Newark Academy - Polymnian Yearbook (Livingston, NJ)

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I lxxlt L A Hzslor o Newark Academ fax T11e first Academy ln New lrk was erected ln the latter part of the year 1774 by,a 6 group of cltlzens lnterested ln forwarding the cause of educatlon ln the region The War for Amerlcan Independence soon ln f teryened, howey er and t11e loyalnst prln were sold to the United State Goyern ment In Aprll of 1807 the Academy pur chased property loc lted at the corner of Hlgll and W 1111 uns Streets and the bulld mg of a new home for Newark Academy was soon commenced Thls new bulldlng clpal fled to safety Althoufh an attempt WHBAUEIIEA an time for the fall Q' of was made to keep the school gomg rf 1859 fax ed and t11e adem Abllllfllllg wa an the threats of war were appear tfkell filly er byf rebels f r use as afbar I I g fl horlzon as the fratrlcldal CIVII racks guard house, and ospltal The school was being used for :julia pnr poses when early ln the year of 1780 a band of Bfltlbll r ers stole III under coy r of nlght and, foyerwhelmmg the mlnute garrlson set the Academy afire The Academy was ctftpletely consumed by the mes M1 1.79 a group of y w no cla edtcfb tglgltlmate succzhftff school ln 74, organized for t11e purpose of erectlng a new school Thls new group asked Congress for recompense for the old blllldlllf' whlch had been fired by the Brltlsh because lt was llelllf used by the Umted States The clalm was not granted The group now petltloned the I 64 lslature to allow them to conduit a lottery for the rusmg of necessary funds When ln .Iune 1793 the lottery w ns granted t was dulv drawn The hlllltllflg m,ade pos slble by the funds obtamed ln the lottery was erected at the corner of Broad Street and what then became and still IC known as Academy Street It was completed ln September 1793 Due to compllcatlons arxsmg from re mcorporatlon proceedings t11e Academy dld not mamtam any school from April, 1851 to September 1819 During that four year period the llllfllllf completed nn 1793 and lts accompanying grounds War approached t e fall of 1862 a unrformed cadet ora! was organlzed at the Academy The mllltarlly mclmed lads who made up the corps were dnlledfreg ularly bv an a slstant lnstructor Begmnmf ln the latterppart of the 19th centuryfan mterestlng phe omenon was effected by Dr qranulelgll' rand and 51 fuccessor, Dr i11sm1f-'Farr lose LOIIlblI1Cd headmastershlps 1859 to 1937 The Academy bulldlng opened m 1859 had seyeral extenslons added to xt ln an attempt to keep t11e structure abreast wlth Newark Academy s expand mg currlculum and enrollment It was reallzed at about the turn of the century that a new structure would be needed ln the not too distant future so alumm and frlends of the school purchased fiye acres of ground to be used when construction of a new lllllldlllg would be absolutely necessary The ground at the corner .of Orange Street near First Street was bought ln 1906 1929 the present Academy hlllldlllg was bullt and lt was occupled ln January of 1930 Its colonlal archxtecture IS a QIIlbU1'f8f IIS educational 1deals whlc emphaslze essentials and lav stress upon the structural rather than the ornamental elements ln educatlon 'REPRINTI-:D FROM 1955 POLYMNIAN j 1 i 5 l 5 t S 5 X 4' . ls 1 I Xl X A A A C 9 ft' I ' ' X ' 4 A 4' 4 ' + I... G I ' n Ti 3 a' 1 1 K , , ' I 3 1 ' f if tzfff iff! 'I tk, U v ' 1 I Y at I F o :fd A A 'Y - : L ' ' ' , j ,t , I . D I l X- K4 . 1 K AV U I - A - 6 ' - . 1 - y ' ' fa, A r . . . l K lr' . . 7 9 . . 1 of ff fe at - - , I Q Q 1 I 0 l l a -.V -,.. M hm4M-ew--M-s N , 5 I Q . L . . I df f . . K . 1 I 1 1 kr I A 'V I D. , . , r W L ' , '1 li s ywin ' S . ' , - . Q . I 1 . . V y ' . 9, n , , - ' the wllo established the first extended over the seventy-six years from t 1,7 i K ' f i , , . . . . I I 1 L - I 1 I ,' - I 7, H N q W . . n . f .I N ' ' ' 7 f. s ' y A r 4 1 1' 1 y, 1 - 1 r, . y . A . . To . In I Q 7 r ' . I ' ' ' , , gf . ' ' ' - ' . ., Y 'as f ' , . i ' . . ' f I ' I 5 I 1 1 I 4 I iq . 7 1 I K . 1 . l : I . ' I s .' S In .' . . . . . A .A K I 4, . . . v 1 s P u u ' . ' ' 'V A ze . , f , ,. 0 - . I -g 1 A ,Q , 4 s f ' . 1 llluotanon from a manuscript prepared by Albertfll. Davis, NA. I890,jY15iFllUf0f. 1898-1953, and 3 mffmllef of 1110-fU'Si Polrmnikm 119311 I x , 5 , I, , V, f ' ,- , 1 . . , '- . I f I I . 'X I . , , 4 V ' I f f

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