Bainbridge Academy Closing Exercises
Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, June 26, 1886
Bainbridge academy [Chenango Co., NY] closed for the year with exercises in Academy hall, Friday evening, June 18th. The large chapel was packed to its fullest capacity with the best people of the place. The program was elaborate, and well rendered, comprising recitations by Wm. M. Bennett, George Clark, Charles Clark, Seymour Lornnan, Grace Brigham, Millie Cannon, Edith Hodge, Mary Gilbert, Louise Mandeville, Nellie Scott, Edith West and Viola Willsey; essays by Miss Lizzie Corbin and Mr. Wm. H. VanAllen, and orations by Messrs. J.M. Nichols and G.M. Mills. Misses Cannon, West and Newton also rendered solos, which were received with applause. Miss Corbin's essay on "Rocks" was extremely interesting and her charming appearance added much to its effect. Mr. VanAllen read a vigorous essay on "Offensive Partisanship," not only in its use by the administration but in the broader sense of the expression. Mr. Nichols delivered an oration on "Decoration Day," which merited the applause it received, and Mr. Mills' strong plea for "Prohibition" was well received. At the close of the exercises Mr. Mills stepped on the platform, and on behalf of all the academic students, read a series of resolutions signed by all the pupils, and filled with warm praises of Prof. and Mrs. Van Allen's faithful work during the past year as principal and preceptress of the academy. Prof. VanAllen, in thanking the students for their appreciation, took occasion to review briefly the work of the year and to show the prosperity of the school. At the close of the exercises many of the pupils and friends of the school remained to congratulate Prof. VanAllen on the success of the entertainment, and the general opinion seems to be that the exercises were the best ever given in Bainbridge academy. Prof. VanAllen and his family leave this week, to spend the summer with friends in Elmira and elsewhere and at Chautauqua.
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