The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-22
Also Hold Reunion and En-
Joy Entertainment and
Make Noise
ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED
IN THE CELEBRATION

Trophy Cups Awarded to Glasses of
1877 and 1912-Class of 1891 OBJ
serves 25th Anniversary-Com
Escort on March.
Nothing ever diminishes the ardor or
enthusiasm of the BrattlebOro high
school alumni, and the rain yesterday
which continued until evening failed to
prevent a big turnout for the 10th an
uual reunion of the Alumni association,
which was the closing feature of com
meneement week. The rain ceased in
| time to permit the outdoor parade,
which was an iridescent dream. About
/ 500 persons were in line, and the great
| variety of colOrs and costumes made
/ the parade spectacular feature. A
| touch Of patriotism was added to the
| spirit of loyalty to the high school by
| the presence of Company /, Vermont
! National Guard, Capt. E. w Gibson
/ commanding, who kindly accepted the
! invitation of the chief marshal, Mai.
| T. W. Childs, to honor the association
| by acting as escorts during the parade,
on the eve of the company $ departure
! for the state camp ground. The com
pany and the graduates were cheered
| and applauded by hundreds of persons
throughout the line of march.
Noisy They were a pack of wild In
! dams. With wells, horns. flies, drums,
/ kazoos and various other means of put
ting sound waves in motion the various
classes kept up an almost continu-
Gus demonstration, the class OF 1896
! with its drum corps having Il little ad
| vantage over the rest.
The graduates, former classmates,
husbands and wives began gathering
at the high school building soon after
clock. The rooms where they should
congregate were designated by placards
bearing the class numerals. Other
plaeards about the grounds indicated
where they should assemble after ar
ranging their costumes, and a little
after ) o'clock the marshals gave the
word to start.
The First Regiment band led the
march, Company / following, and then
came the graduating class Back of
them were the oldest classes, the class
OF 1915 coming last. They started off
p with a blaze of red fire and marched
l double file, with the street railroad
f track between. down main street,
around the traffic post at the junction
Of Main and Elliot streets, counter
marching to the Auditorium, where
those in line and some invited guests
4 were entertained by the Mozart ladies
o quartet of Boston.
There was pandemOnium in the town
hall corridor while the exuberant crowd
!. was passing through, and while they
/ were being seated and during the in
l. tervals between the program numbers
they kept up the din. The quartet con
sisted of Mrs. Clara Wild Jackson and
4 Miss Mabel Banks Wilson. sopranos
5 and Mrs. Bertha Putney Dudley and
Mrs. Mabel Florence Tenney, contral
>, tos They gave miscellaneous mum
" bers for the first part and a musical
sketch entitled Aunt Bridget from
t Paris, in costume, for the second part
d singing in good harmony and reveal
/ ing voices of excellent quality. Theil
T singing was enjoyed and they were ac
? corded every courtesy during theil
L singing, but it is a safe bet that they
e never before received encores of a like
character. The explosion of toy balloons
at psychological moments was very
amusing. and class wells made the wall
Of the hall resound as never before
The singers entered into the spirit o
p the occasion, however, and everybody
seemed happy.
While at the Auditorium the elias
statistics, including the number of liv
le ing graduates and the number of grad
yates present from each class, wer
called for from the stage by Principa
L. b. Smith to determine the awarding
= Of two silver cups, which is an annua
n feature of the reunion. The class o
70 1883 cup, offered to the class whic1
ts graduated from the present high schoC
Ia building having the highest percentag
q. Of living graduates present, was award
: ed to the class of 1912, whose percent
,s age was 20. The class of 1890 cup, OF
~, fered to the class which graduate
rs - from the old high school building hay
- ing the largest number present wa
= won by the class of 1877, nine of whor
r were on hand. There were present frol
" the class of 1873, three; from 1877
two; from 1867, one; from 1868, three
~ u from 1862, one, Mrs. Stella s. Elme
~ who for so many years was a teache
Ie in the high school.
II II On the return of the company to tn
ne high school building the ladies quartz
NJ rendered a few selections and furtht
n business was transacted. The class Z
NJ 1896 offered cup to the person comm
Irt from the farthest distance to the r,
union Miss Sadie Pellerin of Wints
IL Park, Fla, Of the class of 1914, locke
n good to receive the prize until Albei
ia E. Hopkinson Of the class Of ISs
be arose and announced that he was FRO
he Dallas, Tex. He was given the Gu
amid great applause.
The nominating committee, of whie
Fred G. Adams was chairman reporte
We for officers Principal T.. b. Smith chai
his man and Harry e. Freeman seeretar
me with authority to name such eommi