Williston Northampton School
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The Williston Northampton School, or "Williston," is a private co-educational preparatory school
for boarding and day students in seventh grade through postgraduate year located in Easthampton, Massachusetts
. The 125 acre (0.5058575 km²) campus offers a range of extra-curricular activities in the arts and athletics. Located in the Pioneer Valley, the school is within 15 miles (24.1 km) of Amherst
, Smith
, Mount Holyoke
, and Hampshire
colleges as well as the University of Massachusetts
.
The Seminary comprised two faculties: classical and scientific. In the late 19th century the dual curricula had evolved into a more modern comprehensive course, and in 1924 the school was renamed Williston Academy. During the 1960s Williston began to examine possibilities for coeducation, and in 1971, merged with its longtime sister school, the Northampton School for Girls, to become the Williston Northampton School. Starting as a preparatory academy for those seeking the clergy, the school now integrates a core college preparatory curriculum with electives and special opportunities, while emphasizing mastery of language, clarity of thought and academic integrity. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/post_105.html http://www.williston.com/Page.aspx?pid=282
The school had 535 students in the 2009-2010 academic year, including 78 in the middle school (7th and 8th grade), all of whom are day students. The boarding students
come from 25 states and 20 countries around the world. International students come from eastern Asia
, the Middle East
and Europe. Every year, a dozen or so post-graduate students – students who have graduated from another high school but take an extra year before college – matriculate into the 12th grade.
Williston employs 114 teachers, making for a student-teacher ratio of approximately 4.75:1. The average class consists of 13 students. Most teachers also take on the roles of dorm parents, advisors, and athletics coaches, fostering deep relationships with students.
Fast Facts
is located in a quiet area of Easthampton, MA overlooking the crest of Mount Tom
. Many of the school's buildings and dorms are situated around the main quad.
The Robert A. Ward Schoolhouse, a former factory building remodeled in the 1950s to resemble the old "schoolhouse" on the original Main Street campus, holds English and math classes. Its first floor is dedicated to administrative offices, which are accessible to the students.
In 1996, the former gymnasium, originally built in 1924, was transformed into the Reed Campus Center. The Reed Campus Center is the social hub of campus, a place where students can finish an art project, meet friends for a game of pool or foosball or a quick bite in the Stu-Bop, rehearse for a dance concert, or develop pictures in the newly renovated Photography Lab. The Grubbs Gallery, located in the Reed Campus Center, exhibits artists and student work. The Dodge room is the setting for many speakers for many guest speakers and instrumental and choral concerts.
After a fire destroyed the school’s theater in 1994, it was rebuilt adjacent to the science
laboratories
, Scott Hall. The Williston Theatre is a 288-seat performance space. Among the improvements is the new theater's flexibility; the seating and stage areas can be moved to create a traditional theater with stage, a thrust-stage, or a theater-in-the-round. The theater also boasts a fly system, high-tech computerized lighting system, upgraded sound system, and an attached scene shop directly behind the stage. Downstairs are the new theater studio (rehearsal space), costume shop, and dressing rooms.
The Robert Clapp Memorial Library is located near the center of the campus. The Clapp Memorial Library has a 40,000+ collection. The librarians select books, online databases, periodicals, videos, DVDs, and music CDs to meet these goals.
The middle school is housed in the Whitaker-Bement Center, created in 1972 in honor of The Northampton School for Girls founders Susan Whitaker and Dorothy, is kept fairly separate from the action of upper school life. How it does not restrict students from taking part in school activities, such as clubs and after school athletics. The Phillips Stevens Chapel, circa 1967, hosts both the weekly assembly in its traditional chapel and language classes in its basement.
The first dormitory to be built at Williston in 45 years opened its doors to 28 ninth grade boys, four proctors, and three dorm parents and their families in the fall of 2008. The 194 Main Street Dorm includes a restored 1880 Victorian that connects to two new buildings that provide living accommodations to fit the needs of the individual student and the entire student community. The buildings also feature a geothermal heating and cooling, which means that no oil or natural gas is needed to heat or cool the dorm.
level.
Classes begin at 8:30 a.m. and end in the early afternoon, when many students head off to their athletic practice. For upper school students, there are Saturday classes approximately every other week.
All of the arts programs at Williston are very strong including photography, filmmaking, drawing, painting, theatre, and dance. Each member of the faculty is actively involved professionally as dancers, painters, actors, musicians, and photographers who have chosen to inspire young people with their creativity and enthusiasm.
