St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-22
VOL. LXI--- NO. 3143

number of speakers. AT the second
days session the following officers were
appointed Tor the ensuing year: Presi-
dent Lyman Rogers Of Bennington; vice
president. William d. Huntington OF
Rochester; secretary, D. c. Hawley Of
Burlington; treasurer, D. G. Kemp of
Montpelier; auditor, +. S. Albee Of Bel
lows Falls; executive committee, Lyman
Rogers OF Bennington, D. c. Hawley Of
Burlington, ]. N. .Jenne OF St. Albans.
DR.. Edward H. Ross Of St. .Johnsbury
was chosen one OF the delegates to the
Maine Medical society and DR.. ]. M.
Allen of st. Johnsbury to the New Hamp-
shire society. 1t was voted to hold the
next meeting at Brattleboro. The two
days session was occupied in papers and
discussions.
Grand Lodge Of Good TempIars.
The 35th annual session OF the Grand
Lodge of Good Templars was held at
Randolph, Oct. 12-14. The Grand Lodge
degree was conferred on 63 candidates in
the first session and on 33 others later.
The reports of the officers were gwen
Wednesday afternoon and showed that
the present membership was 1921 in ~
lodges, loss of S62 members and IL
lodges during the year, but large part
of tn. loss was in lodges that were
finally dropped from the roll after having
been practically dead for some time.
There are 13 Juvenile temples with a
membership OF 500 The receipts includ-
ing balance on hand last year were
$2023 81, the expendi' ures $122S.43,
lea wing n balance OF S7g5 OS
Thursday forenoon the election of
officers took place and in the afternoon
they were installed as follows: G. {. T.,
Chauncey H. Hayden of Underhil G.
Co., A. L. Aldrich OF West Burke; G. V.
T., Miss Etheynd Could of Randolph;
G. 5. ]. T., Mrs, o. S. Wiley of Barre; G.
S., c. D. Edgerton OF Mortified; G. T.,
X. A. Hatch OF Straford; G. A., Vim. Fl.
Matthews of MiddIebury; P 6. c. T.,
G. A. Wattles of Bennington; G. Chap,
Rev. E. w. Sturtevant OF East Braintree;
G. NJ, E. L. Kelley oil West Salisbury;
G. G., Mrs. H. A. Russell of Gallup Mills;
G. Sent. Luke Potter of Waterville: G.
A. S., Mrs. c. d. Edgerton of Mortified;
G. d. NJ, Miss Mary Moore of st.
Albans; 6. Mess, E. E. St. John of Hub
bardton. A special session of'the Inter-
national Supreme Lodge was held and
the degree conferred on Is candidates.
The next meeting is to be held at St.
Adams on the second Wednesday Of
| October
| State Teachers Association.
Over 200 teachers were present at the
opening session of the State Teachers
Association held at Woodstock last week.
This was the largest meeting ever held.
Prin. c. H. Merrill OF Bakersfield pre-
sided at the meeting Thursday afternoon
in the Congregational church. An ad-
dress of welcome was delivered by Rev.
P. Mcmillan and happily responded to
by State Superintendent Mason S. Stone.
The only address of the afternoon session
was delivered by Prin. Edward Elery of
Saxton's River on "A Royal Road to
Learning" 1t was followed by dis
cussion, in which halt dozen speakers
participated, led by Prin. Jones OF St.
Johnsbury. Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer,
ex. president of Wellesley. gave an address
on "The New Education; what should it
do Tor Our Children" which was received
with much interest. Hon. w. T. Harris,
U. S. Commissioner of Education, in
The Rural School Problem" held the
closest attention OF every one present.
Supt. Kelly of Hudson, Mass, formerly
OF St. Johnsbury, and Prin. Comstock Of
the Academy made addresses full oil use
ful and practical suggestions. At the
banquet Thursday evening, held after the
excellent address by Prin. Crawford of
Bellows Falls, of the Vermont School
masters Club, Prin Ranger, formerly of
Lyndon Institute, now located at the
Johnson Normal School, acted as Master
OF Ceremonies. The meeting closed Sat-
urday noon. The election of officers
resulted as follows President, E. H.
Whtehill, Woodstock; secretary, S. H.
Erskine, Rutland; treasurer, N. J. White
hill, Montpelier; executive ecommittee-F. F.
A. Bagnal, St. Albans. c. c. Davis,
White River Junction, d. Y, Comstock,
st. Johnsbury; legislative committee-O.
D. Matthewson, Barre, H. o Wheeler,
Burlington, w. E. Ranger, Johnson. An
eloquent address was read by Drew p.
Becvwith of Salem. Mass, on "The