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"Nearly 70 Years Ago High School Pupils Posed Before Camera" by Frank L. Bessom
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Nearly 70 years ago
Scope & Content/Description
Newspaper article "Chapter IX, Nearly 70 Years Ago High School Pupils Posed Before Camera", by Frank L. Bessom, with photo of High School Students About 1866 seated on the common. It includes a summary of School Reports for 1891-2 through 1893-4. This article lists the graduates for the1890-91 for the Story school, 1891-92 for the Story, Gerry and Farm schools, 1892-93 for the High school and Grammar schools. 1893-94 for High school and Grammar school. It also reports various leadership and teacher changes through those years. The photo of High School student sitting on the Town Common is now the present location of Abbot Hall.