Fall of 1883 Issue of The Hebron Semester, Student Publication of Hebron Academy at Hebron, Maine

Fall 1883 issue of The Hebron Semester, a student publication at Hebron Academy at Hebron, Maine.   The editors were:

• Henry Charles Prince of Buckfield, Maine
• Edward Park Barrell of South Turner, Maine
• Lizzie Prince Hammond of Paris, Maine
• Mabel Celestia Kidder of Canton, Maine

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

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 8-1/2" by 5-1/2" and contains 48 pages.  Images of all of the pages appear at the end of this post.

Included in this issue:

• Editorial, page 4, and essays, throughout
• Poem "A Trip to Singepole", a mountain near the Academy, a mecca for mineral hunters and hikers, page 7
• Class of 1884 officers, page 11
• Christian Endeavor Society officers, page 12
• Students competing in 100 yards dash, page 12
• Graduation Exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883; names of the students participating, page 13
• Alumni Record of students of the Class of 1877-1883, pages 14-20
• "Quotations", consisting of cute entries about student doings, page 21-23
• Historical, Class of 1883, page 26
• Board of Trustees, page 29
• Board of Instruction, page 30
• List of students, pages 31-35
• School Calendar, Tuition and other academy information, pages 36-37
• Advertising, pages 38-45 and on the back cover

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

A

• Carroll W. Abbott, Class of 1877; Entered Bowdoin College; Principal of Albion High School; graduated from Medical Dept at Bowdoin in Class of 1881; practicing medicine at Albion, Maine; Married Miss George A. Wilson, only daughter of Hon. G. H. Wilson, M.D. of Albion, Maine, on October 4, 1882.  Alumni Record, page 15
• Sewall W. Abbott, Class of 1878; attended Colby and then Union College of Law, where he graduated in 1883; practicing law in Chicago.  Alumni Record, page 16
• Arthur Williams Alley of Hartford, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 34
• Wallace W. Andrews, Class of 1878; graduated Colby in 1882; currently Principal of Hartford Centre High School.  Alumni Record, page 16
• R. Elton Attwood, Class of 1881; in the Class of 1885 at Bates College.  Alumni Record, page 18
• George M. Atwood, Class of 1883; studied law with Bisbee & Hersey at Buckfield, Maine and then entered Law Department of Columbia College in New York City, where he's a member of the junior class.  Alumni Record, page 20; Oration "New England", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• W. H. Atwood, Esq., of Buckfield, Maine, member of the Board of Trustees, page 29
• Elmer B. Austin, Class of 1878; Attended Colby but left.  Married Miss E. Franc White, daughter of Col. A. D. White of Buckfield.  Has held local offices in Buckfield.  Alumni Record, page 16

B

• Walter S. Bailey, Class of 1882; went to Bates in fall of 1882 but had to leave because of ill health.  At home in Turner, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 18
• Rilla M. Baird, Class of 1883; teaching at Buckfield, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 19; Essay, "Pleasures of Memory", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Rev. F. W. Bakeman of Auburn, Maine, member of the Board of Trustees, page 29; awarded the diplomas at the graduating exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Edward Park Barrell of South Turner, Maine, member of the Fall Term, Senior Class, 1884, page 31; Editor of The Hebron Semester; Committee of Arrangements, page 11
• Eva May Barrows of Hebron, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 34
• Rev. William C. Barrows delivered "Lecture on the Beauty and Strength of Character", page 11
• Ella Maria Berry of East Hebron, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 34
• George R. Berry, Class of 1880; in the Class of 1885 at Colby; Alumni Record, page 17
• Villa L. Berry, Essay "Singleness of Purpose", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Hon. George D. Bisbee, attended graduation exercises of 1883
• Stanley Bisbee of Buckfield, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33; won second prize in the 100 yards dash, page 12
• Addie Luretta Bonney of Sumner, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Hon. Percival Bonney of Portland, Maine, President of the Board of Trustees, page 29
• Sadie Dresser Bonney of East Sumner, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33
• W. L. Bonney, Esq., of Turner, Maine, member of the Board of Trustees, page 29
• Quincy Adams Bridges of Berlin, New Hampshire, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Belle Bridgham, Committee of Arrangements, page 11
• George Forest Bridgham of Minot, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33
• Ina Eveline Bridgham of Minot, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Lucretia Belle Bridgham of Buckfield, Maine, member of the Fall Term, Senior Class, 1884, page 31
• Luther C. Bridgham, Class of 1877; currently in Sophomore Class at Colby College; Alumni Record, page 15
• Ernest Everett Briggs of North Auburn, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33
• Wallace E. Bruce, Class of 1882; Member of Class of 1886 at Colby.  Alumni Record, page 18
• Correy Arthur Bumpus of Auburn, Maine, member of the Sub-Junior Class, Class of 1887, page 34

