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Adelaide Educational Institution

Adelaide Educational Institution was a privately run non-sectarian academy for boys in Adelaide founded in 1852 by John Lorenzo Young.He avoided rote learning, punishment and religious instruction, but taught moral philosophy, physiology, political economy and mechanical drawing ... (and) surveying on field trips.

History
In 1852 Young opened a school with two, then three pupils (Hubert Giles, lent by Mr Peacock in the rear of the (Congregational) Ebenezer Chapel in Ebenezer Place, The number grew to seventeen at years end. and he was advertising for evening classes in Geometry and Arithmetic, apply between 6 and 7pm at Stephens Place, off the west end of Rundle Street where the Young family had a home, and to which street the school moved, perhaps as early as 1854, when the current tenant, J. M. Solomon, left for England on the steamer Australian. Fees for day students were 10 guineas (£10/10/-) per annum, (payable quarterly in advance). Facilities were available for boarding. His residence was in the same building on Stephens Place. By December 1855 the school had 107 students, 133 in 1868. Young's lease expired around 1856–1857. In 1872 he had new premises built at Parkside on what became Young Street, named after the headmaster. E. S. Hughes recalled, in a letter to The Advertiser, a tableau of life during his time at the institution. ==Education in early South Australia==
Education in early South Australia
(Taken from Geoffrey H. Manning's A Colonial Experience) ==John L Young==
John L Young
John Lorenzo Young (1826–1881) was a Londoner, the son of John Tonkin Young, a builder from Veryan, Cornwall. on the ship "Panama", arriving on 31 October 1850. He joined the rush to the Victorian goldfields but soon returned. under Headmaster Charles Gregory Feinaigle (1817? – 10 March 1880), but the venture failed by the end of the year. The following year Young was persuaded by a group of Congregationalists to open his own school at the rear of the old chapel in Ebenezer Street off Rundle Street East, and soon moved to larger premises in Stephens Place. His brother, Oliver Young, held classes for some time, and acted as headmaster in 1860 while J. L. Young was away on recuperation leave. In 1861 he built the large two-storey "Young House" in Parkside, which was used both as his private residence and as a student boarding house. He then commissioned architects Wright and Hamilton to design and oversee building of a schoolhouse next door. (Edmund Wright had designed many prominent Adelaide buildings including the Town Hall). His 16-room residence, with schoolhouse and various other houses on Young Street, after several auction attempts in February 1881, was eventually purchased by Alfred Allen Simpson (who coincidentally had also purchased the Gawler Place school property). has since been demolished but the heritage-listed schoolhouse still stands. He embarked on the steamer John Elder in 1881 to visit England (where his father was still living), his family having preceded him, but died on 26 July 1881 while crossing the Red Sea. He was buried at sea. Martha returned to Adelaide, at first living in Kent Town then settled in Glenelg. She died 6 April 1887 aged 57. Fred W. Sims, formerly Deputy Registrar of Companies in the Supreme Court, wrote in The Advertiser: Young's work in South Australia is commemorated by scholarships at the University of Adelaide for research in political economy. ==Classes and curriculum==
Classes and curriculum
In its first stage of the school's history, Junior (or Third) Class consisted of boys from 7 to 10 years, Science being a chief subject with (although a non-sectarian school) a little religious insight. A small but significant number of students were Jews. No homework was set. In the Second Class, homework was encouraged and after five hours of schoolwork the more industrious students would voluntarily turn in up to four long essays a week. In Senior or First Class, subjects covered included political economy, history. ==Masters==
