St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-04
Letter from Boston.
RnsTnN Feb D.


Editor Of the Caledonian The annual
festival given by the children of the
Warren st. chapel was held as usual in
Music Hall upon the 22d of February.
The firm of Jordan, Marsh, & Co. gave
au entertainment for the children of
their employees upon the same day in
an ample repast was served. But per-
haps the most interesting event of the
day to its citizens, was the dedication
of the new and elegant English and
Latin High School Building, located
upon the corner of Warren avenue and
Montgomery st. 1t is stated that 1000
tickets were issued, and that the hall
could only seat $500. 1t is considered
the handsomest structure of the kind
in the United States, if not in the
world. The lot of land purchased in ~
cost S2SO,0OO. OF the 81, 900 #. which
the spot comprises, the building occu-
pies 50, 900 and has cost 50 per So. foot,
OF S46S 900.
At an early hour the drill hall of the
building was filled, and we noticed
among the dignitaries and speakers
upon the platform, His Excellency,
Gov. Long, Mayor Prince, r. w. EN-
erson, T. w. Higginson, Rev.. Phillips
Brooks, DR.. Manning, Pres. Rogers,
&C.. beside the school board. The mu-
sic was under the direction of j. Eich-
berg and the Beethoven Quintet Club.
They gave some choice selections, and
the select chorus of pupils from the diff
ferent schools rendered some choruses
with much credit Gen. Thomas Sher-
win, who was in charge of the Hall, was
assisted by officers of the Latin and
English High School, dressed in their
new uniforms according to rank.
After music and dedicatOry prayer
by Rev B. Wright, an Alderman de-
livered the keys of the building to May
OF Prince, who responded at some
length, giving quite an account of the
history of the school from its first in
ception; the Latin antedating the Eng
fish, the former in 1875 and the latter
in 1921. The Latin might have been
said to have been brought by Gov.
| Winthrop and the Puritans, for their re-
ligieus, political and educational insti-
tutions were founded upon rock. Mr..
Savage, in his history of New England,
declares that there was a Cambridge
graduate for every $50 inhabitants; so
the number of learned and literary men
was remarkable at that time, and not
only were they students, but deep
thinkers, and had an eye to the future
growth and prosperity of the colony,
realizing what value general intelligence
would have in Its formation; hence
they early made provision for the
founding and supporter school. he
referred in a most complimentary man.
ner to the teachers connected with
these schools, and quoted from report
given by Rev. j. Fraser, Bishop OF
Manchester, in Parliament after his Wis
it to this country in 1865. He said,
should like if possible to put this school
under a glass case and bring it to Eng
land, to show you type of ian excel
lent middle school. He presented the
KEYS of the building to Mr.. Flint, the
chairman of the committees, who pre-
sented them respectively to the masters
of the Latin and English High School.
Gov. Long made most pleasing ano
happy address. In speaking of educa'
ton he said the object of it is not tt
make the mind storehouse, crammed
but to enable man to use and apply
his knowledge to the full if but tC
drive a nail, to drive it to the centre, Of
if to argue a case, to strike the nail oil
the head. The difference between one
man and another is less in pOiCer thar
in the use of that power. Able addresse!
we're also made by distinguished mel
and educators present, Hon. c. Win
throp, Prof. Rogers, Rev. Phillip
Brooks, ETC., until, as one speaker de
clared, that after listening so long t.
> such waves of eloquence and feast o
soul, he felt like crying out, enough
He was in the condition of the man DR.
. Holmes described as not capable o
holding any more.
The hall, libraries, recitation rooms
. and in fact the whole building wa
open for the inspection of any and al
, who desired to see and examine TO
. themselves. 1t was indeed pleasur
to walk through the halls and motto
q. the statuary glance into the librarle
and see the shelves filled with choic
! books of reference, or glass cases con
E tanning miniature worlds of old Roma
amphitheatres and temples, or Portland
: vase; OF refresh your mind by recall
ing events and battles in ancient histo
= rv traced out in the engravings repre-
b. senting them en- the walls or motto
!; the guns stacked in the Drill Hall, sug
J.. costing that these students are also sol
f diers, entering on the battle of life.
B.. Rev. Richard Storrs of Brooklyn, \
:; Y, exchanged pulpits with DR.. Web
J. of the Shawmut church, Boston, las
= Sunday. The church was crowded
:, its utmost capacity morning and even
= ing. DR.. Storrs has commenced hi
!, course of lectures before the Lowell III