1852 - The Trustees raise tuition for the “classical and high English studies” to $3.50 for a term of 12 weeks.
1853 - Thirty-seven boys and 20 girls are enrolled in the classical department; 35 boys and 21 girls in the English department.
1855 - Semi-centennial celebrated.
1862 - The secret Tyrocinic Adelphi Society is dropped and the Lyceum Society, open to both boys and girls, is formed.
1866 - The faculty includes Ernest Borchers, a native of Berlin, Prussia, who had studied in Paris. Principal Herrick lectures on his travels in Egypt and the Holy Land.
1867 - Academy chapel built; the wooden structure was used for chapel and recitations.
1874 - Hebron becomes the western fitting school for Colby University, as it was then known. The affiliation remains until 1956.
1878 - The first formal commencement is held.
1879 - The Hamlin Library is named in honor of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin’s gift of $1000 as a library fund.
1880 - First Semester magazine published.
1883 - The first reunion of alumni is held at commencement.
1884 - A horizontal wood bar, turned at the Paris Manufacturing Company, becomes the first piece of athletic equipment on campus.
