Cheshire Academy - Rolling Stone Yearbook (Cheshire, CT)

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GRHAUWUATIUON FESTIVITIES JUNE 1947

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CHESHIRE Doctor Horton must have been a remarkable man. He was deeply in- volved in town affairs and yet found time to run his school efficiently. He was especially fortunate in the choice of his successor, Eri Woodbury, who, after Dr. Horton retired in 1892, served as principal for seven years. The older alumni speak of these two men with the greatest of respect, and truly they must have been among the ereal. The Episcopal Academy ended as such in 1903. At that time the trustees leased the school for ninety-nine years to the Trustees of the Cheshire School Inc., who dropped the military fea- ture and turned the old institution into a modern boarding school. In 1917 it was combined with the Rox- bury school under the headmastership of Mr. Walter Ferris, one of whose sons, Stuart, is now a member of the Boardeor Lrusteess-of othe present school. For many years the present Head- master, Mr. Arthur N. Sheriff at- tempted to combine the better fea- tures of the past with the present. These efforts culminated in 1937 with the granting of a charter by special act of the Connecticut State Legisla- ture, permitting the school to become the Cheshire Academy.

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GRADUATION PROM The Senior Committee with the help of a professional decorating com- pany transformed the gymnasium | into a place of beauty with a ceiling | of blue and gold cloth, a wall of blending colors, and soft lights. ‘The seniors with their guests danced to the dreamy music of Sonny Berman and his’ orchestra. During an intermission refreshments were served by Mr. Spear and his staff. At the end of the dance every one expressed the opinion that this was one of the best.