Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-16
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HONOR DIR. FAIRBANKS
Academy Trustees Adopt Resolu-
tions Honoring the Service of
its Senior Member

The president having made formal
announcement of the death of Ed
ward Taylor Fairbanks, the senior
member of the Board of Trustees and
its Secretary and Treasurer, on JAN
uary ~, 1919 in his SD year, it was:
RESOLVED: That the following
memorial be entered in the records of
the Academy which for sc years We're
faithfully kept and attcsted by his
hand:
A SON of one of the founders of the
Academy, Edward Taylor Fairbanks,
is entitled by his many and valuable
services rendered it, through 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-
lor, and in Yale College, he began his
services for the Academy by acting as
one of its assistant teachers during
the year 1S59G0. Upon resuming his
residence in the town as one of its
settled clergymcn in 1867, he was
elected a member of the Board of
Trustees, and in 1882 was made it's
secretary and treasurer, all of which
offices he held continuously until his
death. His acceptance of these trusts
and the willing performance of 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-
rifcing spirit which were recognized
by all with whom he had to do.
His unofficial services for the Acad-
emy 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 it's 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
semi-centennial.
Always loyal as a trustee to the ori-
ginal design of the founders Of the
Academy and sharing their high
ideals for it, he did much both to
broaden and strengthen its fabrics
and to adjust it's 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
struggling for an education and his
winning personality, all united to
give him a personal acquaintance
with successive classes until he came
to know more of it's alumni than was
possible for any of it's successive
principals.
Thus it came to pass that by his
varied services to the Academy dur
ing this long period, his wide person.
| al acquaintance with its alumni, and
: the influence which emanated from
the beauty and strength of his char
acter, his scholarship and ripe Chris
tian culture, he acquired a unique
place in the respect and affection
alike of trustees, alumni and pupils.
In their memory, he will continue to
hold that place as true representa-
tive of the Academy, its mental and
moral influence and it's spirit of SER
vice.
The trustees hereby extend to the
family of DR.. Fairbanks their sincere
sympathy in their great and mutual
loss.