33-744: The Tome School is a private school in North East in Cecil County in the U.S. state of Maryland . Founded in 1894 by Jacob Tome , it is one of the oldest schools in Maryland. It enrolls grades K–12. As of September 2024, the Head of School is Jim Orndorff. The school was founded as the Tome School for Boys in nearby Port Deposit . That campus, now owned by the Bainbridge Development Corporation,
66-442: A broad liberal arts education in an environment emphasizing academic success, high standards of personal behavior, and full participation in school life. The student body is divided among three schools: North East, Maryland North East is a town in Cecil County , Maryland , United States. It is located between Philadelphia and Baltimore . The population was 3,572 at the 2010 census . The Turkey Point Light Station
99-546: A design competition in 1900, supervised by Peabody, the Board of Trustees selected designs in the then-popular Beaux-arts architectural style by partner architects William Boring (1859–1937) and Edward Lippincott Tilton (1861–1933), co-designers of the U.S. immigration station at Ellis Island in New York Harbor . Over the next five years, stone buildings were erected, using granite from local quarries. The tree-lined streets of
132-423: A fire burned the former Inn to the ground. The Bainbridge Development Corporation has since installed a security system that is "fully wireless and solar powered" with "cameras at key points on the property, monitoring 24/7." As of September 2022, the company was installing 100 "No Trespassing” signs. The co-educational school enrolls students from kindergarten through twelfth grade . The curriculum provides
165-739: A prestigious reputation for a number of years. Its students included R. J. Reynolds, Jr., a son of R. J. Reynolds ; and children of the Mellon and Carnegie families. After thriving for several decades, the Jacob Tome Institute fell into difficult financial straits during the Great Depression of the 1930s and closed in 1941. The following year, just after the United States entered World War II , President Franklin Delano Roosevelt approved
198-843: A son, Abram W. Harris Jr. The family had a summer house in Manset, Maine . Harris was chairman of the Chicago Vice Commission, president of the American Social Hygiene Association , and a trustee of Drew University . From 1916 to 1924, he was the corresponding secretary of the Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York City . He became its secretary in 1924, serving until he died. Harris died in Philadelphia on February 21, 1935, at
231-554: Is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km ) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 3,572 people, 1,433 households, and 901 families living in the town. The population density was 1,734.0 inhabitants per square mile (669.5/km ). There were 1,651 housing units at an average density of 801.5 per square mile (309.5/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 87.2% White , 7.6% African American , 0.4% Native American , 1.5% Asian , 1.0% from other races , and 2.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.3% of
264-529: Is no longer in operation and is closed to the public. Since the 2010s, several of its buildings have been damaged or destroyed by vandals, and the company has installed security cameras and taken other measures to keep trespassers off the property. In the early 1890s, Jacob Tome (1810–1898)—a wealthy railroad and timber magnate who had served in the Maryland State Senate—decided to open a nonsectarian college preparatory school for boys. He founded
297-678: Is the closest Interstate highway , passing just north of the town limits. It is accessible via an interchange with MD 272, from which point it heads south toward Baltimore and Washington, D.C. and north toward Wilmington and Philadelphia . The Route 2 Cross-County Connection bus operated by Cecil Transit runs between Elkton, North East, Cecil College , Perryville (town and the Perryville station along MARC 's Penn Line ) and Perry Point Veteran's Medical Center. Historic sites in and near North East include: Abram W. Harris Abram Winegardner Harris (November 7, 1858 – February 21, 1935)
330-654: Is the main east–west road directly serving North East. It passes through a thin stretch of town on the north side via Pulaski Highway, providing connections east to Elkton and west to Perryville . Maryland Route 272 is the main north–south road through North East, passing through the center of town along the one-way pair of Mauldin Avenue northbound and Main Street southbound. Outside of the town, MD 272 heads south as Turkey Point Road to Elk Neck State Park and north as North East Road to Chester County , Pennsylvania . Interstate 95
363-638: The Dickinson Seminary . He then taught at Wesleyen University . Harris became the chief of the Office of Experimental Stations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. Harris became the first president of Maine State College in 1893. While there, he oversaw the transformation of the college into the University of Maine in 1897. As part of that process, he added a B.A. degree and expanded
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#1732852855522396-710: The Kellogg School of Management ). He retired from Northwestern in 1916. In his retirement, Harris conducted independent research in agriculture, education, and religion. He was chairman of the executive board of the Religious Education Association from 1915 to 1917. Harris received an honorary doctor of law degrees from the University of New Brunswick in 1900, the University of Maine in 1901, and Wesleyan University in 1904. Harris married Clara V. Bainbridge of Philadelphia on February 22, 1888. They had
429-868: The Korean War , the Vietnam War , and the Cold War , graduating more than 500,000 recruits before it closed on March 31, 1976. From 1979 to 1991, the campus was occupied by the Susquehanna Job Corps Center . In 2000, the site was transferred to the State of Maryland , which subsequently turned it over to the Bainbridge Development Corporation, a quasi-government corporation. Meanwhile, the Tome School moved back to its original site on Main Street in Port Deposit. In 1971,
462-475: The 1880s and had several other schools and colleges on its schedule. The rivalry was fairly even. The City's Collegians beat Tome 5–0 in 1903 and 11–8 in 1904, but Tome won 32–0 in 1912 and 37–0 in 1915. Other rivalries also were versus the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute , the mathematics/science/technology public high school, established 1883 that was also City College's arch-rival. These were
495-688: The Chesapeake Inn dormitory and dining hall, the Director's residence, the Monroe Gymnasium, and six Master's cottages. Erika L. Quesenbery, author of United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge , wrote that Memorial Hall was the school's "centerpiece". In the early 1900s, Tome played football annually against Baltimore City College , the third-oldest public high school in America, founded 1839, and with an interscholastic football team program dating back to
