Fall 1884 Issue of The Hebron Semester, Student Publication at Hebron Academy at Hebron, Maine

Fall 1884 issue of The Hebron Semester, a student publication at Hebron Academy at Hebron, Maine.   This copy was owned by student Edith Lulu Packard of Hebron, Maine, who wrote her name on the title page.

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 8-3/4" by 5-3/4" and contains 43 pages, plus 8 pages of advertising, as well as advertising on the inside front cover, the inside back cover and the back cover.

Images of all of the pages appear at the end of this post.

The Hebron Semester's editors were:

• Thomas Crocker Stowell of Paris, Maine; he was President of the Class of 1885
• Charles Loammi Aldrich of West Poland, Maine; member of the Committee of Arrangements for the Class of 1885
• Alice Cora Merrill of Hebron, Maine; member of the Committee of Arrangements for the Class of 1884
• Ada Eliza Farris of Hebron, Maine; Class of 1885

Included in this issue:

• Boards of Trustees and Instruction, pages 5 and 6
• Students, by Class and those unclassified, pages 7-13
• Editorial, page 14
• Essays on The Battle of Waterloo; Arctic Exploration; Dreams; Thomas Jefferson
• Remarks from the Classes of 1886 and 1887, pages 20 and 21
• Editorial Notes - some excerpts
• trip to Singepole Mountain - Kidder; Boney; Miss Jones, page 31
• Miss Berry, new teacher of music and penmanship, page 31
• Mr. Russell, presumably Artell Jackson Russell of East Sumner, Maine, has seen a ghost in Everett Block, page 31
• Dramatic reading by Miss Lelia Fay Ripley of Buckfield, Maine, former Hebron Academy student, on October 10, 1884, page 31 
• Oyster supper hosted by the unmarried men of Hebron after the annual shooting match between the married and unmarried men of the place; a stormy night, page 32
• Election of officers of Class of 1887 on November 3, page 32
• Miss Hattie Bailey hosted a basket picnic for the students at Bailey Block, in the grove back of the Academy, pages 32 and 33
• The Class of 1885 has lost two students, Clarence Arthur Morrill and Frederick Hale Cushing; the former to the printing office of the Oxford Advertiser and the latter to Hallowell Classical Institute.
• Miss Hattie Bailey, former music teacher at Hebron Academy, is spending the autumn with her sister, wife of Professor Purrington, at Farmington, Maine; page 34
• Because of the loss of some students, the Class of 1885 had a new election of officers, page 34
• Public Lyceum with selections by several students, page 35
• Cute sayings about students, pages 36-39
• Baseball; mentions Hanscom, Bonney, Glover
• School information
• Advertisements

Alphabetical list of the people mentioned in this issue, and the pages on which their names appear

A

• Charles Loammi Aldrich of West Poland, Maine, member of the Senior Class, Class of 1885 and member of the Class Committee of Arrangements, page 7 [2 places]; Editor of The Hebron Semester; page 34
• Arthur Williams Alley of Hartford, Maine; member and Vice-President of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 8  [2 places]
• W. H. Atwood, Esq., of Buckfield, Maine; member of the Board of Trustees, page 5

B

• Miss Hattie Bailey, former music instructor at Hebron Academy; spending the autumn with her sister, wife of Professor Purrington, at Farmington, Maine, page 34; pages 32 and 33
• Eva May Barrows of Hebron, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 13
• Clara F. Berry, instructor in Music and Penmanship, page 6, 31
• Hon. Percival Bonney of Portland, Maine; President of the Board of Trustees, page 5
• W. L. Bonney, Esq. of Turner, Maine; member of the Board of Trustees, page 5
• William Lowell Bonney of Turner, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886 and member of the Class Committee of Arrangements, page 8  [2 places]; 31; Lyceum, page 35; baseball, pages 39 and 40
• George Forest Bridgham of Minot, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 8
• Harry Howard Bridgham of Minot, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 13
• Ernest Everett Briggs of North Auburn, Maine; member and Secretary of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 8  [2 places]; Lyceum, page 35
• Fred Alden Briggs of Turner, Maine; member and Secretary of the Junior Class of 1887 [assuming he was the F. O. Briggs listed as Secretary]; page 10  [2 places]; 32

C

• Adelbert Farrington Caldwell of Oxford, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 8
• Minnie Belle Caldwell of Oxford, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 10
• Hattie Estella Clifford of Paris, Maine, member of the Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 7
• Hattie Clarissa Crocker of Paris, Maine; unclassified student at Hebron Academy, page 13
• Thomas Stowell Crocker of Paris, Maine, member and President of the Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 7  [2 places]; Editor of The Hebron Semester; elected President of Class of 1885, page 34; Lyceum, page 35
• Hattie Abbie Currier of Mechanic Falls, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 10
• Frederick Hale Cushing of Turner, Maine; left the Class of 1885 at Hebron Academy to attend Hallowell Classical Institute, page 33
• S. P. Cushman, Esq. of Hebron, Maine; Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, page 5

D

• Minnie Atlanta Davy of West Minot, Maine, member of the Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 7
• Nellie Imogene DeCoster of West Minot, Maine, member of the Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 7
• Emily Gertrude Dudley of Paris, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887 and member of the Class Committee on Arrangements, page 10  [2 places]; 32
• Nena Gertrude Dudley of West Poland, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887 and member of the Class Committee of Arrangements, page 10  [2 places]; 32
• Lena Dunn of West Poland, Maine; unclassified student of Hebron Academy, page 13

