Shattuck School - Shad Yearbook (Faribault, MN)

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THE SHAD La Crosse, Wis. The issue contained only one advertisement. The first serial ran from December to February. Seven ads appeared in the December issue. January.-The sizeof the paper was doubled. June.-The paper contained sixteen pages with a four-page supplement. Cornerstone laid for Shumway Hall. Completed that fall. Mr. Whitney, with the help of H. R. Kelsey '77, built the first iceboat in Minnesota. The cadets frequently rode ice cakes down the river. ak wk ak 1878 . . . Mr. Charles C. Camp, brother of the redoubtable Walter Camp, came to Shattuck. This was just two years after the first recorded football game between Princeton and Rutgers. The start of a long unbroken succession of Shattuck football teams. Spring.-First Shattuck drum corps organized. School orchestra started, Alumni Association founded. Mr. Whitney '71, the original president, served in that capacity until his death in 1926. :sf Pk vs 1879 . . . The Shattuck Cadet made into a class affair rather than a private enterprise. Charles E. Gould '79, Herbert W. Large '79, Linn K. Graves '80, comprised the board of editors. Eight issues of the paper. The June number was turned over to the class following. The campus was Hooded for a skating rink. Bobsledding from the top of the hill at what is now No. 2 green fthe high hill east of the schooll, across the campus, down past the brewery. ak be fo: 1880 . . . Flag Company: HC -C. A. Betcher. The Manney Armory was built. The first floor contained oflices and a well-equipped gymnasium, as well as a bowling alley. The second floor was the drill hall. C. A. Betcher, B, B. Sheffield, and George C. Slorer, editors of the paper, which they changed into a four page folio with three, instead of two columns to the page. Paper was printed by the pupils of the State School for the Deaf. Start of Washington's birthday parades, :cf :sf bk 1881 . . . Tennis started at Shattuck. The boys would Hx up their own courts, These were considered as their own private property. Fall.-First Military Band organized by Charles Lufkin '84-. Flag Company: B -J. W. Greene. ak if va 1882 . . . The first appearance of the far-famed fancy drill squad was as Act six, Part two, of the Shattuck Minstrel Show of 1882. The act was mentioned as being one of the most attrac- tive features of the program. The start of Crack Squads at Shattuck. The idea was originated by either Selah Tomkins '83, C. D. Lufkin '84, or A. P. Goss ex '84. Fall.-First track meet held. Flag Company: A -R. J. Pye, ak ak X 1883 . . . St. Mary's Hall moved to its position on the east bluff of the river. Fancy drill given by squads from A and C Companies. Crack Squad idea continued. Commencement.-Nine men chosen, three from each company, to drill for the Com- mandant's medal, as best drilled private in the battalion. First time the name Crack Squad was used. Flag Company: A -A. P. Goss. X Pk wk 1884 . . . February 15.--Exhibition drill by the fancy squad under Captain Lufkin to music. Silent drills were exceptionally fine. May.- The squad consists of the twelve best drillers in the corps. Commencement.-Drill as usual. Class of 1884, under Charles E. Purdy '85, as managing editor, made the paper eight pages, two of which contained Mads. Three members, under-formers, were selected, making the paper a school affair. TWELVE

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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

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THE SHAD First fund for the foundation of scholarship given by Mr. F. A. Theopold of Faribault. Mrs. H. D. Huntington, the former Mrs. Shumway, died, leaving Shattuck iB172,000. Flag Company: G. Bronson. Pk at ek 1885 . . . Membership of the Squad increased to sixteen, the present number. Says the Cadet : f'The rest, where the squad forms in a circle and sits on each other's knee, provoked much laughterf Added a heavy gray cover to the paper. School carried 3,350,000 insurance. Flag Com- pany: C -E. A. Lina. f Dk Pk Pk 1886 . . . Shattuck defeated the University of Minnesota 22-8 in football. The Cadet was pub- lished at the Democrat office in Faribault. Charles Henry Whipple, son of Charles H. Whipple '69, enters Shattuck, to become the first son of a father who had previously been graduated from Shattuck to enter the school. Average age of boy in Shattuck, 16.11. Flag Company: R. Peyton. :sf ak bk 1887 . . . No Crack Squad. The flag company took its place. After the presentation of the Hag, the company went through a short exhibition drill in manual. Tuition increased from S350 to 8400. Old School moved to southwest corner of the campus. We call this building The Lodge because of the suggestion of Dr. George C. Tanner that it be called The Lodge in view of Cowper's verse, A'Oh, for a lodge among the trees. Flag Company: D -C. P. Stembel. ek wk bk 1888 . . . Morgan Hall, donated by Mr. Junius Spencer Morgan, of London, England, and grandfather of the present banker, Mr. James Pierpont Morgan, was constructed. It was built at a cost of 850,000 December 16.-Crack Squad revived. Twelve cadets drilled by Senior Captain E. S. Bower '89. No commands were given from the beginning to the end, except the change warning hep by the commanding oflicer. Returned to the gray cover for the Cadet. Price: 8.75. Added another page of Mads. Flag Company: C -C. B. Parkin. Def Pk wk 1889 . . . Smyser Memorial Hall, donated by Mesdames Smyser and Swett of Glyndon, Minn., was finished. Outweighed by an average of twelve pounds per person, the Shattuck football team defeated the University of Minnesota football team 28-8, thus becoming Champions of the Northwest. Charles Cotton '90 brings midshipman cut of blouse and white trousers to the Crack Squad from the Naval Academy, which he attended before entering Shattuck. Flag Company: UC -O. Metcalf. PF nk :sf 1890 . . . July 16.-Mrs. Whipple died. The start of a decade in which Shattuck coaches played on Shattuck football teams. Name of paper changed back to The Shattuck Cadet. Profits from the Cadet pays for the Senior Class Hop with a balance of enough to pay for most of the Senior Class pins that year. Charles W. Newhall, present headmaster, is graduated. Enrollment: 209 cadets: l6 faculty members. Flag Company: C --J. S. Smyser. if Dk Pk 1891 . . . Purchased by subscription at a cost of Sl,575, the clock was installed in the Shumway tower. The clock was built by the E. Howard Watch 'KS Clock Co., of Boston, Mass. The 1,000 pound clock, made of brass and steel, has the Gravity Escapement movement. The pendulum is ten feet long, and weighs three hundred pounds. The clock has three weight chains, one for the clock, one for the hour bells, and one for the chiming bells. The first weighs 300 pounds, the THIRTEEN