. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. porated in 1S13: organized,and the bllildiug dedicated in 1815,with seven pupils in Kimball survived her husbandthirty years. Seeing that a femaledepartment was desirable she gave$10,000, which, with the $40,000from Mr. Kimballs estate, made apermanent fund which gave new lifeto the school. Mr. Kimball had alsomade provision in his will that onehundred and fifty dollars be paidannually to support Congregationalpreaching in this place, also a bene- of Hartford, Yt., was appointed thefourth principal. T
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. porated in 1S13: organized,and the bllildiug dedicated in 1815,with seven pupils in Kimball survived her husbandthirty years. Seeing that a femaledepartment was desirable she gave$10,000, which, with the $40,000from Mr. Kimballs estate, made apermanent fund which gave new lifeto the school. Mr. Kimball had alsomade provision in his will that onehundred and fifty dollars be paidannually to support Congregationalpreaching in this place, also a bene- of Hartford, Yt., was appointed thefourth principal. This honor wasconferred upon him on his graduat-ing day at Dartmouth College. Hewas a graduate of Kimball UnionAcademy in the class of 1831. Hehere commenced a most remaikablework for education, extending over aperiod of thirty-six years. Thestandard of scholarship was raiseduntil the academy was one of thebest fitting classical scholars in thecountry. The average number ofstudents at this period was two hun-dred, though often exceeding threehundred. They came mostly from :. ? .??--, A Robert Kimball Betsey Kirrbal I R. Byron !. ficiary fund for students preparingfor the ministry. The first building was destroyedby fire in 1824 and was rebuilt in1825. This was the wing of the onerecently burned. The main buildingwas erected in iS39-40. At thistime the female department was es-tablished and united with the semin-ar}-. A great deal of its prosperityprior to this time was due to theskillful management of ProfessorIsrael Newel and his associate, thatsuperior scholar, teacher, and Chris-tian worker, the Rev. Charles Shedd. The number of students and popu-larity of the school increased August, 1S35, Cyrus S. Richards the industrial classes and were usedto hard work. They were faithfulstudents, and have gone forth intothe world moulded to all that is nobleand true, by consecrated, earnestteachers. The first object was tohelp and encourage poor, but prom-ising, young
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