIC RACE-- On Thanksgiving Day, November 26 1931 Bacon s runners scored over Hartford 49 47 pomts for the Mrd Valley Champlonshrp Morton Krupmc scored the most polnts for Ba con wlth Alex Zeno WIIZ commg rn second Mrchael Stula Elghth Howard Standlsh Four teenth and Bernard Goldberg Seventeenth The team was awarded the trophy and each 3-,Q-. player recelved a medal From left to rrght Mrchael Stula Bernard Goldberg Morton Krupnrc, Howard Stand1sh and Alex Zenowrtz 3 1945 46 BASKETBALL TEAM FIISI row B111 Von Roemer Nathan Goldberg Leon Zu bow Robert Greg ory Stanley Cohen Second row Samuel Slavkm Charles Savalle Charles Webster Abraham Zolot Everett Clark Mr MacK1mm1e, Robert Katz FACULTY 1949 50 Kneelrng Jeanne Huncrker Marjone Danrelson Roserxta McCue Julxa Roklta Standmg Harold Judenfrrend Preceptor Aram DamarJ1an Marvrn Edelman G Ell1otYetman Wllllam Bryan l Biffle Kmfwu Zzcis ,Maui Karan DID YOU KNOW The Englrsh class room Qroom 4j was prevrously used as the assembly room and was known as THE HALL untrl the acqursrtron of Day Hall rn 1929? The frrst budget of Bacon Academy was 3800 33600 of whrch was pard to the preceptor? Tut was S2 a term plus 50gt for each wrnter term for fuel Ten years later rt rose to 310 a term and now non resrdent students pay S250 per year The average number of graduates rn the 1890 s was 6 rn 1910 s was 15 and in 1940 s was 26? Since 1890 Bacon graduates number about 1 150 Chemrstry was flrst taught at Bacon rn 1834? In 1909 rt was voted to remove the shutters from the bulldlng? Vocatronal Agrrculture was frrst taught rn 1912 before Federal Legrslatron provrded funds for teachlng of Agrrculture and Homemakrng rn hrgh school? In 1913 there were only four teachers rn the Academy forty years later there were nrne? The f1rst Bacon Academy orchestra was organrzed m 1914 and was composed of nrne members? The Academy was burlt from natrve brrck made at the farm of Captam Danrel Taylor of Colchester? In the years 1933 34 the Jumor Naval Mrlrtra was orgamzed at Bacon? It was recognrzed by In 1935 the basketball schedule mcluded games agalnst Frsher s Island Clrnton and Norwlch Free Academy? The Frrst Connectrcut Chapter of The Future Busrness Leaders of Amer1ca was organrzed at Bacon rn 1942 and Glee Club rn 1940? Srgma Gamma QSCICHCC Clubp was founded rn 1944 by Mrs Smrth? Future Homemakers of Amer1ca was organrzed rn 1945? Mrss Janet Pendleton has played the organ for Bacon Academy Commencement exercrses for the past 25 years and that her mother Mrs C E Pendleton played before her? Mendelssohn s March of the Prtests 15 tradrtlonally played every year as the processronal for Commencement? Mrs Alma Odrn Holmes was Bacon s f1rst teacher of Domestlc Sclence whrch was taught where the commercral rooms are now located? RECORD NOTES Early Bacoma No scholar should go to a tavern for the purpose of entertarnment or amusement unless wrth the permrssron of the preceptor or unless rnvrted by parent or guardran No scholar should be permltted to keep a gun or go on a shootrng party or rlde out of or leave town unless wrth the permrssron of the preceptor or rnstructor the State Board of Education, and a credit of 112 point was allowed to each member, receptors :ff Karon Academy John Adams 1803 1810 Rev Salmon Cone March September 1810 Hezekrah Rudd 1810 1813 R1naldoBurle1gh 1813 1815 D A Sherman 1815 1817 John Wrtter 1817 1822 El1zurGoodr1ch 1822 1823 Francrs Vose 1823 1826 Charles? Ons 1827 1836 Rev MyronN Morrrs 1836 1838 Robert Gardner 1838 1839 Edward Strong 1839 1840 Rev MyronN Morrrs 1840 1843 Lew1sH Hurlbut 1843 1845 I S Wall1s 1845 1846 Edward Eells 1846 H T Steele 