Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-21

l graduates of the Norwich Free Acad- 1 emy was held Monday evening in the | Slater Memorial with goodly at | tendance. The reception committee | was on hand promptly at han-past l seven to extend cordial welcome l to all members and pleasant half hour was spent hunting classmates and | other acquaintances. The buSlness | meeting was called to order by Pres-
 ident James l.. Case at eight l o'clock The programme was opened 1 by two musical selections, La Bar 1 carolle and Lucia di Lammermoor, | finely given by the Academy orchestra | under the leadership of Eugene Wall l ner The minutes of the last meet | ing were read by the secretary, Walter | E Gilbert. President Case then told
 of the object committee and their work ] and called upon Francis J. LeaVens | to report for this committee.
 | Contributions Needed.
 MT Leavens said he didn't see why l they called the old man out at every
 meeting and he thought if they would l persist in it at least they might be kind enough to sing Tell Me the Old; | old Story before doing so- The old story in this case is the story Of the ! earnestness, sacrifices and plans of the
 men of fifty -four years ago, who made | the Academy school which was the | pride of Norwich. It is still so today. | Now it is your school instead of theirs 1 and the question is, What are you go- 1 ing to do with it? The committee has | lOOk6u over IIilS a1GSAIOA eAAAN | decided that the way in which the l alumni can best help the Academy is | to aid it as long as each one lives AL i the time of the fiftleth celebration or the founding the trustees decided that the old building had outlived it's use fitness and that a new building was necessary-One larger, better ana nt- ted with appliances of more modern date But several obstacles had come up since this decision was reached First came the panic of 1907 which contracted all the pocketbooks ana their contents. Next came the 250th anniversarv of Norwich for which money had to be raised for the two
 days perfect celebration last summer
 now represented by the beautiful group
 of statuary in the park which must
 soon pass to the highest bidder. And
 as if that wasn't enough the I. M
 C. A must butt in and gather up thou
 sands of dollars which ought to have
 gone here. The total subscriptions to
 date amount to S547S0.49. and the
 building will cost over s10O,OOO. The
 running expenses like the man %ho
 som etimes ate more than at others
 but never Iess-are constantly increas-
 ing Each aIumnus should feel that
 he has some part in the new building
 Some already have. Some are porn
 good and have given liberally- OtherS
 have made good. Some others should
 be caught with the goods on and
 made to contribute.
 Should Raise s5,ooo or $1o,ooo.
 President Case followed up these re- marks by adding that all looked for ward to the greater Academy and to the building which will be a model or it's kind He thought the alumni as socfatfon should raise five or ten thou sand next year. as the Academy needs money and the alumni have it.
 Change in Teachers.
 Dr. Lewe1lyn Pratt. who was to have spoken for the trustees, was unable to be present and Principal Henry A. Tirrell spoke both for the school and for the trustees. Like the local wrest- Ter who leaped the fence going ana crawled under it on the return trip, teachers are usually weary at the end of the school year, and especially so this year. which has been a pretty hard one There has been no need of any physical training. Exercise enough I was obtained in going from one class room to another Endurance of cold, 1 rain and weather have been other | factors in a valuable education not | gained from the books this year. The ] pupils responded generously 10 tne needs of the occasion and helped to | make the disorder endurable. They | hope to have the new building ready | in the fall and are planning Tor some | simple dedtatOry exercises in Septem- ber Mir. Tirrell likes the new build | ing Some of his friends say it looks | like a mill Why not? mill is a | place for work-and that is what school is. A mill should be well light ed and the chief feature of the new buildjng is the light, which has valuable effect on the pupil and on the ease of instruction. It will be abso- luteIy safe and sanitary and altogether a matter for much congratulaC1on- There will be come change in teach CTS next year. Miss White goes to Her place as teacher or ma thematics will be taken by MISS Helen Newton who was here a few years ago Raymond Congdon also returns as teacher next year, Miss Morse and MT. Dodge will be missed from the art school. their places pelng taken by Mrs. Eastman and MT More stress is to be laid on the craft side of the design work in which the alumni can help by show ing interest There is much lament over the good old days of the past This is fortunate We realize that we ought to improve. We are able to see our own shortcomings.
 Additions to Equipment.
 But the impression that this is no longer college preparatory school IS not a true one. The percentage of those going to college each year has not va ried more than two points in 54 years. For the first 20 years 1t was 23 per nent-now it is 9. There are so to DO graduates now in college-2O0 haV- ing gone in the past 12 years. It is not less a college preparatory but there is more other work. Art, sc1- ance, music, manual training, have been added to the equipment to help l III pupils in their development along inv line of natural talent and general raining for citizenship. It costs $S5 a rear for every pupil The more pu- oils, the more the Academy loses and he more dangerous to cut into the invested funds. if the present level is o be maintained.
 Treasurers Report.
 The treasurer's report was given by Tuy B. DoIbeare and showed balance )n hand.
 Two songs by the Glee club. Merwin l L. Aultman, lea6pr. were Amaci and Susie. and received with great ap- ,lause and appreciation. An encore by he double quartette was elicited, who gave I Afnt Got Any Money.
 pr. Haynes Speaks.
 The president then introduced Dr. John Haynes of the Dorchester, Mass, ligh school a former teacher in the