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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ELGIN ACADEMY Elgin Academy
Elgin Academy
Elgin Academy
Elgin Academy
Name on Entrance Gate
Mr. Skinner
Mr Watson
Morayshire Described &c. &c.
007.16 This Seminary consists of two plain buildings, one on the south & the other on the north side of a play ground whose east & west sides are enclosed by a high stone wall. It was erected in 1800 principally by public subscription & is under the patronage and control of the Town Council and is partly endowed and partly supported from the funds of the town. There are three Separate departments, English, Mathematical, and Classical - under respective masters. The classical and mathematical classrooms occupy the north side & the English classrooms & janitor's house stand on the south side of the play ground. There are several educational endowments connected with this Academy, the principal being the Ettles Bursary, the Macandrew Prizes, and the Allan's Reward of Merit all of which are bequests of money left to the Academy for these objects by the persons whose names they bear. The Schools are examined by Clergymen selected by the patrons, previous to the summer vacation which commences about the end of June.

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