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$ 68,000, $ 15,000 of which was appropriated to assist the town in
erecting suitable buildings, and $ 50,000 as a permanent fund to support
the school. By the will of the late Mrs. E. B. Alden, $ 3,000 was also en-
dowed for the benefit of the school.

The school, though established and endowed, largely, by private mu-
nificence, is entirely public in its character. Any child living in the
town, who is twelve years of age and can pass the required examination,
can be admitted to all its privileges. The committee having the school
in charge is elected annually in open town meeting as other town offi-
cers are, any one member or all the members being subject to change
with the will of the voters.

The building, located upon a principal street, on an ample lot enclosed
by an iron fence, is of brick, two stories high, placed over a fine cement-
ed basement which contains the furnace, and surmounted by a slated
mansard roof, in which is an ample hall the whole size of the building, used
for the assembly of the school for devotion, musical exercises, lecturing,
examinations &c. The central stories are divided into four large school-
rooms capable of accommodating two hundred scholars, while the av-
erage attendance, since the first year, has not exceeded half that num-
ber. The expense of this fine building was over $ 27,000. It was fin-
ished and opened for the first school, in September, 1868. Arthur J.
Swain, is the present Principal.

Mr. Stevens died in May, 1872. He has placed a monument in Clare-
mont, of which the name wi'itten on its tablet will ever be cherished by
the generations to come; a monument more honorable to his memory
and more lasting than one of marble, towering high to meet the starry
heavens; far above the shaft of Bunker Hill.

St. Paul’s School is in the city of Concord, abotit two miles west of
the State House, and was first opened on Thursday, April 3, 1856, for the
admission of pupils. The act of incorporation by the Legislature is dat-
ed June 29, 1855. The first meeting of the Board of Trustees was held
September 5, 1855. The design with which it was founded is sufficient-
ly expressed in these words, from the deed of gift: “The founder is de-
sirous of endowing a school of the highest class, for boys, in which they
may obtain an education which shall fit them either for College or busi-
ness ; including thorough intellectual training in the various branches
of learning; gymnastic and manly exercises adapted to preserve health
and strengthen the physical condition; such aesthetic culture and accom-
plishments as shall tend to refine the manners and elevate the taste, to-
gether with careful moral and religious instruction.”

The full course of instruction is designed to cover seven years, and to
prepare for admission to the Freshman or Sophomore class in our best
Colleges.

The religious instruction is in accordance with the Liturgy and other
Formularies of the Protestant Episcopal chureh, There are about 160
students and twelve instructors.

The Rev. Henry A. Coit, D. D., is the Rector. The Right Rev. Bishop
Niles is the President of the Corporation.