Masters
Other academics at the Institution included: • Thomas Boutflower Bennett (1808 – 14 September 1894), nicknamed "Tiger", helped run the school, taught English and bookkeeping, later at St Peter's College. His headstone in Moonta cemetery mentions SPC but not AEI. His son J. W. O. Bennett was killed on the Goyder expedition of 1869. • Thomas Caterer (around 1854) went on to found the notable Norwood Grammar School • John Howard Clark taught occasionally • Rev. F. W. Cox taught drawing 1864, 1866 • Edward Dewhirst was classics master for a time. • C. J. Fox taught Latin from 1868 to 1871 at least. He would later, as the editor and proprietor of ''The Irish Harp and Farmers' Herald'' newspaper, become famous after the sacking and excommunication Sister Mary MacKillop by Bishop Sheil. He was ousted from the Catholic Association, of which he was president. for the candid way in which he reported the affair. Frank Fox was a son. • Henry Greffrath taught French and German from beginning 1852 to mid-1863. He also conducted classes at St Peter's College, and left for Jena, Germany in 1864. • Wilton Hack succeeded Charles Hill as drawing teacher 1868 A later commentator found him memorable. • Charles Hill taught drawing • Philip T. Hill taught writing and arithmetic NOT drawing (perhaps Philip Trelore Hill, married Hannah Fisk in 1869, died 1919), he later taught at Langhorne Creek and Goolwa, and highly regarded. • G. R. Irwine (d. 7 October 1871) taught Latin, Greek and English. • Dr Carl Heinrich Loessel (Lössel) taught French, German in 1863, 1864 • Adolph Emile Marval taught French 1866, also at St Peters College. Mme. Caroline Emma Marval opened a Ladies' College. • F. H. Needham RN taught mathematics, Latin 1861 • George "Pat" Needham BA (1805 – 19 March 1894) (no relation though both taught Latin – Boys made fun of him. and never married. ==Timeline==
Timeline
• 1852 School opens in Ebenezer Place with two students Caleb Peacock and John Partridge, soon joined by G. T. and T. L. Cottrell, John Waterman and Richard Mahoney. • 1860 J. L. Young in poor health, on leave in England. Oliver Young acting head for the year. • 1861 J. L. Young returns, buys 2 acres in Parkside. T. B. Bennett joins staff. • 1865 Old Scholars' Association dinner • 1866 Oliver Young returns to England :Old Scholars' Association dinner • 1867 Congregational Church moves to Stow Hall, AEI takes over Freeman Street chapel. :First Old Scholars' dinner :Old Scholars' AGM • 1868 Pupil numbers down to 133 • 1869 The Star first (and last?) issue : Old Scholars' dinner • 1870 Old Scholars dinner :Old Scholars' annual meeting scheduled for 24 June postponed to following week due to poor attendance • 1871 All teaching now at Young Street, Parkside. T. B. Bennett resigns. :Old Scholars' dinner poor attendance • 1872 Old Scholars' dinner >30 attendees • 1880 School closes • 1881 J. L. Young dies • 1887 Mrs Young dies • 1896 Funeral of Caleb Peacock • 1897 Stephens Place buildings demolished (a beaut reminiscence) ==Reunions==
Reunions
A group of old scholars felt it appropriate to establish a memorial for J. L. Young, and from 1912 held a series of annual reunion dinners to raise funds for the memorial. • 1912 Reunion It was at this reunion that Peter Wood moved that a J. L. Young scholarship be established. • 1913 Second reunion • 1914 Third reunion • 1915 Fourth reunion • 1916 Fifth reunion • 1917 Sixth reunion • 1918 Seventh reunion :Function for Eden Herschel Babbage 21 May 1918 • 1919 Eighth reunion • 1920 Ninth reunion • 1921 Tenth reunion • 1925 reunion ==Some students==
Some students
