Lee Academy - Crescent Yearbook (Lee, ME)

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THE CRESCENT the 1e11 In beptember 1928 the 11eW ALddLmW 11 ls eompleted 1nd dedlca ted to J D lVIu1ph1 The IIQVS Acad em1 11as mlde poss1ble by cont11bu l10l1N t1on1 U1 A1e11ll Chules Cobb D lxlurphx lo1 al alumm and irlends of the school 'Ihe lNormal 1011156 11 as abandoned 111 1939 afte1 11611 teachels ISQLIIIE me11ts 11 ent lI1t0 effect X7OCEitl0I1dl 6dLlC1t10I1 has pla1 ed an lmpoltant palt 111 Lee Academw The agucultural course v1as 1nt1odueed 1n 1919 a11d alms to place befole the bo1s some of the poss1b1l1t1es 111 farm lllg' and to g11e them an ODD01tLll1ltX COURSE O14 STLDY AND TEXT P00119 C ene1al Enerhsh Depaltment lhe P1ble POILCI s RhQtfJ11Cdl Read Gleen s C 1 1mn1a1 Smlth eo gl illhh Snnth s A11thn1et1e Cood rlehs HISLOIX ot the Ullltefi 9t1tes Vloc e111 H1NtO1X P lk9l s A1de 1 I'ngl1sh COIUDUNIUOII H1gh Fllffllkh Dep11tn1ent Smlth s and P11le1 s Aleebl IS C eo me IX D 111es egendlel ID 111e l'F1LI0l1Ol'119t1X IJ 1111 s SUIXQX 11151 N11 1g'1t10l1 Book Keeplng N111 man s Rhetouc Hedge s Iog1e C11t1e1l ex 1m1n1t1o11s 111 Plose 1nd Poet11 C on1 stock s lNatural Ph1losoph1 Com toek s C hem1st11 Olmeted s Astrono m1 RL1SCl'lLl1bLIg't1 s Elemtnts of A Il 1tom1 ind Ph1s1olog1 B0tc1llX ind Geolog1 Kames Iflements of Qlltl e1sm Lpham s I1lt6.ll9CtLl il Ph1loso ph1 VVa1 land s Moral Sclenee I mguages I 1611Cl'1 Iongtello11 s Clammal Bolma1 s 13911111 s Fables HlQt011P to choose wlsely IH thelr field ot oeeu p mon The Home Economlcs LOUISE h 18 been offered s111ce 1937 and th1S deputment Dro11des a chanee to ills cuss and actually 11ork out p1oble1n connected YW1th the home Physlcal Educat1on and the Com me1c1al course 11 ere added to the cu1 1lCLllllYl1 ln the fill of 1940 Ph1s1cal Educat1on has 13101611 1e11 successful Ill p1o11d1ng dCt1X1t1eS fo1 the students 11ho do not pa1t1c1pate 111 xthletlcs Th1s 1n brlef IS the h1stor1 of Lee Academy We hope the futu1e 11111 do cred1t to the past Ruth MacDonald 40 des Etats Ln1s P1o1 61 bs Dramatnlues I 1 Henrlade 130161 s D1ct1ona11 Bol n1 1 s Ph1dQ6S I a lfl V1 eld s Lcltlll Lesso11s 151116116115 and btoddaxd s Ldtlll Q 1an1 n1 ll Al1C1l61NS Lcltlll Efcerclses Le1e1 ett s Ldtlll Lexlcon Rameho1n s Ldtlll C oopnl s V11g1l And1e11 s Sallust Cneek Sophocles C1eek C1 ammfu ind Fxel C1S8s C leek Readel Donne 51 Ill s Iemcon Greek Testament VVeekl1 EXGICISCQ 1n COUIIJOSIUOII I'l0CLlt10l1 and Declamatlon 111 v1h1eh all ue ILQLIIILC1 to Ddlt1C1Ddt6 OI-1IGIN