The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-19
.OLD SCHOOL AT CHESHIRE
ITS ONE HUNDRED
 AND NINTH ANNIVERSARY.

Exercises Were Held Yesterday in Town HaIi-Those Who ParticIpated-En- thusiastic Gathering-BishOp Brew- stsr Was PresenE-The Schools New Head Master.
 The 10sth anniversary of the old school at Cheshire was held yesterday and the attendance and spirit of the boys. old and new. made up for the lack of sunshine. Professor Woodbury was closing up his forty years connec-' ton with the school, and MT. Mulford was coming in as the new headmaster. After prayer the reople filled up the town hall and the exercises were as fol- lows:
 Latin .Salutatory-
 Woleott P. Chapman, Bridgeport, Conn. 0ration-
 The Preservation of American Forests.
 Cornelius NJ. Stilphen, Boston, Mass. Oration-Electricity.
 Walter J. Murray, Ansonia, Conn. OratiOn-The Coal Strike.
 Richard Field Hunt, Newtonviile, Mass. Advantages of Island Possessions to the
 United States.
 c. North Woodford. Avon, Conn. Standardization
 Otto Wagner, Fordham, N. '. Grafton
 The Indian and His Relation to Nature. Marshall Hubbard Peck, Cheshire, Conn. Oration-Benedict Arnold,
 Hubert Hill. Raleigh, N. c. Valedictory- :.
 Paul Raymond Smith, Kent, Conn.
 The young men named are the nine graduates this year and sturdy, well fed, well taugh company of fellows they are. Eight of them go to college. The prizes were then distributed and the diplomas. Before the exercises were ended Professor Woodbury was surpris- ed by the old boys represented by A. B. Cook and Rev. John Williams of New York city with the presentation of a beautiful loving cup. The two school societies presented him also with a clock and brushes. The words of re- spect and love spoken were more even than the gifts.
 The drill was given at noon and the trustees meeting and alumni associa- tion met afterwards. The trustees are perfecting plans which, 1t is believed, will greatly strengthen and equip the school Hardly any institution can claim body of graduates so devoted as the Cheshire school. There is a great future on the Cheshire hills for the school which Bishop Seabury founded, which has given Dr. Jarvis. Bishop Member. and scores of faithful minis ters to the church. Secretary Gideon Welles. Admiral Foote, Commodore Hitchcock, General Joseph Wheeler to the state, J. Pierpont Morgan to the business world, J. Ordway Partridge to art, etc., etc.
 The dining room was crowded at din- ner, after which brief speeches were made by Bishop Brewster, MT. Mulford, Professors Woodbury and Leuther, Rev. Messrs. Morgan and Lines, Hon. c. La Rue Monson. An unusual company of people came together, and had the day been fair it would have been record anniversary in attendance. All are de- lighted with the new headmaster. Ro- land J. Mulsord. He will hold all the old boys in the school, and many more are entered. He has earned his col legiate degrees at Harvard and Johns Hopkins and he brings experience from Scarborough and Pofnfret and Baiti- more.
 Some of the New Haven men present yesterday not already named were B. R. English, E. E. Bradley, Rev. Mir. Beardsley and Rev. MT. Mariett, There were also present Rev. c. c. Camp, Pro- lessor Leuther of Trinity. Rev. pr. Hart. George M. Curtis of Meriden, C.. H. Tibbitts of Wallingford, Rev. MT. Raftery Of Portland. JosephW. Harri- man. and Edward Dodge of New York city, Rev. John Townsend of Middle town, Dr. George P. F. Williams of Hartford, Rev. George H. Smith of Kent, Rev. MT. Chapman of Northfield, Rev. MT. Tarrant of Pine Meadow, and many old boys and parents and friends of boys, old and new.
 
 THE LATE JOSEPH T. WHITTLE-
 SEY.