the central one, where the
English-speaking pupils sit. These side dining-rooms can be shut off or
thrown into the central apartment at will, and in this way freedom for
the foreign language is secured and the whole number of pupils
centralized; a more economical arrangement than the present one of three
separate kitchens. Indeed, apart from economy, and outside the great
advantage this plan affords to the students of French and German, the
Faculty of Abbot Academy emphatically prefer the division of the school
into distinct families; the cottage system insuring in their opinion
much greater certainty of health, and opportunities for the direct
personal influence important in the development of character. The fourth
building is the academy, where prayers and recitations will be
conducted, and where public gatherings will be suitably accommodated.
The three living-houses are arranged for one hundred and twenty-five
pupils only, two pupils occupy single beds in one bedroom and sharing a
parlor. The architecture is after the eleventh century Romanesque; the
material brick, with freestone trimmings, and the effect of all simple,
suitable, dignified.

FOOTNOTES:

[C] Abbot Academy, then called Abbot Female Academy, was incorporated
Feb. 26, 1829; Moravian Brothers established schools for girls,
Bethlehem, Pa., 1749; Rev. Joseph Emerson opened seminaries for girls in
Byfield, Saugus, and Wethersfield, 1815; charter obtained for Adams
Academy, Derry, N. H., 1823; Miss Lyon's seminary, Ipswich, 1828;
Bradford Academy limited its work to girls, 1836; Mount Holyoke, 1835;
Vassar College, Smith College, and Wellesley College later, but dates
are uncertain, as confusion results from lack of definiteness as to
whether they represent the year of founding, opening, or incorporation.

[D] Miss Sarah Abbot, Founder of Abbot Academy, Andover, was born in
Andover, Oct. 3. 1762; married Nehemiah Abbot, first Steward of Andover
Theological Seminary, often called Divinity College; died in 1848, in
the house on Andover Hill, occupied for many years by the family of Dr.
Samuel C. Jackson, and now the residence of Prof. E. J. Hincks; buried
in the cemetery of the South Church, Andover.

THE ORIGINAL NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE.

BY REV. EDGAR BUCKINGHAM.

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