In addition to their academic and athletic commitments, students try out for the plays, work on the school paper, take part in community service, rock climb on weekends, and seek out leadership opportunities.
, or Northfield Mount Hermon
, Choate Rosemary Hall
, or Suffield Academy
. Athletic competitions are also held on weekends.
The school's athletic facilities include a recently redesigned Athletic Center, and a new football field/lacrosse field. Recently, the twelve new tennis courts, soccer fields, discus cage, and track, that have been pending construction, were finished. Facilities include the Athletic Center (below), which houses two basketball courts, a swimming pool, 4 squash courts, a fitness center, and more. The Lossone Arena provides a fully enclosed ice rink for teams and recreational skaters. Both Galbraith Fields and Sawyer Field have undergone major renovations, including converting two fields to synthetic playing surfaces.
s assemblies per year: one for each of the three sports seasons and one for academic awards. Another assembly marks the induction of accepted seniors into the Cum Laude Society. Seniors in the top 10% of their class are eligible; this is the highest academic honor the school confers.
At the last assembly of the year, the graduating seniors (seated at the front of the chapel) traditionally leave first, the juniors fill their places, and so on as each class files downward, signifying their move to a new grade.
Also familiar to many graduates of a particular era is the annual “Do Good Well” speech, given each year at an assembly by the recipient of the Robert A. Ward Medal. The quote was a particular favorite of Robert Frost
, handed down from Headmaster Robert Ward by way of the story of a small child asking Frost if one should “do good” or “do well”, to which Frost replied that one should "do good well." The Ward Medal is given by The Alumni Council to a member of the Williston Northampton community who as made significant contributions to their communities through volunteerism and humanitarian service.
Male Varsity and Junior Varsity athletes will go beyond the normal dress code on game days and wear a tie and jacket at the discretion of the team's captains or head coach. Female Varsity athletes will periodically wear obviously and outrageously clashing outfits on game days. Game day dress in winter has been known to involve summer dresses with sunglasses and totes. Female game day dress is typically enforced by team captains and not team coaches in contrast to male game day dress enforcement.
By far one of the most ubiquitous and enduring traditions at the Williston Northampton School is the painting of the school lion
. At least several times a year, boarding students sneak out of their dorms (breaking the strict curfew
regulations) or day students sneak back to campus late at night and spray paint the statue of a lion on the center of campus. These art projects sometimes have a theme, such as the patriotic colors the lion displayed for the entire fall semester following the events of September 11, 2001, but more often, probably due to time constraints imposed by the necessity of remaining unseen, they are simply random colors. Occasionally the lion is painted in response to disciplinary action by the school's disciplinary committee, especially expulsions.
Still another tradition at the school is ringing the victory bell after winning an athletic event. Usually the whole team will run up from the field and ring the bell multiple times if it was a good game. The whole campus can hear the bell from where it is stationed between Reed Hall and the dining hall.
The words are as follows:
Sammy, my Sammy, My heart yearns for thee,
Yearns for your campus and your old elm tree,
Long may we cherish in years yet to come,
Long may we cherish Williston.
The "Williston Hymn" was a standby at the beginning and end of year assemblies, as well as at the Cum Laude assembly, for many decades (although apparently discontinued some time in the 2000s). The text was as follows:
The tune of the Williston hymn, through unfortunate coincidence, was the German national anthem, "Deutschlandlied." Long before Germany adopted it, the melody was composed by Joseph Haydn, for use as the Austrian national anthem. In 1797 Haydn incorporated it into his "Emperor" string quartet, op. 76, no. 3.
O Williston, the school’s new alma mater, made its debut at Convocation on September 14, 2007 and is performed at the school’s more formal occasions, such as Convocation and Baccalaureate.
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...
for boarding and day students in seventh grade through postgraduate year located in Easthampton, Massachusetts
Easthampton, Massachusetts
Easthampton is the second largest city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is on the southeastern edge of an area called the Pioneer Valley near the five colleges in the college towns of Northampton and Amherst, MA...
. The 125 acre (0.5058575 km²) campus offers a range of extra-curricular activities in the arts and athletics. Located in the Pioneer Valley, the school is within 15 miles (24.1 km) of Amherst
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
, Smith
Smith College
Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...
, Mount Holyoke
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
, and Hampshire
Hampshire College
Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1965 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts...
colleges as well as the University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts
This article relates to the statewide university system. For the flagship campus often referred to as "UMass", see University of Massachusetts Amherst...
.
