Shattuck School - Shad Yearbook (Faribault, MN)

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T H E S H A D Seventyffive Years of Shattuck Shattuck in 1870 Here We offer you a brief history of the school, the first chronological history of its kind concerning Shattuck. We have compiled our data from many sources, several of which are not absolutely reliable. We have assembled all of the information which can be collected Without making an intensive study of the school's history. Since We are not polished historians, our Work is open to error. We are always glad to accept corrections. We publish this history With the hope that it will recall Shattuck days to the Old Timers, and will be the foundation for future histories of its type. -THE EDITORS 1857 . . . September.-James Lloyd Breck, E, Steele Peake, and Solon W. Manney arrive in Faribault. October l.-The above three held a meeting of the people of Faribault and stated that they were desirous of donations of money, material, and lands to establish an institution of learn- ing in Faribault. NINE

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EIGHT T H E S H A D Board of Editors Editor-in-Chief ROBERT BALDWIN MEECH Class Editor AGATIN TOWNSEND ABBOTT Literary Editor JACK ANDREW SADLER Athletic Editor TRUMAN ADDISON POTTER Assistant Athletic Editor EDWARD DREWRY HENDERSON Military and Organizations Editor THOMAS LANE MOIR Assistant Military and Organizations Editor CHARLES ARTHUR BETCHER, II Society Editor BRANDISH JOHNSON SMITH, II Business Manager CHARLES GLUEK, II Assistant Business Managers EGERTON WALES KIBBEY, JR. HERBERT H. B1oELoW, II Faculty Advisers F. H. BELOW, JR. F. L. HAEBERLE

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TPN THE SHAD 1858 . . . May.-Land for an Episcopal University on the east side of the river is donated by Messrs. Faribault and Fowler. June.-P. N. Paquin and Felix Paquin give additional land for the present site of Shattuck. bk ak 4: 1860 . . . Bishop Whipple arrives and decides to model the Mission Grammar School, founded by James Breck, after Eton and Harrow in England. Perhaps the date of the founding of Shat- tuck. Dr. George C. Shattuck of Boston makes a gift to Bishop Whipple. :of ak ak 1863 . . . Fall.-Seabury Hall, costing 86.000, was completed on the ground given by Alexander Faribault and P. N. Paquin Con the bluff east of the riverj. Divinity School and Grammar School moved up there from downtown. bk ek wk 1865 . . . A circular refers to Shattuck Grammar School. Thomas G. Crump, a Civil War veteran, who had been a sergeant in a Minnesota regiment, enrolled in the Divinity School. As much for a pastime as for anythingelse, he organized the boys in a military company, and proceeded to drill them. They drilled with sticks for rifles. ak ff wk 1866 . . . Corner-stone for Shattuck Hall laid. The building was erected through the use of funds derived by Bishop Whipple from the selling of some coal-bearing land in Illinois given to the Bishop by Dr. George C. Shattuck of Boston. Dr. Breck's house burns, destroying the early minutes of the Seabury Mission. These minutes possibly would fix the exact date at which the school adopted the preiix of Shattuck Because of the enthusiasm with which Crump's pastime had been received, the Board of Trustees authorized the Bishop and the Dean CDr. Breckj to 'Arecommend and adopt a suitable dress for the Grammar School boys. November l.-St. Mary's Hall started by Bishop Whipple for the education of the daughters of clergymen. He started it as an entirely private venture. Thursday, December 27.-The Saints came over to watch the Shads drill for one of the first times. First recorded play put on by Shattuck cadets. The stage was made from sawhorses and rough planks. Candles backed by tin cans were the footlights. The sunlight was two kero- sene lamps, and the Hies were made of blankets. The name of the play was The White Horse of the Peppers. Actors: Freeman, Mellen, Rollins, Amsden, Wyman, Bowditch, Will and Frank Archibald, Lyman, Tom Crump, and Whitney. we 4: Pk 1867 . . . Dr. Breck leaves Faribault for the West, turning down a life that was just beginning to be comfortable for the hardy life out in the then undeveloped California. St. Mary's girls irst start to cheer the winners of the crew races between Seabury and Shattuck. The Saints watched the races from a position on the Eighth Avenue Bridge. Fall.-Rev. James Dobbin placed in charge of the Shattuck Grammar School. Teachers' salaries ranged from S600 to S900. Four hour baseball game. Score: Shattuck 126, The Young Americas Cfrom Fari- baultj 35. Pk :of :K 1868 . . . A catalogue refers to Shattuck School for the hrst time. Spring.-Plans submitted and approved for Shattuck Hall. The Root of All Evil, an original play by Mr. Collister, instructor in English, was given. No record of other plays, after this time, seem to come down to us until the opening of the Manney Armory in 1880. Pk :sf Dk 1869 . . . Bishop Whipple, through the use of influence, secures the detail at the school of Major A. E. Latimer of the U. S. Army as the first Commandant.