THE HOUSE SYSTEM

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THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL

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Preface, pages 1 - 3 Section I Master's (Circle) Houses, pages 4-13 Section II Upper House, pages 14-22 Section III Lower School Houses, pages 23-27 Section IV Expansion and Adjustment, pages 28-31 Section V Physical Changes, pages 32-41 Section VI Domestic Economy, pages 41-48 Section VII The House System Today, pages 48-51 Section VIII Names of Houses, Masters in Charge, pages 51-64 Section IX House Affiliations, page 65

Lists of Alumni who have become: Trustees Alumni Presidents Head Boys School Presidents

Section X Selected Statements about the House System, pages 82-88

This account of The House System was prepared by A.R. Evans, April, 1963.

It has since been updated to the present by Virginia Chambers.

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THE HOUSE SYSTEM AT THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL

Preface

In 1879 the residuary legatees of John C. Green purchased

the Lawrenceville Classical and Commercial High School from its

owner and Principal, the Reverend Samuel McClintock Hamill, D.D.,

who continued as Principal until 1883. In 1882 the legatees

"retained the Reverend James Cameron Mackenzie, Ph.D., a graduate

of Phillips Exeter Academy and Lafayette College, to advise them as

to future plans for the School. Dr. Mackenzie -- then a youth of

30 -- journeyed to England and the Continent to study secondary

schools. He rendered a report to the residuary legatees which pro­

posed radical changes in the curriculum and a housing arrangement

new in American boarding schools, being an adaptation of the 'house

system' of residence which had long been in use in the English Public

Schools.

"Dr. Mackenzie's report was approved by the residuary legatees.

In December, 1882 they re-organized the School as a non-profit corpora­

tion (under the laws of the State of New Jersey) under the so-called

'John C. Green Foundation' ,,,1 and the following year Dr. Mackenzie became

the first Head Master under the new foundation.

Because of the uniqueness of the system and its newness among

American schools, and because the system is recognized as a great

1From page 26 Legislative Acts and Organization Papers, May, 1948

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success and a feature of the School's management, it has seemed

appropriate to prepare a reasonably comprehensive account of the

origin, development and growth of the Lawrenceville House System

in all its various aspects.

The quotations and dates given in the following account of

the House System, unless otherwise identified. refer to Trustees

Minutes. The account is somewhat detailed and quotations are freely

used in order to set forth the origin and development of the System

and to point out the authority for such changes as have taken place.

Occasional diversions are followed in order to present interesting

historical data concerning some of the houses, and on occasion informa-

tion is repeated in order to associate it with an appropriate topic.

Considered opinions in regard to the effective results achieved have

been quoted from House Masters, publications and other reliable

sources. The account is intended to present a comprehensive story

concerning the housing and care of students since 1883.

The Head Masters of the School during the operation of the House

System have been:

The Reverend James Cameron Mackenzie, Ph.D., 1883-1899

The Reverend Simon John McPherson, D.D., 1899-1919

Mather Almon Abbott. Litt.D., 1919-1934

Allan Vanderhoef Heely, Litt.D., LL.D., L.H.D., 1934-1959

Bruce McClellan, M.A. (Oxon.) , L.H.D., Litt.D.,(Lafayette), Litt.D., (Rider College), 1959 - 1986

* Those whose considered opinions of the House System have been

quoted in the section entitled "Authoritative Opinions of the House *Josiah Bunting III M.A. (Oxon).) Litt.D 1986-

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System" are:

Professor William Milligan Sloane, Ph.D .• L.H.D. one of the seven original Trustees, 1882-1898

Charles Harlow Raymond, A.M., Master 1900-1944, House Master of Rosehill, Davis and Cleve, Head of English Department 1920-1944

Roland J. Mulford, Ph.D., Master 1924-1936, author The History of The Lawrenceville School 1935

Alton Rufus Hyatt, L.L.D., Master 1920-1960, Assistant Head Master 1933-1960, Acting Head Master 1934 and 1959, House Master of Hamill, Director of Lower School 1925-1934

Norval Foster Bacon, Jr., B.A., Master since 1942, Assistant Director of Admissions, House Master of Griswold

John Damon Humason, B.A., Master since 1944, House Master Upper

John Kevin Devlin, B.A., Master since 1953, House Master of Thomas, Director of Lower School since 1962

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THE HOUSE SYSTEM

I. Master's (Circle) Houses

In his proposed plan for the re-organization of the School,

submitted in 1882, Dr. Mackenzie recommended "the separate house

plan of boarding. These houses should be built at convenient

distances from a main school building; should be large enough to

hold a teacher and his family and not more than 25 boys; and should

be under the immediate care of the teacher and his wife to org~nize

and maintain a marked home life and supervision". Later in his re-

port Dr. Mackenzie stated that a house of 20 boys would be better.

When Cleve, Dickinson, Griswold and Woodhull Houses were built in

1885, and Kennedy House in 1889, they were planned to accommodate

24 boys each. In 1892 Woodhull House was burned to the ground and

when rebuilt on the same location was planned to accommodate 32 boys.

In 1895 and 1896 Griswold, Dickinson, Kennedy and Cleve were enlarged

to accommodate 32 boys each. According to the Trustees Minutes of

June 30, 1895 J.W. Bishop & Co. 's bid ($39,990) for changes and addi-

tions to Dickinson, Griswold and Kennedy Houses, designated on the

Architect's plans as A, C and E, was accepted. Cleve House was

altered and enlarged the following year. In recent times these five

houses have accommodated approximately 34 boys each.

Dr. Mackenzie's report stated also "There should be a dormitory

for the more mature boys in character and those of limited means .....

The present home (Hamill House) could be modeled into a large dormitory

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by removing the frame part, taking some of the partitions out and

building a wing on the rear which should contain the machinery of the

refectory. The old recitation building (now Haskell House) could be

remodeled into one

and partitions and

of the proposed trt!~R.

adding a wing." A

Houses by removing all the floors

At the Trustees meeting April 4, 1883 plans were started for new

buildings, including "five Master's Houses" and a Dormitory, but the

Trustees decided "that there should be no interruption, and that the

School should be opened on the new foundation next Fall. The Head

Master (Dr. Mackenzie) was authorized to secure such accommodations

in the village as would, in his judgment, be necessary to carryon

the school during the year 1883--4." On April 27, 1883 "Dr. Mackenzie

reported (to the Board) that he had made an agreement with Mr. Davis

for renting the building occupied as a Young Ladies Seminary at

Lawrenceville for the school year 1883-4, which, with the building on

the school grounds (Hamill House) would afford ample accommodations for

that year. The rent to be $1,000. The option for renewal was also

agreed upon, at the rent of $900. for the second year." On June 23, 1883

the Trustees "RESOLVED, That the old school building (Hamill House)

should not be taken down, but should be continued as a Dormitory." Thus

the Hamill House, and the Davis House--about a quarter of a mile away on

the road towards Princeton--were the two main buildings for housing

students until the new Master's Houses were opened in September, 1885.

May 2, 1884, "The Head Master was authorized to take rooms in the

village for boys of a proper age, whose parents or guardians first saw

and were satisfied with the accommodations--the boys to be under the

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supervision of the School authorities." In 1884-85 boys were

housed as follows:

Davis House, 25 boys Hamill House, 32 boys Green House (Harmony Hall) 9 boys Mr. Brearley's (probably Wayside House) 5 boys Mrs. Brearley's (probably Van Dyck House) 4 boys Lawrence Cottage (Green Cottage) 12 boys Conover Phalanx, 5 boys It is probabl~ boys also lived in the residences

of Mrs. Ruth White and Mr. Mershon.

In the years that followed many village houses were either rented

or purchased and used for various period~of time for the housing of

students. A list of such houses, with dates and the names of masters

in charge, is given later in this account of the House system.

April 24, ]1.85. "The naming of the Master's Houses and assign-

ments thereto was (sic) laid over." Subsequently, when the Houses

were ready for occupancy, the names given are presumed to have been

based on the following:

CLEVE 1885 - Middle name of John Cleve Green

DICKINSON 1885 - Maiden name of Martha Dickinson, daughter of Jonathan Dickinson, first President of Princeton College, and great-grandmother of John C. Green.

GRISWOLD 1885 Maiden name of Sarah Helen Griswold, wife of John C. Green.

KENNEDY 1889 Robert L. Kennedy, friend of John C. Green, and one of the executors of his estate.

WOODHULL 1885 Middle name of Henry Woodhull Green, brother of John C. Green.

The new Master's Houses were ready for use in September, 1885.

Each was prepared to accommodate 24 boys, and it is assumed that they

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were filled to capacity. Boys were housed during 1885-86 in the

following houses:

Cleve, 24 boys Davis, 32 boys Dickinson, 24 boys Griswold, 24 boys Woodhull, 24 boys Harmony Hall ( Green House) 9 boys

and probably in *Dr. Hamill's house and Mrs. Brearley's (Van Dyck) house.

*Burnedin 1887. It stood behind Foundation House.

December 2, 1885 - First set of rules adopted by the Board:

"The Head Master offered the following general rules for the

houses, which were adopted.

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"Promiscuous visiting at the different houses is not allowed. When a member of the School desires to call upon a member of a Master's household, he is required to ring the bell at the Master's private entrance, and to be received into the house in the same manner as any other guest.

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"Visiting upon the Sabbath Day is not allowed.

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"In the evening boys are not allowed to be absent from their respective houses after the beginning of the evening study hour.

IV

"All boys in the houses are required to have their lights out and to be in bed at the last tap of the retiring bell at ten o'clock.

V

"Members of the Fourth Form (Senior Class) living in the houses are subject to all the rules and regulations of these houses; except that they are allowed to spend the study hours out of their houses, and to be absent in the evening between Prayers and 9:30."

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"All pupils of the School are required to spend Sunday evening after 7:30 in their respective houses, unless especially excused.

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"Trunks are not allowed at any time in boys' houses.

VIII

"Any pupil who shall mark, cut, or otherwise deface a School building or any School property shall be assessed for the cost of replacing the article injured and shall be punished for the mis-demeaner committed.

"The Head Master offered the following additional rule under the Head Master's rules for pupils, which was adopted:

"Pupils living near Lawrenceville shall ordinarily be allowed, at the request of their parents, to spend Sabbath at home; but such permission may be withdrawn whenever, in the judgment of the Head Master, the interests of the pupil or the ~choo1 so requires."

Obviously some of these rules were modified, cancelled, or added

to as time and circumstances warranted. They are quoted here for

their interesting contrast to such rules as are presently in existence.

The Trustees experie nced great difficulty in coming to conc1u--sions regarding Dr. Mackenzie's suggestion in his original report of

making Hamill House into a dormitory; about the wisdom of having a

dormitory or Upper House; and about the type of management for a

dormitory or Upper House.

May 9, 1885: "The question of alterations and repairs to the Hamill

House were (sic) referred to the Committee on Grounds and Buildings."

The Davis House had been continued, and from 1886 to 1890 was re-

garded as an " Upper House". The Hamill House, however, was not used in

1885-86 and 1886-87.

March 13, 1886. "Upon the question whether the Hamill House should

be converted into an "Upper House" or used as a Master's House", the

Trustees "Resolved, That it is expedient to try the project of an

Upper House in a modified way and that the Hamill House be used for

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this purpose." Also "Resolved, That a master should have his resi-

dence in this house." Also "Resolved. That the Hamill House be

altered and extended to accommodate at least 40 pupils, besides

apartments for a Master and his family, and an Under Master, and

that the alterations to the building and domestic organization of

the House be referred to the Committee on Grounds and Buildings with

power."

May 15, 1886 - The Trustees decided to reconsider the resolution

authorizing changes in Hamill House, to accommodate 40 boys, for use

as an Upper House. Also "That the Committee on Grounds and Buildings

be requested to have plans and estimates for the remodeling of the

Hamill House into a Master's House for 20 to 25 boys."

May 31. 1886 "Plans for alterations and additions to Hamill

House substantially approved and referred back to Committee to

carry out." Also "Mr. Butler to be allowed to take 8 or 9 boys in

house lately occupied by Dr. H." Also "Bergen & Burnet permitted to

go out into the village to board."

October 26, 1886. "The Secretary (Charles E. Green who was also

Treasurer of the Board) reported that during his absence from the

country during the summer, estimates for the repairs and alterations

to the Hamill House had been submitted to Judge Green (Caleb S.)

who thought them so large that it was inadvisable to do anything in

the matter until after the Secretary's return, and that the latter

had been too unwell since his return to give the matter any further

thought."

October 15. 1887. "The Treasurer (Charles E. Green) reported

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that the Hamill House had been altered and repaired during the

past summer, the roof raised in the center, new rooms added, the

whole repainted and papered and an extension erected for a kitchen

and servants' quarters at a cost of $6,946.20. Cost of steam heating

for s~e including laying steam mains and building steam trench from

end of system at Dickinson House to Hamill House, $2,791.08 and

plumbing for same $900.00; or a total for Hamill House improvements

of $10,637.28.

"This was completed at the opening of the term and is now in

use as another Master's House, under the care of Mr. Jamieson."

Also "new rooms were also made during the summer vacation out of

certain large unoccupied spaces in the third story of the four

Master's Houses already in use (Cleve, Dickinson, Griswold and

Woodhull), giving quarters for two more boys in each of the houses

besides an additional servant's room in two of them at a cost of

$2,282.39--steam piping and radiators $464.33, tot"" $2,746.72." Also

"The furnishings for the Hamill House complete, covering boys' rooms,

dining room and reading room, and the new bed rooms in the Master's

Houses cost $1,469.71. Total expenditures (Hamill and other Master's

Houses) $14,853.71."

In 1886-87 the School Catalog stated "Pupils lodge and board

with the Masters who occupy the .... houses of the School. The number

of boys assigned to a Master's House varies from eight to twenty-four ...

All the boys in a house eat with the Master and his family, and are an

integral part of his household. It is the aim of the School to limit

the number of boys in each house so that the Master and his wife may

exercise the closest care and the best influence over them."

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In theory, at least, it has usually been assumed that the

House Master has been "king in his own castle," and that direct

responsibility was exercised by the Head Master. However, in the early

years the Treasurer of the Board, and at times the Board, exercised

a definite control over the management of the houses and the selection

of Ho~se Masters. Even the Head Master appeared to defer to the

Board on a simple domestic matter, as indicated by the following

extract from the Trustees Minutes of December 2, 1885; "The Head

Master stated that in his judgment the boys were not receiving enough

meat for their nourishment and that the Masters should be required

to provide more." A further example of the limitations placed on the

Head Master and the House Masters is found i~ommunications addressed ,

to the Head Master by the Secretary of the Board in regard to reso-

lutions passed by the Board July 11, 1898;

"RESOLVED, That the Secretary communicate to the Head Master the

judgment of the Board that it is inexpedient to continue the system

of menus involving a fourth meal because of the attendant inconven-

ience and expense."

"Whereas a reassignment of Masters to the several Houses of the

School is necessary in the judgment of the Board therefore: RESOLVED,

First that Mr. G. be assigned to the X House, (then follows six other

re-assignments some promotions, some demotions) •...

"RESOLVED, Second, that each Master hereby re-assigned to a larger

house than he has heretofore had shall have the full pecuniary benefit

of such re-assignment.

"RESOLVED, Third, that each Master hereby transferred from one

house to another shall be assured a compensation for the coming year not

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less in amount than a sum equal to the aggregate compensation received by

him during the school year just closed.

"RESOLVED, Fourth, that the Secretary be requested to send a

copy of these resolutions to the Head Master and that the Head Master

be requested to give prompt notice of the re-assignments above made

to the Masters affected thereby."

It was not unusual for the Treasurer of the Board to deal directly

with a House Master regarding salary matters and physical improvements

in his House. It was not until Dr. Abbott came in 1919 that these

practices were eliminated and the Head Master ultimately (1923) made

the executive Head of the School.

During the Centennial Celebration in June 1910 the boys vacated

their rooms in the Houses and lived for two days in tents on the Golf

Course near the ~M"nasium. The Alumni (there were nearly 600 back for

the occasion) occupied the rooms in their former Houses. On the Golf

Course the House Officers assumed control of their respective groups

and the President and other officers of the Fifth Form were in general

command. It rained nightly, and the boys, "in spite of the rawness of

the weather, had a great time." Nevertheless, some of them fled to

the Gymnasium and slept on the floor, in bath tubs, or wherever they

could find space.

The earliest part of the building now known as "Hamill House"

was erected in 1814 by the Reverend Dr. Isaac Van Arsdale Brown. The

stone was quarr~ed at Cherry Grove, birthplace of John C. Green, one

of the nine pupils attending the School which Dr. Brown had started

in 1810 in his home. The site of the "Hamill House" was purchased in

1808 by Dr. Brown for $25. A wing was added in 1827, and later a frame

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section was added to the rear, forming an el-shaped building. After

the stone building now known as "Haskell House" was erected as a

class room bui'lding, about 1832, the main building was referred to as

the "House". Under the John C. Green Foundation it became known as

Hamill House.

Dr. Brown sold the School, buildings and 40 acres, to Alexander

H. Phillips in 1834 for $8,500. who in turn sold the property to

Samuel McClintock Hamill and his brother Hugh in 1839. In 1849

the mansard roof and fourth floor were added and sometime after 1854 b~y .

windows were added to the front and south side of the "House". More

recent changes are described in Section V. Physical Changes.

The portrait of Samuel McClintock Hamill now in Hamill House was

given by Mrs. Samuel Hamill, widow of Samuel M. Hamill, '76, son of

Dr. Hamill, at the 25th Anniversary of the John C. Green Foundation,

June, 1908. General Alfred Woodhull, '54, made the presentation on

behalf of Mrs. Hamill.

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THE HOUSE SYSTEM

II. Upper House

The status of the Hamill House had been settled finally,

or so it then seemed, but the question of an Upper House re-

mained open. Dr. Mulford states in his History "The House

System, though it was now in this Country, had proved more than

successful, and Dr. Mackenzie felt justified in pushing forward

the Upper House." The School was growing and additional rooms

were needed, a fact which probably lent force to the Head Master's

desire for the "Dormitory" which he had suggested in his report

in 1882.

January 3, 1889. "Resolved that a Committee of two members be

appointed who shall consider a plan of building for an Upper House

and its site and organization and the number of occupants, and

report at their convenience."

