Thursday, April 13, 2017

Spring 1885 Issue of The Hebron Semester, a Student Publication at Hebron Academy at Hebron, Maine


Spring 1885 issue of The Hebron Semester, a student publication at Hebron Academy at Hebron, Maine.   This copy was presumably owned by student Edith Lulu Packard of Hebron, Maine, who wrote her initials above an article that she may have written herself.


See links to more posts about other issues of The Hebron Semester and other Hebron Academy memorabilia here.

Also, see another post that features the autograph album of Albert Smith Ventres of Canton, Maine, a member of the Hebron Academy Class of 1888; several of his schoolmates, mentioned farther below, inscribed pages in his album.

An alphabetical list of the people mentioned in this publication, with additional information about them gleaned throughout the issue, appears later in this post.


The issue measures approximately 9-1/4 by 6" and contains 34 pages, plus 9 pages of advertising, as well as advertising on the inside front cover, the inside back cover and the back cover.


The Hebron Semester's editors were:
  • Frank Edward Hanscom of West Poland, Maine
  • Frederick Hale Cushing of Turner, Maine
  • Rosie Lunt Pratt of Long Island City, New York
  • Hattie Estella Clifford of South Paris, Maine


Contents, above, including:        
  • The selection that might have been written by Edith Lulu Packard is entitled "A Story of School-Life" and recalls former Hebron Academy student Adam Wilson, who attended in 1815, page 12
  • Students were happy to see that their Principal W. W. Mayo had returned; his wife, former Hebron Academy Assistant Helen Howe was obliged to spend the winter in Florida because of her lungs, page 21
  • Dr. Hersey of Oxford visited a patient at the Academy and looked at several other students, for which he refused pay
  • The Seniors have procured class rings, page 20
  •  The latest invention is that gotten up by Mr. E. C. Megquier [Evereard Clarmont Megquier] of this school.  It is a machine for evaporating chickens, and promises to be the grandest scientific triumph of the age.  For particulars concerning this wonderful contrivance, address the inventor, or James E. Moody, general agent for the United States and British Provinces, page 20.  [April Fool's ?]     
  • formation of the Diaphanocastilorion Society, page 21
  • Statistics of the Class of 1885, page 25                                                                                              
  • Charles Louis Aldrich of West Poland, Maine; member and Vice President of the Senior Class of 1885, page 27 [2 places]; elected Vice-President of the Class of 1885, page 21;  Outside Guard of the newly formed Diaphanocastilorion Society, page 21
  • Arthur Williams Alley of Hartford, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 28
  • George M. Atwood, Class of 1883; in his second year at Columbia Law School; Alumni Notes, page 17
  • W. H. Atwood, Esq., of Buckfield, Maine; member of the Board of Trustees
  • Hattie P. Bailey, Teacher of Music
  • Rillia M. Baird, Class of 1883; taught at Buckfield, Maine; moved to Auburn, Maine; Alumni Notes, page 17
  • Edward P. Barrell, Class of 1884; at Colby University.  Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Edgar Floyd Barrows of South Paris, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 32
  • Henry Havelock Berry of West Sumner, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 32
  • Villa M. Berry, Class of 1883.  At Turner, Maine; Alumni Notes, page 17
  • Hon. Percival Bonney of Portland, Maine; President of the Board of Trustees
  • W. L. Bonney, Esq., of Turner, Maine; member of the Board of Trustees
  • William Lowell Bonney of Turner, Maine; member and Secretary of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 28 [2 places];  elected Secretary of the Class of 1886, page 21
  • Belle L. Bridgham, Class of 1884; teaching at Buckfield, Maine.  Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Mary F. Bridgham, Class of 1884; taking elocution lessons at Lewiston, Maine.  Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Ernest Everett Briggs of North Auburn, Maine; member and President of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 28 [2 places]; elected President of the Class of 1886, page 21
  • Fred Alden Briggs of North Auburn, Maine; member and Secretary of the Junior Class of 1887, page 30 [2 places]; Treasurer of the Class of 1887, page 19
  • Adelbert Farrington Caldwell of Oxford, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 28
  • Minnie Belle Caldwell of Oxford, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 30
  • Effie Gertrude Chesley of Hebron, Maine; member of the Sub-Junior Class of 1888, page 31
  • Hattie Estella Clifford of South Paris, Maine; Editor of The Hebron Semester; member of the Senior Class of 1885 and on its Committee of Arrangements, page 27 [2 places] and page 21
  • Harriet Clarissa Crocker of Paris, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 32
  • Thomas Stowell Crocker of Paris, Maine; member and President of the Senior Class of 1885, page 27 [2 places]; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Frederick Hale Cushing of Turner, Maine; Editor of The Hebron Semester; member of the Senior Class of 1885, page 27; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Albion Kilgore Cushman of Hebron, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 32
  • Henry Mortimer Cushman of Hebron, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 32
  • S. P. Cushman, Esq., of Hebron, Maine, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees
