Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-04-29
sABR1NA AT THE FEAST.

The sophomore class Of Amherst COL
t.g. Makes Merry ut the Brooks House
while the .,Fostcring Divinity" Looks
Calmly On.
Fifty-fve of the 70members OF the Am
hcrst college class of N4, with TWO repre-
sentatives each from Dartmouth ana WI
r.ms gathered round the festive board at
the Brooks House last Friday evening lor
The annual class banquet. A college class
banouet is always merry affair, but this
lad a Measure. like the virtue of the patent
medicine. that was peculiar to itself, for
Sabriua was there and occupied the seat OF
honor at the head of the table. This, per
hans. TO the initiated means nothing, but
to ibe students it meant great deal Sa-
brina is a lovely bronze maiden OF remark
able history who turns the beam at 300
pounds avoirdupOis.
More than % years ago one of the bene-
factors of the college gave Sl2OO Tor the cree
ton of a statue on the campus. The re-
sult was that Sabrina came into being ana,
mounted on a pedestal, surrounded by
he'd of flowers, she was an ornament to the
grounds OF the institution. As one OF the
COLLEGE publications says: ''For several
wears the fair maiden enjoyed a happy and
peacefu existence in the midst of her
beautiful flower bed and no one gave her
thought. The summers came and went,
but il was all the same t. Sabrina. At
length the fun-loving spirit of the students
found vent in making Sabrina an object OF
their attentions. One cold morning, as
the chapel bell summoned them to prayers,
it was observed that she was protected
with a shawl about her shapely shoulders.
Il 81, 4 Ia lnf uV.fnf tod
a pair of striped stockings, and many times
thereafter she was arrayed as Solomon
never was She repeatedly changed col
or from white to black and black to white.
At last the college authorities took hand
in the proceedings and Sabrina was ban
ished from the gaze of the world. In 1888
she was discovered by the class of 80 and
was to have been taken to a class supper,
but on that very night she was kidnapped
by 81. After officiating at the sophomore
supper of 81 she was consigned to the
tender mercies of '93. The other classes
in college sought in vain to get possession
of Sabrna until last summer. When the
banquet of '93 was held at the fremont
House in Boston, Sabrina of course was
! there. respondent in new dress of bronze.
! After the banquet she was taken in charge
| by committee OF the class and shipped by
express to Springfield to be placed in the
safety deposit vaults. The men in charge
of her waited over until the next train.
| The "a men were on the alert, and one of
| them forged a receipt at Springfield, OBJ
| tanned the long-sought prize, and Sabrina
was spirited away. Her first appearance
| since that time was at the Brooks House.
| How she came there and whittier she wend
| ed her way after the merry-making was
] v1o Is no
/ tory OF Sabrina. and the public can imag-
! inc the enthusiasm with which she was re-
| ceived Friday night.
The students reached Brattleboro about
! 1915 on a special train. At the bank
/ corner they made their presence known
/ by their class and college yells. Then they
| proceeded to the hotel, where they sat
/ down to the banquet at II 80. An elabo-
rate menu had been prepared. and the
/ boys are loud i'll their praise of the quality
OF the repast and the excellence of the
service. After the banquet the president
of the class, Harlan Fiske Stone acted as
POSTMASTER and the speech-making began.
The exercises were interspersed with music
10y the class quartet and banjo club. One
OF the toasts which was responded to was
THE girl they left behind them" which,
of course, referred to Sabrina. Alfred
| Ernest Stearns of the Amherst and Brat
tlebOro ball teams was to have spoken on
"Athletics,' but owing to the games which
had been arranged the four ball players of
the class, who belong To the varsity nine
were unable to he present 1t was after
/ o o'clock on Saturday morning when the fes-
/ Invites ended. During the night Photog-
rapher Wyatt took lash-light picture Of
/ Sabrina, which will undoubtedly prove an
interesting college souvenir.
1t should be said that the sophomores
/ outgeneraled the other students in getting
away from Amherst to come to the ban
/ quot. Ii the freshmen and juniors had
/ known what was to take place desperate
efforts would have been made TO prevent
The departure of the sophomores or to
break up the banquet. But the sophie
mores were true to their class and packed
their grips in secret and quietly stole away
! and as quietly returned, and the rest of
/ the college knew nothing of the happy
event until the sophomores had returned
and were in their seats at the chapelt