Lee Academy - Crescent Yearbook (Lee, ME)

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THE CRESCENT HISTORY OF LEE ACADEMY Let us now pralse famous men And our fathers that begat us The Lord hath wlought great glory by them through h1s great power from the beg1nn1ng tSuch as d1d bear rule 1n thelr k1ng dom J Men ff nowned for thelr power g1v1ng counsel by the1r understandlng and declarmg plophesles leaders of the people by thelr coun se s And by then knowledge of leunmg Meet for the people VVISG and eloquent 1n the1r lnstructlons All these were honored 1n thelr gen erat1ons and yy ere the glory of thelr tlmes We gather today to commemorate the f0UlldlI'lf:, of ou1 Alma Mater and we are not forgetful of those noble teachels and generous benefactors who haye made Lee Academy what It 18 today One hundled yeals ago ln the sp11ng of 184: ACld1SOIl Prentlss re turned flom the leglslature yvlth the Act of Inco1porat1on of Le Normal Academy The founders were Joseph 'Vlallett John Gott James Merrlll Arthur Prentlss Ley1 Moulton Wil ham Douglass Llberty Bacon Shep ard Bean and Ab1al Cushman from Lee Wlllldm Lee from Howland and B1al Scubner flom Sprmgfleld Shep ard Bean was a man noted for the breadth of h1s phllosophv lnstead of the length of lt He was a member of the Board of Trustees or over forty years and Secretalv of the Board for the greater pa1t of that t1me Manly Townsend Presldent of the Malne Senate slgned the b1ll enactlng the Incorporat1on of Lee Academy We may Judge that Mr Townsend ald ed our progect because he was man an honorary member of the Board of Trustees of Lee Academy In 1845 there were over 300 com mon school chlldren IH Lee and nme dlstrlct schools ln operatlon A state wlde teacher shortage prey alled and sey eral Lee men lnterested Ill 1lley11 tlng the shortage took the necessaly steps to establlsh a Normal Academy The State gaye a grant of land fol the beneht and support of Lee Nolmal Academy proylded that the Ac xdc would be lll operatlon befole May 1846 Thls challenge was met and through subscrlptlons of labol mon ev and blllldlllg supplles the Academy yy as IH operatlon ID Septembel 1849 many months befole the plescubed t1me The o11g1nal charter SlL1GSS6Cl the fact that the Academy was founder fol the pI'OITl0t10ll of educatlon ind tht preparatlon of teachers for the p11ma ry schools of thls d1str1ct F01 many years Lee Normal graduates taught ln the surroundlng towns Aya Lhaf' boulne a Lee graduate d1St1llg'LllSl'l6C herself IH Educatlon at the Un1ye1s1ty of Malne Lee Academy opened 1ts doors for the f1rst t1me 1n September 1840 to IQCGIXG students who des11ed to seek a hlgher educatlon The Prmclpal en deay ored constantly to make the coul ses as thorough as posslble and to lll duce the student to study for the loyc of lt A Wlde yar1ety of subyects was offered rangmg from phllosophy to as tronomy ' 7 ' I' 4 4 4 , 4 4 ' 1 4 , . Y. . . Y . ' Y 11W 4, P4 - I A y '- V . . 