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Shattuck - St. Mary's
Sesquicentennial Museum Display
Self-Guided Tour

written by Bob Neslund
Reunion weekend June, 2008

Note:
* Robert Eugene Neslund, local teacher, historian, and community activist died unexpectedly Oct. 9, 2011 at his Faribault home.
This site is dedicated especially to his "initiating the community service requirement for graduation and served as that program’s director".
- Faribault Daily News Obituary
- Faribault Daily Editorial

* Photos courtesy of the Shattuck-St. Mary's School Archives, except where noted (http://www.s-sm.org)
* Reproductions discouraged. *Direct questions to [email protected]

* Updated 2023. Note: after 1-1-2024, Ancestry will assign a read-only status to all Rootsweb sites, including this one. Updates will not be possible. Links may become outdated. Contact the school at s-sm.org for current information. Thank you for reading....History lives!

Video A Blueprint For Our Future

Select Museum items pictured.....
The St. Mary's Hall steps expansion is complete. Kimberly Bakken, the archivist with a daunting new responsibility, explains it required the displayed collection to be packed and stored for a period of time. The goal is preservation and display upgrades. Can you HELP?! Take a moment to be grateful and say thanks....."Lest we forget...." Dorothy, Millie and Bob for your legacy. We owe the foundation of the next museum genesis to you!

THE 150th ......

Museum Entrance - Shattuck campus historical
National Register of Historic Places - every building built before 2013 on the Shattuck campus and St. Mary's Hall campus, including the power plant. It became the Shattuck Historic District, added April 6, 1982.
Bob welcomes visitors
St. Mary’s Hall started Nov. 1, 1866 (All Saints Day on the church calendar) in the Bishop’s house. It burned in 1907; the only remaining part of the original SMH is the house at 610 Central Ave. (previously Main St.)

St. Mary's property description
St. Mary's vintage photos with history details
Museum displays of St. Mary's memorabelia

The Traditions.....

SMH Thanksgiving Pilgrims - see 351 for more tradition history including 7 Kernals
1935 | 1950 | 1957 | 1962 | 1965 | 2011

Wooden Soldiers

1950

1950_circle

1970

1986 Wooden Soldiers, pt.1

1986 Wooden Soldiers, pt.2

Wooden Soldiers: Reflections and Review 2017

Cheerleaders -

1970

1979-1980 basketball

abt. 1982 football

1957 SMH Organizations - a place for everyone:
Athletic Comm., Bit & Spur Equestrians, Brush & Palette Club, Christian Services Comm., Dirk & Bauble Drama Assoc., Fleur De Leis Yearbook, French Club, Glee Club, Hobby & Interest Committee, Improvement Comm., Inspection Comm., Judiciary Comm., Library Club, Penstaff (competitive composition), Service Comm., Student Council, Spanish Club, Social Comm., The Blues, The Golds, Wooden Soldiers
SMH commencements -
CROSSES - June, 1870 - First two graduates receive gold crosses the Bishop places them around each of their necks and recites, "(name) given in memory of Bishop Whipple and his wife Cornelia, in token of our love and blessing, and as the sign of our redemption." The tradition continues.
ROSES - June, 1897 - Bishop Whipple and his second wife, Evangeline, could not attend commencement, they sent roses to the graduates. Since 1938 graduates have carried red, long stemmed roses.
WHITE DRESSES - June, 1916 started the white dresses tradition that eventually, probably the 1960-70's, the class chose an identical dress design. The 1933 class of 5 graduates is the only exception, choosing to wear pastel dresses and carry talisman roses. The Depression years were a very difficult time for St. Mary's Hall's survival.
LOCATION - Since 1925, commencement ceremonies have been held in the SMH gym, later outside on the front of school, weather permitting. Beginning in about the 1940-50s, the gym stage had a backdrop of live oak leaves screen backdrop added to the colors of the academic robes, white dresses, red roses and bouquets of peonies fragrance. The hesitation step meticulously practiced weeks before.
MUSIC - The grand piano echoing in the high ceiling. Memorable. Processional music - still used in 1983. Overture: audience stands. "Festmarsch" from "Tannhäuser" by Wagner
Recessional music - "War March of the Priests from "Athelia" by Felix Mendelssohn
JOINT CEREMONY - The Shattuck and St. Mary's Hall commencement ceremonies were merged in 1988; the girls continue to wear identical white dresses of their choice, carry red roses, receive gold crosses or a faith symbol of their choice.
SCHOOL UNIFORMS - 1929 school uniforms were introduced.
Underformers process
Graduates process
Processional music - still used in 1983. Overture: audience stands. March, a little slower than this, begins the colorful entrance. Festmarsch from "Tannhäuser" by Wagner
1983 Graduates before a historic, brief shower sent all into the gym!
Crosses - in loving memory of Bishop Whipple and his wife Cornelia.....
Recessional music-still used in 1983. War March of the Priests from "Athelia" by Felix Mendelssohn

Shattuck traditions....
Celebrate Shattuck (Upper School) Campus

Shattuck commencement -
A military school until 1974, June commencement included (rain or shine) a dress parade from the school on the hill to the historic Cathedral of our Merciful Savior downtown Faribault and other drills on the Shattuck campus parade field. An impressive ceremony with visiting dignitaries was usually held in Johnson Armory.
1887 | 1940 | 1966

The Gopher-Badger Cup. Shattuck’s student body was divided into two teams, and competition went on all year, involving not only games, but grade averages, military standing, deportment, etc.
Museum displays of Crack Squad Memorabelia

1944

1983 - in memory of Martin '82

1972 Crack Squad Drill

Crack Squad, prob. 1986

2008 Old Shads Drill at the 150th on the parade field

2005 alums from 1964-65 squad drill at their reunion

Twenty-five years after graduation, members of the 1961 Shattuck Crack Squad returned to the school and performed their drill again in honor of Vic Malmgren, Captain of the 1962 Squad, mourning his tragic death

