The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-06-26

u H. CTOSS anu InOmaS MArVln. All Lne
obligations of the school for the past year
have been met and the financial outlook is
most encouraging.
SENIOR PRIZE SPEAKING.
The chapel was crowded to its utmost
capacity on Tuesday night by large au-
dience assembled to listen to the annual
prize declarations OF the senior class. The
speaking was all of high order of excel
lence and gave evidence of the training re-
ceived by the pupils in this department of
the school. Principal Bishop presided, and,
after prayer by Rev A. j. Hough and
piano solo by Miss l.. e. Carpenter, intro
duced Miss Eva M. Burleigh as the first
speaker. Miss Burleigh spoke " Crossing
the Rebel Lines" and her finished render
ing of this selection won her hearty APP
plause. Eugene Aram's Dream I" was
next given by r. d. Blanpied. who did full
justice to the intensely dramatic character
of the piece. Miss Myrtle E. Huntley re-
cited that pathetic selection, Jamie" in
most appreciative manner, and w. NJ.
Newton acclaimed 90 Thrilling Sketch "
in an earnest and powerful style. 1.-THE
Legend of st. Christopher was recited by
Miss Alice Il. Wheeler with charming sim
plicity. The programme was diversified at
this point by vocal solo, Miss Northey rem
dering Elsies Dream" from Lohengrin,
in manner that brought hearty encore.
" The Legend of Sleepy Hollow " was mar
rated by l.. Mason Beeman, who gave a
vivid portrayal of the startling scenes de-
pcted in that humorous sketch. " The
Pilots Story" by Miss Jennie A. Gordon,
and Tammy's Prize" by Miss Ermina ID.
Culver, were finely rendered, Miss Culver
in particular giving an excellent reproduce
ton of the peculiarties of the Scotch dia-
lect. Burton f. Bailey, who was to have
taken the next number on the programme,
" Damon and Pythias," was excused on
account of sickness. Frank L. Durham
closed the evenings entertainment with a
capital impersonation of that burlesque bar
rister, " Sergeant Buzfuz." The judges
Professor ID. Dorchester, Jr., Professor ID.
i. Maulsby, f. S. Baldwin, Rev. A. j.
Hough and Mrs A. b. Matthewson-met at
the close of the speaking, and after long
session finally decided to award the prizes
as follows: Ladies--frst, Miss K. NJ Bur-
leigh, second, Miss A. r. Wheeler. Gentle
men-frst, l.. NJ. Beeman; second, r. ID.
Blanpied. Mr.. Newton's fine effort was
also duly rewarded, as he was presented
later by one of his admirers with a five
dollar book.
CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
Wednesday forenoon at ten o'clock the
class day exercises were held on the
campus. The various parts on the pro-
gramme were taken as follows: Glass
history, Miss Lottie c. Mcclellan; poem,
Walter j. Bigelowi grafton, Fred B.
Kellogg; recitation The Road to Heaven"
Miss Fanny f. Waldo; prophecies, Miss
Alice B. Chase; presentation of class key,
Fred B. Kellogg. The parts were in the
usual line of class day productions, but
many original hits were made, and each
speaker did his part toward placing the
of preceding classes. The Grafton of
Mr.. Fred B. Kellogg was entitled "a Stu
dents Thought on a Great Subject" and
was mastery discussion of a recent article
in the Nineteenth Century by Robert G..
Ingersoll. The speaker pointed out the
shallowness and falsity of the so-called ar
guments advanced by Mr.. Ingersoll, and
showed that he failed utterly in his at
tempts to disprove the vital principles of
Christianity
ALUMNI MEETINGS AND DINNER.
At the meeting of the Alumni Library
Association Revs. T. p Frost and H. A.
Spencer resigned as members of the asso-
citation and Messrs. Frank g. Rowland and
Thomas Marvin were chosen to fill the va
cancies. 1t was reported that about $500
had been expended for new books. The
business meeting of the alumni was held in
the Pavilion parlors Wednesday afternoon.
The usual routine business was trans
acted and Rev. l.. l.. Beeman of Barre
and Olin Merrill of Enosburgh Falls were
elected trustees. The annual dinner, which
followed, was pronounced to be the most
enjoyable banquet in the history of the
association. After the substantial portion
oil the which, by the way, was
ample in quantity, superb in quality and
served in faultless style-had disappeared
from view, the post-prandial orgies were
lnaugurated by the master of ceremonies,
Rev. A. j. Hough who introduced each
speaker with neat couplet. The toasts
were served up according to the following
schedules 1.-The Seminary students at
college-may they leave those halls with
honor" Professor ID. Dorchester, Jr., of
Boston University; THE Seminary boys
in the pulpit--may their themes and coats
never be threadbare," Rev. l.. o. Sherburne
of st. Adams; The Seminary student as
disciple of Escuapius-ma he practice
his profession on somebody else" DIR. II.
L.. Gale of Barre The Seminary student
dignity and leave it with honor" Professor
W. F. Rocheleau of Dakota; 1.-THE Sem
mary student in the business world-may
he heap up riches and leave them to the
Seminary" E. II. Carter of Dakota; The
students-may they throng to the Hill like
bees to hive" w j. Bigelow of Stowe;
" The girl graduate" Rev. George E. Smith
of Enosburgh; The faculty. Professor
+. G. Morey; 1.-The Seminary of the future,
Professor e. A. Bishop. The attendance
was very large, about sixty being present.
Letters were read from Revs. j. G.. Switzer
of Bradford, 7. p Frost of Brooklyn, n. Y,
A o. Spoor of Peru n. Y, and Mr.. w. S.
Brigham of New Haven, Conn.
ADDRESS BEFORE THE ALUMNI.
Wednesday evening an address was de-
livered in Seminary chapel by Professor
Daniel Dorchester Jr, of Boston. Pro-
lessor Dorchester fills the chair of English
Literature and Political Economy at Boston
University. He is a man of wide culture
and scholarly attainments, strong and in
dependent thinker and an eloquent and i'm
pressve speaker. His address was a fin
ished and scholarly production, dealing
with topics OF especial interest to students
and educators. Professor w. F. Rocheleau
presided, and, after prayer by Rev. l.. o.
Sherburne of st. Adams introduced the
speaker. Professor Dorchester began by
relating an anecdote of two Alpine travel
ers, who were asked upon their return TO
describe what they had seen. One replied,
mechanically, that he had seen trees, noun
tains, crags, grass, sky and clouds; the
other said the same, but with face trans
figured and eye aflame." Similarly people
go through the realms of knowledge-some
mechanically and indifferently, others with
keen appreciation of the revelations around
them. Certain personal conditions are
necessary to knowledge. A liberal educa-
ton seeks to establish strong central
power in the mind of man which shall di-