March 23, 1889. "Mr. Sloane, Chairman of the Committee to con-

sider plan and organization of the Upper House reported that the

Committee had had an interview with a Committee of the Masters who

had desired an opportunity to express their feelings and views about

the Upper House project. Their feelings were adverse to the project

as its execution would in their judgment be prejudicial to the in-

terests of the School and the comfort of their families and them-

selves in taking away probably largely the best elements in their

Houses. The Committee assured the Masters that there was no desire

to interfere with the comfort of their families, but every desire

to promote, but in the judgment of the Board, the time had arrived

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when the establishment of this part of the scheme of the School

should be earnestly considered, and that it would no doubt at

an early day be commenced.

May 28, 1889. "Mr. Sloane, Committee on Upper House,

reported progress."

February 7, 1891. "Resolved, That the Upper House contem-

plated in the original scheme of the School should now be built."

December 1, 1891. "The President reported briefly that the

Committee on the Upper House had had several meetings and gone

carefully over the plans submitted by Peabody and Stearns and

after sundry changes had determined upon the plans and elevation

which the Committee would now submit to the Trustees.

"They were examined and explained, and on motion of Mr. Sloane

the plans were unanimously approved and the President was authorized

to execute a contract with McNeil Brothers. Builders, of Boston,

Mass., at a cost of eighty-nine thousand, two hundred and fifty

dollars ($89,250.00)."

The report of the Committee dated May 4, 1892 is given below

in full. The Committee consisted of Professor William Milligan

Sloane, of Princeton University, Chariman, Charles E. Green, who

then was President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Board, and Dr.

John Dixon, who was the first member elected to the Board (1890)

since the original seven Trustees. Dr. Dixon later became President

of the Board (1922-1930) and President Emeritus until his death in

1934.

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The Report of the Committee

"By a resolution of this Board adopted on the third of

January, 1889, Mr. Sloane and Mr. C.E. Green were appointed a

committee to consider a plan of a building for the 'Upper

House', select a site, and report a scheme of organization, and

the number of occupants.

"For various reasons known to the Tr'llStees and from time

to time informally considered, nearly two years elapsed before

any further action was taken in the matter, except the holding of

an interview with a Committee of the Masters. An informal report

of the results of that interview was made to the Board at its

meeting in March 1889.

"In February 1891, the Board resolved that the Upper House

contemplated in the original scheme of the School should now be

built, and Dr. Dixon was added to the Committee.

"The Committee had several meetings with the Head Master and

Mr. Peabody, the Architect, and on the 1st of December last re-

ported to the Board plans for an Upper House which were unanimously

approved, and the President authorized to execute a contract for

its erection.

"The building will hold from 65 to 70 boys. The schedule of

prices for rooms it is proposed shall be graduated, ranging from

$400. to $750. according to size, location and attractiveness, and

produc~q~ it is hoped, say $35,000 per annum.

"The site selected for the building was the level tract lying

between Foundation House and Memorial Hall. It has been so admirably

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located by Mr. Olmsted and the Architects as to height and its

relative bearing with the buildings named that notwithstanding

its great length 215 feet -- neither building is marred or

dwarfed, but viewed from all quarters, and whether singly or

as a group, the effect is most pleasing.

"It remains for the Connnittee to report upon the organi-

zation and management of the Upper House.

"They beg leave to report the following:

1. The entire charges of the boys in the Upper House should

be connnitted directly to the Head Master. The Undermasters resident

therein should be his assistants, and not directly responsible to

the Board.

2. The domestic economy of the Upper House should be so

arranged as to preserve something of the home atmosphere, and

that to this end an experienced House Keeper should be engaged

at a salary of about $75. a month. (a) She should co-operate

under the Head Master with the School steward in the necessary

purchases. (b) She should engage and discuss all servants by

and with the Head Master's advice and consent. (c) She should be

responsible for the quantity and quality of the food, and for the

cleanliness and neatness of all the rooms.

3. An appropriation of $4.50 per boy should be made for

the entire charge of each pupil per week."

"The report was accepted and ordered filed. The scheme was

laid on the table for the present."

No records are available to indicate to what extent the

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scheme presented by the Committee had been followed. It is known,

however, that until 1928 the rates for rooms in Upper varied ac-

cording to size and location; that until 1923 the Matron was, in

theory, at least, responsible directly to the Head Master; and

that in theory, at least, the Upper House has been "more directly

under the care of the Head Master."

The Upper House, called Caleb Smith Hall after Judge Caleb

Smith Green, one of the seven original Trustees (who died in 1891),

was opened in September 1892. It had room accommodations for 70

boys. Rooms 1, 2, 7, 8 and 47 were occupied the first year by

members of the Faculty; room 12 was assigned to the Head Master

as an Office; rooms 21 and 22 were assigned to the Manager (Matron);

and room 66 was reserved as a Guest Room. There were 49 single

rooms; and 15 double rooms - some suites with 2 bed rooms and a

study - to be occupied by 2 boys each. In 1892-93 three of the

rooms were unoccupied. The class of 1893 was the largest Graduating

Class to date (59). As there were 67 boys residing in Upper toward

the close of the year it is obvious that 8 boys had been qualified

seniors earlier in the year or had been assigned to Upper House

for other reasons - perhaps financial. That some underformers

resided in Upper that first year is indicated by the following quo-

tation from a letter dated August 21, 1893, from Charles E. Green,

President of the Board, to the Head Master: "Undoubtedly the

underclass element in the house had much to do with the disturbances,

but another year of such freedom and disorder will render the boys

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unmanageable and give the School a reputation (already serious)

that will fill the Trustees with ceaseless regret that the Upper

House project was ever carried out." Further. Mr. Green wrote

"Such disturbances or demoralization could not have occurred

under the House System alone, nor in my judgment if the boys

had been under some restrictions enforced by the Masters in the

building ..... I suggest that you prepare a few brief rules to be

enforced by the Masters (ready to lay before the Board)."

It is not know how long a Guest Room was reserved, nor an

office for the Head Master. In recent times the capacity of the

Upper House has been 88 boys, two Masters and the Supervisor, (Matron),

in addition to the full quota of servants. The increase in student

capacity has been made possible principally by assigning 3 boys to

suites of 2 bed rooms and a common study designed originally for

2 boys, and by assigning 2 boys to some of the rooms originally in-

tended for 1 boy.

The School Catalogue for 1893 states: "All members of the

Graduating Class are assigned to the Upper House unless for reasons

revealed in the Master's Houses they have become ineligible. The

Upper House is a modified college Dormitory and the life ... in this

House is intended to prepare boys for the greater freedom of college

students. Boys in this House are especially under the care of the

Head Master."

In his report of 1882 Dr. Mackenzie had said "It is well known

that the class of students for whom, in the main, a Dormitory is a

necessity, do not need the kind of supervision deemed best for the

average school boy ... A boy could be remanded to a House if he were

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found unworthy of the constructive confidence reposed in him

by placing him in a Dormitory." The Lawrence, January 30, 1892,

printed a statement by Dr. Mackenzie regarding the Upper House.

This article is quoted on pages 103, 104 and 105 of Dr. Mulford's

History of The Lawrenceville School.

Despite Dr. Mackenzie's prophesy of a limited need for

supervision, the ~arly years of Upper House experience proved

the necessity for changes in the government of the House. This

need is shown by the Trustees minutes of 1894, quoted below and

by highly critical letters from the President of the Board to the

Head Master.

Jan. 5, 1894. Messrs. Sloane, E.T. Green, & Young, were

"appointed to inquire into and report upon the government and

discipline of the Upper House, and to make such recommendations

concerning the same as may seem to them desirable."

Jan. 29, 1894. Report of above Committee: "The Committee

met in the Faculty Room of Princeton College Friday, January 19, 1894,

at 3 P.M. Prof. Sloane, Dr. Young and Mr. Mackenzie being present.

Judge Green was unable to meet with the Committee.

"The Committee discussed in detail the government and discipline

of the Upper House, and while they see the possibility of slight abuses

for the time being, it is distinctly their unanimous opinion that as

the House is being conducted it is steadily improving; moreover, it is

the opinion of the Committee that the original intention of the Trustees

will be realized at no distant date."

"The Committee commend the working of the present system to the

careful attention of the Head Master and request from him a report at any

time he deems it advisable."

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The Trustees moved to receive and enter the report in the

minutes.

June 26, 1894. "It was moved and seconded that a Room for

Prayer, having in view also the purposes of a Social Hall be pro-

vided in the Upper House. Referred to the President with power.

The President appointed Messrs. Dixon and Dayton to serve with him as a

Committee in this matter."

Oct. 8, 1894. "The proposed changes of three rooms on the second

floor of the Upper House into a Prayer and Social Room had not been

carried out because it seemed ~ry doubtful whether the seating capacity

would be sufficient and it had been deemed wiser not to make the change

at present."

Jan. 28, 1895. "The readjustment of room rents in the Upper House

was referred to the President, Mr. Sloane and the Head Master with

power."

It was not long before Upper House proved inadequate for the

entire Senior Class. Hamill House, between 1900 and 1944 was at

times an overflow house for seniors, or used as a House for boys in

their final year in School who were not ranked as eligible Fifth

Formers. Since 1944 Hamill House has been on the same basis as the

Circle Houses. Other Fifth Form Houses, as will be noted later, have

been added as needs arose. They are described in Section VIII, List

of Houses.

But to go back to the e~ly history of the Upper House, it has

been noted that disciplinary problems arose at the beginning and other

aspects of the administration of the House needed attention. Reforms

in the government of the Upper House by Dr. S.J. McPherson, who

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succeeded Dr. Mackenzie in 1899 are detailed on pages 140, 142 and 143

of Dr. Mulford's History. There it is stated regarding the Upper

House: "If the honor of invention is due to Dr. Mackenzie, its

development toward a practical working success belongs to Dr. McPherson,

and to the successive Senior Masters resident in Upper."

At about this time (1902) the Catalogue stated:

"The seventy-six highest scholars of the Fourth Form (Senior

Class - in 1904 the Fifth Form became the Senior Class), if they

have been in School before, are assigned to Upper House, unless for

reasons revealed in the Master's (Circle) Houses they become ineligible.

The other members of the Form will, usually, during the coming year, be

assigned to Hamill House.

"These houses are modified College dormitories, where the method

of government contemplates the preparation of boys for the greater

freedom of college life. Boys in this Form are more directly under

the care of the Head Master."

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THE HOUSE SYSTEM

III. The Lower School

So much for the Circle and Upper Houses. There was another

important aspect to the housing situation gradually developing for

there had been built up what might be called a "lower school", but

it was scattered through the village in eight buildings holding from

7 to 18 boys each, in all about 80 boys of pre-Circle House age, each

with its own dining room and under the charge of a House Master who

lived in the House with his family, a very expensive plan. Professor

William Milligan Sloane in his address at Commencement June 1908, on

the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the John C. Green

Foundation, said "Finally in the opinion of many friends there is here

a need not contemplated by our Founders and their advisors -- a Lower

School. I am an advocate of this. Whether we deplore it or not, city

and town life dominates society and politics to-day.. Family and

domestic life is revolutionized; habits are so changed that permanent

domicile is almost unknown among the well-to-do. The day school is

an antiquated, fading, pathetic institution, since only the few can make

the household revolve on the pivot of the child as it once did. To save

our boys and girls from unrest, from the demoralization of everlasting,

flitting, flitting, with its attendant twitters and nervousness,

our children must go early to school and to boarding school. New

England has been quick to see the need and to supply the want and at

twelve years or even earlier the coming generation is in ever increasing

numbers put to school",

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Two years later, in an address to the Alumni at the Centennial,

Dr. McPherson said: "What need is there for telling you that we

need more recitation rooms, an enlarged Auditori~,a Library building

and most important of all an adequate Lower School? At any rate I

have dreams of a future and greater Lawrenceville. For Lawrenceville

is more in the future than she is in the past; she is still growing,

but in comparison with what she must become she is still in her

infancy" .

Dr. Abbott early had taken up the cause, and in 1923 succeeded in

persuading a reluctant Board of Trustees to allow him to start the

Lower School building, despite the fact that contributions to date were

considerably below the sum needed to complete the building. He ap-

pointed Charles W. Bradlee as Head of the proposed Lower School, so

that an organization would be well under way when the new building

was ready. The building was ready, with some unfinis~ed portions, for

the beginning of the school year 1924-25. Mr. Bradlee had resigned

at the close of the year 1923-24 to accept a position as Head Master

of a country day school in the middle West. Richard Door was the first

Director (1924-25) in the new building. Alton R. Hyatt became Director

in September 1925 and during the next ten years, through trial and

error, revision and re-adjustment, gradually brought the House to the

status of a well organized and integrated unit of the whole school.

Dr. Abbott had spent many years as a Master at Groton, where the

cubicle system was in use for the entire school, and sought to follow

the Groton plan closely, but an adaptation for Lawrenceville proved

to be desirable, important and actually necessary. Here are quotations

from a brief statement made by Mr. Hyatt shortly before he left t~e

Lower School in 1935 to become Assistant Head Master: "One hundred

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boys of Lower are divided in four houses, each of which is super-

vised by a House Master. These Houses, Davidson, Cromwell, Perry

Ross and Thomas, function very much in the manner of the Circle

Houses. At every turn of the corner one finds team competition

and house rivalry. The twenty-five boys of a section become very

solidly knit as the year progresses. Yet for purposes of study-

ing and eating the whole House (Lower) is thrown together as a

single unit.

"The House Master is the cornerstone; everything depends on

him. He is responsible for manners, morals, cleanliness, studies,

athletics, character development, social life, and what not. Each

House has its quota of officers and a Fifth Form representative

to act as advisor.

"The Lower School strives to make better all-round citizens

to turn over to the Circle Houses. To the extent by which our

Alumni prove themselves worthy Laurentians in the upper school we

judge of the success or failure of our work here at Lower".

The catalogue of 1925 stated: "The Lower School building,

completed in September 1924, is a memorial to the Alumni who died

in World War (I). Much of the cost (and furnishings) $262,000. has

been contributed by parents and other relativess of the Lawrenceville

boys who died in the service. In the Living Room, erected over the

large fireplace, is a Memorial Tablet containing the names of those

Alumni who lost their lives in the war.

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"This building is designed for one hundred boys. There are

four Halls of twenty-five cubicles each. The boys in these Halls

are closely supervised by four Assistant Masters (in 19~ these men

were designated House Masters). The spirit of rivalry of these four

sections is comparable to that of the larger Circle Houses and

affords an excellent opportunity for the smaller and younger boys

to compete among themselves in all branches of organized athletics.

Except on such occasions when the entire student body is assembled,

the younger boys are segregated from those of the upper forms.

"The central part of the building contains the quarters of the

Director of the Lower School, a spacious Dining Hall and comfortable

Living Room, and a Study Hall which is used exclusively by boys of

the Lower School".

The building was designed by Delano and Aldrich and constructed

by The Matthews Construction Company of Princeton, New Jersey. The

Halls, or Houses, were named for four Alumni who had served in World

War I, three of whom had died in service:

CROMWELL James H. R. Cromwell, '15;

DAVIDSON Philip J. Davidson, '11, died August 5, 1918;

PERRY ROSS -- Perry Ross (Rosenheim), '14, died April 18, 1919;

THOMAS -- Gerald P. Thomas, '15, died August 28, 1918.

Because of their impact on the management and supervision of the

Lower School several physical changes in the building are herein re-

ferred to. In the first place the Architects had included the

Supervisor's Apartment in the midst of the Servants' Quarters. Ob-

viously this would not do and the suite was assigned to the Chef. The

Supervisor was given two rooms and a bath on the third floor of the

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Director's Apartment. So long as he remained a bachelor this arrange-

ment seemed satisfactory as the Director had ample room on the second

floor.

In 1935 two cubicles were taken over in each House for student

activities purposes, reducing the number of boys in each House to

twenty-three. The boys' Locker Room in the basement and the adjoining

Wash Room, which the original regulations required the boys to use

during the day time (they could enter their Cubicles only to dress and

sleep) were converted into a Theatre and Hobby Shops.

In 1941 the Director's Apartment was enlarged, using portions of

the hallway and boys' area of the Cromwell section. An Apartment for

the Supervisor was made, using portions of the hallway and boys' area

of the Thomas section •.

In 1957 the Masters' Apartments in Perry Ross and Thomas were en-

larged to accommodate married Masters and their families. Due to lack

of funds the similar enlargement of the Masters' quarters in Davidson

and Cromwell was postponed.

With the completion of the Lower School building in 1924 the ideal

program for an integrated House System appears to have been rounded out,

i.e., facilities for a younger group, with close supervision; for an

intermediate group; and for the Senior Class, with greater freedom in

preparation for the independence of college life. However, in order to

meet the needs of an expanding enrollment additional housing units were

required as needed, and are described in the following sections: IV

Expansion and adjustment, V Physical Changes, and VIII Names of Houses.

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THE HOUSE SYSTEM

IV. Expansion and Adjustment

We have seen how the growth of the School had promoted the

expansion of the House System: by the retention of the Davis House

as a Master's (Circle) House; the renovation of the old Hamill House;

the acquisition of off campus small units -- at first for boys regard-

less of ageJ later for boys of pre-Circle House age; the establishment

of an Upper House; and the building of a Lower School. Along with this

expansion came adjustments in the management of the Houses in order to

meet changing conditions.

Following the close of the First World War, with the subsequent

expansion in the national economy, the arrival of a new Head Master

(Mather A. Abbott) and the accelerated interest and activity of the

Alumni in the affairs of the School the popularity of the School in-

creased rapidly, resulting in a sharply increased enrollment. In order

to meet this new demand for housing space the Trustees purchased in 1920

a large frame structure on a nearby government reservation for $4,500;

moved it to the Campus on a site near the present Central Heating Plant

and fitted it out to house and feed 44 boys, 3 Masters and a maintenance

staff, at an additional cost of approximately $25,000. The cost of

furnishings and equipment approximated $10,000., making the total cost

about $40,000., a relatively small expense of less than $1,000. per

student. It was, of course, regarded as a temporary structure. The

building had been used as a Red Cross Recreation Center, associated

with a Federal Rehabilitation project started during the war for

wounded veterans.

