Lee Academy - Crescent Yearbook (Lee, ME)

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20 THE CRESCENT DR GFORGE G AVERILL We the present students of Lee A cademy haxe the p11x1lege th1s year to celebrate the one hundredth annlxer sary of our school We seldom pause and g1xe thought to the many people vxho have made such a school poss1ble In our busy l1x es xxe take for granted our modern school bbllldlllg the nevx gx I'I'll13SlLl1'I'1 and the manv other 18 QOUICSQ of Lee Academx Hoxx exer at th1s tlme vxe are C011S1d6I'll'1g,' some of the people xx ho haxe shoxx n an dCtlXG 1nterest1n ou1 school One can sav onlx some of the people because as 1t so often happens thele ale sex 91 al more people xx ho 111 thelr qulet and mconsplcuous xx ax haxe alded 1n the Ac xdemvs progress It would txkc a great deal of txme and space to enum erate all the persons to whom Lee A cademy1s1ndcbted Perhaps one of the greatest benefactors and the one who 19 foremost 1n ou1 mmds at the present t1me 19 Dr Ave11ll George Goodxxm Ax er1ll was born IH East Lmcoln He was one of the f1V8 chlldren of Daxe and Leah Lowell Ax er1ll When the oldest chlld was on ly ten the fathe1 dled leavmg the mother to support the famxly on the small penslon IGCQIX ed by a war xet eran s xx1doxx Relatlves 1mplored the mother to d1x1de the ch1ldren among the d1fferent relat1xes but she de clmed and through the many years managed to keep her fam1lv together She sold her home 1n Llncoln and pur chased the bulldmg whlch IS the pre sent Spauldlng home and George at tended Skunk H111 grade school La tex th1s home xx as sold and the pres ent Ralph Vx eatherbee home xx as pur chased It xx as then the home of Col Bean one of the founders of Lee A cademx Mrs Axerlll made her l1x1ng bx b0d1dll'1g' pup1ls who attended Lee lNo1mal Academy George became a student IH the A cademy Ill order to lay the foundatlons for L1 cal eer vxhlch he had env1s1oned cx en as a ch1ld Most ch1ldren when asked xx hat they are gomg to be xx hen thev grow up w1ll say a pol1ce man a 1a1lroad conductor a farmer but alxx avs when George was asked It xxas a doctor That thought never left h1s mmd for a moment Every effort xx as along that l1ne and every cent saxed was put away for that purpose He d1d Janltor work at the Academy for h1s tu1t1on Prlor to enter 1ng medlcal school he was reglstered . A L - ,S Y. y . . , L v 1. Y. . 7. L a - 7 - 7 - s L ' L . 7 L y L L ' L ' ' L - L LL . L L v v 1 I . . . L A L K - . . v N . - y K 9 ' as ' H 7 ' - - r. t 7 L ' ' L L L L 's L L J. Y f , ' . 1 3 , L- ' ' y L ' ' L 7 L 1 - L L L - L - v L L ' v L L -L L L L L L, . ' ' L s L LL v L L . L .V D , L ' U 77 L ' L v L v ' ' 1' L , L , L K . L . L L L L L ' ' L ' L, L, V J L Y . . . Y 1 I L . L . . . L L L A K L Uv L y y L A - 7 L s L ' ' 2 1 A- K . 2 x 1 I V 1- L L ks ,A L LL - L v L L , L L L L L L ' L ' L L L . L 's ' .x - L L L 1 L ' L . L L . H L L- L L L 1 r A L U k , - ' ' L ' L L L L L ' 77 L L L L , , , . L .L H L L L V L L , L 7 A 7 s L . L ' . L L . V Y L ' v Y L L L V ' L L ' L 1 . L , , L . L L 4 Y 7 ' L ,

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THE CRESCENT success 1n the acqu1s1t1on of knowledge no gambllng drmk 1ng or dancmg IS allowed Although of course I reallze that I need not call th1S rule to the attent1on of members of the female department However I must warn you that no ldle walklng or lo1ter1ng w1ll be tolerated on the streets on Sun days Regular rellglous SCFVICCS are held 1n the upper hall of Academy bu1ld1ng ELVIRA I m sure Slr w1th all these provlslons for our securlty and advancement we shall be very happy here Good day S1r fSchool bell r1ngs J TRUE That s our new bell that was Just hung Every one IS g1v1ng It a pull to chrlsten It BEAN It 1S made out of two hundred sxlver dollars MERCY 8a ELVIRA We re scholars now may we rlng the bell too S1r'7 Th1s scene IS composed of materlal COp16d Verbatlm wherever pos slble from the early catalogues records and texts of the school Leona R McDonald . . . . . . y 1 9 ' 9 9 . . . ' r . . I . , . . . . . . , , . D - , I . l , . . . . . 2 . . 7 ' . , , , . . . . . . , - . b 1 y r - . 7 I 5 1

