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1890's Letter handwritten West Newton MA English Classical School Allen Brothers
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West Newton English and Classical School, also known as theAllen School, was a model school inWest Newton, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1854 byNathaniel Topliff Allen(1823–1903), an educator and protege ofHorace Mann.[1]Allen was an advocate of women's suffrage, temperance, and the abolition of slavery, and his school, unusual at the time, had a racially integrated, co-educational student body. It offered a kindergarten program based upon the principles ofFroebel's Kindergarten System, and included gymnastics in its curriculum, both of which were, in America, educational innovations.[1]The school's coursework included reading, spelling, arithmetic, geography, geology, and bookkeeping. Daily journals kept by students were critiqued every two weeks.[1]The school also taught art, music, dancing and ethics. Students attended lectures by guest speakers such asTheodore Parker,William Lloyd Garrison, andRalph Waldo Emerson.[2]Many of Allen's relatives, including his uncles, brothers, cousins, nieces, and three daughters, lived and taught at the school, and provided lodging in their homes for students.[2]
Over the course of its 50 years in existence, more than 5,000 students attended the school.[2]Students came from all over the world, and many graduates, both men and women, went on to have careers in medicine, law, government, and education.[1]
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