In 111 act ot the Leg1slature of M 111e 111 the yeal 0119 thous 1nd elght l'll!1dlLd and folty 1119 th1s ALddQH1X 11 s 1neo1porated and half of a to11 I1 hlp of la11d 11 as granted and 1 ested 111 the Tlustees of sud Academ1 101 the suppo1t of the same the proceeds of 11 h1ch 11111 be suff1c1ent to meet 111 1ts nc cessar1 expendltures -Xn 1lt1Cl6 1n the B1e La11s ot thls 14 I 1 1 . 1 W 1 ', ' ' ' 1- ,K ' 1 , , , . K, A .. , 1 ,' 'as ' 1 2 ' - 2 ' . ' 1' ' 'S . . 1 ' 1 ' - as 1 1' , ' 1' 1 I' -1 A1 if , ss' . .' - 3 2 1 1' S 1 1, 'S- S . .' , I 2 . L. W y . . , . , ' f ' . v 1 v ' - ' lx 1 1 11' 1 ' , . 1 . 1 , - 1 1 ' 1 1 .. , , . . ,- '. . , . .- . ' 1 1 v 11, 1 .1 u. . 1 f vw- 1 I -4 1 ' C . tn 1 1 ' , 1 ' r 1 1 - - 1y 1 1 I 1 1 l 1 1 v . n 7- l 1 . v. ' 1 'Q 1 1 1 N 1 1 1 ' - 1 y 1 1 ' 1 v r 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 2 ' 1 1 1' 11 v1 1 ' 1 .J ' '1 ' 'A '. 'w v 1 ' . 1 1 Y 1 1, v' . I . v 4 1 ' v I , -r 1 ' ' 1 4 1 I '1. 1 v 1 1 1 1 ' 1. ,. 1 1, 1 1, ' 1 ' ' . m . .M ' ' A . 1 J 1 JZ ' , A 1 ' DI, - Y' 1 .1 4' v 4 1l1 an w I K 1 , ci 1 1 1. Pi ' , 1 ' ,. . . , . . . - I . , ,Q 1 . N 1, J , - 1 t .- . ., - .. 1 '. ' .1 1 .. ' V. ' - , ,s w , 7 - s . 61, 1 I c , h CI 'K - 3 - I - - r'- ' ' 1' - .. . ma , ' 's .. . . 1 . v 1 r 7 2 , 1 1 1 1 , - ' 7, ',, ,, ' ' . ,. 1 1 1 1 A K .7 K C A , X 'S . Q 1 A 1 9.1 1 W 1 1 J. 3 1 1 f ', . 41 Y ' v , ' ,, 01C6htQ1 s Elements o Ancn 11t and Ummm meh, Clcews Select Olduom, 1 ll' 1' 'jg a' ' A 2 11 3 1-'5 - 3 - 5 - L- D 4 'f 1' ' ' . .Y 1 1 . . J ' 1 - ?i -1 1 I I 2 - ' .1 1 ' ' 1 1 '. ,. N . .1 J ls - I 1 z 1, 1 ., 1 1 f , 2- ' ' '. 1 ' '. 1. 1. ' - 1 1 ' Jr Q' 1 T 1 1 , I 1 - rg 'A' I H 3 Q ' u .xt Mtv, Q 2 1 JL' IA 1 1 1 1 2 ' AL' , x y 7 Q . V . '. . ' ' ... . .' . ' . . v' .. Y 1 . , - . . , , 1 -. 1 3 1,1 z - 1 , . . . , , . . v y J T 7 ' ' 11 ' I ' . . . 2 , H , 1 I 1 2 .1 ., ., . . . . 1' ' ' ,. 1' ' 1 2 , 1 .' 1 , 'z 1 - 3 . . . I g , -, z 2 1' z 1 j, , A . 1, Y. . ' . ,. 1 1 1 - . ' '- - 1 1 1 1 1 , ' ' , C ' 1: - 1 1 1 u - za' 1' S2 ' v 1, , 1 , ' - '. 1. 7 ,. , , ,. ,., , . 1 A 1 , , K . , . . . . . 2 v 2 rs. Y, F I 'vs 2 ,atc ' 1 1 1 , 1 ' . 1 F ,,, I 1' 1 , - 1,' ' I ' 1 11 1 1 1 . ' 1. 9 A - 4 x ' ' i' ' ' Us 3 v K as X 2 ' A, - - , 1 K1 K. sz ' . -7 1 ,1 ,g I , , , ak, , ' , H 3, 1 L11 3 A. 12 ' 1 ' ' -' 2 -' 1 ' 3, , , ,. 11 ' 1 4 - - , - 1, 1 ' , e 1. 1 ,vs 5 1- ya I XS: L , I L 2 1 Lv - . vs K1

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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' .