History
Williston Seminary was founded by the Honorable Samuel Williston (1795–1874) in February 1841; the school opened that December. In its early days, there was no arrangement of studies by terms and the students were not classified. Luther Wright, its principal from 1841 to 1849, believed it was desirable to have his pupils study together in a single room under his direction. There were two departments in the school, male and female, but in 1864 the latter was discontinued.The Seminary comprised two faculties: classical and scientific. In the late 19th century the dual curricula had evolved into a more modern comprehensive course, and in 1924 the school was renamed Williston Academy. During the 1960s Williston began to examine possibilities for coeducation, and in 1971, merged with its longtime sister school, the Northampton School for Girls, to become the Williston Northampton School. Starting as a preparatory academy for those seeking the clergy, the school now integrates a core college preparatory curriculum with electives and special opportunities, while emphasizing mastery of language, clarity of thought and academic integrity. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/post_105.html http://www.williston.com/Page.aspx?pid=282
Students and Faculty
Williston Northampton encompasses the middle school (7th and 8th grade) and the upper school (9th-12th).The school had 535 students in the 2009-2010 academic year, including 78 in the middle school (7th and 8th grade), all of whom are day students. The boarding students
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
come from 25 states and 20 countries around the world. International students come from eastern Asia
East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...
, the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
and Europe. Every year, a dozen or so post-graduate students – students who have graduated from another high school but take an extra year before college – matriculate into the 12th grade.
Williston employs 114 teachers, making for a student-teacher ratio of approximately 4.75:1. The average class consists of 13 students. Most teachers also take on the roles of dorm parents, advisors, and athletics coaches, fostering deep relationships with students.
Fast Facts
- 6 students in 10 years published in The Concord ReviewThe Concord ReviewThe Concord Review: A Quarterly Review of Essays by Students of History is the only academic journal in the world to publish the research papers of high school students. It was founded in 1987 by William H. Fitzhugh, a Massachusetts educator dismayed with the "dumbing down" of writing standards in...
- 62% of students taking the 2009 AP exams scored four or five
- 51 members of the class of 2009 gained admission of Barron's 75 most competitive colleges
- The student body comes from 20 states and 23 countries
The Campus
The 125 acre (0.5058575 km²) campusCampus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
is located in a quiet area of Easthampton, MA overlooking the crest of Mount Tom
Mount Tom (Massachusetts)
Mount Tom, , is a steep, rugged traprock mountain peak on the west bank of the Connecticut River 4.5 miles northwest of downtown Holyoke, Massachusetts. The mountain is the southernmost and highest peak of the Mount Tom Range and the highest traprock peak of the long Metacomet Ridge...
. Many of the school's buildings and dorms are situated around the main quad.
The Robert A. Ward Schoolhouse, a former factory building remodeled in the 1950s to resemble the old "schoolhouse" on the original Main Street campus, holds English and math classes. Its first floor is dedicated to administrative offices, which are accessible to the students.
In 1996, the former gymnasium, originally built in 1924, was transformed into the Reed Campus Center. The Reed Campus Center is the social hub of campus, a place where students can finish an art project, meet friends for a game of pool or foosball or a quick bite in the Stu-Bop, rehearse for a dance concert, or develop pictures in the newly renovated Photography Lab. The Grubbs Gallery, located in the Reed Campus Center, exhibits artists and student work. The Dodge room is the setting for many speakers for many guest speakers and instrumental and choral concerts.
After a fire destroyed the school’s theater in 1994, it was rebuilt adjacent to the science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
laboratories
Laboratory
A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories...
, Scott Hall. The Williston Theatre is a 288-seat performance space. Among the improvements is the new theater's flexibility; the seating and stage areas can be moved to create a traditional theater with stage, a thrust-stage, or a theater-in-the-round. The theater also boasts a fly system, high-tech computerized lighting system, upgraded sound system, and an attached scene shop directly behind the stage. Downstairs are the new theater studio (rehearsal space), costume shop, and dressing rooms.
The Robert Clapp Memorial Library is located near the center of the campus. The Clapp Memorial Library has a 40,000+ collection. The librarians select books, online databases, periodicals, videos, DVDs, and music CDs to meet these goals.
The middle school is housed in the Whitaker-Bement Center, created in 1972 in honor of The Northampton School for Girls founders Susan Whitaker and Dorothy, is kept fairly separate from the action of upper school life. How it does not restrict students from taking part in school activities, such as clubs and after school athletics. The Phillips Stevens Chapel, circa 1967, hosts both the weekly assembly in its traditional chapel and language classes in its basement.
