Six Addresses to Graduating Classes of the Albany Academy 1905-1910

1910. REMARKS OF A MEDICAL EDUCATOR TO GRADUATING BOYS AT A FAMOUS PREP SCHOOL OVER 100 YEARS AGO.

11 x 16 cm booklet, purple velvet flexible covers, gilt title to cover, purple endpapers, [2], 1-11, 1-11, 1-10, 1-8, 1-12, 1-7. Near fine in protective polyethylene cover. ALBANY ACADEMY is an independent college preparatory day school in Albany, New York. It enrolls students from Prekindergaten (age 4) to Grade 12. It was established in 1813 by a charter signed by Mayor Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer and the city council of Albany. The Albany Academy is the oldest day school for boys in New York state's Capital Region. Classes began within months after the charter was granted, offering a college preparatory track including intensive study of Ancient Greek, and Latin and an arithmetic-based track to prepare young men for Albany's role as a center of commerce. in 1815, a purpose-built building was completed in present-day Academy Park, adjacent to the New York State Capitol. The Federal-style building, now known as the Old Albany Academy Building and headquarters of the City School District of Albany, was designed by renowned Albany architect Philip Hooker. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

HENRY HUN (1854 – 1924) an American physician, was professor of Nervous Diseases at the Albany Medical College in New York for 30 years. He published several unique teaching volumes for his students as well as numerous journal articles on neurological disorders. He studied medicine at Harvard Medical School and earned his M.D. in 1879. He then spent two and a half years studying at numerous medical facilities in Germany, Vienna, Paris, and London.