Drew Seminary - Ladnacs Yearbook (Carmel, NY)

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04911 JYZDI' xl 4qg,Ib l.j , , ,W O DREW SEMINARY Far above the lake so blue, Ever with its glorious view, Stands Alma Mater, our Alma Maier . . . 5, BOVE Lake Gleneida, Drew has stood for eighty-one years. The idea of a boarding school was projected by David Merritt. His plan was purely a financial speculation. The original name to be given the school was Putnam County Collegiate Institute. On August 23, 1848, a meeting was held and fifteen trustees were elected. Seven acres of land were bought and work was begun on the building. Operations were forced to stop November 5, 1849, for lack of money. James Raymond provided the necessary funds for completion, and on September 16, 1851, the school opened bearing the name Raymond Collegiate Institute. From 1854 to 1858, the school was coeducational. From 1860 to 1865, the Institute was closed. In 1866 the Institute was sold to Daniel Drew for 325,000 He founded and endowed a seminary for both sexes. Many changes and improvements were made and the school opened September 20, 1866, under the title of Drew Ladies' Seminary. Professor George Crosby Smith was placed at the head of the school and held this position for twenty-six years. An act to incorporate Drew Seminary and Female College was passed April 23, 1866, by which Daniel Drew and a body were given full power to establish a college. Owing to incom- pleteness of plans, the act was not carried out. It was put in trust and remains so at the present time. Plans for a new building were made in 1872 on an extensive scale. The founda- tion was scarcely laid when financial reverses put a stop to further operations. Mr. Drew's speculations brought down his fortune and with it the hopes of a college. In 1896 Smith Memorial Hall was erected. In 1904, during Dr. Hana- burghis administration H899 to 19071, the buildings were destroyed by fire. The work of rebuilding was begun and the present structure was completed in 1905. In 1920 a building containing a chapel, classrooms, and music studios was ready for use. The Junior building was finished in 1924. Within the last few years there have been several gifts of property so that the present campus now consists of fifty-four acres. The number of students has been increased lately. Evidence of the increase lies in the following contrast: there were two pupils in the first graduating classg and this year, three-fourths of a century later, there are forty-three in the Senior class. Many changes and improvements have been made in the last five years during Dr. Wright,s administration. He has extended the privileges far beyond what they were before and has made possible many good times which we will never forget. Under his guidance there has been deeply instilled the spirit that causes us to sing: . . . To our school we,ll eler be true: We will ne,er forget old Drew, Drew Sem,'we love you. CAROL GRIFFIN. W e 1wa'f'fQ:v:,9.,, Aa e IIQXFA 169113 7

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Yp- I6'g5G fQb:fa: YQ 'Zi' BOARD OF TRUSTEES W. P. TANNER ..,. CARL H. FOWLER. CHESTER A. SMITH ,A... CLAYTON RYDER . . . . HERBERT E. WRIGHT, Ex-ojjicio T..... REV,D BISHOP FRANCIS J. MCCONNELL, HON. ROYAL S. COPELAND, M.D.. , . . . . MRS. JAMES MARSHALL ......... MISS GRACE S. FLOY. . . MISS LOUISE YOUNG ..... ENOCH J. TOMPKINS .... ALLAN MACROSSIE, D.D.. . . . CLAYTON RYDER ....... CHARLES R. SAUL ..... CHESTER A. SMITH ,..,. GEORGE B. SMITH .,... CARL H. FOWLER .,,...... CHARLES P. MCCLELLANIJ .,... WALLACE MACMULLEN, D.D.. . . . JACOB E. PRICE, D.D. ....... E. P. V. RITTER .,.. W. P. TANNER .... D. W. WILBUR ..,,, . . . . .President . . . .Vice-President . . . . .Secretary . . . . .Treasurer ............Carmel,NewYork LL.D ...... 150 Fifth Ave., New York City ......................Washington, D. C. .. . ,172 Vose Avenue, South Orange, N. ,l. .129 West Grand St., Elizabeth, New Jersey .,...........Liberty,N.Y. ................PeekSkill,N.Y. . . . .150 Fifth Avenue, New York City ...................Carmel, New York . . .149 Columbus Avenue, -New York City ............,.......Peekskill,N.Y. . . . .367 Southern Blvd., New York City . . . .100 East 42nd St., New York City . . . . . . . . .Dobbs Ferry, New York . . . . . .23 West 69th St., New York City . . . . .1868 Amsterdam Ave., New York City . . . . . .Hotel Biltmore, New York City . . . .25 Beaver St., New York City . . . . . . . .Poughkeepsie, N. Y. -to :I Qsl71QfIQWZ,EfT 8