Barnard School for Boys - Bric Yearbook (Fieldston, NY)

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THE BRIC: ITS HISTORY In a very much involved sentence, the editors of the '88 Bric announce the pur- pose of its publication. It seems to have been two-fold, to furnish an opportunity for practice in the art of composition, and to tickle the vanity of parents and- others, not mentioned because of the bashfulness of the editors. Since that time, the book has been published annually with but two excep- tions, 1897 and 1903. In 1897 there seems to have been no adequate reason for the failure, but in 1903 the confusion incident to the change of location on the part of the school, so interferred with the mental equilibrium as to defeat the few feeble attempts of the editors to tread in the steps of their predecessors. At first the Editorial Board was chosen by the junior class from among their own number. This method of election was abandoned in 1892, in which year the Senior class assumed the duty of publishing the annual. Since that year, the Boards have been chosen in a rather irregular manner. In some years by the juniors, in others by the Seniors, and in still others by the whole school. As a result of the election, usually one man was chosen to edit and two to manage the business end of the book, although it was expected that the actual work of compo- sition should be done, at first by the entire class, and in later years, by the whole school. The contents of the book, from the early days to this last issue, have been so much alike in character that the reader need only look over this book to obtain a fair notion of what the previous books were like. The book, in spite of the uncer- tain utterance of the Hrst Board, referred to above, was intended as a record of the school. In maintaining that character through succeeding years it has perhaps seemed to lack spice and variety. If, however, it' has served to reiiect the life of the school it has fulfilled its purpose. ' The book this year is of a more pretentious appearance. The cloth cover and multitude of cuts betoken a prosperity unsurpassed in the history of the Bric. They are also silent witnesses to the school spirit which deserves' all the credit for their being. May the editors in years to come profit by this example.

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Many banners and cups now grace the nooks and corners of our scl1ool build- ing. Many of them were won by the boys mentioned above, but not all. Since their time many others have been won. The same earnest sportsn1anlike spirit evinced by the old boys still pervades everything truly Barnardian, and we look forward to future triumphs. For seventeen years the school remained at its criginal site. One by one the barn, the carriage house, and the old residence were torn down to make way for improvements. In 1887 and again in 1893 new buildings were erected to accom- modate the increased number of pupils. Here within the next ten years many things were done going to make up the life of the school, fond memories of which still linger with old Barnardians, both students and teachers. Mr. Lyon, who had been a valuable co-worker in the school almost from the founding, became associated with the management of the school as Associate Headmaster in 1892. In 1896 the Barnard School for Girls was established on Washington Heights, and the management of the schools was further increased by the valuable addition of Miss Katherine H. Davis, as Resident Principal of this new department. After a period of seventeen years, the growth of New York to the northward and the consequent encroachment of business, rendered the original site of the school undesirable for school purposes, In April, 1903, the Upper School and the Middle School Departments were transferred to 721 St. Nicholas Avenue, south- west corner of 146th Street, New York, where the necessary alterations were made to receive them. At the same time the Lower School and the Kindergarten, were transferred to 239 Lenox Avenue, southwest corner of 122d Street, New York. In these new locations things go along at the school just about the same as they did in the olden times. True, it is not quite the same. The original forty students have now become almost four hundred. The two head masters now have thirty-four assistants, and there are still other changes which indicate as well the steady growth of the school. But in some things the years have brought no change. The same old school spirit encourages our teams on the field to-day. The same old loyalty keeps the boys true to Barnard ideals. The same honest ambition, to make scholars and men, spurs on the instructors in the class rooms. These things, the things that count, have never changed, and will not change in the years to come. The Barnard School of to-day and of the future is a bigger and a better school than it was twenty years ago, but it is and always will be the same old school.

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EDITORIAL BOARDS OF THE HBRIC EDITORS OLIXVER LOVELAND WELCH VVINFRED CHESNEY RIIO.XDES VVINFRED CHESNEY RI'IOADES FRANK DENTON IXIERRITT THEODORE DWIGHT MCDONALD JOHN H. BLOT ARTHUR S. HYDE T1-IE CLASS PERCY ALLEN SYME GUY I'IIiTZ12L LIARRY S. HOLLAND AUOUSTUS D. GRIFFITHS FRANK E.,BENIAMIN I I. VALENTINE J. INIATTESON JAMES R. IROSSMAN, IR. WILLIAM S. JACQUES JOE BIORNINCST.-XR 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1394 1895 1896 1897 NOT ISSUED. 1898 1899 1900 1901 IQO2 1903 NOT ISSUED. 1904 1905 IQOO BUSINESS MANAGERS CHESTER CLARK BOYNTON BIAX I. BERNHEIM CHARLES D. SEARLIS CHARLES D. SEARLE DAVID ANDREW LISPERANCE, ARTHUR S. HYDE PERCY VV. SIMPSON THE CLASS IRA HIARRISON PARSONS UTLER DUNCAN IEIALL RICI-ITXRD OSCAR JOHNSON. B FRED B. I-IETZEL ANM. A. LIAVANAGIYI E. M. BENJAMIN H. M. STEC1-IT S. B. MILLS, JR. W. P. S. EARLE D. H. O'DOWD A. S. GILROY A. C. F. PERRY L. F. RANDALL LE ROY A. ALAN BOMEL VV. L. GLENN IEIARRISON B. ARNOLD JAMES I-I. BROWNING AN M. B IU N FORD BA K ER H