Many of Young's alumni became leading figures in Adelaide's businesses and public service. from the Adelaide Educational Institution • George Agars, pioneer of Mildura and RenmarkW. P. Auld (Stuart Expedition 1861–1862) • Eden Herschel Babbage (c. 1844–1924) banker and Roseville, New South Wales civic leader, son of Benjamin Herschel Babbage • Charles Whitmore Babbage (1842–1923) lapsed banker and Wanganui civic leader, his brother • Thomas William Babbage (4 October 1859 – 1945) manager of the Glenelg Railway Company, later nurseryman, relationship to B. Herschel Babbage not yet established. • John Barker (businessman) (son of A. E. Barker) chairman of SAJC • George L. Barrow, journalist son of John Henry BarrowG. T. Bean attempted sugar cane plantation in Darwin • Tom Bee (4 July 1850 – 21 November 1919), cadet surveyor under Goyder in Northern Territory 1864–1870 and with the Overland Telegraph Line. Bees Creek, Northern Territory named for him. • J. W. O. Bennett surveyor, member of Finniss's 1864 expedition and Goyder's 1869 expedition to Northern Territory • Edwin S. Berry Second in Charge, Gosse's 1873 expedition to Central Australia; probably the first white man to climb Ayers Rock/Uluru. • Harry Bickford (1843–1927) and William Bickford (1841–1916) of Bickford & Sons, cordials and pharmaceuticals • Thomas H. Bowen (1850–1896), surveyor, architect and land agent • Theodore Bruce (1847–1911) mayor of Adelaide and MLC • Fred Bullock (Mayor of Adelaide 1891–1892) • William Burford, chairman W. H. Burford & Sons • Charles J. Carleton, pioneer of Northern Territory, where he died alone. Son of Caroline Carleton; his name is on her gravestone. • W. B. Carr, journalist, sportsman and longtime chairman of Adelaide Stock Exchange • John Carruthers surveyor with Larry Wells • (Frederick) Arthur Chapman (1864–18 September 1925) managing director Lion Brewing and Malting Company • Hugh Chambers (c. 1848 – 20 December 1893), son of James Chambers • Edward Cheetham (c. 1838 – 12 May 1866), only son of Rev. Henry Cheetham • Francis Howard Clark, accountant and secretary of mining company; son of John Howard ClarkM(atthew) Symonds Clark (c. 1839 – 10 July 1920) • John "Jack" Cleland. hero of SS Gothenburg shipwreck • C. N. Collison, journalist and patent agent • J. F. Conigrave (1843–1920), businessman; patent agent with Collison • W. Moxon Cook (1857–1917), sports writer "Trumpator" of The Register and "Terlinga" with The Australasian. • F. I. Crowder. politician in Western Australia • William John Jenkins Curnow ( – October 1922), pioneer of WirrabaraEdward Nicolle Dewhirst (son of Edward Dewhirst) • George Dodgson, one of the first pioneer births. Ran plumbing and painting business on Rundle Street. • D(avid) Walter Duffield (died 24 January 1922) miller and pastoralist, son of Hon. Walter Duffield father of Kenneth Duffield) • Alfred and Charles George Farr, of Charles Farr & Sons, builders • Ebenezer Finlayson and Robert Kettle Finlayson, sons of William FinlaysonJohn Harvey Finlayson, editor of The South Australian Register • John Thomas Fitch, draper of J. T. Fitch & Son • John Francis, chairman of Queensland Cricketing Association • James Frew Jr. (Stuart Expedition 1861–1862). • Gavin F(orrest) Gardner ( – 20 March 1919) a founder of Adelaide Stock Exchange. and Dr. William Gardner (c. 1846 – 7 April 1897), surgeon were sons of Rev. John Gardner. • Alfred Giles, explorer for Overland Telegraph Line survey, manager of stations at Springvale, Delamere, Newcastle Waters for Dr. W. J. Browne; son of Christopher Giles. • Alfred Leslie Giles (died 5 October 1902) cricketer, bank manager, partner in Giles & Smith; son of Henry Giles • Acland Giles, Clement Giles, Louis Giles and Mortimer Giles (Registrar-General of Deeds at the Lands Titles Office); sons of William GilesWalter J. Gollin (head of Gollin & Co., with headquarters in Melbourne • William Edward Goode, pastoralist and husband of Mrs. A. K. Goode • Dr Charles Gosse ophthalmic surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital • William "Willie" Gosse • G. Glen Legoe, businessman with George Wilcox & Co; son of John Legoe • Ernest Edward Light and Walter Charles Arnold Light, sons of architect G. T. Light • Isaac Little, manager Austral Downs station • Sylvanus James Magarey politician • Col. A. E. Marchant C.B., ADC