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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Dixwell was master of the school from 1836 to 1851. In 1830, he, as a candidate for the degree of A. M., delivered at commencement at Harvard, a Latin Oration. Mr. Grant, an alumnus of the school, read a poem which, while it abounded in witty allusions to the past history of the school and its masters, had a serious purpose, and embodied the idea of the writer in a most striking manner. The music, which was furnished by a select chorus, under the direction of Mr. Geo. L. Osgood, was of the highest order. A solo sung...
...oration by Dr. Brooks was a striking testimony to the place which the old school has found in the hearts of its graduates and breathed through every word a love and veneration for the famous school. The speaker spoke at some length of the past history of the school from the time when it occupied a shed on Spring Lane to the present time when it occupies the finest public school building in the world...
...Phillips, Emerson, Beecher, President Eliot, and a host of men who have stamped themselves on the minds of men. The speaker declared himself in favor of the course of President Eliot on the Greek question, and said that the classics cannot be today what they have been in the past. He believed in making them elective and allowing them a chance to compete on an equal basis with other studies. The oration was in every way worthy of the orator, and evinced a profound sympathy with the school and its workings...
...routine and discipline are strictly military. Reveille at six o'clock is the signal for all to turn out. Roll call, breakfast, and the call to studies follow quickly. At half-past twelve the recall from studies sounds. Dinner at one o'clock. Then studies again from two until four, when the assembly for drill is sounded. Two hours of drill follow. Then supper at half-past six. There are two hours of study in the evening. Taps sounds at ten o'clock. The drills are varied and embrace every sort of practical exercise that a naval officer requires...
...instruction is of the highest order and extremely thorough. The requirements for admission are the same as those of Harvard in past years. The young ladies recite with their brother-students, and seem to have a peculiar propensity for leaving them in the dim and shadowy distance. The visitor has a strange sensation of unrest as he hears, while passing a recitation room, "Mr. Smith, account for this very strange construction." "Can't do it, sir;" and then hears Miss Jones say that it is an anacolouthon. No wonder, he thinks, that so many of our colleges reject co-education...