Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-06-16
Alumni Reunion.


school alumni was held at the Randolph
Inn Friday evening, when not more than
80 of the nearly 400 graduates OF the
school were present, with their husbands
and wives or particular friends who
swelled the number up TO 81. Ihough
not large company, 1t was a Joyous one
in the revival OF old memories and the re-
newal OF old acquaintance. Those Of the
earlier. classes assured each other that
they looked Just as they did 10, IS, 20 or
rs years ago, as the case might be, while
the younger alumni maryelled at the
ready acceptance given to such hazardous
statements.
Scarlet geraniumE, ferns and evergreen
adorned the parlor and dining room in
the school eolors OF red and green, which
also appeared In some of the yiands Of
the excellent supper served BY Landlord
.C. w. Hayward, notably in mixed olives
and radishes, tongue, ham and lobster
salad with a green garnish, pistaehio and
straw berry ice cream and in the icing and
tintinR OF the cake. Strawberries, cold
turkey, potato salad, rolls, coffee and
fruit punch completed the very satistac-
tory courses. At every cover laid an at
tractiye souvenir menu having dainty
white cover tied with red and green.
After an appreciative discussion Of the
good things provided, the boards we're
cleared for the rapid fire action OF post
prandial wit and wisdom. This was di-
reeted by Toastmaster Fred T. Bradish OF
Bellows Falls, who, being a member OF
the class OF 's5, knew how to chit the
nail on the head, = as his selected quota
ton suggested, and acquitted himself IN a
way that gave especial pleasure to his
contemporaries and commanded the adj
miration OF all others.
In the absence OF President Sherman X.
Moulton OF Burlington, '94, bis address
was read BY Edwin f. Martin, w, chair
man OF the executive committee. The
secretary, Miss Ethel F. Newton, 1873, not
being present either, the minutes OF the
last reunion were presented by Miss
Desier Moulton. Treasurer Franklin A..
Salisbury, '06, reported receipts and dis
hursements that left balance OF $3.50
on hand. Homer Laid OF Barre, 1913, was
then elected president; Guy T. Lamson,
'95, chairman OF the executive committee
Miss Helen Wedgwood, '06, secretary,
and franklin A. Salisbury, '06, treasurer.
Business disposed OF, attention was Civ
en- to the food for thought in the literary
bill OF fare arranged for the occasion.
Harold P. Gaylord, president of the class
OF 1910, was called upon to respond for
"Our Young Double Quartet, about the
newest thing out, be supposed, in the
way OF alumni, and quite properly i'm.
pressed with the honor Of being enrolled
in such an august body.
The "Reminiscences" of Mrs. Mabel
Smith Adams, 's5, were clothed in pol
ished language and dealt gently with the
past. She was not sorry to have been q
pupil during the formative period OF the
school, when everything was new and
had the charm of novelty; when gradua.
ton was tried for the first time to the de
light and establishment of everybody
She recalled with pleasure the old cracked
stove and its miles OF pipe that roasted
the pupils in the near seats while the
teeth Of those in the rear chartered audi
bly; the big woodbox in the corner, from
which the mice used to scamper out tc
the Joy OF the boys and the smothered
shrieks Of he girls who gathered up theif
feet in terror; the old recitation room
with its dull blue wall that made one
long to go forth under the open sky and
list to natures teachings. Seen IN re
Prospect even the woodbox has no small
place in the affections oithe oId-time stu
dents.
tOur Alma Mater was the toast Of
Homer Laid, 90, who having been intro
duced as a lawyer, FASTENED to deny the
impeachment and TO recommend himself
more favorabIy TO his fellow alumni as 9
respectable grocer Of Barre. Mr.. Lado
claimed that after the repast Of which be
had Just partsken be felt little like tbs
travelling salesman, who, stopping at .
hotel where they served his favorite dish
OF picked pigs feet, made away with
three helpings OF that delicacy and then,
strangely enough, complained OF acute
distress. A sympathetic table CIR
brought him a powder in glass OF water
whieh relieved him so quickly that ht
wanted too know the name of the remedy
and was surprised to learn that It wal
Aliens Footease Mr.. I.add, however
was not too full for utteranee when il
came to extolling bis Alma Mater in
way to prove himself most loyal son.
The male quartet-John l. Hutchinson
Elwin Martin, Glenn Bailey and A. NJ