tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91375945781009842852024-03-18T23:12:12.166-04:00The Governor's Academy ArchivesThe Carl A. Pescosolido Library at The Governor's AcademySharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-32592207976734670672015-11-05T10:19:00.001-05:002015-11-05T10:19:31.219-05:00Online Archival Museum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While few people are able to come to campus to view the rotating exhibits in the archives, many are interested in the materials preserved there. To increase accessibility to the items, the school now hosts an online archival museum! This museum is designed to allow visitors to view some of the materials available on selected topics, with new exhibits added periodically. The online museum, which was only very recently made available for public viewing, currently features an exhibit about how WWII affected Governor Dummer Academy, its students and alumni. A second exhibit is scheduled to be available sometime in January of 2016. We welcome all interested people to visit the museum at https://govsarchives.omeka.net/ and check out this opening exhibit with an assortment of fascinating items and stories.Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-28948497032652165912015-03-23T12:08:00.000-04:002015-03-23T12:09:42.996-04:00Answers to Gov's TriviaI hope everyone enjoyed the opportunity to test your knowledge of school trivia. The answers to the last blog's questions are listed below:<br />
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1. The plaque was hung in the Lang Gymnasium, which is now Schuman, also known as part of the Math Science center. I was interested to note the reference at the bottom of the plaque to "non sibi sed allis," which I had previously believed was a more recent school motto. </div>
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2. The alumnus is Rufus King, who had a career in early US politics. Not only was he a signer of the US Constitution, he was also an anti-slavery activist, a US Senator from NY, and a Federalist candidate for President.</div>
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3. The oldest Milestone in our collection is from 1923, which was, I believe, the first year of publication. Prior to that, most students kept scrapbooks in order to preserve their memories. Our collection of Milestones are available on line at https://archive.org. Once on the site, search for Governor's Academy Milestone.</div>
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4. The photo of these fashionable young men was from the 1975 Milestone.</div>
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5. In 1905, the Little Red School House and Perkins occupied the place that is now occupied by the Pescosolido Library and Kaiser Arts Center.</div>
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Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-72959755527398705012015-03-10T09:56:00.002-04:002015-03-10T09:56:37.638-04:00Archives Trivia<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Test you knowledge of school history! How many of the following photos can you identify?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">3. Below are two images from our oldest
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Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-38829955622407450002014-12-05T12:07:00.001-05:002014-12-05T12:07:07.795-05:00International Controversy! Did you know that Eleanor Eames, wife of then Headmaster Ted Eames, caused quite a controversy during the couple's 1951 visit to a British public school? Apparently, school tradition dictated the The Great Hall, used for dining, excluded all women. As the school's headmaster told the couple, "No woman has dined in the Great Hall since the school was founded!" Not wanting to upset her hosts, Mrs. Eames resigned herself to eating the chocolate bars she had intended as gifts for a student in the headmaster's study, while her husband and the headmaster dined in The Great Hall with the rest of the school.<br />
The incident was significant enough to be included in a 1951 article from the Boston Globe. If you are interested in reading the details, the article is included below. The incident lends a new dimension to a statement made by one of Eleanor Eames' long time friends, who after witnessing all she did in a typical day to help the school, its students and faculty, declared "There must be a special place in Heaven saved for headmasters' wives." To this Eleanor replied, "Well, thank you very much." After a short pause, she added, "but I think I'd rather go with Ted."<br />
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<br />Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-40365154536712054092014-09-26T12:54:00.001-04:002014-09-26T14:22:15.647-04:00Ever Changing Perkins!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1905 Tennis match behind Perkins Gymnasium (on what is now the lawn in front of the Phillips Building)</td></tr>
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Did you know that Perkins has not always resided next to Boynton House? Nor was it built as a dormitory. The original building, constructed on the other side of Mansion House in 1887, served as the first gymnasium for Dummer Academy. Under headmaster Charles Ingham, it was renovated and moved in the mid 1920's, at which time it became a dormitory. Finally in 1956, it was moved to its present location. Since this move, additions to both ends of the building have been added. Below is a link to a video of the 1956 move, which looks surprisingly current with vivid color film. A close look at clothing, vehicles, and surrounding buildings will help identify its actual creation date from the Eames era. Watch the entire clip for a guest appearance from a familiar face for some alumni. Enjoy this video flashback!<br />
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<br />Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-8414983260771220672014-03-31T09:59:00.001-04:002014-03-31T09:59:14.320-04:00Govs Fashionistas<br />
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Fashion trends have changed quite a bit in the 251 years of school history. From styles of clothes to styles of hair, students and faculty have rocked some unusual looks through the years. This is just a small sampling of some of the styles found in archival photographs. The years of the photos, from left to right, top to bottom, are as follows: 1968, 1966,1972, 1954, 1975, 1967, 1969, 1880, 1891.Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-3084170945401903222013-12-03T10:26:00.002-05:002013-12-03T10:26:40.847-05:00Old School Basketball FootwearBasketball shoes have come a long way since Chuck Taylors were first produced by Converse in 1917. With the Academy's long history, students here were playing basketball before these ubiquitous sneakers were invented! For most Governor Dummer Basketball teams, footwear showed little advancement for several generations of players. Below is a collection of basketball sneaker photographs. See if you can guess the era of each!<br />
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1. 1935<br />
2. 1964<br />
3. 1978<br />
4. 1925<br />
5. 1944<br />
6. 1956<br />
7. 1995<br />
8. 1993<br />
9. 2006<br />
<br />Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-11401099571025834982013-10-11T13:40:00.001-04:002013-10-11T13:40:56.481-04:00Byfield Minutemen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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exception. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The archives contains a small
notebook dated January 31, 1775 and labeled, “A List of Soldiers in the
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Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-68987390821943492952013-09-13T10:46:00.001-04:002013-09-23T13:04:09.541-04:00A Tribute to our Longest Tenured Teacher<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
