Emma Willard School - Gargoyle Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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fx,-frxfvv ,... YVYf'H W1 1 6501.1 1111602115 xoziaxggg, I- ol tht Ixxm ninth Century to xx l1om the doors of count less sc l1ool 1nd 4ollcges are open xx hose poxxers of lnttlleet are uknoxxle lgecl Ind xx 110 1re not doomed to l11111t our cdueatlon to the xx IX Hoxx ers 1nd p unted velx et IH xx huh our gI'L1lgI'll1dIHOthCl 9 took such prlde p1x httle heed p4r1 1ps to the flat th It ours 1s a prtuons llld I1 1rd xxo11 pr1x1l4ge grultul httle IHOIL 1l11n 1 centurx lgo to the xx omtn of -Xmerxca Illlllllgll tl1el14ro14 llld n11xx earymg tfforts of 1 noble stlfsxcmfiemg xxo111111 We h'1xe rt 1d 111 books of glrls for xxhom 111 1rr11ge xxas the o11lx llllllltlllll of SLIIIIIIHFICS for X0llI1Q'llCllLS xx here tl1epup1ls xx ere t1ught to xx ork thur s 11nplers and to pl IX the Splllef of t1mes xx hen educ IIIOII xx is for men alone but such t1l4s seem str mgelv remote and If ls h 1rd to behexe that 1t xxas the 1lHI7Lllll1g, 1de1l of 1 smgle xx om 111 xx huh lJLlllt the nexx 1nst1tut1on out of the n irroxx boundary of the old 1nd th If her l1fe xx 1-.1s1ngle span betxx een tl1e p1t1able l1m1tat1ons of one hundred xeirs ago 1nd the xx onde ful modern real17at1on of her noble dI'IllJltl0llS -Xnd so IH the book xx hlCh marks fhlSC6I'1t6I1I11'll It lb fittmg xxe dedleate these fexv pages to the 8Ch1LX ements of her to xx hom xxe tmmed IH the mstxtutlon her strength and courage founded oxve not onlv our educatlon but the IIISDIFIUOH of true serx1ee 1l1SUllLd lnto our hxes bv the potent mfluence of that ex er present sp1r1t On the txx enty th1rd of Februarx 1787 ln the llttle x1llage of Berlm Connect 1eut xx as born Emma Hart the ehlld xx hose m1ss1on has been fondly compared vuth that of Joan of Are the g1rl upo11 xx hose xouthful shoulders was to rest the task of ra1s1ng the standard of wom 111 s educatlon to the helghts lt has now attamed The early days of thls xoung glrl constltute one of the most beautlful chapters of her exentful l1fe Hers xx is a noble 1nher1tance and a healthy lIlVlgOI 1fll'lg cultured CIIXIFOHUICUI for she xxas the s1xteenth of the seventeen ch1ldre11 of Capt Samuel Hart 1 staunch patrlot of the Revolutlon and a deseendant of that Rex Thomas Hooker, whose l1fe Hlls so noble a page 1n the hlstorx of the foundmg of Conneetmut Her mother was Lydla H1nsdale a woman of culture and mtellect an adm1rable housekeeper and a lovmg sym path1z1ng parent vxho IS sa1d to l1axe ruled her large famllx ln perfect harmony Indeed tl1e 1nf'luence of both parents u111ted to make the IIVCS of thelr seventeen ch1ldren the strong sturdx helpful l1x es of the young ploneers who were to malntam the freedom of the newly establlshed repubhc Those were days of poverty few lllYl1I'lCn and many h xrdshlps of countless tOllb and pr1vat1ons but 12 2 xr ng 1 11 Us Ar nn I' .4 x 5 x 1 . r., W 1 , .:- Ja Ar xv 1- Ur, . - 1 ' :can '- T B'T'x .1 1 ' ,v 1 1 1 1 .'f'. '52 ' 5 ' 1 'X ' I I , , . 4' ij ,Z ' 2 5 ' I . , ., . , ,, , 1 4. .4 4 , 1 1 ,,1- . 4 4 . 1, . 1 , . , 1 1 1- 1 'IZ .', ' , 2' 2 4' 4 Q2 Z -' ' X Q fi ' . ' I Z ' fy 1 1 1 '4 1 A 1 ' Y ' ' 'Z 'c ,' . , , ., -., ' ' 4 4 ,. 44 , . . , , ., ,. 4 . 4 4 4 i .', ' 4 4 7. , . 1 ' . , 4 , .x 4 - - 11 1 1 1 A r 1 K C 4, X 5 4 A ' ' X fi . l 2' ' l , ., , . . 4 4. X c , ,x , ,. . , , 4 4 . 4 1 , L V- Z 1 11 1 1 1 f X4 as - ' 1 . ' t 1' ' ' Z ' ' ' ' ,Z L ' ' '4. 4.' it ' . N. , ,C 1, 1 Y ,T I I .. i . Y 7 . 1 1 . . . .N . Y . . ,, . 4, , , - ,Y ,,, , , f, 1 1 4 A 1 1 1 , 1 . .I . 1 v.x Q x . .Y . . 4 . , 4 4 11 , Y - . v Y. . .- . .' 1 v 1' v 1 r 1 - 1 Y , . , y V 1 1' .. 1 ,Q . . . 4 . 1 1 1 y ' V' vv f D . 4 . . 4 , , . . . v. K Y . 1 , , 4 . .t , 4 . 7 . x.x . - 1 , , ' , 'f X , Y I V 1 ' ' 1 1 K Y 4 I Y ' Y Y ' 7 ' 1- ,v 1 1 ,., ', . 4 4 Z .' , 1

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A ' T fl' 9214 wlfklsk. .-3,,a?s11H.. 15111110-11 1 thex xx ere 1lso daxs of heron p1 tr1ot1sn1 and dex o11t f11tl1 d 1xs of l11gl1 tllllllxllljg and noble llXlIlQ Commerce xx 15 poor tr1xel xx s Cl1ll'lLLllt, sthools xxert lexx but Ill those homes xx here p1r111ts llltl c FCII t ltd ll 1 1 DIOIILCI' xxork lll tht held lllil lt the oo111 111d Klllflllf., the long Nxlll 11 1xt11111Us, g 1th11ed 1hout 1111111 1r1l1 r r th xxtll lox ug ls 1 15118 sp1r1lu 1l dext o 1 ment re uhtd 11s hught Such xx ls the rugged 1g1 lIll0 xx huh l IllIIll 1r1 xx ls l1o111 such xx ls the ho1111 lll xx huh sht grtxx to XXOIllll1l100ll Her s xx IS Ill the strength of htr I llfll 111 ancestry the tnergx of Ill 1 1.,tr,1n1puls1xe111turt lllll 1 Lkll 111111d, exer tl111st111g lor knoxxltdgt ls soon became muuftst She xx ls early truued to l11xe a detp 1pprec1at1on lo1 them 1sterp1eces ot the bV1gl1Sl'l lmguage, lllil she llso shoxx ed a remarkable aptltude for rata., 47 f 'id 2 '45, d f -:lv A-5 'J ff ,. NEW? 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