Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-06-26
5. Prophecy,
Florence Mary Aseltine,
Homer Jackson Vail.
7. Class Will,
2 Sophia Noela Du Bots

Homer Jackson Vail.
7. Class Will,
+ Sophia Noela Du Bots
Phi Beta Kappa.
Five new members were initiated into
the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society
at the commencement initiation. They
were Miss Stella A. Farrell of Middle
bury, Verena |. Suter of Swanton,
Jessie M. Graves of Walpole, N. H.,
Isabelle N. Esten of Middlebury and
Ellen M. Bailey of Wells RIVER. At the
close of the first semester other men,
bers of the same class were initiated.
These were Harold w. Abbott of Derry.
N. H. Howe K. Cassavant of Albany;
Helena B. Carpenter of Enosburg
Falls, Ruth A. Noyes of Salisbury, and
Florine M. Parker of Essex, Conn.
Prize Speaking Contest.
The Parker and Merrill defamation
contest was held as usual this year in
the Congregational church, on Monday
evening, June 22d, before large and
interested audience. The speaking, it
was generally agreed, was finer this year
than for many years in the past. The
contests were close and decisions hard
to make.
= Contestants for the Merrill prizes,
open to sophomores only, were Frederick
! l.. Fish, John j. Floyd, Ernest E.
Grant, Harry R. Hall, Dan o. Mason,
Bryson Deb. McCloskey, Alvin R.
Metcalfe and Charles H. Wright
Those out for the Parker prizes, open
to freshman only, were, Charles A.
Danolds, Randall D. Esten, Fred P.
Lang, Vinton w. Mitchell, Arthur M.
Gilman, John A. Reynolds.
Awards of prizes were. Merrill:
1st Ernest E. Grant who acclaimed
$ on "A Tribute to Lincoln -,
I'd. Dan o. Mason, who rendered
. Thurston's "a Plea for Cuba
j Sd. Alvin Metcalfe, "On Being Found
0 Guilty of High Treason"
4th. Bryson McClosky, Extract from
q Reply to Hayne."
u Parker:
LIST. Arthur M. Ottman witt
e Andrews "A Perfect Tribute"
e I'd. Vinton w. Mitchell with "The
e Dandy Fifth"
8 Or. Brainerd's SemiCentenniaI
II DR.. Ezra Brainerd, President Emeritu.
n of Middlebury college, delivered an ad
hot bo oil, -,
# part of the commencement exercises
!. DR.. Brainerd's address was in common
;, Grafton of the semi-centennal of hi!
IA graduation. The fifty year historical
-. outline which he gave deals with tina
, notwithstanding half-century before hi
- election to the presidency in 1855. II
\ part he said:
"How wildly recall my first triI
from st. Adams to Middlebury, Aug. Z
!" 1860. | came a lad of fifteen and hal
~ years, an entire stranger to faculty ant
II students, but furnished with letters o
~ introduction to President Labaree ant
&c Professor Parker. The President wa
= at trustee meeting, but the Professo
> found at home. He gave me a mos
'e cordial welcome inviting me to stay a
:" his house, and arranging to examine me
" at five o clock the following morning, a
!" to my preparation to enter college. Thi
's | submitted to in Latin, Greek, an
ai Mathematics, with much trepidation o
l mind in spite of the gracious manner o
;" the examiner. Soon after breakfast
went to church. secured front seat i
We the gallery, and listened attentively t
Is the twenty orations of the graduating
d class. hold in my hand the program
o. of that memorable occasion. have at
n tended all of the fifty-four subsequen
ne commandments of the college, but n
w graduating class has ever so Profound
impressed me with its eloquence, as di
Al the class of 1860. | heard DR.. Edd
III speak, and the eldest of the three Hie
" legs, and the two Steele brothers; | lis
ou tened to Henry Vail and Henry Walker
ne both afterwards College Trustees, an
ne to j. K. Williams, tutor, during on
sophomore year. What debt of graz
ne tude | should owe the college, if in fou
ne years | should know as much as the
IS did, and could speak as we'll as the
ne could.
81 met none of my classmates until
returned four weeks later at the openin
ho of the fall term, September 9th, whe
~ % of US met together for the first tim
i, in the Freshman recitation room. At tn
80 beginning of the Spring term two other
- joined the class-J. X. Batcheder an
- G. w. Scott; at the opening of tn
Sophomore year, two more Cameo. 1
= Noble and C. E. Prentiss, dropping bac
latter a wears absencel from the ella.