The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-01
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to the " secrecy" Of Odd Fellowship, Mr..
Hough said, as an illustration in its favor,
that every family had, or should have,
secret society in the home, for lost is the
man whose wife goes about telling all she
knows about him. The duet, Greeting"
by Messrs. Bancroft and Bisbee, which was
well rendered, was followed with a touch
ing recitation by Miss Daisy Lane, entitled
" Somebody's Mother" Rev. Mr.. Hough
then read two excellent poems, written by
himself as poet laureate of the Grand Lodge
of Vermont, entitled The Three Links"
and The Good Samaritan" and the quar-
tet SANG" The Parting Cup" Mr.: Hough's
poems have been read before the Grand
Lodge and published in book form, and
their excellence is too well known to need
comment. Rev G.. w. Gallagher related
several anecdotes and spoke of the organiza-
ton of odd Fellowship in England, its in
stitution in the United States seventy years
ago by Thomas Wildey and his four COM
rades, and of his connection with the order
in Nevada in 1880. The exercises of the
evening, which were considered by many
the most enjoyable and instructive ever
held publicly in the hail. were closed with
the benedction by Rev. Mr.. Culver, pre-
siding elder of the st. Albans district The
musical selections by the male quartet
were particularly fine. The committee on
arrangements desires to express its thanks
to all who participated in the exercises,
thereby assisting in making such a grand
success of the observance. Wal.
THERE was a large gathering at the Sem
mary chapel on Tuesday evening of last
week, to listen to the address by Bishop w.
X. Ninde of Topeka, Kansas, who had pre-
sided at the session of the Vermont Confer
ence, and on his return visited the school,
at the invitation of Principal Bishop. The
principal presided and after the singing of
CorCnation," and prayer by Rev. A. H.
Webb of Northteld, introduced Bishop
Ninde The bishop is benevoent-looking
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with pleasant kindly face and most en-
gaging manner. He is an old and expe-
rienced educator, and his remarks were
more in the line of an earnest, practical
talk upon the subject of education than
formal address. DIR. Ninde, previous to his
election as bishop, served as dean of the
Garrett Biblical Institute and acting presi-
dent of the Northwestern University at
Evanston, ILL., The bishop recounted with
evident pleasure several experiences of his
own student life, and declared that his
struggles for an education had placed him
in position to sympathize with and re-
Spect the young men and women who are
obliged to work their way through college.
He then gave some practical advice, grow
ing out of his experience as an educator.
School life was to be valued, because it was
productive of strong and lasting friend
ships with noble and cultured men. He
would advise every student to prolong his
school life as long as possible. " Stay in
of the evil effects of crowdng through a
course of study in less time than the pre-
scribed four years the bishop cited his own
case and declared that he had wrought an
injury to his health, by trying to do two
years work in one, from which he had
never fully recovered. In regard to the
popular tendency to crush" everything,
education included, and neglect sound cul-
ture In the scramble for wealth, Dr. Ninde
maintained that nothing was lost to man
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careful preparation for his life-work. The
training in the school and college gives a
breadth of view and intellectual refinement
which will prove of inestimable value in
later years. The precise details of textbook
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will remain. The mind has become sat
urated with culture. The student has be-
come member of the republic of letters
and has acquired a sympathy with all in
tellectual workers. The fibre, flavor and
essence of his educational training remain.
The bishop warned the students against
the great prevailing intellectual vice OF the
time-loose thinking. He urged them to
seek accuracy of scholarship and be fixed
and decided in their beliefs Bishop Ninde
maintained that the natural tendency of
education was to improve morals. The
truly intellectual person is he who always
thinks the best thoughts on subject.
Even the governmental schools of India, in
which religion is not taught, are doing
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the way for Christianity, and the world is
more indebted to intellectual culture than
it thinks. But the best education is not
only moral, but promotes religion, and he
was glad to learn that upward of three
fourths of the more than two hundred STU
dents in the school are devoted Christians.
He closed with an earnest appeal to all to
become Christian students and to give
themselves to the uplifting of humanity
At the close of the address the bishop was
given a reception in the society halls.
Among those present were Revs. H. A.
Spencer of West Randolph, A. NJ. Wheeler
of Barre, w. r. Davenport of Water bury,
A. III. Webb of Northfeld, and A. b. Truax
and j. o. Sherburn of Montpelier.
SEMINARY HILL.
PAIGE COCHRAN, former student, spent
Sunday on the Hill. Presiding Elder
Culver of st. Adams made short visit at
the Hill last week. - Professor Bishop
preached in the Morse school-house last
Sunday and w. NJ. Newton at Wright's
Mills Bishop Ninde, who visited the
Hill on his return from conference, expressed
himself as much pleased with the school,
and said if it were in the West it would be
called university. The bishop made
many friends here and all who had the
pleasure of meeting him will not soon for
get his genial manner.