C

• Hattie Clarrisa Crocker of Paris, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 34
• Thomas Stowell Crocker of Paris, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Hattie Abbie Currier of Mechanic Falls, Maine, member of the Sub-Junior Class, Class of 1887, page 34
• Frederick Hale Cushing of Turner, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32; Vice President of the Christian Endeavor Society, page 12
• S. P. Cushman, Esq., of Hebron, Maine, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, page 29

D

• Prof. E. A. Daniels, recent Principal of Hebron Academy, page 4; presented a valuable gold ring by the Class of 1881 at their graduation exercises.  Alumni Record, page 18
• Viola A. Daniels, Class of 1881; has assisted her husband Prof. E. A. Daniels in teaching; at Brooklyn, New York.  Alumni Record, page 18
• Minnie Atlanta Davy of West Minot, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Elsie A. Day, Essay, "Elements of Success", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Nellie Imogene DeCoster of West Minot, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr., attended graduation exercises of 1883
• Parke G. Dingley, Class of 1883; editor of Squirrel Island Squid; member of senior class at Coburn Classical Institute.  Alumni Record, page 19; Oration, "Self-Made Men", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Nena Gertrude Dudley of West Poland, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35
• Florence Louise Dunham of Boston, Massachusetts, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35
• George L. Dunham, Class of 1878; graduated Colby in 1882.  Principal of Dixfield Academy.  Alumni Record, page 17

E

• H. Louise Ellis, Class of 1881; has taught in Maine and New Hampshire.  Alumni Record, page 17
• Bertha Everett, Class of 1881; teaching at Buckfield and Oxford, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 18
• Minnie Louise Everett of Hebron, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33

F

• Ada Eliza Farris of Hebron, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Osman Wheeler Fernald of Berlin Falls, New Hampshire, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33; won first prize in the 100 yards dash, page 12
• Avoline R. Forbes, Class of 1878; no updated information in the Alumni Record, page 17
• Elanor B. Forbes, Class of 1878; Graduated Bates College in 1882 with plans to teach.  Alumni Record, page 16
• Isa B. Foster, Class of 1878; Graduated Bates College in 1882.  Married at Hebron, Maine, June 29, 1883 to Mr. B. W. Murch of Carmel, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 16
• Dorillous P. Foye, Class of 1883; teaching at Woodford's Corner, Portland, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 19; Oration "Intellectual Development", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Hon. William P. Frye, delivered an address at Commencement Exercises of 1878; page 17
• Edward Warren Fuller of East Hebron, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35

G

• Charles S. Gilbert, Class of 1881; in employ of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Domestic Sewing Machine Co. as an agent at Lewiston, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 17
• Annie Wilson Graves of Hebron, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35
• Artemus F. Gregg, Class of 1877; entered Bowdoin College with Class of 1881; died at the college on April 17, 1879; Alumni Record, page 15

H

• Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, former Vice President of the United States; attended graduation exercises of 1883
• Miss Hammond, new to the Board of Instruction
• Lizzie Prince Hammond of Paris, Maine, member of the Fall Term, Senior Class, 1884, page 31; Editor of The Hebron Semester; Committee of Arrangements, page 11
• Dana B. Harlow, Class of 1878; Farmer and teacher; future occupation, artist.  Alumni Record, page 16
• William B. Haskell, Class of 1881; teaching and also in study of medicine with Orrin Stevens, M.D. of Oxford, Maine.  Entered Medical Department of Bowdoin College in spring 1882.  Alumni Record, page 17
• Frank Edward Hawkes of Oxford, Maine, member of the Sub-Junior Class, Class of 1887, page 34
• Harry Tewksbury Hayes of Oxford, Maine, member of the Sub-Junior Class, Class of 1887, page 34
• O. A. Hayford, Esq., of Canton, Maine [deceased], member of the Board of Trustees, page 29
• Joseph Alton Hibbs of Hebron, Maine, member of the Sub-Junior Class, Class of 1887, page 34
• Alfred Hitchcock, Class of 1877; Graduated from Bowdoin College with Class of 1881.  Alumni Record, page 15
• Edith B. Hooper, Class of 1882; living at Turner, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 19
• Hattie Alzada Hooper of Paris, Maine, member of the Fall Term, Senior Class, 1884, page 31; Secretary of the Class of 1884, page 11
• Herbert Russell Howard of West Minot, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35
• Helen Howe, Class of 1883; teaching at Minot, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 19; Class Prophecy, at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Paul Hartley Howe of Hebron, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35

