The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-21
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who were the leaders on the Ameri-
can side. The soldiers over there
knew God as they never knew him
before. The PROBLEMS of the United
States will be solved by hard work
and by the continual practice of the
Golden Rule. We must practice char
ity and use our brains in thinking
these serious problems through.
After another selection by the
school quintette Arthur F. Stone of
st. Johnsbury, member of the edi-
torial staff of the Evening Caledo-
MAN was called on for a
short address. Mr.. Stone empha-
sized the value of the community
spirit, as evidenced by this gather
ing; spoke of what the boys from our
schools and colleges in this country
and England hadd one in the war,
and in closing urged the people not
to get pessimistic over the future of
the United States, but to take cour-
age by thinking of the Arab proverb,
"The dogs may bark, but the caravan
moves on"
Roger Crane, for the business
committee, reported concerning the
proposed endowment. When the
Academy was established in 1858 it
started with an endowment of $4,000.
In 1916 $1,000 more was raised and
the fund is now $3,625. 1t is pro-
posed to raise this endowment to
$4,000. d. M. Crane has pledged
81 900 provided $4,000 more can be
raised in the village of Mclndoes.
Two subscriptions have already been
received Of $25 each from Crane
Brothers and J. II. Goodrich. Mr..
Crane announced that the committeei
would start at once to increase this
fund.
Following these exercises came the
annual meeting of the Alumni asso-
citation at which these officers were
elected: President, Horace Gleason;
vice-pres., Alaric Crane; sec.-treas.,
Miss Alice Phelps; ex COM, A. l..
Guthrie, Roger Crane, Mrs. Robert
A. Kendall. The association also
voted to add their heartiest support
towards increasing the embodiment.
After the meeting there was hot
ly contested ball game between the
mines from Bradford and Monroe.
Following is the line up of the two
teams: Bradford, L. Haskins, pitch
er; Metcalf, catcher; Lennis, 1b; c.
Haskins, Oh; H. Haskins, 3b; Mann,
IS; Murray, IF; Fowle, f; Prescott,
If.
The Monroe lineup was as fol-
lows: p. Emery, pitcher; c. Emery,
catcher; Forest Emery, 1b; Bodwell,
2b; Human, 8 b; G. Lang, IS; c.
Pratt, f; White, f; Moore, f.
The score by innings is as follows:
12 A 6 7 50
Monroe 90 2 0 0 2 l 0 9-5
Bradford 90 OIL 0 % 2 Id
In the evening the members of the
Alumni association gave the four act
lrama, "The Dust of the Earth" with
he following cast of characters:
David Moore, of Maple Farm Cot
tage William Frazer
Susan Moore, his wife Lucy Buffum
Elizabeth, their daughter
Florence Gibson
Jerry. their son Charles Aiken
Rev. DR.. Templeton, young divine
John Gibson
Miss Arabella, the village news
paper Alice Moore
John Ryder, the young master
of the Naples William Gibson
Wandering Tom, mystery
Norman Van Dyke
Old Morse, his companion
Robert Kendall
Nell, the dust of the earth
Adine Lawler
This was well received by large
audience and will be repeated Friday
night.
McIndoes academy was chartered
by the Vermont Legislature in 1858
and the school sessions are still held
in the original building. Among its
distinguished alumni are Hon. Sam
uel E. Pingree of Hartford, one of
Vermont's eX-governors; Byron
Moulton of Philadelphia, Clinton