St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-12-08
Vermont Men and AndOver Seminary.

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The General Catalogue of Andover
Seminary, covering the century from
1908 to 1908, reveals interesting stats
tics which show some of the contribu-
tions of Vermont to the ministerial ranks
during that period Beginning with the
first class graduating in 1910, number
ing 16 graduates and nongraduates, to
which Vermont contributed two, there
are men from the state in every class
save that of 1911 down to 1881. For the
rest OF the nineteenth century up to 1900
there are men in all the classes save 81.
'83, 81, go 81, and 80. Of the total
number of ministers who studied at An
dover taking the whole or partalcourse,
Vermont furnished 354 out of 8, 031. In
addit on to this there were "a more who
graduated or studied at Andover and new
er entered the ministry, going into bust
ness or to other professions.
1t is interesting to note the towns from
which these men came. Cornwall leads
the list with IA. Hartford comes a close
second with 13, or if Quechee is credited
then the number is IA. The names of
Hazen and Marsh are prominent in Hart.
ford, as is that ofMead in Cornwall Rut-
land iscredited with u, orincluding West
Rutland 10. Middlebury and St. Johns
bury have 10 each, Pttsford 7, Benning-
ton, Randolph, Shoreham, Thettord,
Townshend and Westminster have each,
and Brattleboro, Georgia and Montpelier
have each five.
The contribution oftowns with no Con-
gregational church, and towns where the
Congregational church has become ex-
tinct, is significant as showing
the changes both in the character and
in the number of the population during
the century. The towns of Lexington
and Maidstone, where there is no record
of any church ofanv order. have each fur
nished one student. The town of Salem,
which has been made part OF Derby, fur
nished one who became foreign mission
airy. The town of SALISBURY, given over in
the early settlement OF Bennington to the
Baptists, furnished one. In the lists of
towns where the Congregational church
has become extinct the little mountain
town of Stratton now nearly depopula.
ted furnished two. as did Barnard, Fair
| lax, AOIlk lOll anu OdHuSdlS' uS lOllOW-
ing towns where the church has long been
extinct furnished one each Plymouth,
Chittenden, Reading, Cavendish, Hall
fix, Washington, III. N. Burton, D. d.
Topsham president g. A. Gates, D. d.
! Granville and Groton. 1t is not to be
wondered that Ryegate, solidly Presby-
terrain with one of the best records in the
state for church attendance, should have
sent one man to Andover. Until recently
Calais had no Congregational church,
but three men from there have gone to
Andover, among them Drs. N. G. Clark
| and Constans l.. Goodell.
Honorary degrees have been conferred
on these Vermont men in fair proportion;
SO have had the degree of Doctor of Di-
vinity. and ten that of LII. D. Middle
bury College takes the lead in the confer
ring of these honors, especially in the
early years. Upon graduates up to the
| class of 1910 she conferred the degree OF
D. D. on 20 out of total of q during
the century. Dartmouth during the 100
years gave 13, the University ofVermont
II and Hamilton 8. Yale, Harvard,
Amherst Williams, Union, Ripon and
Shurtliff College gave two each, and the
following one each: Bowdoin, Water
vile, Brown, Columbia, Howard Univer-
sity, Beloit, College of New Jersey, Knox,
Trinity Inghram University, Hanover
College, Ripon, Marietta and Iowa. OF
the Degrees of LII. D. Middlebury gave
4, the University OF Vermont2, and Dart.
mouth, Ripon, Lafayette and Syracuse
one each.
Three men had life pastorates in YER
mont: Cyrus Drake, born in Weybridge,
pastor in Royalton 1887 to 1873, D. D.
conferred by Middlebury in 1861; Alfred
Stevens, born in Waterford, pastor in
Westminster West, 1912 to 1887 and en-
eritus till his death in 1898, D. D. con-
ferred by Dartmouth in 1874; and Will
liam Skinner Hazen, born in Hartford,
pa tor in Mortified 1868 to 1905 and
emeritus since, D. D. conferred by the
University of Vermont in 1891.