to King George V • Alfred Witter Marshall (1850 – 16 December 1915) son of S. Marshall of Marshall's Music Warehouse and continued with the business • Henry Maydwell Martin (1846–1936) winemaker • Mortimer Menpes artist • Beaumont Arnold MouldenCaleb Peacock J. L. Young's first student, commencing August 1852 • W. Herbert Phillipps (later Sir Herbert Phillipps) • William G. Pryor, owner of Mundillio station • John H. Reid, of tannery, Hindmarsh • Robert and William Robertson (owned Chowilla Station) • Rev. James de Quetteville Robin and brother Roland • William Sandover Jr. founded W. Sandover & Co.of Perth, W.A. • F. G. Scammell, lawyer of Scammell, Hardy, and Skipper • Luther Robert Scammell (1858–1940) of F. H. Faulding & Co • W. J. Scammell, manager Faulding in Sydney • Lionel H. Sholl, public servant • W. J. Sims (c.1857–1891), manager, Bank of South Australia • Spencer John Skipper wrote and drew as "Hugh Kalyptus" • J. N. T. Smith, Education Department • John Smith, grazier of Yackandandah • Quinton Stow Smith • R. W. Smith (Commissioner of Taxes) • Benjamin Solomon (1844–1922) brother of V. L. Solomon • Elias Solomon MLA, MHR • Emanuel Solomon (1855–1938) • Judah Moss Solomon (1846–1911) • Samuel Solomon (1848–) • Saul Solomon (the businessman not the photographer/MP) • Vaiben Louis Solomon MLA, MHR • John Styles, miller of Kadina • Sir Robert Kyffin ThomasSamuel Toms, wholesaler • Charles Tucker Mayor and MP; while customs agent for John Martin & Co. was found guilty of defrauding Customs Department after South Australia's longest criminal trial. • Dr Joseph Cooke Verco, later Sir Joseph • Walter H. Wadey, solicitor • Alfred F. Weaver, stockbroker • Arthur Wellington Ware mayor of Adelaide • Dr. Edward Willis Way brother of Sir Samuel WayThomas Playford WelbournAlfred K. WhitbyFrank Whitby of Mt. Remarkable They were sons of George White owner of White's assembly rooms. • Arthur Onslow Whitington secretary of SAJC • George Falkland Whitington (1842–1883), solicitor • Peter Whitington, public servant • Charles Fletcher Whitridge, secretary of China Inland Mission • William Oswald Whitridge, cricketer and journalist with South Australian Register, both sons of W. W. R. Whitridge. • Alfred Edgar Wigg (second son of Edgar S Wigg) • Edward Neale Wigg (oldest son of E. S. Wigg) • Sidney George Wilcox, pastoralist and director of George Wilcox & Co, helped found St Ann's College for female students at the University of Adelaide. • Alfred Wilkinson (1863–1922), merchant who in 1894 purchased a controlling interest in the glass business of H. L. Vosz and developed it into the company that became A. E. Clarkson & Co. • Charles Williams, of Lion Brewery, Waverley Brewery etc. • Peter Wood, merchant of Rundle Street. • Charles William Wren, General Manager E S & A Bank. • George Spiller Wright (Inspector General of the State Bank) • Thomas Young jun. mayor of Port Augusta, son of Thomas Young MHA (not related to J. L. Young) ==Old Scholars Association==
Old Scholars Association
(First AGM) held 15 Dec 1863 at Mr. J. L. Young's school room, Stephens-place; Mr. E. Cheetham occupied the chair. Satisfactory reports were received with reference to the success of the association. Annual prize awarded to Edward Neale Wigg. Elected: C. Peacock, President; M. L. Clark, Treasurer; Joseph Coulls, Secretary; and E. Cheetham, Walter Samson, Wm. Bickford, A. K. Whitby, and G. Cottrell. ==Prizegivings and examinations==
Prizegivings and examinations
J. L. Young held twice-yearly public demonstrations, mostly held in White's Rooms, which showcased the boys' accomplishments to parents and the public. A report was published as news in the newspapers immediately after, and always in glowing terms, the copy being provided by the school. Any flaws in the operation of the school and the training of eager young minds were only hinted at in retrospect – by pronouncements on the great strides made in the current year. There were so many other schools that copied his example that the newspapers soon recognised these reports for what they were – advertisements – and charged by the column-inch. No longer were the speeches by the headmaster and the visiting dignitary quoted verbatim and, sadly for the historian, the only students named were the recipients of prizes. ==Sports==