4 . . V , 4 A x , L l Lv 0 n - ' Q v. Y. I w 6 Y . I 4 . 4 4 4 ' ' 4 4 ' ' 4 -'4 - J 4 V - 4 4, c 1 4' l.', 4' ' f j ' 4 v 2 4 ' ,4 K L4 L 4 'K4 4 44 tv' 4 ' 4 J' 4 4 v 4 4 - y c . . . w . 4 ' v 1 . 4 . 4 . . . K J 4 - U' ' c , . N v I . V ' . 'Q I Y 4,, l D .1 I V I 1 4 . 4 4 4 4 4 4 ' ' 4 4 4 - 4 4 4 , Y . . . i v 4 4 H 'v 4 . . . . - T . 4 4 4 ,4. r v 4 v 4 1 4 4' A t 4 4 4' ' T 4 ' 4' . 4 4 v 4 4 4 . ' 4' r' 4 1 Sk 4 . ' 4 4 . 4 1 v 4 iw . 1 . . I . 4 '- 9 C 4 .' :' '4 '44 4 4 ' 4 4 4' .- 4 e , 4 44 ' 4 4 ' ' y 4 '4 ' 4 4 Y 4 K 4 4 4 4 . , 4 4 9 tr K S - . . 4 , , , 4 4 Y . s K L A ' 1 , n . . .W - v 4 A 1 1 a ' ' 448, 7 , ' V S 4, . vu . 7 1 ' ' , 4 4 . .' . . .- a r 1 . 1. Q . Q . Y . Q , - 4 4, 4 v . I . . . - K 7 K '- ' 1 ' ' ' , . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 r x 4 4 H K 4 4 ' ' v ' 4 ' 44 4 U7 , ,X ' I . 4 . 4 4 I 1 , ' ' . . 1 uv u K1- 4 4 4 4' 7. 4 ' y '

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EDITOR IN CHIEF Ethel Chamberlam BUSINESS MANAGER Wayne Whltney ASSISTANT EDITORS ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS Murlel Applebee Ruth MacDonald Wllma Collin LITERARY EDITORS Joyce Cobb Sylv1a Jordan Joseph Wllson ATHLETICS Rlchard Scrlbner Barbara Grlflin AGRICULTURE Paul Moreau ALUMNI Barbara Thompson Pr1sc1lla McCormack Wesley Shorey Alberta Cralg PERSONALS Susan Blake Joseph WIISOH Glenwood Sherman Frank Whlrty Jr Irene Delano Barbara Thompson EXTRA CURRICULAR Donna Bowker STUDENT COUNCIL Beryl Lyon HOME ECONOMICS Alberta Cralg Meredlth Round Dorls Joy JOKES Thurston Haslam EXCHANGE EDITOR Irene Delano PHOTOGRAPHY Maxlne Ware FACULTY ADVISER Howard C Damon ' sQii'm I gg 4 H. . A M4, , 7 Q 2 . , . . . , . .

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THE CRESCENT The H1gh School Act passed 1n 1873 stated that Academ1es whlch d1d not surrender the1r property to the tow ns would recelxe no more State A1d The trustees were faced Wlth a dllemma whether they should surrender the A cademy to the town for a publ1c hlgh school or try to cont1nue as a prlyate school The Crescent pubhshed 1n August 1887 reads The leglslature at 1ts last sesslon granted to Lee Normal A cademy an appropr1at1on of S600 an nually for a perxod of ten years Th1s appropr1at1on was obta1ned through the efforts of Dexter Merrlll of Orono of utal lmportance to u1 The State ald glyen to the together wlth an lncrease of patronage has enabled the to offer lncreased adxantages to 1ts students The early trustees reallzed the and IS chool school publ1c school town students In the 50 s su h bulldmg w as constructed but w later sold because the lncome falled ty pay expenses at that tlme Howevel 111 1889 the present glrls dormltorx wa pulchased Prevlously the Dew Drop had been added to the school for elf bo irdlng students When the Academy was flrst estab l1shed there were two departments College and Teacher tra1n1ng Later when Mr Douglass became D1 llClp l he mtroduced