﻿Graded 
  School. 
  45 
  

  

  of 
  his 
  reputation 
  attests 
  that 
  the 
  highest 
  success 
  awaits 
  him. 
  

   Prof. 
  Kennedy 
  has 
  endeared 
  liimself 
  to 
  the 
  pupils, 
  and 
  is 
  

   regarded 
  hy 
  the 
  citizens 
  generally 
  as 
  a 
  valuable 
  member 
  of 
  

   the 
  community. 
  During 
  the 
  vacation 
  of 
  1SS4, 
  he 
  proposes 
  

   to 
  visit 
  Germany, 
  Italy 
  and 
  other 
  European 
  countries, 
  and 
  

   while 
  absent 
  will 
  apply 
  himself 
  to 
  special 
  studies. 
  

  

  LOCATION. 
  

  

  Wright's 
  Factory, 
  on 
  Main 
  street, 
  was 
  leased, 
  and 
  during 
  

   the 
  Summer 
  of 
  1882 
  it 
  was 
  re-modeled 
  and 
  adapted 
  in 
  some 
  

   degree 
  to 
  the 
  necessities 
  of 
  the 
  school. 
  It 
  was 
  supplied 
  with 
  

   patent 
  desks 
  and 
  seats 
  and 
  such 
  other 
  furniture 
  and 
  fixtures 
  

   as 
  the 
  means 
  at 
  command 
  would 
  warrant. 
  

  

  OPENING 
  OF 
  THE 
  SCHOOL. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  time 
  previously 
  designated, 
  September 
  4th, 
  1882, 
  

   the 
  doors 
  of 
  the 
  school 
  were 
  opened 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  

   pupils, 
  and 
  an 
  important 
  and 
  memorable 
  day 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  

   history 
  of 
  our 
  thriving 
  little 
  city. 
  Three 
  hundred 
  and 
  eight 
  

   pupils 
  were 
  enrolled 
  the 
  first 
  month. 
  

  

  In 
  November, 
  1SS2, 
  the 
  school 
  and 
  the 
  community 
  sus- 
  

   tained 
  a 
  great 
  loss 
  in 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  Fuller, 
  a 
  member 
  

   of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Education. 
  A 
  committee 
  was 
  appointed 
  to 
  

   draft 
  resolutions 
  expressive 
  of 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  true 
  friend 
  

   and 
  wise 
  counselor, 
  and 
  the 
  school 
  was 
  adjourned 
  as 
  a 
  mark 
  

   of 
  respect. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  S. 
  F. 
  Tomlinson 
  was 
  elected 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  vacancy 
  occa- 
  

   sioned 
  b}' 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Fuller. 
  

  

  Soon 
  after 
  the 
  school 
  was 
  opened 
  Mr. 
  Eugene 
  Morehead 
  

   donated 
  $100 
  lor 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  supplying 
  books 
  to 
  poor 
  

   children. 
  He 
  also 
  loaned 
  the 
  committee 
  a 
  sum 
  of 
  money 
  

   for 
  several 
  months, 
  without 
  interest. 
  

  

  In 
  December, 
  1882, 
  the 
  term 
  of 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  Public 
  School 
  

   Committeemen 
  expired 
  and 
  the 
  County 
  Commissioners 
  

   elected 
  the 
  following 
  gentlemen 
  : 
  Messis. 
  C. 
  B. 
  Green, 
  John 
  

   L. 
  Markham 
  and 
  John 
  V. 
  Riggsbee. 
  

  

  The 
  Graded 
  School 
  Act 
  was 
  amended 
  b.y 
  the 
  Legislature 
  

   of 
  1883, 
  as 
  follows: 
  Changed 
  the 
  word 
  " 
  Orange 
  " 
  to 
  " 
  Dur- 
  

   ham 
  ;" 
  provided 
  that 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Education 
  should 
  be 
  

   composed 
  of 
  four 
  members 
  to 
  serve 
  for 
  two 
  years, 
  and 
  struck 
  

   out 
  the 
  clause 
  creating 
  the 
  Mayor 
  chairman 
  ex 
  officio 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  