The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-22
At the Goddard Seminary
Alumni Exerc' ees.
Held Tod
PLACES o. $ROGRAM
A sSE.GNED THEM
Later the Graduates Went
to Hall for Their An
nual Dinner

"Six" classes were conspicuous in the
annual alumni exercises at Goddard SEM
mary this forenoon, although there was a
very representative gathering of gradu-
ates from many of the classes that have
gone out from the school since the doors
first swung open in the early 10s.
Glasses of 1876, 1886, 1896 and 1905 were
out in numbers, and places on the pro-
gram were plentifully assigned to their
representatives. The exercises began at
il o'clock but the noon hour was far
spent before the alumni program was
through and the "old grads" repaired to
the hall below for their annual dinner.
Stanley G. Wilson, '96. a Chelsea attor-
ney, was the orator of the day, and con-
tributions to the program were made by
Miss Ethel May Hamilton, 90, OF Way
land, Mass, and Mrs. Minnie Skinner Al
len, SO, of Barre. Weston A. Cate, a
member of the class of 1918 and a stu
dent in the theological seminary at st.
Lawrence university, Canton, n. y, who
is supplying the Universalist churches in
North Montpelier and East Montpelier
this summer, presided at the exercises
and in the absence of the clergyman as
signed to the exercises, Mr.. Cate led the
audience in prayer.
Excellent music was rendered by
Cleaves orchestra of Montpelier, and
whenever the musicians sat down to their
tasks they were literally applauded.
The opening number was an orchestral
salute Bells of Normandy" tWiegandl.
The invocation followed, and then Mrs.
Allen sang when the Heart Is Young
Buck. THE Governor of Tennessee
was the title OF a reading delivered by
Miss Hamilton, who exhibited rare histri-
onic powers in the Interpretation Of a.
difficult piece. Miss Hamilton, as one Of
the members of the 1900 class who have
been eminently successful in their chosen
professions, received a warm welcome.
The "sixesr did well to select Attorney
Wilson of Chelsea as their spokesman.
In his address, the speaker called up
some of the tenderest traditions of his
lwn class, that of 1896, as well as some
If the other memories that still lineer
IN more mature graduates of the school
IN the Hill. There were 26 members in
1896, he said, and only two of them had
passed away. Two members of the 1856
lass have died, and those students who
we're graduated in 1876, one of the earli
st of classes, have lost but one of their
lumber, an unusual record. In 1916 there
we're Is students who received diplomas,
nd to-day "a are living, Mr.. Wilson ex-
ressed the conviction that the 30 stu
ents who comprise the 1916 class are all
live. alive to the value of their oppor-
unity and to the privilege that has been
heirs in making Goddard their school
ONE.
The real value of Goddard" the
peaker continued, becomes more and
lore apparent to me as the years 90 on.
grows upon me that the secret of the
.hool's success is its faculty for making
he students feel at home. 1t is home
,hool in the best sense of the word and
Iay the day never dawn when it be-
,mes so big that the home spirit is lost.
The speaker paid tribute TO the high
additions OF Goddard in the past, re-
rred to the various Improvements to be
1ted bv the alumnus who has not re-
uned' for several years, and bespoke
II the institution a continuance of the
Preparedness policy in educational
alters.
MUCH llldl AlbbIHeN W ilSNu Idh " "a
as well calculated to tickle the risibili-
es of the occasion, and when he turned
point in particularly neat way he
ver lacked for a hearty response in
e shape of laughter. In closing, he
dressed himself in more serious fash
n and said that he would like to see
ore alumni teachers living in the school
ilding. The presence of graduates who
e in touch with the real school spirit
Goddard would have splendid intiu-
ce on the incoming students, he be-
we'd At the close the speaker urged
on his hearers the necessity for con-
Iued loyalty to the school and asked
1t the best traditions of the Goddard
other DAYS may be upheld by the stu
nts who are to receive their diplomas
morrow
Music by the orchestra followed the
lress. the musicians contributing
ritcd waltz, "Badl'u Madl'n" tKom-
Il to the program at this iuncture.
S Hamilton entertained again in
iehtful characterization. entitled How
: Williams Painted Her House" The
gram closed with the audience singing
school song, Goddard, All Hail, in
son.