The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-18
THE CHESHIRE ACADEMY
1O3RD NNIVERSARY- OLD
 SCHOLARS BACK.

Presented-old Boys Renewing Their Youth. The 103d anniversary of the Cheshire academy was observed yesterday with much spirit. The morning train from New York brought a special car given up to old Cheshire graduates, which was attached to the special train from New Haven. Among the New Haven people were Rev. Messrs. McCrea, Sex ton, Lines, Messrs. B, R, English, Ewen Mcintyre, General Bradley, John Brad ley, c. S. Morehouse,J. J. Osborn, James H. Lee, R. c. Broght and many others.
 The annual reception was held We'd nesday evening and was enjoyed by a large company. The good results of the training in dancing by the Misses Coburn were plainly seen.
 The exercises yesterday were held in the town hall which was completely filled by friends and townspeople. Dec lamations were given by Alexander Rainert of Rockfan, Conn.,; N. H, Rose year of Jersey City, Rafael Torruella of Porto Rico, and Edgar Manson of Williamsport, Penn. The Valedictory | address was given by Frank s. More house of South Keat, who also took thS prizes in the classics.
 l The alumni address was given by Dr. H. Holbrook Curtis of New York city, | Yale TT.
 l Prizes were awarded to w. Delgado of New York city in actual business, | to J. Silverman of Williamsport for good conduct, to H. B. Kellogg of Brookfleld for penmanship, to c. B. In | graham of Bristol in mathematics, to A. Jessup of Westtield, Mass, for Eng fish essay, and to G. s. Munson of Will Transport in English. Of the boys now leaving the school Warehouse and Jes- sup expect to enter Trinity Silverman to enter Yale, and H. P. Schuyler of New York city to enter Cornell.
 The great dining room was filled at the dinner. Short speeches were made by MT. B. Stark of New London and Gen. Bradley, for the trustees; by Dr. Simpson, MT. H. B. Turner, Rev. j., Williams and H. A. Ely of New York, Rev. MT. Stoddard of Middletown, a ! of Cheshire.
 The portrait of the late Rev. Dr. Horton, presented to the school by Mrs. Horton, was received in fitting words by Prof. A. N. Phillips.
 The boys of no other school in this country dine with the faces of a nobler company of worthies looking down up- on them-principals like Dr. Bowden, l lAo p1O l. s,l, oe Connecticut in 1796, Dr. Beardsley and Dr. Horton-famous scholars like Secre- tary Gideon Welles, Admiral Foote and MT. Slater, great master of the cotton industry.
 The testimony given yesterday by "the old boys" to what Prof. Woodbury had done for them in the school would turn the head of a man less wise The gift of $500 by MT, Frank w, Darling of Hampton, Va., of the class of 1884 was announced It wiN be used toward the equipment of the laboratory for in struction in elementary science, a de partment which is to be greatly de veloped at once.
 It is long since an anniversary has brought so many old scholars back ant has brought out so much enthusiasm and devotion to the old school
 The New York men were so pleased that they ordered special train tC New Haven for the late afternoon tha they might prolong their visit Hay ing renewed their youth at baseball il they morning, they ended the day b, looking up their old officers, drum mers, etc, obtaining the use of tn muskets and having a military drill While something was wanting in re spect to uniformity of dress, tn marching, manual of arms, etc, lief nothing to be desired A dispensatio concerning the bearing of arms wa given to the clergy and lawyers, doc tors and business men, who made u1 the distinguished and we'll discipline military company. It was a great da
 for Cheshire and a good day for tn Cheshire academy.
 ' Other prominent men present the those named were Dr. Gurdon W
 Russell of Hartford, Rev. John Town
 send of Middletown, Rev. MT Rafter
 of Portland, Rev. Jno. w. Bacon c
 Deubury, Rev H. M Smith of Pin Meadow, MT. Traut of New Britain
 MT. Rosevear of of the firm of Nc
 Creery & Co.,, New York, who has sen
 five boys to the school One of tn 7 most prominent men present yesterda was the distinguished New York law |, yer, MT. Herbert B. Turner, nativ Q of Cheshire, an old boy in the schoo
 a grandson of the first principal, Re,
 Dr. Bowden.