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NINETEEN THREE 79 One Hundred Years 1803-1903 S the class of 1903 has the honor of being the Centennial Class, it seems fitting that our class book should contain a short account of the history of the Academy. This institution was founded in 1803 by the people of Bradford, as a means of higher education for their children, as there were no public schools. The school started with fifty-one pupils,- seventeen boys and thirty-four girls,- but it continually increased in numbers until it had gained a wide reputation. Even in these early times, pupils came from all over New England, and often from places outside of New England. The building, afterwards called Willow Hall, was a small two-room building. In one of these rooms gathered the girls, in the other the boys. How interesting it would be to us, the girls of 1903, if we could go back a hundred years and step in and hear them recite their geog- raphy, grammar and arithmetic! But more interesting it would be to see the girls working upon their beautiful pieces of embroidery, for this was an essential part of their education. In those days the school was presided over by a preceptor and a precep- tress. None of the teachers seem to have left a permanent impression upon the school until the arrival of Benjamin Greenleaf in 1814, and Miss Ann Hasseltine in 1815. They both seem to have been persons of unusual strength of character, and both served the school long and faithfully, Miss Hasseltine having been connected with it for over nity years. lt is safe to say there has been no student of Bradford Academy since their time who has not heard of Mr. Greenleaf and Miss Hasseltine. In a series of chapel talks which our prin- cipal has been giving us this year on the history of Bradford Academy, these characters have interested us more than any others. From the beginning the girls had largely outnumbered the boys, and in 1836 Bradford Academy was changed from a co-educational school to an acad- etny for young women. Mr. Greenleaf was the last preceptor, but his work for
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