Students by Entry or Last Name
data from all sources, especially Our Academy and catalogs
Entry and Exit
Attendance in the first fifty years was not strictly credential-oriented. Students came and went as their learning goals were met, sometimes multiple times. Graduation, diplomas, college matriculation were more a characteristic of the preparatory model (after the Civil War), than the earlier academy model. |
Grade Levels
From the very first, as seen in the 1816 Statutes, the full course of studies was eight years. The 1829 and 1834 Statutes list three departments with courses of varying duration, with admission to any level dependent on skill, not age or school history: Classical, eight years (six as of 1852); English, five years, Mercantile, four years. When defined, the grade levels were: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Notes
The class lists to 1913 are from data listed in the Centennial publication, "Historical and Financial Summary." This is a reliable source and serves as a baseline reference. The class lists 1913 to 1938 are from data printed in school catalogs. Dr. Henry Hun, primarily, and John McClintock, secondarily, have made corrections and added supplementary data. |
User-Added Data
The data in Our Academy, its successive editions, its derived web pages, and underlying database may be augmented by users. You may download, complete, and send by e-mail this Excel data file |