St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-06-24

73 were the abject slaves of few
domineering big girls who seemed to
think the rules of the school were only
made for them to break, though they
usually so contrived it that the BOYS
were the ones to be punished. The
address closed with tribute to the
memory of Thaddeus Fairbanks.
The address was followed with q
poem written and read by Carrie E
Clark of st. Johnsbury that bore marks
of the same painstaking work that
characterized all the productions OF
the day. Then remarks frOmvOlunteers
were called for and Judge Ross, the
oldest member of the alumni present
C. r. Willard and A. F. Balch, made
brief remarks. G.. w. Kyburg, presi.
dent of the graduating class of SO, was
also called on for a speech and made q
good one and then these officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, w. S. Boynton; vice president
Elisha May secretary and treasurer
Mrs. P. F. Hazen executive commit
tee, Mrs. w. P. Smith, Mrs. Clara
Brainerd and William Tyler. Judge
Ross, w. P. Stafford and E. L. HOvey
were chosen committee to draft reso-
lutiOns in memory of Thaddeus Fair
banks.
Glass Day Exercises.
Long before 400 o'clock the people
began to gather in front of the acade-
my to hear the class exercises. Presi-
dent G.. w. Kyburg presided. The
class Grafton was by George E. May,
who had been absent from the school
for some weeks and was cordially well
coined as he took his stand and deliv-
cred an Grafton the equal of any of the
efforts of the day.
Annie A. Smith followed with the
charge to the Is young ladies consti-
tuting the feminine portion of the
class. The paper was very happily
conceived and the sallies of wit and
wisdom were received with repeated
applause. The class poem by t. B..
Penfeld was not only witty in itself
but had that soul of wit, brevity. Spe
cially good was his allusion to the dis
parity in numbers between the ladies
and gentlemen of the class wherein he
cOmfOrted the gentle ones with the
thought that if quality be superior to
quantity they were indeed host. The
class prophecies written by Abbie M.
Case were read by James A. Leach.
They contained the usual long list of
"grinds" on all the students, with an
occasional hit at one or the other
members of the faculty and as each
one was pictured all but the victim
joined in the laughter. The exercises
closed with the singing of the class
ode, written by James A. Leach. Thus
ended the exercises that may properly
be reckoned as part of the Commence
ment." If the reader inclines to the
opinion that praise has been indiscrim-
inately lavished on the participants,
the writer declares that he never list
ened to a series of papers and oratiOns
by a class of the same grade that aver
aged 50 high in genuine worth.
The Reception.
The Athen8um was thrown open in
the evening and Elk -Governor and Mrs.
Fairbanks gave reception to the
graduating class, the alumni, members
of the school and their friends. These
gatherings are peculiar to st. Johns
bury and this one will leave as pleas
ant impressions and memories as any
that have preceded it. With all the
rest the st. Johnsbury band discOursed
sweet music in the hall above, a charm
ing accompaniment to the chatter of
the boys and girls, young men and
young women, in the rooms below.
Reunion of SO and 's4.
The reunion of the classes of 'S3 and
"a was held at the st. JOhnsbury
house Friday evening. About so
of both classes were present.
After a social hour the company sat
down to supper at 10 o'clock. The
history of the class of '83 was read by
c. M. Cheney the historian of the class
Of "a two years ago, and the history
of the class "a was read by j. G. Ross,
historian of the class of '83, three years
ago. After supper the time until two
o'clock in the morning was spent in
singing, dancing and in hav-
ing a good time generally. The next
reunion will be held three years hence.
Good Byes.
Then came the packing of trunks, |
,he rushing to and fro of the express
wagons, the walk to the station Satur-
lay morning and the good byes with
pledges of eternal friendship and re-
and all that sort of thing
Known only to the graduate. The
lass of $50 was specially favored here
gain in the presence of the st. Johns
Jury band that atOned for drowning
tut the academy songs of the boys by
ending them on their way in most
manner.
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