[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] and adviser. Its aim has been, like that of all kin-dred institutions, to prepare the young for the varied positions and activities of life, and the efforts put forth have been attended with a gratifying success. Its teachers and pupils worship in the Episcopal Church, though it was never designed to be a secta-rian school. Another school, which for over eleven years was prominent and did a good work for the cause of edu-cation in the community, was the Jackson Military Institute, held in the large building on Reekman Avenue, directly opposite the head of Cortlandt Street. It is the same building, enlarged and im-proved, that was occupied by the Irving Institute at the beginning of its career. The Jackson Military Institute was founded in Danbury, Conn., in 1857, by the Rev. Frederick J. Jackson, A.M., who removed it to North Tarrytown in April, 1869. Here, as in Danbury, it continued to flourish under his experienced manage! ment until June, 1880, when, owing to the death of his estimable wife and to the impaired health of him-self and some of his family, he felt constrained to close U. A large number of young men were trained in this school for business and professional life. Of