The first dormitory to be built at Williston in 45 years opened its doors to 28 ninth grade boys, four proctors, and three dorm parents and their families in the fall of 2008. The 194 Main Street Dorm includes a restored 1880 Victorian that connects to two new buildings that provide living accommodations to fit the needs of the individual student and the entire student community. The buildings also feature a geothermal heating and cooling, which means that no oil or natural gas is needed to heat or cool the dorm.
Life at Williston
The school year begins in September and usually ends in the first week of June. Each student typically takes five classes at a time. Students take 1 year-long English classes and 2 year-long math classes, along with electives. 19 courses may be taken at Advanced Placement (AP)Advanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
level.
Classes begin at 8:30 a.m. and end in the early afternoon, when many students head off to their athletic practice. For upper school students, there are Saturday classes approximately every other week.
All of the arts programs at Williston are very strong including photography, filmmaking, drawing, painting, theatre, and dance. Each member of the faculty is actively involved professionally as dancers, painters, actors, musicians, and photographers who have chosen to inspire young people with their creativity and enthusiasm.
In addition to their academic and athletic commitments, students try out for the plays, work on the school paper, take part in community service, rock climb on weekends, and seek out leadership opportunities.
Athletics
Athletics play an important role in the school, students are required to participate in after-school sports although students may opt for an alternative elective course. Practice includes both strength training and aerobic practices as well as actual play of sports. The facilities support the program's 63 teams played in 30 sports during the course of the school year. Wednesday classes finish at 12:25, early enough for most teams to make it to their afternoon athletic competition. Williston often plays rival schools such as long time cross valley rival Deerfield AcademyDeerfield Academy
Deerfield Academy is an independent, coeducational boarding school in Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States. It is a four-year college-preparatory school with approximately 600 students and about 100 faculty, all of whom live on or near campus....
, or Northfield Mount Hermon
Northfield Mount Hermon
Northfield Mount Hermon School, commonly referred to as NMH, is a co-educational independent boarding high school for students in grades 9–12...
, Choate Rosemary Hall
Choate Rosemary Hall
Choate Rosemary Hall is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut...
, or Suffield Academy
Suffield Academy
Suffield Academy is a private coeducational preparatory school located in Suffield, Connecticut, USA. It was founded in 1833. The Headmaster is Charles Cahn III.-Overview:...
. Athletic competitions are also held on weekends.
The school's athletic facilities include a recently redesigned Athletic Center, and a new football field/lacrosse field. Recently, the twelve new tennis courts, soccer fields, discus cage, and track, that have been pending construction, were finished. Facilities include the Athletic Center (below), which houses two basketball courts, a swimming pool, 4 squash courts, a fitness center, and more. The Lossone Arena provides a fully enclosed ice rink for teams and recreational skaters. Both Galbraith Fields and Sawyer Field have undergone major renovations, including converting two fields to synthetic playing surfaces.
Williston Traditions
The weekly Williston assembly is the site of many school traditions. Most of the Tuesday gatherings are for general announcements and presentations by both outside speakers and by students, often addressing their peers as part of class assignments. However, there are four special awardAward
An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...
s assemblies per year: one for each of the three sports seasons and one for academic awards. Another assembly marks the induction of accepted seniors into the Cum Laude Society. Seniors in the top 10% of their class are eligible; this is the highest academic honor the school confers.
At the last assembly of the year, the graduating seniors (seated at the front of the chapel) traditionally leave first, the juniors fill their places, and so on as each class files downward, signifying their move to a new grade.
Also familiar to many graduates of a particular era is the annual “Do Good Well” speech, given each year at an assembly by the recipient of the Robert A. Ward Medal. The quote was a particular favorite of Robert Frost
Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and...
, handed down from Headmaster Robert Ward by way of the story of a small child asking Frost if one should “do good” or “do well”, to which Frost replied that one should "do good well." The Ward Medal is given by The Alumni Council to a member of the Williston Northampton community who as made significant contributions to their communities through volunteerism and humanitarian service.
Male Varsity and Junior Varsity athletes will go beyond the normal dress code on game days and wear a tie and jacket at the discretion of the team's captains or head coach. Female Varsity athletes will periodically wear obviously and outrageously clashing outfits on game days. Game day dress in winter has been known to involve summer dresses with sunglasses and totes. Female game day dress is typically enforced by team captains and not team coaches in contrast to male game day dress enforcement.
By far one of the most ubiquitous and enduring traditions at the Williston Northampton School is the painting of the school lion
Lion
The lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger...