Sports
The school fielded a soccer team, two cricket teams and was a proponent of the Old Adelaide Football Club rules in 1865. A game of football was played on the school grounds, Parkside, against North Adelaide Grammar on 17 May 1873. The score of nil-all suggests the game was soccer. The first school Sports Day was held in November 1874. Prizes included silver pencil cases and gold shirt studs. ==Other Adelaide private schools of the period==
Other Adelaide private schools of the period
This list is not exhaustive. Many schools changed location, identity and management. And there were many women of culture and attainment, particularly widows (such as Caroline Carleton), who subsisted on their earnings as tutors. • Pastor Jacob Abbott, wife, daughter and son Joseph kept a school on Gilbert Street, opposite Draper Memorial Church. • Bowden Day Schools (Methodist?) (Mr & Mrs Lawton) • Brougham School, Gilles Street c. 1869 (Thomas Stevens Burgan, died 3 July 1858, succeeded by son Thomas Burgan, also at Fellenberg Commercial School) • School run by W. A. Cawthorne on what was later Page Street, Adelaide, later language master St Peter's College, later Prince Alfred College. • Commercial School run by Mr. Hutchins in Hindley Street and Adolph Leschen. • Mr Dollison's school, Port Adelaide. • Fellenberg Commercial School, Pulteney Street 1859–1861; Hindmarsh Square 1861–1866. Run by John Martin who moved to Melbourne, succeeded by James Morecott Holder ( – 1 November 1887) 1865–1866. • Gawler Place Academy for Young Ladies (Mrs H. Thornley) 1853 (Mrs C. Thornley) 1853–1856 near Grenfell Street, later Victoria Square/Flinders Street • Gawler Place Academy? (Mr J. Thornley) 1853 • Glenelg Educational Institution (J(ames) Mordey Mitchell) • Glenelg Grammar (1868) Frederick Isaac Caterer (c. 1840 – c. 24 August 1892) • Gouger Street Academy, James Hosking (c. 1822–1888) • Grote Street Model School (coeducational – many female students prominent in Adelaide University examinations 1878) • Haire's Academy, Albert House, Victoria Square then Collegiate Institute, Whitmore House, between Gilbert Street and South Terrace. • Mr. Martin's school in two-storey house near the corner of Gilbert and King William streets. • Pulteney Street Academy (R. C. Mitton) • Pulteney Street School (1848) (W. Moore) became Pulteney Grammar School • Pulteney Street Central Schools (coeducational) 1847 (same as above?) • Queen's School, later Queen's College, 149 Barton Tce, North Adelaide (1892–1949) was founded by J. H. Lindon and E. L. Heinemann, both ex-St Peter's College, taking over the bulk of the students of Rev. Thomas Field's Adelaide Collegiate School. • Queenstown Commercial School • Miss Roland's school on Tavistock Street • Stepney College • Miss Tilney's school, Grote Street, later Franklin Street at Captain Finnis's house. • Tranmere School, run by David Wylie, brother-in-law of William Scott MHR • Union College (religious training) • Victoria Square Academy – W. A. Cawthorne's school on west side of the Square. • Way College – a Bible Christian college on Park Terrace, North Unley, named for Rev. James Way; W. G. Torr principal • Wesleyan Day School, run by Mr. La Vence, in Franklin Street Wesleyan Chapel. • Mrs. Woodcocks Christ Church school room • Young Ladies' School, run by Mrs. McGowan on Grenfell Street • Young Ladies' Seminary, run by Mrs. Yates at Tavistock Buildings on Rundle Street • Young Ladies' Seminary, run by Miss Williams on North Terrace • Young Ladies' Seminary, run by Mrs. Quick on Stephens Place • Young Ladies' Seminary, by Mrs. Chatfield on Cragie Place (off Gouger Street near Victoria Square) ==References==
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