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Phillips Exeter Academy

a boys' school located at Exeter, New Hampshire, and commonly called Phillips Exeter. Like Phillips Andover, it was founded by a gift from the Phillips family and was opened for students in 1781. The alumni by 1920 numbered over 11,000. Among the early alumni were Jared Sparks, Daniel Webster, Edward Everett and George Bancroft.

The enrollment in 1914-1915 was 575.

The course is college-preparatory for the New England colleges. The school is very well equipped with modern school buildings, laboratories, gymnasium, etc., the total value of which exceeds a million dollars, while the endowment is about $500,000.