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Folded this
brochure is only 3" by 5
1/2". Although this was usually called "East Greenwich Academy," the
East was dropped at this date and reinstated later. Rev. F. D.
Blakeslee was the principal. The location on the shore of Narragansett
Bay is compared to the Bay of Naples. Along the left edge someone
wrote, "This is splendid place to go to school." |
"Our students
almost universally leave school in better health than when they entered"
"All
of the buildings are heated with steam and lighted with gas, a very
important item, reducing to a minimum the risk of fire,..." |
"Religious:
Services are held each morning in the chapel ...."
"Co-Education:
After several years' experience and a wide field of observation we are
very decidedly in favor of the education of our young people of both
sexes in the same school,..." |
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"Instruction is
given in either of the
following departments: Common and Higher English; Classical;
Scientific; Musical; Commercial; Drawing and Painting; Elocution;
Modern Language." |
College Preparatory
Department
The English Branches
Elocution
The Fine Arts |
Dressmaking
Musical Institute. "The first Conservatory of Music in America was
opened here in 1859 by Dr. Eben Tourjee, ...
...present able director, Prof. O. L. Carter..." |
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Complete Course of
Greenwich Musical Institute
The Commercial College, in charge of Prof. J. W. Dershimer |
Actual Business
Expenses: Tuition $11
Board per week $2.75
Steam Heating per week $.50
Gas per week $.50
And more little items to total $184 per year |
Expenses of Extra
Studies, such as Fine Arts, Music, and Commercial. The calendar for
1880-81 shows four terms. |