1846 1848 W1llramK1nne 1848 1850 J H Brewer 1851 Dav1dC Krnne 1851 1852 W1ll1amK1nne 1852 1856 E N Chamberlrn 1856 1857 P J Wrllrams 1857 1858 B F Parsons 1858 1862 J L Shrpley 1862 1864 Wrlloughby Haskell 1864 AldenA Baker 1864 1865 CharlesF Bradley 1865 1866 JamesL Lrnsley 1866 1869 Franc1sE Burnette 1869 1875 George H Tracy M A 1875 1887 Otrs Adams 1887 1888 James R, Tucker 1888 1899 HenryN Drckrnson 1899 1904 WalterB Spencer 1904 1907 RoyalA Moore 1907 1914 C E Farnham 1914 1916 E A Maloney 1916 1918 EugeneK Currre 1918 1920 EdwardB Wrllrston 1920 1921 James Brooks 1921 1923 ArthurE Gregory 1923 1924 E V Atwood 1924 1927 RaymondO Kendall 1927 1929 John Goodrrch 1929 1930 Noyes Strckney 1930 1934 J Almus Russell 1934 1937 Julxa Bartman 1937 1947 Aram Damar11an,1947 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 I 1 1 I I O I I ' - . 0 1 1 1 I l I 1 0 J I I . . 1 . 1 , - l 0 I . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 0 I I I . 1 - 1 - Q 1 1 1 . 1 , . 1 . 1 . . 1 . 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' My Congratulatuons on Your 150th Annlversary Your Dup11cat1ng Headquarters THE O P QUILLING CO Author1zed D1StT1but0T A B D1ck Products 436 Capltol Ave Hffd 7 3238 Call On 247 Asylum St Hartford Ct Telephone 7 1115 Sales Rental Supphes Typewmers Addmg Machmes Duphcators Also Repau Work Done The Cho1ce of D1scr1m1nat1ng Sen1ors Z-Qyzzfngvfff Graduat1on Personal Cards and Commencement Announcements PRINTCRAFT CARD COMPANY INC Sc ranton 5 Penn Heart1est Congratulatmns Are Extended to Bacon Academy on Its 150th Amuversary cffcsbgyrzhe BUS C O M PANY Servlng Hartford Colchester Norwlch New London Buses Ava11ab1e for Charter Serv1ce Anywhere, At Attractlve Rates. U 0 . 0 NATIONAL TYPEWRITER COMPANY On , . . - , BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 1953 49 Zz 86 Pratt Street Hartford Connect1cut Phone 78131 C las s Photographers CONGRATULATIONS On Your 150th Ann1vers ary FROIVI A 0 ?ze7e of 0 STUDIOS Zak!!! Z Wm 44 CONGRATULATIONS BAC ON AC ADEMY QW!! HZ y REPRESENTATIVE R g 0 0 Books Class 'n 1 Y arbook C L G B Hour C Box 144 C nn C ' C nn Compliments Congratulations to one of Cho1chester's Of Oldest Institutions A FRIEND BACON ACADEMY on Its 150th Birthday from one of Cholchester s Newest Organizations daf UNIVERSAL FOOD STORES Z Barbers Attending Mam St Flrst Class Work Done Next Door to I Agranovitch You Can t Make a Mistake on Any Purchase You Make at A 8: P' This 1S more than a promise it s a guarantee that At ASIP the sale is never completed until you re com pletely satisfied The sale must measure up to your every expectation or AGP will promptly refund your money no questions asked You can t make a mistake on any purchase you make A 81 P SUPER MARKET f . . I you'll never risk a penny on any item you buy at A8zP. at ----- There shall be educatnon nn the land was the resolve of our foundung fathers The long lnne generatnon after gener atlon of graduates from Bacon Academy has contrsbuted to ward thus goal Founded the year that the Louusnana Purchase more than doubled the area of the Unnted States Bacon Academy has now achseved another milestone The mfluence of such a school ns uncalculable The youngest nnstltutlon of Colchester congratulates the oldest on :ts l5O years of honorable hustory Si 711: 'lnfaudla 'Baal i IRS 'EZONA ?'l!lj ,nm COLCHESTER CONNECTICUT 6 Main Street Telephone 335 . -. fr, .1 9 Y' I , h r ' xg I I 1 - - 1 1 1 u I - I - I , 4 12-1 A X It . .. -. l 4 I 4 K T TWU 1' qi Best W1shes 1r1 Years to Come 6779 CDH... CCD .TOS GLE MB OSKI C ornphme nts THE Q69 ZW! 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