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THE CRESCENT 21 vx1th a good country phys1c1a11 who gaxc h1m much help and advlce Afte1 completlng hls secondary ed ucatlon he took a med1cal course at Tufts College g1aduat1ng 1n 1896 He f1rst practlced 111 Montaque noxv West Enhcld The xx hole fam1ly moxed thuc dlld M1s Ax er1ll W lb often C011 f1o11ted xx 1th some d1rty l1ttle LlI'Cl'1111 xx hom the Doctor had p1Ck9d up a11d thought dLS6I'Y1l1g 1 healthv d1n11er I11om the1e the fam1ly moxed to Cxmbrldge Mtssachusetts where the Doctor p1 xctlced for a t1me Thele he met md marrled Mabel Keyes whose father vxas the 1nxe11tor of p tpyrus pl ttes After M1 Keyes d1ed Dr and 'Vlrs Axer1ll moxed to Waterx1lle 111 111g the flrst year of World War I Ma bel Ax er1ll d1ed of mfluenza Later the Doctor marr1ed Frances Mosher and they made the1r home 111 VVaterx1lle Gr tdually he became IH terested 1n real estate and every w1n te1 he traxeled to Cahforma to carry on hls bLlS1Il6SS there There IS a place 1n San Pedro called Ax er1ll Helghts xx here the real estate bus1ness IQ car r1ed on He also carr1es on some farm 111g there too Dur1ng the YV1Ht6I' he 1a1ses carrots lettuce and other gar de11 produce xvhlch he sh1ps to the markets ln the east Dr Ax er1ll IS xerv much lnterested 111 cducat1on a11d has made th1S ma11 1fcst by h1s servlces to Lee Ac tdemx Colby College 1nd Tufts College He hts g1X8Il generously to Colbx both for the 1mp1oxement of the old campus and recently for the new May flower Hlll Campus The Axerlll lec tures are of great benefit and mterest to the present students He IS Presldent of the Board of Trustees of Colby Col lege and IS also '1 Trustee of thls school Tufts College has xlso benefitted by h1s generos1ty Both he and MIS A Xellll h1xe glxen money to the De p zrtment of Anatomy 1n the new Med 1C 11 School Th1s college conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Hu mane Letters upon h1m 1n 1941 ln re cog111t1on of h1s human1tar1an1sm The Academv has been most fortu I1 tt to haxe Dr Averlll as an act1xc Prustee for 21 I1llI'I'lb9I' of years He has f1nanc1al affa1rs through the years Be sldes thlS he has taken a personal IH terest IH the students We haxe only to look about to see ex1de11ce of Dr AX6F1llS generos1tx Perhaps the outstand1ng rem1nder 18 ou1 modern gymnas1um The superb bulldmg was made posslble by contrl bLl1110HQ1 of Dr Aver1l1 and Charles Cobb and vxas carrled on as a goxern ment prolect The name of our gym IQ Ax er1ll Gym The students reallze that merely to wr1te deeds on paper does not amply repay Dr Axer1ll and all the many others for the1r unt1r1ng efforts for the xx elfare of Lee Academy On thlq the one hundredth 1nn1x ersarv xxe are 1n deed apprec1at1xe for our school and gl tteful to ltS many benefactors Roland Scrlbner 48 7. T N. . - 9 , 2 . . . ' 1 . 1 ' ' s - , . p . ' 1 7 l . v hw '5' 1 ' 2' - . .2.' .n V' Ll . . l .kv T x l 1 C .L'- - v . ' 1 v 1' 2 v ' y - f 1' 2 ' U ' . 2 ' ' - Eu 1 in l v l I .1 C . x 2 , ,, 2 L. S, . - 2 ', -1 ' , . ' 2 e 1 . ' ' . ' 'J 1 Y . Y I 7. l V v I 11 1 .. . . . order to look after the busmess. Dur- g1x'en mvaluable adx'1ce1n buslness and . T .. S u , - . ' . K .A M - A' Al L. W I . D v ' J v. I . h V. 7 . , . v . c . t . . , . . 1 1 Y ' ' 1 ' . . . , . , . . . t t H Y . .r ,,, . k . . L v ' ' - v ' v - 2 . . 1 . . - . . . . . ,, v . ,, T 1 A 0 M ' w v - 3 - ' . . , , . L no a V . . . ., ' .1 ' Q 2 - 2 . U, 1 ' ' - W 2 K I T ' - '. ' v ks 2 .1 ' 1 1 N1, f '2 ' s ' 1 v , ' 7