I

• Flora O. Irish, Essay "Public Influence", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13

J

• Millie Frye Jackson of Lewiston, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Mamie Clifford Jones of Oxford, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33; Secretary of the Christian Endeavor Society, page 12

K

• Charles Libby Keen of West Poland, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35
• Mellie Josephine Keen of West Poland, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35
• Mabel Celestia Kidder of Canton, Maine, member of the Fall Term, Senior Class, 1884, page 31; Editor of The Hebron Semester; Treasurer of the Christian Endeavor Society, page 12
• Roscoe Sullivan Kidder of Canton, Maine, member of the Fall Term, Senior Class, 1884, page 31; Treasurer of the Class of 1884, page 11
• Rev. G. M. P. King, attended graduation exercises of 1883

L

• Agnes M. Lathe, A.B., Preceptress of Hebron Academy, page 30
• Georgie Etta Lawrence of Bryant's Pond, Maine, member of the Sub-Junior Class, Class of 1887, page 34
• Izella Florence Lawrence of Bryant's Pond, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33
• Stephen A. Lowell, Class of 1878; graduated Bates in 1882.  Was principal at Foxcroft Academy and now studying law in office of George C. and Charles E. Wing at Auburn, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 17

M

• Addie Maranda Marshall of East Hebron, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35
• Carleton P. Marshall, Class of 1877; Graduated from Colby in 1881; has taught in New Jersey, future plans include practicing medicine.  Alumni Record, page 15
• Fred Horace Marshall of Hebron, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35
• Lizzie E. Marshall, Class of 1883; teaching at North Bridgton, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 20; Class History, at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Mr. Matthews, graduate of Deering High School; new to the Board of Instruction
• Fred Vivian Matthews of Woodfords, Portland, Maine, member of the Fall Term, Senior Class, 1884, page 31; President of the Class of 1884, page 11; President of the Christian Endeavor Society, page 12
• Hattie T. Mayo, B.I., assistant at Hebron Academy, page 30
• Prof. Mayo, new instructor in penmanship
• W. W. Mayo, A.M., Principal of Hebron Academy, page 30
• Charles J. Mellen, Class of 1877; taught and then commenced study of the law.  Drowned December 17, 1881.  Alumni Record, page 15
• Charles Abimeleck Mendall of Hartford, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Addie F. Merrill, Class of 1878; no updated information in the Alumni Record, page 17
• Alice Cora Merrill of Hebron, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Jennie Eliza Millett of West Minot, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33
• Prof. John F. Moody, presented with an elegant gold-headed cane at the Commencement Exercises of 1878; page 17
• Sophia Morgan, Essay "Differences", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Clarence Morrill of South Poland, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Gertrude B. Morse, Class of 1881; in the Class of 1885 at Colby.  Alumni Record, page 17
• George Randolph Morton of Paris, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35
• Julia P. Morton, Class of 1883; will teach at Paris, Maine, during the winter.  Alumni Record, page 19; Valedictory "Method in Life", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Walter E. Morton, Class of 1883; plans to spend the winter at Boston, Massachusetts, and perhaps attend an art school.  Alumni Record, page 19; oration "Commerce", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13

P

• Edith Lulu Packard of Hebron, Maine [owner of this copy of The Hebron Semester], member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33
• Minnie F. Packard; Class of 1883; teaching at Auburn, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 19; gave the Salutatory "True Culture", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Vesta Ellen Packard of West Auburn, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33
• Zibeon L. Packard, Esq., of Hebron, Maine, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, page 29; page 37
• Frank Willey Palmer of East Sumner, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33
• Albert D. Park, Class of 1878; attended Bates; farmed and taught in Aroostook County; married at Hebron in 1879 to Miss Emma E. Robinson of Sumner.  Now in the employ of a Boston publishing house.  Alumni Record, page 16
• Annie I. Parsons of South Paris, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35
• Apphia Jane Parsons of South Paris, Maine, student at Hebron Academy in 1883, page 35
• Lula A. Penley, Class of 1883; bookkeeper at Chelsea, Massachusetts.  Alumni Record, page 20; Essay "Home", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Laura Woodman Perkins of West Minot, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• George P. Phenix, Class of 1882; member of Class of 1886 at Colby.  Alumni Record, page 18
• Bertie McKenney Phillips of East Raymond, Maine, member of the Fall Term, Senior Class, 1884, page 31
• Walter Philoon of Livermore, Maine, member of the Sub-Junior Class, Class of 1887, page 34; won third prize in the 100 yards dash, page 12
• James Madison Pike of Hebron, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33
• Evelyn Gertrude Pratt of Oxford, Maine, member of the Fall Term, Senior Class, 1884, page 31
• Rosie Lunt Pratt of Long Island City, New York, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Agnes Merton Prince of West Auburn, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33
• Henry Charles Prince of Buckfield, Maine, member of the Fall Term, Senior Class, 1884, page 31; Editor of The Hebron Semester; Vice President of the Class of 1884, page 11

