. History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts . The increasednumber of Academies throughout the Commonwealth affordedfacilities for classical instruction, and undoubtedly had the effectof eliminating Latin and Greek from the list of required studiesin the advanced schools of the smaller towns. In 1857 (Acts of 1857, chap. 206) the list of studies requiredto be taught in all the public schools was revised. Latin and seve- Education. 99 ral of the sciences were included in those required in the school for the benefit of the whole town, in towns of 4000 had grown to this req
. History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts . The increasednumber of Academies throughout the Commonwealth affordedfacilities for classical instruction, and undoubtedly had the effectof eliminating Latin and Greek from the list of required studiesin the advanced schools of the smaller towns. In 1857 (Acts of 1857, chap. 206) the list of studies requiredto be taught in all the public schools was revised. Latin and seve- Education. 99 ral of the sciences were included in those required in the school for the benefit of the whole town, in towns of 4000 had grown to this required population, and from thistime until the establishment of our High School in 1872, the legalrequirements were not carried out. That no such school, in accordance with the requirements ofthe later statute, was kept in Hingham until 1872 must not be at-tributed to any desire of the town to avoid the law. The princi-pal reason for this neglect arose probably from the fact that thebranches usually taught in High Schools were taught in the Derby. SSS^*** THE HINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL. Academy, and in great measure the children of the town werefurnished with such instruction as to comply with the spirit of thelaw. Two unsuccessful efforts were made by the town to make theAcademy serve the purpose contemplated by the statute, a moreparticular account of which will be found in the history of theAcademy. But the Academy was not recognized by the Common-wealth as a High School, and the towns portion of the Massa-chusetts School Fund was consequently withheld. There was nochoice for the town. Any inhabitant could demand a free edu-cation for his child, such as the law made provision for. All hope of utilizing the Academy as a High School having dis-appeared, the town took the necessary action, and in 1872 theHingham High School became a reality. The school has main-tained a high rank from the beginning. Mr. Jacob 0. Sanbornhas been its principal teacher from the opening of the school to 10
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