Putnam patriot., 1921-08-19
TO HOLD SERVICE
FOR ACADEMY HEAD
t. K. Hall, Principal Twenty.
Six Years, To Be Honored
At Reunion
Large Number of Alumni Return,ns
For Dinner Tomorro~


That more than ESQ graduates Of
woodstock Academy have already
signified their intention to be present
al the dinner tomorrow noon in the
Academy building is an indication of
the interest aroused BY the program
Of the alumni reunion and memorial
service to be held Sunday afternoon
for +. r. Hall. late head Of the Acad.
envy.
The program for Saturday will open
at 10 o'clock with a ball game be-
tween teams made up from the return.
ing alumni Of the school. At o'clock
the dinner, the principal event Of the
day. will be held in the large upper
hall Of the Academy building. Herb
ert Bowen will act as POSTMASTER and
a number Of the alumni will be called
upon to respond to toasts.
The afternoon has been kept open
BY the committee for informal gather.
lags 81 the returned graduates and an
opportunity for the renewal of old
friendships. The evening program
will begin at o'clock and will include
vocal solos by Ruth Shepard and Lou.
Use Lawton Of Woodstock and Miss
Jacobs Of Dudley. violin solo by Mrs
Ethel Phillips Barker of New York,
and reading By Frederic Hinrichs
Of Woodstock The East Woodstock
orchestra will furnish music during
the program and dancing will con.
clude the evening. At this time a col.
lection will be taken by the alumni for
the establishment of fund in mem.
ory Of +. r. Hall.
This year the memorial service will
keep many of the returning alumni in
Woodstock over Sunday. At $50 o.
clock IN the Congregational church 4
memorial service will be held for T.
X. Hall. for 26 years head of tht
Academy and considered by many Of
the alumni the man principally re
sponsible for the growth and higr
standards Of the school.
The service recalls the sudden
death Of Mr. Hall last September. Mr.
Hall was attending a town meeting
and had been pressing legislation ia
vorable to the Academy He had JUS
taken his seat TO write a revised mo
tion more acceptable To the opposi
ton. when his head was seen 10 fal
forward, and although efforts wer,
made TO revive him. he did not regail
consciousness and died in few min
utes
The service on Sunday will be con
Quoted by the Rev. Fosdick b. Harri
son. pastor of the Woodstock Congre
gational church. of which Mr.. Hal
was deacon, and the principal addre.
will be delivered by Prof. A. r. Mer
riam. Professor Of Homiletics at tn
Hartford Theological Seminary an
Mr.. Halls elassmate at Yale. Speeds
music will be furnished by former pu
pills of Mr.. Hall.
After teaching in the gramma
schools of New London and New Ha
ven, Mr. Hall came to Woodstock i
! 1883 and was for 26 years head of tn
school There was little equipmen
with which TO work when he first cam
and no provision was made for reg
ular course of study. Ii was durin
his leadership that the students wer
first divided into classes and provisio
made for specified courses Of instrue
ton eliminating in graduation fror
the school Mr. Hall retired from tn
Academy in 1914 but made his sun
mcr home in Woodstock until hi
death. IL is expected that a larg
number Of old students will gather I
pay their tribute to him Sunday al
+ teruOOn.