St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-01

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livery was forcible, and characterized
by an abandon which was quite marked.
His Grafton was very warmly applaud
ed. Miss Edith Thompson, of North
Stratford, n. H., gave her opinion of
presumptive fools her essay was well
written, and replete with hits at those
who rush in where angels fear to tread.
John l.. Bacon denounced the ''For-
eign Policy of England, treating espec
tally of her conduct toward South AT
RIGA, India and Ireland; he spoke well,
and as if in sympathy with England's
dependencies. The Greek recitation
by Miss Lille B. Mathewson, of Bar
ton, was taken from HOmer's Iliad,
and finely rendered the young lady
has reason to be proud of her mastery
of the language evidenced by her eff
fort on this occasion. Hans p. Ander
sen, of st. Johnsbury, delivered the
valedictory addresses. The efforts of
valedictorian are necessarily more or
less prescribed but Andersen passed
through the ordeal of giving the fare
well word with honor to himself and
the class and institution he represent
ed a native of Denmark, he has APP
piled himself to his school work and
gained place at the head of his class.
At the close of these exercises the di
plOmas were presented to the class by
Rev. f. r. Fairbanks, of the board of
trustees, who briefly addressed them
with words of counsel.
THE ALUMNI MEETING.
The meeting of the associated alumni
was held at 2:30 p. M, with the vice
president, S. H. Bracket, in the chair.
The attendance was notyas large as on
some former occasions. After the
reading of the minutes of the last
meeting, the chairman, on motion, APP
pointed Judge Ross, Prof. Fairbanks,
Mrs f. A. Walker, Miss Matte Hall
and Chas. Putney a committee to NOM
mate officers for the year ensuing.
The following were nominated and
elected : President, c. K. Putney vice
president, S. II. Bracket; secretary,
Miss S. A. Smith; executive commit
tee, Col. Franklin Fairbanks, H. p.
Andersen, Mrs. S. T. Brooks, Miss
Mary Cummings and Miss Mary f.
Stone.
Rev. II. T. Fuller made brief ne
crology report, mentioning and paying
tribute to the following persons: Miss
Fairman of WOlcOtt, George Jewett,
Miss Kidder, Miss Cole of Stark, n. H.,
J. X. Andersen, Miss Lizzie Hall and
Mrs. Mems.
Some discussion was had over the
question of providing funds for assoc
citation use, and it was finally decided
to authorize the executive committee
for the coming year to assess the alum
nj ut the rate of % cents each and to
solicit and receive subscriptions to Il
permanent fund.
Mr.. Fuller spoke briefly of the Acad
envy work during the past year, stat
ing that there had been an increased
average attendance; the health of the
school had been excellent; the schol
ars had, generally, been faithful to
their work, and things had gone along
smoothly. Mr.. Appleton, for the class
of 81, presented greetings to the alum
nj, and returned the thanks of the class
to the Principal for kind words and
good wishes. Further remarks were
made by Prof. Fairbanks, w. p. Stat
ford, E. H. Lines, Fred Stanley, and
Rev Mr.. Parmalee, of ErzroOm, Turk
ey-the latter gentleman giving some
account of what was being accomplish
ed in Turkey i'll the line of school
work. The meeting then adjourned.
CLASS TREE EXERCISES.
These exercises were held ut 1870 p.
M, i'll the Acaeemy yard, beneath the
grateful shade (?) of Il young and mex
pcricnced elm, and were attended by
large and delighted audience. With
no disparagemcnt of the other cXercis-
es, this was the event of the day. The
president of the class, .Chas. Putney,
presided with becoming dignity. The
Grafton was delivered by }. Munsell
Hubert, and was a rich, rare and racy
production which met with hearty ap-
career of the class and venturcd some
predictions and suggestions for the flu
ture. His illusions 10 the school life :;
to the class tree and the ''30-ccnt part
ncrshipn in connection with it; his
apOstrophe to the tree itself-the whole
Grafton, in -abOundcd in clean
wit which kept the audience in an up
roar, and was emphasized and made
more enjoyable by the felicitOus man
ner i'll which it was presented. His add
dress to the magnificent (?) elm closed
with: "And now, grow! grow deep
grow tall grow broad GROww The
class were extremely fortunate in their
selection of an orator, and his effort
was by far the best thing of its kind
we have ever heard.
Miss Jennie p. May, of st. JOhnsbu-
ry, presented the class prophecies, and
was equal to this not always easy task.
In an Interestingly humorous way she
unrOlled to the view of the class the
scroll on which were written their fI-
ture fates, and every member was APP
prOpriatcly disposed of. Miss Mays
prophecies were well written, and fully
deserved the commentator bestowed
by both class and audience.
The exercises closed with the singing
of the class ode, written by Chas. Put
ney. The curtain was rung down
(figuratively speaking) and the class
of '6l-numbering thirty-left the
shade of the prospectively noble elm,
becoming full-pledged alumni.
| RETROSPECT.
The year which st. Johnsbury Acad-
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