Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-09
TOWN SHEND D.
Graduation Day at Sen,inary-Trus-
tees Favor Building Gymnasium

Tba 6na weather of Wednesday held
oyer for graduation day, Thursday
and tho Baptist church was well nlieu
nj the appointed time for the exercises
To begin. After music by the trio' cor
net violin and piano, Rev. y. a. noy-
al offered the invocation, ana theh o.
ter music, Miss Alice Barnes gave tne
salutatory, in pleasing manner. Mo,e
music followed and then came the Wal
edictory by Fred d, osgood' .r LIZ
sneaker took the class motto "Esse
Guam Videri" as the general theme OF
his Grafton, translating 1t into the
terms of life as Reality rather tnah
Appearance. Character instead OF re
mutation. DR.. Osgood, MEMBER OF
the prudential committee made the an
nouncement of the prize AWARDS LOT
the year. The geometry prize. nve uoI.
lars, given by Blazing Star lodge. r.
& A. NJ, was won by Miss May Ly-
man of Wardsboro. No FUNDS having
been provided for the other two prizes
the award was more In the nature OF
an honorable mention. Miss May
Barnes of Westminster west receiV-
ing that distinction for freshman
Latin. and Miss Alice Dale OF Towns
bend for general high standing Tor
Junior year. The address Of the day
was delivered by Rev. George r.
Prentiss. pastor of the Davenport
congregational church of New Haven,
Conn. and was a clear. forceful pre-,
sentation of some of the Fundamental
principles of successful living. Or.
Henry d. Holton. president OF the
board of trustees. presented the III
plomas and the class of 1908 became
part of the alumni of the seminary.
The church was decorated IN good
taste. At the rear of the PLATFORM
bank of evergreens furnished the
background, and over the front of
the platform stretched an arch OF
evergreen bearing the class motto.
Plants and ferns completed the deco
rations. The alumni banquet at the
Townshend Inn was well patronlzed.
some being obliged to wait until the
second table. After the hunger OF
the physical man and woman had
been satisfied, Principal Perkins as
POSTMASTER turned on the flow OF
wit and reason. There are some rea-
sons why after dinner speaking
should come before rather than aIter
eating, especially when the dinner Is
built under the management OF a COM
petent landlord. The speakers. how
ever. managed to overcome this diff
Guilty and the following toasts were
responded to In an acceptable man.
ner: The Trustees of l.. q. 3. DE-
Holton: Our Native Land, Col. A. b..
Franklin: President Roosevelt. Rev.
e. A. Royal The People OF Towns
bend. DIR. F. l.. Osgood: The Class OF
1904, Oren Smith. After the oratory
had mostly escaped. the Alumni asso-
citation held its annual meeting ana
elected the following off1cers TOT tne
year ensuing: President. Chas. n.
willard vice president, Mrs. {. w.
Follette secretary and treasurer. MISS
Hortense SwitZer. Executive commit
tee. DR.. +. L. Osgood. Frank Gray. Miss
Alice Derry. The association voted to
provide funds for two prizes for the
next year. five dollars for general hign
standing in the classical and latin
scientific courses for the junior year,
and eight dollars for two prizes. a
first and second, open to the schoO
for original defamation. Sixteen OF
the seventeen trustees were present al
the annual meeting. Off1cers 1or the
year following were elected: President
DR.. II. ID. Holton: vice presidents u
n. Baker. +. H. Willard: secretary. Z.
O Stebbins: treasurer, F. H. Willard:
auditor. George II. Houghton: pru-
Dental committee. r. l.. Hastings r.
L. Osgood, ]. H. Ware: board Of In
yestment, F. H. Willard ex officio. n.
D. Hoiton j. II. Ware: collector. A. a.
Mason; gymnasium committee. .. n
Ware. A. A. Mason, c. II. wizard.
committee on endowment fund. J. G.
Toilette, F.. Fl. willard. b. B. Brigham.
The matter of gymnasium buiidlne
was discussed at considerable length.
and it was the opinion of the trustees
that energetic steps should be taken
at once to raise the necessary FUNDS
and eight hundred dollars is now IN
sight for this purpose. and II as much
more could be secured work could pc
begun Immediately. No expression OF
opinion was made as to tainted mon
ey', so no one need hesitate ABOUT
making subscriptions. All money con
tributed that Is not needed for the
gymnasium will be turned over to the
general endowment fund OF the sem
mary, which is not too Compliant. LII
passing 1t might be stated Tor the pen
eft of those who believe that charity
and kindred traits should begin at
home. that more than half of the mon
ey now subscribed came from the
trustees, some of them, and that the
others are studying the cash account
TO ascertain how much they can give.
The commencement concert Thurs
day evening at the Baptist church by
the PIectra uuartette of Springfield
Mass. called out a large audience
nearly all the seats and chairs pelns
filled. Artistically the concert was
success. receiving generous appause,
but it failed to give general popular
satisfaction which the same degree OF
musical ability would have afforded
in a vocal entertainment. The in
strumentation" of the company was
certainly varied, including as 1t dld
the mandolin. mandola. guitar. violin,
cello and piano. Robert A. tombstone.
a tenor soloist. was on the program LOT
two numbers. and was encored eacn
time. no
Some expressed the wish that ne
had selected music which would give
more variety of effect and display tne
qualities of voice more. MISS Etl,ei
F,wings Page. for the past five weeks
instructor in elocution. delighted the
audience with her selections, ana IN
spite of the weariness of much Toll.
responded to both encores. Taken as
a whole the evenings entertainments
was worthy of the occasion.
The reception given by the members
Of the senior class to their friends on
Friday evening at seminary nan was
we'll attended. The class and part OF
the faculty received and members OF
the junior class, acung as ushers, pi-
ioted the visitors through the formali-
Ties administering red tape to all
alike. Instrumental music was 1ur-
nished hy Miss Stoddard and members
of the school. Miss Esther Mcdonald.
Who vas unable to give her part on
class day. gave it at this time. pre-
senting the seminary portrait OF
Richard Wagner from the class OF
1893. With the singing Of the class
ode the exercises closed and after re-
freshments consisting of ice cream and
waters. the functions Of the school
wear closed, the principals reception