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Unfortunately the building was not ready when school opened in

September 1920, and the boys and Masters were housed in the Gymnasium

until late in November. They were assigned to other Houses for meals.

The new "Circle" House was named in memory of Rufus Pearing Dawes, L '09,

who had died September 5, 1912. His father, General Charles G. Dawes,

later Vice President of the United States, contributed $20,000. which

at first was thought to be the approximate cost of the completed

building. The House was totally destroyed by fire in January 1929, and

for the second time its occupants, although different individuals, were

obliged to occupy temporary quarters. They were scattered, wherever

space could be found, among the various Houses and in rented houses in

the Village. Fortunately no one was seriously injured, although all

lost personal property. The boys were given cash and allowed to go

home or to nearby cities to purchase clothing and other necessities.

Following the opening of the Lower School building the leases for

the Fairfax, Lawrence Cottage, Maple and Phillips Houses were terminated.

Green House was continued as an overflow house for boys of Circle House

age until 1933; and on occasions the Rosehill, Lodge and Brook Houses

were used as overflow houses. Meanwhile the George, Jamieson and

Dayton Houses were acquired by purchase or lease and used as needed

for boys of Circle House age, or for Fifth Formers. Also boys were

sometimes placed temporarily in School owned houses occupied by members

of the Faculty, i.e., Van Dyck House under Floyd Harwood and later

Jordon Churchill, Arthur Peck's Cott~ge, and on occasion in the

School Infirmary.

At the time of the Dawes House fire, funds had already been solicited

for a new modern Dawes House and a modern replacement for the Davis House,

both new houses to be located near the Recitation Buildings. At a

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special meeting on February 13, 1929, the Trustees "RESOLVED, That it

is the policy of the Board to house boys only in buildings in which

the fire hazard to personal safety has been reduced to a minimum,"

and also "RESOLVED, that the Davis House (32 boys) and the fourth

floor of the Hamill House (7 boys) be discontinued at the end of the

present school year." The following June 14 the action regarding

the Davis House was rescinded. The removal of the fourth floor of

Hamill House has frequently been considered, reconsidered. and finally

will in all probability be removed when the Hamill House is completely

rehabilitated, now scheduled for this year, 1963. The Trustees in

1929 appointed a special committee. engaged fund raising advisors,

and started The Lawrenceville Fund. a project to raise additional

money for the two Houses, a new Library, and to finish payments due

on the already completed Infirmary. General Dawes acted as Chairman,

and contributed another $20,000.

The new Dawes House, flanking the Bowl between Fathers' Building

and the woods, was ready in the late Fall of 1929, and its twin on

the opposite (East) side of the Bowl was ready early in 1930. The

latter, called the Raymond-Davis House, in honor of Charles Henry

Raymond, Master from 1889-1926, House Master of Davis House from 1889-1907

Assistant Head Master from 1907-1917, was a replacement for the old Davis

House which had served the School for 47 years, and before that was a

Young Ladies Seminary. The cost of each of the new buildings, with

furnishings, approximated $170,000. They accommodated 44 boys each,

and contained a complete House Master's Apartment and suites for 2

Assistant House Masters and a Supervisor. Adequate quarters were pro-

vided in the semi-basement for members of the Household Staff.

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Following World War II the housing requirements of the Fifth Form

grew so that the Upper and Kinnan Houses no longer provided sufficient

space. Hamill had already been returned permanently to the status of

a Circle House. From time to time small off-campus houses had been

used, as needed. Now other units, more suitable. were permanently

devoted to the Fifth Form. In 1946 the Belknap House was purchased

and prepared to house 16 boys. In 1947 the Lodge was discontinued as a

Guest House and 19 Fifth Formers were housed there. Kinnan had in the

meantime been restored to the status of a Fifth Form House, accommodating'

20 boys. In 1955 the old Science Building. long-known as the Lab, which

had been used since 1951, following the completion of the new Jansen

Noyes Science Building. as a Music House, was converted into a modern

Dormitory, with accommodations for a Master and 17 boys, and intended,

as needed, for Fifth Formers. Mr. Hyatt, Assistant Head Master,

had earlier offered to take four Fifth Formers in Wayside House, and

Wagener House came into use for Fifth Formers varying in numbers from

4 to 9 depending upon the number of Masters residing there. In 1960

it was made a regular Fifth Form house with a Master in full charge

of 9 boys.

The Dining Room of Upper had become inadequate for the entire Fifth

Form, and from 1947 to early December 1962 the Lodge Dining Room was used

for approximately 55 Fifth Formers, i.e., the boys from the Lodge, Kinnan

and Belknap Houses. The new Upper House Dining Room was ready in early

December, 1962 for the entire Fifth Form and the Lodge Dining Room was

closed. The new addition provided accommodations for about 250 in the

Main Dining Room. There were also smaller units for the Head Master,

the Faculty, the Staff, and for Athletic Teams on occasions as needed.

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It contained a new modern kitchen and pantry and additional servants'

quarters. It was dedicated January 25, 1963 as The Mather Almon Abbott

Hall in memory of Dr. Abbott. Head Master from 1919 to 1934, in recog-

nition of his intense interest in the Fifth Form.

The following section on Physical Changes will give more detailed

information regarding additions, expansions and improvements in the

House System.

THE HOUSE SYSTEM

V. Physical Changes

In addition to the changes already mentioned, there were other

physical changes which had important impacts on the development of the

House System.

Master's (Circle Houses)

The minutes of June 1, 1891 includes "question of partitions around

well and staircases in Master's Houses referred to Committee on Grounds

and Buildings". No further reference is found, but partitions were at

some time installed on the second floor of the Master's Apartments in

Dickinson and Griswold Houses. thus giving privacy to the Master's

families. In 1956. at the request of the respective House Masters

similar partitions were installed in Kennedy and Woodhull Houses.

Feb. 21, 1906. "RESOLVED, That shower baths be installed in each

residential house. Bath rooms in the Circle Houses were completely reno-

vated in 1906, and again in 1939. At the later date bath rooms for

Assistant House Masters in Cleve, Dickinson, Griswold and Hamill Houses

were installed for the first time. The cost of renovation in 1939,

including new electric wiring in the improved quarters, and in the

Kennedy House throughout, was $43,000. A bath room for the Assistant

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House Master of Woodhull was installed in 1944.

Enclosing the porch on the second floor front of Griswold House

in order to give the House Master an additional bed room, was denied

by the Trustees.

Fireproof stairways were installed in the Hamill and Kennedy

Houses in 1930, and additional outside fire escapes were installed in

all houses, at a cost of $19,800. The stairway installed in the main

hall of Hamill House on the House Master's side of the building, with its

self-closing metal and wire glass doors, spoiled an otherwise attractive

hall and stairway. The work had been done by an outside contractor

under the direction of the Acting Chairman of the Property Committee

of the Board. Later the Property Committee reported to the Board "In

view of the conditions imposed by the new fire stairways in the Hamill

and Kennedy Houses, and the high cost of this construction, .•...•... it

was the sense of the Committee that before installing similar stair-

ways in the other houses, a further study of the problem should be

made, and other types of stairways or escapes considered." At its

meeting November 7, 1930 the Board "RESOLVED, That it is the sense of

the Board that hereafter no construction work in the School be undertaken,

nor authorized by the Committee on School Property, without first engaging

the services of an architect or engineer to draw plans, write specifica-

tions, supervise the work, and accept the same upon completion."

A Powder Room was installed in the first floor under the stairway

in the hall of Griswold House in 1940.

In 1944 the Entrance Hall, Reception Room and Master's Study, on

the first floor of Cleve and Woodhull Houses were refunished by the

School. Previously these areas had been furnished by the House Master

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at his own expense. New Masters were entering Cleve and Woodhull that

year and the action of the school established a precedent subsequently

followed.

In 1899 the School buildings were wired for electricity. Previously

the buildings on the main Campus had been lighted by gas. The Davis

House used kerosene lamps. Sept. la, 1885, "Lamps in Halls and Reading

Rooms of Master's Houses authorized." Over a period of years, beginning

in 1939, all buildings on the main Campus were rewired for greater

electrical capacity and to comply with modern safety requirements.

In 1949 the state passed a law requiring all hotels to hinge

doors so they would open out and prescribing various other safety

measures. After some controversy it was officially ruled that the new

law applied to school and college buildings housing 20 or more persons,

or containing places of assembly. The School complied with the require-

ments of the law at a cost of $36,291.

Circle House Common Rooms

The Griswold House Common Room was panelled, redecorated and re-

furnished by Frank E. Moffett, L '07, and again redecorated in the

1930's by the parent of a Griswold House boy.

In 1939, at a cost of $3,000. the six Circle House Common Rooms

were refurnished; Lower Common Room was refurnished in 1943 at a cost

of $2,500; and Raymond-Davis Common Room was refurnished in 1941 at a

cost of more than $1,000. contributed by a parent of a Raymond-Davis

boy.

In 1949 Edwin M. Lavina sponsored the enlargement and refurnishing

of the Common Room in his old house Woodhull, at a cost of approximately

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$6,500. In 1951 the Common Room of Kennedy was enlarged and re-

furnished at a cost of approximately $10,000 raised by the House

Master, John K.D. Chivers, from parents and former boys of the

House. In 1955, under the leadership of Lewis Perry, Jr., House

Master, approximately $12,000. was contributed by former Griswold

Boys, parents and friends for the construction and furnishing of an

additional Common Room adjoining the House Master's study, including

an outside entrance and a brick terrace on the Southerly side of the

house. In 1960 the Cleve Common Room was enlarged at a cost of approxi-

mately $14,000. contributed by Nicholas H. Noyes, '01 and Mrs. Noyes.

Boys' Room Furniture

In 1909 the old wooden beds with the old fashioned wood slats

were replaced with iron beds equipped with chain or woven wire springs.

All houses were refurnished (i.e. boys' rooms) in 1928. The white

beds were cleaned and enamelled a dark blue-grey color, new inner

spring mattresses were supplied and the old furniture installed in

1885 was discarded. In addition, for the first time the School supplied

rugs, lamp bulbs, linen and window shades, items which the boys had

been required to bring from home or purchase after coming to School.

With the complete renovation of the houses on the main Campus, one of

the objectives of the l50th Anniversary Fund, all boys rooms were re-

furnished with modern furniture. Easy chairs and table lamps were

added.

Among the objectives of the l50th Anniversary Fund campaign for

$5,000,000. was the complete rehabilitation of the Circle Houses and

Upper House. The first project to be undertaken was the Modern Kitchen,

Pantry and Supervisor's Suite in Griswold House, completed in 1956 at a

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cost of approximately $65,000. Griswold was also the first Circle

House to be completely modernized and refurnished (1960). Funds

for this purpose approximately $75,000. were contributed to the

l50th Anniversary Fund and earmarked for Griswold by Donald S. Gilmore,

L '16, an old Griswold boy. Cleve House was the next Circle House,

in 1961. Contributions to the 150th Anniversary Fund, earmarked for

Cleve House, approximately $100,000. were contributed by Nicholas

H. Noyes, L '01 and Mrs. Noyes. Woodhull House was similarly treated

in 1961 with donations to the 150th Anniversary Fund for the purpose

from Edwin M. Lavino, L 'OS through the Edward J. Lavino Foundation.

Kennedy House was rehabilitated in 1962 and Dickinson House is scheduled

for a complete renovation soon. Meanwhile Upper House had been under-

going the same treatment, spread out over several years.

In November 1962 a new Dining Room was added to the Upper House,

providing facilities for the entire Fifth Form and for other groups

and special occasions. Prior to this addition it was necessary to

serve meals to between 50 and 60 Fifth Formers in the Lodge because of

inadequate space in the original Upper House Dining Room. The old Upper

Dining Room was converted into a Common Room.

Hamill House. the oldest Circle House and the one most needing

modernization had been scheduled for a complete renovation with funds

contributed to the Development Fund (1945 and following) by Duncan

Dusenbury, -(50,000) in memory of his brother William A. Dusenbury,

L '02, and by Sterling Morton, L '01, ($35,000). These contributions

were invested upon receipt and substantially increased through interest

returned to principal and by profits on exchange of securities. Because

of the increasing cost of construction it was decided that the project

would have to wait until more support was available. A start was made,

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however, in 1956, with the expenditure of $23,000 for an enlarged

Dining Room (by using the Common Room). a new Common Room (by ex-

tending the first floor area previously used by the House Master)

and a Terrace and Entrace from the Campus. In 1957 the House Master's

Apartment was enlarged at a cost of $39.000. the unsightly Bay

Windows and Front Entrance Canopy were removed at a cost of $1,000,

and rooms were prepared and furnished for four additional boys (by

taking a portion of the House Master's former space. no longer needed

by him) at a cost of $4,000.

In 1958 the Kitchen and Pantry of Hamill House were modernized

and the building supports re-inforced, at a cost of $9,000.

February 24, 1961 Mr. Sterling Morton died, leaving a portion of

his residuary estate to the School without restriction. With the un-

used balance from the old Hamill House Fund. the Sterling Morton bequest,

and, if needed, money from the Edward J. Lavino Foundation and other un-

restricted sources, the Trustees have planned a complete modernization

of Hamill House. including the replacement of the frame wing with a

larger stone wing, the removal of the mansard roof and fourth floor,

and new boys' room furniture. Work started on the project in March, 1963.

Fifth Form Houses

Important changes were made in three other housing units, which

finally were allocated to the Fifth Form. These units are described

below.

The Lodge

October 8, 1894. "The President stated that the building opposite

the main entrance to the School grounds had been erected by him, at his

own expense. during the Spring and Summer of 1893, with a view to

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accommodating in some measure the patrons of the School, and that it

had been so used during the year 1893-94. He thought best, however. in

view of the large number of applicants and the importance of increased

revenue to the School, that it should be used for boys during the

current year at least (reserving rooms for the Engineer and his family

who take care of the house and two rooms for transient guests). A

Master and 13 boys had in fact been living in the House since the opening

of the term, the Engineer catering for them and caring for the rooms. He

further suggested that if the Board thought the arrangement wise and ad-

vantageous to the School he would lease the building to the School for the

academic year 1894-95 for $700. The proposition was, on motion, unani-

mously accepted."

The Lodge continued as a rented School housing unit and guest house

combined until 1942 when it was temporarily closed as an economy measure.

There was ample room elsewhere on the Campus to provide the services then

being supplied by the Lodge, as the enrollment was down and travel was

restricted. In 1915 a large dining room had been added along the Craven

Lane side of the building.

In 1944 the Trustees expressed the desire to have a place where

guests of the School could be accommodated, and instructed the Business

Manager to come to terms, if possible, with the Trenton Banking Company

then acting as Trustee for the affairs of Henry W. Green, former President

of the Board, who had inherited the Lodge property. An agreement was

consummated whereby the School would pay $15.000 in cash. it being mutually

acknowledged that although the current value of the property was higher,

its value had been greatly increased by additions and improvements paid

for by the School during its long tenency. The Trustees authorized the

expenditure of an additional $6,000. for the rehabilitation of the

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building and for additional furnishings, in order to prepare the Lodge

for use as a Public Guest House and Restaurant. The emphasis was

placed on the Main Dining Room. Mrs. Elizabeth Wyman, wife of William

R. Wyman, House Master of Hamill, volunteered her services -- she was

an experienced Interior Decorator and was responsible for creating a

most attractive Dining Room. For a year or two the operation was very

successful, but with the closing of the war and the removal of food

rationing the needs of the community for such a restaurant as the School

could provide (without a license to sell alcoholic beverages) declined.

Furthermore, the Fifth Form continued to increase in numbers, including

former servicemen whose tuition was paid in part by the Government.

The Lodge was made solely a Fifth Form House in 1947, housing 19 boys.

The Dining Room was used for some 54 Fifth Formers -- from the Lodge,

the Kinnan (19) and the Belknap (16) Houses. Members of the Office

Staff were served lunch in the small Dining Room, and the Middle Room

served as an additional Common Room when not reserved as a Dining Room

for special groups or on special occasions. The use of the Dining Rooms

and Kitchen as such was discontinued in December, 1962 when the new

Upper House Dining Room was ready. In 1952 a small apartment was added

to the rear on the first floor as a suite for the Supervisor.

Kinnan House

The Society Building was erected in 1913 for the use of the two

literary societies, Calliopean and Philomathean -- with money contributed

by the Alumni. After the Societies were abolished in 1924 the building

was used for a short time for class room purposes. In 1930 it was con-

verted into a dormitory to accommodate 19 boys and a Master, at a cost of

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approximately $28,000 contributed in connection with the Lawrenceville

Fund, a fund raising campaign conducted primarily to provide fire

resistive housing for members of the student body, and a new Library.

It was named Kinnan House in memory of Alexander P. W. Kinnan, L '73,

the principal contributor toward the original building. (When ground

was broken for the Society Building in 1912, General Alfred Woodhull, 1854,

had proposed ~innan ~ for its name).

The Kinnan House was not used for boys from 1943 to 1946,

but was utilized during those years for other purposes as described

later.

Haskell House

The building now known as Haskell House was built about 1832, or

earlier, as the first class room building of the School and was used

until Memorial Hall was completed in 1885. The rear wing was added

in 1852. and the bay windows sometime after 1854. Thereafter it was

used as a Gymnasium until 1902; in part as a meeting place for the

literary societies until 1913; and as a Science Building known as The

Lab until 1951. In 1928 it was "modernized" for the growing needs of the

Science Department at a cost of $15,000. The one stairway in the building,

of wood construction, was regarded as a serious fire hazard and was re-

placed by a metal spiral stairway. The stairway was immediately inside

the main entrance to the building on the side facing the Northerly side

of Hamill House. Way back, at a date not known, the exterior stone walls

had been painted a dark brown color. During this renovation (1928) the

front of the building was sandblasted and re-pointed. thus restoring the

attractive stone face. The cleaning of the rest of the walls was post-

poned because of expense until 1955.

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In 1930 the Trustees voted to name the building Brown Hall, in

memory of Reverend Dr. Isaac V. Brown, Founder, Principal and Owner

of the School when the building was erected, but was usually called

"The Lab".

When the new Science Building was completed in 1951, the old

Lab was turned over to the Music Department and was occupied by that

department until 1955.