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Prior to this year, the Governor’s Academy has never had an employee remain for 50 years. That is about to change. When young Dick Leavitt arrived on campus in the fall of 1964, he planned to teach here for only a year, and then move on to do graduate work at Harvard. Despite these intentions, Leavitt is now the longest tenured faculty member in the over 250 year history of the academy. In honor of that very special milestone, the Academy Archives will be dedicating a series of displays and blogs to looking at these past 50 years, and how both Mr. Leavitt and the school have changed over time. Today’s first entry focuses on Leavitt’s first school year, 1964-1965.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The year 1964 was filled with memorable events for the US as a whole. The Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act into law, the Gulf of Tonkin resolution was passed by Congress, paving the way for significant military involvement in Vietnam, and Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Some of the new popular TV shows that year included <i>Bewitched</i>, <i>Gilligan’s Island</i>, <i>Jeopardy</i>, and <i>The Addams Family</i>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Governor Dummer Academy was in the middle of a building boom. The Mosely Chapel, which had been under construction throughout the previous year, had its dedication ceremony in the spring of 1964 and was now open for business for its first complete school year. The final touches were put on the Thompson Arts Center that fall and construction of the new Eames Dormitory began. The addition of these new buildings was only the beginning of many changes that were to come during the next decade.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the middle of this growth was a new young faculty member. Coming from Amherst College with a degree in physics, Mr. Leavitt was assigned not only mathematics sections, but also the position of assistant coach to the “Pony Football” (what would be called third’s football today) team. In fact, pony football went on to have its only undefeated season in memory during that year! Perhaps riding on that initial athletic success, Mr. Leavitt sought to expand the athletic program by offering to coach a new rugby team in the spring of his first year, which apparently attracted about thirty boys! Likely his success was what led the academy to ask him to continue on past his initial one year commitment. We are happy to see he far exceeded this initial short range plan and has taught more Governor Dummer alumni that any other teacher! <o:p></o:p></div>
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As we seek to honor Mr. Leavitt during this important year, I would love to hear your stories about him. I invite anyone who has materials or stories that they would like to share to please contact me at the archives so that your memories of Dick Leavitt might be incorporated into my work. Thanks in advance for your help.<br />
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For this blog, I am pleased to announce a guest blogger. Jenika Smith, Class of 2009, chose to create a blog for her Alma mater based on her research in the Governor's Academy Archives and elsewhere, as a final project in her college history class. I hope you all enjoy reading her work!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> The Governor’s Academy has a history resembling the majority of boarding schools in the Independent School League. The school, much like her counterparts, possesses a rigorous academic schedule, a thoughtful and gifted faculty and a buzzing community full of spirit and respect. However, what stands out about the Academy is that it is the oldest continuously run boarding school in the United States , so its archives contain a plethora of books, letters, photographs and objects that remain untouched by the common student. It is only when these artifacts are sought after and revealed that a researcher, especially a current student, faculty member or alumnus, can see into the Academy’s past as if she or he were there. Examining just a letter or a photograph one can see that the school’s moral and community values at its founding are what fundamentally shaped the distinguished academy that it is today. While both captivating stories and controversial issues alike have arisen in the Academy’s long history, there is one, or might I say two events in particular that are telling in understanding a much broader history of the United States. Those events, though brief in time, were the first experiments in which The Governor’s Academy opened its doors to female students during the 19th century. It was an unlikely tale for the Academy, whose prestigious reputation resided with those male graduates who went on to attend Ivy League universities. So how could coeducation at the Academy be possible during an era of extreme controversy over women’s education? Moreover, why were females seeking higher education and how did they land at Dummer Academy? This piece will not only discuss the decision to allow female students at the Academy but it will also analyze the basis why coeducation was considered taboo at schools like Dummer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> In the early spring of 1872, Reverend Ebenezer Greenleaf Parsons became the headmaster of Dummer Academy. Referred to as Principal Parsons, he brought with him an esteemed character, a highly regarded intellect and a progressive stance on the social norms of the era. In fact he was headmaster of Pinkerton Academy before that, which became coeducational in 1853. Parsons’ predecessors left the Academy financially unstable, leaving him and the Board of Trustees with no other option than to find new ways of increasing enrollment. From the success of neighboring boarding schools such as Phillips Andover, Lawrence and Milton Academy grew heavy competition and Dummer seemed to be on a losing streak. Throughout the 19th century Dummer experienced shortages down to one student and few times had to go on hiatus. The prolonged sequence of financial issues the school had faced guided Parsons and the trustees to seek no other solution but to allow female students to enroll in the school. Although Parsons was considered to have a more progressive outlook on female education, the Academy only resorted to coeducation due to financial concerns. While one cannot predict what might have happened if Dummer had not been in financial straits, the opening day of school letter confirms the lack of interest the board members had in female education at the Academy. The second page of the letter states, “The Academy will here after be open to females and the price of their tuition shall be seven dollars per term unless abatement.” The rest of the letter continues list the rules and expectations for the school year; however, the females are only mentioned once. Being the first time females ever to matriculate at the Academy, one would think the board members would pay more attention to that important detail. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> As simple as the decision was, Dummer had a reputation to uphold. By 1872 many communities in the United States accepted the idea that female education was reasonable but under the condition that women use their education to teach their children and become better spouses. Women at that time were seen as the upholders of the moral world. A child’s future decisions and knowledge depended on his or her mother’s education and moral upbringing. Sarah Josepha Hale, author of the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” was a strong advocate for female education in the 19th century. Before coeducation occurred at the Academy, Hale was already the chief editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book, a literary magazine that encouraged women everywhere to seek schooling in one form or another. “In this age of innovation, perhaps no experiment will have an influence more important on the character and happiness of our society, than the granting to females the advantages of a systematic and thorough education.” Women who wrote about female enlightenment often reasoned that female education was for the betterment of society as a whole and therefore should not only be considered but should also be taken very seriously. Much of the controversy stemmed from books such as Mary Wollstonecraft’s <em><u>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman</u></em>, published following the American Revolution, which discussed the unnatural socialization of the female sex and argued for equal rights for women. Though the arguments promoting female education were validated, as demonstrated by the amount of public schools and female academies that sprang up in the late 19th century, elite all male schools such as Dummer were not ready to take on coeducation, as it proved that females had an equal role not only in education but in politics and law. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> So while many girls were in fact attending school in the late 1800s, it was the elite families who sent their children to private schools or away to boarding schools. Were women conforming to their overarching duty as a mother and housewife, or were they reading authors like Wollstonecraft and Hale and going to school to seek the enlightenment those authors preached? While it was true many young girls were sent to school so that they could be better “fit” to raise a family, it turned out that their education also helped them land jobs. The United States experienced a time of immense industrialization and modernization and large families sent their children into the city to seek new opportunities and work. However, those were not typically the families whose children attended prestigious schools like Dummer at that time. Dummer Academy, among the top private academies in the country, and still is to this day, could not afford a poor reputation. Allowing coeducation could have deterred wealthy, conservative families from sending their boys to Dummer. A school whose pride focused on its highly esteemed male graduates, some who went on to attend Harvard and Yale to become prominent figures in the Boston area was reluctant in those days to allow coed integration in the classroom. It was not surprising, however, that coeducation would begin at Dummer under Parsons’ watch. After working at Pinkerton Academy in New Hampshire, Parsons experienced the effectiveness of coeducation. For a school to be as progressive as to have any portion of the student body made up of females in the mid 19th century , it had to have a headmaster who believed in the cause. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Reluctance faded as enrollment in both female and male students increased after 1872. There went from being six female students to eleven in 1873, and there may have been more than that since the students were not normally listed again if they attended more than one year. Little is known about what happened to the female students after they left the Academy. It is unidentified in the archives materials whether the female students went on to attend female universities or maintain a profession, but most of them did get married. Generally what is known about young women and girls in the 19th century is this: girls who attended secondary school generally went until they were of childbearing age or their parents felt they had enough schooling. Some families may have sent their daughters to the local university or an Ivy League equivalent for women. The families might not have had the finances to send their daughter to Dummer for more than a year, or were spending it on their sons who were attending other leading schools like Phillips Andover or their other daughters who were also attending Dummer. Though the female students may have only attended for one to three years, the period in which coeducation existed at Dummer lasted for ten. Transportation and medical services were improving towards the end of the century, however, ten years is an extensive period of time to be conducting an experiment, which many of the trustees did not necessarily promote. The increase in enrollment allowed for the continuation of coeducation since it still provided revenue for the school. While we do not have letters or proof that any trustee harshly disapproved, we can find evidence in the years after Parsons resigned in 1882. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> The school continually sought efforts to raise revenue. Insignificant enrollment during Parsons leadership may have meant that coeducation was simply ineffective both in raising revenue and attracting new students but it may also say something about his management of the school. In search of new leadership, the school found John W. Perkins who had a remarkable reputation as master of Salem High School. Perkins was a high achiever. He ran the farm, managed multiple assistants, took care of the school grounds and was even a teacher at Dummer. Perkins was an extraordinary headmaster, yet he did not believe in coeducation. He wanted Dummer to return to the “first principles” which assumed the traditional male and female roles. In this case, Dummer was to be an all-boys school and provide the classical curriculum. During Perkins’ term as headmaster he raised tuition to that of Andover’s, he fixed up the gymnasium, and he added a few major buildings to expand the campus. These advancements would allow Dummer to compete with the other boarding schools in the area. Looking at his record he may have been successful in raising revenue, but it all fell apart after about six years because of his disingenuous character, resulting in him leaving the Academy. He did not have the humble qualities that Dummer Academy desired in a headmaster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> So began another tumultuous period for the Academy. Although the Board of Trustees was able to run the school, the Academy needed stability in leadership in order to bring the community of scholars together in spirit. The second wave of coeducation was embraced in 1896 for the same reason it had been twenty years before that, but this time it was under headmaster Perley Leonard Horne. Although he had set high standards for the college preparatory institution, the school still had not prospered as hoped. One difference between the first and second period of coeducation was <em>The Dummer News</em>. This addition to social and academic life at the Academy allows readers to view the school from students’ perceptions. Analyzing their work in the context of 19th century women’s history, one can understand how female students felt about their time at Dummer. A female student, whose identity remains undisclosed, wrote the following piece in the “theme” section of the school newspaper: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">“While working on a scrapbook today, I saw a piece about the progress in the education of women. It told of an incident in a town in Connecticut only two generations ago. The school committee passed this resolution, that it is the sense of this meeting, that it would be a misuse of the public funds to teach girls the back part of the arithmetic. I know from my own experience that it is impossible to teach it to some girls nowadays.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Themes in <em>The Dummer News</em> appeared in every issue. They were meant to be short so that many themes could be published, in order to touch upon a variety of topics. The theme above shows the insecurity some young girls may have felt about their own academic capabilities during that era. It also shows the more general view of female education and its importance. While some people, like the school committee in Connecticut, felt it would be a misuse of funds to teach young girls math, female students at Dummer were excelling in other subjects nearly two decades before, demonstrating the outstanding capabilities of the female gender during a time when their intelligence was questioned. The excerpt below was taken from an article in <em>The Boston Globe</em> commemorating 113 years of the Academy’s existence:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">“…various prizes were awarded as follows. For elocution, to Miss Abbie J. Hale and William Durgin, the Kent medal, for faithfulness, Miss Alice Nelson; for scholarship, Miss Sarah Wheelwright; and for composition, to Miss Carrie G. Knight; and one was also given by the instructor to Miss Eunice Hale. Miss Eunice G. Knight and Miss Emma A. Hale graduated, being the first female graduates of the school.” </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Although subjects such as math and science were not included in the newspaper article, only one male was even mentioned in the awards list. If the female students were not as important as the male students, then perhaps the females would not have been listed at all. To attest for their acceptance at Dummer Academy by both faculty and students alike, a male student expresses his delight on the front page of <em>The Dummer News</em>: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">“Those who are in this community for the first time carried away with them a splendid impression of the young ladies’ ability in a social way and of the young ladies personally while the old boys had their former impressions confirmed. May the ball be kept rolling now that it is started and the Dummer boys will show their appreciations.