Le Roy Central School - O At Kan Yearbook (Le Roy, NY)

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sz jx f Tl-IE 1950 Q-ATLZKAN by I-llc SL'llltPI',Cf!I5.Y of Lcffuy l.lt'lIlLl'lfl Scllorfl The Educational This year is actually about the 150th anniversary of the beginning of a formal school in Le Roy. since in 1801 the first log school house in this vicinity was erected on East Main Street Road on a site near where the Dunrovin Shop stands today. The second school was built in 1803. also a log structure. and was located on the site of our present high school. During the following year, 1804, an- other building was erected on East Main Street Road. a little east of the first log building. lt is particularly significant to note that this third school was the first frame school house west of the Gen- esee River. Later on. and during the NYar of 1812. a more prodigious building was erected in conjunction with the Masonic Lodge on the corner of Nliest Main and Craigie Street. opposite the old Lent Tavern. Here religious services. instruction in the classics and meetings of the Masonic Lodge were held. Similar in many ways to this was the Round- house. next of Le Roy's schools. lt was a some- what noted building in its day because of its rather unique construction and had its origin here with the Masonic Lodge in 1825. The lower room of this building was used by the Congregational Church and for public meetings and lectures. while the second story was finished off as a schoolroom in 1828. This operated as a select school until its demolition in 1859 and the erection of the Universalist Church on its site, This action almost immediately necessitated the erection of a more commodious structure for the purpose of con- tinuing school instruction. so that the Le Roy Aca- demic Tnstitute actually grew out of necessity. However, after 1859 and prior to the actual es- tablislinient of the institute, schools were carried on in other parts of the town, The first of these was operated in the rooms immediately over the former Hudson Sales rooms in the business section. From here it was moved and located in the present Ameri- can Legion Home on lVest Main Street. H 11 istory of Le Roy The Academic lnstitute actually grew from these already-existing organizations and was established as a first-class institution for English and classical instruction for both sexes. Modern languages, na- tural sciences and music were taught as well. A charter was received from the State Legis- lature in 186-l and the first term commenced on -lanuary 5, 1865. Mr. T. C. Comstock. one of the several princi- pals. took charge in 1880. During this period the school was exceptionally fiourishing. Seven teach- ers were employed and the average attendance was well over 200 students. The picture shown of the Academy is of the Comstock Reunion which was held on rl une 27, 1924. ln it may be seen many Le Royans. his former pu- pils and ardent admirers of a great tegghel- and leader. 7 After several years of existence and in recogni- tion of its merited character and high standards, the town appropriated 310,000 for 'the lnstitute and its property. This will later be treated in more detail under the formation of the Union Free School District Number 1. During the same period of the 19th century that saw the establishment of the Academic lnstitute there was an ever increasing pressure from certain parts of the country to establish schools for female education on a college level. which. until that time. were quite unheard of in any part of the nation. Among the first and most infiuential of these early educators who fought for higher education opportunities for women were the Misses Marietta and Emily E. lngham who were from Saybrook. Connecticut. i They first located a school in Attica and after two years' residence there moved and opened the school in Le Roy in 1837. The Le Roy Female Seniinary was chartered in 18-l-1 and almost im- mediately sprang into the first ranlc of this type of school in the state.