Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-25

count of the laws of health taught therein. I
These people were also noted for their In
tellectual attainments, and we of later gem |
erations are indebted to them for much |
knowledge. Was this mere coincidence, |
or would they have achieved such great
things regardless Of their physical educa- |
tioni
An amusing enecdots Is told of the lats
DR.. Lyman Beeoher which shows the value
which be placed upon exercise. He had an
iron constitution, inherited from his
blacksmith father, which he maintained
by saving wood, working in his garden,
Sundays and rainy days to keep the body
and brain In good working order. A good
deacon of his church was once terribly
shocked at seeing the doctor, with his
coat of, shoyeling heap of sand from
one side Of the cellar to the other, Sunday
noon between the services. To his remon-
strances the doctor replied, "God knows I
must have the exercise, and my people
would be shocked If were to do some
thing useful, like saving wood, SO I pitch
this sand across the cellar every Sunday
once or twice."
Some will say, eyes, all this Is so, but
| have there not been great men In past
| times who have been weak physicallyP To
| these I answer, Yes, this has been the ex-
| eeption, not the rule; but until we see
| great intellectual power combined with
fine physique We shall not see "the perfect
man that God ordained"
80, Welcome, Lovely Spring" was the
ton, by the young ladies' chorus. They
were followed by Mr.Deming with another
history, in which he said:
+ So, Best, will begin with you. Lol as
speak the name there comes to me, as If
1t were dream-a vision-and in the Wis
ion behold Walker. At her side thou
are also walking, Harry, and perceive
that, by your pace, ye both are equally
matched. But have heard that she shall
soon be Best. So do watch for but a
sign whereby I may discern the truth.
Soon ye are passing near church; then
comes there to my ears the merry "tinkle, "
"tinkle," of those "wedding BELLS" She
shall be Best. Now am doubly assured.
Next in order will bring forward the
name of Mr.. Charles W. Danforth and to
convey a most perfect picture of the fell
low, will quote one of the teachers. A
girl in the room had been staring upon
him with admiration for some little time
and when the teacher noticed that, said
she: "Miss K, why don't you look at
something worth looking ata"
To be present in Room 10 of the Hill
house high school for but a week a most
perfect idea could be obtained of the line
along which the thoughts of George Gill
lette are constantly employed. Fol-
instance I will relate little in.
cident which occurred in class of Eng.
lish literature. The latter were deeply
involved upon several questions of author.
ship-such as "Did Shakespeare really
write Shakespeare" etc., when Gillette
who had been occupying a rear seat, with
a far-away stare in his eyes, raised his
hand to ask a question. This 1t was: "Ii
there any place in the Bible where it sayi
q man can't have more than one wifes"
In q similarly humorous vein the names
OF " William Alfred Coote, W. Howarth
Harry Il. Hsrtung, Robert Oscar Beebe
Thomas W. Rodman, John W. Lanigan
johnson, to whom poem wSs dedicated
Milander and Robert Bright were giver
, close attention.
Miss Elizabeth A. Campbell then reat
another history, of which the following il
a brief extract:
\ Eleanor Mary Kane was famous and pop
} | ulsr and addicted to athletics; goot
boxer; May Josephine o'Meara was luck.
r and a good cook; kaud Reilly, although
she received much attention from the press
| is still level-headed; Edith Scranton is no
| a lion, but she knows Lyon; Mabel Pot
q ter, although a model of childish simple
q ity, has a great amount of personal mag
a netism which particularly attracts Clsr
8 Brockett, who is Texan, and Miss Brock
Il EFT is particularly interested in Montgom
10 cry, not Of Alabama.
f Marie Louise Kennedy has survive
!, / all the ordeals of school life bravely, an
b still retains her EN- bon pois; Emily Clar
It is the George Elliott of the class; Miss RI
J, ] gowsh is enthusiastic and "Gibbs" nott
!! ing away; Mary Fem is a very s'Frank
l. | young lady. ---~ "a
Miss Clara L. Jepson was the class pr
etess. She read her excellent oompositio
in a very charming manner