525    LITERARY    INSTITUTIONS.

Tilden Female Seminary was erected in 1854, as recorded on the
marble block in the wall over the front door.

Among the early contributors to this noble enterprise were William
Tilden, Esq., and Richard B. Kimball, Esq., of New-York; Prof.
Charles B. Haddock, Mr. Allen H. Weld, and Mr. Joseph- Wood. Mr.
Tilden was the largest contributor, and hence the seminary took his
name.

During the first ten years, three principals—Prof. A. H. Weld, James
Means, and V. H. Dean—in this order, had charge of the school. Vary-
ing fortune attended their efforts.

In the spring of 1865, Mr. Hiram Orcutt, the present Principal, leased
the property and re-opened the school, having in charge, also, for the three
following years, Glenwood Ladies Seminary, at Brattleboro, Vt. In the
fall of 1868, Mr. William Tilden, the original founder, decided to enlarge
the building, by erecting two spacious wings, which were completed the
following spring, at an expense of over $ 20,000.

In June of 1869, a new charter was secured from the legislature, and
a new Board of Trustees appointed.

The building, as completed, contains a spacious gymnasium, dining-
hall, rooms for the family of the principal, studio, a reading, historical,
and library room, and some fifty pleasant rooms for boarders.

The out-fit has cost some $ 50,000. The school has been in successful
operation during these years, and at present (1873) has pupils from seven-
teen different States of our Union.

Expenses—For board and tuition in the English course, for the Ac-
ademic year, $ 225; for board and regular instruction in all departments
of the school, for three successive sessions, $ 300.

Troy High School, Troy.—Mrs. Louisa B. Wright, Principal.

Tubbs Union Academy is pleasantly located in the town of Wash-
ington. It is a popular Institution in the vicinity of its location, and is
well sustained, under the supervison of its present teachers—Misses
Beede and Sanborn. It has a fund which relieves part of the expenses
of managing the school.

Walpole High School, Walpole. Curtis R. Crowell, Principal.