The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-11-02
"Fist Fight Is Feature
of Academy Party
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etc. There was many i shuuLer
but no one swooned.
Two sets of ushers about 20 in
all, handled the crowd. One set
conducted the guests through the
different stunts and the otner set
led the students up and down the
receiving line. The receiving line
was comprised of members OF the
faculty, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.. Axtell
and Frank B. Tuckerman. The
faculty were masked 'front.' and
back, SO that the students shook
hands with each member twice. In
this way the guests were kept
guessing as to which direction
they were shaking hands. The
patrons and patronages included
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Steele, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles A. Shields, Mr..
and Mrs. David Conant, Mrs.
Frank Brooks and Mrs. W. G..
Kicker.
While the large crowd was
gathering down stairs many inter
esting and humorous stunts Were
staged upstairs to amuse those
who already had arrived. Among
these was a marshmallow race on
strings, pinning the tail on the
black cat and watching the antics
of an elephant (impersonated by
two boys )under the direction of
the trainer, Miss Agnes Oliver.
Miss Dorothy Conant aided in the
fun by telling fortunes.
The grand march started as
soon as all of the students had ar
rived upstairs. The orchestra
which furnished music for this
feature of the party consisted of
Mrs. Wilson piano; Mrs. Margaret
Adams, violin; Carl Ranger,
violin; Miss Freda Harris cello
and Mrs. Jean Stanley Goodrich,
traps. When the promenade was
completed the marchers formed in
three circles and played the fascin-
ating game of "Seven in and
Seven Out. Everybody was mask
ed for the oame and they present
ed an unusual sight.
The next event on the program
was singing by the Chapel choir,
the several teachers impersonating
the students, VINO are regular
members of the choir. The teach
ers participating included Carl
Ranger as Charles Rathbun: Miss
Clara Bushman as Harriet Elliott;
Miss Katherine Warner as Ger
trudc Tinker: Miss Hazel Cobb as
Marion Cleveland: Miss Bertha
Stilson as Emma Roman and A. -.
Axtell as Stuart FAIR. While the
student audience listened intently
and some of the scholars endeav-
ored to prevent commissions, the
"choir" sung very effectively
"Seeing Ncllic Home, a song
which contained approximately a
dozen verses.
The conduct of class of the
worst acting pupils in the school
by Miss Agnes Oliver, as teacher,
was one of the most attractive fea-
lures of an excellent program. |
Teachers took the part Of &c
"bad' pupils. Mr.. Axtell took the
part of Vernon Cruise, who was
active in pushing other students |
out of their seats; Miss Dorothy |
Conant impersonated her sister,
Miss Katherine Conant, Whine |
Miss Christiana Hodgdon, took |
the role of Robert Blodgett, who
paid more attention to each other
than they did to their studies. The
class exhibition eliminated in
word battle between Principal
Wilson as Allan Ashcraft and
Prof. Ranger as Harold Smith, fol-
lowed by a fist fight in the corri-
dor after both had been ordered
TO the office. Ashcraft got licked.
Mr.. Ranger, impersonahng
Stuart Perry, led the school IL