Keywords: Tuition students
Item 31164
Hallowell Classical and Scientific Academy, Hallowell, ca. 1882
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1882 Location: Hallowell Media: Stereograph
Item 28366
Bowdoin College bill, Brunswick, 1825
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1825 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
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Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."
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Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women
Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.
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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill
"Tuition was free for all students from Blue Hill. However, students from surrounding towns did have to pay to attend."
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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement
"A few years later, in 1800, Surry's first private tuitioned school was established and twenty-six students worked under teacher Francis Simonds'…"
