Daniel Webster Abercrombie is the most important person in the history of Worcester Academy. He was the principal of the school from 1882 until 1918 and in those 36 years created both the historic campus and the culture of the … Read More
Chapter 1 Cole Porter in Peru and Coming to Worcester Academy
My dear Meylert: I thank you very much for your kind note which reached me this morning, with its enclosure of the item about Cole Porter. What a genius he has for such work. I haven’t laid eyes on Cole … Read More
1959 “Worcester Gazette” Article on the Academy’s History and Plans for the Future
The following Worcester Evening Gazette article of Thursday, Feb. 12, 1959 copied a parts of Headmaster William S. Piper’s letter that was sent to the “The Friends of The Academy” which touched on highlights of the school’s then 125 year … Read More