R

• Albert M. Richardson, Class of 1881; Class of 1886 at Colby College; tutored a Karen named M. Kyan Too Ban.  Alumni Record, page 18
• Charles S. Richardson, Class of 1878; Graduated Colby in 1883; principal of Albion High School.  Alumni Record, page 16
• Rev. S. D. Richardson of Hebron, Maine, member of the Board of Trustees, page 29
• Emma L. Roberts, Class of 1878; no updated information in the Alumni Record, page 17

S

• Lila H. Sawyer, Class of 1876; graduated from Bates College; now Preceptress at Foxcroft Academy; Alumni Record, page 14
• Rev. A. K. P. Small, D.D., former principal of Hebron Academy, delivered an address at the Commencement Exercises of the Class of 1882.  Alumni Record, page 19
• Prof. Small of Colby College; will deliver a lecture at the closing exercises of the Fall Term.  "Prof. Small is a son of Rev. A. K. P. Small who was formerly Principal of the Academy", page 13
• Levi Curtis Sopher of South Poland, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33
• Frank P. Stearns, Class of 1882; member of Class of 1886 at Colby College, where he was Vice-President of his class.  In June 1883, he went to Kansas and is engaged in business at Chapman, Kansas.  Alumni Record, page 18
• Henry K. Stearns, Class of 1883; employing at dry goods store of Horatio Staples at Portland, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 19; Oration "Political Responsibility", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Carleton B. Stetson, Class of 1877; Graduated from Colby College in 1881; has served as Assistant Principal of Bridgton Academy; Tutor of Greek at Colby College; Principal at Ellsworth High School; recently studied Greek in Germany; Alumni Record, pages 14-15
• Joseph B. Sturtevant, Oration "Work and its Rewards", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• John Carroll Swasey of Canton, Maine, member of the Junior Class, Class of 1886, page 33; competed in 100 yards dash, page 12

T

• Eugene Henry Thayer of Turner, Maine, member of the Sub-Senior Class, Class of 1885, page 32
• Helen Thayer, Essay "Advantages of the Study of History", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Arthur Kimball Thomas of South Paris, Maine, member of the Sub-Junior Class, Class of 1887, page 34; perhaps the Kimball Thomas who competed in the 100 yards dash, page 12
• Kimball Thomas, competed in 100 yards dash, page 12
• Lillian Estella Thomas of South Paris, Maine, member of the Sub-Junior Class, Class of 1887, page 34
• Rossie O. Tilton, Class of 1883; will enter New England Conservatory at Boston, Massachusetts, in November.  Alumni Record, page 19; Essay, "Growth", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Henry T. Tirrell, Class of 1883; will teach during the winter.  Alumni Record, page 19; Oration "Our Indebtedness to the Past", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13
• Mr. Luther Tubbs gave a lecture November 1 on his home and travels in the West

W

• Lizzie Merrill Washburn of Minot, Maine, Post Graduate, Fall Term 1884, page 31; Essay "Sources of Knowledge", at the graduation exercises of the Class of 1883 on June 29, 1883, page 13; Class of 1883; at Salem, Massachusetts; planning to teach during the winter.  Alumni Record, page 19
• Lester L. Whitman, Class of 1882; went to California after graduation but has returned to Maine.  Alumni Record, page 18
• Lizzie M. Whitman, Class of 1882; teaching at Turner, Maine.  Alumni Record, page 19
• Nellie L. Whitman, assistant at Hebron Academy, page 30; possibly the Miss Whitman mentioned as a new instructor in bookkeeping
• G. P. Whitney, Esq., of Oxford, Maine, member of the Board of Trustees, page 29