1938 Shattuck Crack Squad

1990-91 Shattuck Crack Squad Alumni Drill-pt. 1

1990-91 Shattuck Crack Squad Alumni Drill-pt. 2

St. James School Story

St. James on Facebook

St. James Commencement -

Treasure Island at Commencement

1940

2008 Museum Self-Guided Tour....

1. The Rev. James Lloyd Breck, founder of the Bishop Seabury Mission out of which developed Shattuck School.
2. Map of the Minnesota Territory 1849. Note small picture on the bottom of Fort Snelling.
2B. In 1835, Jackson Kemper was elected the first Missionary Bishop of the Episcopal Church. His region went from Indiana to the Minnesota Territory, and included Missouri. He believed so strongly in separation of church and state that after he was ordained he never voted again. (Drawing by James Zotalis.)
2C. The Red Chapel and the Blue House at Nashotah House, James Lloyd Breck’s first mission. (Drawing by Jim Zotalis.)
3. Very early map of Faribault Minnesota.
Note properties owned by Bishop Seabury Mission.
4. Enmegahbowh, apparently first Native American Episcopal Priest. He was ordained by Bishop Whipple in Faribault. When he was baptized, he was given the name John Johnson.(See #6 for picture.)
5. The Right Rev. Samuel Seabury, first Bishop of the American Episcopal Church. He had to be consecrated a Bishop in Scotland secretly because if he had been ordained in England, Parliament would have had to pass a law allowing it. (A book by Seabury dated 1793 is in the case next to the entrance.) Note article on Seabury on table below picture. He lived Nov. 30, 1729 – Feb. 25, 1796.
6. Dr. Breck (right) with Enmegahbowh (left) and Manitowak (center).
7. Letter from Bishop Kemper to James Lloyd Breck in 1857 encouraging him to start a “University” but telling him not to start a Divinity School until Minnesota had its own Bishop. Breck decided not to follow the Bishops advice and left for the East to raise money.
8. William Augustus Muhlenburg, Headmaster of The Flushing Institute outside New York City, where Breck received his high school education. This school was the pattern for other “Church Schools,” which included St. Paul’s in New Hampshire, endowed by Dr. Shattuck, and Shattuck School.
9. Bishop Seabury University Mission Primary School opens with 15 students on the second story of Fowler’s Store on June 3, 1858. (This store was across the road from the Alexander Faribault House.)
10. Newspaper story of attempted assassination of Bishop Whipple in the Cathedral by an insane Divinity student. (Whipple knew that this student had one poor eye and so at the right moment jumped over the altar rail and was able to disarm him easily.)
11. Ballyhack, first dormitory for Divinity students of the Bishop Seabury Mission. (It was located about a mile south of the Shattuck campus near where the District One Hospital campus now is.)
12. The Mission School House on weekdays and the Church of the Good Shepherd on Sundays. Classes began to be held here in September 1858.
13. One of 67 letters of James Lloyd Breck, mainly to Bishop Whipple, from Breck’s last years at Faribault. This one, apparently delivered at night, wanted to know where a divinity student was – one who was supposed to be supervising grammar school boys. It was probably written in 1866, the year before Breck left. During this period, he was unhappy about several things and kept asking the bishop to let him go.
14. The Pig Story.
15. “Biography” of Breck by his brother Charles. It is a collection of many of Breck’s letters.
16. Painting of Cornelia Whipple as a young wife.
17. The young Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple.
18. Mission School was added on to several times as enrollment grew. Note several children in front.
19. The Rev. Dr. James Lloyd Breck, Dean of the Schools of the Bishop Seabury Mission in 1867.
20/21. Motto from Bishop Doane of Albany, which Bishop Whipple used to express his ideal for St. Mary’s Hall.
The motto was illuminated by Miss Stella Cole.
22. Shattuck School in 1877. Classes were held in the second building from the left.
24. Letter to Dr. Dobbin from James Lloyd Breck 1864 inviting him to become Headmaster of the Boys’ School.
25. In 1866 Tommy Crump introduced military drills.
26. George Cheyne Shattuck, M.D., Boston physician, for whom the boys’ school was named at the suggestion of Dr. Breck.
(Shattuck had given Bishop Whipple land in Illinois which had coal on it and the Bishop was able to sell it for over $30,000.)
27. Seabury Hall built for the Divinity School, but which also housed some of the Grammar School students.
28 The cornerstone for the Cathedral of our Merciful Saviour was laid on July 16, 1862. Bishop Whipple claimed that this was the first Episcopal Cathedral in the United States.
29/29A. Pictures of the Cathedral – inside and outside, as completed in 1869. The tower was not finished until 1902.
A section of the window dedicated to Jane Maria Breck, who died in the spring of 1862. The Cathedral was built as a memorial to her.
Video: "Building the cathedral story" about the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour, 515 2nd Ave Faribault, MN created for the Faribault Heritage Preservation Commission

30. Improvised Easter Altar in the Study Hall of St. Mary’s in its first year.
31. The young James Dobbin.
32. First Shattuck Catalog 1866 listing student names and home towns. (The book is in the case by the entrance.)
33. Silver Communion Vessel – St. Thomas Church of Warsaw, MN presented by Shattuck Grammar School 1869.
34. St. Mary’s Hall Register at the end of its first year. This copy was addressed to the Governor of Minnesota by Bishop Whipple.
35. Shattuck School Campus 1866 and 1870.
36. The St. Mary’s Hall Senior Class of 1871. Probably only a very few would have received diplomas and crosses.
37. Shattuck Grammar School and the Divinity School – Dobbin was in charge of both—in probably 1866. Dobbin is in the center. Tommy Crump, wearing the cap, is in the third row from the bottom.
38. First testimonial for “Highest Excellence in deportment, diligence, and attainments in Studies” given from the end of the first year-St. Mary’s Hall.
39. Maj. A. E. Latimer, Commandant, 1869 to 1872--the first Army Officer sent by the government to run Shattuck’s military program.
40. Thomas Arnold, Headmaster of Rugby School in England, provided a model for what Bishop Whipple wanted Shattuck to become.
41. Harper’s Weekly June 20 1888 -- Bishop Whipple and his work. Harper’s Weekly had a very wide circulation throughout much of the United States and the article goes into considerable detail about Shattuck School, which it refers to as “The West Point of the West.”
42. Minutes of the C.S.C. Society of Shattuck, from 1873. The C.S.C. was the organization of the officers in the military program.
43. St. Mary’s Hall 1866—first catalog –total cost for one year $400. Note that it was sent out on September 15, 1866, only a month and half before the School opened; also it lists no specific curriculum and only some of the members of the faculty.
44. St. Mary’s Hall started in the Bishop’s house but soon several additions were put onto it. (ed: Nov. l, 1866-St. Mary's Hall opens. (Boarding tuition: $300.)
45. First diploma with original cross – Emma Winkley 1870. The first graduating class had only two members.
46. Article on Sarah P. Darlington, first principal of St. Mary’s Hall, which quotes several early sources.
47. First Rule book.
48. Letter to the friends of the Bishop Seabury Mission and Diocese of Minnesota – a desperate plea for funds.
49. Shattuck’s first graduation class of 1871, and the same men 50 years later.

Open display.