528-635: The Friends schools of Philadelphia. He graduated from Wesleyan University , receiving a B.A. in 1880 and an M.A. in 1883. He also attended universities in Munich and Berlin. Later, he received a Doctor of Science from Bowdoin College . Harris was one of the founders and first president of the Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi and a founder of Alpha Delta Tau . After college, Harris taught mathematics at
561-549: The Tome School for Boys on Main Street in Port Deposit, Maryland , on the east bank of the Susquehanna River . 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 . Situated in the northeast corner of the state, the Tome School was immediately popular, attracting almost all
594-498: The Tome School moved to a new, hundred-acre campus in North East, Maryland . In 1984, the school property and buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 1984. Several of the old Tome School for Boys campus buildings have been damaged or destroyed by arsonists and trespassers. On September 21, 2014, a fire damaged the old campus' Memorial Hall, destroying its clock tower. Only
627-659: The acquisition by condemnation of the property and land from 70 surrounding farms for use by the United States Navy as a training center. The institute's buildings were renovated for use by the Naval Academy Preparatory School to prepare future midshipmen for the U.S. Naval Academy further south at Annapolis, Maryland . On October 1, 1942, United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge—named for early-19th-century naval hero William Bainbridge —was activated. The training center operated through World War II ,
660-404: The average family size was 3.04. In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.2% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.9 males. The median income for a household in the town
693-556: The campus, which converged at the steps of Memorial Hall, were designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), who had designed New York's Central Park . Olmsted selected landscape architect Charles Wellford Leavitt (1871–1928) to design the school's gardens. By 1902, the school had more than a dozen buildings and an endowment of $ 2 million ($ 70,430,769 today). Thirteen of these buildings survive, though some have been damaged or all but destroyed by fire: Memorial Hall, three dormitories (Jackson, Madison, and Harrison),
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#1732852855522726-454: The college's curriculum to include classics, electrical engineering, library economy, and pharmacy. He left the University of Maine in 1901 and became the headmaster and director of the Jacob Tome Institute (now the Tome School ) in Port Deposit, Maryland , from 1901 to 1906. He became the 8th president of Northwestern University in 1906 where he helped develop the School of Commerce (now
759-460: The endowment to create a separate upper-level boarding school for boys. Two hundred acres on the bluff above the town and the broad and picturesque Susquehanna River were purchased for this purpose. MacKenzie in turn consulted with Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917), of the prominent Boston architectural firm of Peabody & Stearns , concerning the design of the new Jacob Tome Institute. Following
792-458: The few other public secondary schools, in addition to several other private or religious schools, institutes and academies in the region offering worthy sports and academic competition. In 1906, school director Abram W. Harris , along with Phi Beta Kappa members on the Tome School faculty, organized Alpha Delta Tau fraternity, which later became the Cum Laude Society . The school enjoyed
825-453: The granite structure remains. In 2018, a local newspaper wrote of the old campus that Van Buren, Madison, and Monroe Halls remain, while the headmaster's house "is badly vandalized but standing", and Jackson Hall "like Memorial Hall, is a burned-out hulk." In 2019, 11 people—all 15 to 18 years old—were spotted by the acting Port Deposit police chief on the property. They were subsequently arrested and charged with trespassing. On May 6, 2020,
858-409: The population. There were 1,081 households, out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were married couples living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and
891-441: The population. There were 1,433 households, of which 38.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.0% were married couples living together, 17.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.1% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
924-444: The students from the town of Port Deposit and many from outside, throughout Maryland , Pennsylvania , and neighboring states. Tome left the school an endowment at his death in 1898. Under the direction of his widow, Evalyn N. Tome, the Board of Trustees hired Scottish immigrant James Cameron Mackenzie (1852–1931) to direct the school. MacKenzie, one of the most important late 19th-century secondary school educators, proposed using
957-401: The town. The population density was 1,730.8 inhabitants per square mile (668.3/km ). There were 1,215 housing units at an average density of 769.5 per square mile (297.1/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 93.82% White , 3.18% African American , 0.40% Native American , 0.88% Asian , 0.44% from other races , and 1.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.54% of
990-486: Was $ 39,563, and the median income for a family was $ 39,417. Males had a median income of $ 34,545 versus $ 26,768 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 18,287. About 14.9% of families and 15.2% of the population were below the poverty line , including 19.4% of those under age 18 and 14.1% of those age 65 or over. It is within Cecil County Public Schools . Private: Tertiary: U.S. Route 40
1023-432: Was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.03. The median age in the town was 30.7 years. 26.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 11% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 31.1% were from 25 to 44; 22.1% were from 45 to 64; and 9.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 47.7% male and 52.3% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,733 people, 1,081 households, and 701 families living in
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1056-575: Was an American academic, university president, and honor society founder. He the 8th president of Northwestern University , serving from 1906 to 1916. He was also the first president of the University of Maine from 1896 to 1906. Harris was one of the founders and first president of the Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi and a founder of Alpha Delta Tau . Abram W. Harris was born in Philadelphia on November 7, 1858. His parents were Susan Anna (nee Réed) and James Russell Harris. He received his education in
1089-497: Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge was listed in 2008. North East is located at 39°36′01″N 75°56′32″W / 39.600342°N 75.942146°W / 39.600342; -75.942146 . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 2.11 square miles (5.46 km ), of which 2.06 square miles (5.34 km )
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