History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . the second on the same lot, waserected in the fall and winter of 1846-47. It was slightly rectangu-lar in form, 70 x 45, two stories in height, with a cupola on the east-erly front containing a bell. The street floor contained three roomsfor primary and intermediate grades, and the floor above, two assem-bly rooms and a small recitation room. The east room of the secondstory was assigned for a higher grammar school, and the west room(the larger of the two)
History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . the second on the same lot, waserected in the fall and winter of 1846-47. It was slightly rectangu-lar in form, 70 x 45, two stories in height, with a cupola on the east-erly front containing a bell. The street floor contained three roomsfor primary and intermediate grades, and the floor above, two assem-bly rooms and a small recitation room. The east room of the secondstory was assigned for a higher grammar school, and the west room(the larger of the two) and the recitation room were for the newhigh school. There was a door on the east end, rarely, if ever, used,another on the north side for the boys, and a third entrance on thesouth side for the girls. The halls were simply passage-ways verydimly lighted. The north side of the building was dark and gloomyfrom its close proximity to the Unitarian church. In general appear-ance this edifice much resembled the academy buildings of thatperiod, after which it was probably fashioned. In this building the SCHOOLS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. 1241. -.*--* Second High School Concord high school had its beginning. Hall Robertsl was the firstprincipal (1847-,48), with a lady assistant. The school numberedabout seventy-five pupils. School-time in those days was an-nounced by a ringing of the cupola bell for five minutes, a pause ofthe same length, followed by a slow tolling ofthe bell for a similar period, when two shortstrokes indicated doors closed. When thebell begins to toll, stop all play and run toschool, was a smart little couplet which oft fellupon juvenile ears. Miss Ann Roby, daughter of the North endpublisher, was keeping a primary school in themain aisle of the Old North church about 1840-47, with a hundred pupils. One night in earlyautumn, when the ninety and nine were dis-missed, one of the little lambs of the flock couldnot be found, and search was made high andlow. The town crier w
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