Peddie School - Old Gold and Blue Yearbook (Hightstown, NJ)

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THE PEDDIE SCHOOL advanced w ork If the work of the classes thus entered IS not suc cessfully carrled on the student u1ll be asslgned to a lovs er class LOCATION The Pedd1e School 15 1n the borou h of H1t,htstown lNew jersey an attract1ve vlllage of about 7500 1nhab1tants m the mxdst of an extens1ve farmmg country The School 15 five m1nutes walk from the stat1on of the Camden and Amboy branch of the Pennsylvan1a R31lFOad vxh1ch runs between New York and Ph1la delphla It IS forty one m1les from Phxladelphla forty n1ne from New York n1ne m1les from Prmceton and fourteen from Trenton THE CAMPUS The School campus conta1ns slxty acres of land In the rear of the buxldmgs IS a. fine sheet of water beyond th1s IS the Pedd1e Grove to the south of Vlmlson Hall are the athlet1c fields and runnmg track Ten tenms courts conven1ently located are kept WILSON HALL Thls large hall named 1n honor of the late Pres1dent of the Board of Corporators W1ll1am V VV1lson D D was erected 1n 1866 and IS bullt of br1ck Wlth brown stone tr1mm1ngs The north and south wmgs conta1n apartments for teachers and stu dents The central port1on of the bu1ld1ng 15 used for chapel parlors rec1tat1on rooms and SOC1Cty halls All of the rooms are well l1ghted comfortable and homehke and are under the care of a competent matron The whole plant 15 heated by steam hghted by electr1c1ty and supplled NV1lCl'1 an abundance of pure uater from arteswn 'wells Bath and water rooms are conven1ently s1tuated and are prov1ded w1th an ample supply of hot and cold water at all tlmes XVater p1pes and fire hose are placed on each hall The locat1on of the heatlng plant 1n a. separate structure ent1rely away from the dorm1tor1es reduces the fire r1sk to a m1n1mum 12 . , 7. . r i . . . U .U T 6 9 ! - 7 . . . . . , y T . . - 0 - . . . , - . p , . . . . i ,. . 9 ' 7 9 in excellent condition for the use of the School. . , . . ! ' 7 ' 'Y 1 1 ' ' ' . . . . . , 9 ' 9 ' O 7 1 7 . , . . . , . . Y . I - v - . . ,

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THE SCHOOL CHARACTER HE PEDDIE SCHOOL 1S a college preparatory school for boys Where Chr1st1an lnlluences prevall and where the de velopment of character IS placed above all other cons1dera t1ons To th1s end every exerc1se of the School has for 1ts a1m the cult1vat1on of those hab1ts of self relxance and self control wh1ch are essent1a1 to a well rounded manhood All the act1v1t1es of a boy s l1fe phys1cal mtellectual aestheuc socmal moral and re llgxous are carefully dlrected toward the accompllshment of th1s purpose As an endowed academy Pedd1e offers super1or advantages and spends upon 1ts work all nts mcome from endowment and from students Th1S pohcy removes from the adm1n1strat1on the tempta t1on to retam students solelv for the revenue they brmg and makes the School excluswe not on the basxs of wealth or posxtlon but because of 1ts h1gh moral and 1ntellectual standards It seeks there fore only boys of fine 1deals and eamest purpose and cannot retam those whose conduct and hab1ts of study are harmful ADMISSION To enter the first Form of the School 1n any regular course a student should be at least eleven years of age and be proficlent 1n the amount of spelllng readmg geography English grammar arxthmetlc physxology and Unlted States hlstory glven ln the slxth grade of the best grammar schools Such proficiency will be determmed by a combmatlon of s1mple classlficatlon tests and a certxficate from the school last attended or by a CCI't1llC3tC from former teachers Students may enter h1gher classes on satlsfactory evxdence cons1stmg of exammauon and certlficate of preparat1on for 11 , . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 .. . . . T . 1 . . . . . .. 1 1 l , - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 ' 1 1 1

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