Background note. George Broomell may have been family friend from Upper Oxford Township in Chester County. Mary A. Collins was a family friend from Drumore Township in Lancaster County. Emma R. (Rose) Budd was the younger sister of E. McV. Budd, a teacher at the school. Both were originally from Constableville in Lewis County, New York. Adda A. Brown was a student from Mermaid in New Castle County, Delaware.