The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-03

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| strument always will acknowledge its
master. This latter fact attests par
! ticularly the wonderful and perma-
nent influence which DR.. Spaulding al
ways exercised upon the scholars
! mind. Ask any of his students who
| have grown to mans estate to whom
| they are indebted for the success which
has attended their labors along life's
journey, and the reply will invariably
| be. "ITncle Jacob Spaulding," Each
! and all, no matter how frequent and
severe the crosses they were made to
bear while at school, now bless his
memory. We have met with many OF
these self same 'cross bearers" after
their sclool-life at Barre was over
and they were one mind in affirming
that they would prefer Mr.. Spaulding
over all others, to teach their boys.
/ These commentaries, by those best
able TO Judge of his worth as a teacher
and as a man, go far toward making
up that need of praise so universally
accorded to the memory Of Dr. Spauld-
ing. Again, the sway which DR., Spauld-
ing welded in forming the minds of
the young, we contend, was greater
than that exertcd by college presidents
and professors of as long experience,
for the very reason that DR.. Spauld-
ing's influence was felt at an earlier
and at the very best time, when the
mind is forming and just when it will
retain whatever counsel and thorough
teaching it may have impressed upon
it. The result of his training was,
therefore, the most influential, as it
was the most permanent and lasting,
and what
An Army of Students
have gathered within the walls of
Barre academy since its opening in
so. and have felt the impress of the
Spaulding mind. Vermont has had
and still possesses many successful
teachers and academic preceptors of es-
tablshed reputation-sueh men as Or
cult, Dana. Cilley, Bingham and Con-
ant-while all will unite in naming DR..
Spaulding as the Nestor among the
teachers of the state. The colleges OF
New England and New York have
known Barre academy for the past
twenty eight years as one of the best
fitting schools in the country. But the
kind of men which the academy has
sent out .attests, more than all else,
the success or the failure of its meth
DDS and its masters.
It is interesting to us, and, we be-
lieve, is always so to all the alumni
and old students of the. academy, to
recall the faces of those who were
with them at Barre, and note their
present whereabouts. Although they
are scattered throughout the length
and breadth of the land they still
keep soft spot in their memories for
old Barre, and as often as possible
they one and all return to visit it.
Every state may be said to claim more
or less of the representatives OF Barre
academy. The growing state of Min
nesota has dozen or so; among them
Rev. Perrin B. Fisk, fine writer of
both prose and poetry-what original
and witty things he used to contribute
to the 'Crystal" NJ. Start,
one of the best debaters in the lyceum,
now successful lawyer; Dave Blake
ly. editor at st. Paul; Smith, Collins,
Fifield and Stewart. In Iowa there are
state, including Colonel Godfrey, Hon.
f. G. Clark Hon. w b. Leach, Will
liam Burton Perrin. and w. +. An
drews. The academy is well repre-
scented at Chicago by members of the
faculty and alumni. Misses Cook and
Felt, long time teachers at the acad
envy, are there, also Mr. and Mrs.
Camp, and Hon. J. M. Thacher, for
mer members of the faculty; Captain
L. L. Coburn, L. L. Wood, Esq, Henry
Wood. the French brothers, Gale, Jones
and others of the old scholars. DR..
Crandall and Nat Simons are in Illi-
nois; DR.. Hanson, Harvey Cutting and
Charley Joslin. are in Michigan; Rue
Stafford and Charley Brigham are in
Milwaukee; w. B. Parsons and I. II.
Evans are in Kansas; Rob W. Rogers
is in New Orleans; Hiram Smith, jr.,
is in Missouri NJ. b. Carpenter and
H. G.. White are in Denver: and B. p.
Reynolds in Oregon New England and
New York are full of academy boys
and girls. ID. W. Stafford, G. s. Hen
ry and II. NJ. Heller are in New York;
R. B. Fowler and Rev. A. w. Hazen
are in Connecticut, Massachusetts,
claims James s. Abbott-one of the
most popular assistants Mr.. Spauld-
ing ever employed-Rev. 5. F. Gale,
another of the old faculty; Rev. J. Jay
Lewis, full of fun at school and
good sermonizer in the pulpit; 10. II.
Ladd, Dr. c. II. Cook and wife, nee
Miss Rosa Perkins, both former teach
ers; DIR. B. L. Dwinell and irwin Car
penter. Charles f. Stone, Esq. is in
New Hampshire; Rev. George p.
Beard is teaching in Pennsylvania.
The academy is represented in the
army by Captain Abbott, Lieutenant
Kinzie and Lieutenant Kelton; in the |
navy by Babcoek and Baker.
Many of the best known men Of |
Vermont finished their academic edu- !
cation under the instruction OF DIR. |
Spaulding, among them the collector |
of customs, the Judge of the munich !
pal court at Burlington, the editor of |
the St Adams Messenger-one of the |
best newspaper writers in that or any
other state-one of the nominees for |
senator from Franklin county TO the |
next legislature, and the nominee for |
states attorney from the same coun |
tv; lawyer. a physician aud an edr- |
tor in Brandon. a prominent lawyer in |
Montpelier. two well-known physicians |
in Waitsfeld. and a physician each in
Rochester and Windsor.
The Neurology List
of the academy for the past twenty
FIVE years comprises some Of the best |
talent that was developed there dur /