Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-10-25
From Woodstock Academy Cleaner
A cadrrnu DAYS

Academy Days
Ny Dear Cleaner: Your request to fur.
nish an article Tor the Cleaner is at hand.
While | write. before me lies the Centen.
NAL number Of the Cleaner OF August,
1901.
Mr.. Wm. Z. Davidson, A. B.. had been
engaged as Principal in 1871 for term Of
three years, Under this contract he served
during the first year ls73.ls74 in the new
building His assistants during the three
wears were the Misses Elizabeth X. Beach,
NJ. Jennie Ataood, Mary +. Langdon, An
na Berran. Emily Clemens, Susan Gordon
and Mr. ]. Aston Broad.
II was al the first term in the new Aead-
envy under the above named corps Of
teachers that spert some of the vventful
DAYS of my life. Il was evsntful, for here
learned the lessons, not only those as
signed each DAY for recitation, but lessons
through many little experiences that haze
fingered in memory for the years that have
followed; again tor acqnaintances made,
associations and friendships formed that
always bring fond recoilections to mind
during the later DAYS that are so filed with
cares and responsibilities. As | turn the
pages of my autograph album and read the
names of Mary Flynn, Clara Perrin, Annie
c. Payne, Susie A. Leavitt, Annie l.. Com.
ings, Sadie Gordon, Mary L. Hopkins,
Wallace p. Dick, Frank Randall, Benz a.
min S. Warner. Luther J. Leavitt, George
l.. Perrin, Frank Perrin. Prudence Phillips,
Eva St. Clair Chamberlain, Mary J. Snow,
Mary Myers, Josie and Jennie Ross, Annie
Law. James Randall, Albert Nc. Mathew
son, and Others of the old arithmetic class,
il calls to mind how We used TO retire
from the school room proper to the reeita-
ton room after the devotional exercises III
the morning. While we were interested
in our lessons and as | remember had
them well prepared, there was lurking
one OF which was to siyly get the desired
place on the recitation bench, for the girls
occnnied the front seat and the boys the
back rows, and if the right boy sat back OF
the right glri the lesson was OF course re
cited more perfectly. Those who roomed
in the Academy building or boarded al
Elmwood bad the privilege OF studying at
these places Instead Of being obliged TO re-
main in the sehooroom. There too we're
few favorite places, as on the piazza or on
the .ettees under the shade OF the trees.
Then again the ehums accidentally came To
sether for study and-how they did study,
"Unknown by all, guess if you can, third
story with FIRE out" Where are the two
people Who could solve the meaning of
this? The home Of enc is in Putnam am
told. the other cannot tell. have not
known for Years her whereabouts, even
though for a part of the time she was ny
roommate. can recall the names and IA
ces Of hundred think one hundred
and tour-who attended the fall OF IS,
scattered now. / remember well one dsy
late in the fall, Mr.. Henry c. Bowen came
at the afternoon session and told the pu-
pills that IN ali probability there would be
a heavy frost tina, night which would ruin
the many plants in his gardens, and he
verv much desired that those who were
fond of flowers should go and help them
selves to any or all blossoms. You may rest
assured that long line OF US wendell our
way to Roseland ana gathered all we
could carry OF those beautiful and choice
flowers, decorating our rooms, desks, and
tables, with boeuets. The thoughtiulness
of Mr. Bowen, the pleasure afforded by the
privilege OF being able TO help ourselves.
the beauty OF the flowers, have sll come TO
mind with pleasant thoughts many times
during the wears that have followed.
EMMAoRNE MeCoNBER MckINsTRY