The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-25
ANNUAL PRIZE
SPEAKING AT
THE ACADEMY
Bayley Prizes to Be
Known as Fuller and.
Putney Prizes

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more interested audience than the
annual prize speaking at the
Academy. This year was no ex-
ception, and the Academy assem-
bly, room Friday evening was not
large enough to accommodate all
who wanted to listen to the
speakers in the annual contest for
coveted prizes offered by one of
the trustees, a graduate of the
class of 81, Edwin A. Bayley,
Esq, of Boston.
Mr. Bayley has offered these
prizes for the last five years, but
not until this year have there
been separate prizes for the boys
and the girls. Mr.. Bayley, in
awarding the prizes called atten-
ton to the fact that up to date
the young men had never succeed
ed in capturing first prize. He
said he did not know whether this
was because Of the natural gal
lantry of the young men who did
not want to capture prize away
from the young ladies or what the
reason was, but he proposed to try
the scheme of dividing the awards
for a while, at least, to see how
it would work.
The speaking Friday evening
was remarkably good. No one Of
the speakers showed the last hes
itation and no one had to be
prompted. Mr.. Balyed, in announc-
ing the award said that the speak
ers probably thought they had the
difficult part Of the program to
perform, but that he was the opin-
zion thSt this was not the case.
He thought the judges had the
more difficult task in deciding
which two in each class were bet
ter than the other two and more
worthy of the prizes.
The judges were E. w. Bradley
of st. Johnsbury, Principal c. T.
Brown of Concord; and Superin-
tendcnt l.. d. Smith of Wells
River
For the young men, the first
prize was awarded to Edward ID.
ASsclin, whose selection was
"The Ballad of Elkanah B. At
kinson," by Holman F. Day. The
second prize was awarded to Rob
ert Fl. Blodgett, who delivered
Secretary Hughes oration on
"The Right Attitude for the Am
erican Citizen" The other
speakers were Charles f. Malam,
| whose selection was "The Trait
or's Death Bed, by George Lip
pard; and Foster G. Woods who
gave "The Last Word, by Henry
NanDyke.
For the young ladies'. the first
prize went to Alma l.. Reed. Her
selection was Benefits "How the
Church was Built at Kehoe's Bar.
Helen G. Brough won the second
prize by delivering Amy Went
worth Stones Possessing Pru-
dencc." The other speakers were
Elizabeth Curtis, who gave selec-
tions from Daddy Long Legs;
and Will Carleton's "Death Bridge
of the Tay", by Dorothy Z. Roy.
! Each contestant was worthy of
much praise for the important
part they took to make the occa-
sion a complete success.
No small part of the enjoy
ment of the occasion was afforded
by the excellent rendering of sew
eral musical selections by the
Academy orchestra under the
skillful leadership of Mrs. Jean
Stanley Goodrich.
Mr.. Baylcy, in making the
awards, made an interesting and
important announcement. He said
it had been great pleasure for
him to award these annual prizes
and that he thought that hereafter
it would be emincntly fitting for
them to be known as the
Homer T. Fuller Prizes for
Boys" and the "Charles r. Putncy
Prizes for Girls, in memory of
two former loved and respected
principals of the Academy. These
prizes will continue to be pro-
vidcd by Mr.. Bayley under these
names. There will be two first
prizes Of $15 and two second
prizes of $40 offered every year.
The Academy is to be congratu
lated in having an alumnus Of Mr..
Bayley's ability and generosity
who is willing to afford these en-
couragcmcnts for public speaking
among the students, and the pub
lie is to be congratulated on hav-
ing the annual privilege of an ev-
ening of so much pleasure and
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