The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-16
CHESHIRE ACADEMY.
II1TH ANNIVERSARYFITTINGLY
 CELEBRATED.

Over Three Hundred Alumni Attend Ex-
 ereIses-BishOp Lines and Numerous Other Distinguished Men Are Present Prize Awards-Youth from Egypt
 Gets Form Prize.
 Cheshire, June 15.-The filth anniver- sary of the famous, Cheshire school was celebrated here to-day by over 300 of the alumni and their friends. A ma jority of the number arrived on the special train which started from New York city early this morning, stopping at New Haven to take on large party at that point.
 At Il o'clock the guests assembled in the chapel, were services were opened by Rev. Samuel Hart, D. D., D. c. L., 1861, dean of the Divinity school, as sisted by Head Master Mulford. The chapel was crowded, among the guests being a number of the Episcopal clergy men of the state. At the conclusion of the exercises in the chapel the guests took seats on the lawn for the graduat- ing exercises proper. Occupying seats on the platform with the faculty of the school were Bishop Brewster, Bishop Lines, of Newark, N. J.; Rev. Samuel Hart, Dean Henry Wright, Professor Peabody, Professor Weir, Professor Phelps and Dean Andrew Phillips of Yale; Joseph Hartman of New York, General Bradley of New Haven and Rev. J. DeWolfe Perry of St. Paul's church, New Haven. Bishop Lines opened the exercises with prayer. In a few we'll chosen words Head Master Mulford welcomed the visitors, speak- ing of the foundation of. the school by Bishop Seabury, and mentioning the list of the distinguished men that had grad uated from the institution. He then paid a glowing tribute to Andrew Phil lips of Yale, and Joseph Hartman of New York, whom, he said, had made what the school was doing possible. He then introduced the Rev. Esdicott Peabody, D. D., head master of the Groton school.
 Dr. Peabody spoke of the church school and what it stood for, saying that it had a place of it's own, as it edu- cated all sides of the boy, his charac- ter as well as the intellectual side of his life. Then he said that it is fact that in the colleges of to-day the schol- ars are not athletes and the athfeees are not scholars. He said that what was needed to overcome this state of affairs was the cooperation of the par- ents. 4sssszss-.. ....s.r... ~s-...-
 At present" said the speaker, "al- though they may not speak it out to have their sons make one of the prom inent societies or clubs in college means more to parents than to have them make Phi Beta Kappa or such lit erary honors, The standards of schol- arship in this country are miserably low as compared to England and Ger, many"
 He then spoke of the moral effect that parents could have on their chil- den in schools. He said that if there was any danger fro msickness at school parents would flood the master with telegrams about taking the boy out of school But they knew less about the moral side of life in which lay a greater danger. He spoke of the plays that were being staged in the theaters of to-day and said that by attending many of these was the danger '.that poisons their Tninds."' s,.
 He then said to the fathers that they should attend church more and thus set an example to their sons. He said that this perhaps might not apply in these parts, but that he would not hes itate to say it in Boston.
 For" said the speaker, Boston has more retired Christians than any other city in the world" t.
 He then closed with asking the hearty cooperation of the parents in develop ing the intellectual, moral and religious side of their boys lives.
 At the conclusion of this address Headmaster Mulford awarded prizes as follows: r>
 For scholarship, fifth forn-First J! c. Hart; second, J. E. Brown. Fourth form, first, Seton Schroeder, jr.; sec ond, w. w. Buck. Third form, first, R B. Miller; second, M. D. Leonard. Second form, first, R. G. Lester; sec-