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1906
Phillips Academy enrolls 474 students, the second largest total in Andover’s history. The number of new men—278—beats old records by far. |
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1909
Phillips Academy begins its 130th academic year a much larger institution than previously constituted. The Academy’s purchase of property formerly owned by the Theological Seminary adds 200 acres and numerous buildings. Total cost: $200,000, plus $50,000 to adapt the structures. |
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1910
Williams Hall is acquired as a dormitory for ninth-graders. |
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1912
Miss Bertha Bailey becomes headmistress of Abbot and rules the girls’ school “with an iron hand.” It was during her tenure that the first international students arrived at Abbot from China, Japan, Greece, and Brazil. |
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1913
The Class of 1892 gathers for its Reunion in front of Will Hall. |
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1914
The crowd gathers on Founders Day. |
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1915
The Academy Fire Department is first formed, following the destruction of Bartlet Hall in a blaze. Students battled that fire earnestly and enthusiastically, but without coordinated effort. The goal of the fire department is to introduce a systematic plan for fire prevention and control. |
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1919
The gymnasium appears here, decorated for the promenade. |
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1920
Three athletic captains show their colors. |
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1921
Benjamin Spock, future pediatrician, author, and authority on child-rearing practices, graduates. |
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1923
The Memorial Bell Tower is constructed in memory of Phillips Academy
students and graduates who lost their lives in World War I. |
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1928
Andover celebrates its 150th anniversary with gala events May 18–19. President Calvin Coolidge attends and delivers a speech praising the democratic nature of the Academy. Coolidge’s cigar stub from the event is preserved in the Academy archive. |
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1928
To the right is an aerial view of the campus, and below are the football and soccer squads. |
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1929
The trustees, at a meeting in September, give their formal sanction to the plans for a new Phillips Inn, to be erected on Chapel Avenue. |
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1930
The year sees a great deal of construction: A library is completed and named after Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Thomas Cochran founds the Addison Gallery of American Art in the hope that “if Andover students could be surrounded by beautiful things, their lives would be immeasurably enriched.” Today the gallery holds a collection by renowned artists
including Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, and Frank Stella ‘54.
Academy benefactor extraordinaire Thomas Cochran commissioned renowned New York artist and mapmaker Stuart Travis to create this map of the Andover campus, now on display in the Freeman Room of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library. |
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1931
Members of the Andover community gather for commencement. |
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1932
A fifth level of English literature instruction is added at Andover, focusing on British and American literature. |
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1932
Cochran Chapel, given by Thomas Cochran, Class of 1890, is built, then extensively renovated in 1998. A superb example of neo-Georgian architecture, the chapel continues today as a gathering place for school events and as a center for a pluralistic religious community. |
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1933
Claude Fuess becomes the 10th headmaster and brings about curriculum revisions, emphasizing breadth and variety: four years of history are required in order to increase
an awareness of the western world; four years of science are required; and art and music
appreciation courses are added to the curriculum. |
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1935
An adult education program called the Andover Evening Study Program is sponsored by Phillips Academy. Two hundred and fifty people take part during the winter of 1935. Despite blizzards and cold, attendance averages 70 percent, and some participants take as many as four courses, which are taught by Academy instructors. |
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1939
Music lessons for credit are first offered at PA. |
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1942
Future president George Bush graduates from Phillips Academy. The captain of the varsity baseball team, Bush is voted in the yearbook as “best all-around fellow” and is called “Poppy” by his classmates. |
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1942
The headmaster and Mrs. Fuess greet preps and parents. |
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1942
Books by Andover graduates are put on display in the new exhibition room in the library. |
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1942
The Andover Summer Session is inaugurated under the direction of Wilbur J. Bender, with the participation of 197 boys. |
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