CARTHAGE UNION SCHOOL, ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. (Carthage, Jefferson Co.) Organized under general act of May 2, 1864 (Chap. 555, Laws of 1864). Admitted by Regents June 2, 1871. Continued as an academic school until the building was burned in the great fire in Carthage, October 20, 1884, which destroyed every school-house in the village. Melville Morse, 1872. Principals. Rev. J. Dunbar Houghton, A. M., 1873-75. A. H. Brown, 1875-79. B. W. Purcell, 1880. A. H. Brown, 1881. Frank E. Arthur, A. B.. 1882. CARY COLLEGIATE SEMINARY. (Oakfield, Genesce Co.) Incorporated by the Regents, May 16, 1849. Werden Reynolds, 1845. Benjamin B. Richards, 1846-47. Rev. Bela Fancher, 1849-50. Elizur N. Manley, 1851. Marion M. Baldwin, 1852-53. Principals. G. C. V. Eastman, A. M., 1857-60. H. V. Gardner, A. M., 1862-64. Marion M Baldwin and Donald G. Fraser, A. Rev. H. M. Brown, A. B., 1879-81. M., 1854-55. Donald G. Fraser, A. M., 1856. Reginald H. Coe, A. B., 1882. CASTILE UNION SCHOOL, ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. (Castile, Wyoming Co.) Organized under general act of May 2, 1864. Admitted by Regents, October 31, 1873. J. S Forbes, 1874. G. W. F. Buck, 1875. CATSKILL ACADEMY. (Catskill, Greene Co.) Incorporated by the Regents, March 12, 1804. Known at an early period as "Union Hall of Catskill." Principals. (Imperfect List.) Rev. Richard Bradford (of Oxford), 1804-5. Rev. John Reed, 1806. Ashbald Strong, 1812. CATSKILL CLASSICAL SCHOOL. (Catskill, Greene Co.) Incorporated by the Legislature, April 25, 1832.2 No reports re ceived. CATSKILL FEMALE SEMINARY. (Catskill, Greene Co.) Incorporated by the Legislature, March 24, 1820.3 Not organized. CATSKILL FREE ACADEMY. (Catskill, Greene Co.) Organized under chapter 433, Laws of 1853. Admitted by the Regents, January 10, 1868. S. B. Howe, A. B., 1867. Wm. P. McLaury, 1870-73. Principals. James Barkley, 1874-76. George W. Cawkins, A. M., 1876-81. CAYUGA ACADEMY. (See "Cayuga Lake Academy.") CAYUGA LAKE ACADEMY. (Aurora, Cayuga Co.) Cayuga Academy was incorporated by the Regents, March 23, 1801. Received a grant of 275 acres from the North part of lot 86, in Scipio, March 21, 1806.1 Lot 36, in Aurelius, was granted to the Academies of Cayugn county in 1813.2 It being found that the latter had been given to Union College, lot 89, in Cato, was given March 25, 1814.3 Number of trustees reduced to nine, of whom three were to be chosen annually. The qualifications and quorum of trustees were defined May 26, 1853.5 Changed to "Cayuga Lake Academy," January 13, 1860. John Ely, 1803. Principals. (Imperfect list.) Rev. Hezekiah N. Woodruff, A. M., 1804-6. John Kirby, 1808. William Howes, 1811-13. Solomon Strong, A. B., 1814-15. Mason O. Fitch, A. B, 1817. Medad Pomeroy, A. B, 1817-18. Salmon Strong, A. B., 1820-28. Edwin Stevens, 1829. Salem Town, 1830-34. Lewis Bixby, 1837-38. James T. Foster, 1839. George W. Schenck, 1840. Edward Cooper, 1841-42. CAZENOVIA SEMINARY. George B. Glendening, 1843-44. Isaac Gray, 1848-50. Charles L. Porter, A. M., 1852-53. (Cazenovia, Madison Co.) A Methodist institution under the name of the "Seminary of the Genesee Conference," was incorporated by the Legislature April 6, 1825. Admitted by Regents, January 29, 1829. Changed March 24, 18297 to “The Seminary of the Genesee and Oneida Confer 1 Chap. 73, Laws of 1806. 2 Chap. 199, Laws of 1812-13. 3 Chap. 71, Laws of 1814. 7 Chap. 70, Laws of 1829. Chap. 110, Laws of 1844. 5 Chap. 260, Laws of 1853. Efforts commenced in 1823, and in August, 1824, a school was opened in the old court-house of Madison county at Cazenovia, still used as the chapel. This had been sold to the Methodists in 1817, on the transfer of the county seat to Morrisville, and used for some years as their church. A dormitory building was erected in 1831. encos; 1 " in 1835 to "The Oneida Conference Seminary;" in 18702 to" The Central New York Conference Seminary," and in 18743 to "The Cazenovia Seminary.” In 1852, the building known as "Williams Hall" was rected, and named in memory of John Williams who was twenty-six years an active member of the Board of Trustees. In 1866, a building, formerly erected as a dormitory for ladies, was replaced by a larger and more attractive building, and in 1870, a still further enlargement was added for domestic department. In July, 1875, the institution celebrated its semi-centennial, and the proceedings published in a book entitled "The Fifty years of Cazenovia Seminary." By an amendment of the charter, granted by the Regents July 7, 1875, the Trustees were made elective by the Central New York Conference in three classes, and for terms of three years. Principals and some of the Teachers under former and present names. Nathaniel Porter, A. M., 1824. John Johnston, LL. D. (afterward Professor George Peck, D. D. Herman M. Johnson, D. D. (afterward Presi- Nelson Rounds, D. D. (afterward President George