. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools, giving a brief account of the origin of the late civil war, the rise and progress of the orhpan system . ool at Andersonburg, in the largebrick building then belonging to Mr. Anderson, and which was atthat time used as an academy. Receiving the necessary encourage-ment from Superintendent Burrowes, Judge Motzer rented andmoved to the building in the spring of 1866. In July following, Dr. Burrowes visited Andersonburg, and, afterseeing the place and surrounding mountains, he manifested himselfhighly pleased, saying: This is a beautiful location for a s
. Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphan schools, giving a brief account of the origin of the late civil war, the rise and progress of the orhpan system . ool at Andersonburg, in the largebrick building then belonging to Mr. Anderson, and which was atthat time used as an academy. Receiving the necessary encourage-ment from Superintendent Burrowes, Judge Motzer rented andmoved to the building in the spring of 1866. In July following, Dr. Burrowes visited Andersonburg, and, afterseeing the place and surrounding mountains, he manifested himselfhighly pleased, saying: This is a beautiful location for a school;one of the best I have yet selected. This must certainly be a veryhealthful locality. The first pupils were received on the 18th and 20th of September,1866. The school was, organized on the 16th of October following,with Professor Wm. H. Hall as principal teacher, and a few monthsafter Miss Laura J. Milligan was employed as assistant teacher. At the close of the second year the children had increased to onehundred and seventeen; the house above mentioned was then foundto be too small to accommodate the school, and another building, 370. ANDERSONBURG SCHOOL. 371 thirty-five by fifty feet, three stories high, was erected. A fine study-hall or school-room, thirty-five by forty-three feet, was finished inthis new edifice, well lighted, and supplied with modern school-room is on the second floor; on the third floor are twoclass-rooms, besides a number of sleeping-rooms. On the 1st of December, 1872, Professor Hall became joint pro-prietor of the school, but still acted as principal teacher, and K. Hall and Miss Milligan were the assistants. On the 1st of September, 1874, Judge Motzer withdrew from theschool on account of the bad health of himself and wife, and Pro-fessor Hall became sole Proprietor and Principal, with Mr. J. as principal teacher, and Miss M. Coyle assistant. Up tothe present time one hundred and seventy children have been ad-mitted
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