Buffalo Seminary - Seminaria Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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SEMINARIA I11 tl1e s1n1e ye1r M1ss A1 ell l7LL111N, ISSOLIJIL Pflllclpll llld three yelrs later Oll tl1e res1f111t1on ol Bliss Beers she lDCL11l11 pr1nc1p1l Shortly ltterw 1rd tl1e BLllTllO Sen11n1ry w 1s tur11ecl out ot 1ts billltlllll quarters 111 the 'IXXL1lllCfll Lcntury Club bec1usc the club w 1s 1bOl1f to remodel 1ts bLl1ldlI1Q 'Ihe Gr1du1tes Assoc11t1o1 sug1ested 1 ho111e SLlIO0l 111 o11e ot the handsome resldenees lor s1le at tl1e t111e but Mlss Angell was JIIXIOLIS to haye the Sem111ary 1D a bu1ld111e whlcl w1s 1rcl11tect11r1lly scholast1c Sl1e and Dr an1es W Putn IDI 1 trustee were tlreless 1n thexr se1rcl1 tor such 1 lDLl1lCl1I1V I11 the doctors o11e horse Sl1lX tl1ey rode up 111d klOXNI1 DCllYXlfC Axenue North Street 1nd tl1e p1rkw1ys and llI1llly tound LILILFICYS 111 tl1e rear ot He1tl1cote School .1 boys school 11e1r tl1e IIwen'1etl1 Century Club In the sprrng ot 1907 M1ss Angell 1ny1ted 111 rnspector from tl1e Bo1rd ot Regents to y1s1t the SLlIOOl An e11t1re two days were spent 111 I'C.XlCVklI1l cl1ss work a11d adn11n1strat1xe detuls as well as extra curncular 1ct1y1t1es He reported to tl1e Board ot Regents that IH h1s 1LlLlf'IUCIlf the Sen11nary was o11e ot tl1e yery best SLllOOl5 1n the state dcilclelllledlly 1nd one ol the worst III llOL1SlI1f and CQLIIPIUCIH Roused by th1S ehallenyge tl1e Board of Trustees decided to put up 1 new bLlllLllDU cost1nv 1ppro'c1n11tely 41171 000 A plot ot l1nd 1t tl1e corner ol B1dw ell Parkway and Potomac A1e111e was pureh1sed I11Ll klOl11tCLl to the school by the Graduates ASiOe111f101l The lDL1llLl1I'lU was completed and the Se1111111ry took Assoc1at1on ass1sted 1n paymg tl1e rnterest on the mortgage In 1998 when tl1e Semxnary had outgrown 1ts qll1l'fCI'S the 1r1du1tes agun c1n1e to1w1rd lflkl w1tl1 tl1e l1elp of the trustees tl1e taculty a11d he students Ill o11e week rused S121 000 for an adyo1n1ng ney three 11n1t l5L11lCllf1U extendm- tro111 B1dwell Parkway to Potomac Ayenue 1nclud1n1 an 1lun1nae l1ouse WestChfster Hall 011 Solchers Place a11d 1 studlo classroom bu1ld1nf on Poto1111c Ayenue w1th 1 QyIIU1lS1LlIN 1nd pl 1y root KOIIIICLUIN the two The SC1IllI11I'y f1n1lly beca111e debt tree 111 121 BfICll1bCI'5 ot tl1e Board of Trustees 1ts past pres1dents 1nd tre1surers tl1e f1LLllfy 1nd representanyes ol thc Graduates ASSOLlJf10ll p 1rt1c1p1ted 111 tl1e lDL1I111flU ot tl1e mortl If e M1rch 1 1947 S1nce tl1e lI1.iL1VLIl'lt10I1 of the exchange syste111 ot teachers the Semlnary has par t1c1p1tcd 1n tl1e profgrun three tunes I11 1931 17 Mrs Spencer E H1ck111a11 took the place ot MISS Margaret Nap1cr as 1111l1e1111t1cs IUSIFLILYOI' at 111169 G1llesp1e H1511 School 1n Edmburygh Scotland After the Second World War 1n 1947 1948 MISS Alma Wh1ttord efechangfd wrth M1ss Irene Meaker to teach Lat1n IU ueens wood Hatheld Herfordshue The next yezr M1ss EIIHILC Chappell took Mrs oan Grunspan s pos1t1on 1s Erwlrsh 111str11cto1 II1 tl1e Country Gra1111111r School tor G1rls Beekenhan1 Kent The accred1t111- co111n11ss1on x1s1ted the school III 1958 md agaln ten years later and reported wxth hu h pra1se th1t the school V819 keepmv up the h1tgl1 I'l10I'1l a11d ac1de1n1c Sl lfILlll'klS 011 w h1cl1 1t w IS founded One h11ndred ye1rs' A whole century ot n1en1or1es reuptured farlures oyercome challenges n1et and ael11eyen1ents 1tta1nfd The Semmary w1ll 11ye on 1n the hearts ot 1ts graduates b11t It w1ll lne on too 1n 1ts contrrbutrons to a way of hfe Happy ye1rs l1e behxnd 1nd folden pronuses l1e ahe 1d ll ' .IL ' ' '1 , ig ' L ' 111.1 ' h In L , l ' 'L .S ' ' , I ' 1 ' '1 , ' -1 .S ' I 4 ' '.S ' .Q ' S '. T 1 A L' I 1 I v1 I 1 1 1 B an ' 1 1 ' vlir t 1 K 1 1 1 . 1 1 ty 5- Q A Q 1 K- 1. 1 . B- .A - 3 - 3 by , f vk-I S- y ,yy 1 , 11 LI1 S v I 5' I KY V 5 L A I 'I 4 A A' 1' 1 ' 1 - ' '- ' 1 1 I 1 ' 1 - 11 1 ' 1 11 1 11 . D , . . B 1 'b - L Y , 1 X- Y.: ' L 1 1 S . 7 ' I 1 . ' A 1 1 2 r 1 T I 11 D , 3, 1 1 . - -,, . . 1 ' 1 -' ' ' 1 ' ' 11- - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ,. . C . POSSESSIOH of 1tS new ho111e on Octobe'1 6, 1909. I'or several years, the Graduates' 7 . 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' . L ' 5 1 S, gg 1 fbx 'L ' ' '1 , L f . I . A I 'T C' . 1 1 '- ' -' 4 A ' . 1 1 2 1 L 1 1 1 . 1 - 11, c Y ,. 1 . 1 1 , .1 ' ., I' 'I ' 1 Lf ' P, ' in 1' L ' 1 , I ' .' '- 1 ' 1 A ' 1 F e gcge. 1 ' 7, f . ' 1, 1 ' 1 U I ' 1 11- L, sf 11 1 11 , 1 ' 1 L - I 'I 1 D 1 f 11 A 1' 7 ' 1 ca A 1 ' 1 ' ' Q1 1 ' V .11 2 .1 ' J ' JL 1 ' 1 ' 'Y 7 ' v - w 7 1' I S A ' 6 . . T 1, 5 L . K . 5 I . . 1 g 1 D- l . ,L . 1 b . , L ' .1 ' I .1 1 L .1 I 'lf ' . 1 , ,, , - ' 1 1 . ' 1 1 ' , 1' ' 1 . S L- 1 . . 1 5 .L Y D . . 1 . 1. 1 ' 15 1 1 12 K- A 1 V 1 A L Al 1 'h 1,1 ' 1 1 1L l

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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- .

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