[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 147 (Tuesday, November 29, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: November 29, 1994]
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                  THE BICENTENNIAL OF CHESHIRE ACADEMY

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                          HON. GARY A. FRANKS

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 29, 1994

  Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, today, I would like to 
recognize the bicentennial anniversary of the oldest boarding school in 
Connecticut. Cheshire Academy was founded in 1794 in the beautiful town 
of Cheshire. Its original mission was to prepare boys and girls for 
college and the clergy.
  Cheshire Academy became an all-male military school in the 19th 
Century. The school community at that time included some of the heroes 
of the Civil War: Adm. Andrew Hull Foot, Congressional Medal of Honor 
winner Eli Woodbury, and President Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy 
Gideon Welles. Pictures exist of students in uniform marching on the 
dirt roads of what was then the farm village of Cheshire. The school at 
that time educated J.P. Morgan, who carved his initials into the bell 
in the tower of the school's oldest existing building, Bowden Hall.
  In the 20th Century, Cheshire Academy became a preparatory school for 
colleges, in particular Yale. The school acquired an international 
flavor as students beyond the United States began enrolling there. 
Among the 20th century alumni of Cheshire Academy are Fred Friendly, 
former president of CBS News, and Roberto Goizueta, the president and 
CEO of Coca-Cola. In 1969 Cheshire Academy admitted women and returned 
to its original purpose of educating both boys and girls.
  As it enters its third century, Cheshire Academy is giving students 
from a variety of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds an 
opportunity to experience independent school life. Through its small 
classes and extraordinarily committed faculty, the school continues to 
fulfill its mission of providing a personal and exceptional education 
to college-bound students. I salute the legacy of Cheshire Academy and 
wish the school many more years of success.

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