Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-25
ALUMNI OF PLAlNFIELD ACADEMY
Fifth Reunion of Association With Many Present From
Norwich-Reports and Election of Officers-Inter-
esting Addresses.


address upon New England, the Train
ing Ground of Our Republic. The his
tory of New England Is the story of
Puritan influences in America Every
thing good here came from those inf1u :
ences. For 147 years the Pilgrims were
carving their way. educated and
trained to hardships in their New Eng
land homes, among the rugged hills
with which we are so familiar, to be-
come the head and front of the battle
for liberty. The Puritan principle of
liberty and equal rights broke the
chains of q race. New England alone,
without the assistance of the other
colonies, would have embarked upon
the peri1ous task of breaking away,
though without their aid she might
not have been successful. But the
same spirit animated them all. George
Washington asked after the battle of
Bunker Hill, did the Yankees fight p
When told the way they did fight. he
exclaimed: Then our country is safe.
This subtle and penetra ting influence
of New England has been felt in every
part of our national life. following the
sun westward across the Hudson, the
Mohawk and the Susquehanna, over
the .AIleghanies into the valley of the
Mississippi. over the Sirera Nevada to
the Pacific ocean, the endless process
sion has moved for century, bearing
Puritan enterprise, principle and thrift.
In the civil war they were all Yankees
and Confederates. whether they came
from Illinois or Minnesota Today Los
Angeles and Seattle are New England
cities, and the pritan spirit is spread
ing even into the new south. Now.
when these sturdy Pilgrims had won
their freedom, they wanted to know
how to use it, they wanted an educa-
ton which should assist them in their
full enjoyment of liberty. Just at this
time Plainfie1d Academy was founded
f1n h
just as it stood forty years ago. But
many changes have come since then.
Then there were no automobiles. tele-
phones. wireless messages. nor any of
the other fast things of today. What
of the futureo What will come in the
next forty years!
Reception in Evening.
reception in the evening at the
Babcock Opera house was enjoyed.
Mrs EVELYN Jordan Johnson, soprano
soloist at the Mathewson Street Meth
odist church. in Providence, sang
sweetly the Barcarolle from Often
backs Tales of Hoffmann,- with violin
obligato by E. E. Baker. and Marshalfs
| Hear You Calling Me, with other en-
core numbers. Her accompanist was
Mrs B. S. Simonds of Pottsville, Pa
Refreshments We're served and music
for dancing furnished by the orchestra
E. E. Baker. A. w. Garvis, J. Kukla,
J. F. Drew and w. B sounYg, Jr.
Those from Out of Town.
Those attending from out of town
We're: Rev. Charles III. Spaulding. D.
D.. Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. William B.
Hall, Los Angeles, Cal: Mrs. e. 6.
Johnson, Providence; Mrs. E. ]. Bish-
op, Pawtucket: Hon. and Mrs. George
J. Corey; Brooklyn, n. y; G. w. Cum
minis. Stafford Springs; Mr.. and Mrs.
W. P. Barstow, South Windham, Hon.
H. H. Je1chs, Lime Rock, r. L.; Mrs.
Marian Quick Simonds Pottsville, Po.;
Mrs. Phebe Danley Edwards, Washing
ton, R. l.: Mrs. Rose Greene Douglas,
Windham: Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph C.
Moves, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. A. T. At
kins New Haven; Mrs. c. F. Stanton,
Danie1son; Mrs. Maria B. Hopkins,
Storrs; Stephen A. Congdon. Westerly:
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Cross. Miss
Dorothy Cross, William Lawton Cross,
harrington. r. l.; John F. French,
Window, Mimi; Mr.. and Mrs. Ha1sey
S. Clarke, Prospect; Lucian R. Bur
leigh, W. B. Burleigh, Troy, N Y:
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett E. Brown, Pom
fret Center: Mrs. Clara Noyes Crary.
Hartford; Miss Martha S. Eaton, Mont
clair, n J.; Miss Sophi' Moves, Chel-
sea, Mass: Winslow 3. Gallup, Chap
lin: Mrs. Mary Cogswell Barstow, Mr..
and Mrs. Ansel A. Beckwith, Rev. and
Mrs. Henry T. Arnold, Mrs. Mary E.
Bishop, Frank l.. Lathrop, Frank S.
Avery, Dwight w. Avery Norwich.