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Female students were warmly welcomed at the Academy, as demonstrated in newspaper articles in and outside the school. Another example that proves that fact was the creation of the Dummer Allies. Carrie Knight Ambrose, who was one of the first female graduates at the Academy, and Carrie Dummer founded the female group as a way to show their undoubted support and loyalty to the school. Their admiration provides further insight of the community at Dummer throughout the 19th century. Although female education during Parsons’ and Horne’s headmastership was considered only necessary for financial stability and was not a result of a new found progressive stance, the girls there stood as equals in the hearts and minds of the other students and faculty.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Boarding schools are unique in that community is of the utmost importance. That is one thing that has never changed about The Governor’s Academy. So while female students were accepted as a part of the greater community at the Academy during a time of extreme controversy over women’s rights, how was it that coeducation eventually failed? For one thing, the amount of public schools steadily increased towards the mid to late century as a way to provide greater access to free education. Perhaps the female students at Dummer were not fighting for continued coeducation because they were able to get their education in nearby towns such as Newburyport, Salem or Rowley. With the improvement of the railroad system in the greater Boston area, people were able to travel further in a quicker amount of time. Some may have chosen to study elsewhere or find jobs in the cities. Coeducation did work at some schools, however. Pinkerton, for one, was coeducational before many schools, and it was the school that Principal Parsons and Principal Horne had worked at previous to Dummer. The founders implemented coeducation soon after it first opened in 1814. It was one of the first private schools to become coeducational in the 19th century. Franklin & Marshall College began as a secondary school when it opened and perhaps was the first private school to allow coeducation. About one third of the student population in 1787 was female, which included the first Jewish female student to attend school in the United States. The Westtown School, also located in Pennsylvania was founded as a coeducational institution in 1799. Quakers founded Westtown, and because their faith deems men and women as equal, coeducation was never a controversial issue for them. However, complete integration of male and female students did not occur until the mid 1800s. Similarly, Franklin & Marshall was founded by Lutherans, who had a more progressive view of the female role in society. Other boarding schools had female academies but they were not integrated with the males until the 20th century because most private schools in New England had enough funds to purchase land and buildings to separate males and females. The main reason why coeducation may have failed at Dummer was not necessarily because its founders were of a different faith, although that may have contributed to it being all boys at the beginning, but Dummer Academy had become an elite private school that had to compete with other leading institutions. The male role flourished at schools like Dummer. There was a brotherhood at the Academy and schools like it. The Sons of Dummer and the Dummer Fraternity are perfect examples of the attitude men at those schools had about themselves and how they compared to women. For example, after 1904, when coeducation at Dummer was officially abolished until 1971, The Archon was founded in order to inform alumni and students about exciting events and news about the school. In the 1906 Archon, one of the first editions to be published at Dummer, the alumni section of the magazine only lists males, including the Sons of Dummer. Though there may have been mention of females who attended in later years, the absence of female alumni suggests that life at Dummer did in fact go back to “first principles” as it had done under Principal Perkins in 1882. The male dominant role had been challenged at Dummer because girls were seeking higher education themselves. Going back to basics and emphasizing the brotherhood that formed at the Academy was a way for male students to establish their superiority. If women infiltrated places of higher learning, where politicians, lawyers and bankers were being educated, then it would disrupt the power order. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Though female integration at the Academy in the 19th century proved women had the same academic and social abilities as their male counterparts, it seemed that Dummer was destined to be an elite male force in the private school arena. It was not until the late 20th century that the school, and society as a whole, would come to accept females as equal in stature due to the changing times. Governor Dummer Academy had been experiencing another period of financial instability at the beginning of the 1970’s due to an economic recession that heightened inflation and decreased enrollment. Social movements were also common during that era, especially the second-wave feminist movement. Both the economic hardship of the school and the women’s rights movement may very well have contributed to the permanent decision to implement coeducation at the Academy. The social structure of society was changing, just as it had done a century before that, leaving behind a legacy that continues at the Academy to this day. While the school may have been excessively male elitist two centuries ago, today it lives up to its modern day reputation as a school built on community values and equality in all respects.</span><br />
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Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-66652384360476230722013-04-25T09:36:00.001-04:002013-09-23T13:06:47.486-04:00The Dummer Farmerettes While many of us realize that the WWI years brought both patriotism and protest to the nation, the details of these actions are often lost to history. Such is the case with the World War I "farmerettes." These young women displayed their patriotism through farm work, raising the much needed crops during a time when many men were off fighting in Europe. The farmerettes were chosen for their physical strength as well as their strength of character. Just like their male counterparts in the US Army, these young women viewed their work as an act of patriotism during wartime. <br />
Even less well known than the existence of these female war workers was the fact that a group of them worked right on the Dummer Academy campus. Dummer Academy teamed up with Radcliffe College to organize students to raise food that could be used by both schools. The Radcliffe women arrived in the summer to prepare the land, plant the crops, and care for the plants as they grew. When the women left in late summer, the Dummer men arrived to harvest the crops and divide the results between the schools. <br />
I recently stumbled upon a newspaper article about these efforts during the tenure of Headmaster Charles Ingham. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did. <br />
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Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-35915750964228934342013-03-25T13:57:00.000-04:002013-09-23T13:07:44.866-04:00Loyalty Oath<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The newest archival display in the Pescosolido Library features former headmaster Charles Ingham. For many who study the history of the academy, the big three in terms of headmasters includes Moody, Ingham, and Eames. These three headmasters have a combined tenure of 79 years, or almost 32% of the school's history. It is not only longevity, however, that accounts for Charles Ingham being included on this list. Rather, it was his ability to take a school on the brink of closure and bring the academy back to a level of academic excellence that allowed it to continue to the present day. Ingham includes several great anecdotes from his early days here in his address to the academy at the dedication of Ingham Dormitory. I hope you enjoy reading them as I have. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em> <span style="font-size: small;">The grass was long and unkempt upon the campus. The boys were gone—not to return. The masters were gone even including the man who was still under salary to interest boys in the school.... In fact, the only link between the past and future was a household manager who having lost a limb through carelessness while in service here, thought she had a life job regardless of performances. </span></em></span><br />
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<em> Most doors were locked and the untagged keys thrown into a bucket for my use and contemplation.</em><br />