Shattuck Class of 1906

50. “Old Nim,” Shattuck mascot which died the same day in 1872 that Seabury Hall burned down.
51. Minnesota Dwarf Trout Lily discovered by St. Mary’s Hall teacher Mrs. Hedges, and in 1871 an article in the scholarly journal The American Naturalist appeared announcing this new species of “Erythronium.” This article helps to establish St. Mary’s reputation when the School was only five years old.
52. Phelps Cottage and the School House 1870, both buildings still remain on campus. Phelps was enlarged and became a dormitory, and was later further enlarged and became the School Infirmary. The School House was moved across the campus to its present location when Morgan Refectory was built.
53. The Seabury/Shattuck Campus looking from across the River with the Flecks Brewery at the bottom of the hill.
54. An early Infirmary Log Book. Many boys are excused for everything and some only from drills.
55. St. Mary’s Hall 9th year Register.
56. Grace Mckinstry, famous St. Mary’s Hall artist.
57. Grace McKinstry’s studio.
58. Grace’s watercolor of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd looking from the south. This was given to Shattuck by Duke Wagner shortly before his death. A very few watercolors by McKinstry are known to exist.
59. 1874 map of Faribault. Shattuck appears at bottom right; St. Mary’s Hall is no. 15. (Cathedral [just left of SMH] shows a spire the church never had.)
60/61. Shattuck Times, a tiny monthly newspaper, written (and printed in his room) by Cadet A. H. Easton. The next year he started a larger publication, the Shattuck Cadet.
62. A public relations and fund-raising piece written by Bishop Whipple. He was always short of money and relied on wealthy friends, especially in the East.
63. 1874-75 catalog of Shattuck. In this era, catalogs always contained a register of the previous year’s student body, as well as a list of awards.
64. Window in the Cathedral Guild House in honor of James Lloyd Breck, depicting him as John the Baptist. The background looks like northern Minnesota.
65. 1876 letter from James Dobbin to Charles Betcher of Reed Wing, Minnesota. (Note that full tuition was $350.)
66. Shattuck in 1867 and 1907 (from 1907 yearbook). Note the outdoor gym (trapeze, etc.) and vegetable garden. Seabury Hall is the only stone building.
67. Bishop Whipple, though criticized by many of his day, was ahead of his time in his attitudes towards Native Americans. He lost many friends over his defense of Indians, and often he was a lone voice. Many Indians trusted him and called him “Straight Tongue.”
68. Miss Sarah Darlington, first Principal of SMH (1866-Feb. 1881). The title Headmistress was not used at the school until 1931, during the administration of Katherine Caley.
69. William Champlin, Shattuck mathematics “professor”, never finished college, but was such an excellent teacher that both Yale and Dartmouth gave him honorary Master’s degree.
70. Boat racing and baseball were Shattuck’s earliest sports. The Straight River was deeper then because of a dam at 14th Street (below the old St. James campus.)
71. The much larger original of this painting of Bishop Whipple is in Morgan Refectory.
72/73. The Whitney Arch (72) was built in 1927-28 as a memorial to Dr. Harry Whitney (73), a member of Shattuck’s first graduating class in 1871. He taught Latin and German at Shattuck for 50 years.
74. Old Whipple Hall was built in 1873 to replace Seabury Hall, which burned on Thanksgiving Day 1872. Old Whipple was located south of the middle of Morgan Refectory, about halfway to Chapel. Old Whipple and Old Shattuck Hall were replaced by the new Whipple in 1925-26.
75. Account of the first baseball game between Shattuck (a.k.a. Seabury) and Faribault team called “Young America.”
76. This appears to be Shattuck’s first baseball team, ca. 1870. Note the very dim “S” on the shirts of the boys in front.
77. Company D in front of Manney Armory in 1887. The Flag Company was the one which had won company competition the previous year. Manney Hall was named in honor of Dr. Salon Manney, a colleague of Breck’s, who helped establish the Seabury Mission.
78. The Shattuck bugle band, ca. 1880.
79. Cadet E.K. Bixby was editor of The Daily Cadet in 1903. (The paper –said to be “the only preparatory school daily in the United States” – was published 5 days per week (not on Wednesdays – the half free-day-or Sundays). This ambitious project lasted only one year.
80. Portrait of Augusta Shumway.
80A. Program of the consecration of the Memorial Chapel of the Good Shepherd , Sept. 24, 1872. The Chapel was built in honor of Mrs. Shumway’s daughter –“my little Eunie”-who had died in 1862 at the tender age of 13 months. Mrs. Shumway kept her promise to Bishop Whipple to build the Chapel, even though the Chicago Fire destroyed most of her wealth, which was in apartment buildings and the insurance company was paying her only 50 cents on the dollar. At first, the Chapel was to cost $10,000; it ended up costing three times that much.
81/82. Early uniforms of Shattuck Military School.
83. Charles Betcher’s certificate of Captain’s Commission.
84. Picture of Charles Betcher from Red Wing, Minnesota.
85. The graduation address from the President of the University of Minnesota on June 16, 1887.
86. Seabury Episcopal Seminary Class of 1884, Faribault, Minnesota, --including Sherman Coolidge (bottom row, middle) who was the first Araphao Missionary.
87. Bishop Whipple receives two letters of Thomas Jefferson – this is one of them.
88. Pictures of the School House and Shattuck Hall.
89. Shattuck artillery 1890. Also note #149 for more on the helmets.
90. Shattuck Sham Battle, a feature of commencement from 1882 until World War I. Not only students but also faculty participated.
91. Johnston Hall at Seabury Divinity School, built with a bequest from Augusta Shumway Huntington’s will. Today it is the only remaining Seabury building and houses medical offices on the District One Hospital Campus.
92. Honor School announcement for 1912. The top ten military programs in schools and colleges were listed each year after Government inspections. Beginning in 1906, the first year of such ratings, Shattuck was listed; and for the next 50 years, it appeared on the list 48 times. The top ten were listed alphabetically without any indication of which would have been ranked 1st, 2nd, etc.
93. Baseball team, ca. 1880. Note “sub”; could he play all positions?
94. Phelps Library – later Dormitory--became the Infirmary just before the 1920’s when the stucco addition enlarged the building. Today Phelps is the oldest stone structure on the Shattuck campus.
95. The Shattuck School Building, 1870-87. The “School Room” (study hall) took up the whole first floor. Note “Whit’s Room” and “Champ’s Rooms” on second floor. The old wooden gym is at the left. When Morgan Refectory was built, the school Building was moved across the campus and became the Lodge. It still stands.
96. Manney Hall – the drill hall and gym built in 1880 – burned in 1894.
97. Two views of the new St. Mary’s Hall, built up on the bluff in 1883. Because of all the spires and the river below, townsfolk referred to it as the “the castle on the Rhine.”
98. The composite picture from Harper’s Weekly shows several buildings linked to Bishop Whipple. Upper right is Seabury Hall at the Divinity School. Lower right, the “Rector’s Residence” is Dobbin’s house at Manney Hill. Harper’s Weekly had a very large circulation.
99. Entrance to Morgan Refectory – note stairs at center leading to Shumway basement. Second picture shows the Refectory before the walls were covered with dark green felt.
100. Menu from the Brunswick Hotel for a victory dinner given by Coach C.W. Newhall to the football team on Nov. 1, 1897. The players signed the card on the back.
101. The Ming Brothers from Helena Mont. kept extensive diaries. (The originals are in the case near the entrance.) Here are some selections from James Lester Ming in 1886. At the left is Henry Whipple St. Clair, who grew up in the Little Indian Colony where Tippetonka Park now is. Like his father, he became a missionary. His experience at Shattuck was not very happy, and he usually played with students at the Academy for the Deaf.
102. The front hall of Shumway. Straight ahead, beyond the crossing, is the study hall with desks for the whole school.
103. Application for a scholarship to Shattuck included a statement that a recipient would hold “honorably bound to reimburse the school” if he became financially successful.
104. Shumway Hall during its construction (1886-87) and completed, below. Note the side entrance where the connection to Dobbin now is. At the left (108) are shown stone cutters.
105. Public letter from James Dobbin to the Faribault community in both the Republican and the Democrat in October 1901, responding to a brief article the previous week entitled “The Trouble at Shattuck.” There had been some kind of mutiny because the commandant, Asa Abbott, had been let go and the rules against hazing were now being strictly enforced. A number of seniors left—some were dismissed, others went voluntarily.
106. Bishop Whipple and his first wife, Cornelia Wright. She was seriously injured in a railroad accident in November 1889, and after months of agony, died in July 1890. Indians at Birch Coulee especially regarded her as their “mother,” and when they returned from exile and rebuilt their church, with the Bishop’s permission they named it “St. Cornelia’s.”
107. George Clinton Tanner, first “Headmaster” of Breck’s school (as from Sept. 1858), would be associated with Shattuck in various ways until about 1920. (Headmaster at this point meant the master in charge of the study hall.) He knew so much that the students called him “Brains.” Tanner wrote an extensive history of the Diocese and of the schools, published in 1909.
108. Cormick McCall and his brother, Thomas, master masons, worked on Shumway and Johnston Hall.
109. Junius Spencer Morgan, London banker who wrote Bishop Whipple a check for $50,000 to build Morgan Refectory. Whipple wanted a dining room like those of the great English schools, adorned with portraits of prominent alumni. J. S. Morgan was the father of J. Peirpont Morgan, with whom Whipple exchanged letters about fishing.
110. The Crack Squad of 1891. (The origins of the Squad go back to 1882.)
111. Two views of Shattuck campus during the time when Morgan Refectory is being built. Note tennis net in front.
112. Asa T. Abbott, commandant from 1886 until 1901 – the period when the military becomes the strongest aspect of Shattuck.
113. Ezekiel Whipple, beloved Greek teacher and “headmaster.” The bells in the Shumway Tower were given in his memory. (When “Zeke” was “Headmaster,” the title had come to mean the chief disciplinarian, subject though, to the Rector’s approval in major cases.)
114. Miniature version of a statue of Cornelia Wright Whipple at St. Mark’s Cathedral Minneapolis. The sculptor was John Rood. The broom represents her work as housemother for St. Mary’s; the book symbolizes her role as a teacher and as co-founder of the school.