In 1955 the building was converted into a modern dormitory for

17 boys and a Master, at a cost of approximately $60,000. withdrawn

from the unrestricted portion of a bequest from Fred K. Haskell, L '01,

and was given the name Haskell House. The spiral stairway was erected on

the outside at the rear of the building as a second exit for boys I.i

rooming on the upper floors. A new entr~ce and stairway was constructed

in the front center of the building facing the main highway. The side

and rear walls were finally blasted clean of the brown paint, and the

bay windows (referred to as "worts" 25 years earlier by the Chairman

of the Property Committee of the Board) were finally removed. In

1958-59 and 1961-62 Haskell House was an underform House attached to

Hamill, but otherwise has been considered a Fifth Form House.

VI Domestic Economy

For forty years, from 1883 until 1923 the domestic affairs of

the houses were under the immediate supervision of the Treasurer of

the Board. Each Circle House Master was responsible for his own house

and received a stated sum weekly for each boy, from which he repaid

the School a fixed sum to cover heat and light, paid the wages of the

servants, furnished their quarters, ordered and paid for food, kitchen,

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pantry and dining room equipment. He was allowed to retain, if he

could save it, a maximum of $1,000 a year as a supplemental salary for

managing the house. This system was somewhat awkward in that different

standards of food and service prevailed in the houses, and the domestic

affairs of the houses frequently required and received attention, and

at times corrective action, by the Trustees. On occasion the Trustees

were called upon to bail the House Masters out because expenses exceeded

the amount allowed. In 1898 the Trustees instructed the Head Master

to "inform the Masters that the Board has in contemplation a complete

change in the domestic administration of the houses and to invite

suggestions from the Masters for the use of the Board." No specific

record is found to indicate what changes were suggested, or made, but

there were gradual modifications of the original practices. A steward,

or purchasing agent had been considered in 1917; but not engaged until

1920 and a "commons" idea which had been considered was "abandoned for

the present" in 1918.

In 1917 the Alumni Bulletin stated that the Circle House Masters

were to receive their supplemental salary ($1,000). for managing the house,

in addition to their regular salary as a teacher, regardless of the

house's financial results for the year; that Upper and Hamill were to

be put on the same allowance per boy (instead of having bills incurred

paid by the School regardless of total expense as had been done pre-

viously); and that the allowance per boy in the small houses would be

slightly higher than in the big houses. The plight of the small houses

can be readily imagined. In the Wayside a family of five, two servants

and seven boys were supported by the allowance for seven boys. In the

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Phillips a family of five. two servants and ten boys were supported

by the allowance for ten boys. Furthermore, the House Master of the

Phillips House was the owner of the house and received rent from the

School for the use of his property. It is not surprising that the

auditors in 1920, the first professional auditors to be employed by

the School for an overall examination of the School's finances,

were astonished, as the new Head Master had been. In so far as the

small house situation was concerned, the opening of the Lower School

in 1924 adequately remedied that situation.

The idea of a central kitchen had often been considered by the

Trustees and on several occasions studies were conducted to determine

whether or not a central kitchen and dining room could be introduced

without seriously destroying the fundamental character of the House

System. January 26, 1898. "RESOLVED, That the President inquire and

report on the practicability and cost of providing food for the School

community on the central School property." (Probably had reference to

off campus house dining rooms, if any. ARE). A modified version of

the central kitchen idea on the Circle was introduced during the

depression in the nineteen thirties as an economy measure. Under this

new plan three kitchen units were used. each unit under one supervisor,

to service two house dining rooms. This meant a substantial reduction

in payroll and a reduction in the potential places for waste of food.

The prepared food (the major part of it) intended for the neighboring

house was transported from the kitchen where it was prepared by thermo

carts. Simple preparation continued in the house in which the main

kitchen was discontinued. In 1942-43, because of the shortage of

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competent help and to further reduce expense, the plan was reduced

to two kitchen units on the Circle, each unit serving three houses.

It seemed wise to change back to three units (two houses in each

unit) the following year. Shortly thereafter the two unit plan (three

houses in each unit) was restored and is currently being followed.

Meantime, as a further economy and again to offset the lack of

competent help, the boys were asked to make their own beds and to take

turns waiting on the table.

Dr. Mulford describes the domestic economy of the houses in the

School History briefly, as follows:

"Until the close of school in June 1920, the housekeeping in the

School Houses, excepting Upper, Hamill and the Lodge, was managed en-

tirely by the House Masters."

"In the Upper, Hamill and the Lodge the entire management was in

the hands of the House Matron. The bills for these houses were paid

directly by the School office. The Matrons were responsible to the

Head Master and the Treasurer.

"In all the other houses the House Master drew, bi-weekly, from

the School office, after having their requisitions approved by the Head

Master. a certain weekly allowance for each boy in residence in his

House. The weekly rate varied somewhat during the time this system

was used, because of changes in food prices and wages. The Master

was not allowed to draw board money for a boy not actually in resi-

dence, and was charged a certain rate per day when one of the boys

of his House was a patient at the School Infirmary.

"Out of the money thus drawn he paid for all food, housekeeping

supplies and certain equipment and all servant's wages. From his

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personal funds the Master furnished certain~other equipment, including

the table linen, silverware, glassware, and dishes, and all cooking

utensils.

"The Master was entitled to keep the unused balance of funds, up

to a certain maximum. Beyond that maximum amount, all unused funds

were returned to the School.

"The menus were selected by the Masters and all details of the House

management were his duty, including the hiring of servants and the direction

of their work. In most cases the Masters hired Matrons to take charge of

the work. In some cases the wife of the Master acted as Matron."

The change of 1920, implied in the opening sentence of Dr. Mulford's

accOunt, was only a partial remedy for the problems which had gradually

become almost intolerable. In 1920 the School engaged a Purchasing Agent

to purchase all foods and housekeeping supplies and equipment. He estab-

lished a Commissary, or Storehouse. in a frame building which the School

had purchased for $400. from the government reservation nearby. (The

building had been used as an Officers' barracks). and moved to the Campus

close to the old Power House. (This building was moved in 1960 behind

the new Storehouse and is now used for storage purposes). The Circle

House Master, or the Matron. still prepared the menus, requisitioned food

and supplies from the Storehouse, and hired and managed the servants. The

House Master of Circle Houses continued to receive the supplemental salary

of $1,000. as a House Master. The Purchasing Agent paid all bills with

School funds, kept an itemized account of all expenditures by houses, and

released the data monthly so that each House Master knew how his house

expense compared with houses of comparable size. It was expected that

houses of similar size would spend approximately the same amount for food,

supplies and service.

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Prior to 1920 a tradition had become well established by practice

(it is not known whether or not it was based on a ruling) that a Circle

House Master might have as many as six in his family. Example: if

he and his wife had two children they could also have one or two relatives

living in their apartment. so long as the total number did not exceed

six. Many did just that. The tradition apparently was fostered by the

fact that the food and service were paid for out of the money allowed

by the School for running the house. In 1922 and later the Trustees

made a number of decisions regarding guests in School houses:

(1) "House Masters should be charged for all their guests at the usual rate of $3 perday for each person". September 18, 1922. This was later changed to "Guests of the Masters to be charged $2 perday; no charge for relat~ves for one day; Patrons and Alumni to be entertained as guests of the School, retroactive to September I, 1922". February 9, 1923.

(2) "Mr. H. permitted to have his father live with him and be charged $1 per day". November 3, 1922.

(3) "Mr. C. permitted to have his parents live with him and be charged $1 per day". November 3, 1922.

(4) "Sister of Mrs. D. permitt ed to board in house at $1 '-per day." April 13, 1953.

(5) "Miss C., of Library Staff, requested permission to entertain a friend in the School from time to time. The Board deemed this inadvisable". (Miss C. lived with her brother, Master of one of the houses). November 3, 1922.

(6) "It was the sense of the meeting that the Masters and their wives and children be fed at the School's expense during the Christmas vacation, but that the same rules as to the charge for guests should apply as during term time". December 13, 1923. Later the Board ruled that "The Head Master was authorized to name definite dates when the School assumes responsi-bility for supplying food for Masters' families and the boys and that these dates should not include the short vacation periods at Christmas and Spring". April 9, 1924.

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(7) "The general schedule of charges for guests staying at the School or at the Lodge was approved." April 9, 1924.

(8) "Expense in·furnishing extra milk to boys was ordered paid by the School but that an account of the same be kept separately". April 13, 1923. (It is my recollection that the extra milk was recommended by the Medical Director for certain boys who needed the extra nourishment. ARE)

(9) Another interesting resolution of the Board goes back to October 13, 1898:

"Resolved, that the request of the Head Master to be allowed the privilege of the tables of the Upper House for his family be declined, but that the Board hereby increases the salary of the Head Master $1,000. a year, this increase to date from September 1, 1898; it being understood that the Head Master receive as heretofore $500 annually for entertainment". (Dr. and Mrs. Mackenzie had eight children • ARE)

It was in 1923 that a complete reorganization of the housekeeping

plan took place, along with a marked revision of the entire

scheme for the management of the School. The new By-Laws

adopted by the Trustees provided that the Head Master "shall

be the executive head of the School, subject only to the control

of the Board and of the regular and special committees appointed

by the Board .•..•. A Business Manager shall be appointed by the

Head Master, subject to the approval of the Board. He shall be

charged with the business administration of the School, acting on

behalf of the Head Master and subject to his authority .... He may appoint,

subject to the approv.al of the Head Master, ..... a Superintendent of

Supplies (Household Director) ..... and other officials and employees

for the efficient administration of the School." The Board "Directed

that the Masters be relieved of the duty of administering the house-

keeping affairs of the various houses and that these be carried on under

the direction of the Head Master, that he be authorized to purchase all

kitchen, dining room and servants' equipment and to take care of the

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renewal of such equipment." These responsibilities were delegated

by the Head Master to the Business Manager. He in turn delegated

them to the Household Director who took over the duties previously

discharged by the Purchasing Agent, and in addition the duties of

employing and supervising a Matron for each large house, all servants

in the hous es, and the preparation of a uniform menu for each house. ~

The House Master continued to be responsible to the Head Master

for the affiars of his house with the exception of the housekeeping

functions. He was paid for his equipment, which since then has re-

mained the property of the School. Outside appraisers were employed

by the School to determine the fair value of the equipment.

It took time to establish the new plan and for the House Master

to accommodate himself to his new relationship to the domestic affairs

of his house. That he was freed from the troublesome and time con-

suming matters of selecting a Matron and servants, ordering food and

concerning himself with the general housekeeping details, he eventually

accepted as a welcome relief to himself and his wife.

In 1930 cooking by gas was introduced in Upper House. As coal

fueled cooking equipment in the other houses gave out through wear

and tear, gas was gradually used exclusively for cooking purposes

throughout the School except for modern small electric appliances

used as supplemental equipment.

VII. The House System Today

For the immediate present the boarding enrollment is more or

less fixed at approximately 555 boys consisting of: Fifth Form Houses,

166 boys; Circle Houses, 296 boys; and Lower School, 93 boys. Day

boy enrollment is kept at about 75 boys, including sons of members of

the Faculty.

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The illustrated booklet published by the School in 1962 describes

the House System as follows:

"In its HOUSE SYSTEM, Lawrenceville was the first American boarding

school to develop fully the educational possibilities inherent in small

self-contained social groups. Life for each boy at Lawrenceville centers

in his house. He not only studies, sleeps, and has his me&s with a

group of boys of his own age, but plays on teams against other houses

and shares in the democratic student management by which ordinary House

affairs are governed. Thus, although a boy at Lawrenceville finds him-

self in a big school, he is at the same time part of a small and con-

genial group to which his contribution is both measurable and important.

"Boys in the First and Second Forms (eighth and ninth grades) live

in Lower School. In the four Houses of the Lower School there is, of

course, most supervision. Actually these Houses are all under one roof

with a Master for each ••.. In the center of the building are the residence

of the Director of Lower School, the dining room, and a study hall where

each boy has his own desk. Boys in Lower have their own House sports,

coached by competent members of the Faculty, and receive careful and

sympathetic direction in non-athletic activities. Although they publish

their own newspaper and yearbook and produce their own plays, they join

the Upper Formers in many activities, thus benefitting by association

with the more mature boys in the School. In work and play and in all

that pertains to their welfare as citizens of the School Community,

these boys are constantly receiving a training designed to ensure their

success in the Upper Forms of Lawrenceville.

"From Lower, boys move into one of the eight Circle Houses. Located

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geographically in the center of the School, with thirty-four to forty-

four boys to a House, these are the heart of the House System. A house

master, with an assistant house master, is in charge of each House. He

lives with his family in an apartment which is an integral part of the

House. Each House has its own dining room. common room, and master's

study; each has its own athletic teams, its own student government, and

its own traditions within the School. Here boys study in their own

rooms .... Although boys who have trouble with their work receive help from

their house masters and may even be subject to special study regulations

for a time, the average boy in a Circle House has a sense of independence.

Regulations are few and sensible, without which no group of this sort

could live comfortably and harmoniously. A house council, made up of

both old and new boys, helps the house master to keep affairs running

smoothly. Finally, the presence of the house master's home and family

creates an atmosphere where good manners and thoughtful social behavior

are a natural reaction."

"For their last year at school boys move into the Upper and other

Fifth Form Houses where they take upon themselves even more responsibility

in the conduct of their daily affairs and are granted more privileges than

Under Formers. Fifth Form tea at Foundation House offers them frequent

and informal contact with the Head Master and Mrs. McClellan. Fifth

Formers regard themselves as 'old boys' of their Circle Houses, however,

and maintain a close tie during their last year of school, sometimes help-

ing to coach teams, and invariably appearing for such sentimental occasions

as House banquets. For Fifth Formers who do not play on School athletic

teams, groups are formed within the class for competitive purposes, so that

boys can continue to compete at thlCir own level."

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Day boys of all Forms are assigned to appropriate houses and for

all practical purposes, are regarded as members of the house to which

they have been assigned. They take lunch in their houses on school

days and dinner on special occasions.

VIII. Names of the Houses, Masters in charge

A list of all buildings used for the housing of students since

1883 is given below, separated into four groups:

1. Senior Class Houses

2. Master's (Circle) Houses

3. Lower School Houses

4. Miscellaneous Houses

So far as can be learned the masters in charge are included, with the

years indicating housemastership. When no House Master is indicated

it may be assumed that in all probability boys were rooming in a private

home. It may be assumed also that boys may have roomed in other private

homes in the village of which no information is available.

1. SENIOR CLASS HOUSES

UPPER HOUSE (CALEB SMITH HALL) (Built in 1892)

Willard Henry Poole (1892-1895) Walter Bullard Street (1895-1896) Charles Roger Watson (1896-1897) Jay Thomas Stocking (1897-1898) Albert Ira Montague (1898-1899) John James Moment (1899-1903) Raymond Garfield Wright (1903-1904) Arthur Fiske Warren (1904 - February 1911) James Thomas Barrett (1911-1921) Frederick John Vincent Hancox (1921-1933) Herbert Everett Warren (1933-1934) Sidney Morgan Shea (1934-1938)* Jordan Combes Churchi11(1938-1950) John Damon Humason (1950-1965) Arthur G. Down (1965-1967) Richard L. Gaines (1967-1969) Bruce W. Presley (1969-1970) H. Carty Lynch (1970-1979)

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UPPER HOUSE (CALEB SMITH HALL) (Built in 1892)

Upper East Upper West J. Martin Doggett, Jr. (1979-1988) H. Carty Lynch (1979-1984 )

<Continued on page 52A) *Mr. Shea continued as V Form Master until 1940.

THE LODGE. Built in 1893 by Charles E. Green, President of the Board of Trustees; leased by the School from 1894 to 1942 and used as a combined guest house and dormitory for boys; given up from 1942 to 1944, purchased in 1944 and prepared for use as a public guest house: since 1947 used to house Fifth Formers and as a Fifth Form dining room. Until 1924 the third floor had been used for many years for 10 young boys of pre-Circle House age who were served meals in a small dining room opposite the guest dining room.

Edward Rutledge Robbins Arthur Lee Janes Albert Ira Montague Frederick Howland Somerville Lewis Perry Frederick Howland Somerville Charles Albert Holbrook Howard Smith William Lester Henry Ernest E1kanah Rich Edwin Clyde Foresman Frederick John Vincent Hancox Harley Willis Heath Don Harold Wheeler Sidney Morgan Shea Thomas Vernon Dickens

No Master Frank LeRoy Mitchell William Alexander Jameson, Jr.

No Master Henry Newpher Bowman

No Master Howard Rodney Emery James Paul Rizzo Peter Candler H. Carty Lynch James E. Blake Bruce W. Presley

(1894':'1895) (1895-1897) (1897-1898) (1898-1900) (1900-1901) (1901-1903) (1903-1904) (1904-1906) (1906-1911) (1911-19l4) (1914-1918) (1918-1920) (1920-March, 1921) (1921-1922) (1922-1923) (1923-1924) (1924-1936) (1936-1939) (1939-1940) (1940-1947) (1947-1951) (1951-1952) (1952-1955) (1955-1961) (1961-1967) (1967-1969) (1969-1970) (1970-1975)

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UPPER HOUSE (CALEB SMITH HALL)

Upper East

Robert Greenwood Shaw (1988-1989) Donald Davison Cant1ay(1989-

(Built in 1892)

Upper West

Timothy Cochran Doyle (1984-1989) Brian Reinhardt Daniell (1989-

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KINNAN HOUSE. Built as a Society Building in 1913: converted in 1930 into a housing unit and named for Alexander P.W. Kinnan, 1873; used from 1943 to 1946 as Red Cross Headquarters or for Faculty housing. No dining room.

Ira Williams William Rhodes Wyman Frank LeRoy Mitchell

No Master Hans Gerard Rastede Chester Hall Wagner Kenneth William Keuffe1 John Joseph Reydel H. Carty Lynch, Jr. Bruce W. Presley Frederick W. Gerste11 Herman Besse1ink Jerry J. Donovan Herman Besselink

(1930-1934 ) (1934-1939) (1939-1943) (1943-1946) (1946-1954) ( 19 5 4-19 55 ) * (1955-1957) (1957-1959) (1959-1964) (1964-1969) (1969-1970) (1970-1973) (1973-1974) (1974-

*Acting Master during the illness of Mr. Rastede.

