Bishop Scott Academy

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established = 1870
type = Defunct as of 1904
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state =Oregon
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Bishop Scott Academy was a school located in Portland, Oregon, United States. Affiliated with the Episcopal Church, the school was named for the Reverend Thomas Fielding Scott. The school opened in 1870 to educate young men in good citizenship and prepare them to enter the ministry. Later a military department was added to the school before closing in 1904.

History

The academy traces its roots to the Trinity School for Boys that was established in 1856 by Scott.Corning, Howard M. 1956. "Dictionary of Oregon History". Binfords & Mort Publishing.] This grammar school remained in operation until 1865. In 1870, the Bishop Scott Grammar School was organized, but was unaffiliated with the earlier school. The cornerstone for the school was laid down on July 5 by Bishop B. Wistar Morris on land donated by Captain George H. Flanders and his sister Mrs. Caroline Couch (wife of John H. Couch).Scott, Harvey W. 1890. "History of Portland, Oregon: with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and pioneers". Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co.] The school opened on September 6, 1870, under the leadership of Charles H. Allen.

Bishop Scott Academy burned down in 1877 and was rebuilt in 1878. In 1878, the school hired Joseph W. Hill as headmaster and the name was changed to Bishop Scott Academy. The school added a military department in 1887, with the United States Army taking control of that section in 1895. The academy organized the first football team in the Northwest and held the first game of that sport in the Northwest in 1889. [ [http://gesswhoto.com/hill-academy.html Hill Military Academy.] Mary Farrand Robson, accessed September 24, 2007.] In 1901, the school saw its largest enrollment with 234 students, and the resignation of Hill as headmaster. Hill left to start the Hill Military Academy. [ [http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=00080420-24AB-1E9F-9D1880B05272FE9F Young Cadets Drill at Hill Military Academy.] Oregon History Project, accessed September 24, 2007.] Enrollment then declined and the school was closed in 1904, although there were several unsuccessful attempts to revive the school in Yamhill County, Oregon.

Alumni and faculty

*Nielson Hagerup (1864-1922), artist
*Franklin F. Korell (1889-1965), politician
*Clifton N. McArthur (1879-1923), politician
*Frederick Eugene Trotter (1873-1939), physician [ [http://www.hml.org/mmhc/mdindex/trotter.html Frederick Eugene Trotter.] Hawaii Medical Library, accessed September 24 2007.]
*Walter L. Tooze (1887-1956), politician

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