The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-24

gins, 76; John L. DisbroW, IS; c. S. A.
Davis, Leonard Winship, "a; Elizur
Thompson, So; Francis Gladdng, II;
James A. Winchell, Sc; Wooster A. En-
sign, "A; jeremiah Bennett, rs; Her
schel V. Ransom, rs; Charles S. Bun
nell 50; Horace L. E. Pratt, "A; Walter
S. Lewis, Ga.
At the close of the business meeting
the members proceeded to Sparks
Champion & Co.'S cafe, where the an
nual banquet was served at 6 o'clock.
After the tables had been in great
part cleared of their viands the remain
der of the evening was given over to
"reminiscences in song, in poem and
story of the old Lancasterian school
days and Schoolmaster Lowell. Many
were the anecdotes told of school boy
escapades terminating in punishment
on the yellow pony" at the hands of
Schoolmaster Lowell.
Ex-Governor Henry B. Harrison was
POSTMASTER and introduced the speak
erS.
Those who responded to toasts were:
E. E. Bradley, e. Bowditch, Benjamin
Jepson, C. w. Blakeslee, c. S. More
house, e. G. Beecher, s. e. Barney,
Robert Veitch, c. c. E. Hartung, Fred
erick l.. Cooper.
General e. E. Bradley spoke of the
pleasant associations formed in the old
Lancasterian school and gave reminis-
cences of their old schoolmaster, Mr..
Lowell.
Governor Harrison introduced Benja-
=, T,,l arna+ op ba
association and a connection of old
John Brown in the Kansas struggle.
Mr.. Jepson in replying modestly re-
| marked that he was astonished to be
elevated to such a pedestal of fame,
as he had never aspired to be an orator.
He then related how he went to Kansas
| in 1857 with the old Beecher rifle COM
pany, which was formed in this city
and armed with a rifle on which was
engraved Freedom; Free States; Free
| Speech; Fremont" and all the other
| freedoms.
| Mr.. Jepson related the account of the
| Indian encounter in which he took a
hand and in which the Indians killed
| nobody, but ate up all the party's ra-
| lions.
| He recalled also an incident Of school
days where having played truant one
day to see Van Hamburg's menagerie
he ANONYMOUSLY failed in geography
the next day and was called to visit the
| yellow pony"
| Mr.. c. w. Blakeslee was a member
of the Orange street school Of = II. Low
ell, but not of the Lancasterian school,
He read letter written by Mr.. Lowell
a few years before his death in which
! he spoke of the work of some of his
pupils and their work in after life.
| Mr.. Blakeslee said that in his later
years Mr.. Lowell seldom resorted to
corporal punishment, and when he did
his eyes were filled with tears.
| The company Joined in singing the
Lancasterian song, the first verse of
which is as follows:
In the days that have melted away,
| When we gather'd in classes at school,
| We were full of the frolic of play,
! While we 1onged to escape each stern
| rule.
| CHORUS.
| Oh! those days that have melted away,
| They are gone in the trail of the past,
| They have vanished, they never would
|
stay,
| But once more we are holding them
| fast.
Mr.. E. C. Beecher, when called upon
| to speak adroitly extracted a slat shaker
from the pocket of his next neighbor,
Mr.. Merriman, asserting that Mr.. Mer-
riman the poet of the association, was
taking 1t away for a souvenir.
The rest of the gray haired school
boys laughed heartily at the ruse, while
Poet Merriman blushed and laughed
with the rest.
Mr. Beecher spoke of the pleasure of
meeting the members of the old school
and hoped the association would be
continued as long as they We're on
earth.
Mr.. s. Bassett said there was no rea-
son why the members of the association
could not keep young If they kept their
hearts young, and these meetings help
ed to accomplish that result.
Mr. Hartung said that his life had
been spent as commercial missionary,
and that he was not much accustomed
to making speeches, thought he might
swap lies" in some other occasion.
Messrs. Morehouse, Barney Veitch
and Cooper also spoke briefly but feel
ingly Of the old school days
Nothing seemed to so reach and
touch the hearts of those present and
recall past school days as the annual
poem by Mr.. C. G. Merriman. These
poems of Mr.. Merriman have come to
be one of the most interesting features
of these annual gatherings.
The meeting dispersed while singing
the closing song and a general and
hearty hand shake.
Those present were: William w
White, R. M. Everit, A. E. Lines, Frank
M Chapman, Edward E. Bradley, N.
G.. Osborn, Samuel Daskam, Samuel
H. Kirby, A. A. Beach, C. o. E. Har-
tung, G. N. Hyde, George R. Osborn
D. M. Atwater, Charles Holman, E. L.
Fairchild, T. B. B. Perkins, c.. S. More
house, c. S. White, Theodore A. Pot
ter, c. G. Merriman, William J. Pratt
Ezra B. Dibble, Frank A. Bowman
Fred V. Bowman, Edward F. Cooper
Charles B. Wooster, Nathan S. Bron-
son, Henry A. Warner, Amos Bostwick
Frederick L. Bostwick, Fred K. G.
Cooper, E. B. Bowditch, Fl. B. Harri-
son, Harry w. Blakeslee. Robert Veitch
Henry H. Wellman, Samuel E. Barney