F

• Ada Eliza Farris of Hebron, Maine, member of the Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 7; Editor of The Hebron Semester; Lyceum, page 35
• Lottie L. Farris of Minot, Maine; unclassified student of Hebron Academy, page 13
• Fred Fenton Foster of Buckfield, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1888, page 12

G

• John Davis Gerrish of Buckfield, Maine; unclassified student of Hebron Academy, page 13
• Mabel Adelia Given of West Minot, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1888, page 12

H

• Fred Porter Hammond of Paris, Maine; member and President of the Junior Class of 1887, page 10  [2 places]; page 32
• Frank Edward Hanscom of West Poland, Maine, member and Vice-President of the Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 7  [2 places]; elected Vice President of Class of 1885, page 34; Lyceum, page 35; baseball, pages 39 and 40
• Frank Edward Hawkes of Oxford, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 10
• Harry Tewksbury Hayes of Oxford, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 8
• Otis Hayford, Esq., of Canton; member of the Board of Trustees, page 5
• Joseph Alton Hibbs; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 10
• Helen Howe, instructor in Natural Sciences, page 6

I

• Mabel Maud Irish of Buckfield, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 9
• Fred Spaulding Irish of Buckfield, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 11

J

• Helen Augusta Johnson of South Paris, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 9
• Mamie Clifford Jones of Oxford, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 9, 31
• Charles Alton Jordan of Lisbon, Maine, member of the Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 7; Lyceum, page 35

K

• Charles Libby Keene of West Poland, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 11
• Mellie Josephine Keene of West Poland, Maine; member and Treasurer of the Junior Class of 1887, pages 10 and 11; 32
• Roscoe Sullivan Kidder of Canton, Maine, member of the Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 7; 31

L

• Percival Ellsworth Lowell of Buckfield, Maine; unclassified student of Hebron Academy, page 13

M

• Fred Horace Marshall of Hebron, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 11
• Hattie T. Mayo, B.L., instructor in French and History, page 6
• W. W. Mayo, A.M., Principal of Hebron Academy and instructor of Latin and Greek, page 6
• Edward William Megguire of West Poland, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 11
• Evereard Clarmont Megguire of West Poland, Maine; member and Vice-President of the Junior Class of 1887, pages 10 and 11; 32
• Charles Alton Mendall of Hartford, Maine, member and Secretary and Treasurer of the Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 7  [2 places]; elected Secretary/Treasurer of Class of 1885, page 34; Lyceum, page 35
• Alice Cora Merrill of Hebron, Maine, member of the Senior Class, Class of 1885 and member of the Class Committee of Arrangements, page 7 [2 places]; Editor of The Hebron Semester; page 34
• Jennie Eliza Millett of West Minot, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886 and member of the Class Committee of Arrangements, pages 8 and 9
• Clarence Arthur Morrill of South Poland, Maine; left the Class of 1885 to work in the printing office of the Oxford Advertiser, page 33
• George Randall Morton of Paris, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 9
• H. F. Morton, Esq., of Paris, Maine; member of the Board of Trustees, page 5

P

• Edith Lulu Packard of Hebron, Maine [owner of copy of The Hebron Semester]; member and Treasurer of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, pages 8 and 9
• Zibeon L. Packard of Hebron, Maine; Secretary of the Board of Trustees, page 5
• Ellery Channing Park of Mexico, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 9
• Apphia Jane Parsons of South Paris, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 9
• Laura Woodman Perkins of  West Minot, Maine, member of the Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 7
• Lena Georgia Perkins of Oxford, Maine; unclassified student of Hebron Academy, page 13
• Charles Lorenzo Perry of East Hebron, Maine; unclassified student of Hebron Academy, page 13
• James Madison Pike of Hebron, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 9; Lyceum, page 35
• Lena Alma Pratt of South Paris, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 11
• Rosie Lunt Pratt of Long Island City, New York, member of the Senior Class, Class of 1885 and member of the Class Committee of Arrangements, page 7  [2 places]; page 34
• Agnes Merton Prince of West Auburn, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886 and member of the Class Committee of Arrangements, pages 8 and 9

R

• Rev. S. D. Richardson of Hebron, Maine; member of the Board of Trustees, page 5
• Lelia Fay Ripley of Buckfield, Maine; former Hebron Academy student who gave a reading at Hebron Academy on October 10, 1884, page 31
• Artell Jackson Russell of East Sumner, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 11; has seen a ghost at Everett Block, page 31

S

• Claude Wilson Sawyer of Minot, Maine; unclassified student of Hebron Academy, page 13
• Mary Abbie Shaw of Turner, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886, page 9

T

• Arthur Kimball Thomas of Oxford, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887 and member of the Class Committee of Arrangements, pages 10 and 11; 32
• Lillian Estelle Thomas of Oxford, Maine; member of the Junior Class of 1887, page 11

V

• Albert Smith Ventres of North Livermore, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1888, page 12

W

• Herbert Elijah Wadsworth of East Livermore, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1888, page 12
• John Marshall Washburn Moody of Turner, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1886 and member of the Class Committee of Arrangements, pages 8 and 9  [two places]
• Mabel Florence Whitman of Buckfield, Maine; member of the Sub Senior Class of 1888, page 12; Lyceum selection, page 35
• Miss Nellie L. Whitman, Preceptress of Hebron Academy and instructor in Mathematics and Book-Keeping, page 6
• G. P. Whitney, Esq., of Oxford, Maine; member of the Board of Trustees, page 5

Images of all of the pages