BELKNAP HOUSE. Purchased in 1946 from Sering D. Wilson, and named for Waldron P. Belknap, L '91. No dining room. Formerly the Hendrickson Homestead.

Edward L. Herrick Benjamin Franklin Briggs, Jr. Roger D. Brink

(1946-1959) (1959-1966) (1966-1973)

HASKELL HOUSE. Built in 1832 or earlier as the first class room building; served also as a Gymnasium, Society Hall, Science Building and Music Building. Converted in 1955 as a housing unit and named for Fred K. Haskell, L '01. No dining room.

Howard Rodney Emery (1955-1958) Henry Carty Lynch, Jr. (1958-1959)* John Joseph Reydel (1959-1961) James Patrick Callahan (1961-1964)* Herman Besselink (1964-1969) Bernard P. Loux (1969-1981) John P. Sauerman (1981-1985) *Haskell was a Circle House. attached to Hamill. (Cont. on page 53A)

WAGENER HOUSE. Early residence of Professor Gustavus Wagner, teacher of Music, Penmanship and Drawing in the Lawrenceville Classical and Commercial High School. Professor Wagner died in 1907. His sister, Sophie, who was his sole survivor, died in 1911. Purchased by the School in 1913 through James B.

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Kenneth Felker Laura Henriques Margot Brown

(53A)

(1985-1987) (1987-1988) (1988-1990) - Girls House

In the school year 1975-1976 a section of Old Lower was turned into a living area called HYATT HOUSE. It was named in honor of Alton R. Hyatt, a former master who served in many capacities during his years at Lawrenceville. Hyatt House was used to house Fifth Form Boys. It was closed in June, 1987.

Thomas F. Sharp Bernard P. Loux

(1975-1986) (1986-1987)

In the school year 1987-1988 Dawes House became a Fifth Form house to accommodate boys. It will be used as such until the school year 1990-1991 when it will beused for Lower School girls.

James Allen Fitzpatrick James Allen Fitzpatrick,

Katherine Hinds and Peter Weiland

Katherine Hinds and Peter Weiland

(1987-1988)

(1988-1989)

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REYNOLDS HOUSE

In the fall of 1988 the Reynolds House given by David P. Reynolds '34 was opened to Fifth Form girls. This particular group of girls had been living temporarily in McPherson House. Reynolds continues to be used for Fifth Form girls.

Anne M. Henry (1988-

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Dayton, Bursar. from the Estate of Professor Wagner; used as Faculty residence and Faculty Club; used at times as an overflow house -- recently as a Fifth Form House; no dining room.

Ira Williams Patrick Francis Elliott John Joseph Reydel

(1934-1946) (1960-1961 ) (1961- 1963)

WAYSIDE HOUSE. Purchased by the School in 1902; used as a house for 7 boys of pre-Circle House age 1902-1924; accommodated 4 Fifth Formers from 1946 to 1960 in home of Assistant Head Master. These 4 boys were attached to Kinnan House.

GEORGE HOUSE. Built in 1906 Former home of William J. George, Master from 1889-1920; purchased from Mr. George by the School 1924; used for boys from 1924 to 1940; no boys dining room; since 1940 occupied by two Faculty families; boys had lived there with Mr. George. In 1972 it was returned to housing 5th Formers.

Edward R. Stehle Roger D. Brink

(1972-1973) (1973-1980)

2. MASTER'S (CIRCLE) HOUSES

HAMILL HOUSE. Built in 1814; closed in 1885-86 and 1886-87; at times used as overflow house for Seniors or for boys ranking between Fourth and Fifth Forms and spending their last year in the School.

John M. Cross No Master

Alexander Fridge Jamieson Wyatt William Randall Nicholas Stahl Arthur Fiske Warren Nicholas Stahl George Howard Bruce. Jr. James Thomas Barrett William Lester Henry Alton Rufus Hyatt Robert Danforth Cole James Archibald Cor lies William Rhodes Wyman Bruce McClellan Wade Carroll Stephens Anthony P. Wilson

(1884-1885) (1885-1887) (1887-1898) (1898-1900) (1900-1903)* (1903-1904) (1904-1906) (1906-1909) (1909-1911) (1911-1921) (1921-1922) (1922-1925) (1925-1939) (1939-1953) (1953-1959 ) (1959-1969) (1969-1970)

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HAMILL HOUSE (Continued)

John W. King (1970-1975) Robert Regan (1975-1977) W. Graham Cole (1977-1982) Charles P. Williams (1982-1988) William P. Tredway (1988-*Mr. Stahl was Acting Master, 1900-1901.

**Hamill House was a V Form House, 1900-1905, 1906-1908 and 1939-1944.

DAVIS HOUSE. Leased by the School from the Davis family 1883-1930; formerly Young Ladies Seminary; designated as "Upper House" from 1886 to 1890.

James Lawson Patterson Alexander Fridge Jamieson Lawrence Cameron Hull George Prentiss Butler Charles Henry Raymond John Henry Keener Charles Harlow Raymond Edwin Clyde Foresman Thornton Niven Wilder Lansing Wemple Tostevin

(1884-1885) (1885-1887) (1887-1888) (1888-1889) (1889-1907) (1907-1911) (1911-1920) (1920-1927) (1927-1928) (1928-1930)

RAYMOND-DAVIS HOUSE. Built in 1930 to replace Davis House.

Herbert Everett Warren Laurence Henry Tiihonen Thomas Jones Johnston Benjamin E. Cooper John A. Magee

(1930) (1930-1954) (1954-1965 ) (1965-1970) (1970-1972)

CLEVE HOUSE. Built in 1885; Enlarged in 1896

Howell Terry Pershing George Prentiss Butler Edward Leeds Gulick Alexander Fridge Jamieson Daniel Varney Thompson Charles Harlow Raymond Curtiss Summers Hitchcock James Merriam Howard, Jr. Marshall Hale Chambers

(1885-1889 ) (1889-1893) ( 1893-1898) (1898-1904) (1904-1920) (1920-1944) (1944-1952) (1952-1954) (1954- )

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DICKINSON HOUSE. Built in 1885; Enlarged in 1895)

William E. Plumley Lawrence Cameron Hull Geroge M. Whicher Charles Henry Willcox John Sherman Custer Anson Barker Theodore Hazard Keller Theodore K. Graham Robert C. Ainspac Samuel P. Harding Ronald P. Savoie

GRISWOLD HOUSE. Built in 1885;

Henry P. Warren Mills Whittlesey Thomas Bertrand Bronson Karl Stephens Wells Lewis Perry, Jr. Cornelius Holland Bull, III. Norval Foster Bacon, Jr. Paul D. Porter Joel I. Greenberg Peter Rowley

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(1885-1888) (1888-1889) (1889-1892 ) (1892-1921) (1921-1930) (1930-1932 ) (1932-1964) (1964-1972) (1972-1977) (1977-1984) (1984-Spring 1989) (Cont.

Enlarged in 1895

(1885-1886) (1886-1892) (1892-1928) (1928-1950) (1950-1958) (1958-1960) (1960-1966) (1966-1974) (1974-1980) (1980-1985 )

WOODHULL HOUSE. Built in 1885; destroyed by fire 1892; Rebuilt 1892

James Lawson Patterson Arthur Lee Janes Fletcher Durell William James George Charles Bertram Newton Charles Henry Breed Albert Arthur Hamblen Floyd C. Harwood Hugh King Wright Lawrence Louis Hlavacek W. Drennan Geer Adolph Hofstetter, Jr. James P. Stearns Benjamin C. Atlee James T. Adams

(1885-1894) (1894-1895) (1895-1898) (1898-1901) (1901-1911) ( 1911-1923) (1923-1934) (1934-1944 ) (1944-1955) (1955-1963) ( 1963-1965) (1965-1967) (1967-1969) (1969-1978 ) (1978-1988)

(Continued on page 56A) KENNEDY HOUSE. Built in 1889; Enlarged in 1895

Lawrence Cameron Hull (1889-1899) William Andrew Robinson (1899-1919) Percy Robert Colwell (died Sept. 27, 1919) Harley Willis Heath (Jan - June, 1919) * Edwin William Pah10w (1919-March, 1921) Harley Willis Heath (March, 1921 - 1942) John Kirk Dunham Chivers (1942-1954) Lewis Oakley Brewster, III (1954-1966) William J. Jackson (1966-1967)

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DICKINSON HOUSE - Continued

Raymond J. Menegus

GRISWOLD HOUSE - Continued

Timothy B. Brown &) Barbara M. Elkins )

- ~harles F. Weeden

WOODHULL HOUSE - Continued

William M. Dickey

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(March 1988-89 - 1990)

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In 1987 when Lawrenceville became a co-ed school, new houses were built for the girls. Following is a resume of house names, housemasters and categories. These houses were called Crescent houses because of the geographic arrangement of them.

1987 --McCLELLAN The McClellan House was a gift of Trustee Bert A. Getz '55 and named in honor of Head Master Bruce McClellan and his wife Mary Elizabeth. The first year of its existence it was a Fifth Form House. Subsequently, it has been a Circle House for girls.

Leita Hamill (1987-1988) - Fifth Form Lawrence L. Hlavacek,Jr. (1988- ) - Circle House

STANLEY The Stanley House was a gift of Trustee Edmund A. Stanley '43 and his brother Thomas '45. It was named for the Stanley family. It was from the beginning a Circle House for girls.

Timothy B. Brown and Barbara M. Elkins (Co-housemasters) 1987-

STEPHENS . f . The Stephens House was a g1 t of Trustee Artem1s A.W. Joukowsky '50 and was named in honor of Wade C. Stephens and his family. It was from the beginning a Circle House for girls.

Kristina B. Schulte (1987-

A fourth house was built. At the time of its construction it was unnamed as a building but was given over to two Lower School Girls houses, i.e. Cromwell and Perry Ross.

ALUMNI HOUSE

CROMWELL -Katherine L'H Mittnacht Michael G. Rousseau

PERRY ROSS -

Annette Duvall

(1987-1988) (1988-1989)

1987-1989)

In the fall of 1989 it was named Alumni house and was designated a house for Circle Girls.

Michael G. Rousseau (1989-

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KENNEDY HOUSE Continued

Thomas A. DeGray Arthur R. Schonheiter Robert C. Mellow Kenneth S. Mills * Acting Master

(1967-1971) (1971-1980) (1980-1985) (1985-

RUFUS DAWES HOUSE. (Tentative building purchased in 1920; destroyed by fire 1929; present building erected in 1929.

Charles William Brad1ee, Jr. (1920-1923) Sidney Morgan Shea (1923-1934) Lawrence Wendell Estey (1934-1939) Donald Robert Towers (1939-February, 1940) William E. Candy (February, 1940 - December, 1941) Warren Kempton Page (January - June, 1942)

No Master (1942-1944 used for housing Faculty) Fred A. Eichelberger (1944-1946) Adam Weir Craig (1946-1949) David Douglas Wicks (1949-1950) Julian Francis Thompson (1950-1951)** James Merriam Howard, Jr. (1951-195~)** David Douglas Wicks (1952-1960) Charles Foster Weeden, III (1960-1968) Robert C. Ainspac (1968-1972)

**Acting Masters during Mr. Wicks' leave of absence.

3. LOWER SCHOOL (Built in 1924)

DIRECTORS

Richard Charles Dorr Alton Rufus Hyatt Alfred Slayman Nicholson Frank Kingsbury Heyniger Julian Francis Thompson John Kevin Devlin

(1924-1925) (1925-1934) (1934-1949) * (1949-1957) (1957-1962) (1962-1984) (1984-1987) Samuel P. Harding

*Acting Director 1934-35. ---John E. Schiel (1987-

Lower School located in Old Lower until 1972 when they all moved to Dawes and Raymond Buildings.

CROMWELL HOUSE

Thomas Vernon Dickens Karl Stephens Wells Donald Henry Ballou David Collins Shaw Alfred Slayman Nicholson George Berkeley Young George Sears Greene

(1924-1926 ) (1926-1928 ) (1928-1929 ) (1929-1930) (1930-1934) (1934-1935) (1935-1936)

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CROMWELL HOUSE Continued

Robin McCulloch Gallagher Robert Mervin Cass Marcus B. Hall John Alfred Laberee Lewis Iverson Shipman Robert Van Cleve Whitehead, John Dray Mansfield William Hayward Clark Donoson Edward FitzGerald Cornelius Holland Bull. III Richard Loring Gaines Steve Lavino - John W. King Daniel T. McGuire Stanley H. Shrom John C. Brendler Ronald J. Megna John A. Elfring W. Graham Cole Peter Rowley John P. Schiel

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(1936-1937) (1937-1940) (1940-1941) (1941-1942) (1942-1943)

Jr. (1943-1947) (1947-1948) (1948-1949 ) (1949-1950) ( 19 5 0- 19 55 ) (1955-1967) (1967-1968) (1968-1969 ) (1969-1970) (1970-1971) (1971-1973) (1973-1974 ) (1974-1977) (1977-1980) (1980-1987 )

In September, 1972 Cromwell House was located in the old Dawes House - until 1987 when the school became co-ed it was for boys.

William Henry Burnham (1924 - February, 1928) Arthur Logan Groff (February, 1928 - 1930) William Alexander Jameson, Jr. (1930-1937) E. Rawson Goodwin (1937-1938) Spencer Ross Hackett (February, 1938 - 1941) Donald Walker Sanville (1941-1943) William Howard McKenzie (1943-1944) John Emmett RliNsey (1944-1945) Ambrose C. T. Short (1945-1947) Richard Atcheson Finsthwait (1947-1948) Chester Hall Wagner (1948-1951) Robert Lee C1icquennoi (September 29. 1950 - 1951)* Paul Gordon Smart (1951-1952) Harry Sanford Brown (1952-1953) John G. Davis (1953-1956) Anthony W.R. Coomber (1956-1957) Russell Ins1ee Clark, Jr. (1957-1958) Alfred McCrea Chapman (1958-1960) Russell Inslee Clark (1960-1961) Berchmans P. Cotter, Jr. (1961-1962) Samuel H. Back (1962-1963) Robert M. Stafford (1963-1964) R. Graham Akers (1964-1968) Daniel C. Hudson (1968-1973) Samuel P. Harding (1973-1977) John M. Doggett, Jr. (1977-1979) Charles P. Williams (1979-1982) Ronald P. Savoie (1982-1984)

(Continued on page 58A) *Acting Master during Mr. Wagner's illness.

In September, 1972 Davids House was located in the old Raymond House - it is still there for boys.

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CROMWELL HOUSE - Continued

Annette Duvall Alison Stewart

DAVIDSON HOUSE - Continued

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William P. Tredway John E. Schiel

(1987-1989) (1989- )

(1984-1988) (1988- )

Girls' Crescent Girls' McPherson

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PERRY ROSS HOUSE

Lansing Wemple Tostevin (1924-1925) Anson Barker (1925-1926) Wallace Everard Stearns (1926-1927) Herbert Everett Warren (1927-1929) Herbert Millington (1929-1931) Arthur Logan Groff (1931-1936) Edward L. Herrick (1936-1937) Lawrence P. Reynolds (1937-1938) George Arthur Diehl (1938-1942) Norva1 Foster Bacon, Jr. (1942-1946) David Lovell Francis (1946-1948) Robert Lee C1icquennoi (1948-1949) Michael P. Olmstead (1949-1950) Frederick W~ige1 Berg (1950-1951) Julian Francis Thompson (1951-1956) William Drennan Geer, Jr. (1956-1963) Samuel H. Back (1963-1968) R. Graham Akers (1967-1971) John C. Brendler (1971-1976) Alvin M. Philpet (1976-1982) J. Allen Fitzpatrick (1982-1987)

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David Pettit Smith, Jr. (1924-1927) Richard Holcombe Bennet (1927-1928) Laurence Henry Tiihonen (1928-1929) John Winter Gartner (1929-1933)

No Master (1933-1937) Edward 1. Herrick (1937-1939)

In Sept. 1972 Perry Ross House was located in the old Dawes House - until 1987 when the school became co-ed it was for boys.

William Henry Scott (1939-December, 1940) William W. Reiter (January, 1941 - June, 1941) Richard Sturgis Suter (1941-1942) John Rourke Crowley (1942-1943) David Welles Bailey (1943-1945) Thomas Mason Page (1945-1948) Miller Murray Cragdon, Jr. (1948-1949) Lawrence Louis Hlavacek (1949-1951) Perry Knowlton (1951-1953) Lawrence Louis Hlavacek (1953-1954) John Kevin Devlin (1954-1962) E. Franklin Hatch, Jr. (1962-1963) Frederick W. Gerste11 (1963-1969) Ralph C. Smith (1969-1970) Joel I. Greenberg (1970-1974) Paul Youngs (1974-1979) Timothy C. Doyle (1979- 1984 )

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In Sept. 1972 Thomas House ~as

located in the old Raymond HOUSt

it is still there and is for boys.

For houses accommodating "Lower School" boys, i.e., boys of pre-Circle House Age prior to the erection of the Lower School Building in 1924 see the houses marked with an asterisk (*) in Group 4 Miscellaneous.

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PERRY ROSS HOUSE - Continued

Katherine L. Mittnacht Michael G. Rousseau Samuel P. Harding

THOMAS HOUSE - Continued

John C. Eliason, Jr. Richard Raney Scott Kampmeier

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(1987-1988) (1988-1989) (1989-

(198i.f-1988) (1988-1989) (1989- )

Girls' Crescent "

Girls' McPherson

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4. MISCELLANEOUS HOUSES

This list includes all known houses, except those in

Groups 1, 2 and 3, in which boys were accommodated. The list

is arranged chronologically as nearly as it is possible to do

so.

*GREEN HOUSE. Leased from 1884 to 1933 from A. Dickinson Green and his widow; known as Harmony Hall, its original name, from 1885 to 1890; purchased by the School in 1953 from Mr. and Mrs. Arturo Santora and prepared for use as Faculty apart-ments.

William Wilberforce Smith (1884-1885) William T. Seelye (1885-1886) James Edwin Culliton (1886-1888) C. L. Woodworth (1888-1890) William James George (1890-1892) Mark Harvey Liddell (1892-1893) William James George (1893-1898) Fletcher Durell (1898-1924) Clifton Orville Page (1924-1928) Anson Barker (1928-1930) William Rhodes Wyman (1930-1931) Frank LeRoy Mitchell (1931-1933)

MRS. BREARLEY'S HOUSE. Boys roomed there from 1884 to 1887; it is assumed the house was the one now known as Wayside House; J. Aspinwall Hodge, Jr. was the master in charge in 1884-85.