115. Some Famous American Schools (1903) by Oscar Fay Adams, has sections on 9 boys’ boarding schools – all in the East except 2; Shattuck is the only Midwestern school. This book must have added to Shattuck’s growing reputation for excellence.
116. Letter from Bishop Whipple to a Mr. Fulton about a “colored” divinity student and his attendance at social events with St. Mary’s girls. It’s not known when Mr. Fulton withdrew his girls or changed his mind.
117. The Shattuck Athletic Association’s “Annual Meeting” was really an annual contest with many events, including some “novelties” like the “Spud Race” the “Hop, Skip and Jump,” and the “Wheelbarrow Race.” Note prizes listed in program.
118. Bishop Whipple’s autobiography, Lights and Shadows of a Long Episcopate, first published in 1899, went through at least three editions.
119/120. Caroline Wright Eels was Principal of SMH from 1896 until 1916. She was known as “The Little Bishop of St. Mary’s.” She came to the school on condition that a room be converted into a proper chapel. (picture 120).
121. “Shattuck Cadet,” composed by L.M. French in 1896, was part march, part two-step.
122. The SMH Class of 1900-most in white dresses, but certainly not matching.
123. Two issues of the Shattuck Cadet, the student newspaper.
124. In one of her addresses, Miss Eells refers to a print in the front entrance of St. Mary’s Hall which seems to match this image of Alma Mater sending out one of her daughters into the world with a lighted lamp and a book.
125. Photograph of Bishop Whipple as an old man taken in London ca. 1900. He would die in September 1901.
126. Shattuck School became independent of the Bishop Seabury Mission in 1905. (It seems doubtful that this could have happened during Bishop Whipples’s life.) Within the seal appear two Latin mottos: Pro Patria et Ecclesia (For the nation and the church) and Nisi Dominers Frustra (Without the Lord [all things are] in vain.) Though the name Shattuck Grammar School was first used in 1865, “Founded 1867” suggests that Shattuck didn’t really exist until James Dobbin became Rector.
127. Shads on Shumway porch in 1890. Several bicycles with big front wheels are in front.
128. Bishop Whipple with his second wife, Evangeline Marrs Simpson, a wealthy woman whom he had gotten to know in Florida. They married in 1896. In a letter during their courtship, Whipple wrote that she had made him feel “young as a boy.”
129. Both Dakota and Ojibwa people came to Bishop Whipple’s funeral in September 1901. As part of the service, they sang hymns in their native languages.
130. In 1905 Shattuck produces Ben Jonson’s Alchemist in proper Elizabethan style. (Jonson was a contemporary of Shakespeare.) All the parts were played by boys. There were also songs and dances between acts.
131. View of Shumway Auditorium looking towards the back. At this time there were no stage or dressing rooms, only a semicircular platform at the front, beneath the large rose window. In 1931, the stage with proscenium and curtains was installed with a rounded front. The stage area is much larger today.
132. Manney Hill farm house, the home of James and Elizabeth Dobbin. In 1901 they mortgage the house and farm and build an addition so that they can start “The School for Little Boys,” which will become St. James. (Also see #134)
133. Frederick and Ella Mae Jenkins, whom the Dobbins choose to run the new school. Fred Jenkins will be Headmaster; Mrs. Jenkins will be Housemother and will teach the youngest boys.
134. The Boys’ Reading Room in Manney Hill Farmhouse. The School for Little Boys was very much a home school.
135. The Little Boys’ School had a modified military program, less rigorous than Shattuck’s and their rifles were lighter. Here they do a rifle drill. Many of them would go on to Shattuck.
136. From the second year, the Little Boys’ School had a well-equipped wood shop.
137. The School was renamed and incorporated as St. James n 1909. There were games and recreation throughout the year.
138. About the turn of the century, the old Ruggles Road was replaced by Shumway Avenue. Here is a bridge on the way to St. James.
139/141. During her lifetime, Mrs. Shumway’s chief gift to Shattuck was the Chapel in 1872; but her involvement continued, and year after year she would bring statues to adorn the yard around the Chapel. The deer (141, top row, no. 3) led to the founding of the School for Little Boys, because Mrs. Dobbin saw young boys put on its back and paddled as a form of “initiation,” and she had the statue smuggled over to Manney Hill in a load of hay. In no. 140, the deer is visible at the lower right.
142. The Gopher-Badger Cup. Shattuck’s student body was divided into two teams, and competition went on all year, involving not only games, but grade averages, military standing, deportment, etc.
143. Shattuck Incidental Accounts Book, 1904-05. D. E. Goodman was the school bookkeeper.
144. 1911 Interscholastic Field and Track games hosted by Shattuck.
145. The Shad was a short-lived monthly literary magazine. This May 1910 Seniors’ number also served as a kind of Senior Yearbook.
146. The 5th Avenue Club was a local fraternity. For most of its life, it was illegal. It got into rivalries with other groups and played some outrageous pranks. The original members are pictured in 151. The High Mogul, Daniel W. Hand, is in the center. 146 is a history of the club. It’s pin is in the middle of 152, above . Tau Phi and Alpha Kappa Phi were rival groups. The small book with wooden covers at 146 is from the Interfraternity Ball in 1913 as part of commencement. At this point the fraternities were quite legal.
147/148. There was a separate artillery Detachment for each company. 148 shows the 1888-89 “A” Company group; 147 the “C” company group on Decoration (Memorial) Day, 1890.
149. Shattuck Class of 1916. Under Col. Vasa Stolbrand, fancy new uniforms were introduced. White plumes adorned the helmets of commissioned officers.
150. Track meet on east side of campus.
153. An actor in senior class play – 1900’s. The Shattuck boys played the female roles.
154. A gym class in the Dobbin gymnasium.
155. The Rev. Edward Matheson, of Oak Park, Ill., was to have been Dr. Dobbin’s successor as Rector, but during his one year at Shattuck he proved to be an ineffective disciplinarian, and the Trustees bought up his contract at the beginning of the second year.
156. Dual track meet – Shattuck School vs. Carleton College.
157. Piece of the originally flooring in the new Johnson Gymnasium 1908. (Also see #159)
158. The 1907 Shattuck swimming pool was in the basement of Dobbin, under the gymnasium. The gym, equipped with bars, rings, trapeze, etc. was used for gymnastics. The showers in the basement were considered a real luxury.
159. Dedication of Johnson Hall housing the gymnasium, library and indoor track. (Also see #157)
160. John H.H. Lyon was a very effective Headmaster (chief disciplinarian) for nearly a decade early in the 20th century; but a couple of trustees considered him unfit for the job – and since he could not have unanimous support, he resigned. The next year, the board invited Lyon back, but there was still opposition and he resigned and became a Professor at the University of Washington.
161. Old Shad, Ben Sheffield, milling magnate, was a long-time Shattuck trustee and benefactor. Dr. Newhall used him several times to resolve disputes among groups of students on issues like hazing.
162. After being Rector of Shattuck for 47 years, Dr. Dobbin found it difficult to leave gracefully, and there was considerable tension between him and the Trustees. After he died in California, his ashes were brought back to Shattuck and placed in an urn in the crypt beneath the Chapel altar.
163. The drawing of a new dormitory a.k.a. “the palace” now known as Breck.
164. Morgan Refectory (dining hall) with walls covered in dark green felt.
165. 50th Anniversary Commencement program.
166. Charles Watson Newhall became Headmaster (now meaning Head of School) in 1916. It was to be temporary – for a single year – but he ended up in that position for 20 years. He was an old Shad (Class of 1890) and had taught mathematics for 20 years previously at the School, so he knew Shattuck and Shattuck boys well. His wife, Evangeline ran the social life of the School and the boys loved her. (See article at left.) During C.W. Newhall’s tenure, the scholastic reputation of Shattuck was high (see Spectator article below portrait of Newhall.) This was especially noteworthy for a school with a military program. Dartmouth later gave Newhall an honorary doctorate for his outstanding educational leadership.
167. St. Mary’s Hall Thanksgiving Play 1911 “Rose of Plymouth Town.”
168. Miss Amy Lowey became Principal of St. Mary’s in the Fall of 1916, succeeding Miss Carolyn Wright Eells. One of Miss Lowey’s first changes was adding a junior college program –one (sometimes two) years at the college level with credit given through the University of Minnesota. (This program continued until the early 1940’s.) Enrollment was always small, seldom over a dozen and sometimes considerably less.
169. A 1910 Scarab Vase by Adelaide Alsop Robineau (SMH 1884) was called “the most important piece of American Ceramics” of the 20th century by Arts and Antiques magazine. It won the grand prize at the International Exhibition, Turin, Italy in 1911. Because of cracks during the firing process it reputedly took 1000 hours to complete.
170/174. Earliest pictures of the Wooden Soldiers, St. Mary’s Hall drill team. Please note pamphlet explaining this organization. circa 1950s.Programs. Museum display #1. Museum display #2.
171. The composite picture of St. James students from 1901 – 1912.
172. Early picture of one of the first St. James baseball teams.
173. Miss Amy Lowey, SMH Principal from 1916 until 1928. Probably her greatest achievement was keeping the School together during the year after the great fire (when the girls lived at Seabury and the following year when they moved into the new St. Mary’s.) Somehow, she was able to preserve the traditions and character of the School in a time when society was changing.
174. Larger of the two St. Mary's campus residences. First lived in by Billie Bottke family, later by Harvey Goedtel family, in the 80s used as the art studio, ultimately torn down. Shown here in the 1920swith Billie's daughter Helen out front, and here as the art studio. The smaller house used by Herman Ballenthin family 1930s through 1950s, later by Harvey Goedtel until he retired, then by faculty, as it is today. Shown here in a beautiful 1947 snowstorm. View from larger house to smaller house before Mackall Hall. (Photo credit: Harold Boldt)
175. In 1909, the student body numbered 31 in a space for 20. It was the year the School’s name changed from “The School for Little Boys” to “St. James School.”
Open display. Early St. James.
176. A collection of St. James students with their families.
177. Examples of the St. James military uniform.
178. Fire destroys St. Mary’s Hall– August 5, 1924.
Open display. St. Mary's fire.
179. The campaign to raise money for rebuilding SMH realized over $125,000 – a remarkable achievement since a professional fundraising organization was not used. The remainder was financed through a $125,000 bond issue at 5.5 percent.
