Shattuck School - Shad Yearbook (Faribault, MN)

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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.

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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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THE SHAD Pall.--Shattuck Hall was completed. Phelps Library, now the west end of the Hos- pital, was constructed. Gift of Mrs. Lucy C. Phelps of Winsted, Conn, Shattuck Boat Club was established. The Club had four forty-foot shells. Training program: Before breakfast, run three miles to Cannon Lake, row for an hour. we nk :sf 1870 . . . William W. COld Champj Champlin comes to Shattuck to teach mathematics. The School House, which stood opposite of what is now New Whipple Hall, was built at a cost of 86.000, This building is known to our class as HThe Lodge. Prize declamations, long a feature of Shattuck commencement, begun this year. Won by O. E. Fleming: Henry O. Dubois, second. Mrs. Shumway meets Bishop Whipple in Europe and becomes interested in his schools. The famous race between the Undine, the Red Bird, the Rover, and the Ariel. The race was over a course of somewhat over a mile and return. The Undine won in the fast time of twenty minutes and fourteen seconds, closely pressed by the Red Bird, with the Rover third, and the Ariel last. A blue silk banner bearing the initials of the Shattuck Boat Club was awarded to the winner. the victorious Undine. This banner may still be seen in the Common Room. 1 be wk 1871 . . . School receives a grant from the government of 120 stands of arms and two field pieces, thus becoming the iirst private school, according to the records of the War Department, to receive a regularly detailed Army officer, as well as the first to receive a grant of arms. Year of the race on Cannon Lake between the Shattuck Boat Club and the Minnesota Boat Club of St. Paul. The Shattuck crew, made up of Dick VanDusen, Harry Whitney, Pro- fessor McKay, Tom Burns, and Coxswain Henry Tyler, rowed in a shell of inferior construction and stability. At the halfway point, the boat filled with water and started to sink. The Shattuck crew was rescued, while the St. Paul crew sailed along to victory. Thousands of people watched this race. ek ek he 1872 . . . E. Webster Whipple entered the Shattuck faculty as a teacher of Greek. He remained at the school as a teacher, and later as a headmaster, until his death in 1894. September 24.- The Memorial Chapel of the Good Shepherd, built and furnished completely by Mrs. Augusta M. Shumway of Chicago, was consecrated to the service of God. The stained glass windows, designed and executed expressly for the chapel, by Berrand and Westlake of London, are extremely rich and beautiful. The beautiful font, of white marble, elaborately carved, was sent over from Carrara, Italy. Thanksgiving Day-The Seabury Hall was destroyed by fire. af ek wk 1873 . . . June 24.-Cornerstone for the 517,000 Old Whipple Hall was laid. The building was completed that Fall. At this time the students of the two schools, Shattuck and Seabury, were separated. Pk we wk 1874 . . . Harry E. Whitney began his career of over fifty years as a master at Shattuck. 4: ek ak 1876 . . . October 21.-HThe Shattuck Times, first newspaper, started by Abner J. Easton, who would have been a graduate of the class of '81, but for sickness. December.-The second issue was increased in page size ZZ by 3 25 inches, May.-Paper increased to eight pages. Commencement.-Plans are laid for the A'Shattuck Cadet. we we , Je 1877 . . . Four graduates of the class of '77 entered Racine, Dartmouth, Trinity, and German University. Average age of boy in Shattuck, 17. October.-First issue of the Shattuck Cadet appears. The editors were A. J. Easton ex '81, L. P. Easton '74, W. D. Douglas '77, and George Greene '78. Paper was printed at ELEVEN