Perkiomen School - Griffin Yearbook (Pennsburg, PA)

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Board of Trustees M. K. GILBERT REV. N. B. GRUBB JACOB D. HEEBNER HON. JOHN G. HERSH, ADAM KRAUSS HIRAM K. KRIEBEI. S. KRIEBLE JESSE REV. E. E. S. JOHNSON REV. O. S. KRIEBEL, A.M., D M. D. REV. G. K. MESQHTER, M.D. B. S. SCHULTZ E. K. SCI-IUI.'rz REV. A. S. SHELLV Officers of the Board M. K. GILBERT, President, Pennsburg, Pa. REV. G. K. MESCHTER, M.D., Vice-President, Worcester, Pa. ADAM KRAUSS, Secretary, East Greenville, Pa. E. K. SCHULTZ, Treasurer, Boyertown, Pa. M. K. GILBERT ADAM KRAUSS ,1. l.. Standing Committees Executive Committee REV. 0. S. KRIEBEL E. K. SCIIULTZ REV. A. S. SHELLV Committee on Finance REV. E. E. S. JOHNSON DR. J. G. HERSI-I HIRAM K. KRIEBEL JESSE S. KRIEBLE REV. G. K. MESCHTER, M.D. Committee on Buildings and Grounds REV. E. E. S. JOHNSON B. S. ScHI.U'rz E. K. ScHUI.'rz 13

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to erect an addition to the building. They considered the original Seminary large for a school of its kind, and thought the overflow did not warrant a new building. The addi- tion begun in 1895 was the present main building, and it seemed large enough to last for all time. Indeed some doubted that it would ever be filled, but in ten years their doubts were settled by the revelation that not only the entire main building, but also every available room in the houses along :the street were needed to accommodate the growing family of students. Perkiomen Seminary continued to make rapid strides in size and development. By Commencement time in 1902 the number of her alumni had reached l75, and wonderful progress had been made in every department and in every phase of school life. During that Commencement season the decennial of the reopening of the school in 1892 was cele- brated. Large numbers of alumni and friends thronged to the Seminary to hear the addresses delivered by John Wanamaker, Dr. M. D. Learned of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. J. M. Anders, Dr. J. M. Morgan of Dickinson College, and President Spangler of Ursinus College. During tl1e summer of 1904 the court between the old and the new buildings dis- appeared, and where it formerly stood was placed the present library. The old reading- room was converted into two pleasant reception rooms. In the fall of the same year a fine gymnasium, the need of which had been felt for a long time, was erected across the street from the main building. It is hard now to imag- ine how the Seminary could have gotten along without the gymnasium. Besides the ordi- nary uses of physical culture and athletic sports, it furnishes room in its dormitories for nearly forty boys, and accommodates audiences in the main room for Commencements and other large occasions. In the Commencement Annual published by the Junior class in 1894, is found the following remark made in connection with the newly-founded Perkiomen Literary Soci- ety: If the number of students keeps on increasing at its present rate, the near future will undoubtedly see two literary societies here contending in friendly rivalry. Ten years later that prophecy came true, and, in the fall of 1904, the old Perkiomen Literary Society was divided by the Faculty into the Philomathean and Adelphian Literary Societies, which met alternately on Saturday evenings. Every year an inter-society debate is held, and at all times both friendly rivalry and good society spirit prevail. This year both societies have adopted the plan of having weekly meetings, each assembling in the chapel on alternate weeks in turn. In the spring of 1907 Perkiomen Seminary was fortunate in receiving, after many disappointments, the offer of a Carnegie library. During the past three years, the con- ditions attached have been over half fulfilled, thanks to the subscriptions of wealthy friends and alumni, and it is the hope of every Perkiomenite that in the near future the longed-for library may become a reality. From a school of one small building and less than a hundred students, from a school representing but two or three counties of but one State, and one sending graduates to only one or two colleges, Perkiomen Seminary has grown and enlarged and developed in every way, until she has filled to overflowing her old and new buildings, gymnasium, and annexes, drawn students from thirty-five different counties in this State, from seventeen States and from seven foreign countries, and has sent graduates to forty-two higher insti- tutions of learning. If all this has been accomplished in eighteen years of the past, what may the future not bring forth? All hail to Perkiomen, her past, her present, her future, her alumni, her faculty, and her students! 12

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Seminary Calendar Spring Term, Monday, july 5 --- -- , ..... .--- .----- Friday, August 13. .... .... Saturday, August 14 --- ---- I Fall Term, I I 909 Summer Term begins. Examinations. Summer Term closes. 909 Tuesday, September 14. ...... . ..... ...... F all Term begins. Thursday, November 25 .... ---Thanksgiving Day. Monday, December 20--- .--- Tuesday, December Zl . .-..- -... Examinations. Examinations. Wednesday, December 22,--- -1--Examinations. Wednesday, December 22 . - --- ---. Fall Term closes. Winter Term, I9 I 0 Tuesday, Ianuary 11 .---- ---. W inter Term begins. Tuesday, February 22 .... - -. Friday, March I8 , -..- . .--- Washington's Birthday Recitation Prize Contest Thursday, March Z4 . -.-. .... E xaminations. Friday, March 25. ---- -... Saturday, March 26 -- ---- --- ---- I Spring Term, Tuesday, April S .... . .... .... ---.---- - Monday, June Z0 ..... ---. Saturday, June 25 .--- ---- Sunday, june 26 Monday, June Tuesday, June Tuesday, June Tuesday, June Wednesday, june 29, 9a, m. .--- ---- Wednesday, June 29, 8 p. m. .-. .--- Thursday, June 30 ,--- ...-. . ,,-, 14 27 ..-. - ..-.-.- ---- 28, 9 a. m. .... .... 28, 7:30p. m..-- ---- Z8, 9:30 p. m..-- ---- Examinations. VVinter Term closes. I9I0 Spring Term begins. Reception to Senior Class Ben Greet Players. Baccalaureate Sermon. Music-Elocution Commencement Senior Class day. Open Alumni Meeting. Alumni Banquet. Graduation Exercises, Commencement Entertainment School closes.