St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-06-18
SCHOOL FINISHED
(Continued from DAG ID

common interest. MUSIC was IuT-
nished by the boys glee clubs and
their songs were a gay part of the
glad occasion. After the banquet
had been served, Arthur F. Stone,
president of the, Alumni Association,
called upon the secretary, Miss Mar
garet ROBBIE, for the report of last
meeting, and the treasurer's report
was given, showing a balance of
$2.Il on hand. The nominating COM
mittee through the chairman, G. w.
Steele, reported the following Off
sers which were elected:
President, Herbert A. Stanley;
Vice Presidents, Harry H. Carr, Mrs.
Katherine Ide Gray, Mrs. Mary
Beattie Kicker; Secretary, Miss Mar
garet ROBBIE; Treasurer, Clarence A
Forest; Registrar, Caroline d. Ely;
Auditor, Donald McGregor; Execu-
tive Committee, DR.. William G. Rick
er, Calvin Brown, Mrs. Abbie Brown,
Mrs. Mabel Kelsey Howe, Miss Doro-
thy Fairbanks, Miss Marion E. Stan
ley, Miss Isabel Moves, Miss Mary
Josephine Peck, Preston E. May,
Ralph Q. Hamilton, Sidney ]. Bor-
land; Members of the Alumni Co
operating Committee for three years,
Edwin A. Silsby; Members of Alumni
Cooperating Committee for two
years, Gilbert E. Woods; Fund Com
mittee, Charles f. Peck, II. Philip
Patey, Mrs. Rebecca Pike Fairbanks,
Mrs. Minnie Robinson Proctor, Mrs.
Mabel Carpenter Ireland, Mrs.
Emily Young O'Brien, Miss Frances
Richardson, Miss Laila Mcneil, Ed
win A. Bayley, James z. Sykes;
Nominating Committee, Arthur G..
ESprague, Mrs. Mabel Brock French,
Miss label Gaskill.
Mr. Stone spoke of the letters he
had Received from alumni who were
unable to be present expressing
their interest in and affection for
the school. Among those whose let
ters were mentioned were Charles
A. Prouty of the Interstate Com
merce Commission and eX-Gov.
George H. Prouty and Matt B. Jones.
After Dinner Speaking
The first of the after-dinner
speakers was H. P. Patey, who
represented the Boston Alumni and
brought from them the good word
of the money they are raising for an
electric clock to be used instead of
bell for marking the recitation
periods and toward the installation
of q domestic science department in
the Academy. Mr.. Patey was a prom
inent athlete while here and at Dart
mouth and said that many of the
qualities which make a good player
are those which every man needs in
life, knowledge, skill, stick-tO-itive-
ness and team work.
Miss Brownell and eight of the
students gave very beautifully the
venus waltz from 20, o, Delphine'
and Harlan A. Tolman, president of
the class of 1913 spoke for his class.
He used as a metaphor the three
links which are the symbol of the
Odd Fellows and mean for the class
of 1913 the faith of the student in
the alumni. the loyalty of the class
of 1913 and the trust of the alumni
in the future.
DR.. Benedict was asked to speak
for the school and said that the
last year had been the best in
growth of character and intellect.
He spoke of the success of the
manual training department, of the
splendid meeting of the Boston
alumni and that the school is doing
it's best for it's young men and
women to make them citizens of
usefulness and power. After a
selection by the girls quartet Mrs.
A. w. Blair of Dorchester, Mass,
spoke in reminiscent vein of the
school as it impressed her in the
early 70's and was listened to with
deep interest as she told of those
days of transition and of the teach
ers who were connected with the
school at that time.
Prof. Benjamin T. Marshall spoke
with appreciation of his school
days at ST. J. A. and what the
school has meant to him since
that time. He spoke with confidence
and hope of the future and express
ed his belief that in spite of the in
terest in practical training the day
of cultural studies is not over for
they were never more needed than
in these times of money making.
The girls seXtet sang and Prof.
Lemuel Hastings of Dartmouth
spoke of the seven men who have
been at the head of the school in
it's 20 years history. He said that
every individual, no matter how in
significant, can do something to-
ward enriching the school.
Social Features
On Sunday evening after the bac-
calaureate, DR.. and Mrs. Benedict
entertained the South Hall boys
and Charlotte Fairbanks cottage
girls and Wednesday evening Mr..
and Mrs. Wood entertained the glee
clubs and South Hall and Cottage
students. The senior prom at Ber-
trand hall, Thursday evening, was
attended by about $50 and the dec
Orations were particularly pretty
consisting for the most part of schol
banners.