. History of the "Old High School" on School Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1828 to 1840 : with a personal history of the teachers : also, the names of 265 pupils, with their history in part : with portraits and a sketch of the building. as occupied my time nearly a year and aiialf) I have omittetl to do justice to any one of tlie pupils in my effortsto gather up the recollections of our Aiiiia Mater, it was not from wantof due res])ect, hut from a cause beyond mv reach; tlierefore, if in theperusal of these pages they afford you the pleasure and gratification thatI iiave received in
. History of the "Old High School" on School Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1828 to 1840 : with a personal history of the teachers : also, the names of 265 pupils, with their history in part : with portraits and a sketch of the building. as occupied my time nearly a year and aiialf) I have omittetl to do justice to any one of tlie pupils in my effortsto gather up the recollections of our Aiiiia Mater, it was not from wantof due res])ect, hut from a cause beyond mv reach; tlierefore, if in theperusal of these pages they afford you the pleasure and gratification thatI iiave received in hearing from so many of them with expressions ofencouragement, in my endeavors to put on record these reminiscences, thenI cannot but feel that I have been in some degree rewarded for my hd:) those who have given me assistance in this work, I tender mv sincerethanks. C. W. C. ), Mass., January, iSqo. //(iniiiis rst crrarel^ TEACHERS. * STORY HEBARD, t DAVID N. SHELDON, t SIMEON II. CALHOUN, I WILLIAM E. DIXON, t SARDIS B. MORLEV, t HENRY R. VAILLE, t SAMUEL KNOX, J JAMES N. SVKES, t CHARLES C. BURNETT. Six of the above teachers were graduates of t Williams College, two of + Brown University,and one of * Amherst THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL ON SCHOOL STREET. ITS TEACHERS AND SCHOLARS FROM 1828 TO 1840. The first building erected in this town for a high schoolhouse is yet standing, being 43 and 47 School street, andis occupied as a dwelling. The main part remains the sameas when first built. The cupolas outward appearance is butlittle changed ; the bell that hung within rings no moreto call those who were to pass its doors. On the east partof the building wings have been added on the north andsouth sides, which increase its former proportions. Whatmemories cluster around the venerated building, calling upthe scenes of boyhood days ! the teachers ! the scholars !Of the former only two survive ; of the latter, alas! manyhave passed to the other side, some hardl
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