MR. BREARLEY'S HOUSE. Boys roomed there in 1884-85; it is assumed to be the house later occupied by Francis Cuyler VanDyck, Jr., a Master in the School from 1899 to 1916.

MRS. RUTH WHITE'S HOUSE. Location not definitely known. Perhaps the frame house on the S.W. Corner of Main Street and Cold Soil Road. Boys roomed there in 1884-85. Later was the School Infirmary.

*LAWRENCE COTTAGE. Leased from the Green family in 1884-85; and again from 1911 to 1924. Cottage is next to Rosehi11 House - on the Princeton side.

Alexander Fridge Jamieson (1884-1885)

Charles Erwin Hall (1911-1912) Willard Pyle Tomlinson (1912-1913) Harold Adin Nomer (1913-1919) Robert Scovel Hendrickson (1919-1920) Joseph Newton Kurtz Hickman (1920-1924)

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MR. MERSHON'S HOUSE. Location not known. There were several Mershon properties at that time; boys roomed there 1884-85.

CONOVER PHALANX. Boys roomed there in 1884-85. Location not certain, but it may have been the residence of Mrs. Edward Conover, who for years sold pies, cakes, pancakes, etc. to the students.

STONE COTTAGE. Leased from Dr. Samua1 McClintock Hamill and later from Robert E. Smith. Passed from the Estate of Dr. Hamill in 1892 to Robert E. Smith; purchased by the School 1928. This building had housed students prior to 1883. Boys roomed there from 1886 to 1893. Later it was used by the School for Offices and Faculty residence.

George Prentiss Butler (1886-1888) ? (1888-1890)

Alfred Chase Fay (1890-1891) Sumner Alvah Kinsley (1891-1894)

*ROSEHILL HOUSE. estate of W. from 1889 to from 1889 to

Purchased by the School from the C. Rouse in 1883; used for boys 1924; and at intervals thereafter; 1899 was called Rouse House.

Herbert Shattuck Johnson (1889-1898) Edward Leeds Gulick (1898-1904) Charles Henry Breed (1904-1907) Charles Harlow Raymond (1907-1911) Edwin William Pah10w (1911-1918) Edwin Clyde Foresman (1918-1919) Don Harold Wheeler (1919-1920) Robert Danforth Cole (1920~1922)

Edward Day Curtis (1922-1930)

WHITE HOUSE. Boys roomed there in 1891-92 location unknown, probably home of Mrs. Ruth White, on the S.W. Corner of Main Street and Cold Soil Road. Mark Harvey Lide11 was the House Master.

GORDON HOUSE. Owner and location unknown; boys roomed there in 1894-95. Sumner Alvah Kingsley was the House Master.

*THE LAWRENCE LODGE. See full description under Group 1, Senior Class Houses.

OSCEOLA HOUSE. Leased in 1897-98; see below under Fairfax House.

Edward Rutledge Robbins (1897-1898)

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*FAIRFAX HOUSE. Leased from Kafer family from 1898 to 1924; a double house opposite Wayside House, next to the frame building on the N.W. Corner of Main Street and Phillips Avenue; Osceola House was one of the houses comprising this building in 1897-98.

Edward Rutledge Robbins (1898-1899) Charles Bertram Newton (1899-1901) John Henry Keener (1901-1907) Charles Henry Breed (1907-1911) Percy Robert Colwell (1911-1919) Edwin Clyde Foresman (1919-1920) Robert Scovel Hendrickson (1920-1924)

KAFER HOUSE (KAFER FLATS). Leased 1900 to 1924 from the Kafer family; third floor of the building on the N.W. Corner of Main Street and Phillips Avenue; Entrance from the side Alley next to Fairfax House; used mainly as an overflow f~ Fifth Formers or boys beyond Circ1e.·House age; no dining room.

John Henry Keener (1900-1901) Charles Albert Holbrook (1901-1903) Howard Smith (1903-1904) William Lester Henry (1904-1906) Walter Diedrich Gerken (1906-1908) Jasper Hewlett Dodd (1908-1909) Ernest E1kanah Rich (1909-1911) Harold Adin Nomer (1911-1913) Henry Couse .(1913-1914) GeoDge Albright Land (1914-1919) Stuart Rice Race (1919-1920) Frederick Ames McCollum (1920-1921) James Archibald Cor1ies (1921-1923) William Harold Foster (1923-1924)

*WAYSIDE HOUSE. Purchased by the School from Charles H. Baker in 1902; used for boys of pre-circle Age from 1902 to 1924; also for 4 Fifth Formers from 1946 to 1960.

Lory Prentiss (1902-1907) Percy Robert Colwell (1907-1911) Henry Clay Havens (1911-1924)

VAN DYCK HOUSE. Home of Francis Cuyler VanDyck, Jr., master from 1899 to 1916; nota regular School house but boys roomed there in 1902-03; purchased by the School in 1936 and used for Faculty residence.

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Leased by the School from 1907 to Prentiss; located opposite

Mr. Prentiss was Athletic School from 1902 to 1933, and Phillips from 1907 to 1924.

*MAPLE HOUSE. Leased from Mrs. William Maple from 1916 to 1924 and used as a house for boys of pre-Circle House age; subsequently portions of the building were leased from time to time for housing boys or Masters; no boys dining room; purchased by the School in 1954 and used for housing two Faculty families.

Oscar Harmon McPherson (1916-1918) No Master (1918-1919)

Charles William Bradlee, Jr. (1919-1920) Ira Williams (1920-1924)

LOWER UPPER. A section of Upper House, West Wing first floor; occupied by underformers, with master in charge, Oscar H. McPherson, 1918-19 during a period when rooms were not needed for Fifth Formers. Mr. McPherson had moved form Maple House to take charge of older boys.

ALLOWAYS HOUSE. Leased from 1921-24 from Mrs~ William Alloways; located on Main Street, second house north of Belknap; no boys dining room.

Colin Campbell Clements Donald Wells Goodrich Ralph Leon Blanchard

(1921-1922) (1922-1923) (1923-1924)

GEORGE HOUSE. Built in 1906 Former home of William J. George, Master from 1889-1920; purchased from Mr. George by the School 1924; used for boys from 1924 to 1940; no boys dining room; since 1940 occupied by two Faculty families; boys had lived there with Mr. George.

Ira Williams (1924-1930) No master (1930-1931)

David Pettit Smith, Jr. (1931-1939) Richard Curtis Miles (1939-1940)

Faculty residence Edward R. Stehle (1972-1973) Roger D. Brink (1973-1980)

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JAMIESON HOUSE. Leased from 1925 to 1931 from A.F. Jamieson, Master from 1884 to 1926; no boys dining room; purchased by the School in 1948 from Frank Baldwin and used as apartments for two School employees and then as a faculty residence.

Wellington Eugene Van Wormer (1925-1926) Henry Phillips, Jr. (1926-1927) David Pettit Smith. Jr. (1927-1931)

CARTER HOUSE. Leased from Miss Carter (of Princeton and used as overflow for Circle House boys. No dining rooms. Subsequently leased and used to house Dawes House boys after the fire in January 1929; located opposite Golf Course, second house south of Manning Lane.

Kenneth Joseph Cooper (1927-1928)

DAYTON HOUSE. Leased from James Hul1fish in 19~8-30 for boys and subsequently for Faculty members. No boys' dining room; Leased from 1936 to 1946, and purchased in 1946, for use as residence for Mrs. Mather A. Abbott, widow of former Head Master, 1919-34. Previously the house had been rented by the School for use as an office for the Bursar until 1926.

Haro1ci Albert West (1928-1930)

BROOK HOUSE. Purchased by the School in 1893 from the estate of Joseph Mershon; Used variously as Infirmary, Nurses' residence and Faculty residence; boys housed there 1933-34; no boys' dining room; rehabilitated in 1936 for use as Faculty residence.

Frank LeRoy Mitchell (1933-34)

WAGENER HOUSE. See description under Group 1, Senior Class Houses; at various times underform groups also roomed there; no boys' dining room.

*For Approximately two decades prior to the opening of Lower School building in 1924, boys of pre-Circle House age were housed and fed in the following houses:

Green House Lawrence Cottage Rosehill House The Lodge Fairfax House Wayside House Phillips House Maple House, no dining room

10 boys 7 boys - 1911-1924 9 boys

10 boys 18 boys

7 boys 10 boys

9 boys - 1916-1924 80

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THE HOUSE SYSTEM

IX. House Affiliations

Alumni look with a special sort of fraternal pride

upon the successes of their houses and the achievements of

former members. Consequently lists have been prepared

showing the house affiliations of Alumni who have become

Trustees of the School or Presidents of the Alumni Associa-

tion; and of students who have been Presidents of the Senior

Classes (and thereby Presidents of the School) or Head Boys

of the Graduating Classes. In these lists Upper and other

Senior House affiliations are mentioned only in the absence

of a Circle House membership. Off campus houses are

mentioned, if known, as added information of interest.

Elsewhere records have been assembled by appropriate depart-

ments of the School showing the results by houses in various

forms of competition; and presumably each house keeps a

record of its own affairs such as Head Boy, President and

other officers of the House.

Attached to and made a part of this account of the

House System are the lists referred to above.

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THE HOUSE SYSTEM AT THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL

Preface

In 1879 the residuary legatees of John C. Green purchased

the Lawrenceville Classical and Commercial High School from its

owner and Principal, the Reverend Samuel McClintock Hamill, D.D.,

who continued as Principal until 1883. In 1882 the legatees

"retained the Reverend James Cameron Mackenzie, Ph.D., a graduate

of Phillips Exeter Academy and Lafayette College, to advise them as

to future plans for the School. Dr. Mackenzie -- then a youth of

30 -- journeyed to England and the Continent to study secondary

schools. He rendered a report to the residuary legatees which pro-

posed radical changes in the curriculum and a housing arrangement

new in American boarding schools, being an adaptation of the 'house

system' of residence which had long been in use in the English Public

Schools.

"Dr. Mackenzie's report was approved by the residuary legatees.

In December, 1882 they re-organized the School as a non-profit corpora-

tion (under the laws of the State of New Jersey) under the so-called

'John C. Green Foundation',,,l and the following year Dr. Mackenzie became

the first Head Master under the new foundation.

Because of the uniqueness of the system and its newness among

American schools, and because the system is recognized as a great

lFrom page 26 Legislative Acts and Organization Papers, May, 1948

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1945 'Truman T. Semans

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]949 'Joseph T. Breneman II

194<) 'Sidney A. Staunton

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, A. Frederick Gerstell ' 1977- , Gl'iswold

19~7 ' William G. Bardel '1980-1983 ' Raymond 1958 ' Harry B. Kelleher JI'. '1981 - , Hamill 1966 ' Thomas L. duPont '1982- ' Griswold

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1897) , 1924) , Allan V. lIee1y 1927) ,

190~ 'Alton R. Hyatt

1912) 'Bruce McClellan 1960) ,

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Summaries by Houses

CIRCLE HOUSES

Cleve House, since 188511 Davis House, 1883 to 1930 6) Raymond-Davis House, since 1930 1) Dawes House, since 1920 1 Dickinson House, since 1885 8 Griswold House, since 1885 12 Hamill House, since 1883 14 Kennedy House, since 1889 5 Woodhull House, since 1885 9

MISCELLANEOUS HOUSES

Foundation House Green House Kafer House Kinnan House Rosehi11 House Upper House, one year only

LOWER SCHOOL HOUSES

Cromwell House, since 1924 Davidson House, since 1924 Perry Ross House, since 1924 Thomas House, since 1924

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LISTS OF ALL THE TRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL, WITH DATES OF MEMBERSHIP

"The Trustees of The Lawrenceville Academy" was incor-porated under the laws of the State of New Jersey December 2, 1882. The corporate name was changed by legislative act to "The Trustees of The Lawrenceville School" March 18, 1885. and the name of the institution was changed from "The Lawrenceville Academy" to "The Lawrenceville School" by the same act.

TRUSTEE CATEGORIES

LIFE TRUSTEES. The original category, 1882 to 1940; abolished in 1940 in favor of term trustees known as Charter Trustees.

ALUMNI TRUSTEES.This category was established in 1920 with terms of three years (or less in special circumstances); it was changed in 1930 to provide terms of five years (or less in special circumstances).

Alumni Trustees are eligible for re-election but not for success~ive five-year te~s; they were eligible, after their term as Alumni Trustee, for election as Life Trustee until 1940; and are eligible, after their term as Alumni Trustee, for election as Charter Trustee.

CHARTER TRUSTEE. This category was established in 1940 to replace Life Trustees. The term is usually for six years, but may be for a shorter period at the discretion of the Board.

Charter Trustees are eligible for re-election as Charter Trustee for an unlimited number of terms.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO HAVE ATTENDED THE SCHOOL

If a year (in parenthesis) follows a name it indicates . the class or the year of graduation from the School.

On the following pages are presented the following lists

Life Trustees Alumni Trustees Charter Trustees Officers of the Board

April, 1963. Prepared by A.R.Evans

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THE TRUSTEES OF THE LA'I.JRENCEVILLE SCHOOL Incorporated 1882

Judge John T. Nixon Charles E. Green Henry W. Green Rev. Dr. John Dixon Waldron P. Belknap

Clarence D. Kerr Edwin M. Lavino Thomas R. Rudel Edward R. Farley, Jr. Bert A. Getz

Charles E. Green Henry W. Green Trenton Banking Co. A.R. Evans Robert G. McAllen

President of The Board

1882-1889 1890-1897 1898-1922 1922-1930 President Emeritus until death in 1934. 1930-1943 President Emeritusfrom February

1943 until death in September, 1943. 1943-1947 President Emeritus until death in 1957. 1947-1963 President Emeritus until death in 1976. 1963-1973 Trustee Emeritus 1973-1984 1984-

Treasurer of The Board

1882-1897 1898-1922 1922-1940 1940-1958 Emeritus 1958-1972 1958-1971

Samuel L. Tattersall, Jr. James J. Dawson

1971-1980 1980-1988 1988-Anthony Wilson

Secretary of The Board

Charles E. Green 1882-1893 Henry W. Green 1893-1898 Huston Dixon 1898-1929 A.R. Evans 1929-1958 Emeritus 1958-1972 Robert G. McAllen 1958-1971 Samuel L. Tattersall, Jr. 1971-1980 James J. Dawson 1980-1988

Acting Secretary - Bruce McClellan 1971-1972 Philip G. Pratt 1988-

Assistant Secretary of The Board

Edmund D. Blake 1947-1948 Lansing W. Tostevin 1948-1949 Edmund D. Blake 1949-1959 William M. VanSyckle 1959-1968 Fred A. Eichelberger 1968-1971 Bruce McClellan 1971-1987 James J. Dawson 1979-1980 Josiah Bunting III 1987-

Assistant Treasurer of The Board

Edmund D. Blake 1947-1959 William M. Van Syck1e 1959-1968 Fred A. Eichelberger 1968-1971 David G. Ritchey 1971-1972 Benjamin R. Gendusi 1972-1982 James J. Dawson 1979-1980 Carol Ann Peskin 1982-1987 Margot Brown 1987-

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LIFE TRUSTEES

Hon. John T. Nixon, 1882-89 Chas. E. Green, 1882-97 Hon. Caleb S. Green, Jr. (1828-31) 1882-91 Barker Gummere, 1882-94 Rev. Samuel McClintock Hamill, 1882-89 Rev. Chas. A. Aiken, 1882-91 Prof. Wm. M. Sloane, 1882-98 Rev. John Dixon, 1890-1934 Hon. Edw. T. Green, 1890-96 Prof. Chas. A. Young, 1891-1905 Hon. Wm. L. Dayton, 1893-97 Henry W. Green, (1887) 1895-1922 Hon. Wm. M. Lanning, (1866) 1898-1911 Prof. Andrew F. West, 1897-1910 Moses Taylor Pyne, 1898-1921 Gen. Wm. S. Stryker, 1898-1900 Rev. S.J. McPherson, 1900-1919 Hugh H. Hamill (1868) 1905-09 Barker Gummere, Jr. 1911-14 Prof. John G. Hibben, 1911-24 Dr. Samuel S. Stryker (1860) 1912-22 Alexander P.W. Kinnan, (1873) 1914-24 Dr. Mather A. Abbott, 1919-1934 Samuel B. Bowen, (1872) 1921-40 Thatcher M. Brown, (1893) 1922-27 Samuel M. Hamill, M.D., (1882) 1923-27 Waldron P. Belknap, (1891) 1922-40* Clifford I. Voorhees, (1902) 1924-1940 Henry G. Gray, (1891) 1925-40 William E. Green, (1898) 1926-30 Clarence D. Kerr, (1897) 1930-40 Allan V. Hee1y, 1934-1940 Jansen Noyes, (1905) 1934-1940

*Mr. Belknap was absent from the country and was not a member of the Board from November, 1924 until February, 1927.