<em>I had been assured that the school was “solvent.” Those who told me believed it to be so but it shortly appeared that we owed some ten thousand dollars in open accounts, and no money in the treasury. And worse was to follow. The College Board’s Examination had been entrusted to the school to be administered well and carefully by the faculty. The boys made it a community project and through their united efforts sent probably the best set of answers ever submitted by the school, the result being that the men who entered college with “Grade A” papers were dropped at midyear....</em><br />
<em> We opened with 13 boarding students and scarlet fever. When it was really cold the tank in the attic of Mansion House suddenly dumped its tons of water, converting the kitchen into a skating rink. Then came a lull in troubles so one Sunday morning I tempted the Red gods by remarking as I started for church, “Well, I think everything has happened that can happen.” I returned an hour later to be informed that a girl who had come from Canada two weeks before to work in the kitchen, had just produced an infant which she planned to toss into the Parker River as soon as the dishes were done!</em><br />
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Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-36354504534317018562013-01-03T14:37:00.001-05:002013-01-03T14:37:33.492-05:00Academy's role in early American educationI came across a wonderful article in an old issue of the Archon. The article, written by Jonathan Busch, then a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, describes early American education. This article talks about how the founding of the Dummer School fits into the larger picture of colonial secondary education. I found it fascinating and hope that you will as well. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-31190176734585151732012-11-28T11:35:00.000-05:002012-11-28T11:35:24.561-05:00Archons Available at the Internet Archive<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am writing to tell everyone that the work on this project is complete! The Archons are available at <a href="http://www.archive.org/">www.archive.org</a>. Once on the website, simply type in Governor Dummer Academy, The Governor's Academy, or Archon to see a list of the issues, which number over 500. From there, you may click on any issue and read it on your computer, or download it to your kindle or other e reader device. Individual issues are searchable by name or subject as well. </div>
I am grateful to a number of people and groups that helped to make this project possible, including Danielle Pucci and the people from Digital Commonwealth, staff at the Boston Public Library, and volunteers Maria Krull, Namita Bhattacharya, Truman Lu, and Michael Dik. Most recently, I received extensive help from Marco Abreu, son of faculty member Eleodoro Abreu, in entering the relevant information in the Massachusetts cataloguing system online. I hope everyone has the chance to explore this wonderful resource!Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-91721566948418287022012-11-13T14:02:00.001-05:002012-11-13T14:02:09.494-05:00Theophius Parsons and the Essex Result<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRyYzfuU4_ahTl6zy7xF5JigjVqjIYYEHPBINvcIJcqIaBVtZ5XWqj8fq0qwj3CAUGuzPwyfUVhk_ajvtjpMvP5IdcxIdPNElOrqS7qeQMwg8hotNQEMdd067gzmzzzvrnqKs8oWl5tY/s1600/theophilus+Parsons+in+mural.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRyYzfuU4_ahTl6zy7xF5JigjVqjIYYEHPBINvcIJcqIaBVtZ5XWqj8fq0qwj3CAUGuzPwyfUVhk_ajvtjpMvP5IdcxIdPNElOrqS7qeQMwg8hotNQEMdd067gzmzzzvrnqKs8oWl5tY/s320/theophilus+Parsons+in+mural.jpg" width="209" /></a>Theophilus Parsons may be one of our most noteworthy alumni. Depicted in the mural above his classroom, the Little Red School House, and adjacent to his teacher, Master Moody, Parsons was likely in Master Moody’s first class. Parsons’ father, the Reverend Moses Parsons, pastor of the Byfield Parish Church, was the man responsible for choosing Samuel Moody as the first master of the Dummer School. Parsons studied here with Master Moody, continued his studies at Harvard University, and eventually opened a law office in Newburyport. While working as a lawyer in Newburyport, Parsons participated in a variety of important tasks, not least important of which was mentoring young lawyers. Law schools did not become the norm for a legal career until the late 1800s, so Parsons had several young men apprentice with him, including fellow Dummer alumnus Rufus King and future President John Quincy Adams. Parsons also served on the first Dummer Academy board of trustees. Perhaps the most important work was done in the area of political thought regarding the new nation. </div>
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In 1778, during the American Revolution, Massachusetts submitted a draft of a state constitution to the various towns for approval. Criticism of this initial document was widespread. Theophilus Parsons wanted to do more than criticize; he wanted to suggest an alternative. Gathering representatives from towns throughout Essex County, Parsons led meetings to discuss the proposed constitution and possible alternatives. The group published their political thoughts in a document that came to be known as The Essex Result. The archives owns an original version of this document. The document and ideas contained within formed the basis of the new Massachusetts Constitution, adopted in 1780, and the US Constitution of 1787. </div>
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The Essex Result was noted for proposing two major political ideas. The first of these is the notion that power in the new government should be divided between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government, each with a distinct role to play and each with some power to check the other branches. The second significant proposal involved the protection of explicit rights, as included in the constitution. This had also been suggested by the Virginia Declaration of Rights. The two categories of rights most frequently mentioned in the Essex Result were freedom of conscience and rights of the individual, including privacy and the rights of the accused.</div>
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Because of its ability to fuse political ideology with practical concerns, The Essex Result was a very influential document in its era. The ideas contained in it formed the basis of a new Massachusetts State Constitution, adopted two years later in 1780. The Massachusetts Constitution, in turn, is widely considered the model for the US Constitution. These ideas, so important to our nation today, began with Theophilus Parsons and his work, The Essex Result.</div>
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In honor of Halloween, I am reprinting an article from the February 1941 Archon about campus ghosts. Enjoy!<br />
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Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-45180038263263329152012-10-10T10:42:00.000-04:002012-10-10T10:42:58.405-04:00Master Moody<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Master Moody is a major figure in early school history, yet one about which relatively little is known. We know that he came from a long line of ministers, including his father, "Handkerchief" Moody, who was the subject of Nathaniel Hawthorne's famous short story, "The Minister's Black Veil." We also know that he was recommended for the job of master here by the Reverend George Whitfield, who became famous for his preaching throughout the colonies during the Great Awakening. Likewise, we know he was near the top of his class at Harvard. We do not know much, however about his early life prior to Harvard, nor do we even know what he looked like. No verifiable portrait has been found, which is why he is depicted in our new mural with his back to us, holding the key to the Little Red School House in his hands.</div>
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Master Moody and his classroom, the Little Red School House, are forever linked in the minds of many. Walking through the school house today, I picture Master Moody, standing amidst students like Theophilus Parsons, Rufus King, Nathaniel Gorham, and many others who would move on to their own greatness. Moody accomplished in these years what all educators dream of: the ability to shape students lives and motivate them to reach their fullest potential. </div>
