Cambridge Latin High School - Review Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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,4,. ,..,.A...? g '.-....,,.,,.-- ,N we V W ,N V 5 AND LATHN school. 25 E '- rr r'm-mmf e-'e -r-me 'W' The Cambndge High School l848 1882 Corner of Amory and Summer Streets In Septembel 1848 the tacultx of the Hlgn School was mcreased bx the addltlon of a sub mastel 'VI1 Thomas Chase At the same tlme the Councxl plouded another loom for the accommodatlon of newlw entel ed puplls and appxoprxated sex en hundled dollars to eqlllp the school vuth scientific apparatus Theme WSIB tvso cou1 ses gn en 1n 1849 the Engllsh and the Classlcal Three VQQIS V619 requlred to complete the Enghsh COUISE whlch ln cluded Iatxn or French durlng the first year and a half The Classlcal COUIQE was a four years course and except for the first few months It was qulte different from the Enghsh Course U0 . . . , - . v , . , 3 7 n A y ' ' w - 1 - - v ' t . . , A . K . S Y . ' Y. 4 a ' '- f . 1 ' 4 .1 v Q . , . . Y. H . . 1 Y 1 v aw D Y . 1 . . . , . nw v v . b . ' - . K 1 A . . y J ' L . - . . , . .

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1 19 L 3 r-MGH AND LATIN swoon., ' 25 1 Mr Smlth undertook thexr lnstructxon Wlth the ald of only one asslstant MISS N H Manmng Thls schoolhouse at the corner of Broadway and Wlnsor Street however was cons1dered lnadequate for the accommoda tlon of the number of pup1ls expected the followmg year and the clty councll took under conslderatlon the COIlStI'l.lCt10ll of a new school bulldlllg' on Amory Street The councll made DFOVISIOH for one hundred and elght scholals ln the blllldlllg although the School Commlttee had set the standards of adm1ss1on very h1gh and thought that the llberal allowance was qulte unnecessary Howex 61 all but one of the desks wele filled at the first ercamlnatlon IH July 1848 and soon the School Commlttee was obllged to ask for the first flool of the bulldlng whlch had hltherto been devoted to grammar school puplls The sp1r1t of antagomsm VVhlCh then ex1sted between the dlfferent sections of the town was one of the dlfflcultles to be overcome by the School Commlttee The cltlzens of Cambrldgeport and East Cam brldge qualrelled w1th each other contlnually and the lnhabltants of Old Cambrldge w1shed to have noth1ng to do wlth e1the1 of the other two sec tlons The mlsunderstandmg was verv much 1n evldence whenever the three wards came together ln town rneetmg and fo1 some tlme there was a p0SS1b111lV that the hlgh school pro1eCt would be defeated for the councll membexs from Old Cambrldge declared that they would make no use of the hlgh school, and when the school fifst opened ln the fall of 1847, the mayofs daughter was the onlv Cllpll f1om Old Cambridge But the an tagonlsm 1n legald to the hlgh school gradually chsappeared and was not learoused In fact the Hlgh School eventuallv proved to be one of the 1m portant factors 1n the final reun1on and cooperat1on of the three walds The new school house on Amory Street was dedlcated 1n June, 1848, and the mavor and most of the lmportant c1t1zens of Cambrldge were present Pres1dent Edward Everett of Halvard College was the prmcl pal speaker of the occaslon 191 l-: 1. v. lr., , E ! ..... .........--. ..,..,,.., , . ..,. .. ,, . , ...,, . , , ., , -,., , ,.. . . . , , E g 1 f E El . e I 1 1? E ...,........., l....., ., . . .. , ..., . ,,.,.,-,, , ,, .. ....,.,., .. . . ,.,. , , ,. .. ...,.. .--ig .-L-1 .. -----.-------. L x E SL mllllmlu mu lm ' uL,1:mLJ'n,':1u'..J:,,1m..': v:u.,l1:.'u..l1: 'ew: l1:1.,4:u:u1:1'ntx'.u,vr, Lu ,tw 'll 'Lu:m':v'u' 1 . . . ,. ,..tr::mum-::v :1:l1u.,LE EWl '5l W4Il'l1llNllIlll4lV!llllillll ' ' . . . ' . . . Y - . X 7 L . . . L L . Y . . I - v y A . . . i - K v ' . - ' ' 1 ' - . ' ' L L L U i . . . L . . L ' W . . . . L . , L w . ' W - ' ' 1 ' L L L L ' 1 1 L y v . L L L L . . ' . . . W . . , , L L L , L L . v N . . LL L . L . 1 v . . . . ' , L . v . Y . . . ' Y w - L, e . . . w . . L . L L Y . . Q . L , L ' N . . . v . . . ' ' L ' . 1 L -. ' C K

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19 1 HIGH AND ILATIIN SCHOOL g Ei 25 l The school llbrary was started ln 1800 when the Clty Council gave books to the value of elght hundred dollars There was a State law at the tlme whuh allowed the CltV to draw an equal amount from the State Treasury this addxtlonal fund made the lxbrarv as large as any hlgh school llbrary ln the State The books were thoroughly catalogued by Professor Abbot then sub master of the school The collectlon was ln creased by the proceeds ot a serles of lectures dellvered by Professox Louls Agasslz For almost s1xtv years after 1800 the llbrary was en larged by an appropuatlon every year as well as by speclal glfts from 1nd1v1dual c1t17ens A new featule suggested by Professm Felton of Hary a1d who was a membel of the school comm1ttee at thls tlme was lntroduced lnto the course of study at thlq t1me Heretofore the works of Enghsh authors had not been Studled ln then entlrety the hlgh school puplls recelved no mole lnstructlon ln thls respect than was to be gamed from a collectlon of extracts The formal study of Engllsh authors has proved lmmensely beneficlal and has now become one of the most unportant features of the hlgh school currlculum It may be noted that the Cambrldge Hlgh School was probably the first 1n thls countly to adopt the course whxch IS now s0 promlnent 1n all hlgh schools The number of puplls ln 1801 was neally two hundred an almost phenomenal lncrease for so short a perlod In all probablllty the c1t1zens of Old Cambrldge were beglnnmg to look upon the Hlgh School more and mole klndlv, and were therefore dlscaldlng then prlvate schools 1n favor of the school for the whole c1ty To make room for the Enghsh Lltexature, Latm and French had been d1'opped from the Engllsh Course 1n 1851, but 1n 1852 Flench, three years of It thls tlme, was agaln mcluded ln the currlculum Anothe1 radlcal change was made ln the Enghsh Course when It was lengthened to four vears to allow for tour years of Latln At the same txme Greek was added to the Classlcal Course, makmg lt extend 0181 hve years French was also added to this course, but xt was soon dropped llll ! ti Ei..,-.,....... - Q z I . l E L - .l . , , ,, ,,.,.,., ,,,,.. , t... 'na..la.., lm, . - ,,., . .-.W .W lm 4 - ,L - Y - - . v . . V . . . . ,I . . . . . . . , . . , - A v 7 K . Y I ' L ' U 1 ' - . . - , . . S - v - N . v . 1 . . . . ,, . K 1 .I A ' Y .. . Y V Y . . V 1 - K . . . . v s . . V . s , . y .A , T . - K v ' Y . . Y A . . f . . . . . v l . v - y - , . - . . . . . . H V . 7 Y . . 1 ' Y ' . N . - Y . Y . . , . .