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The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekly
Vol. XXV. No, 36.
SEWICKLEY, PA., FRIDAY. MAY 18. 1928
Price 5 Gents.
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Mew building for Sewickle?  -Academy
The architect's conception of proposed new building for Sewickley Academy to be
erected on the Houston estate in Academy Avenue, the present site of the upper Academy
building. This and other improvements are expected to cost $350,000, to raise which
a campaign is to be opened very soon.
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Arrangements for financing the erection of a new building for Sewickley
Academy on the grounds of the Houston
estate, the present site Of the upper
Academy building, are being completed,
it was announced yesterday by members
of tlie board of directors. The cost
of the new building and a number of
extensive repairs to tho grounds has
been estimated at $350,000.
The new building is in response to
the growing demand for a private school
in Sewiekley. The present Academy is
in its third year and today there aro
221 children enrolled in its various
classes from tho age of kindergarten
to tho last year of high school. The
sehool combines tho best featuros of the
conservative and progressive privato
institutions and is recognized as ono of
tlio loading collego preparatory schools
in this district.
Sessions are now being held ih two
buildings, the lowor school Wherein tho
kindergarten and lowor school grades
are instructed boing at 20 Thorn stroet,
while the Upper school is located On
tlio Houston estate. According to tho
toiitntivo plans for the now building
the classes in thoso two buildings will
bo consolidated in the now strcutitrc.
Twelve spacious and Woll lighted class
rooms are provided in addition to a
beautiful kindergarten, manual trai>
ing department, scioiico department, li
brary and a gymnasium which may bo
converted into an auditorium with a
seating capacity of 600. The auditorium
it was announced may be usod for community entertainments.
The new building will be well ventilated and heated and everything will
be done for tho safety and health of
the children enrolled thero. One Of
the ground features will bo tlie grading of an athletic field permitting mass
athletics necessary for the physical development of tho modern boy and girl.
Alexander 0. Tener is chairman of
tlio board of directors, which is active
in completing plans for the erection
of tho new building, Oharles H. Ourry
is vice chairman, Oharles L. Hamilton,
treasurer, and Oharlos A. Jones, secretary. Other member, of the board are:
Morgan H. Bowman, Jr., Wilson A.
Oanipboll, William S. Charnley, Robert
L. Clause, J. Oonway Macon, Franklin
T. Novin, "Francis B. Nimick, Ohauhcoy
O 'Neil, Don Rose aiid James L. Stuart.
Although the revival of tho prosont
Academy dates back only to 1925, tho
movement was first launched in Sewickloy in 1838 by John B, Champ, an Englishman and William M. Nevin. it held
its Jlrst sessions in "The Brick Houso'j,.
on Boaver road, Edgoworth, and flour-
until 1841, when Itho building burned.
Tho school was closed but a short
tiino  and Was  reopened In  the  "Fife
House" on Beaver road at Grove street,
by the Rev. Joseph Travelli and continued sessions there until 1851 when
that building too was burned. The
Academy was then moved to the home
of James Gray, now the Park Place
Hotel where it operated until 1863 when
the Civil War compelled its closing.
Aftor tho war the Academy was again
opened and classes conducted in the
old brick church of the Presbyterian
Congregation which was located opposite the site of tho present building.
In 1878 John Way, Jr. opened an Academy, an English and classical school
for boys and girls in which he introduced kindergarten, primary, intermediate and collego preparatory departments in addition to the cultural study
Of art and music.    It closed in 1891.
The corporators of tho present school
are: Georgo G. Applegate, R. A. Applegate, James W. Arrott, Jr., J. F,
Byers, R. D. Book; C. P. Byrnes, Horace
F. Baker, William Boyd, Marcus Boyd,
*0, W. Brown, M. H, Bowman, Me-
Oloauo Brown, J, Twing Brooks, H. O.
Bughman, Jr., Donald ti. Bakewell, F.
F. Brooks, B. F. Bakewell, W. A. Camp-
boll, J. W. Cappeau, William S, Charnley, R. L, Clause, W. L. Clause, H, 0.
Cooper, Georgo M, Clapp, William J.
Crittenden, M. R. Craig, W. W. Collin,
Jr.* C. II. Curry, J. D. Culbertson, J. S.
Crtitchfleldj J. C.  Chaplin, F. 6, Dar
lington, Jr., Charles L. Doyle, Harry
Darlington, Jr., John A. Emery, W. E.
Frick, W. D. George, W. T. Grange, R.
S. Goldsbury, William A. Galbraith,
Ralph W. Gibbs, C. L. Hamilton, R. W.
Harbison, A. C. Howell, F. B. Hufnagel,
H. B. Higgins, Drayton Heard, Gilbert
A. Hays, Henry T. Irwin, F. W. Jarvis,
Charles A. Jones, R. G. Jonnings, Julian
Kennedy, Jr., Preseott L. Lyon, C. A.
Lambie, S. S. Liggett, James Lippineott, Thomas Leggate, W. B. Miller, BE.
L. Moore, J. 0. Macon, M. L. Moore,
Hubert Moore, 0. H. Mathews, Jr., Dr.
J. F. Murdock, R. T. M. MeCready, Robert McKnight, Dr. F. L. MeCready, G.
O. Morgan, Jr., Thomas A. MeGinley,
Fred F. Mcintosh, F. T. Nevin, Aloxander Nimick, F. B. Nimick, *J. 0. Oliver, J. 0. Orr, Rev. Dr. 0. D. Odell,
Chauneey O'Neil, Thomas Patterson, R.
S. Richards, Waltor P. Rainbow, H. H.
Robertson, Don Rose, W. C. Robinson,
A. C. Robinson, J. R. Rose, M. W. Stoner, Donald M. Simons, J. L. Stuart, W.
P, Snyder, Jr., Goorgo H. Snowdon, F.
0. Schroeder, P. H. W. Smith, John C.
Slack, Donald Sago, A, 0. Tono_, K. J,
Tener, H. S. Tack, W. S. Tallman, Donald Thompson, B. R. B. Townsond, William Walker, *03. A. Woods, Oharlos A.
Woods, Dr. Louis Willard and Dr. Walter M. Yost.
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