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1934-1935 Kilgore High School Reflector Yearbook
America's Oldest School


1635 - 1935

America's Oldest School
To Celebrate Its Tercentenary
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Interesting Highlights in the History of the Public Latin School of Boston, Massachusetts

"On the 13th of the second month, 1635 . . . . Att a Generall meeting
upon publique notice. . . . it was. . . . generally agreed upon that our brother Philemon
Pormort shall be intreated to become schoolmaster for the teaching and nourtering of
children with us" . . . . thus the Boston Town Records give notice, of the beginning of the
oldest educational institution, with continuous exitence, in the country - Boston's Public
Latin School. The school, itself, was founded on April 23, 1635, more than a year before
Harvard College was founded, and more than three years before that college opened. As
an old history of the school says, "Its first masters might have seen Shakespeare act in
his own plays; its second master preceded John Milton and John Harvard at Cambridge
by nearly a quarter of a century." And as most of you readers of the "Pic" probably
know-Harvard holds the rank of "oldest college in the country."

Many Distinguished Pupils

As one would naturally conclude-a school whose traditions extend over the span of
three centuries, and whose location is in the heart of New England-the practical birthplace
of the nation - has been responsible for the early education of many famous men.

Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, the following were students of
Public Latin School: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Treat Paine,
and William Hooper. One of the first pupils of the school was the well-known Cotton Mather.

The tercentenary of this fine old school for boys is arousing the interest of high and
preparatory school circles throughout the country.

The Editor
A. G. Morton

The Advertising Manager
Hayword Ragsdale

The Business Manager
John Burt

Sponsor
Ruby Anglin


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