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THE CRESC ENT Il1it1tLlt101l DlOX1d6N thflt the1e sh1ll I'he general conduct of the student be 41 dep 11tme11t f01 1 spee11l 1111111 flcatlon of Te 1chers, therefo1e th1 belng the 1111111112 oblect ot the IIILOI IJ01lt1Oll those Whhlllg to p1ep11 then'1sclxesto1 te 1eh1ng 11111 hnd hen xlleges 1 Lllllll D p n1ent P UII DIINC, AND I Ol A FION The bu1ld1ng ls COIUYHUCIIOIIS Lllfl 11e1tl5 fLllll1Nhl:d located 1 ten lods north ot the 11ll1ge on 1 dome sh 1ped parcel of g1OLllld COI'I'lYY'1llld1I1g' pleaslng prospect No N1tLl1f1OIl c 111 be less exposed tf 11hate1e1 would tend to d1Nt1iCt the lttQl'1t10I1 of the student t1on1 h1s stud 1es or IHLIFQ h1n1 011110 h 1b1ts OL X1C10ll's mdulgence tempe11te and u111we1sf1ll3 1nte1estec 111 the prospeutx ot the I11st1tut1o11 At the d1st 111ee ot one hu11d1ed 1ods cl 1 s 1es t1on uh glxen to the x1s1tor cl eomp ll 1t1ul1 e e11 neu ot Ut K1t1d111 111d 1ts en Xl1OllS suentx m1les d1st111t tOVPRlNMIuXl AND INSIL LL IION The 1mmed11te d1reet1o11 ot th ehool 1nd x1h1texe1 lb eonneeted YYILIW It N LOH1H11'Lt6d to the P11ne1pf1l sub 1ect to the NLIDQIXISIOH ot 1 Bo11d o D11ectors chosen from the T1LlStt It 11111 be the const 1nt e11de 1101 ot tht P11ne1pf1l to make the COLl1se of stud 1s thOlOLlgl'1 f1s poss1ble ftnd to lnduec the student to studx f01 the loxe ot 1 wlll be c1retully notleed buch Ass1st 1nts 11111 be provlded 1s the sehool m IW demf111d Sutt1e1e11t 1pp11e1tus 1s obt 11ncd to 0111 111 e14te11s11e course of leetu1es ll themlstly 111d Phllosophy A e1b1ne1 IS eommelleed NN hlch ulll be 11p1dl1 111e1e lSQd I 11e11ts 11e 1d11sed to Send then eh1ld1e11 1t the openlng of the te1m PllIlCtLldl1tX It 19C1t 1t1o11s and close 1ppl1c1t1on to study 11111 be 16 uuued ot ex 61 V student TERNIS Attel the 9ll'sLl1Hg SLIHHYIQI, there 11111 be th1ee te1ms ot twelxe weeks e 1eh xe ll 1bp1111g 1 SLIITIITIQI and 1 I' 1ll Te1m commenclng O11 the t11s1 Nlond 11 of Mfuch June, and bep ten1l111 respeetlxelx EXPENSES 'I u1t1o11 ll L 111 1 1l D11g,l1sl1 D1p1rtme11t ll Ilwh IIl,J,l1Sh Dep l.ltIT'lQI1 ll C l1ss1e 11 llep lltmbll No student 1eee11 ed tor less th 111 ont thnd ot e1 te1m unless lt 111016 1sed tu1t1o11 vu .N Po 11d 1n flood fdmllles can be o 1 tanned Hom 51 00 to S1 50 pe1 11 eek Addless Post Oihce lee Mdlllt 4RLD111'1tEd f1on1 the Catalogue of the OTHCCIS and Students of Lee NO1Il1'i1 A e dem Lee Mznne fo1 the acadennc 512:11 endmg w1th May 18461 fx. - , . 