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Rockwood Academy was a private school located at 477 Main Street South, Rockwood, Ontario. It was founded in 1850 by William Wetherald, a Quaker. ==Reputation of the Academy== Wetherald had previously taught pupils privately in the evenings, and the number of these had grown to an extent that he decided to open a school for older boys and young men. The original curriculum was reasonably standard consisting of English, mathematics, and Latin, but was thorough. Tuition cost C$21 for three months, including room and board. This was not a large amount and allowed young men who were not rich to attend. Rockwood Academy soon acquired a reputation of being superior and having higher academic standards than the grammar schools of Canada West. In 1864 Wetherald sold the school to Donald McCaig and Alexander McMillan and accepted a position as superintendent of Haverford College near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. McCaig left to become principal of Central School in Berlin, Ontario in 1871, but McMillan remained until 1883, when the academy closed. In the 1870s the Ontario government created collegiate institutes, and these institutions were sufficiently efficient that it became hard to run a private school profitably. The original building was a log building. In 1853 a three-storey stone building with a -storey annex was built. There was a playground as well. Former students of the school include: : * James J. Hill, member of the Canadian Pacific Railway Syndicate and builder of the Great Northern Railway, who ascribed his success in large part due to his education at Rockwood, : * Arthur Sturgis Hardy, former Premier of Ontario, : * Sir Adam Beck, hydroelectric pioneer, : * Isaac Erb Bowman, Member of Provincial Parliament for Waterloo North, : * Henry Corby, Jr., Member of Parliament for Hastings West, and several others. 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「Rockwood Academy (Ontario)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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