  • Minnie Atlanta Davy of West Minot, Maine; member of the Senior Class of 1885, page 27
  • Elsie A. Day, Class of 1883.  Teaching at Turner, Maine; Alumni Notes, page 17
  • Nellie Imogene DeCoster of West Minot, Maine; member of the Senior Class of 1885, page 27
  • Parke G. Dingley; at Bowdoin College at Brunswick, Maine; Alumni Notes, page 17
  • Nena Gertrude Dudley of West Poland, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 30
  • John Eveleth, preceptor at Hebron Academy; a graduate of Bowdoin College, in a story entitled "A Story of School-Life", pages 12-14
  • Minnie Louise Everett of Hebron, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 28; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Ada Eliza Farris of Hebron, Maine; member of the Senior Class of 1885 and on its Committee of Arrangements, page 27 [2 places] and 21
  • Chester Ricker Farris of Minot, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 32
  • Fred Fenton Foster of Buckfield, Maine; member and Vice-President of the Junior Class of 1887, page 30 [2 places]; Secretary of the Class of 1887, page 19
  • Dorillous P. Foye, Class of 1883; studying medicine with Dr. Cooledge in Canton, Maine; Alumni Notes, page 17
  • Mabel Adelia Given of West Minot, Maine; member of the Sub-Junior Class of 1888, page 31
  • Henry Hezekiah Gleason of Mexico, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886 and on its Committee of Arrangements, page 28 [2 places] and page 21; Tangent of the newly formed Diaphanocastilorion Society, page 21
  • Fred Porter Hammond of Paris, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887 and on its Committee of Arrangements, page 30 [2 places] and page 19; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Lizzie P. Hammond, Class of 1884; teaching at Paris, Maine; Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Frank Edward Hanscom of West Poland, Maine; Editor of The Hebron Semester; member of the Senior Class of 1885 and on its Committee of Arrangements, page 27 [2 places] and page 21; Chief of B. and B. W. of the newly formed Diaphanocastilorion Society, page 21
  • Harry Tewksbury Hayes of Oxford, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 28
  • Otis Hayford, Esq., of Canton, Maine; member of the Board of Trustees
  • Dr. Hersey of Oxford; saw several ill students while visiting a patient at Hebron Academy, page 19
  • Abbie LeBaron Hibbs of Hebron, Maine; member of the Sub-Junior Class of 1888, page 31
  • Joseph Alton Hibbs of Hebron, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 30
  • Hattie A. Hooper, Class of 1884; teaching; Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Helen Howe, Class of 1883; served as assistant at Hebron Academy in Fall of 1884; became wife of W. W. Mayo, Principal of Hebron Academy; spending winter in Florida because of ill health; Alumni Notes, page 17; also page 21
  • John Howe of Hebron, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 32
  • Flora C. Irish, Class of 1883; teaching "the young idea how to shoot"; Alumni Notes, page 17
  • Fred Spaulding Irish of Buckfield, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887 and on its Committee of Arrangements, page 30 [2 places] and page 19
  • Mabel Maud Irish of Buckfield, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 28
  • Carrie Melvina Johnson of South Paris, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 32
  • Helen Augusta Johnson of South Paris, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 28; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Mamie Clifford Jones of Oxford, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886 and on its Committee of Arrangements, page 28 [2 places] and page 21
  • Charles Alton Jordan of Lisbon, Maine; member of the Senior Class of 1885, page 27
  • Mellie Eliza Jordan of West Poland, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 29
  • Mellie Josephine Keene of West Poland, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 30
  • Mabel C. Kidder, Class of 1884; teaching at Peru, Maine; Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Roscoe Sullivan Kidder of Canton, Maine; member of the Senior Class of 1885, page 27
  • Georgie Etta Lawrence of Bryant's Pond, Maine; member and Treasurer of the Junior Class of 1887, page 30 [2 places] and page 19; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Lizzie E. Marshall, Class of 1883; at home at Paris, Maine; after long visit in Connecticut; Alumni Notes, page 17
  • Fred V. Matthews, Class of 1884; on a voyage to South America.  Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Percy Edwin Maxim of Hebron, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 32
  • Hattie T. Mayo, B.L., instructor in French and History
  • W. W. Mayo, Principal of Hebron Academy and instructor in Latin and Greek; paragraph about his marriage to Helen Howe, former Assistant at Hebron Academy; Helen's lung trouble has caused her to spend the winter in Florida; the students are hopeful that she will be able to return to Maine, page 21
  • Evereard Clarmont Megquier of West Poland, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 29; he has invented a machine for evaporating chickens, page 20
  • Charles Alton Mendall of Hartford, Maine; member of the Senior Class of 1885, page 27; Exponent of the newly formed Diaphanocastilorion Society, page 21; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Alice Cora Merrill of Hebron, Maine; member and Treasurer of the Senior Class of 1885, page 27 [2 places] and page 21
  • Henry Herbert Merrill of Hebron, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 32
  • Jennie Eliza Millett of West Minot, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 29
