St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-06-26

Mass, formerly principal of the
Academy here.
The presentation of diplomas was
made by Mr.. Putney.
Graduating Concert.
The concert last Thursday evening
was given by the Weber quartet OF
Boston, assisted by Miss Lillian
Chandler, violinist. The audience,
though not large was appreciative
and welcomed each number given by
the quartet with applause. The bari
tone solo by Mr.. Ripley, Wellings'
'Once more we meet" and the tenor
solo by Mr.. Holden, Brackets PRO
posal, were deservedly encored, as
was also Mr.. Titus after singing
Loder's Oliver" Miss Chandler
gave three selections with encores in
pleasing manner. The Lullaby"
by BrahTn was especially sweet and
delicate. The concert closed with a
quintet Old folks at home, :"
arranged expressly for the quartet
and sung by them and Miss Emma
Wheeler
Glass Day Exercises.
The class day exercises were held
on the Academy grounds at 4 o'clock
Friday afternoon. Frank A. Balch,
class president, presided.
The class Grafton was given by
Harry H. Powers of Summerville and
abounded i'll pleasant recollections
and good advice.
The class essay was by Ida V.
Fisher of Waitsfeld who gave an in
teresting history of the class during
the last four years.
Edwin o. Grover of St. Johnsbury
Centre gave the class poem. This
was full of pleasant illusions to for
mer days and was much enjoyed by
ALL
The class prophecies by Frances
Hulburt of Richardson, Wis, con-
tanned the usual number of hits and
elected frequent applause from mem
bers of the class as the various pen
pictures were recognized.
Theclass then gathered around the
platform and sang the class ode,
written by Rebecca Bullard of st.
Johnsbury.
Glass Reunion.
The class of 'S7 held a reunion and
banquet at the Avenue house Friday
evening after the alumni meeting at
the Academy. A sumptuous banquet
w. O. Smith introduced Dan c.
Richardson of Waterbury, vice presi-
dent of the class, who presided in the
absence of the president.
Miss May Ross of ST. Johnsbury
read a selection, after which Marshall
o. Edison of Jersey City, N. j., re-
sponded to the toast, Our Dart
mouth delegation"
Clarence H. Wiley of Barton
Landing then read an original poem.
This was followed by the reading Of
the class history by Frank Crawford
of Colebrook, N. H. Twenty-eight
members were present.
Alumni Meeting.
Tho ii Of 41,a oI,
association was held in Academy
hall Friday evening, and closed the
festivities of commencement week.
Several hundred alumni were present
many of the college stu
dents as well as former teachers of
the Academy. After pleasant social
hour the meeting was called to order
by President Stafford, and, with the
exception of the vice-president, the
old board of officers was reelected.
They are all from st. Johnsbury and
are as follows:
President, w. P. Stafford. Vice
president, Henry c. Ide. Secretary
treasurer, Arthur F. Stone Execu-
tive committee, Rev. Edward T.
Fairbanks, Miss Martha Russ, Will
liam H. Sergeant.
The secretary urged the importance
of having fund in the treasury, and
it was voted that each member
should pay 25 cents a year before
June 1 of each year. President Stat
ford reminded the association that
next year was the 5Oth anniversary
of the founding of the Academy, and
that this fund would give chance to
fttingly celebrate the occasion. 1t is
also hoped to be able to publish next
year the names and addresses of the
alumni as far as possible.
The graduating class have chosen
Miss Lizzie NJ Harris of Summer
vile, class-secretary, and Charles H.
Mattocks of Danville, historian 1t
was finally decided to give as
to the Academy fountain
which will stand directly in front of
the building and midway between
the two walks. 1t will be dedicated
at the first reunion of the class in
June, 1892, but will probably be set
in place next fall.
THE ROW ON THE CAMPUS.
Saturday, June z, was the date of
the base ball game on the Campus
between the Dartmouth and Acad- |
emy boys. A small admission fee
was charged. Robert Davie, with a