. At least several times a year, boarding students sneak out of their dorms (breaking the strict curfew
Curfew
A curfew is an order specifying a time after which certain regulations apply. Examples:# An order by a government for certain persons to return home daily before a certain time...
regulations) or day students sneak back to campus late at night and spray paint the statue of a lion on the center of campus. These art projects sometimes have a theme, such as the patriotic colors the lion displayed for the entire fall semester following the events of September 11, 2001, but more often, probably due to time constraints imposed by the necessity of remaining unseen, they are simply random colors. Occasionally the lion is painted in response to disciplinary action by the school's disciplinary committee, especially expulsions.
Still another tradition at the school is ringing the victory bell after winning an athletic event. Usually the whole team will run up from the field and ring the bell multiple times if it was a good game. The whole campus can hear the bell from where it is stationed between Reed Hall and the dining hall.
School song
There are a few school songs at Williston. One commonly known among students and alumni is "Sammy," in reference to founder and first headmaster Samuel Williston. While the song is sung on many occasions, singing "Sammy" at midfield has become a tradition for the varsity football team after home victories.The words are as follows:
Sammy, my Sammy, My heart yearns for thee,
Yearns for your campus and your old elm tree,
Long may we cherish in years yet to come,
Long may we cherish Williston.
The "Williston Hymn" was a standby at the beginning and end of year assemblies, as well as at the Cum Laude assembly, for many decades (although apparently discontinued some time in the 2000s). The text was as follows:
God preserve our alma mater/
Williston forevermore/
In the sunshine of thy favor/
Guard her, keep her, we implore/
Crown her still with strength and honor/
By thy grace renew her youth/
In the light that never faileth/
Lead her on from truth to truth/
Here today upon her altars/
We present our sacrifice/
Though tomorrow widely sundered/
Still may this our prayer arise/
God preserve our alma mater/
Williston forevermore/
In the sunshine of thy favor/
Guard her, keep her, we implore/
Amen.
The tune of the Williston hymn, through unfortunate coincidence, was the German national anthem, "Deutschlandlied." Long before Germany adopted it, the melody was composed by Joseph Haydn, for use as the Austrian national anthem. In 1797 Haydn incorporated it into his "Emperor" string quartet, op. 76, no. 3.
O Williston, the school’s new alma mater, made its debut at Convocation on September 14, 2007 and is performed at the school’s more formal occasions, such as Convocation and Baccalaureate.
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, sculptor - Lawson P. RamageLawson P. RamageLawson Paterson "Red" Ramage was a vice admiral in the United States Navy and a noted submarine commander. During his career, Ramage was decorated with the Medal of Honor, two Navy Crosses, two Distinguished Service Medals, the Silver Star and the Bronze Star.-Early life and career:Taking his...
, Vice Admiral USN, WWII submarine commander - Patrick Rissmiller, Professional Hockey Player, NHL New York Rangers, Forward
- Luther Ely SmithLuther Ely SmithLuther Ely Smith was a St. Louis, Missouri lawyer, civic booster and is called by the National Park Service the "father of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial."-Early life:Smith was born in Downers Grove, Illinois...
, (1890), founder of Jefferson National Expansion MemorialJefferson National Expansion MemorialThe Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It was designated as a National Memorial by Executive Order 7523, on December 21, 1935, and is maintained by the National Park Service .The park was established to... - Amos Alonzo StaggAmos Alonzo StaggAmos Alonzo Stagg was an American athlete and pioneering college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football...
, (Coach, 1890–1891), Hall of Fame Football Coach, Williston Seminary - Henry Stockbridge, Jr.Henry Stockbridge, Jr.Henry Stockbridge, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Stockbridge attended public and private schools and Williston Academy of Easthampton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Amherst College in 1877, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity...
, Maryland congressman - George Crockett StrongGeorge Crockett StrongGeorge Crockett Strong was a Union brigadier general in the American Civil War.-Biography:Strong was born in Stockbridge, Vermont, and attended Williston Seminary but left after 1851. He attended Union College, but left for the U.S. Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1857...
(1851), U.S. Civil War General - Robert Samuelson (1963), Economic columnist and journalist, editor for NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
and the Washington Post, and author - Henry Clay TrumbullHenry Clay TrumbullHenry Clay Trumbull was an American clergyman and author, born on June 8, 1830, at Stonington, Connecticut, and educated at Williston Northampton School. He became a world famous editor, author, and pioneer of the Sunday School Movement. Poor health kept him from formal education past the age of...
(1841) AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
clergyman and author, pioneered the Sunday School Movement