Fun in the Classroom

Letter from Jas. W. Strong, Aug. 23, 1888 …though sometimes stern, there was always a genial side to his nature, and he often gave his pupils amusing experiments with the air-pump, electrical machine and philosophical apparatus. One favorite pastime was to administer...

Student Romances

Letter from Jas. W. Strong, Aug. 23, 1888, Of course there were then, as now, among students, frequent love affairs. Mrs. William H. Wallace… was the second daughter of Hon. Geo. C. West of Irasburgh and unusually attractive. A young enthusiastic Canadian student fell...

Student Views on Twilight

Letter from C. F. Remick, Aug. 20, 1888 The academy and its grounds were the pride of my boyhood and they still linger in my memory. Then I thought them the most interesting of anything on earth and as near central as anything could be on this planet. Letter from Jas....

Students

Letter from by C. F. Remick, Aug. 20, 1888 “I remember well… the stone boarding house… where I used to peddle apples from our ‘honeysweet’ tree, at 10 cents a bushel when I couldn’t get more; and if I could by chance sell a bushel for 25 cents I felt as though...

Orleans County Grammar School Trustees

This is a list of men who served as trustees or a member of a committee for the Orleans County Grammar School in its earlier years. The names are organized by last name, and include the years and office they served, and the town of their residence. Names Years...