. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. THE EXETER OE TO-DAY. S7 famous cities 021 our coast, is nowonly known by the superior qualityof her famous rum. Half a dozenothers might be mentioned, but thelist does not include Exeter. Honor-able and ancient in its history as anyof the others, progress and improve-ment has ever been its motto, andto-day while it has the fine old flavorthat always attaches to a communityboasting a continuous history of 260years, it has, loo, enough of the mod-ern commercial spirit to bring it upto date, and to make it a worthyasso
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. THE EXETER OE TO-DAY. S7 famous cities 021 our coast, is nowonly known by the superior qualityof her famous rum. Half a dozenothers might be mentioned, but thelist does not include Exeter. Honor-able and ancient in its history as anyof the others, progress and improve-ment has ever been its motto, andto-day while it has the fine old flavorthat always attaches to a communityboasting a continuous history of 260years, it has, loo, enough of the mod-ern commercial spirit to bring it upto date, and to make it a worthyassociate of its more modernly-settledneighbors. And chiefly among the influencesthat have tended to keep the townmodern in spirit, while preservingthe best of its hallowed memories ofthe great men who were nurturedhere, and who, growing to greatness,passed away without their fellow-townsmen really recognizing the pre-eminence to which thev had reached,. ! 1 i - -A i | L — •\ f. Hon. Thomas LeaviTt Hon. John D. Lyman. —we say chief among these influ-ences is Phillips Exeter Academy,one of the greatest, if not the greatestfitting school in the country. Foryears Phillips Andover and PhillipsExeter vied, but the theologicaltrend of the former, and the cosmo-politan character of the latter havetended of late to emphasize to amarked degree the differences be-tween the two institutions. Theacademy dates back to 17S1, whenit was incorporated, and on January7, 1782, iollowing, Dr. John Phillipsconveyed to the trustees a largeamount of land in different parts ofthe state, the whole amounting toabout $60,000, an independent for-tune for those days, and fully asmuch as a grant of a million dollarswould be to the school to-day. Theregulations which he made were lib-eral and progressive, and thanks tothis spirit the school has prospered / 8? 3 i. HARLAN P. AMEN, A. oj Phillips Exeter Academy. THE EXETER OE TO-DAY. 189 and grown m
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