180. The first ceremony for a graduating class of St. James in 1910. In earlier years, there were only individual graduates.
181. Shattuck School hockey team – bottom picture is first team in 1915. This team played two games – defeating the Faribault team both times.
182. Billie's gardens started in circa 1936 by Bill Bottke, Sr. in the NW back campus of St. Mary's. After his death, the engineers continued their beautification to be enjoyed by picnics and strolling prom goers. They were replaced by Mackall Hall apartments for faculty in 1962.
183. 1926 Swim Team –C. L. Pouty ties the national interscholastic 100 yd backstroke record.
184. A snake dance on the football field – out in front of Shumway. Note – the Shattuck Cheerleaders are dressed in white.
185. Spectator Cup –Honor is the reward for manly virtue. Top honor for the most worthy boy – still given today.
186. 1918 Shattuck football teams.
187. Shattuck Cum Laude Society chapter (in 1922) one of only 22 other chapters in the country.
188. Beginning in 1917, Lloyd Holsinger coached several sports and served as Athletic Director until 1950. He also taught mathematics.
189. Diploma of James Donald Strong ’27. Loyal supporter and benefactor of the School. He granted scholarships to Washington DC area students of color.
190. Drawing from School newspaper of a “S” Club sweater.
191. Shattuck’s 1921 Jazz Band.
192. 1932 Shattuck Track Team wins Gopher Relay at the U of M.
193. The annual Shattuck-Culver football game was a long-standing rivalry, and even though Shattuck had had some outstanding teams, it had never been able to defeat the Indiana military academy – until 1935.
194. Miss Kathy Caley was the first alumna to lead St. Mary’s Hall. She succeeded Miss Matheson and considered herself to be “a sane progressive.” She was the first at SMH to use the title Headmistress. Her great challenge was to get the school through the Great Depression. In her last year (1938), she suffered severe medical problems but persevered nonetheless. Miss Margret Robertson was hired to be assistant Headmistress and arrived only to discover that Miss Caley had died a few days earlier. The window, dedicated to Miss Caley and her sister, represents two virtues – Patience and Faith. The small purple images are the opposites of these: the girl at the left is impatient, breaks her spinning wheel and runs away; the monk at the right runs away from the monastery and drops the cross.
195. Robin McCoy (SS 1931) was a brilliant student and returned to teach at his alma mater in 1937. He was very demanding in the classroom and gave many low grades, which led to his leaving after two years—whereupon he contacted many old Shads, claiming that Shattuck’s standards were low. The Trustees sent out a detailed rebuttal. In 1946, McCoy founded Thomas Jefferson School in St. Louis, a very selective classical academy, where he was Headmaster for many years.
196. SMH observed Latin Week, April 15-19, 1929, with a play about Pyramus and Thisbe, the "Conspiracy of Catiline", a Roman Festival and a Roman Banquet. Miss Miriam Adams was the Latin teacher.
197/200. The fact that the announcement of a new Rector at Shattuck appeared in Time magazine suggests that the school was held in considerable esteem. The Rev. Donald Henning, however, was not especially well known at the time. He would serve as Rector of Shattuck for 9 years, but he was away from the campus during much of World War II, as an Army Chaplain. The red book is a copy of The Book of Common Prayer, given to him by the students at Shattuck.
198. Miss Norah Matheson, a Canadian with some rather “progressive” ideas about education, served as principal of SMH from 1928 to 1931. She represented quite a contrast in educational philosophy, both to her predecessor and her successor. With her encouragement, the girls published a small monthly newspaper, the Canard. (This lasted for only about a year.)
199. This is a photograph of the large painting of Evangeline Whipple in the Saint Mary’s dining room. Mrs. Whipple gave this portrait and several other works of art to SMH in 1929. She had lived in Italy for a number of years but was still very interested in Saint Mary’s, as became obvious when the school became a major beneficiary in her will. She gave $20,000 for scholarships, but what helped Saint Mary’s get through the Great Depression was a gift of $80,000: even though the school had not actually received it, this made it possible to borrow money against this sum.
201. "Billie” Bottke1887-1944 was the Saint Mary’s engineer for over 40 years. Besides running the boiler day and night and performing many other tasks, he did much volunteer work to beautify the campus. Especially noteworthy was his large and very heavy model of the old Saint Mary’s, the “Castle on the Rhine,” which is covered with stone. Most of his flower gardens were lost when Mackall Hall was built. (ed: During the museum display weekend, May DeRuyter Bottke, Billie's daughter-in-law, donated a picture that included the Harvey and Rosemary Goedtel family, as well as Lucille Bottke SMH '35. See this file for a better view of that picture Bottke-Goedtel picture
Open display: The school model originally was installed at the top of a rock grotto fountain in Billie's gardens, that came to be known as the Rock Garden. Today is holds a place of honor on the front porch of St. Mary's.
Open display. circa. late 1920s. Billie Bottke with Herman Ballenthin, the man he hired almost off the boat from Germany and who later became Chief Engineer when Billie died too young in 1944. Photo credit: Harold Boldt, Billie's son-in-law.
Open display. Ballenthin family picture.
Herman W. Ballenthin, Engineer/Chief Engineer, SMH, 1925-1957
Edna Olp Ballenthin, Dining Room Head, Housekeeping, SMH, 1926-1952
Sandra Ballenthin Van Erp (age 5), SSM, Past Parent, 1983
Laura Lee Van Erp, Shattuck - St. Mary's, 1983
202/203 The interior of the tower of Whipple Hall was designed to be a shrine to honor Asa Abbott, long-time Commandant of the Shattuck Cadets. Carved on the walls (203) are the names of Old Shads who fought in World War I. Boys entering the tower were expected to doff their caps out of respect. The two suits of armor were given by Evangeline Whipple.
204. The semicentennial of Saint Mary’s Hall in 1916 brought many “Mollies” back to the old school.
205. This panel of glass with students’ names incised upon it comes from one of George Kingham’s science classes. Every year he had students produce such a list of autographs as a permanent memento.
206. This certificate signifies the reopening of St. James in 1944. It is a legal document signed by the Secretary of State. Note that the name has been changed to St. James Military School. (The school had been closed for two years after Frederick Jenkins retired; he had been Headmaster for 41 years.) Bishop Keeler was enthusiastic about this little school and wanted it to continue to have a close relationship to the church and so St. James became a “direct diocesan school.” Marvin Horstman of Breck School was named the new Headmaster.
207. Marlon (Bud) Brando was often an object of attention while he was a student at Shattuck. An example was when he bleached his hair and became known as “the peroxide kid”: suddenly all the students wanted to do the same thing. He was to have starred in the 1943 commencement play but two weeks before the performance he was expelled and the play had to be canceled. He was known for playing all sorts of pranks and accumulated a very large number of demerits, mostly for trivial offenses. He was so popular that it is said that all the students signed a petition asking for his readmission – but Brando was already on his way to New York to start his brilliant career. Many of the stories in books about Brando seem to have little basis in fact.
208. Shattuck was featured in the July 6th 1942 issue of Life magazine. Of special interest were three senior cadets who were made second lieutenants in the US Army: Herschel Jones, Richard Parker, and James Ogden, who would immediately go on active duty. While the article focuses on much of the fun of commencement, it also has a somber tone, for many of these boys will soon be going off to war.
209. Frederick Jenkins, happy in retirement.
210. On October 18th 1943 fire seriously damaged the Shumway Tower, causing an approximately $50,000 in damage. The bells fell and were so badly ruined that it would have cost far more than Shattuck could afford to have the recast. This photograph was taken by Frank Below. Several firemen and one Shattuck student were injured in trying to fight the blaze.
211. Miss Margaret Robertson was a beloved Headmistress of St. Mary’s from 1938-1947. Among the many changes which she brought about was ending the junior college program in the early 1940s. In 1947 she married the vice president of the St. Mary’s board, Henry Mackall, a Minneapolis attorney. Often the school faced economic challenges but she would not compromise on the quality of life at the school.
212. Dr. Nuba Pletcher came to Shattuck in 1908 intending to stay for only a year or two; he ended up staying for well over 50. Besides his animated history classes, he is especially remembered for his Sunday night talks on current events. He was one of the most involved members of the faculty in community activities. Though he never completed a history of Shattuck, he compiled a large number of anecdotes and wrote several fine short essays on the school’s earliest days.
213. Beginning in the early 1940s with the encouragement of Miss Robertson who wanted to soften the institutional look of the dormitory hallways, St. Mary’s girls under the direction of Miss Olive Peltier began a massive mural project which lasted for over 20 years. Sadly the paintings began to deteriorate, particularly after the middle school moved into St. Mary’s and so, though they could not be preserved intact on the walls, a project was undertaken to save them photographically. The walls have been repainted and now have that institutional look which Miss Robertson had hoped to avoid. The five illustrations shown here are only small samplings of the large number of photographs included in the project.
214. Miss Phyllis Newman succeeded Miss Robertson in 1948. Much of Miss Newman’s back ground was in psychology and most of her work had been with girls who had psychological problems. While she accomplished some progressive reforms at St. Mary’s, she apparently was quite unpopular with some of the students and in the end apparently suffered from some problems of her own, for suddenly she was gone, never to return.
215. St. Paul Pioneer Press picture story in 1949 about military training at Shattuck.
216. St. Mary’s (Bishop Whipple Schools) basketball cheerleaders 1979-1980.
217. Bud Wilkinson, the renowned Oklahoma football coach, graduated from Shattuck in 1931. His number 22 was retired from the Shattuck line up in honor of his great achievements. The Wilkinson award at commencement especially honors community service.
218. The St. Mary’s horses were stabled at St. James School.
