Bridgewater Classical Academy - Mercurius Yearbook (Bridgewater, ME)

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From 1901 to 1907 thrs was a hlgh school In 1907 by leglslatlve act the school became Brrdgewater Classrcal Academy Srnce the frrst class rn 1906 B C A has graduated 489 young people mcludrng the 1956 class Among these graduates have been many men and women who were honest rntellrgent and energetlc busmess men and women We must not forget to acknowledge wrth thanks and deep apprecxauon the many frne boys and grrls that Montrcello has sent to our Academy many of them outstandrng athletes who have made great contrrbutrons to the success of our school We make SPECIB1 mentlon of the hlgh honors that our state champron basketball teams the Bulldogs have contrrbuted to the permanent record of our academy Not only are the people of Brrdgewater and Monucello proud of these boys but hrgh pralse comes from the entrre state of Marne For the 100th anmversary of our town 1n 1958 II would appear to be a worthwhrle project for the graduates of the varrou classes to assume the responsrbrlrty for a commemorauve program deprctmg the varrous stages of our growth as a town and especrally the development of our publlc school system culmrnatrng rn the present status of Brrdgewater Classrcal Academy Prmcrpals of the Academy have been as follows Augustas M Stackpole Jr 1901 1902 Harold Soule 1902 1903 Mr Vlnrng 1903 1904 Q Yearj Percy Grlbert 1904 1905 W S Knowlton 1905 1911 John D Whrttrer subsututed for W S K from January 2 1907 to Aprrl 2 1907 H N R1Ch 1911 1912 Howard Huston 1912 1913 E B Gordon 1913 1914 W A Soule 1914 1915 1916 C D McClean 1916 1917 1917 1918 E S H1gg1ns 1918 1919 19 9 1920 George Cummmgs 1920 1921 A H Hartford 1921 1922 Ervrn E Task 1922 1923 V R Wormlrght 1923 1924 1924 1925 1925 1926 L R Roblnson 1926 1927 to 1936 1937 Howard Lrbby 1937 1938 to 1939 1940 Paul Carpenter 1940 1941 to 1942 1943 Roy Duff 1943 1944 1944 1945 Mr Bracy 1945 1946 1946 1947 Mr W Fernald 1947 1948 to 1950 1951 H D Bermss 1951 1952 H R Slmonds jr 1952 1953 1953 1954 Charles A Davrs 1954 1955 to present HarveyA Tompkrns 96 . . . S Scott Shaw 1903-1904 qi Yearj

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THE STORY OF BRIDGEWATER CLASSICAL ACADEMY AND EARLIER SCHOOL HISTORY Wrthm the last srxty fxve years rn no department of our publrc and school l1fe has more marked progress been made than ln the sphere of educa t1on Srxty flve years ago our people d1d the best they could to support our publrc schools on a htgher standard reallztng the need for better burldxngs and equlpment For thrs reason our town today may be proud of our school burldlngs equrpment and well organrzed system Academres occupy a large space rn the htstory of educatton rn Massa chusetts Marne and Aroostook From the close of the Revolutlonary War to 1820 when Mame becamea state a hundred and n1nety frve towns had been mcorporated wtthrn the Provlnce of Mame by the Massachusetts Legrsla ture There were a large number of Academres establtshed under the laws of Massachusetts before Marne was admrtted to the unlon both rn the state of Massachusetts and rn the Provmce of Mame In many cases these academies were grven one half townshlps known as academy grants from whlch they sold lumber stumpage etc to help defray thelr expenses From 1791 to 1820 twenty frve academres were mcorporated tn the drstrrct of Ma1ne Between 1821 and 1891 the Mame Legrslature establlshed a great many more academles and sem1nar1es most of Wh1Ch had already been grven land grants Brldgewater was made up of two grants the southern half was granted to Portland Academy the northern half was granted to Brrdge water Academy rn Brtdgewater Massachusetts The deed provrded for 160 Srxty years ago our schools were recorded as school drstrrcts The frrst school house ln our town was at the Boundary and at one trme there were seven drstrrcts and schools as follows Boundary Corner Centre Snow Settlement Bunker H111 Montreth and West Road Th1S wrlter taught rn three of these drstrrcts namely Montleth Bunker H111 and Corner In those days teachers were pard seven dollars per week Each school had one teacher who taught all grades from the ftrst to the etghth Pnor to the constructron and openrng of our frrst regular hlgh school tn 1901 our town matntarned hrgh school terms rn drfferent d1str1cts One term would be held at the Centre School the next at the Corner etc It IS from tlus hrgh school system that the wrrter has a lugh school drploma dated May 1 1896 and srgned by Charles G Brtggs Prrncrpal At thrs ume the town felt the need for xts own hxgh school A school lot was purchased from Mr Albert Chandler and a one story burldmg was erected rn trme to begrn the frrst term of the school year tn 1901 In 1910 another story was added to this butldmg The upper story was used for the hrgh school whrle the lower was used for grades frve to elght Thrs burldlng burned rn March of 1940 A new lot was purchased a new lugh school was erected dedrcated and ready for use by March of 1941 . . . - . ' . . . - . I . I . . , ' ' . I . I ' . f v - ' . I 9 I ' - . . . . . . U 5 . acres each for a minister, a church, schools, and town expenses. ' ' tl ' ' . ll I ' Y I . O ' ' 1 . . . ' ' ' : . ' . ' . . D 1 . . : . . . . . . Q I - . I I

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First row, left to right: E. Kimball, N. Delong, F. Burlock, E. Kinney, M. Murphy, M McCleary P. Bradstreet, G. Bradbury, M. Foster, J. Burnham. Second row: Mr. Davis, I. Cullins P Hersey S. Ricker, B. Ketchum, A. Delong, R. Huff, C. Upton, F, Richards, R. Wheeler, D. Scott G Folsom, M. McKeen, L. Green, Mr. Yerxa. Editor-in-Chief MARTORIE MCCLEARY Assistant Editor-in-Chief MARY MURPHY Advertising Managers DONALD SCOTT, CHARLES UPTON Assistant Advertising Manager BRIAN KETCHUM Business Manager EMILY KINNEY Faculty Editor NOREEN DELONG Activities Editor FLORENCE BURLOCK Circulation Manager GAIL FOLSOM YEARBOOK STAFF Literary Editor PAULINE BRADSTREET Sports Editor FRED RICHARDS Photography ARTHUR DELONG CLASS EDITORS Junior Class SANDRA RICKER Sophomore Class LORRAINE GREEN Freshman Class GAIL BRA DBURY Eighth Grade EDITH KIMBALL