The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-12
HONOR DIR. FAIRBANKS
Academy Trustees Adopt Resolu-
tons Honoring the Service of
its Senior Meml Yer

The president having tade formal
announcement of the de 9TH of Ed
ward Taylor Fairbanks, the senior
member of the Board of trustees and
its Secretary and Treasu rer, on Jan
uary IL, 1919 in his 83d pear, it was ::
Resolved: That Il he following
memorial be entered in t. be records of
the Academy which for Is years were
faithfully kept and att ested by his
hand:
A son of one of the fo mnders of the
Academy, Edward Tayl or Fairbanks,
is entitled by his many and valuable
services rendered it, tn rough his long
life, to be named as one of its up
builders. Educated during his most
plastic years in the Academy by Prin-
cipal Colby and later in Phillips An
dover Academy by his uncle, DR.. Tay-
Tor, and in Yale College, he began his
services for the Academy by acting as
one of it's assistant teachers during
the year 1859-60. Upon resuming his
residence in the town as one of it's
settled clergymen i'll 1867, he was
elected a member of the Board of
Trustees, and in 1888 was made it's
secretary and treasur er, all of which
Offices he held continr lously until his
death. His acceptance, of these trusts
and the willing perfor nance eff the la
bors they involved for so long a per-
iod was due to his Inherited interest
in the Academy and his general inter
est in the advancement Of education.
His discharge Of the duties of all
these offices was marked by strict fl
deity, high intelligence and sound
judgment, and also by an habitual
consideration for others and self-sac-
rlficing spirit which were recognized |
by all with whom he had to do.
His unofficial services for the Acad-
envy also were notable. AS pastor
of the South Congregational church
in which many of the pupils of the
Academy worshipped, he was from
1874 to 1902 one of the religious
teachers of its successive classes dur
ing that whole period. The Academy
also is indebted to him as an histori-
an for his admirable sketch of it's
foundation, his memorial of his be-
loved teacher, its first principal, and
his address at the celebration of it's
Always loyal as trustee to the orr
ginal design of the founders of the
Academy and sharing their high
ideals for it, he did much both to
broaden and strengthen it's fabrics
and to adjust its administration to
the changing needs of new genera
ton.
His frequent intercourse with the
pupils of the Academy, his genuine
interest and sympathy with all youth
for an education and his
personality, all united to
give him a personal acquaintance
with successive classes until he came
10 know more of its alumni than was ,
possible for any of it's successive
Thus it came to pass that by his
7aried services to the Academy dur
ng this long period, his wide person ,
Il acquaintance with its alumni, and ;
he influence which emanated from .,
he beauty and strength of his char
lcter, his scholarship and ripe Chris ,,
ian culture, he acquired a unique =
olace in the respect and affection
like of trustees, alumni and pupils. !:
n their memory, he will continue to l
1old that place as a true representa-
i've of the Academy, it's mental and ,,
moral influence and it's spirit of SER
rice. |
The trustees hereby extend to the
'amily of DR.. Fairbanks their sincere :
in their great and mutual !
oss.