  • James Edward Moody of Turner, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 30
  • John Marshall Washburn. Moody of Turner, Maine; member and Vice-President of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, pages 28 and 29; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22; elected Vice-President of the Class of 1886, page 21
  • Sophia D. Morgan, Class of 1883.  Married to Lester L. Whitman of the Class of 1882 and living at her grandfather's in Upper Gloucester, Maine, pages 17 and 18
  • George Randall Morton of Paris, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 29; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • H. F. Morton, Esq., of Paris, Maine; member of the Board of Trustees
  • Julia P. Morton, Class of 1883; at Paris, Maine.  Alumni Notes, page 17
  • Walter E. Morton, Class of 1883; at Paris, Maine.  Alumni Notes, page 17
  • Edith Lulu Packard of Hebron, Maine [likely owner of this copy]; member and Vice-Secretary of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, pages 28 and 29; elected Vice-Secretary of the Class of 1886, page 21;  will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22; she wrote her initials on an article entitled "A Story of School-Life", on pages 12-14; perhaps she was the author
  • Jennie Webster Packard of Hebron, Maine; member of the Sub-Junior Class of 1888, page 31
  • Minnie F. Packard, Class of 1883; teaching at Auburn, Maine.  Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Zibeon L. Packard, Esq., of Hebron, Maine; Secretary of the Board of Trustees; and on page 33
  • Ellery Channing Park of Mexico, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886 and on its Committee of Arrangements, pages 28 and 29, also 21; Master of Ceremonies of the newly formed Diaphanocastilorion Society, page 21; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Fletcher Addison Parlin of Sumner, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 32
  • Apphia Jane Parsons of South Paris, Maine; member and Treasurer of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, pages 28 and 29, and 21; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Lula A. Penley, Class of 1883; was married to Albion C. Dyer of Poland on New Year's Day and is living at Paris, Maine.  Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Laura Woodman Perkins of West Minot, Maine; member of the Senior Class of 1885, page 27
  • Bertie M. Phillips, Class of 1884; teaching.  Alumni Notes, page 18
  • James Madison Pike of Hebron, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 29;  will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Lena Alma Pratt of South Paris, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 29
  • Rosa Lunt Pratt of Long Island City, New York; Editor of The Hebron Semester; member and Secretary of the Class of 1885; pages 27 [2 places] and 21; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Agnes Merton Prince of West Auburn, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, page 29
  • Rev. S. D. Richardson of Hebron, Maine; member of the Board of Trustees
  • George Symplegades Royal of Buckfield, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 30
  • Artell Jackson Russell of East Sumner, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 30
  • Claude Wilson Sawyer of Minot, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 30
  • Mary Abbie Shaw of Turner, Maine; member of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886 and on its Committee of Arrangements, pages 28 and 29 and 21; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Charles Wesley Skillings of Turner, Maine; member and President of the Junior Class of 1887, page 30 [2 places] and page 19
  • George F. Spring, instructor in Natural Sciences and Pedagogics; graduate of the Bridgewater (Massachusetts) Normal School, page 21
  • Henry K. Stearns, Class of 1883; married on New Year's Day to Betha A. Everett and resides at Hebron, Maine.  Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Joseph B. Sturtevant, Class of 1883; living at Portland, Maine.  Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Helen A. Thayer, Class of 1883.  After becoming Mrs. Charles B. Berry, took up her abode in New Gloucester, Maine.  Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Rossie O. Tilton, Class of 1883.  Bookkeeping for a florist in New York; Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Henry T. Tirrell, Class of 1883; Married and studying dentistry with Mr. Doris in Canton, Maine.  Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Albert Smith Ventres of North Livermore, Maine; member of the Sub-Junior Class of 1888, page 31
  • Jona Warren Ventres of North Livermore, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 32
  • Fred Lincoln Verrill; member of the Sub-Junior Class of 1888, page 31
  • John Marshall Washburn Moody of Turner, Maine; member and Vice President of the Sub-Senior Class of 1886, pages 28 and 29
  • Lizzie M. Washburn, Class of 1883; at home at Minot, Maine.  Alumni Notes, page 18
  • Mabel Florence Whitman of Buckfield, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887 and on its Committee of Arrangements, page 30 [2 places] and page 19; will have a part in the closing exercises of the Spring Term on April 24, 1885, page 21 and 22
  • Nellie L. Whitman, Preceptress and instructor in Mathematics and Bookkeeping
  • G. P. Whitney of Oxford, Maine; member of the Board of Trustees
  • Adam Wilson; a student at Hebron Academy in 1815, subject of a story entitled "A Story of School-Life", pages 12-14

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