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 108 CHARLES E. LEWIS m I securing this building were begun by Bishop Scott as early as 1859, but it was not until 1861 that the property was secured and the school opened. There is less data available regarding this school than the other, though it seemed to be very successful the first year or two, under the direction of Miss Foster. The school year was divided into quarters, the fee for each quarter being $60. The attendance averaged between 25 and 30 pupils. Miss Foster left in 1864 and Bishop Scott and Mrs. Scott, aided by a few others, managed the school. For the time they made their home at the school, Mrs. Scott acting as matron and both assisting in the actual instruction of the students. Their willingness to make great personal sac- rifice showed a devotion to the work and ideals which today would inspire anyone who has a hard task. Miss Jane Gray became principal in 1865 and was expected to continue the next year, but for some unknown reason, she declined its continuance. Bishop Scott referred to the circumstances as "most mortifying." The school accord- ingly was closed in 1866 and never reopened. The prop- erty was sold several years later and with the proceeds a fund was created, known as the Spencer Library fund for supplying a library for St. Helen's Hall. With the closing of these two schools and the death of Bishop Scott in 1867, the first period of this history ends. The next year the Rt. Rev. B. Wistar Morris became Missionary Bishop of the diocese and in 1869 a new era opens. By this time the Civil War was over and the great flux to the West had created new atmosphere and new condi- tions. Portland had grown from a village into a city. The period from 1870 to 1890 was one of great develop- ment of all lines of activity. Under the leadership of Bishop Morris we find a new interest in education. The diocese had increased from three parishes in 1853 to thir- teen in 1870, with a total of 321 communicants. During this period there were two main educational institutions in Portland and a number of smaller ones in various parts of the diocese. Those in Portland were St. Helen's Hall