Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-08-26
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~ Edith L. Hoadley, 1905
Lillian Marble Olzendam, 1886
The Green Mountain State
Z. Thayles Emmons, 1899
messages from Absent Graduates
and Instructors
Read by Pliny j. Hamilton
Roll Call by Glasses, beginning with '6s
Aud Lang Syne
Led by Mrs. Olzendam and Mrs. Ruth
Montague Wright
Mrs. Thomas recalled entertain
ingly the High school of her younger
days, and the musical numbers were
especially we'll rendered, the old
piano. doing its part as we'll as could
be expected, its tuneful shortcom-
ings being overlooked for once.
Mrs. Olzendam spoke of the need
of new piano for the hall She
alluded critically to the too general
impression that anything in the
shape of piano was good enough
to practice on, saying that begin
ner should have the best that poor
instrument was positive injury and
tended only to put one out of tune
with things.
Mr.. Emmons read the following
poem, penned by himself, as he re-
belled at trying to talk about Yer
mont in the allotted FIVE minutes
VERMONT.
There's state up 'mongst the noun
tains,
Far away from city strife,
And my heart with longing's filling
For its restful country life.
In the balmy summer evenings
When the thrush sings to his mate
Memory ofttimes keeps returning
To the old Green Mountain State.
Every green clad hills rejecting
Beauties nowhere else we find:
Every trickling. brook.is making ,...-
Music of the sweetest kind.
Sunlight floods the glorious valleys,
Ancient trees their tales relate
Of days when the savage red men
Roamed our 0ldn Green Mountain |
State.
Kind hearts in kind breasts are throb-
bling ~
With gentle sympathy;
Noble sires and noble mothers
OF brave posterity.
In the field of grand achievement,
Ranking with the nations great,
Many, many men are numbered
From the Old Green Mountain State
Pride of nations, fairest. brightest,
Gem in all Columbia's crown;
Loyal sons admire, adore thee,
Scatter wide thy great renown.
Many chimes shall hear thy praises,
Vermont's children shall narrate
Tales which tell the countless glories
OF their dear Green Mountain State
The roll call by classes was re-
sponded to as follows:
1863, Emma Richmond Adams, Emma
Hatch Marshall, Lucy E. Fairbanks.
1864, Ellery w. Kidder.
1867, Lora Wilcox Thomas.
1868, Ella Ford Bennett.
1869, William S. Hewitt, Mary Rich
nond Semple.
1872, Charles F. Chapman.
1785, Lille French Dana, Warren C.
French.
1876, Alice Richmond Munger.
1877, Henry B. Chapman.
1873, Mary Marble jackson.
1888. Grace q. Marble, Philip c.
Mower.
1885, May Washburn Winslow.
1886, Lillian Marble Olzendam, Helen
Marsh Southgate.
1887, Mabel e. Vaughan.
1889, Bessie Sayward Hamilton.
1891, Albert l.. Powers.
1892, Ernest X. Wright, Alice L.
Eaton, Luna Howes Brown, John C.
Woodbury..
Mason. II
1894, Ruth Montague Wright, Aline
J. Boyce, Ralph w. Boyce. IL
1896, Pearl Sturtevant Underwood,
Susie M. Montague.
1897, Ida Clapp Maccarty.
1893, Mary G. Warren, Ralph M.
rewksbury.
1899, Edwin Thayles Emmons, Hiram {
W. Johnson, Nino Thomas Brownell,
Nina King Gage, Albert c. Eastman,
l.. Fuller, Bertha M. Slack. 1
1900, Maude Townsend Emmons, Min
ne A. Woodruff.
1901, Ruth M. Slack. IL
1902, Grace K. Sylvester
1908, Ralph G. English, Eva Clark
Walter II. Shurtleff.
1904, Harold 4. Perkins, Bessie G.
xiddder.
1905, Lila e. Reed, Edith L. Hoadley,
Rachel M. French, Hannah G. Hadley.
1907, Edythe A. Tuttle, Eta S. Chase,
Alain l.. Marsh, Robert White, Ella Z
2owlee Russell
1908, Emma L. Eldridge, Helen Brown
White, Mildred B. Gilbert, Maude K. {
Slayton.
1903, Ruth M. Eldridge. Eusebia M.
Carlisle, Nora M. Gobie, G. Wallace
Liberty, Katherine Wilder, Ruth Slay-
on Rourdon, Fairfax Harding Sher-
,urne, Bessie F. Marsh, Alice Perkins
Allen.
1910, Earle w. Bradley, John w. Dana,
Amy s. Gilbert, Sophia l.. King, Clara / ]
J. Washburne, ]. Ruth Wilder, Clarence j.,
;. Prior, Bertha T.. Wood.
1911, Mary A. Story, Elsie M. Gilbert,
Ruth M. Curtis, Elizabeth w. Riley, /,
Eva H. Webster, Doris l.. e. Wardweil,
Walter j. Gilbert. Hubert l.. Garfield. !