St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-06-30
commencement Week.

lie CLASS Oh q COulu HOI nave dShCu
for a better day on which to hold their
closing exercises. The air was fresh
and cool a thing which is not often
the case on graduation day. Long be-
fore the time announced, our citizens
were ascending in large numbers to the
Academy hall and by half-past nine
the hall was well filled. Later it be
came even crowded, inasmuch as all
the aisles were filed with seats. The
flowers at each end. During the exer-
cises besides the teachers of the Acade-
my there were upon the platform Revs.
Hubert and Aver and Mr.. johnson, of
the examining committee, Sir Thadde-
us Fairbanks, Col. Fairbanks, and Prof
Henry Fairbanks, of the board of trus-
tees also Judge Jonathan Ross.
At the opening of the exercises prayer
was offered by Rev. F. d. Aver. Then
followed the Latin SalutatOry by Henry
NJ. Richardson of this place. His piece
was good though not thoroughly I'M
derstOod by all. He deserves special
credit for his pronunciation of the Ian
guage. The second part was an essay
by Miss Addie ID. Hale, also of st.
Johnsbury, on "The Value of "" We
would recognize her knowledge of AL
zebra. Third came w. w. Bradley,
likewise of this town. His subject,
'Alfred the Great" was well treated !;
and the audience were reminded that
there lived centuries ago one man at
least who thought more for others than
for himself. The next part was per
formed by Miss Manda c. NorthrOp of
East Fairfield. The subject of her
essay was "Affinities.n 1t showed
deep thought, and was well read. The
Grafton by Frank II. Waterman of
johnson on the ''PatriOtism of Brutus,"
was eloquent in style and delivery.
Miss Almira T. Fairbanks then read
the Chronicles of the class. The con
slant smiling among the members of
the graduating class showed how well
they were received.
The discussion then ensued. Subject,
''DOes the efficiency of government
depend so much upon its form as upon
the men who administer it ~ Affirma-
tive, Wallace c. Abbott, of Woodstock :;
Negative, VIM. l.. Quimby of Lyndon.
They both spoke well, and we will not
take it upon ourselves to decide i'll ia
vOr of either side. An essay was then
read on '"The Ksthetic Craze" by Miss
Mary NJ. Northrop of Fairfield. Her
subject was one suitable to the times,
and Oscar Wilde may congratulate him
self that he Glanced not to he present.
The ninth part on the programme
was the Grafton on Russian Nihilism."
In this John w. Redmond of Burlington
showed his power of both composition
and OratOry. He was followed by Miss
Mary f. Hayden of Underhill, who
read well written essay on ''Transi-
tions and transformations Her
thoughts can but have been appreciated
10y all. Norwich was then represented
in the person of Frank 0. Loveland
who spoke on Monumental Glory
The subject was a grand one and the
speaker showed his ability to treat it.
Following this was Arthur Fairbanks
Grafton subject, "Old Greek Educa-
ton" The theme requires a good
modern education for a treatise and
this was not lacking. The delivery
too was good. The class essay was
read by Abby o. Rust of St. JOhnsbury.
Miss Rust deserves credit not only for
her clear, sound reasoning, but also
for the distinctness of her speech. Her
subject was ''The Philosophy of Good
Nature" The valedictory addresses
were given by Alfred II. Lloyd of An
dover, Mass. We consider his meta
phOr, the striking of clock, an espe-
cially good one. The impressiveness
of the whole address was evident by
the deep stiffness which pervaded the
audience.
These exercises were pleasantly in
terspersed with music by Eastman's
Orchestra of Manchester, n. II.
During the playing of MendelsshOn's
"Nivace" the class marched upon the
stage, presenting a fine appearance,
to receive their diplomas from the
hand of Sir Thaddeus Fairbanks, the
President of the Board of Trustees. In
this they seem to have been especially
favored. Mr.. Fuller made a few good
and appropriate remarks to the class,
and after the distribution of the diplo-
mas pronounced the benedictiOn.
MEETING OF THE ALUMNI.
The Alumni then repaired to room
No. 10, where NicePres. Bracket took
the chair, and called first for the report
of the Secretary. This was read by
Mrs. w. p. Smith. The officers for the
ensuing year were then elected, as fol-
lows: Pres, Prof Henry Fairbanks :;
Vice-Pres., John BarstOw; Executive
Committee, II. c. Ide, Mrs. Horace
Fairbanks, Mrs. Henry French, Geo.
NJ. Gray, Miss Abby Brown. The as
ISOLATION then heard words from sever
al of their number, namely, Carl NJ.
Spencer 80, c. E. Russell 81, Judge
Ross '4S, and Rev. F. ID. Aver, and A.
d. Lloyd 80. Mr.. Fuller made inter
esting remarks on the progress and
condition of the school. He spoke of