219. John Carlander, president of the State Bank of Faribault, was a long time trustee and supporter of St. James School.
220. Osborne Littleford, Dean of the Cathedral in Faribault along with Bishop Keeler, was largely responsible for the reopening of St. James in 1944.
221. The war shrine in the porch of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd on the Shattuck campus honors Old Shads who gave their lives in their country’s service in World War I and II, in the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. The sculpture at the upper right, by Paul Granlund, depicts the Cross as the Tree of Life.
222. George R. Kingam taught science at Shattuck for nearly 40 years, and the science hall is named for him. Some of the experiments in his classes were related to daily experiences such as a boy would come to class with a stain on his uniform and the lesson for the day would suddenly have to do with discovering a solvent to remove it. One of the more whimsical experiments for which he was famous was trying to grow hair on a billiard ball.
223. Instructions to parents of boys returning to Shattuck in 1942, signed by H. R. Drummond, principal.
224. James Muir breaks three Shattuck swimming records.
225. Shattuck campus map of 1949 showing plans for changes on the campus especially new athletic fields behind the main buildings. To make space for these new facilities it would be necessary to tear down the barns and other farm buildings which were located there.
226. The St. James class of 1936. At the left is Ken Senn who became a prominent Twin Cities comic actor.
227. Vine Deloria Jr., a Native American from South Dakota whose father and grandfather had gone to Shattuck was Head Boy of the class of 1947. Vine Jr. briefly attended Shattuck but hated the military and soon left. He became most famous as an activist in the Indian movement beginning in the 1970s and his best known book was Custer Died for Your Sins.
228/229. Performances by the Shattuck Dramatics Association.
230. Parade in front of Breck.
231. The Rev. Joseph M. McKee came to Shattuck in 1936, intending to stay for a year; he retired from the school in 1974. Mr. McKee started and developed the public relations department of the school and edited school publications for many years. He was also Chaplain at Shattuck, and his nickname was “Holy Joe.” There probably was not a living Old Shad whom he did not know.
232. This is an essay from 1950 by the Rev. Sidney W. Goldsmith when he first became Headmaster of Shattuck.
233. George Kedrovsky who among other things taught biology, physiology, introduced Russian to the curriculum, was swimming coach, and even occasionally taught drivers ed.
234. Three championship teams – basketball, swimming, and wrestling.
235. Ground was broken for the new athletic fields in 1951 where the Shattuck School farm had been.
236. Mollies’ News published this map of the St. Mary’s campus in 1931. It shows not only the location of buildings, but has a lot of whimsical information on it. (ed: this is a very important historically informative document, as well as very pretty!)
237. The St. Mary’s Hall challenge cup (Blue-Gold competition). Every year the student body was organized into two intramural teams, the Blue Bonnets and the Gold Diggers and a great many activities as well as games went into the competition which for many years was very spirited. The dates on the cup range from 1931 to 1982.
238. The Boar’s Head dinner, originated by Mr. Goldsmith in the mid 1950s was the highlight of the pre-Christmas season. Here we see the boys carrying the head itself all decorated and being brought into the refectory. This was part of the “show food” which was not eaten.
239. Here we have the St. Mary’s Honor Council which considered serious violations of the school’s honor code. Note that the jackets of the three girls in the middle are the same as the jacket on the chair at the right.
240. “Cobie” Kamman was at St. James in the late 1940s and graduated in 1951; then went to Shattuck where he graduated in 1955. In front of his picture there is a map which he drew of the St. James campus as he remembered it from the time when he was a Jamie.
241. An aerial view of the St. James campus in 1955.
242. Shattuck Director of Studies Gerald Kieffer talks to a Shad about college choices.
243. Occasionally a child might be enrolled at birth or else at a very early age. Here is the son of R. Thomas (“Body Man”) Evans SS 1952 in his fathers big letter sweater. R. Thomas Evans III is a candidate of the Class of 1976.
244. The Shattuck Blues Band was popular in the 1950’s and early 60’s and sometimes played for dances in town.
245. The wrestling team wins its sixth MISL championship in a row, coached by John Bailey and Dale Quist, and captained by Corby Smith SS 1961.
246. St. Mary’s crosses and other awards, and memorabilia.
247. End of a chapel service at St. Mary’s Hall in the 50s. Note that all the girls are wearing chapel caps.
248. Evelyn Kieffer becomes Shattuck’s first woman teacher in an academic subject. She taught math from 1957-1972.
249. 1956 – Harry O’Connor begins teaching and coaching at Shattuck, ending his career in the 80’s. He wore a variety of hats including Dean of Boys, Teacher, Coach, Head of ROTC (Air Force), and Assistant to the Headmaster to name a few.
250. An advertisement for the 1952 Old Shads’ fund uses not the typical thermometer to indicate progress but a Shad shimmying up the flag pole.
251. Charles Breck, great great grandson of founder Dr. James Lloyd Breck, is measured for his new Shattuck uniform.
252. The Princeton Alumni Association of the Northwest Cup was given “to that student who stands highest in a special test based on general information.” It was awarded from 1922 until 1964.
253. James M. L. Cooley, French teacher from 1918 to 1959 and Dean of Students, who could make cadets laugh even while he was giving them 20 hours of walk squad. His nicknames were “Gus” and “Esquire,” the latter because he was such a conservative dresser.
254. Bishop Stephen Edwards Keeler was a great champion of all three schools especially during difficult periods in their history. He probably attended more school events then any other Bishop since Henry Benjamin Whipple. When he gave his last address in 1956 he spoke at length about the importance Shattuck in Minnesota.
255. Miss Martha Robbins became Headmistress of SMH in 1954 and continued until 1965. During this period St. Mary’s grew considerably, and the Faribault Daily News once referred to her as a “Human Dynamo.” It was a difficult time not only because of financial problems but also because social mores for girls (like smoking) were changing. She was stricter about such matters than many parents would have liked.
256. This house at 610 Central Ave. is the last remaining building of the original St. Mary’s Hall. (It is the second house north of the old Wimpy’s Restaurant.)
257. Photo next to the number is of St. Mary’s girls visiting the W. Roby Allen School for deaf students run by sisters Fay and Dena Allen. This school did not teach sign language but instead taught its students to lip-read.
258. Shattuck Centennial graduation in the armory; balloons are from the commencement dance.
259. Parade down Central Ave. which included Miss Centennial Minnesota.
260. To celebrate, 100 bombs were set off, one every minute, plus “one to grow on.”
261. The Old Shads’ drill. Other items from the Shattuck Centennial are on the table. Other items from the Centennial are on the table below.
262. At the Centennial, the alumni magazine looked back at images from 50 years before. This is the 1908 Senior Class play.
263. A plaque marking the beginning of Shattuck’s 101st year is presented by representative of the city of Faribault.
264. Miss Florence Mast long time St. Mary’s Latin teacher, at several times ran the school.
265. Thanksgiving offering is presented in the Jenkins Chapel at St. James. The words Wakan, Wakan, Wakan – “Holy, Holy, Holy” – are on the Native American altar cloth.
266. Marvin Horstman, Headmaster of St. James since 1944, dies unexpectedly on April 28, 1967.
267. Chapel on the St. James campus is dedicated as the Jenkins Memorial Chapel.
268. Shattuck was selected to receive a boat to be used by the Shattuck Summer School camp.
269. Charles Breck, great great grandson of James Lloyd Breck, is welcomed as a new Shattuck student.
270. George A. Breck, another great great grandson of James Lloyd Breck.
271. Winter of 1964 – Shattuck Ski Club members ski on the hill behind the infirmary and on the golf course.
272. Ariel view of Shattuck School property on Cannon Lake (2000 feet of shoreline) that was used during the summer by Shattuck Summer School camp.
273. Sidney Goldsmith was chosen from 12 candidates and elected rector and headmaster on January 24, 1950.
274. Marc Davis, great-great-grandson of Dr. James Dobbin. He was an especially talented track athlete.
275. Miss Marthena Drybread, SMH French and Spanish teacher since 1935 retires in June, 1967.
276/280. Winter Carnival snow sculptures.
277. All of these Saints had brothers or other relatives currently at Shattuck.
278. John Beck, Presidential Scholar.
279. Boar’s Head’s Dinner – Christmas celebration at Shattuck School. Sidney Goldsmith is in the center of the picture.
281. Henry Mackall, a longtime vice president of the St. Mary’s board became the first man to receive a St. Mary’s diploma and Cross in honor of his long service to the school. Sometimes he was called “Mr. St. Mary’s.” He was the impetus behind the building of Mackall Hall, originally a building in which every St. Mary’s faculty member had an apartment which she could use when not on duty. He married Miss Robertson, the Headmistress of St. Mary’s, in 1947, and they lived in Minneapolis, but they never lost their interest in SMH.
282. Dorothy Lang was Dean of Girls and math instructor.
283. When “Moose and the Antlers” played at a dance in Faribault, 400-500 teens attended – including quite a few Shads.
284. Slade Schuster, English teacher, Principal and coach for close to 40 years.
285. In the late 60’s the girls at SMH have a sit down dinner.
286. Bob Irby ’66 joins Shattuck Faculty.
287. Seven Jamies comprise a rock band called “Kreed”
288. Vice President Hubert Humphrey visited St. Mary’s during its Centennial celebration in 1966. There were torrential rains but he brought his own brand of sunshine to the festivities. (Earlier in the day he had been to his son Douglas’ graduation at Shattuck.) In the middle is shown Charlotte Janes, who was interim Headmistress that year. She established a creative writing prize for children’s literature which is still awarded today. Book by Mary Stevenson Thomas '51, published for the SMH Centennial celebration
289. Peder Bloom joins the Shattuck faculty.
290. In the late 1960’s and early 70’s, chapel servces at SMH began to change. Here the Rev. Charles Thayer celebrated communion using a table and facing the congregation. Guitar music replaced the organ. Similar changes did not take place at Shattuck.
291. October 1968 Canon Bray breaks ground for the Horstman Memorial Gym.
292. 1969 Fencing Team

