St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-06-25
LyndOnville
Noted Men Attend commencement
Exercises at the Institute
UniVeralIists to Meet This
Week

The week of commencement at
/ Lyndon Institute was a great sue
cess for the class of 1913. Wednes-
\ day evening the seniors held their
annual reception in the chapel, with
a good attendance and a pleasant
social time. Thursday was alumni
day and many gathered in the
chapel in the evening to listen to
short literary and musical program,
and enjoy a social hour. Friday was
commencement day and Music Hall
was filled at ten o'clock to listen to
the speaking. The hall was gaily
decorated with banners and
trimmed in the class colors, red and
green and white. The stage was
filled with eVergreens and palms. A
number of changes were made in
the established order. which are
in the line of improvement. The
trustees, instead of decorating the
stage, as usual, were seated in the
body of the house, directly back Of
the graduates. Instead of the gay
dresses usually seen all the young
ladies appeared in the sober black
gowns and mortar-boards. No
flowers were presented the gradu-
ates until they were passing out of
the hall. Young's orchestra of five
pieces furnished excellent music.
The class, 81 in number, were mar
shaled by Harry Clark. After an
invocation by the Rev. ]. J. Hutch
inson, an address of, welcome was
given by Max Daniel Newton. Miss
May Bailey then spoke well and
convincingly on Some Practical
Elements in a Girls Education" A
description of the Babcock milk test,
with demonstration of the same, was
shown by William Sanfield Brooks.
Music by the orchestra, Rustic Of
Spring." followed. Dale Henry
Simpsons subject was 1.-THE Demand
for Trained Men" Miss Vieva Swail
was class prophecies. James Harold
Burckes followed with a talk on the
nature of Fertilizers illustrated
by charts. Orchestra music "Humor-
esque" by Dborak, followed. Austin
Parker Webb spoke on the subject,
Agricultural Education" The vale
dictory or address to the graduating
class was given in a thoroughly fin
ished and successful manner by Karl
Ayers Davis. The State Commission
er of Agriculture, Hon. Ebert S.
Brigham, gave a few timely remarks
to the class. After a musical selec-
ton, Theodore N. Vail addressed
the graduates and presented their
diplomas. Mr.. Wallis remarks were
of great interest They were full
of practical advice, and contained
the sincere and heartfelt wisdom of
the man, who, having himself con-
quered, is now giving the best of
himself to aid the coming genera
tions. After presenting the diplomas,
Mr.. Vail introduced Judge Watson
of the Supreme Court, and President
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia
University, both of whom addressed
the graduates in a few we'll chosen
words. The benediction was then
pronounced by the Rev. ]. ]. Hutch
inson. The members of the gradu-
ating class are as follows. College
preparatory course: Vieva Isabel
Swail, Karl Ayers Davis. CONNER
cial course, Annie May Bailey, Flor
ence Sarah Bonner, Genevieve Claire
Rich, George Ira Carr, Harry Barn
ard Clark, Edward Henry Lavely,
Dale Henry Simpson, Robert Stone.
Agricultural school, Harold George
Blackshaw, William Santield Brooks,
James Harold Burckes. George Lem
uel Cate, Samuel Alexander Chand-
Ter, Arthur Augustus Gilman, Paul
Eastman Hopkins, Heman Adams
Miller, Max 1aniel Newton, c.
Arthur Parker, Robert George Pre-
vost, George Frank Rousseau, Ernest
Warren Sanborn, Forrest Clifford
Stone, Ralph Clifford Turnbull, Aus
tin Parker webb. Immediately
after the graduation program, was
held the alumni banquet, served by
the ladies of the Congregational
church in their vestry. About 100
sat down to a daintily served dinner,
and enjoyed the post prandial eXer-
cises under the leadership of Her
bert Burnham. In the afternoon,
alumni and institute had a good
game Of ball on the campus, the
school winning the victory by a score
of II to s The festivities of the
week closed Friday evening with the
commencement ball in Music hall,
which was largely attended.
G. H. Ford had three good cows
killed by lightning last week, during
a severe thunder shower. The cows,
a three-year-old, and two yearlings,
were huddled together against a
wire fence and the lightning ran
along the fence. The loss was par
TALLY covered by insurance.
Mrs. Blanche Cakes of Lisbon, n.
H. has been spending a few days
with her sister, Mrs. John Lincoln.
She returned home Sunday and her
mother, Mrs. Robinson, who was in
charge of the Cakes home during
her absence, returned
Miss Gorilla Macdonald of Barton
has been visiting friends in town
recently.
w. /. Powers returned last week
from Northampton, Mass, where he
went to attend the graduation of
his daughter, THETA, from Smith col
lege. On Saturday he and Miss
THETA started for the west. They
will visit in Wyoming, where Mr..
Powers brother and sister are
living, the Yellowstone National
Park, and spend probably the entire
summer in a leisurely trip through
the Canadian and American north
west.
Mrs. E. J. Blodgett was the
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