four courses namely Preparatory Normal Engllsn al cl College Preparatory When J D Murphv became Pr1nc1 pal he lntroduced the demerlt svstem pertunlng to d1sc1pl1ne Mr Murphy bec zme one of the 0LltStdYld1I1 ch 11 zcters ln the hlstorg, of Lee Ac uh mx The school 1ecords proxe that PIIVICI pal Murphy and Trustees were ex er mlndful to malntam and contmue t'1 school on a hlgh moral plane Undu Vlr Murphys leadershlp th l l lawns were graded trees planted and water plped 1nto the Academy fron Mt Jefferson Three terms of scl ol w ele mtloduced mstead of the 1011761 o It 1 x bc of lntere I hat lt wu at th1s tlme that the rule w cnt uto ef ec' 1c4111r1ng stud rt xt church on Sunday moxnumg In 1902 through the 1n1t1at1xc Ol Superlntendent f Schools Ha1 I 1 1 schco J came a model school where the Nor mal students were requlrcd to do thelr practlce teachlng under strlct supcx xlsxon SINCE 1900 sports have aroused th lnterest of the boys at Ice Acadcmx B1scb1ll bec me ru Jpul ir afto dun no d and equ pment were vnu! fl11S was one ot the mam g'9l1Ll0l glfts that Mr Cobb madc to Iec 3 mem, The gym constructed 111 1017 filled the need of adequlte fac1l1t1e fol lndoor athletics and the b IS 'ne p1ov1ded ample room for coul 1s ll xgrlculture B lskctball has been xcxx popular at Lee Academy slnce 1000 Lee h is produced some cxcellent teams whlch hxvc brought home mlm ho ph1es In 1970 Lee Academy sQLLl1LCl the IDDIOX il ofthe New Engl md College Board LS a result ot the efcccllent grades lecelxed bv Vlolx JOdI9X md Peall 'lhompson xt Colby ilUI'lI1L thc school s p1 ob ltl0llt,lV vc :rs In 1927 fue destroyed the old A c ldemx but cl isses w cle held ln Lee Baptlst Chulch tor thc lemamdu of 1 18 Lk P 5 ' ' .2 I L'5 L. 0 J 4 . . , . M f ' , 1 , .3 sr, too 1 ' . v A l ' 9 K 7 . S - ' -3 . . 1 1,1 . . tw . I ll ay X as 1 - ': s '1 ' '1 ' . 1 1 ' x ' 1 Y ,, . . V - . . H ' . , . ,- . -f 1 .0 , e 1 :-, tc 2t1-and K . - . . J, 7 . . I - . . . .U , Y s o J, '- Old . ll-1,5K1,ll the V11 c,L' 5 . ' J l l tx- 1 ' 1 1 1 ,- . . , 2 . Y. . O A S S Y N . X . .' 0 I I .' I . J. Ax ' I t'. ' !7 I 1 ' H , 1 1-, S -. ,Z L is 1 1. 21 I F' 2 -Y u 1',01'Ll . . 2 z 11 - gg. ' , 2 ff . . '. ., .Y 1 , need for a boardmg house for out-of- posslble by a gut of Charles Coob. ' :. 's . c a ' I s ' ' j 1 ' L f' ' ' 1 vqf- I I ' ' l s 1 1 . n Cusi n . J A. - -L' S .' , 'T cf l . ' . ' 1- 1 1 1 1 ' 4 , . . . 1 , , . . -, , 1 ' -.v ' 8, 1. 2 1 ' ' ' A ' '. , ' 1 '.,' , :sen 'ni J ' ' S - A ' iv: i 2 'fs 2L' . 2s 2 '. 1 ' 1 1 1 2 1 , .2 1' s - - 1 1 1 ' s 1 , 1 . . D . 2 X r 2 .Y h h 1 .21 ' 1 ' 1 1 Ln 4 1 fl A. ' 1 . -- ' 1 1 s ax ., t 1 - , . ' , ' , '. , 1 . 2 ' '2 ' 2 2 I 1 f J I . , 2K1 1 A1 I I I 1 ' . V 1 ' ', Kr 1 K1 - ' 1 U ' 2 1 L, E 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' r 3 1 It 1 . c K ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 '1 1 . ' - . 1 2 ' f '2'f j -2 j, A 'vs ' v 2, Q 'Yf' . .- .V Q . I 4 1 . 1' .