A history of old Braintree and Quincy : with a sketch of Randolph and Holbrook . d in the Greek and Roman languages, and if thoughtadvisable, the Hebrew, not to make learned Hebricians, but to teach suchyoung men as choose to learn the Hebrew Alphabet, the rudiments of the He-brew Grammar, and the use of the Hebrew Grammar and Lexicon, that inafter life they may pursue the study to what extent they may please. But Ihope the future masters will not think me too presumptuous, if I advise them tobegin their lessons in Greek and Hebrew, by compelling their pupils to taketheir pens and write, over
A history of old Braintree and Quincy : with a sketch of Randolph and Holbrook . d in the Greek and Roman languages, and if thoughtadvisable, the Hebrew, not to make learned Hebricians, but to teach suchyoung men as choose to learn the Hebrew Alphabet, the rudiments of the He-brew Grammar, and the use of the Hebrew Grammar and Lexicon, that inafter life they may pursue the study to what extent they may please. But Ihope the future masters will not think me too presumptuous, if I advise them tobegin their lessons in Greek and Hebrew, by compelling their pupils to taketheir pens and write, over and over again, copies of the Greek and Hebrewalphabets, in all their variety of characters, until they are perfect masters ofthose alphabets and characters. This will be as good an exercise in chirographyas any they can use, and will stamp those alphabets and characters upon theirtender minds and vigorous memories so deeply that the will neverwear out, and will enable them at any period of their future lives, to studythose languages to any extent with great **-^;SP^ ADAMS A ( A D E iM Y SCHOOLS. 843 It began with twenty-three pupils, six of whom were from Quin-cy. In 1877 it numbered 150 scholars. Owing to this largeincrease, it was found necessary to erect another building ofwood, (which is temporaiy,) a few feet north of the in these hard times of financial embarrassment, there areabout one hundred students connected with it. The design of the institution, is to prepare boys to enter thebest American colleges. The course of instruction is four tuition, together with the endowment fund, enables the trus-tees to employ able teachers. The school has become so pop-ular, that within its classic walls can be found students frommany States of the Union. The progress of this Academy hasbeen more successful than its most ardent friends anticipated;and very remarkably so, too, if we take into consideration that itcame into immediate and
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