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Thatcher M. Brown, (1893) Waldron P. Belknap, (1891) Samuel M. Hamill, M.D., (1882) J. Denniston Lyon, (1878) Henry G. Gray, (1891) William S. Moorhead, (1902) Bruce Borland, (1897) Robert McKelvy, (1894) Mortimer B. Fuller, (1896) Clarence D. Kerr, (1897) George M. Shepherd, (1896) Frank R. Ser1es, (1897) Nicholas H. Noyes, (1902) Rudolph R. Loening, (1901) Frederick P. King, (1896) Robert Dechert, (1~12)

Clifford D. Mallory, (1900) Curtis W. McGraw, (1915) Frederic C. Walcott, (1886) Fran~ N. Spencer, (1901) Waldo W. Greene, (1926) Edwin M. Lavino, (1905) Raw1eigh Warner, (1909) Rupert B. Thomas, (1909) Boudinot Atterbury, (1912) L. Woodward Franzheim, (1913) Chas. R. Erdman, Jr., (1915) L. Ebersold Gaines, (1912) George W. Bunn, (1908) Edward L. Fuller, (1925) John F. McPherson, (1906) John H. Uh1, (1908) W. Bartles Hawke, (1917) Thomas R. Rudel, (1925) Martin T. Tiernan, (1935) John S. Worden, (1916) Eugene Carson Blake, (1924) Edward A. Schiymer, (1918) John N. Irwin, II, (1933) Thatcher M. Brown, Jr., (1926) Robert F. Goheen, (1936) Edmund N. Carpenter, (1939) Clint W. Murchison, Jr., (1941) Frederick S. Gilbert, (1930) Burton H. Etherington, Jr., (1929) John Langhorne, (1924) William T. Moore, (1933) Raw1eigh Warner, Jr., (1940)

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Marshall Haywood, (1931) David P. Reynolds, (1934) George W. Hawke, (1947) Walter N. Plaut, (1937) Reynolds duPont, (1937) Peter Schwed, (1928) Edmund A. Stanley, Jr., (1943) Edward R. Farley, Jr., (1936) Robert O. Berger, Jr., (1935) Bert A. Getz, (1955) Rene C. McPherson, (1943) Prince deBarde1eben, Jr., (1943) K. Philip Dresdner, (1945) Reeder R. Fox, (1952) Earle M. Craig, Jr., (1942) Long Ellis, (1939) Thomas S. Buechner, (1944) William G. Barde1, (1957) Harry B. Kelleher, Jr., (1958) William J. Young. (1945) Joseph T. Breneman 11,(1949) Peter A. Dow, (1950)

1963-68 1964-69 1965-70 1966-71 1967-72 1968-73 1969-74 1970-74 1971-76 1972-77 1973-78 1974-79 1975-80 1976-81 1977-82 1978-83 1979-1980-83 1981-1982-1983-1983-

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Clifford I. Voorhees, (1902) Henry G. Gray, (1891)

(Emeritus 1943-54) Samuel B. Bowen, (1872) Jansen Noyes, (1905) Waldron P. Belknap, (1891)

(Emeritus 1943-43)* Clarence D. Kerr, (1897)

(Emeritus 1947-57) Allan V. Hee1y Robert Dechert, (1912) Edwin M. Lavino, (1905) Bishop Chas. C.J. Carpenter, (1917) Raw1eigh Warner, (1909) Francis B. Sayre, (1904) Sidney W. Davidson, (1912) Rupert B. Thomas, (1909) James Kerney, Jr., (1929) Elmore Harris Harbison, (1924) Robert S. Gerstell, (1913) Shelby Cullum Davis, (1926) L. Ebersole Gaines, (1912) Allan P. Kirby, (1913) John H. Blackman, (1911) Charles J. Weiser, Jr .• (1921) 1Hlliam Bartles Hawke, (1917) Thomas R. Rudel, (1925) Karl W. Corby, (1939) William C. Matthews, (1939) H. Bruce McClellan, (Hon. 1912, 1960) John N. Irwin, (1933) John B. Hannum, (1934) Alton R. Hyatt, (1905H) Edmund N. Carpenter, (1939) Burton H. Etherington, Jr. (1929) Seymour S. Preston, Jr., (1925) John Langhorne, (1924) William T. Moore, (1933) Raw1eigh Warner, Jr., (1940) Walker W. Stevenson, Jr., (1931) David P. Reynolds, (1934) Maurice A. Ferre, (1953) George R. Bunn. Sr., (1934) James C. Thomson, Jr .• (1948) Reynolds duPont, (1937) Ray T. Parfet, Jr., (Hon. 1925) Edward R. Farley, Jr., (1936) Edmund A. Stanley, Jr., (1943) Sidney A. Staunton, (1949) Robert O. Berger, Jr .• (1935) William T. Y1visaker, (1943) Blancke Noyes, (1940)

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1940-42 1940-74 1940-43

1940-47

1940-59 1942-44; 1950-70 1942-66 1942-48 1943-52 1943-53 1943-49; 1951-77 1944-56 1947-51 1947-64 1947-73 1947-55 1948-54 1949-67 1952-58 1953-71 1954-62 1955-83 1956-1958-70 1959-1959-1959-65 1960-69 1961-74 1964-76 1964-82 1965-71 1966-76 1967-77 1967-1969-1970-76 1971-81 1971-1972-80 1973-77 1974-1974-1975-1976-82 1976-1976-78

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Bert A. Getz, (1955) A. Frederick Gerstel1, (1956) J. Breckinridge Speed. (1952) Peter Lawson-Johnston, (1945) Rene C. McPherson, (1943) Philip H. Jordan, Jr., (1950) K. Philip Dresdner, (1945) Earle M. Craig, Jr., (1942) Thomas L. duPont, (1966) Seymour S. Preston III, (1952) Truman T. Semans, (1945)

*Mr. Belknap was Emeritus from February to September, 1943

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THE LAWRE:1CEVILLE SCHOOL

PRESIDENTS OF THE ALL~I ASSOCIATION

William H. Edwards '96 Roland S. Morris '92 Alexander P.W. Kinnan '73 Waldron P. Belknap '91 Robert D. Dripps '94 Samuel McC. Hamill '82 William S. Moorhead '02 Rudolph R. Loening '01 F. Kenneth Stephenson '11 Karl Behr '03 Robert McKelvy '94 Clarence D. Kerr '97 Boudinot Atterbury '12 F. Kenneth Stephenson '11 Francis O. Noble '13 Clarence N. Peacock '05 Jansen Noyes '05 William M. Whitney '07 Rupert B. Thomas '09 John Langhorne '24 Robert J. Larner '18 Robert S. Gerstell '13 Shelby Cullom Davis '26 William B. Hawke '17 Walker W. Stevenson '31 T. Hamilton McCauley '08 Richard R. Zundel '31 Edward C. Rose, Jr. '38 William C. Matthews '38 Blancke Noyes '40 Henry E. Gaillard '26 Walter N. Plaut '37 Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. '43 John C. Hubbard '25 Reeder R. Fox '52 John F. Kelsey, Jr. '42 David L. Murray '56 Garrett B. Hunter '56 John H.W. Gefae1l Robert P. Casey

C irc Ie House

Upper - 2 years Griswold No House System Dickinson-Kennedy Davis :10 House System Kennedy Woodhull Cleve Griswold Dickinson Davis Upper-one year only Cleve Upper-one year only Woodhull Davis Kennedy Hamill Davis Kennedy Woodhull-Griswold Cleve

Lower House

Dickinson Dickinson-Kennedy Village (George House) Upper-one year only Griswold Davidson Cleve Griswold Dawes Griswold Kennedy Cleve Dawes Dawes Raymond Griswold Dickinson Cleve

Perrv Ross Lodge Cromwell

Perry Ross

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Summaries by Houses

CIRCLE HOUSES

Cleve House, since 1885 Davis House, 1883-1930 Raymond-Davis House, since 1930 Dawes House, since 1920 Dickinson House. since 1885 Griswold House, since 1885 Hamill House, since 1883 Kennedy House, since 1889 Woodhull House, since 1885

MISCELLANEOUS

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LOWER SCHOOL HOUSES

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THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL

Orville H. Schell Russell T. Mount Antonia J. Waring

HEAD BOYS since 1897

George A. Vondermuhll Linton A. Fluck William S. Moorhead John E. Freeman Joseph S. Evans John C. Cooper, Jr. Wells A. Hutchins Alexander T. Schenck George J. Stockly Nathaniel H. Furman Joseph Paxton Blair, Jr. David T. Fleming III Boudinot B. Atterbury Kenneth S. Wales Lee C. Bradley, Jr. Samuel Lloyd, Jr. Richard L. Townsend Guy H. Ramsey Bertrand H. Bronson William R. Courtney Howard C. Blake Paul S. Havens Frank D. Waterman, Jr. Robert W. Wales Elmore Harris Harbison James W. Simpson Thatcher M. Brown. Jr. Forrest G. Hamrick, Jr. Richard T. Williamson Philip W. Smith John J. Swigart Frank S. Rollins, Jr. Paul J. Thomas Penn T. Kimball, 2nd John Phelps Thomas C. Buchanan John T. Qubbs George B. Moore Andrew W. Imbrie Robert M. Betz Robert A. Wieman Clinton W. Murchison, Jr. Peter M. Schultheis William B. Umstattd

Circle House

Woodhull Griswold Davis Woodhull Cleve Kennedy Davis Griswold Woodhull Dickinson Day Boy Davis Day Boy Woodhull Kennedy

Lower School House

Upper-one year only Davis Griswold Kennedy Dickinson Day Boy Griswold Upper-one year only Hamill Wayside Woodhull Upper-one year only Woodhull Woodhull Cleve Green Upper-one year only Hamill Woodhull Cleve Kennedy Cleve Griswold Upper-one Dickinson Upper-one Hamill

Ross

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year only

Dickinson-Day Boy Woodhull Dawes Woodhull Ross Woodhull Woodhull Ross

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1944 1945 1945 1945 1946 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983

Sept. Feb. June

Sept. Feb. June Sept. Feb. June

HEAD BOYS Continued

Cornelius E. Smyth Edward C. Mendler, Jr. John W. Stewart

A. Sidney Knowles, Jr. Thomas O. Stanley Robert C. Pickett Paul H. Hemsley Wallace F. Forbes James P. Campbell Wendell S. Dietrich Charles C.J. Carpenter, Jr. John L. Arrington, Jr. Philip H. Jordan, Jr. David R. Evans Robert R. Bottome, Jr. Paul A. Snook George M. Anderson Larry A. Plumlee Leo Theodore Chy1ack, Jr. Eugene B. Vesell Peter V.N. Lockwood William Marsden Butler W. Lampson Glenn M. Mason Gene S. Rosen Thomas W. Tucker Peter D. Nurkse Donald L. Forman Nicholas Ogan Robert J. Osten Jr. William C. Leigh, Jr. Christopher B. Wiltsee Samuel James Elliott Henry A. Young, Jr. William T. Pish Francis X. Decolator II Mark L. Urken Gilbert J. Chin Theodore A. Riskin Herbert D. Axi1rod, Jr. Danton Leonard David J. Montana Steven N. Graff James D. Fearon Kevin M. Wolf Gerald Michael Hans1er, Jr. Philip P. Adams

Circle House

Lower School House

Kennedy Ross Cpper-Day Boy-one Dawes-closed)D Raymond ) ay

year only Boy

Woodhull Kennedy Cleve Cleve Kennedv Hamill

Davidson Davidson

Belknap-one year only Hoodhull Raymond Cromwell Dawes Woodhull-Day Boy Kennedy Cromwell Cleve-Day BoyThomas Cleve Lodge-one year only Kennedy Dawes Upper-one Upper-one Raymond Kennedy

year only year only

Cromwell

Hamill-Day Boy Thomas Dawes Day Boy Raymond Kennedy-Day Cleve

Cromwell

Hamill Davidson Dickinson-Day Davidson Dawes Lodge-one year Dickinson Cromwell Raymond Thomas Hamill Thomas Upper Day-one year only Cleve-Day Boy Cromwell Dickinson-Day Boy Thomas Kennedy Cromwell Cleve Dickinson-Day Perry Ross Dickinson-Day Cromwell Hamill-Day Boy Davidson Dickinson-Day Thomas Woodhull-Day Boy Woodhull

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Anjan Bose Deep K. Varma John Lu Daniel G. Newman

HEAD BOYS Continued Lower

Circle School House House

Woodhull Davidson Dickinson Davidson Cleve Thomas Griswold Thomas

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CIRCLE HOUSES

Cleve House, since 1885 Davis House, 1883 to 1930 Raymond-Davis House, since 1930 Dawes House, since 1920 Dickinson House, since 1885 Griswold House, since 1885 Hamill House, since 1883 Kennedy House, since 1889 Woodhull House, since 1885

MISCELLANEOUS

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Day Boys-Circle House, if any, not known 3 Belknap House, one year only 1 Lodge, one year only 2 Upper House, one year only 10 Wayside House, son of House Master 1

LOWER SCHOOL HOUSES

Cromwell House, since 1924 Davidson House, since 1924 Perry Ross House, since 1924 Thomas House, since 1924

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SCHOOL PRESIDENTS - since 1883-84

Off Circle Campus Lower

Class House House House

1884 Edgar S. Bliss Davis 1885 Joseph W. Spencer, Jr. Cottage 1886 Heatley C. Dulles (Davis

(Woodhull 1887 Hugh McNinch Brearley 1888 David N. Winton Woodhull 1889 Ralph H. Warren Hamill 1890 Allan Greeley (Woodhull

(Dickinson 1891 Arthur T. Kemp Cleve 1892 William F. Doty Rouse 1893 Jerome Bradley (Davis

(Cleve 1894 Rutherford M. Shepard Woodhull 1895 Charles W. Young Green 1896 David Davis Woodhull 1897 George McK Mattis Woodhull 1898 James P. Argersinger Cleve 1899 Thomas G. Gaylord Cleve 1900 Charles N. Glover Woodhull 1901 Max H. Behr Dickinson 1902 McLoed Thomson Dickinson 1903 Frederick W. Ritter, Jr. (Davis

(Woodhull 1904 Clarence 1. Holden Kennedy 1905 Walter W. Blood Woodhull 1906 George N. Orr Kennedy 1907 Ernest H. Winter Davis 1908 John M. Davis Kennedy 1909 William B. Gates Hamill 1910 Edward H. Ethridge Griswold 1911 Sidney Davis Kennedy 1912 C. Lambert Heyniger Davis 1913 Harry N. Carter Cleve 1914 Clarence Off Griswold 1915 Curtis W. McGraw (Griswold

(Hamill 1916 Harry C. Franzheim, Jr. Griswold 1917 Channing F. Sweet Griswold 1918 Henry C. Lewis Woodhull 1919 Charles O. Chestnut Kennedy 1920 Frank O. Watts, Jr. Kennedy 1921 Henry N. Rowley Cleve 1922 Baxter M. Badham Griswold 1923 George L. Lambert Griswold 1924 John Langhorne Davis 1925 Sefton Tranter Davis 1926 Waldo W. Greene Davis 1927 Joseph S. Espy Davis Cottage

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1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970

SCHOOL PRESIDENTS Continued

Edward H. Fennell. Jr. Harold B. Kerr Herman Kertscher John L. Vette, Jr. Garrett B. LeVan, Jr. John N. Irwin II William T. Ingram II E. Huntington Ethridge, Jr. McPherson Raymond William G. Larson Edwin C. Rose, Jr. Long Ellis E. Halsey Smith Robert J. Wilson Benjamin A. Arnold

Prince deBardeleben. Jr. Feb. Peter Biggs June Robert D. Cole

Peter O. Lawson-Johnston Stewart Brown George G. Hawke G. Alden Dean Jackson O. Hall B. Temple Brown, Jr. James J. Carey Carlos R. Omana Stephen H. Ackerman William N. Trimble Bert A. Getz Dixon Arnett Frank J. Roeser, Jr. Charles M. Dickson David W. Campagna Douglas S. Luke. Jr. Raymond H.A. Carter. 2nd George H. Viles, 2nd Richard M. Quintal William W. Webb William S. Robertson Ralph V. Harder John W. Wauters, Jr. George M. Geeslin Earl M. Bennett Kenneth C.H. Murphy

Circle House

Dawes Griswold Dickinson Dawes Woodhull Cleve Griswold Griswold Cleve Woodhull Griswold Gris,vold Kennedy Griswold

(Hamill (Kennedy Cleve Kennedy

(Dawes-closed (Dickinson Dickinson Cleve Dickinson Griswold Kennedy Raymond Woodhull Woodhull Woodhull-Day Griswold Griswold Raymond Hamill Griswold Dawes Raymond Hamill-Day Dawes Griswold Griswold Griswold Woodhull Woodhull Hamill Griswold Griswold

Off Campus House

George

Lower House

Maple

Cromwell

Thomas

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Ross Ross

Cromwell

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Davidson Davidson Ross

Cromwell Cromwell Ross Thomas

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Off Circle Campus Lower

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1971 Roy G. Geronemus Kennedy Cromwell 1972 Samuel P. Waugh Woodhull-Day Cromwell 1973 Allan B. Wieman Hamill Perry Ross 1974 Alan D. D'Andrea Hamill Perry Ross 1975 Charles Michael Kamm Hamill Cromwell 1976 Thomas P. Loftus Dickinson Davidson 1977 Paul D. Georgiadis Hamill Davidson 1978 Wayne W. Meisel Griswold 1979 Richard Sean Lapp Woodhull 1980 Samuel W. Blake Dickinson Cromwell 1981 Mark W. Griffith Dickinson Davidson 1982 Peter J. Maruca Dickinson-Day Perry Ross 1983 Kevin E. Kostelnik Woodhull Perry Ross 1984 Timothy J. Mark Kennedy Davidson 1985 John P. Zahner Hamill Perry Ross 1986 Norman L. Brown, Jr. Woodhull Perry Ross 1987 David L. Marin Griswold Davidson 1988 John L. Seitz Kennedy 1989 William T. Curry Hamill Perry Ross 1990 Roger Scott Froehlich Hamill

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CIRCLE HOUSES

Cleve House, since 1885 10 Davis House, 1883 to 1930 (10 Raymond-Davis House, since 1930 ( 3 Dawes House, since 1920 5 Dickinson House, since 1885 11 Griswold House, since 1885 24 Hamill House, since 1883 14 Kennedy House, since 1889 13 Woodhull House, since 1885 21

OFF CAMPUS HOUSES

Cottage Brearley (Wayside) House Rouse (Rosehi11) House Green House George House

LOWER SCHOOL HOUSES

Cromwell House, since 1924 Davidson House, since 1924 Perry Ross House, since 1924 Thomas House, since 1924

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THE HOUSE SYSTEM

x. Selected Statements About The House System

In addition to the references to and quotations from The Trustees'

Minutes, from School Catalogs, from Dr. Mulford's History, and from

other sources, which appear in the preceding pages, the following

selected statements are given to help form at least a partial appraisal

or description of The House System from its inception to the present

time. These contributors are identified in the Preface on page 3.

