The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-27
GODDARD SEMINARY'S
GOLDEN JUBILEE TOLD
IN BRILLIANT PAGEANT
Continued from first page.

NIOHtlHueu from HfSI page.
II the Scotch, represented there by their
| liitie band. Three of them danced the
highland fling, which was very much APP
preciated.
| Episode five was scene given by
GODDARD students at a baseball game
where the recruiting officer came to call
way the boys to war, and their depart.
ire. Their arrival in France was told
BY Miss Elizabeth Bingham in song,
then came the dance of the five nations,
lone by the seminary girls carrying the
Tags of the allies. Then Peace entered
heir midst and set free white dove.
| The final scene was where the Sweet
| 5irl Graduate welcomed them back and
| they brought a message from the fields
II Flanders, sung by DR.. D. c. Jarvis.
The war-worn heroes and the girls all
went back into the dormitory and School
| Spirit, Religion and Education once more
met and joined hands.
The last episode was Goddard to-day,
displaying in brilliant pageantry the de-
| partments of the school, the home eco
| Monies department, the commercial de-
partment, athletics, the academic depart
ment, represented by Homer, Virgil,
Xenophon, Caesar, Cicero and Ovid
Mathematics represented by Pythagoras,
physics by the figure of light, chemistry
by the alchemist, history by Alexander
the Great, Augustus Caesar, Oliver Crom-
well, Napoleon and George Washington.
Especially interesting was the song of
Mother Goose sung by Marjorie Worces-
ter, representing the teachers training
course and the game that the children Of
the Summer street school played under
her direction. The Spanish students
gave scene from "La Brooma" in Span
ish, the French were represented by Joan
of Are, mounted, and the English de-
partment by the Canterbury Pilgrims,
who rode across the campus at the call
ing Of their names,
The affair was brought to very sue
cessful close by the singing of America
Triumphant" by the Goddard seminary
glee club
The great lawn Of the seminary front
ing the seminary buildings made good
stage for the presentation of the pag
cant, although the location was not the
best suited for the convenience Of the
Unexpectedly large crowd which assem-
bled to see the production Two sets of
seats had been constructed in front of
the main building but they were filed
an hour before the program started, the
crowd then overlooking onto the lawn
and delaying the start OF the pageant
until the people could be put back. Au
tomobiles furnished vantage points for
many of the spectators, while neighbor
ing trees had their branches filed with
perching figures, both young and old.
But in spite Of these handicaps the
pageant was successful and will be long
remembered by alumni, students and
townspeople The participants had been
drilled by Miss Eva Scates, who had the
assistance of teachers of the seminary
and townspeople. The lines connecting
the episodes Of the pageant were written
by Miss Blanche j. Tilden Of Barre,
member of the class of 1879, and daugh
ter Of one of the men prominent in the
founding Of the school, Judge Harvey
Tilden. Among those who participated
were some Of the older residents Of the
city, whose memories went back to the
actual scenes incident TO the founding of
the school
Some Of the characters assumed by
the participants were the following men
well known in the councils Of the school
in the early years: Rev. J. S. Lee, w. R.
Shipmsn, Heman Carpenter, committee
on establishing the school; Rev Eli Bal
lou, Heman Carpenter, Rev L. Fl Tabor
DR. Isaiah Buchanan. r. B. Fay, G. w
Chaplain, J. S. Moore, Rev. w. r. Stowe
and w. r. Shipman, permanent commit
tee; A. A. Miner, Rev. G. W. Bailey T.
Trask committee on location; Harvey
Tilden, Leonard Aldrich and Charles
Templeton, building committee.
The same bell pealed forth from the
tower in the main building which was
placed there half century ago after
money had been raised for the purpose
by the famous bell festival" in Barre.
The tones Of this bell seemed to accen
tuate the realistic nature Of the pageant
and to bring to the minds Of the great
audience an appreciation Of the efforts
which lay back of the founding Of the
school, which has now passed its 50th
milestone and which looks forward to
another so years Of increasing prestige