Franklin and Marshall Academy - Epilogue Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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. si l i ' v 0 FJM Alien RANKLIN AND MARSHALL ACADEMY had its beginning as the preparatory department of Franklin College founded at Lancaster by Benpmin Franklin and others in 1787. Then when Franklin College united with Marshall College from Mercers- burg in 1853 the Academy was known as the Franklin and Marshall High School The High School was directly under the care of the college, the president of the college being principal of the prep school from 1855 to 1867. During this period the f'prep students were accommodated in one of the college class-rooms. The depart- ment then was not very important, the average annual enrollment of the first fifteen years being only nineteen students. From 1867 to 1871 the enrollment was more than doubled, and the school took up quarters downtown, one year on Duke Street near East King and L . 1 i wi.. if ,t .fi its G7 12:51 '-22' f' ' 'f E F s qi oiar f ,729 j, 1 6 two years on East King just west of Duke. This was under thefrec- torship of Frederick C. Gast. Dr. Gast was followed by W. Howard Cvutelius, and he, after a year, by Cyrus V. Mays. In 1872-73 a new building was erected for the academy and its name was changed from Franklin and Marshall High School to Franklin and Marshall Aca- clemy. With a stimulous due to the energy of Professor Mays and also to that which would naturally come with the sense of individu- ality and responsibility now felt by the separate institution, the new building brought a greater measure of success to the new institution. Since that time it has been under the direction of the following men: Cyrus V. Mays, 1872-743 Daniel M. Wolff, 1874-75, Nathan C. Schaeffer, 1875-77, John S. Stahr, 1877-79, James Crawford, 1879-835 George Mull, 1883-85, W. W. Moore, 1885-975 Thaddeus G. Helm, and Edwin M. Hartman from 1897 to 1916, when Mr. Helm resigned, leaving the office of principal-ship in the hands of Mr. Hartman who holds it at the present time. -Under the administration of Mr. Helm and Mr. Hartman the school grew rapidly so that a larger equipment soon became necessary. To meet this need, Mr. Hartman undertook the raising of money in 1906-07 for the erection of what is now the Main Building. The project was assured by a contribution of 337,000 by Andrew Carnegie and an initial contribution of 85,000 by A. C. Kepler, a member of the board of trustees. The building was erected under the supervision of Mr. Hartman during the years 1907-08 and was occupied with the opening of the school year in September 1908. The cost of the building with its original equipment was about 5113,- 000. The building is beautiful, substantial, and complete and is probably the finest private boy's school building in Pennsylvania. It has served as a model for a number of new buildings at other insti- tutions in recent years. In the last twenty years the Academy has entered about 800 boys to some 50 colleges from Dartmouth in the East to the University of California in the West. 8 if