Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-14

ly in the breeze, little further on ! were wild honeysuckles and roses; and ever and anon the fragrance of ! sweet grasses and wild cherry blos- i homs was waited to us.
 We reached East Northfield short ly before four p. m. and drove along the wide streets between rows ot handsome shade trees. to the grounds of the seminary with it's fine buildings crownins the hills.
 We were just in time for the pa geant that formed the beginning of the weekday part of commencement. There had been appropriate religious services, on Sunday.
 The pageant was staged on Mar quand field in front of Marquand hall. The animating spirit and purpose of the founder of the school, Dwight l.. Moody, which also is the spirit and purpose at East Northfeld were very apparent in the pageant. It be- gan with a processional of the ves-
 per choir singing: "Fairest Lord Jesus TtSs was followed by the Spirit of Northfela carrying the Northfield star and surrounded by pages and attendants. This role was taken by Miss Emma Fit Powell,
 oldest living grandchild of D. l..
 Moody. I cannot give more than an outline
 of the princip:. scenes of the pageant for it lasted until six o'clock. The Spirit of, Christianity and the Spirit Of Education were represented. There
 were scenes from the Bible, from his tory literature music, household art and science, science and mathematics, and procession of foreign students i from IS different countries. | The recessional was America the | Beautiful.''
 1 In the evening we attended a fine ] concert given by the Estey Chorus 1 from the seminary and the Glee club | from the Boys School at Mount Her 1 mon. This was followed by a stere l opticon lecture about Northfield and 1 Mr. Moody.
 After that we sought our downy 1 touches, but our niece remained to see illumination and a bon fire that
 wound up the days programme at | 12.30 m.
 Tuesday morning we attended the commencement exercises in the Audi itorium which had been beautifully and appropriately decorated by the stu
 dents with hemlock and buttercups
 from the surrounding woods and fields
 These exercises also were permeat- |
 It was very impressive when four
 hundred young girls, clad in white fil-
 ed in singing God of Our Fathers
 Then followed scripture reading and
 prayer.
 The speaker of the occasion was
 Robert Speer. A glance at his fine
 and deeply spiritual face convinced
 one that he fully realized his privilege
 and responsibility.
 The presentation of diplomas was
 followed by prayer and the exercises
 closed with the singing by all pres
 ent of "All Hail the Power of Jesus Name"
 : Tuesday afternoon we went for {
 long ride.
 On the homeward journey we drov, through the long avenue of beautiful , pine trees leading up to Mount Her mon, five miles from East Northfield Then through the grounds of the Boys school, going slowly in order to full. appreciate the handsome buildings ant the beautiful scenery.
 ] To me the most wonderful thins about Nerthfield is the indelible i'm pression made upon an entire cormu nity by the godly character and Tiff of one man. And the feeling that tn ,, spirit of Dwight L. Moody still brood over the schools that he founded an, loved. So strong is this feeling on :. almost expects his spirit to appear fl glorif1ed, but tangible physical form il II some quiet spot in the woods or per chance on a lofty hilltop overlook 7 ] ing the entire scene.
 Wednesday morning we left North A field with our faces turned towar . ! New Jersey We went to Greenfield 1 and from there over the Mohawk Ira a to North Adams.
 . | At Charlemont we made a detour {
 Heath. a small village on the sum f init of hill which forms the highes v point of land in Massachusetts. Ther : we saw the. church where m s grandfather preached and the hous V in which my mother was married Then we resumed uur journew to Mort il Adams and from there to Pittsf1eld u We spent the night in Pittsfield an e Thursday morning started on agail Our route lay through the Berkshir
 Hills, past Lake Mahopac down tn h east side of the Hudson river, acros r, Dyckman ferry to New Jersey, anc three miles further on we reached GU d destination.
 e About the middle of June I am goin a to a quiet and charming little villae
 on Long Island, close to the Atlanti
 ocean for a few weeks.
 Huldy: As we passed throug
 Eagleville I looked at your hous NV where I have passed so many happ . hours and thought affectionately | you.
 Ie Biddy: am exceedinly sorry 1
 miss the picnic at your home. we ha 1t such a good time last year I WE p eagerly anticipating this one Hor Il that you will have fine weather and a large and sociabIe crowd ,e AUNT INEVITABLE. e,.l