St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-06-27

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Puffer gave an eloquent Grafton and
urged all the class to make the class
motto the motto for their daily life
The class essay, by Marion H.
Lamson of this place, upon Motive
in craftsmanship" was a scholarly
and finished production. Without
attempting to lay down principles
or rules of action she cited four men
whose lives had been governed by
the motives of statesman-John
Bright, Gladstone, Prince Bismarck
and Washington.
The valedictory addresses were de-
livered by William L. Raub of New
| London, Conn. 1t was a fitting
close to these exercises. The address
es were delivered to the schoolmates,
trustees, teachers and class, the lat
ter standing during their address.
The class then marched upon the
stage and were briefly and most fit
tingly addressed by the principal, C.
E. Putney. In closing he said, "Be
true to yourselves, true to your
fellowmen, true to your God. Sc
curing this last the others are as
sured." The presentation of diplo-
mas was made by Mr.. Putney
Glass Day Exercises.
Class day exercises were held in
front of the Academy at 4.3O and
were largely attended. Joseph A.
Goodrich of East Hardwick, class
president, presided, and the first part
was the class oration by J. L. Mer-
rill of this place. The oration con-
tanned a pleasant reference to the
class memorial and abounded in in
spring thoughts In the class essay,
by Lillian L. Wells of Cabot, the es-
sayist referred to some of the events
of the past four years and touched
upon several episodes of school life.
The poem by Charles G. Braley of
this place was a history in rhyme of
the class of 80 as told him by the
Academy bell. In the class prOphe-
cies Ella D. Ross of this place intro
duced jokes and ''grinds" on the
classmates which were received with
much merriment. The exercises
closed by singing the class ode, writ
ten by Mary NJ. Currier of Went
worth, n H.
Meeting of the Alumni.
The annual meeting of the alumni
association was held in the South
church parlors in the evening and
was largely attended by resident and
visiting graduates of the school.
College students from Dartmouth,
Amherst, Harvard and Yale were in
attendance. Ray D. Finel of Mime
apo1is favored the audience with two
solos which were highly appreciated.
After pleasant social hour Presi
dent E. L. Hovey called the meeting
to order and the following officers
of st. Johnsbury: President, w. P.
Stafford; vice-president, P. F. Blod
gett; secretary-treasurer, Arthur F.
Stone; executive committee, Rev.
Edward T. Fairbanks, Matte E.
Ross, William H. Sargent. After the
election refreshments were served.
Glass Reunions.
The classes of 'S3 and 'S4 held a
Joint reunion at the Avenue house on
Friday evening. Including a few in
vited guests there were A in attend
ance After a fine banquet the class
histories were read. ]. NJ. Willard
of Derry, N. H., gave the class of 'S3
and the history of the class of 'S4
was read in its published form. 1t
was compiled by o. E. Ryther of
Fitchburg, Mass. The old class
mates passed a very merry evening
and voted to hold another joint re-
union in two years.
Thirty-eight covers were laid for
the first triennial reunion of the class
of sc at the St. .Johnsbury house the
same evening. After an elaborate
supper Toastmaster E. D. Raymond
of Amherst college introduced 6. w.
Kyburg who gave the presidents
address. These toasts were given:
$50" w. G. Stoughton; "St.
Johnsbury Academy" B. S. Gilman;
GA retrospect" Mrs. Bessie o. Abb
bott; "Our fund.-" E. D. Raymond.
The poem was given by Miss Mary
Elkins and the history by Miss Emile
A. Young. These officers were then
elected: President, ]. Otis Hale; vice
president, James H. Macomber; sec
retary and treasurer, Miss Edith
Hovey. The class voted to hold an
other reunion in three years.
Commencement Echoes.
The graduating class voted to hold
their reunion in three years. The
concert was such a financial success
the class tax was only 6cents apiece
A special meeting of the class of
80 was held on Friday evening and
committee chosen to draw up reso-
lutions upon the death of their class
mate, G. Kimball Sykes.
Prof. S. H. Bracket sails from New
York Saturday in the Hamburg
American line steamer Suevia for
Southampton Prof Bracket will