St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-06-19
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service which are not acknowledged,
but would be missed if the world did
not have them; | am to be the light
of the home, and refuse the homage
of all who are not true; l am to be
the companion and follower of the
Master, and lead those who follow
me with me as follow Him."
Never can such meaning and power
be given to your confession, 81 am a
man." or II am a woman" as on
| this day when you stand between
your memories and your hopes.
From the life of Christ every human
life may draw its meaning and inspira-
ton. He poured Himself into every
thing He touched. Be like Him, by
finding yourself in losing self Be
self respectful in forgetting yourself;
exalt self by denying self. Let every
personal love place itself in the
brightness of His great love; let the
long thoughts of youth take their
direction from the great Thinker,
and the quality of your resolve take
its tone from Him who makes the
preface of teaching and command
ment to each true student that is His
disciple, Il say unto you"
At the conclusion of the service
there was an organ praise concert by
c. w. Davis of Burlington and John
d. Hazen. Mr.. Davis played Bach's S
"Pastorale in F." Kinks "Postlude, >"
Scottson Clark "Chorus of angels )"
In closing, Mr.. Hazen and Mr.. Davis
gave duet, ,VOlckmar' "Fantasie in
d minor"
Prize Speaking.
The first annual prize defamation
of ST. Johnsbury Academy was held at
Music hall Tuesday evening before a
large and attentive audience The
speakers were chosen by competitive
reading from the Middle and Junior
classes. At the hour named the
doors were locked and the first selec-
ton was saved the ANNOYANCE of
late comers. Mr.. Chapman request
ed that no speaker be applauded lest
the Judges be influenced in their deci-
sion. The parts were all rendered in
a pleasant way and the young
gentlemen and ladies showed care
full and thorough preparation for
their work. The board of dicision,
consisting of Rev. c. M Lamson,
Wendell p. Stafford and F. A
Fernald, principal of the Waterbury
high school, awarded prizes as fol-
lows: Ladies; first prize of $40 to
Miss Addie M. Ide of st Johnsbury;
second prize of So to Miss Edith A
Marsh of Holland Gentlemen;
first prize OF $40 to Roland E.
Stevens of Norwich; second prize of
So to Horace E. Toothaker of
Campello, Mass. Miss Carrie A.
Drew of st. Johnsbury received
honorable mention. While the board
of decision was out, ]. M. Chapman,
teacher of elocution, gave two
humorous selections in his inimitable
way. Below is the program in full:
How the old horse won, Holmes
Charles w. Steele.
Pyramids not all Egyptian Barnes
Archer b. Hubert.
Mona's Waters, Anon
Grace l. Russell
Spinning-wheel Song, Waller
Carrie $. Drew.
The wreck of Rivermouth Whittier
Ethel $. Byington
The fireman's prayer, Conwell
Horace E. Toothaker
The painter of Seville Susan Wilson
Edith A. Marsh
King Robert of Sicily, Longfelow
Roland E. Stevens.
The angels of Buena Vista Whittier
Adelaide NJ. Ide.
The black horse and his rider, Sheppard
Clinton II. Ward.
Commencement Notes.
The concert Thursday night by the
Weber quartet and Miss Chandler,
violinist, promises to be a very choice
one and there has been a good sale of
tickets.
commencement exercises will be
held in Music hall tomorrow morn
ing at $50 O'Clock. The class day
exercises occur on Friday afternoon
at 4 o'clock in the Academy yard.
The public examinations were held
on Wednesday and Thursday.
OF the gradua ting class Balch,
Blakely, Closson, Gibbon, Grover,
Hoskins, Jones, Knowlton, Merrill
and Powers are talking of going to
Dartmouth; Sprague to Harvard;
Kebabian to Yale; Oakes to Column
bia; Hastings to the University of
Minnesota at Minneapolis. Misses
Braley, Fairbanks, Hulburt and Put
ney will probably go to Smith college
and Miss Morse to Mt. Holyoke.
LOAN ASSOCIATION.
A local branch of the National Mu-
tual Loan and Building association
of New York will be organized here
on Thursday evening in the Knights
of Pythias hall This is the sixth
branch of the associatio in this
state The institution is the same
as the cooperative banks, SO COM
mon in Massachusetts Sborac Of