Class Picture
Source URL
Title
Class Picture
Description
Penn Academy started as Friend's High School on November 5th, 1872. John W. Woody was the first principal with Mary Chawner Woody and Anna Gove as additional teachers. When Penn College opened on September 24, 1873, the high school continued as the Prepatory Department of Penn College. Finally from 1888-89, Penn Academy became its own school, with an independent staff, and Elmer H. Gifford serving as the first principal. Penn Academy started as a two-year school, became a three-year school in 1882, and then became a four-year school in 1911. The Academy was closed in 1927.
Source
Box 6
Publisher
William Penn University; Wilcox Library Digital Archives
Date
2012-06-01
Rights
www.wmpenn.edu/library/about.html
Format
image/jpeg
Type
image
Identifier
http://cdm16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p16125coll1,15