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Lawrence Academy at Groton is a private, non-sectarian, co-educational college preparatory school located in Groton, Massachusetts, in the United States. Founded by a group of 50 residents of Groton and Pepperell, Massachusetts in 1792 as Groton Academy, and chartered in 1793 by Governor John Hancock, Lawrence is the tenth oldest boarding school in the United States, and the third in Massachusetts, following Governor Dummer Academy (1763) and Phillips Academy at Andover (1778).〔(Boarding Schools with the Oldest Founding Date – All Schools ). Retrieved February 20, 2009.〕 The phrase on Lawrence Academy's seal is "Omnibus Lucet": in Latin, "Let light shine upon all." ==Incorporation as Groton Academy== On April 27, 1792, residents of the towns of Groton and Pepperell, Massachusetts〔''The Jubilee of Lawrence Academy at Groton'', Standard Steam Presses, 1855.〕 influenced by the growing "academy movement" in the young republic, which sought to provide a broader and more practical education than that available in the traditional Latin Grammar Schools,〔Inglis, Alexander. ''Principles of Secondary Education''. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918〕 formed an association "for the purpose of erecting a suitable building, and supporting an Academy for superior educational purposes at Groton, Massachusetts."〔Sanderson, George A., ed. ''A General Catalogue of the trustees, teachers, and students Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts, from the time of its Incorporation, 1793-1893''. Lawrence Academy, 1893〕 The association received its charter from Governor John Hancock on September 28, 1793.〔''Acts Relating to Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts''. University Press, 1894〕 For the academy's first schoolmaster, the trustees selected Samuel Holyoke, a prominent composer, who was himself a graduate of Phillips Academy and Harvard college. The trustees announced the opening of their academy (somewhat prematurely, as the charter was not to be secured for another four months) with an advertisement in the May 25, 1793 edition of the ''Columbian Centinel'', a Boston newspaper. The advertisement expressed the values of the academy movement, reading in part: This is to give notice, that a Publick School is now opened in Groton, for the education of youth, of both sexes—in which School are taught the English, Latin and Greek Languages, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, the Art of Speaking and Writing, with Practical Geometry, and Logic.〔 Classes commenced in 1794, with an enrollment of 73 students, primarily from Groton and the surrounding towns, but with some, such as Thomas and Wyriott Alderson of Bath, North Carolina, from farther afield.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lawrence Academy at Groton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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