293. The Rev. Dr. Robert L. Curry, former Headmaster of Lenox School, assumes leadership of Shattuck and, ultimately, all three schools. Tenure: Jan.1,1970 – Aug. 31,1972
294. November 3, 1971 – Jamies move to the Shattuck campus.
295. 1970 Jamies – note that the military has been dropped.
296. Jim Douglas, St. James principal.
297. A typical pose of Director of Studies Gerald Kieffer, a pose which his son Greg, Head of School from 1993 until 2001, emulated.
298. Dr. John (“Slim”) Wilhelmn, longtime Latin master, had been a semi-professional pitcher before becoming a teacher, and he could throw an eraser or piece of chalk with dead-eye accuracy at a student who was slow in giving the right answer. He liked to say that he did teach Latin but he mainly taught boys.
299. Kenneth Agerter taught chemistry for many years but also found time to be Director of Admissions. He spent his vacations traveling the country recruiting students for Shattuck. He was also business advisor to the Spectator, which at that time had considerable investments.
300. Frank Below came to Shattuck in 1924 and taught English until 1972. He was also advisor to the Spectator and the yearbook. In his classes he would often say “Uh No,” and when he did so his students called that a “crush.” Once students placed above his door a soda pop sign which said “it’s crush time.” His nickname was “Buzz,” perhaps short for “Buzzard.”
301. Reginald Kramer was an American History teacher for many years and also coached basketball and tennis. He was known for assigning very long research papers. Early in his career he was known for pranks that he played on students.
302. Orwin Rustad, biology teacher. The street leading to River Bend Nature Center is named Rustad Road in Orwin’s honor.
303. This is a caricature of Slade Schuster masterful English teacher and for many years academic principal. The drawing is by Mike Sooy, who produced numerous sketches of Shattuck personalities.
304. (Bishop Whipple Schools) BWS Concert Chorale Group, early 70’s, directed by Greg Larson.
305. Andrea Athey pursued a senior project which involved writing poems, setting them in print by hand, illustrating them, and binding her own book. Mr. Harry O’Connor was her advisor on this project.
306. Early on, Dr. Dyer introduced a work program called Hands Together. Its motto was “Work is Love Made Visible.” In this picture two students are painting a goal post.
307. During his short Headmastership, Dr. Curry introduced several off-campus programs for selected juniors and seniors. One of these was Winter Outward Bound in Northern Minnesota, a 26-day survival experience.
308. The administrative team in the first years of Dr. E. John Dyer’s Headmastership, which began in 1974.
309/310 1975 graduating classes.
311. International Students – 1976.
312. Jill and Jean Nusbaum are named both National Merit and Presidential Scholar finalists.
313. Notice that Robert Neslund would be “administrative head of the schools” until the new temporary Headmaster, Jack Edie, arrived. Mr. Neslund sat by his phone the entire weekend, and nobody called.
314. Slade Schuster Jr. and Chris Silge at the Cornell University homecoming.
315. Bubba Wagner and teammates celebrate a victory.
316. circa 1980s. Father Jim Birney's "Birneymobile" with Cheerleaders.
317. Bishop Philip F. McNairy, who had just recently retired, was asked by Bishop (Robert) Anderson to handle the controversy since he had had so much experience with the schools. Although he staunchly defended “his man,” (Reverend Dr. E. John Dyer) he later admitted that he had not realized everything that had gone on. McNairy was Bishop of Minnesota in 1971 and served until his retirement in 1977. Bishop Anderson served from 1977 to 1993.
318. Photo from first year of the Fesler-Lampert Performing Arts series (1985.)
319. Like his predecessor, Slade Schuster, Warren Hall was an English teacher, a poet, and a runner. He has taught for many years at Breck School.
320. All four Flakne brothers were members of the Crack Squad.
321. Curt Houlihan plays King Creon Antigone.
322. Theo Lubke being sworn in as Youth in Government Governor.
323. Marsha Billups winning the long jump.
324. "Elements of Sound" jazz singing group