H. Hapgood, D. D Edward Bannister, D. D. (afterward of Ammi B. Hyde, D. D. (afterward of Allegany John W. Armstrong, D. D. (afterward Prin- Edward G. Andrews, A. M., D. D. (now a Edward Learing (since Superintendent of A. S. Graves, A M., 1863-64. Henry Bannister (afterward Professor in Gar- E. Walter Hall, A. M., 1879 rett Biblical Institute). Bostwick Hawley, D. D. James D. Phelps. A. M, 1881. CENTRAL NEW YORK CONFERENCE. (See "Cazenovia Seminary.") CHAMBERLAIN INSTITUTE. (Randolph, Cattaraugus Co.) The "Randolph Academy Association" was incorporated by the Regents January 24, 1851, as a stock company; shares, $25. Changed, April 11, 18665 to the "Chamberlain Institute," and 1 Chap. 242, Laws of 1835. *This change was made by the Regents, August 3, 1870. 3 Changed by the Regents, January 8, 1874. A historical sketch of this institution will also be found in the Regents' Report of 1877, pp. 682-688. Chap. 547, Laws of 1866. named from Benjamin Chamberlain, who gave a substantial endowment.1 Samuel G. Love, A. M., 1850-53. Principals. CHAMPLAIN Samuel G. Love, A. M., 1859-64. Rev. Charles H. Holloway, A. M., 1861-65. Rev. James T. Edwards, A. M., D. D., 1870-84. ACADEMY. (See "Champlain Union School, Academic Department.") CHAMPLAIN UNION SCHOOL, ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. (Champlain, Clinton Co.) The "Champlain Academy" was incorporated by the Regents, August 23, 1842. Merged in the "Champlain Union School, Acad emic Department," under chap. 555, Laws of 1864, and admitted by the Regents January 9, 1873, there being no interruption between them. The Union School was established in November, 1861, and the Academy, with the consent of its trustees, was conveyed to the Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 1. 1 Mr. Chamberlain was born at Mt. Vernon, Maine, July 31, 1791, and died at Ellicottville, N. Y., February 10, 1868. He was a lumberman and lumber merchant, and possessed a very limited education, but was endowed by nature with a vigorous understanding. Like most marked men of strong wills, he was not without great faults of character, but his constant efforts in behalf of education, and his generous provisions to secure its benefits to the youth of our land, his love for the church of his choice, and frequent gifts to religious and benevolent enterprises, show him to have been a man of broad views and profound sympathies. The Rev. A. S. Dobbs was doubtless the means of bringing Mr. C's mind to a favorable view of an endowment, (Hist. Sketch of the Chamberlain Institute in Catalogue of 1875-76.) The act of 1866 allowed the Erie Conference of the M. E. Church to appoint trustees, and fill vacancies as they occurred in classes. Mr. C. gave also to Allegany College (Meadville, Pa.), very liberally, his gifts to the College and to this Academy being nearly $100,000 in his lifetime and $400,000 by will. But a part of the latter was lost in the courts. (43 N. Y. Reports, p. 424.) By an act passed April 27, 1869, this Academy was allowed to take property already bequeathed, the income of which did not exceed $15,000 a year. The original Academy lot was about seven acres in extent. The citizens having bought thirty acres more, Judge Chamberlain built a large boarding hall at a cost of $50,000. Of his endowment, about $40,000 was finally secured by the school, but for the legal defects in title it would have had about $200,000. The boarding hall was burned March 16, 1872, with the library and cabinet ; but within a year it was replaced by the citizens without using the invested fund, and it is better than before. 1848-50. Rev Azariah Hyde, 1843-44. William W. Bass, A. M. 1837-61. D. K. Simonds, 1863 Principals. W. W. Bass, A. M., 1864-66. George A. Mosher, A. B., 1868. George P. Collins, 1870. S. H. Foster, 1871-72. CHAUTAUQUA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. (Stockton, Chautauqua Co.) Incorporated by the Regents, April 21, 1857. (Not organized.) CHATEAUGAY UNION SCHOOL, ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. (Chateaugay, Franklin Co.) Admitted by Regents, July 12, 1881. Henry Wayland Hill, A. M., 1882. Principals. CHERRY VALLEY ACADEMY. (Cherry Valley, Otsego Co.) Incorporated by the Regents, February 8, 1796. Converted into a Female Seminary in 1850, under Charles G. Hazeltine; enlarged by the erection of dormitories, mortgaged heavily, and sold to satisfy the mortgage. A boys' school was taught along with the seminary, but the whole was discontinued in 1866 aud the building is now a hotel. The Academy was revived in 1881 in a different property held by Mrs. Catharine Roseboom, but has not yet been received under the visitation of the Regents. (See Chester Union School, Academic Department.) CHESTER UNION SCHOOL, ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. The "Chester Academy" was incorporated by the Regents February 27, 1844. Merged in the "Chester Union School, Academic |
