Cheshire Academy - Rolling Stone Yearbook (Cheshire, CT)

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Arthur N. Sheriff, Headmaster 3Jernard M. Allen Carl Andrews Franklyn Ashley Joseph Barron Anton F. Blaum Carlton E. Borden Warren C. Bower Ernest H. Brink Nicholas C. Brown John A. Bullock Clarence F. Busse Edwin D. Chubb Alan G. Clark Edmund P. Coe James Donaher Whitney C. Dunning Charles O. Dutton Russell A. Faber Michael C. Fischer William L. Garrison Clear C. Golden W. Merwin Grove Harold E. Hall Willis W. Harriman Edward J. Hart John A. Harter Richard L. Heilman James W. Hogan Sherman C. Holaday Allan W. Hunting Gustof B. Kalijarvi George H. Kirby William A. Koehne John W. Leahey Harvey K. Le Sure James Loder James R. Macgowan William F. Moran Anna E. Nolan Henry O'Flynn John O'Neal Percy = Palmer Morgan Porteus Peters] Purcetd William B. Reeves Donald L. Roberts George P. Rossman Paul Ruark F. Waldo Savage William F. Schultz Leo Schumer Lloyd W. Shaner George M. Shepherd Konrad S. Skiba Frederick V. Stark A. Knox Starlings Jerome J. Sullivan Morris Sweetkind Harold Tripp Everett A. Trousdale Maximillian Von der Porten

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HISTORY UF In 1792 a convocation of the clergy held in East Haddam under the insti- gation of Bishop Samuel Seabury, first Episcopal bishop of our country, voted to establish an Episcopal Acad- emy. In 1795 Cheshire was decided upon as the most logical site. Tillotson Bronson, the uncle of Bronson Alcott, opened the school, with the Reverend John Bowden of Stratford as Headmaster. Meanwhile the people of Cheshire began the erec- tion of a school building. ‘This build- ing known as Bowden Hall is the present school auditorium. Though hampered by lack of funds the school was successful from the start. The legislature forbade the eranting of collegiate degrees, but did permit the establishment of a lottery which netted the school about twelve thousand dollars. The first noticeable change in policy was made in 1862 when Dr. Sanford Horton turned the academy into a military school. It was Civil War time and three of the academy's graduates, Admiral Foote, General Wheeler, and Secretary Welles were in the national limelight. ‘The thoughts of students gravitated to- wards army life, just as they did dur- ing the past few years during which the present academy included a Jun- ior R.O.T.C., Military science, and Aviation science among the courses offered.