The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-17

In our hrXt aul last paper on this COM
pany We Shall dc-ctibe very fully the NJ
furnaces + the company just erected
which it j, said are not cXerlicd by any in
dis section OF the country. b.
CassietOn.
"B cswarI turn backward, o, time In your
Make me a child agha just for tonight"
So sang Mis-. Nurton-ofteu have / fol-
lowed her in her Imagination, and attempt
ed to picture to myself what would be my
thoughts did time turn backward but never
did realize So plainly as | did during
short visit to this place and visiting the old
seminary. Let any old student inquire
himself at the front door Of the seminary.
He must ring The bell before he gains adj
mittance. While he waits for an answer
to the summons, if he examines closely, he
will find VIII Perkins tin knot hole-the
door opens, you are shown into the Office
at the east side Of the hall at the south
end you see a fine library of scientific and
miscellaneous works, many OF them from
the Smithsonian Institute at the north end
Probabilities" in controlling the weather
Before you have familarizcd yourself with
the surroundings YOU will see the hand of
Rev. Il. G.. Williams, principal, extended
towards yon. When you take it you will
feel yourself at home tell him you are an
old pupil of the seminary, and at once he
will SO gain your confidence that YOU will
almost imagine YOU are in the presence of
Mr.. IIalleok. But how changed all the
surroundings. He opens the doors to that
spacious parlor--here is the same room but
all else, how changed. The same old stairs
are there that you used to descend in such
a hurry to keep beyond Mr.. Hallocks grasp.
Go into the old chapel-few look in vain
for that old lead colored desk, behind which
Mr.. Hallock so often scoldel you for
breaking some of the hundred rules Of the
school. The old seats are all gone, but
you can easily determine where your seat
was. Sit in that place and let your mind
run back twenty-five years look around
and you will imagine that Geo. " Board
man, then boy, now Il D. D., sat there.
Henry Clark, companlonablc, happy boy,
now of the editorial staff of THE GLOBE,
sat there How the names of Gridley and
w. C. Perkins, NJ. ]. Love, Lorn Vain
wright, John d. Lyon and host
of others will come before you.
Look at the other side of the
house How names like Caroline Haven,
Frank Shaw, Caroline Love, and hun
dreds of sthcrs you loved as school-mates,
then you will think of those sweet notes OF
song that come to you from Irene and
Harriet Andrews and Rachael Sanderson
Then the sweet voice and kind ways of j.
c. Churchill, your old teacher, but lately in
the councils of our nation He now is or
has been one Of the judges of the Empire
Safe. Where and to what will your i'm
agination lead you-but as you look atyour
grey hairs You can but eXcIaim. " this is
not for me, but you VIII rejoice that the
seminary is in the hands OF Mr. Williams
Lately there has been added the normal
school to the seminary. AM say thar the
reputation Of lhe sclooi under Mr.. Halo, k
and hrs Miner had been kept up with the
improvement, tHat have heeu mace "a Gnu
cation since thar ray. / -houll not yell m"Ie
than one half of thl truth WIKI tAe
. double facilities offered at he seminary
) and normal school. may sly there is no
, better place for the youth To acquire an
, education thln ut Casilciun Space vail
, not allow me To speak of all the excellent
: points of the school, | must be allowed Ia
speak of two branches Of education too
, often neglected, viz, writing and reading.
In writing the proof of improvement; are
before any one who will investigate In
, reading will ask any cri &c TO visit the
/ seminary on Wednesday afternoon and
4 hear the reading OF the class and compare il
I with the reading they hear from the bar Of
pulpit, and they will ask themselves if we
D should not have better system of recalling
r taught than the one that has been taught IN
t years past A. the normal school is q stale
: institution for the benefit of the youth Of
II the State, allow ne TO suggest I,
= Mr.. Williams the uropncly of tak-
c ing the advanced class 10 the
e villages in this vicinity and let then
It give practical illustrations OF the mode OF
If teaching and its results. His pupils are t,
is be teachers As teachers they will be
c called upon at times To appear in publ,
l. with their schools, being quite sure gen
c erous public will amply reward them fol
" their trouble, and perhaps assist them il
At rcpenishing their library. Miss Bromley
i in the normal school, is Il host in herself
G She thinks her pupils come there to study
t not play, and she makes them study
IS She is very thorough, going to the yer!
l, foundation and raising Il superstructurl
IL that shall be lasting. The taxpayers MAJ
ID rest in the assurance that the money tina
n, is paid for the normal school at Castletol
y is money not spent in vain, but spent 70
lg the good of those coming after us, and vii
" in due time show that our State Board o
& Education have under their charge an in
$, stitution well worthy of Vermont, and on
s. that will sustain the well-earned reputation
he Vermont has as being one of the State
I'd that furnishes the best educators of on
ks land.
to The old pupils of the institution ma,
ne safely trust the reputation OF their old love
\, school to Mr.. Williams and his assistants
IT, and if they will only visit the old seminar
III MIR. Williams will meet them cordially
v and they will feel proud that they wer
~ once students of the cid seminary an
We schoolmates of so many eminent men q
| onr land =.