Buffalo Seminary - Seminaria Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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as N Bl 1 I Al O SI NIINIARN Y 1009 1931

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5 Afiigli' OIINSON CQO'i I'ACllI ISN - ISU GOODELI. HALL Y - 1832 - 1900 PRESENT LIBRARY GOODELL HALL LIBRARY PRESENT C HAPIZI- COUDELL HALL KHAPITI-

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Hlstor of the Buffalo Semmary 'Ihe Buffalo Semmary thus year celebrates nts centennlal Wttlm prlde and lffectlon the class of 1251 loolcs baclc one hundred ye Irs to those early dxffrcult days xxhen ertlzens alert to the educational needs m Buffalo faced the problems ot education for xxomen In 1831 a group ot publ1e spmted crtlzens establtshecl a school that rneluded 111 the grades trom lcxndergarten through the first tvxo years of college from the cradle to marrtage The nrst students of the Buffalo Iemale Academy were taught ln the school s temporary quarters ohnson Cottage the prlnclpal s home sxtuated near the corner ot Delaxxare Axenue and ohnson Parlc .1 eharmmg sntuatton m a retrred spot far flon the no1se of busmess Thus house xx as used for study and reertatxon untxl uly 1852 when the nexx school butlt behind the cottage xxas eledlciteel It xxas named Goodell Hall rn honor of abez Goodell xxho contnbuted oxe ten thousand dollars toward the nevx building Dr Charles L West pnncnptl of Rutgers Inst-tute xxas secured IS the hrst head ot the school The standard of sehollrshxp he maugurated wxas so high that tame ot the school spread beyond the clty As one of the ploneer collegiate schools for xxomen the Academy attracted the Interest of Agassnz and Wllll3.I11 graduatmg class xxere Nancy E Colton lenme E CLIITISS and I-lenrletta A Reynolds After mne years ot successful admnnnstratlon Dr West reslgned and the Rex Albert T Chester pastor of the North Presbyterlan Church xxas chosen IS h1s successor The nexx prmclpal tn ardent belnexer ln CdLlC3.fl0Il for women msrsted that h1s students haxe an 1et1xe 1nterest nn current issues Dunne the Cnxll War the curls sexx ed for the solchers and prclced hnt for dressmgs Flag rusmg ceremonies and mnlltary drnlls xnere held ln the warden At the celebratlon of the txxenty fifth anmxersary of the foundmg of the school the graduates forn ed an alumme assocntron wxhose Chapter House xxas the first blllldlnf' un the county to be owxned by a xxomen s club In 1885 Mrs Chlrles Frederlclc Hartt an alumna was chosen associate prmclpal and txxo years l1ter on the retnrement of Dr Chester after thlrty years of serxlee she became prmcxpal Mrs Htrtt reorgannzed the currnculum to mclude 1 college entrance course to meet the requrrements of Smnth Vassar Wellesley md other leadmg collefves for vxomen In 1889 by permlssxon of the State Board of Regents of the Unlxersnty of Nexx Yorlc the school changed nts name to the Buffalo Semlnary In 1899 nt xx 1s decided to combxne the xxorlc of the lovxer wrades of the Seminary xxxth the Elmvxood School thus to allow the Elmwood School to handle the primary yxorlc and the Se nmary to handle the upper school Thls umon vxas arranged under the dxrectlon of Mlss JCSSICB. Beers Through the gradual trend of p0pL1l'1f101'1 tovx ard the suburbs cmd the encroachment of busmess upon the proud old resndentml section the locatnon of the school became unde slrable In 1900 temporary quarters xx ere secured at the Txx entleth Century Club 10 C I K 1 c t-1 , . 1.5: -1 1, , 1 , yk- , 1 -' ' 1 5- 1 1 1 1 ' I .1 X- ' L -, , R. ' , 1 --N. S ' y F. ,S , .. ' . i J ' I 7-Q C7 E 7. -in I D 1 x - K . - V .L-7 J . y., . . I i- 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 J 1, 1 - X f , ' - ' 'K' , ' 'z ' . S - ' 4 V I V Cullen Bryant, both of whom visited it in the '0's. The members of the first , ' - , - 1 4 1 ' 1 ' . ' L c ' ' 9 . ' 1 ' , .. , . . 1 4 Y A V I Y if N V . , , , 2 , , .C ' , 1 ' ' 1 4 h ' 1 I. T . I 7 1, 1 1 1 1 1 1 L , ,, D L , .. H , ,- . , . g . 1 f ' . 1, V- K ' v - , ' .R tu ' l ' 1 ' ' l V . . , ,. 2 . ' ' ' ' , , 'ec ,l 1 , v , Q. L ,y ..,, A K. , , . f ' 1 ' ' '1 11 1 A I 1 1 - f 1 ' AY ' - - s ss 1 v f I ' 1 1 V A 7 .' . 1 1 1 f A . V. 4 Van' 'D T I 1 Y ' V , 1 ' , 1' 1 v 2- ' 1 ' ' 1 I v v V 1: I ' 1 a 5 ' . I 3 A V N cl, LA I K 1. 1 1,-' 'L 1 ' . K ' , 1- .