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For his era, however, Moody's methods were unorthodox. Moody required that students recite lessons aloud, despite the fact that students in his class were likely on different lessons. Moody also believed in physical education; he regularly took the boys down to the river to swim. Perhaps most unusual, however, was Moody's decision to hire a French dancing instructor to supplement the boys' more traditional curriculum. This decision was met with anger by several alumni, including Benjamin Colman, who wrote a letter to Moody explaining the sinfulness of this decision. This letter was one of the first items I discovered when working in the archives. I find it fascinating and wanted to share it with all of you. Here it is, reprinted in its entirety from the Essex Institute's Historical Collections from February of 1865. Enjoy!<br />
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<em>Sir Whereas I am enformed there is a proposal of setting up a manners School in Byfield, and am likewise enformed the Inhabitants are not only allow'd, but are desired to Signify their minds, or opinions of such a school, Wherefore I take the Liberty granted & do hereby humbly shew my opinion, and now do Say that if we have not already such a school amongst us, as that our Children & Youth are taught to behave in the most becoming manner, Towards God & man, I will Joyn with heart & hand to set up, & maintain such a school, the Wise man tells us Proverbs 9: 10: that the Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom, and he adds the Knowledge of the holy is Understanding, I humbly Conceive, that the most sublime manners Consists in a suitable Behaviour before God, As he is the first the geatest & the best being, he on Whome we entirely & absolutely Depend for being & support, and without whose respect & favour we & ours are forever undone, and to be careless about our Childrens being Instructed in this point of good manners, viz to fall down in their hearts before God with a Reverential awe of the Divine Majesty, at all times, would argue us the most stupid among the Rational beings that God has made, yea the ox knows his owner, & the ass his masters Crib, & pays some suitable regard to. him according to their kind. I also desire that our Children may be taught to behave with good manners before men, viz, to Obey their Parents, to honour their Superiours, and lovingly and respectfully towards one another.</em><br />
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<em>But if the school to be set up be a Dancing school, as in fact I Suppose that is the Design, Though the Term be changed, which undoubtedly is artfully done lest pious minds, & tender conciences should startle, if they knew that Dancing were the thing to taught & learnt, and I appeal to all that have observed such schools as are set up by the Denomination of manners schools, Whether the youth have not been proceeded with by the master, first to step & Compliment, and then as they become Ripe for such Exercise, to Dance, I suppose this is the Constant practice in such schools, as really as we learn our children the alphabet & Syllables, & then put them to Reading. — For my part I can't see what great or good end it would serve if our Children should lern to Dance. If it be said the Psalmist calls upon people to praise God with Timbrel & Dance, Psalm 150: 4: I answer we are not under that Jewish Dispensation, but under a purer & better viz a Gospel Dispensation, and I appeal to all whether for us to play & Dance before the Lord now in our Religious Worship as King David did of old would not look ridiculous and shamefull if not sinfull, Doubtless there was something in Davids performances then that God accepted, but we have nothing to do with those abolished sacrifices & services that were made use of then. further I take it that Dancing is Reproved or forbideu of God by the Prophet Isaiah Chapter 3: 16: Moreover the Lord saith because the Daughters of Zion are haughty, & walk with stretched forth necks, & Wanton eyes, Walking & mincing as they go, and making a Tinkling with their feet, by which tinkling with their feet, the late Rev! Doct' Mather in his Discourse on s* Text Understands Dancing, and truly as the margin reads it, Tripping nicely, I think we must understand it to mean Dancing, and I wish that our people would read & well Consider the s4 DoctTM Discourse.</em><br />
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<em>I am against it on account of the Tendency of it, it being an Exercise that strikes Powerfully upon the fancy, Tends to Divert the mind & heart, exceedingly from a serious Consideration of the things of Religion & Eternity, and can I be Willing, that my Children lern & practice that which would carry their minds & hearts farther from God, is it not bad enough that by Nature they are alienated from the life of God Thro the Ignorance that is in them. Shall I encourage them to a vice, (which if it be forbid by the Word of God it must bear the Term) That tends to stupify Concience & prevent them from Seeking Converting grace, I dare not. Again I am against it on account of the Consequences of it, for Tho I suppose the present proposal is that the male Children be taught by themselves, yet when the female see this they will think they are very unkindly Delt by, if they may not have as Polite Education as their fellow youth, and will by one meens or other, press in & obtain the like Instruction, Which will introduce mixt Dancing, which I dread almost next to Whoring amongst us. The late Revd mr Whitefield says concerning himself, his acting plays, that although God brought good out of it, as it taught him a proper gesture of speaking, yet such a way of training up youth is as Contrary to the Gospel of Christ, as light is to Darkness, Hell is to Heaven, see his life, The same author in his sermon on the Prodigal son, has these words, page 15: "Before I go forward give me leave "to tell you who (because musick & Dancing are mentioned) may think "it lawfull to Dance & have Balls, but my dear friends, such things "are as much Contrary to the Gospel of Christ as light is to Dark"ness, and whatever you may think if God ever touch your hearts; & "make you new Creatures, you will be sick of these things, you will no "more be present at a Ball or assembly, then you will thrust your head "into the fire, I speak by Experience, no one hath been a greater sin"ner that way than the poor creature that is preaching the Gospel of "Jesus Christ to you, many a previous hour & night have I spent "this way, and thought it no harm as you may do, I went to the "Sacrament, I kept fasts before the Sacrement, I thought it no harm "to go to Dancing for all that, but my dear friends Take Warning. "it hath cost me many a Tear many a gloomy hour, to reflect upon "the many precious hours I have spent this way, and am amazed God "did not send me to Hell, Take warning by me it cost me many a "bitter hour, as it will you if ever you come to God, you may put "off convictions now, but when Deth takes hold of your souls, you will "see things in another light, you Will be amazed to think that you "should be Deceiving your own souls, Take heed of these things they</em><em>"will eat out the vitals of Religion &c. thus he</em><br />
<em>And furthermore Dear Sir does not the appearances of things at this day forbid us doing anything of this nature, viz the Wise virgins slumbering and sleeping, the unconverted hardened in sin, people sermon profe, so that tho the most alarming Doctrines are inculcated upon us, the people give a decent attendance in hearing, and that seems to be all that is done, Where are persons enquiring what shall we do to be saved, how shall we escape the Wrath to come. are the things of Religion & Eternity of less Importance because people are rgardless of them. I think that such Considerations that Divine influence is awfully withheld from the meens of grace, so that our children and youth are growing up without the saving knowledge of God, is a very Meloncolly Consideration, & Calls for deep Humiliation at this Day, the pious remnant are small, the ways of Zion Mourn, because the precious Gospel feast is neglected an Slited. I appeal to your Self sir, and to all persons that know Experimental Religion, whether if the Spirit of God ware poured out as a spirit of conviction, so that sinners had a Just sense of their Sin & Danger, their lost & perishing condition while out of Christ Could they possibly have any Taste or Relish for Dancing. Or can you think that any person in the sweet exercise of Faith & love to God, under a true apprehenshon of the shortness of time and the vastness of Eternity, I say could such a person take pleasure in a Dancing School. Well Sir if persons that have the truest light, the Justest