St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-06-09
st. JOhnSbury Academy.
Special Reunion of General Alumni and
Groups Of Glasses June 1s.

opeClal heunl0n OF General Alumni ana
Groups OF Glasses June Is.
DEAR Mr.. EDITOR:
The penalty of being generous is that
you are often invited to repeat.
Last year you kindly published our
vigorous invitation to the St. ]. A.
alumni reunion despite the crude and i'm
perfect language in which our article was
couched. We therefore make bold to ask
you to spread the following invitation
for us:
Every man, woman and child, who
ever attended St. Johnsbury Academy is
most cordially invited and earnestly
urged to attend a special reunion of the
general alumni and various classes of st.
Johnsbury Academy, to be held at the
Academy building on Friday evening,
June Is. We wish again to call atten-
ton to necessary qualifications of an
alumnus, emitting him or her to attend
this reunion, as elucidated last year.
No matter if you didn't graduate.
No matter if you were fired"
No matter how much of mess you
made OF your academy career or how
short or how long it was, if you ever
were connected with St. Johnsbury
Academy in any capacity, come to the
big reunion Friday, June IS, and you will
be glad you came.
Members of every class which ever
graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy
have been requested to invite their old
classmates to attend this combined re-
union of each class and the whole
alumni. The committee realizes the i'm
possibility of getting written invita-
ton to all OF the alumni but through the
kindness and generosity of the editor of
this paper, we are able to reach you.
We are planning for a grand good time
on Friday evening, June 19, at the old
academy. We are making careful plans
and working hard to prepare for cork
ing celebration. This is not to be stiff,
formal reception, but hearty, healthy,
glorious good time.
The whole academy building will be
open to receive it's large family of child
rem, and on this occasion all will be
children whether their age is 1S or &c.
Following is little prospectus of the
proposed entertainment.
Academy hall will be decorated some
what as it was last year. Profting by
last years experience. the committee
will be able to make some improvements
which should add to the attractiveness
of the room and comfort of the guests.
The scheme of assembling in groups
OF classes, which was so pleasant a
feature last year, will be effected again
through the use of class signs beginning
with Previous to 49," "'73 to TO-"
80 to '85" ETC., continuing around the
hall in regular sequence, finishing with
"'Q6 to 'O9."
There will be no fences up between the
various classes so that an alumnus who
perhaps never graduated and many
who have attended the academy, say in
'S4. dropped out and came back in 81,
would find those two classes so close
together that they practically formed
one group.
AS to the program, it will be conspicu-
Gus by its absence. There will be music
continuously by an excellent orchestra
and, as we told you before, you may
talk, laugh, and even "holler" as much
as you like while the band plays There
will be few very short speeches, but
mostly general talking fest. "Fount-
aims OF life" will be found at which those
who have talked themselves dry may
recuperate. Come and bring your whole
family. All are welcome. 1t seems i'm
possible to have a better time than we
had last year, but that is just what we
propose to do. Come and enjoy it with
us.
Most cordially yours,
CHAS W. STEELE, Pres
ST mimi SEN