Professor William Milligan Sloane

Extracts from an address by Professor Sloane on Founder's

(Commencement) Day, June 16, 1908, on the occasion of the Twenty-fifth

Anniversary of the John C. Green Foundation:

"As far as we knew what was best for a generous boy, our means enabled us to devise the plan and put it into operation. The management of our household on its athletic, social, domestic and religious side was not limited by our means and we simply got the best: the best playing fields and play directors, the best families to associate with the boys in the houses, the best food and the best style of preparation and service, and the best teachers and the best religious training. This at least was our ideal and we measurably realized it, in painstaking and painful beginnings, with ruthless, continuous reform."

and:

"Our School was organized as it is to combine the great world with the little world by the house system, to accommodate any fine fellow according to his needs in the large house or in the small house, to fit every graduate of Lawrenceville for the larger liberty of the University by h~s year under the self-government of the Cpper House. Put in another way, to give him close or closer contact with the normal life of a fine family in the houses according to their characters and their size, while simultaneously enjoying the full, strong current of life in a large school; to practice him step by step in virue as his moral sinews harden; and to slacken, as the years pass, the necessary protection in innocence which is the due of youth, transferring, gradually but steadily and surely, the responsibility of life from home and school and university to where it must ultimately reside, in the man itself."

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By Dr. Roland J. Mulford

Dr. Mulford in The History of The Lawrenceville School:

"How important a part the Houses and House Masters have always played in the School is difficult for an outsider to appreciate; for a large school as Lawrenceville was growing to be, it has proved most successful. The charge so often brought against large schools that they do not and cannot give the boys the individual attention which a young boy is most apt to need, is impossible under the Lawrenceville system, where the boys are divided into groups small enough for each House Master really to know."

By Charles Harlow Raymond

Qutation (and condensation) frm an article prepared

about 1930 by Mr. Raymond concerning the Master's (Circle)

Houses:

"Lawrenceville is the one great school in America having a House System based upon that of the English Public Schools. The Lawrenceville House System has, however, developed differently from that of Eton or Harrow or Rugby. In England, broadly speaking, boys of all ages are in a House. The government of the house is maintained by the Sixth Formers, and the House Master has little contact with the boy. At Lawrenceville, there is a Lower School of four houses, each holding twenty-five boys under a young master, who in turn is under the Director of the Lower School. Housed in one big building, eating in a common dining room, and meeting in good fellowship and competition in all lines of activity, these boys grow into each other under the close and in-timate guidance of their masters. The youngsters consider them ..... as friends. The promotion of the Lower School boys into the life of the big houses comes as a natural step in their devleopment, and they fit at once into the greater freedom allowed them. However, in the big houses comes another marked change from the English system. In Lawrenceville in the big houses are no members of the graduating class .... To learn to live together as a class the Fifth Form (Senior Class) is in Cpper (or one of the other Fifth Form Houses) under its own class officers, responsible to its House Master and the Head Master. They have greater freedom than in the big houses, and when they reach the university they are ready for the greater liberties of college life. Hence, the eight big houses, which contain the great body of the School at Lawrenceville, are free, on

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"the one hand," from the danger of having a number of youngsters too immature to live among the older boys, and, on the other hand, they are deprived of the steady-ing influence of Fifth Formers. The result is that the House Master of the big house cannot be aloof from his boys. He lives among them with his family. He is among the boys as their counselor and friend, keenly interested in all their problems, their failures and successes. To govern such a group of boys by police methods would be as impracticable as it would be un-American. Each house is a big family having its own individuality and ideals, joining in fierce friendly rivalry for supremacy among the houses. The House Master governs through his Assistant House Master and House Officers. According to his personality he governs as he thinks best, giving his boys as much self-government as he feels they can wisely assume. As House Master he has to observe a few fundamental rules of the School; otherwise he is lord of his own castle, responsible to the Head Master only, and the Head Master, though ready at any time to adivse and help, does not interfere with the House Master's rule. Accordingly, a House Master is running a school within a school. This requires courage, patience, tact, versatility, humor and wisdom. The success of the Lawrenceville House Master is indicated by the unusual number who have been chosen to be heads of schools through-out the country. It is best shown by the Lawrenceville boy. The Lawrenceville House Master is unique."

I think this Section would not be altogether complete

without some first hand opinions of The House System as it is

at the present time. I have therefore asked three of the

present House Masters to write what they think will describe

best how the Houses are run today.

For the Master's (Circle Houses, Norval F. Bacon, Jr., Master of Griswold

"Since the place of the House System in Lawrenceville is commonly known to all Lawrentians. I shall do no more here than reaffirm its importance to the fabric of the school and its unchallenged efficacy as a means of edu-cating the individual boy.

"More useful for the records is an informal descrip-tion of how the system functioned in 1963."

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"I acknowledge that a complete picture can be had only from the accounts of the eight house masters, -such is the diversity of administration among them. This in itself is an illuminating commentary on the system this year, in past years, and, I hope, in all future years. For unless each house develops its own personality, its own esprit, and its own traditions, the system may as well be thrown out the window.

"When I say 'diversity of administration,' I mean only the various methods employed in the daily running of each house. I do not mean the bases on which the reputation of the school rests. Whenever a serious condition arises, such as violation of the liquor rules, the case is immediately put before the Chairman of the Circle House Masters Committee, who in turn consults the Dean and the Head Master. If they consider the matter sufficiently serious, they place it before the Discipline Committee, which then makes a recommendation to the Head Master. Aside from the many obvious ad-vantages in this thorough scrutiny of serious infractions is the uniformity it imposes on all Circle Houses where matters of school-wide import are present.

"In the daily routine, however, great differences exist, and it is the sense of the house masters that this should be so. The occasional attempts of a house .master to enforce uniformity of pro~edure on all the Circle Houses is met with rebuke by the rest. Administratively this diversity seems a very untidy way of doing things, but the house masters do not feel that uniformity of administration is what they are here for.

"All degrees of strictness can be found, but the feeling is that the way a man operates a house should be an extension of his own personality rather than a reflection of decisions made in the administration building.

"one or two examples will suffice. On Saturday nights in one house the council throws the lights at 12:00 M and the dormitay part of the house must be quiet. Those who want to stay below and watch TV or talk quietly are free to do so as long as they wish. At the other extreme is a house where on Saturday nights all lights are out and the boys in bed at 11:00. In between "are different hours for lights out. But there is no squabble among the house masters that one man is easier than another."

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"Again, some house masters allow 'late lights' for boys who need extra time for study; others do not. Some are careful to invoke appropriate penalties; others work along with a minimum of penalties. And so on. Each thinks he is doing things right, and in terms of his own personality he is.

"The part played by the house council in running the house depends on the calibre of the councilors and the skill of the house master in using their talents. The objective is the same throughout, however, - to entrust the council with all the responsibility it can handle.

"The creation of a loyal and family-like atmosphere in a house varies with the house masters and their wives. The difference among houses is not very great, though one does find a degree of detachment and coldness in some cases and a rather fatuous and absorptive attitude in others. These are simply human differences, however, to which the boys conform with their ususal good nature.

"in recent years there has not been a trace of inter-house bitterness. I ascribe this to the wisdom of Allan Heely and after him Bruce McClellan; further, to the good sense of the house masters, who are determined this shall not occur."

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"Each term a boy is given so many 'cuts' to spend on time away from the school. One, for instance, being charged for a trip to Princeton, seven for a weekend.

"Many houses still use 'Rhinie' duties for the ac-complishment of waking boys in the morning, getting the rna iI, keeping the common room clean, and similar chores. ---

"In the spring there is an elaborate system of room choosing for the next year. Council members have first choice, boys up from Lower second, and so on.

"In most houses council members are given all-night lights on the theory they lose much time of the regular study hours in supervising the house.

"For the most part the boys dress with coats and ties at meals. In Griswold, for instance, there are exceptions. At breakfast they may come as they wish. So may they Sunday evening because Mrs. Bacon and I are not there and anyway they have been in old clothes Sunday afternoon. House practices vary in this."

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"In Griswold. and I imagine in other houses, one council member makes out the table-waiter, and another the work-program assignments each week.

"Houses vary greatly in regard to the number of evening house meetings. In Griswold we have one a week, but more if the occasion calls for it. Usually the house master takes it, but some times the assistant or the house president, - all depending on the business to be conducted.

"If there is no house meeting, a council member conducts 'check in'.

"House dues are limited to $15. a year and cover uniforms, house feeds, athletic equipment, and the like. Most houses charge each boy in house football $5.00 for rental of equipment.

"A school janitor conducts room inspection each morning except Saturday and Sunday. On those days I do it. I don't know how this is handled in other houses.

"In all houses there is after-dinner coffee with the house master and his wife on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings, and Sunday after dinner.

"The house master is off duty Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday evenings. There is, of course, a certain amount of swapping on and off between the house master and his assistant, but it is kept at a minimum.

"On the occasion of 'tea dances' girls arrive early afternoon on Saturday, go to games, have dinner at the houses, party in the evening, and depart at 9:30. The number of 'tea dances' varies by houses. In Griswold the average is two in the fall and winter, one in the spring.

"The Froblem of when to release boys from meals is a continuing one. The solutions are so varied that I think it most useful if I say what is done in Griswold, where the practice is pretty much middle of the road. The boys may come to breakfast or not as they wish. As to the other two meals they must be present' for grace (said in all houses) and stay until the house president rings a bell. He does this after a suitable interval, depending on the attractiveness of the meal and other factors."

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For the Fifth Form Houses, John D. Humason, Master of Upper

(This account has not yet been received, but will be added to the History of The House System when and if completed.)

For the Lower School Houses, John K. Devlin, Director of Lower School

(This account has not yet been received, but will be added to the History of The House System when and if completed.)

It is interesting to note that through the patronage of

Edward S. Harkness the same sort of housing and dining plan,

though on a larger scale, was established at Harvard University

and later at Yale. Through the benevolence of the same Mr.

Harkness the Conference Plan of instruction was established

at Phillips Exeter Academy together with a modified house system.

In 1936 Mr. Harkness provided funds for the introduction of

the Conference Plan of instruction to complement the already

well established House System at Lawrenceville.

Throughout the administrations of Dr. Mackenzie and Dr.

McPherson the Circle House Masters were usually, but not always,

Heads of major academic departments. During Dr. Abbott's regime

the trend toward younger House Masters began. In Dr. Heely's

administration the new trend gradually became practically con-

firmed, i.e., younger men were put in charge of the houses and

those of more mature years were relieved of house duties and assigned

to comfortable residences newly acquired by the School. Dr. Heely

believed that as a rule Heads of major departments should not have

the added burden of running a large house.

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At page 88 of the Account of the House System of The

Lawrenceville School, prepared by A. R. Evans, April 1963,

insert the following statement regarding the present

(January 1965) administration of the Lower School, prepared

by John K. Devlin, Director since 1962:

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The Lower School, by John K. Devlin

"If I had to name ways in which the work of a Lower housemaster differs from the work of a housemaster elsewhere in the school, I'd be hard put to name any that were generi-cally different. Each master, regardless of where he practices his art, is working with boys, all of whom are coping with those multitudinous discoveries of self that flood the teenage years, and reaching and working through these discoveries to the values that will sustain them in the face of all the challenges their world and ours state for them. Each master then deals essentially with the same thing and his special tasks are the encouragement of his charges to the best in themselves and the maintenance of an environment, the house life, that allows each boy to feel that his efforts to do his best have a dimension beyond themselves, that they are important to the meaning of the place in which he finds himself.

"What differences there are in the work of a Lower house-master arise from two factors: the need for the more direct guidance and greater supervision that boys in the I and II Forms have compared to their fellows in the upper forms; and the fact that each year his house begins practically from scratch. in Lower 90 out of each year's 120 boys are completely new to the school, and each of them must come to feel that he-and everybody else - has important things to do here for him-self and that in doing so he can add to the life of the house being built around him and by him.

"Most of what a Lower housemaster does at the beginning of the year is directed at eliciting, focussing, and sustain-ing the awareness that everybody has something important to give to 'this year's' house, be it athletic or academic prowess, skill in extracurricular activities, leadership or just plain friendliness and steady effort. Since the housemaster is coach in all house sports, classroom master, oracle at house meeting, maintenance man for order and discipline, companion and moderator at meals, study hall master, refuge and consultant in the face of academic prolems, someboody to sit and talk easily or seriously with, and the one who says goodnight to them, the boys come to accept him as someone compassionately concerned with and knowledgeable about their doings and their hopes. Since, however, the boy's best chance for success in the here and now of Lower and later in Circle and the V Form depends on their realizing a working sense of individual responsibility and an awareness of the need for cooperation

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"with each other, the housemaster knows therefore that for all his involvement in the doings of the house he is at best a spectator. He cannot dominate the house life, nor does he want to.

"The life of the house is the boys' concern and a house-master's role in it is that of guide and counsellor. Although he does work with all of the boys according to their individual needs, perhaps the most significant guidance - in regards to the house itself - is that which he gives to the leadership of the house. At the beginning of the year he works closely with the returning old boys, encouraging them to set goals for them-selves and the house by analyzing and using their experiences of the year before. Later, after the ~(~ction of the council, which invariably includes a number of old boys, the house-master devotes himself to the development and maintenance by the council of a sense of positive and active leadership.

"Years ago Red Hyatt wrote of the work of Lower house-masters, 'To the extent by which our Alumni prove themselves worthy Lawrentians in the upper school, we judge of the success or failure of our work here in Lower.' This is a measure that still applies, and to the end that our Alumni be purposeful students, responsible citizens and good people in the upper school, we ask of them that they be these thing here."

January 5, 1965 John K. Devlin, Director

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ADDENDA, REPORT OF THE HOUSE SYSTEM, prepared in April, 1963

Since the preparation of the report on the House System in April, 1963 additional information has been gathered and the following addenda prepared.

SECTION III. The Lower School, page 23.

Originally the master in charge of a Lower School house was referred to as Assistant Master of . . . Hall. In 1940 the title was changed to House Master of . House.

SECTION VI. Domestic Economy, page 41.

At the Trustees meeting October 28, 1897

"The Head Master brought up the question of the uniform menu, reporting that objections had been made by many of the masters.

"Mr. Hull arid Mr. Jamieson claimed that it would necessitate an expenditure by them of one third more per boy a week or Sl.OO more. Mr. Raymond and Mr. Willcox reported as not believing in the principle upon which the menu was based.

"The President took issue with the position taken by the Head Master in regard to the understanding con-cerning the adoption of the menus at the beginning of the term.

"Dr. Dixon suggested the taking of the table and care of the rooms out of the hands of the masters and placing them in the hands of the matrons.

"The President raised the question as to its effect upon the individual and the dignity of the several houses. The matter ~s laid upon the table to be taken up at some future date.

"The President directed the Head Master to say to the masters that the Board wished them to continue the new plan until the first of the year 1898, or until the Christmas holidays, and then be ready to exhibit such an accounting as might be required."

It may be assumed the uniform menu started in the fall of 1897. There is no record as to how long it continued. It was not generally in effect in 1908 when the writer carne to Lawrenceville.

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ADDENDA, REPORT OF THE HOUSE SYSTEM, page 2

In 1923 the Trustees "directed that the masters be relieved of the duty of administering the housekeeping affairs of the various houses". Since then the house-keeping affairs have been under the immediate jurisdiction of the Household Director and her House Supervisors, and uniform menus have been used. The Household Director is responsible directly to the Business Manager.

SECTION VIII. Names of Houses, pages 51, 52 etc.

MRS. BREARLEY'S HOUSE, page 60

Substitute the following for the description in the report:

The home of Mrs. Louisa Mershon Brearley, J. Espinwall Hodge, Jr., a member of the Faculty, was the House Master in 1884-85. Apparently boys were housed there for several years, and the house was commonly referred to as the Brearley House. Later, Francis Cuyler VanDyck, Jr., master (and organist) from 1899 to 1916, lived there. See Van Dyck House, page 62.

MR. BREARLEY"S HOUSE, page 60

Substitute the following for the description in the report:

It is assumed this was the house now known as WAYSIDE HOUSE. Boys roomed there in 1884-85 and perhaps longer. In 1902 the School purchased the property and used the house as a residence for a master, his family, and seven small boys. See WAYSIDE HOUSE, page 62.

MRS. RUTH WHITE"S HOUSE, page 60.

See revised description of WHITE HOUSE, page 61, which should be substituted for the description in the report:

The description in the report could possibly be a description of Mrs. Ruth White's residence where boys were housed in 1884-85. It is possible also that Mrs. Ruth White's house is the WHITE HOUSE described by Lewis Perry, L.l894, in a letter dated November 22, 1963: "I am very glad indeed to tell you about the WHITE HOUSE. Our Master was Mark Lidell and we lived like kings. The house was located up the street beyond the old Infirmary. The nearest dormitory was the Raymond House on the opposite side of the street ... I forget how many boys there were in the WHITE HOUSE, perhaps five or six ..• the food was wonderful" ... ~The last time I was in Lawrenceville I looked for the WHITE HOUSE but it was not there". Dr. Perry's description indicates that the WHITE HOUSE was not the old Infirmary. His reference to the Raymond House is intended for the Davis House, of which Charles Henry Raymond was House Master from 1889 to 1907. No information has been obtained about the missing house described by Dr. Perry.

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ADDENDA, REPORT OF THE HOUSE SYSTEM, page 3

SECTION IX, School Presidents at end of report.

Revise the spelling of the first names as indicated:

1890 Allen Greeley

1938 Edward C. Rose, Jr.

House Affiliation:

The report indicates that William T. Ingram, II was President

of 1934. He left school April 29, 1934 to prepare for the U.S;

Naval Academy. David P. Reynolds, then Vice-President, took

over as President for the rest of the school year. Reynold's

photograph was included in the photographs placed in the Alunni

Study, but not Ingram's. This oversight is being corrected

by adding Ingram's photograph in the Album of the Abbott

regime being prepared by Mrs. McClellan to replace framed

photographs of the School Presidents. Reynold's name should

be added to the list of School Presidents in copies of the

report. His houses were Raymond and Davidson.

The report indicates the President for 1910 was Edward H.

Ethridge. Frederick G. Peabody was originally elected

President. He left school shortly after the Thanksgiving Day

holiday and Ethridge assumed the office for the rest of the

school year. Peabody's house was Kennedy. His name should

be added to the list of School Presidents.

In the summary of School Presidents by houses, the following

revisions should be 'made: Davidson 5, Kennedy 11, Raymond-

Davis 4.

Prepared by A.R. Evans, January 1965

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