File:A history of Hatfield, Massachusetts, in three parts - I. An account of the development of the social and industrial life of the town from its first settlement. II. The houses and homes of Hatfield, (14597570000) (cropped).jpg

Identifier: historyofhatfiel00well_0 (find matches)
Title: A history of Hatfield, Massachusetts, in three parts : I. An account of the development of the social and industrial life of the town from its first settlement. II. The houses and homes of Hatfield, with personal reminiscences of the men and women who have lived there during the last one hundred years; brief historical accounts of the religious societies and of Smith Academy; statistical tables, etc. III. Genealogies of the families of the first settlers
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Wells, Daniel White, b. 1842 Wells, Reuben Field, b. 1880, joint author
Subjects:
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : Pub. under the direction of F.C.H. Gibbons
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
s of this fund Joseph D.Billings, George \Y. Hubbard. Jonathan S. Graves, AlpheusCowles, Silas G. Hubbard, Frederick D. Billings, William H.Dickinson, and Daniel W. Wells. Death has removed all ofthese except Mr. Cowles and Air. Wells and their placeshave been taken by Eli A. Hubbard and Rev. Robert M.Woods, both also deceased, and by Charles K. Morton,Thaddeus Graves, Alfred H. Graves, David Billings, Fred-erick H. Bardwell, and Clarence E. Belden. Smith Academy was opened Dec. 4, 1872, with an attend-ance of 32 boys and 25 girls. The founder in her will gavedirections that the school should be co-educational and that 356 HISTORY OF HATFIELD. the female teachers should be equal in numbers or be withinone of the number of male teachers and that the formershould have a voice in the management of the institution.During the first years of its existence it had a number ofpupils from out of town, but with the growth of high schoolsin the neighboring towns or provision by them for secondary
Text Appearing After Image:
education their numbers grew less and Smith Academy hascome to supply the place of a high school for the town ofHatfield, which pays for the tuition of Hatfield pupils whoare enrolled. The management of the school is in the handsof the board of trustees, which is self-perpetuating. Principals. Wilder B. Harding, 1872-1885. William Orr, 1885-1888. Sanford L. Cutler, 1888-1893. Ashley H. Thorndike, 1893-1895. Howard W. Dickinson, 1895-1905. Clayton R. Saunders, 1905-1906. Albert J. Chidester, 1906-1908. Arthur L. Harris, 1908- Preceptresses. Mrs. Wilder B. Harding.Mary Houghton (Hubbard)Miss Anna Billings.Miss Emma Hubbard.Miss Edith Ayres.Mabel G. Bacon (Ripley).Miss Carrie A. Clarke. SMITH FAMILY INSTITUTIONS. 357 Other Instructors. William B. Russell, Clara L. Graves (Dickinson) Louisa Graves (Tead), Miss Margaret Miller, Nellie Eggleston (Dizer), Cora King (Graves), Miss Ellen Miller, Miss Bertha Dillow, Emma E. Porter (Billings), Ruby Bardwell (Chidester), Charlotte Pettis (Orr), M

Note About Images