Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-21
MORTIFIED, MASS.
ALUMNI PLEDGE $4,000 YEARLY.
Commencement and 35th Anniversary
Services at Mount Hermon.

Commencement at Mount Hcrmon
school began Saturday at $3.50 p. n
in Memorial chapel with the class
day exercises. The program presented
was as follows: Salutatory, Herbert
Adolrh Lcggctt; president S address
Rcindardt Robert Herring; spade ora.
tion, Ralph Herbert lIetrick; class
history, Otto Schaefer Nau; class
will, Richard Hamilton Baird; vale.
dictory, Seth Braytcn Clifford. There
are so young men in the class and
the gift TO the school is the gateway
Just completed at the west end of the
campus at cost of $500. This wa;
dedicated and presented by Rob
ert Gardner Tolman of the senior
class on Tuesday morning at $50
o'clock.
After supper Saturday at 7.3C
O'Clock at West hall reception by the
faculty was held on Camp hal
lawn when Principal Cutler gave
the address of welcome and Rev. An
sci f. Johnson, '13, president of the
Boston lIcrmon club, responded. Music
was furnished throughout the
celebration by the musical organ
ization composed of all who ever have
belonged to them.
The thirty-ffth anniversary cclc-
hration opened Sunday with n prayer
meeting in the chapel at $50, led by
Warren r. Walker, 'SS, of Syracuse
n. Y. The baccalaureate service was
held at 1890 Il. m, and Rev. Alexander
McGallin, 80, of Cleveland gave the
sermon on The Mountain and the Plain
The evening service was in charge OF
Principal Cutler and the general topic
was IIermon in the World. Previous tc
this service f. f. Holbrook, '05, OF
Kccnc, n. H., gave an organ recital
The speakers for the evening were n,
follows: Business. Moore G. Tussey
'Ol, New York city; Teaching, Fred j
NASH '96, Philadelphia; Ministry, Rev
Harvey NJ. Eastman, ex- '06, Colrain
Mass; Medicine, DR.. A. Wilson Atwood
ex-' 02, Worcester; Agriculture, Prof
Harry Hayward, 80, Newark, Del.
Law, Ulysses G.. Church, 81, Water
bury, Conn; Missions, Rev. Fred w
Harding, ex- '0S, Tura, Assam; Y. NJ. c
A., Elson w. Sheffield, eX-'9S, Chester
Pa; College, Vernon Rice, ex'12
Providence, r. |.
Monday and Tuesday were full days
nearly every hour being filed Will
an event in the program for the an
nlNcrSarV celebration.
On Monday morning the Alumni assO
citation met and the result was the re
communication that the old students
take upon themselves for the next five
years the responsibility of raising the
amount equal to the deficit on 60 boy:
year, namely $4,000. At the ami
versary service Henry Roe Cloud, '06, ;
full-blooded Winnebago Indian, gave
the address. He is the only fullbloodeC
Indian to graduate from Hermon anc
Yale. With him was his bride, who was
educated at Carlisle
After class reunions in the Afternoon
the classes paraded in costume and par
ticipated in field sports. Wilfred w
Frye, 90, of Philadelphia was toast
master at the banquet in the evening
The speakers were w. r. Moody, 'S6;
DIR. Richard M Smith, '99, of Boston
a Mortified boy; Rev. John Mcdowell
80, Baltimore, who spends the sum
mcrs in Northfield and A. E. Roberts
of New York city, president of the as
ISOLATION.
The commencement address was de
livered Tuesday at 1890 O'Clock b,
Rev. Charles A. Brooks, '93, of New
York city Principal Cutler at thi
time presented diplomas to ~ young
men, the largest class in the history o
the school. Mr.. Cutler, who has beer
head of the school over 80 years, has
siX-months leave of absence and goe
to Belgium to be engaged in relief work
During his absence Prof. Lloyd l.. Non
ton, vice principal Of the school, will
be acting principal.
Many prizes for excellence in elias
work and general improvement wer
awarded at this time. Mr.. Moody an
nounced the gift of money sufficient t
put the auditorium at East Mortified
in condition for winter use so that bot
Moody schools can meet together dun
ing the winter months. There is II
building in either school large enough
that is heated, to accommodate tn
200 students. The service closed wit
the Mortified benediction.
The final event was the reception a
Ford cottage, the home of Principal an
Mrs. Cutler, at $50, for all students an
guests.
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