Sixth Form 1880
The photograph features students identified from left to right as:
Back row:
B. Lay: Beirne Lay attended St. Paul’s School from 1877 to 1881 and is a member of the Form of 1879. He was a member of the faculty from 1894 to 1929. The Summer 1954 edition of the Alumni Horae (pg. 113) contains this information about Lay:
At school Lay was a good student and was prominent in various activities, especially in rowing. Entering Yale in the sophomore year, he rowed on his class crew, was a member of Psi Upsilon and Elihu Club. He was also active in football, being a friend of Walter Camp, who at the time was developing the American game. . . After leaving Yale, he studied law at the Columbia Law School for one year, and worked in a law office in Erie, Pa., and then in the office of Harrison and Bond in Baltimore. . . His law practice was interrupted early in 1895, when he returned to St. Paul’s, intending to stay for one year to help out as a master after the death of the first Rector. He remained for thirty-five years. During his years at the School, his work was chiefly in the Mathematics Department and his classes did well, even during those trying years when the College Board Examinations were being introduced.
L. R. Morris: Lewis Rutherford Morris attended St. Paul’s School from 1877 to 1881 and is a member of the Form of 1879.
W. Carmalt: Woolsey Carmalt attended St. Paul’s School from 1878 to 1880 and is a member of the Form of 1879.
Front row:
Schneider: Douglas Handford Schneider attended St. Paul’s School from 1877 to 1880 and is a member of the Form of 1879.
S. Wyeth: Fitz-Alan Stewart Wyeth attended St. Paul’s School from 1877 to 1880 and is a member of the Form of 1879.
F. Williams: John Francis Williams attended St. Paul’s School from 1874 to 1880 and is a member of the Form of 1879.
During the early years of St. Paul’s School students would graduate after completing the Fifth Form. Some students would elect to stay for an additional Sixth Form year.
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Persons: Carmalt, Woolsey; Lay, Beirne; Morris, Lewis Rutherford; Schneider, Douglas Handford; Williams, John Francis; Wyeth, Fitz-Alan Stewart
Type: Image, Photograph
Form Year: 1879
Rectorship: 1856-1895: First Rector H. A. Coit Years
Creator: Kimball, Willis G. C.
Collection: 0005 - Photographs: Other Personal Albums
This item is part of: Library St. Paul’s School Album, olda_000192
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Kimball, Willis G. C. "Sixth Form 1880." St. Paul's School. Ohrstrom Library Digital Archives. Web. 26 Apr. 2024.