325. 1986 Fall play directed by Dick Kettering.
326. The old golf course.
327. Marzetti Cup school wide competition—included hopscotch, chess, jacks, etc.
328. For the first time, in 1983, a girl’s name appears on the permanent honor roll in Shumway Hall — Kirsten Jo Krahmer.
329. Brent Musburger ‘57 dedicates the new track.
330. 1989 -Shattuck’s various faculty during the Garlinski era (1986 -1993).
331. Jack Fuller ’40 heads up Crack Squad Endowment and Scholarship fund drive.
332. Spring Break 1992, SSM Orchestra, "Elements of Sound", and Choir tour and perform in England.
333. Sharon Hoffman Avent ’64 and Linda Smith ’65 make possible many improvements with a 125th Anniversary and birthday gift to SMH.
334. International Week – Little Red Riding Hood performed in five languages.
335. "Elements of Sound" and the Upper School orchestra “take Chicago by storm.”
336. Bob Neslund and company “takes Rome by storm.” (1993)
337. Middle school mathletes take first place in regional competition.
338. Tryg Jensen, one of two Minnesota students to be named an Advancement Placement State Scholar.
339. Mike Eaves and Craig Norwich were pioneers in expanding SSM hockey.
340. Community Service Program begins in early 1995 at Shattuck-St. Mary’s.
341. Outdoor Odyssey in the Boundary Waters.
342. Phyllis Poehler hits the first ball on the new Legacy Golf Course.
343. Joe Whitaker looks on as one of the cups is about to be installed on the Legacy Golf Course.
344. Shattuck-St. Mary’s wins its first USA Tier One AAA National Championship.
345. SSM Girls win Culver invitational hockey tournament.
346. Robotics first competition 2004-05.
347. Mathletes are perennial winners in regional competition.
348. Stephen Voight painting
349. John Sumner receives the John Mariucci Award—given by the American Hockey Coaches Association to the high school coach who “best exemplifies the spirit, dedication and enthusiasm of the Godfather of U.S. Hockey –John Mariucci.”
350. The Dane family at the Dane Family Field House dedication.
351. The Pilgram Breakfast is a treasured St. Mary’s tradition which has endured, although it has become somewhat modified. Note the collar on the chair near the Saints Dorm Room – the same collars have been used for 50 years.
The 7 Kernals of Corn tradition.
Pilgrim Breakfast from the 1983 SSM yearbook: Every year at Saint Mary's Hall the girls hold a Thanksgiving feast known as Pilgrim Breakfast. The senior girls plan the menu of quiche, bagels, cream cheese, hot chocolate and juice. The seniors also decorated the tables with horns of plenty, full of fresh fruit which was quickly devoured. The senior girls started the feast by walking in singing "We Gather Together" dressed as pilgrims and holding candles. Before grace the 7 kernels of corn tradition is explained. When the pilgrims were struggling for survival in the early 1800s, they were at times reduced to seven kernels of corn. Even though they had very little they were still thankful for that little amount. The girl's are given seven kernel of corn which they are to hide in the dorm and if they find them next year, then they are granted seven wishes.
352. Hundreds of children come to Shattuck-St. Mary’s to enjoy an Easter Egg Hunt.

Counter added June 26, 2013

Shattuck - St. Mary's Sesquicentennial Museum Display Self-Guided Tour

written by Bob Neslund Reunion weekend June, 2008

THE 150th ......

Shattuck - St. Mary's
Sesquicentennial Museum Display
Self-Guided Tour

written by Bob Neslund
Reunion weekend June, 2008