Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-01
HAVING TIME OF THEIR LIVES.
High School Students Enjoying Wash
ington Trip to Fullest EKtent-Wlll
Leave New York This Afternoon.

The Brattleboro high school pupils ana
their friends have been making the most
of their trip to- Washington, judging by
the letters which have been coming home.
The letters are brief as they have been
written hurriedly between an almost con-
tinuous round OF sightseeing trips, but
all bear witness that the young people
are having the time of their lives and
will tell all about 1t when they come
home The special correspondent of The
Phoenix. a high school Junior. has sent
the following instalment account of the
trip:
sunday murning-We left Bratteboro
about 10 minutes later than scheduled,
with all aboard except Ben Weeden. who
was i'll with tOnsilitis. The party num-
| bered III. At HolyOke the high school
Washington party boarded the same
| train. We left Springfield nearly on time
and soon pulled into Hartford, where We
were stalled a half hour. The train had
! left a party of some kind at Windsor
| Locks. about 10 or 10 miles back. and the
engine and one coach went back after
| them. (The train was strictly no ac-
commodation,' but to me 1t seemed very
| accommodating While waiting at Hart
ford We could see little OF the place,
and had a good view of the state house.
! At Stamford an electric engine hooked
on and took us to New York city.
sylvia Crosby got off at Meriden and
/ Thompson and Miles left us at New York
city We took luncheon in the Grand
Central hotel and left at 100 for Jersey
City. seeing the Goddess Of Liberty and
! just catching "a glimpse Of the abutments
! of Brooklyn bridge. We Travelled at a
! fast clip over the Royal Blue line from
Jersey city and reached Washington
about 7l5 o'clock. We went at once to
| the Metropolitan hotel the headquarters
OF the party. which recently has been re-
built and 'shined up. The only accident
thus far on the trip was the upsetting OF
two glasses Of water in the New York
hotel and the general dampness which
followed.
Most Of us will attend church this
morning. and We are scheduled to visit
the Corcoran art gallery and Congresslon-
al library this afternoon and evening
We have a busy schedule for Monday"
"Tuesday-On Sunday evening we Wis
tied the Congressional library, The
building is the most beautiful and in
interesting l have seen On Monday
morning we went to Mt, Vernon and nae
a very interesting trip. The grounds are
artistically laid out and there were many
things of interest in the house. We haj
only a little time, but we went through
the mansion and over the grounds. II
the afternoon We took n trip around
Washington in automobiles and we saw
many interesting buildings. In the even
ing we had a rumpus and Mr.. Smitf
came in to calm us down. We agreed
to do as he wished the rest of the trip
We visited the bureau of printing ant
engraving. this, Tuesday morning anC
afterwards we went to the capitol Thu
country is represented by many fin
| paintings characteristic of the variou
sections and some fine statues Of promi
. nent men of the various states. w
visited the House Of Representatives. bu
, il was not in session. We were presen
at the opening of the Senate. We Wis
tied the Washington monument Monda
afternoon and l walked to the top 1
about 10 minutes. on the return trip
, started at the same time as the elevate
and beat it out by about a foot; cam
! down four steps to a jump. The vie'
r from the top was fine, as we had fairl
clear weather We went to the Smith
! sonian Institute and the National mu
=, scum. I could easily spend a Who'll
| day there and find something new I
, ! interest me every minute. There is
| great collection of mounted birds an
!. | animals. This morning the suprem
court was is mourning out OF respect I
! | Justice Brewer"
a The Washington party is scheduled
p arrive in Brattleboro at 1926 this even
4 | ing. Yesterday they came from Wash
. ington to New York. stopping in Phila
dephia on the way. The schedule fc
this morning included sightseeing trlI
about the city. They will leave Ne
e York on special cars at 4 o'clock tn
= afternoon