74 Y ,.... . . . ,,. .... . 1-41 ,'. .-. 4 I Lf - . V ' ' . . ' ' v4 ., L1 V , . . 4 ,,. . . a . N . 1.3 ' 1 . , . A- . 4 14 4 . 4 4 5- ,4 44 . V I ' , W L4 4 -' -f FD , ' s. 1. ' , ' ' ' . v N ' '. .- ' . ' 1 '-' nf ' - . - '. V rg . . .' 44 1- F-3 V Q ' A , L '- ., .. . 1 '. , O ' ' '. . .f 2 ' . 5 ' 4 4 4 4 ' 'J 4 ,J , 1. - 4 A 1 . 5 ,.,. . 4 . f'- , I ,-e 5 4 ,4 ,lf .4 , ', , ,.,. . 1 , ', 1-1 - - - 4 ,4 U H, , P , : , 4 -1 A. 44: 4 f4 ' - ' -.4 . a. '. Y , ., D .1 , 1 ..4 A A. 4 , 1. - A ,, H ' ,A 1... 4 A. A. 4 '4 .4 A 14 1 C 4:-r ' , .4 . Q r - V - 1' ., V - - '. ' ,4 .4 . ', ' 4 W .1 H , 4 1 V. ' 'A rs- 1-1' 4 , f4 . . ' ' . 1-' . I A- V: ,... X C ' '1- . 4 Y - . 4 .. A Z A. A- 4V A A 4 . 7 A . - ' 4. .4 .,, ', . 4 A . 4 V4 4 5. , 7. N A ' r 1 ,... 1 A. A. ' ' Y -f . A- , 4 A- '-4 . 1-.1 '4 , A- P' ' N . . ' ' . 1 r V 1 . fe . . A . 4 , . ' . ,,. 1-1 , 4 ,.,. v 1 . . : vs . , . - . . ' - . V . A- . , 4 N ,.. L , . V . Y . - : - -1 - . H 1. A '- 1 - f: - . - . 1 N ' 1 ' :M ' . A S I . N 23 A- - ft- A 'N ' r .v v-1 ' .f - , -f v- , .... ' .4 I ' ,L - rg , - . L. T' . ' . f ' 1 . 'Z 4 1 . . '. F-...I '. 1 I -f 5' 'A 1 1 -. 1 , 1 . 1- V 4 . ' , ' U ' 03 s r-4 1-4 1-1 A 4 A, 44 1 . -4 - 4 .- .. ,,, - 4 - . . . ' 4 4 4 , e4 4 g' n ' V '. V 4 ' .11 4' A A v A - - -1. . P , , 4 ... . 4 4 . . . 4 . N 4 4 I .. A. 4 ' 4 'ff '. -f '. A- - ' ' N 1 A- , , ' . . -I :4 4 , 4 3 4. 4 4, .., -Y 4 -f -V A 1 . 1. , 1 . . ,' 53 ' 1 A. ' . 4 T - ' I I 4 ' . Q. '. . ' . 'V .1 4 . A 1 . Q '1- . A, y 4 , . .4 , - UA A n- V 4 . A. - A- V , . M 4 , f4 4 A P 4 A 54 ' 6 A Q , ' AJ V 1 , 4 'A A A ' 6 g ' , , xv . E R' 4 v 4, . 1 A ' A. 11 4 . '. 1 . A - V , rx- ' 1- A. 14' 1 . ' ' H' r4 . , . . . . . - r 1 - . ,, P 4 4 . 4 r V . 4 . - r 1 . N 4 - , - - , ,V ' 4 1 - . .f A 4 . - Y ,. 4 , ,4 . n - H . 7 . A- 4 .. J A ' -1 . ,U A ' - 14 4 4' ' V A- '4 4 ' . '4 11 . A 4 . M . v4 74 V ' - ' s 4. 1' 1. . as . 4-P '. ' . H . . 7' ' ' -f . . 44 , A- ' A- 1-- A ' xr af-' l . 3 yr ' N .. .. .f 1' -' .1 , vw ' 1 1 ' ' '4 4 H- -1 U' V f' , ' . , ' ' , 1 . UI L., V 1 . A' ,A 1 35 - . 1 '- e U - CA