apprehenshions of things, Decline, shall not we also, and if a relish for such things spring only from fancy, Carnal Sensuality, Ignorance of God and Divine things, or for want of Due consideration, wherein our truest & best intrest consists, shall we give way to them. Moreover Divine Providence in our political affairs, I think calls for searchings of heart, God is evidently contending with us for our Sins, shaking his Threatning rod over our Nation, & this Province in particular, and does not God Chalenge it as Horrid contumacy in in his professing people, When he Calls to Mourning & Humiliation by his Rightious Judgements, for them to indulge mirth & Carnal Recreation. but to conclude, What Shall I say sir to my pious Christian friends in other Towns, to Whom I have Recommended the Dummer School & Master, as the best in the Province: or on the Continent, When they enquire of me thus or to the like effect, What has your good mr Moody Converted the Noble Dummer School into a Dancing School, Shall I not blush Think you, before God and man, I think I shall, yet tis a small thing that I be put to Shame, but tis no small matter for God to be offended & Dish[on]oured. Thus Dear Sir I have in a poor broken manner given some of my Sentiments on the matter proposed, I hope I give no offence in so doing, so far as I know myself, I stand ready to receive light, and to any mistake that I may have made, I am Sir with great respect your Obliged friend & humble Servant</em><br />
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<br />Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-58348066907466244972012-09-19T13:16:00.000-04:002012-09-24T10:43:58.430-04:00Mural Displays <br />
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In honor of our beautiful new mural created by Joshua Winer and David Fichter, I am organizing a series of displays based upon elements in the mural. This week's display features two of the oldest parts of the campus landscape: the Mansion House and the Milestone.</div>
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Did you know that the Milestone, commissioned by John Dummer and carved by gravestone carver John Hartshorn, was part of a family rivalry in Byfield? Two dominant local families, the Dummers and the Sewells, were each trying to position themselves as the leading family in the area. Likewise both were disappointed when a compromise decision was made to name the parish Byfield, after Judge Byfield, rather than name it after their own families. Dummer wanted to ensure his family's prominence, and so commissioned the milestone on his own property, with a triangle carved in the bottom, which had been established as a family symbol from an earlier carved doorstep. Since milestones were important guides to travelers, having such a stone on one's land was a sign of importance.</div>
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Mansion House is likewise filled with interesting stories, including several ghost stories. Perhaps the most fun and most benign story centers on the lore of William and Katherine Dummer's arrival in the Mansion House. William was bringing his bride to the summer home made for them after their wedding. They rode his horse up to the house, and went through the door and up the steps to their bedroom while riding the horse! Legend tells that when there is a blue moon in August, visitors can hear a horse's hooves on the back staircase. </div>
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Since the school's birth, Mansion House has been part of the academy's history, housing not only masters such as Master Moody himself, Charles Ingham, Ted Eames, and others, but also serving as home to boarding students for many years. Before the dining room was added to Commons in the 1880s, boarders were fed in the Mansion House dining room by local widows who took on that job. </div>
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Mansion House has also been subject to a variety of renovation projects, the most recent of which took place in the 1960s when the Governor's Room was added onto the side of the house.<br />
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In conjunction with the 250th Anniversary of The Governor's Academy, the Pescosolido Library will be home to a mural honoring the academy's history. Artists Joshua Winer and David Fichter have already begun their work in order to have the mural ready for the opening of school in September. I thought I could give you a sneak peak of artist Joshua Winer at work.<br />
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<br />Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-35672571208596177222012-07-13T11:04:00.001-04:002012-07-13T11:05:40.409-04:00Refurbishment of a Little Governors' History<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Good news!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks to the generosity of the donors to the Class of 1954 Archives Fund, we were able to have a significant painting restored and ready to display to the community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The painting, which depicts a wrestling match between Governor Dummer Academy and St. Mark’s School, was painted by WPA artist Waldo Pierce and donated to the school in 1967.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both the painting and its author have interesting histories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pierce was a well known artist during his era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a native of Maine who graduated from Harvard in 1909, he served in the American Field Service ambulance corps during WWI and lived in Paris among other American ex-patriots during the 1920s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During this time he began a lifelong friendship with writer<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Earnest Hemmingway, who had also served as a driver in the ambulance corps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peirce returned to the US and became a fairly well known artist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> According to an article in the Harvard alumni magazine, Peirce was often referred to as "the Hemmingway of painters," a description that did not please him. </span>Later in life, he developed a number of friendships in the Newburyport area, including one with former art teacher Kittie Mercer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a result of their friendship, in part, Peirce wanted to paint something for the school, and chose as his subject a wrestling match between Governor Dummer Academy and St. Marks School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story about the painting that I was told mentions an older woman in the bottom section of the painting who was running.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently, her grandson was wresting for GDA and she was not happy with the action on the mat and ran onto the mat and began pulling the hair of the opposing wrestler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d love any additional information about the painting and its story that people could provide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the meantime, I will enjoy the beautifully restored painting and look forward to the start of school when it can be displayed for others to appreciate as well.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-9396898596900017312012-06-13T11:19:00.000-04:002012-06-13T11:19:03.421-04:00A Request for AlumniThis weekend I had a wonderful chance to meet some of the older alumni and hear stories about their time at Governor Dummer Academy. I was looking at some old photos with one gentleman who noted that he didn't realize that the academy had a rifle club when he was there. This lead me to thinking about my own limited perspective on the school's history. When piecing together stories about the academy, I am limited to the materials in the archives. The presence, or lack thereof, of photographs or other documents might lead me to think that activities were more or less influential than they actually were. This is where you as alumni come in. I would love to hear from people about your own experiences here as students. What events, activities, moments, etc. stand out in your minds? What do you still carry with you today? What stories would you like to share with current students? Please send them to me. You can either send them by email or, if you are feeling tech savvy, tell them to a web cam and upload them to your computer and send me a link. Personal material helps to capture the history so that it is not lost to the ages. Help this archivist by sending along your stories. Thanks.Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-33957791659808987852012-04-30T09:41:00.000-04:002012-04-30T09:41:55.801-04:00Baseball at the Academy<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
