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was in the action of the Second Associate Reformed presbytery of Illinois, in 1853, by which the follow- ing persons were appointed trustees of the "Acad- emy," or High School, to be established at Mon- mouth under the direction of said presbytery, vix: Revs. J. C. Porter, W. R. Erskine and R. Ross, 2 (17) 18 A Busy Life. Messrs. J. C. McCreary, W. R. Jamison, N. A. Ran- kin, E. C. Babcock, J. G. Madden, Dr. J. A. Young, Hon. A. C. Harding and Judge James Thompson. The Board of Trustees of Monmouth Academy was organized May 9, 1853, by electing Rev. J. C. Por- ter president and Hon. James Thompson secretary and treasurer. A building committee was appointed and immediate steps taken to procure a suitable building; b*ut no permanent one was secured until 1856, until which time the academy was conducted, first in the Christian church, then in the basement of the Presbyterian church, arid afterwards in a dis- trict school-house. Monmouth Academy was opened on the first Mon- day in November, A. D. 1853, with the reading of the Scriptures and prayer, with Rev. James R. Brown as principal, and Miss M. S. Madden, first assistant teacher. Rev. Brown continued in charge of the school as its efficient principal until January