The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-15
THREE OLD SCH00LB0YS
ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Barre Academy Students Of 1861 Visit
ed Barre Together To-day for the
First Time Since Leaving
School.

School.
Three men past middle life but all
youthful in spirit in spite of their years
have been doing the town. to-day
one doctor ANOTHER a Judge and the
third retired Business man, and all
three of them able TO meet expenses, =
as one Of them faughingly remarked
They were cronies together in the class
OF 1861 of the old Barre academy, and
they are meeting in Barre. for the first
time since they left the old school to
seek their fortunes in various parts OF
the country.
They are Judge Simon Wolfe Rosen-
dale of Albany, N. d., DIR. Darwin A.
Stewart of Winona, Minnesota, and Ru-
fus b. Fowler of Worcester, Mass, all
Of whom have "nlsde their mark" as
Uncle Jake" Spaulding, their erstwhile
tutor, would have wished them to do.
The stories which the three have had to
tell to-day we're full Of loyalty to the
teachings Of their old sehoolnaster, hard
and iuhexibe as we're his rulings in
those days.
The three came to Barre by appoint.
ment on this, the fiftieth, anniversary
OF their class, Judge Rosendale being
accompanied by Mrs. RoseHdale and
travelling in his Peerless automobile
from Albany, Mr. Fowler being also ac-
companied by Mrs. Fowler aud Dr. Stew
art, responding to the call from far-dis-
tant Minnesota, and joining Judge and
Mrs. Rosendale on the trip here. To-
day, as well as yesterday they have
spent in viewing the city which was a
village when they were boys in the old
academy The changes which they have
seen in Barre aud the events of life
which they have passed through caused
them, one and all, to remark, 1T seems
Just like a dream"
And then they recalled to interested
listeners their stories of school day
pranks, how they tied calves to the VII
layers doorknobs, how they had mid
night "debauches' on crackers, raisins
and cheese in the loft Of the old check
cred store" where the new business
block at the corner OF Main and Elm
streets is now being erected how they
went through all the joys. .of the school
days OF the period.
Then to cap the climax OF their visit,
they took dinner this afternoon with
their old clearinghouse keeper, Carl y.
D i: .
OF South Main street, where Il L. Stay
ton now lives But before that, they
took Mr. Benedict into their Peerless car
and whisked him to the granite quar-
ries and back again, while they looked
with amazement on the transformation
of Milestone hill
Another visit Was to the tomb Of their
old teacher. Uncle jake; another TO
the spot where the old Barre academy
stood, now the site Of Spaulding high
school. They also attended the alumni
reunion OF the latter school at the near
by home of Henry A. Phelps yesterday
afternoon Ia fact, they have had a
real old.time visit, seeing some acquain-
tances of former days. but mainly look
ing upon strange faces Tomorrow
they viii close their visit and return
home, to dwell in memory upon the fif
tieth anniversary Of their class.
DR. Stewart will 60 back to Minnesota,
where he has been practieing his pro-
fession for Al years, following his grad
uation from Columbia Medical college in
New York, and gaining great distine-
tion in that work, ms well as amassing
He has been mayor of Wi
mona and he was ut one time proprietor
of the town Of Stewart on the Chicago.
& st. Paul railroad, the town
being named after him This is Doctor
Stewards third visit to Barre after his
graduation. lie entered school from
East Montpelier.
According to who's Who in America,
Judge Rosendale has been a member of
the New York bar for IS years. has
been assistant district attorney for AL
bany county, recorder of the city of AL
bany, attorney general for the state of
New York, corporation counsel for Al
bany mny terms. commissioner of the
state board of charities, besides being a
director OF the National Commerce bank,
trustee OF the National Savings bank
and Union Trust company, president of
The trustees of Albany Medical college.
president OF the bo1rd Of governors of
Union university. In addition, he has
written many legal treatises.
Mr.. Fowler, who is better known to
ocal people because of his frequent
visits to Barre to look after real estate
holdings of himself and wife, is a pat
mt expert and is one of the substantial /
'itizens OF Worcester, Mass Following |
graduation from Barre academy he was
of the banking depart
nent in Eastman Business college, stud |
ed law and was lecturer on commercial |
aw in New Haven, Conn, institution
or time, was in the wholesale bus
ness in Chicago and ON returning east
uttered business in Massachusetts, |
Since 1881 he has been aNpatent attor-
ley and expert. He has been president /
II the Worcester board of trade. seere-
airy of the Worcester park commission
RS, trustee of the Worcester Co. Insti-
ute for Saving and interested in various
works.
GIRL THROWN FROM WHEEL.