Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-06-21

teachers, who, though severing that tie,
are yet held in the bonds OF cordial
friendship.
After the exercises came dancing for the
members OF the class and their friends.
ALUMNI BANQUET.
The ninth biennial banquet OF the r. II.
). alumni was held Friday evening al the
Randolph Inn and was one OF the hap
piest events in the history OF the assOcia-
ton. The company assembled FIRST for
the reunion in the parlor Of the Inn which
soon began TO hum with the greetings Of
old schOolmates aud the talking-over Of
old times like hive OF bees just swarm
ing.
The Randolph orchestra, stationed in
the hail between the parlor and the
dining room, played throughout the
dinner. for which IS covers were laid.
The school colors OF red and green APP
peared in the decorations OF ferns and
howers, in the souvenir menus and even
| in the visnds through such effective ar
/ rangements as radishes aud olives,
pistachio and straw berry ice cream. The
courses Of an elegant spread were served
i by eight girls of the Junior and sopho-
more classes-Ruby Miller, Myr Il Smith.
| lisa Manchester. Lucinda Howard, Beulah
Hayes, Maud Putnam, Lena Kilburn and
Emma Blakely.
After coffee, Robert j. Mitchell, go
chairman OF the executive committee,
presided over the business DELIBERATIONS
OF the assembly in the absence of the
president, Charles q. Dubois, 81, whom
affairs OF the Western Electric company,
with which he is corrected, had taken To
the Pacific coast.
II was voted to continue the annual
assessment Of 25 cents member and the
| secretary was instructed to send out the
necessary notices. There was some dis
cussion as to what purpose the money
should be devoted and II was finally de-
cided to authorize the principal to make
such use OF it as in his judgment wCuld
further the best intertst Of the school.
expanding ii either in the purchase Of
reference books or other aids TO scholar
ship. The association has now 20 on
deposit in the Burlington Savings bank.
Ii had been suggested that the Alumni
| banquet be held at less frequent intervals
than every two years-every third or NTH
year being. in the opinion Of some, often
| enough. The matter was considered but
when the question VAS put 10 vote,
nearly all OF those present were IN favor
| of continuing to meet bieunially.
| The election OF officers resulted in the
choice Of DR.. George w. Scott, 90, foI
| president; Mrs. Bertha (Haywardl Bur-
ridge, 93, for secretary, and John Lam
son, OF, for treasurer
1 DNHlNtss uisDDstu Dls MI 4hAANnNiA
| PRODUCED as POSTMASTER Guy +. Spear,
| "a, principal OF Bradford High school.
who, a little ambiguously, expressed his
/ pleasure in seeing so many 'oldH faces.
| His prayer .'that Fortune send bright
| idea before / end" was so abundantly
answered that the kind Of toast he served
was not the dry variety.
| Mrs. Bertha Hayward Burridge, 1913
made the company "Welcome, Thrice
| Welcome" in a charming little speech,
and Harry Morton, '06, responded for the
"Embryosn whom he ielt confident
would grow into quite as towering alum
nj plants as those that at present seemed
I to oyershadow them.
| A selection that received an encore was
sung by Messrs. John L. Hutchinson.
| go, Arthur Vaughan (9i by marriage.
i ioi.
Miss Mary C.. Tewksbury, "a, read
letter from the absent president, Mr..
| Dubois. written at san Francisco, giving
an interesting description OF the city's
condition since the fire and paying
tribute to the splendid discipline OF the
United States army and navy that pre-
vented utter decentralization and anarchy.
He went on to say that in travelling
through the West he had often been asked
what greater chances the West has to
offer Young man than the Eas and in
this letter lie ans yer d the ques IN for
the benefit OF the younger alumni as fol-
lows
..To make headway in the West, and l
refer to the country west of the Mississ-
ippi. calls for more hard work, courage
and originality than in the East. II fire.
quently means living in unattrsctive sur
roundings and without congenial com-
panions. II generally means higher liv-
ing expenses TO offset the higher wages.
There is probably no better chance 10
learn a trade out West. There is at least
an equal chance to work at a trade, and
think rather a better chance to work up in
il or from it. There is varying but usu-
ally strong demand for day laborers, snd in
all the Western cities | know about there is
steady demand for bcol keepers, clerks,
craftsmen, statesmen trained in special
lines, machinists and carpenters. There
are frequently openings for lawyers, phy-
sieians and engineers, but no such demand
as for the man with a trade. Eve WV here
Z in the West the man who has learned his
z trade and who possesses little more ca
I pacity for work, or more courage and orl-
7 ginality than others, is running his ow
I business, or in a responsible position for
I some one else, while still young man. But
I / would strongly advise any young man TO
/ learn one line Of work fairly well before
I leaving New England unless he can go to
7 an assured position in the West to learn a
definite trade. No part OF the country IS
quite so good to live in as New England,
/ but all the necessities, most Of the com
/ forts and some OF the luXuries OF life,
/ thanks to the railroads, are to be found in
an Western towns. Natives OF Vermont
are scattered all over the West and are
usually, think, among its most respected
and successful people,
Mrs. Belle Morse Vaughan, -, told
stWhy we are here in play Of piquant
wit that gave infinite relish TO the feast of
mind.
Owing to the indisposition OF Miss
Winnifred Mann, the reading, wild
Z OATS had to be omitted, and John Con-
molly, '01, was called upon to respond to
I "The Red and Green,n which he did m a
speech that adequately voiced the loyal
sentiments OF the alumni and their deep,
abiding affection for Professor Whitehill
81 whose old pupils II may be truly said
"None knew him but 10 love him,
Nor name him but TO praise"
The prima donna OF 80, Miss Nj.
Blanche Sparhawk, was heard in beauti-
ful solo, ''Sunbeams, and was called back
for a second selection, after which