Tome School

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Tome School for Boys Historic District
Tome School, June 2006
Nearest city Port Deposit, Maryland
Coordinates 39°36′10″N 76°6′26″W / 39.60278°N 76.10722°W / 39.60278; -76.10722Coordinates: 39°36′10″N 76°6′26″W / 39.60278°N 76.10722°W / 39.60278; -76.10722
Built 1900
Architect Boring & Tilton
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Other
Governing body Department of the Navy
NRHP Reference #

84001760

[1]
Added to NRHP May 16, 1984

The Tome School is a private school located in North East in Cecil County in Maryland, USA and is one of the oldest schools in the state of Maryland.

History

Port Deposit

The Tome School for Boys, originally located on Main Street in Port Deposit, Maryland, was founded by Jacob Tome as a nonsectarian college preparatory school for boys. It opened for boarders and received its first students in 1894. It was part of a system of schools collectively known as the Jacob Tome Institute that began with kindergarten and extended through high school.[2]

Original Director's residence of the Jacob Tome Institute
Tome left the school more money at his death in 1898, and over the next four years, it built granite buildings on the bluffs above Port Deposit, overlooking the Susquehanna River. Architects William Boring and Edward Lippincott Tilton designed the structures in the beaux arts style. The tree-lined streets of the campus were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and converged at the steps of Memorial Hall.[3] Olmstead selected landscape architect Charles Wellford Leavitt to design the school's gardens.[4] By 1902, the school had more than a dozen buildings and an endowment of $2 million ($53,961,538 today[ 1]). Thirteen of these buildings survive: Memorial Hall, three dormitories (Jackson, Madison, and Harrison), the Chesapeake Inn dormitory and dining hall, the Director's residence, the Monroe Gymnasium, and six Master's cottages.

In the early 1900s, Tome played football annually against Baltimore City College high school.[5] The rivalry was fairly even. The City Collegians beat Tome 5-0 in 1903 and 11-8 in 1904, but Tome won 32-0 in 1912 and 37-0 in 1915.

The school enjoyed a prestigious reputation for a number of years. Its students included R. J. Reynolds, Jr. (son of R. J. Reynolds) as well as children of the Mellon and Carnegie families.[3]

The school property and buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 1984.[1]

USNTC Bainbridge

In 1942, the Tome campus was appropriated by Congress along with the land from 70 surrounding farms for use as a U.S. Naval Training Center, and for the Naval Academy Preparatory School, which was located on the former Tome campus on Main Street. USNTC Bainbridge was activated on October 1, 1942, and operated throughout World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and the Cold War era. It closed as a military facility on March 31, 1976. During 34 years of operation, USNTC Bainbridge graduated over 500,000 recruits.[3]

Meanwhile, the Tome School moved back to its original location. In the 1970s the school’s board of directors voted to change the school's charter and move the school to a new campus at North East, Maryland. The campus at North East is home to the Lower, Middle, and Upper schools (K-12).

Academics

The school is co-educational for students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The school's curriculum provides a broad liberal arts education for students in an environment emphasizing academic success, high standards of personal behavior, and full participation in school life.

  • Lower School (K-4) students begin French and Spanish language study in first grade.
  • Middle School (5-8) students are required to take Latin study in the seventh grade through eighth grade.
  • Upper School (9-12) students concentrate on a traditional college prep academic program.

The current Director and Interim Head of School is Christine Szymanski.

Extracurricular activities

The school encourages student participation in sports, clubs, and organizations.

  • Varsity Sports
Basketball, Soccer, Cross Country, Tennis, Baseball, Softball, Cheerleading and Volleyball.
  • Junior Varsity Sports
Basketball, Soccer, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Volleyball, and Tennis.
  • Organizations and Clubs
National Honor Society, Junior National Honor Society, Key Club, Builders Club, Middle School Chorus, Student Government, Chess Club, Environmental Club, Envirothon Team, and Student Literary Magazine.

Notable alumni

  • Lansdale Sasscer, U.S. Representative from Maryland[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. 
  2. ↑ Richard Walsh and William Lloyd Fox (editors) (1983). Maryland: A History 1632-1974. Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore. ISBN. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2
  4. ↑ Quesenbery, Erika L. (2007). United States Naval Training Station, Bainbridge. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing. p. 13. 
  5. ↑ Leonhart, James Chancellor (1939). One Hundred Years Of Baltimore City College. Baltimore: H.G. Roebuck & Son. pp. 203–210. 
  6. ↑ "SASSCER, Lansdale Ghiselin, (1893 - 1964)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2012. 

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