Elmira Free Academy - Torch / Sagoyawatha Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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'H 71... .exam 41... ,4caklem.,G - Une hundred years ago. on March thirty'-first. eighteen hundred forty. the Elmira Academy-' was incorporated as a recognized educa- tional institution by the Regents of the l'niversity' of the State of New York. In addition to celebrating the centennial anniversary of its beginnings. we have this year seen not only' a big growth in the school population but an extensive broadening of the educational facilities that are being offered to the boys and girls of Elmira today. It is htting that at a time like this. we review the past and do honor to the men and women who have made our present achievements possible. Secondary' education by which. in its broadest sense. we mean the education of boys and girls between the elementary and the college levels. had its beginnings more than three hundred years ago when our Puritan forefathers founded the Boston l.atin Grammar School in l635. Despite the fact that the general principle of univer- 'myggg 5, 4jqyNyl.jRgl.j sal education was early recognized as essential for the perpetuation of democratic institutions. it was many' years before this idea was actually' put into effectual practice. The Latin schools of colonial days were intended only for the few who possessed the leisure. the D, wealth. and the intellectual ability' to profit from the curriculum offered. With the growth of the colonies in commerce. industry' and social and political institutions. the demand for a more extensive type of education became evident. Young men and women asked for an education more closely related to the everyday problems which they were called upon to meet. ln l75l. Benjamin Franklin in Philadel- phia gave impetus to this new trend and to the revolt against the older traditional type of education by establishing the academy' in which English. geography. arithmetic and other 'fpractical sub- jects became the core of the curriculum. Between l780 and 1850. hundreds of academies were established throughout New England and the Atlantic states. In New York State. more than three hundred academies were opened during this period. It will be seen. then. from this brief summary' that the Elmira academy was established rela- ISAAC M. WEI.I.ING'l'0N tively late among the academies in New York States. y Q In the year 1830, when the First Presbyterian Church at the corner of Church and Baldwin Streets decided to erect a new edifice. the old building was moved to the east side of Baldwin just south of the present Methodist Episcopal Church. lt became the first home of the Elmira Academy. During the next few years instruction was given first in this building and later in the basement of the Congre- gational Church that stood on the location of the present Park Church. This school was a private school attended by pupils whose parents could afford to pay' the necessary' tuition. Many of the early leaders of Elmira received their secondary' education there. The establishment of this private academy' came at a time when the demand for universal and for secondary' education was growing in strength. Its history as a private institution therefore. is relatively . high schools in the Union Free School Bill in 1853. So it was that on y shortlived. In 1840. the people of New York State voted for free N popular education and legalized the formation of tax supported ppm,-ESSOR S'I'I,:l,:lAl,: May 24. 1859 the Elmira Academy ceased to be a private school and at 5 ., ,F rf . 1 Y- -sassy ' '