Hi, my name is Matthew Karin, a senior at The Governor's Academy, and I will be a guest archives blogger for the next several weeks. I am currently an intern in the Academy’s archives as a part of my senior spring term project. I chose this as my project because I have always loved history and the fascinating stories that go along with it. My first research is on the history of baseball at The Governor’s Academy because of my lifelong career of playing the sport. Information on this history of baseball can also be found in my Cobb Room display and in the archives flyers posted around campus.</div>
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The Governor's Academy has a long tradition with baseball throughout its 250-year history. The first known mention of a game of baseball in America was in 1791 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Pittsfield is also the site of the first intercollegiate baseball game in 1859 when Amherst defeated Williams College 73-32. The first professional baseball teams in America were founded in 1869 under the modern day National League, however it wasn’t until 1901 that Boston had a professional baseball team: The Boston Americans. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTMI5T2yc_jrIeYvZohL2WMdoaIVT31lJkB0fHSHQbs8JIabRHELquRxzYzvskIzugIGQ7zk2IL6hyphenhyphen2JiWGmpY-sqFI_w2tK5objA92wzKSWhSwgrEMMhWd3dvZwWxsnLDihk2Kp6Iko/s1600/baseballcatchercollision0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTMI5T2yc_jrIeYvZohL2WMdoaIVT31lJkB0fHSHQbs8JIabRHELquRxzYzvskIzugIGQ7zk2IL6hyphenhyphen2JiWGmpY-sqFI_w2tK5objA92wzKSWhSwgrEMMhWd3dvZwWxsnLDihk2Kp6Iko/s400/baseballcatchercollision0001.jpg" width="400" /></a>Based on photographs and evidence from the archives, we presume that baseball began at Dummer Academy in the 1870s. The earliest photograph of baseball in the archives is a team picture from 1883, which is comprised of 8 students and 1 coach. At the time, it was not uncommon that coaches participated in baseball games as player-coaches. Both the game itself and its field have changed over the past 140 years. The first change came in 1907 when Captain Ambrose raised money from fellow players to renovate the uneven and unplayable field. Every player donated money towards the project and a member of the Trustees doubled each donation. After Easter break, the new field was ready with several inches of new gravel to level the field and a “skin” diamond was put in. A “skin” diamond is the modern day baseball diamond that has dirt around the base paths. Twenty-five years later, in 1932 the baseball field was rotated from home plate directly in front of Route-1 to its present location. The change was made to “prevent the congestion of traffic caused by passing cars pulling up while the occupants watched the game and also to decrease the number of foul tips which last year went over the backstop and rolled across the road.” Lastly, in 1977 Morse Field was renamed Howard J. Buster Navins Baseball Field in honor of the legendary baseball coach. Buster Navins was a graduate of Dummer Academy who coached soccer, basketball, and baseball for 41 years. He was inducted into the GDA Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHjaiP6o4lQ9rys4L9uSazquYtMUklkyYi-5CTKRy4QY4MmI5UUD6sgMefW9q4AW298rIdDxTBDLCLVBnN1xf6R1Fzi6GVlOhGF8AIjegPnlLKzvCIVEBUblm583J-rrUj9YzJSzUPIQ/s1600/baseballfield0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHjaiP6o4lQ9rys4L9uSazquYtMUklkyYi-5CTKRy4QY4MmI5UUD6sgMefW9q4AW298rIdDxTBDLCLVBnN1xf6R1Fzi6GVlOhGF8AIjegPnlLKzvCIVEBUblm583J-rrUj9YzJSzUPIQ/s640/baseballfield0002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-62101065235548704982012-04-04T14:45:00.013-04:002012-04-09T11:28:19.809-04:00World War II era- Part IIWorld War II Era- Part II<br /><br />As I have written in an earlier blog, Headmaster Ted Eames wrote monthly letters to alumni serving in the military during World War II. These letters range from light and upbeat news of events on campus, to information obtained from other alumni in the military, to deeper, more philosophical letters on the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima as well as the day Japan surrendered. It seems clear that alumni did write back to Mr. Eames. Some of these rather dramatic adventures were published in the Archons of that era. Below is one such tale. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkSUnFIuVpD_a3a-G6CveIQ2U5OW_pvG2Hzz8MfTnm_3ph0zjDsJV88nc0WpwD8wpyixW3CXiX0GfuUrHg6clJQtZBSKBzBQeT4GCduA5P-hliYBSeTbV5VBje6596yAzzj9p1MD3HVE/s1600/godsaidbailout0001.TIF"><img style="WIDTH: 286px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729420366619336882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkSUnFIuVpD_a3a-G6CveIQ2U5OW_pvG2Hzz8MfTnm_3ph0zjDsJV88nc0WpwD8wpyixW3CXiX0GfuUrHg6clJQtZBSKBzBQeT4GCduA5P-hliYBSeTbV5VBje6596yAzzj9p1MD3HVE/s400/godsaidbailout0001.TIF" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-6Te1-Ip8KwNP9PNhmocnH4t2cgkoYQNec0ztVBNI4UE3g0XFCZmYQbtX7h6y_zfugLtpBhPK2gEmb0mcW-zulUr4HW-FYopTPSG6FPoGEPxp7v01Jp2s6B3V8fBmgzSrSlHvQROpoE/s1600/godsaidbailout0002.TIF"><img style="WIDTH: 286px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729420110676185666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-6Te1-Ip8KwNP9PNhmocnH4t2cgkoYQNec0ztVBNI4UE3g0XFCZmYQbtX7h6y_zfugLtpBhPK2gEmb0mcW-zulUr4HW-FYopTPSG6FPoGEPxp7v01Jp2s6B3V8fBmgzSrSlHvQROpoE/s400/godsaidbailout0002.TIF" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7_fJqpCilF6qlMJLpEUjFlhpFl8-MwdBCd_DFsVXrR8p0Nb9au5dcWHN529beP_My17RDsHg1fbK-Mukg_bo829Nogwtke00FQN-vd_b4pGaEZWDZe27GjaMsnfR3xU1_f3OJpA0dnM/s1600/godsaidbailout0004.TIF"><img style="WIDTH: 286px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729419509073788226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7_fJqpCilF6qlMJLpEUjFlhpFl8-MwdBCd_DFsVXrR8p0Nb9au5dcWHN529beP_My17RDsHg1fbK-Mukg_bo829Nogwtke00FQN-vd_b4pGaEZWDZe27GjaMsnfR3xU1_f3OJpA0dnM/s400/godsaidbailout0004.TIF" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbPXccrjpsyLpJFq44SRaBgEuackVvSTdQ7omwMJM2jkZByxVQU1x8bn1m4-mmOLB7T68SUv9FBxiFxm6HalYg0tv7DV3d2nCsO_VPNL-R6itYZFNc5pJA9l0Y8LuDgAltpgUdUcdPDs/s1600/godsaidbailout0005.TIF"><img style="WIDTH: 286px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729419284759332226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbPXccrjpsyLpJFq44SRaBgEuackVvSTdQ7omwMJM2jkZByxVQU1x8bn1m4-mmOLB7T68SUv9FBxiFxm6HalYg0tv7DV3d2nCsO_VPNL-R6itYZFNc5pJA9l0Y8LuDgAltpgUdUcdPDs/s400/godsaidbailout0005.TIF" /></a></p>Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137594578100984285.post-23638841153046763222012-03-30T08:52:00.005-04:002012-03-30T08:57:59.272-04:00World War II display<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7djgOA9k-6L8n-XeGEY5J-5pLAQV3WHFFIeKcsUR5y5VI4U2Iwtyr3JU-xu8Ym6eQMNdaTvidq-gseDT_YmIi7uETYXtPmc5Fk93gmaBEBvfYagUUCFUs9ie9M6MmyZpRkwGTah7lVVQ/s1600/display+case+4.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725673331617273026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7djgOA9k-6L8n-XeGEY5J-5pLAQV3WHFFIeKcsUR5y5VI4U2Iwtyr3JU-xu8Ym6eQMNdaTvidq-gseDT_YmIi7uETYXtPmc5Fk93gmaBEBvfYagUUCFUs9ie9M6MmyZpRkwGTah7lVVQ/s400/display+case+4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiGD4xochqqeaYygMpJ2CujMG_x15cKxE8yqG6Q1EIT0Oj68fxZXc74QUUVtWVmDDDe8M6x00z_-Yx0vRypOV3ifVPuTn0yIXKJ6h0r9izyymW3BXziarPPlT5zJSJb6e8EkXFEe9vlI/s1600/display+case+2.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg7efZqv1MsY6oPs6rzOrCpA6LPiEi4IWwqRZMFhlM4rs4WEKNx7dfhVzy4uPesxYjlkTSuEXmFvFDKocwD_Q9NKBlWRXH4NjEvnb3o6ZY4tEKLIrV0CxuYRnm02Q6KaCYWyTVguS_9Y/s1600/display+case+1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725673030939507426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg7efZqv1MsY6oPs6rzOrCpA6LPiEi4IWwqRZMFhlM4rs4WEKNx7dfhVzy4uPesxYjlkTSuEXmFvFDKocwD_Q9NKBlWRXH4NjEvnb3o6ZY4tEKLIrV0CxuYRnm02Q6KaCYWyTVguS_9Y/s400/display+case+1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>If you liked the last blog about changes taking place on campus during WWII, please check out the new display in the front lobby of the Alumni Memorial Gymnasium. It contains letters from Edward Eames to the troops, first hand accounts from alumni on the front, photographs, newspaper articles, and more!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Sharon Slater, Manager of the Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777577388360071297noreply@blogger.com