Newburgh Free Academy - Graduate Yearbook (Newburgh, NY)

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ef leg.. LQQQ53..-. JAMES M. CRANE, VPRINCIPAL, Instructor in Higher Mathematics. EUGENE W. HARTER, A. B., Instructor in Latin, Greek and French. HENRY N. PEARCE, A. B.j'f Instructor in Chemistry, Philosophy and Mathematics . MISSDORA M. TOWNSEND, Instructor in Higher English, History, Botany and Civil Government MISS AGNES MCFADDEN, Instructor in Algebra, Physiology and History. MISS IDA C. LEROY, Instructor in Industrial Drawing and Arithmetic. X, WILLIAM I. WOODS, B. S., Instructor in Manual Training. SYLVESTER W. HOLDREDGE, Instructor in Music. Resigned.

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ie ezry----was A hung ele - nee e e ., - This institution may be said to have been founded by the Rev. George H. Spierin and the trustees of the Glebe, jointly, in the year 1790-just a century ago I In an advertisement published by the trustees on the 13th of july, 1790, they state that Mr. Spierin, who had lately settled in Newburgh, pro- posed opening an Academy for the instruction of youth in the Greek and Latin languages and other branches of literature. A subscription will be started for the building of a convenient house for a Seminary, and in the meantime rooms for the purpose will be provided. ' In 1791 the inhabitants of the town of Newburgh and adjacent par-ts petitioned the Legislature for authority to raise by lottery a sum of money to be expended in erecting a suitable building for an Academy. In this petition they refer to the grant in 1751 of the Glebe tract offive hundred acres for the support of a minister and schoolmaster, and add, that the healthy location of Newburgh and other Well-known natural advantages make it a very eligible spot for a public school. For some reason not known this effort was not successful. In 1795 the trustees again took in hand the matter of erecting a build- ing, and by means of private subscriptions the edifice known as the f'Old Academy, was raised. It was not completed, however, until some years later. This building was sixty feet front by forty feet in depth, two stories high, and built of wood. Its exact cost is not known, but is estimated at Sz,5oo. The carpenter and builder was Aaron Lyons. The people of Newburgh, in their anxiety to secure the then new County of Orange, promised court-room accommodations in the Academy. Besides furnishing accommodations for the courts of the county without 1.9-