The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-26
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ing and fencing, a debating society and
new library, One of the rules Of the
time had been no smoking on the
grounds, but he said that they soon came
to see that that did not prohibit it on
the roof. He said that the last time
that he had stood on the platform there
was in 1872, when he addressed the au-
dience in Latin and to the great delight
OF the alumni he repeated as much Of
that speech as he could remember
The collective effort and good results
of such effort depend on three things
What is one trying to do? Is it worth
doingl and is it really being done? The
trustees decided that what they were
trying to do was to establish good
school for the children OF Uniyersalist
parents and to establish prep school
for Tufts. As early as '63 they were
talking UNCONVENTIONAL schools and it
was in that year that Goddard got its
charter, although the school was not
established till after the war In 1869 he
said that be walked over from Barre
academy during sugar season to see the
building we'll started and that in the
spring vacation of that year he was EN-
ployed as lather in the building. 1t
opened in 1870 and graduated class
that year The name was changed to
Goddard after a year and when funds
became low an endowment fund was
raised at the instigation of Mr. Calef.
The relation between the school and
the church has ceased to be so impor-
tant, for time and the war have killed
Il tV,at tn,aa. I.nA hat
keeps the school alive. Barre academy
stood in the front ranks for years as a
Congregational school, but died on ac-
count of its narrowness. The thing that
keeps Goddard here to-day is that it
was and is adjusted to the times, The
men who founded 1t stood on the foun-
dation of manhood and although they
gave reasonably good course of studies
they gave better training in teamwork,
loyalty, manhood and womanhood. And
those going out from Goddard have sue
ceeded. Almost every class has a man
or woman who stands among the front
ranks Much of this credit is due the
headmasters.
To build for the future ii is neces.
sary to utilize the foundation stones Of
the past Teachers and students are the
same as 30 years ago. Only names and
games have changed, BY adopting the
new names and games, the school can be
as successful as in the past. 1t must ad
just its ideals to 1920 to the age Of big
business, and like big business have good
organization and cooperation. This co
operation must exist not between small
groups, but be equally distributed be-
tween all groups. Trustees, faculty,
alumni and students must all be bound
together in this manner. The teachers
are naturally loyal to the trustees, but
they should be just as loyal TO the stu
dents real automatons, assigning and
hearing lessons, but teachers teaching
and joining in the student activities, as
did some of the notable good principals
of the old days of Goddard. The student
naturally wants to be loyal, and if not
hampered by the trustees or the faculty
win be. He looks on the student activi-
ties as his special phase and wishes to
be backed up by active support along
these and other lines.
Thus as a modern business concern
Goddard must draw attention by doing
new things or by doing the old things
better than other schools, must demand
confidence by delivering honest goods,
must make itself desired by showing
people that they need these goods.
They must inspire confidence by MAX
ing a small margin Of profit and by
bringing forth good goods They must
sell goods that young people demand and
must 60 forth into the Green mountains
and create q demand for these goods
The exercises were brought to a close
with the singing of the school hymn.