Editing Bakersfield, Vermont (section)

===Academies===
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The settlement has been called an "old academy town" for the schools for college-bound students. Public speaking was encouraged for boys. The Bakersfield Academic Association was established in 1839, which built a three-story building to house a Methodist church and the South Academy.<ref name="Hunt" /> It was the first building for Bakersfield Academy, which opened in 1840.<ref name="Project2013">{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|title=The WPA Guide to Vermont: The Green Mountain State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLPpCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT199|date=October 31, 2013|publisher=Trinity University Press|isbn=978-1-59534-243-0|page=199}}</ref> Jacob Spaulding was hired as headmaster and Mary, his wife, was a drawing instructor and preceptress. In 1851, there were 271 students from New England, other parts of the United States, and Quebec. They had a staff of 14 people. The academy suffered a loss of reputation when Spaulding left the school in 1852 to become a principal for Barre and its well-endowed academy.<ref name="Hunt">{{Cite news |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/home/2014/05/08/history-space-visits-bakersfield/8874525/ |title=History Space visits Bakersfield |last=Hunt |first=Nancy |date=May 8, 2014 |work=Burlington Free Press |access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref>

In 1844 by Methodists wanted an academy on the north end of town. Unofficially called North Academy, the principal was Rev. H.J. Moore from northern New York.<ref name="Hunt" /> The academies closed after a loss of students due to westward expansion, the creation of central public high schools, and the [[American Civil War]].<ref name="Hunt" /> In 1870, there were 70 students at Bakersfield Academy.<ref>{{cite book|title=Vermont School Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdKgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA160|year=1870|page=160}}</ref> Bakersfield Academy is no longer in existence.<ref name="Project2013" />

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Brigham Academy was built in 1879, with funding provided by Peter Bent Brigham, who left a $30,000 endowment for education, and his sister Sarah Brigham Jacobs who provided land and a $100,000 endowment for the academy. It was staffed by Jacob Spaulding, Rev. Dr. Wright from Bakersfield and of Oberlin College, and President Buckham of the [[University of Vermont]]. In 1900, an addition provided additional classroom, laboratories, and a gymnasium. Notable people who attended the academy include [[Warren Austin]], the first U.S. ambassador to the [[United Nations]] and a U.S. senator and members of the Austin family of Highgate. In 1967, it closed as a high school. It continued to offer elementary and middle school education until 1987.<ref name="Hunt" />