Coburn Classical Institute
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The Coburn Classical Institute was a college preparatory school in Waterville, Maine, which operated from 1828-1970.
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Waterville Academy
In its early years, Waterville College (now Colby College) had maintained a Latin school in the college buildings. Around 1828, the college trustees wanted a classical academy to prepare boys for entrance to the college. Land was donated by Hon. Timothy Boutelle, and funds raised by the college president Jeremiah Chaplin, for a small brick building in which the school went into operation in the fall of 1829. The school was under the charge of Henry W. Paine, then a member of the senior class at the college. Regarded as an appendage to the college, no act of incorporation was sought. There were 61 students in the school's first year.[1]
For about two years, 1839 and 1840, Waterville Academy was closed. The school re-opened in 1841, and in 1842 the trustees of Waterville College incorporated the school separately and passed control to a new board of trustees. Girls were admitted to the school beginning in 1845, and in 1865, the school was renamed the Waterville Classical Institute.[1]
Waterville Classical Institute
In 1868, a Bachelor of Letters degree was first awarded to women. Around 1874, Abner Coburn pledged $50,000 to the endowment of the school, on the condition that $50,000 also be raised to support two other institutes proposed by the college (now Colby University). In 1882, Coburn erected a new building for school at an additional expense of $38,000, and the school got its final name — The Coburn Classical Institute.<[2][3]
Coburn Classical Institute
An observatory dome was added to the school in 1889, with an Alvan Clark & Sons equatorial telescope.
Modern
In 1970, the school merged with the Oak Grove School in Vassalboro, Maine, which was renamed the Oak Grove Coburn School - and closed in 1989.
People
Principals
| Name | Term Began | Left/Retired | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry W. Paine | 1829 | 1830 | [4] |
| Robert W. Wood | 1830 | 1830 | [4] |
| George I. Chace | 1830 | 1831 | [4] |
| Henry Paine | 1831 | 1835 | [4] |
| Charles H. Wheeler | 1841 | 1843 | [4] |
| James H. Hanson | 1843 | 1894 | [5] |
| Franklin W. Johnson | 1894 | 1905 | [6] |
| George Stanley Stevenson | 1905 | 1912 | [7] |
| Drew T. Harthorn | 1913 | ?? | [8] |
Notable alumni
Notable faculty
- Elijah Parish Lovejoy (Headmaster; 1824–1826)
- Ginger Fraser (Athletic director; 1919–1921)
References
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- ↑ Little Talks #749. Colby College Special Collections. December 31, 1967. accessed at: http://web.colby.edu/specialcollections/2011/01/17/lt749-readonly/
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