Hampton High School - Krabba Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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THE SCHOOL

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HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL ELIZABETH CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA Accredited County High School with highest standing of any in Virginia - N Colors: Red and White Graduates’ Motto: “ Completus tamen incipiens” ampton High School has the oldest ancestry of any public school in the country. It is the direct descendent of Syms-Eaton School which was the first free school ever established in the English colonies of America. Syms-Eaton School had its beginning in 1634, when Benjamin Syms bequeathed two hundred acres of land on the Poquoson River with the milk and in¬ crease of eight milch cows, for the education and instruction of the children of the adjoining parishes of Elizabeth City and Kiquotan. With this a schoolhouse was built in the town of Hampton, on the same location as the site of the present Syms- Eaton school building, and a schoolmaster was provided. Later, in 1659, one Thomas Eaton conveyed five hundred acres of land with houses, two negroes, some livestock, and household furniture for the same purpose. These first schools of Syms and Eaton were, of course, very unpretentious insti¬ tutions, being held in small one-room buildings with one schoolmaster for each and teaching a very limited number of subjects. The schools grew steadily, however, and were rebuilt several times. From their establishment and up to the Revolutionary War numerous references in old documents attest to the growth and good work being done by them. In 1759 the General Assembly had incorporated the officers of the schools as “The Trustees and Governors of Eaton’s Charity School” and “The Trustees and Governors of Syms’ Free School.” During and after the Revolution the cause of education, as well as religion and commerce, suffered much in Elizabeth City. However, in 1805 by Act of the Legisla¬ ture, the two schools were incorporated in one as the “Hampton Academy” and with ML » £ ! - 1927 33SS lur