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REPORT 
 
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 COMMEMORATING THE 
 
 One-Hundredth Anniversary 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHARTERED SCHOOL, 
 
 KNOWN AT DIFFERENT PERIODS AS 
 
 THE RUTIxARD COUNTY GRAMMAR SCHOOL, CASTLETOE 
 ' SEMINARY AND STATE NORMAI. SCHOOL, 
 
 IN 
 
 CASTLETON, VERMONT. 
 
 1787-1887. 
 
 RUTLAND : 
 THE TUTTLE COMPANY, PRINTERS. 
 
 1888. 
 
^Iterje stoall fee a teatxdf til ot x:0trix in tftje ieartft upon 
 tfeje t0$r 0t tftje mountuius ; tto f rxiit ttt^icjeof Blxall slitafe^ 
 
 lifeje ^jeIratX0tI.— Psalms lxxii, i6. 
 

 PREFACE 
 
 At the annual meeting of the corporation of the Rutland County Grammar 
 School, held January 27, 1886, the following resolution was adopted : 
 
 Resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed by the president to take 
 into consideration the subject of celebrating the centennial of the Rutland County 
 Grammar School and to report at a future meeting. 
 
 In accordance therewith the following gentlemen were appointed : Andrew N. 
 Adams, Henry L. Clark, A. E, Leavenworth, Walter E. Howard, D. D. Cole and 
 J. B. Bromley. At the annual meeting of the corporation held January 26, 1887, 
 this committee reported the advisability of observing in a public manner the school 
 centennial, and the following executive committee was appointed : J. B. Bromley, 
 A. E. Leavenworth, E. H. Armstrong, D. D. Cole, Walter E. Howard and Henry l! 
 Clark. This committee at once organized by electing A. E. Leavenworth, Presi- 
 dent ; J. B. Bromley, Secretary, and D. D. Cole, Treasurer. The following sub- 
 commiti;ees were appointed : 
 
 On Entertaikment : D. G. Burt, Chairman; Mrs. Minnie F. Baldwin 
 Mrs. H. E. Armstrong, J. S. Button, Mrs. C. C. Farwell, Miss Ella A. French 
 Mrs. C. H. Griswold, W. S. Leavenworth, Miss Julia Parsons, H. C. Rumsey, H. F 
 Reed, Miss Cora J. Sargent, Mrs. Jennie Wilkins, Miss Lucy Wadsworth Miss 
 Julia D. Clark, Castleton ; R. T. Ellis, Fair Haven ; Miss Mary Giddings' Hub- 
 bardton ; F. A. Morse, West Rutland ; R. W. Hyde, Hydeville. 
 
 On Tables : John M. Ainsworth, Judson N. Hooker, Ellis N. Korthrop 
 On Platforms, Arches, Etc.: A. K. Miller, D. E. Bibbins, H. A. Waters 
 On Outside Decorations, Illumination, Etc. : F. L. Reed, J H Withprpll 
 T. P. Smith. * ' ^^^i^ii, 
 
 On Printing: Henry L. Clark. 
 
 On Music : E. H. Armstrong, Mrs. C. S. Sherman. 
 
 On Decoration op Church and SexMInary : Miss Jennie D. Adams E J 
 Armstrong, Carl S. Cole, Miss Mary W. Hoyt, Miss Ida C. Hoyt, P. R. Leavenworth" 
 F. D. Moulton, Miss Mary 0. Northrop, F. J. Preston, Leon B. Smith, 2d Miss 
 Alma G. Wright. ' 
 
 On Public Dinner : Horace B. Ellis, Mrs. Hiram Ainsworth, Mrs. Julia 
 Arnold, Mrs. D. D. Cole, Mrs. H. L. Clark, Mrs. J. S. Dutton, Mrs. L. Fennel 
 Mrs. C. M. Hawkins, Miss Alida Hyde, Mrs. H. A. Pond, Mrs. A. V. Ransom Mrs' 
 H. C. Rumsey, Mrs. Dr. James Sanford, Castleton; Mrs. Laura Brown Crimton 
 Rutland ; Harley Sheldon, West Rutland ; E. J. Ganson, Hubbardton ; Mrs. Julia 
 Spencer, Fair Haven; Allen St. John, Hubbardton; Mrs. M. D. Cole Mrs Wm 
 Farnham, Poultney. » • . 
 
 On Finance: D. D. Cole, Castleton; J. E. Manley, West Rutland- L 
 W. Redmgton, Rutland ; M. B. Dewey, Fair Haven ; A. J. Dickinson, Benson 
 
 On Correspondence: Walter E. Howard, Margaret K. Adams, Marie 
 Northrop. ' 
 
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4 PREFA CE, 
 
 The Committee on Correspondence immediatelj began the difficult and well- 
 nigh impossible task of obtaining the names and addresses of all former teachers 
 and scholars scattered up and down the world. Name by name the roll increased ; 
 one name gave a clue to another : old time pupils gave news of classmates and 
 friends ; teachers reported remembered scholars. But generations had come and 
 gone. The committee personally knew only their own contemporaries. Catalogues 
 were missing and when found contained only the addresses of boys and girls. But 
 where were the men and women ! After all possible research and correspondence the 
 committee was saddened by the thought that its work was only partly done and that 
 many names had vanished like the faces and many others dwelt apart. To every 
 address that could be obtained the following circular was sent, both as an invitation 
 and as a request for other names and addresses, and catalogues : 
 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 
 And never brought to min' 1 
 
 Castleton-, Vt., March 1, 1887. 
 
 To all former Teachers and Pupils of the Rutland County Grammar School, 
 Castleton Seminary, and State Normal School — Greeting : 
 
 The year 1887 marks the one-hundredth anniversary of a chartered school for 
 higher education at Castleton. For a century this institution, under different 
 names, but without interruption, has continued its beneficent work. To-day its 
 pupils are found in every State of the Union and even in far off lands, filling with 
 honorable lives the the stations for which they were fitted here. 
 
 It has been thought a suitable thing to celebrate the centennial of the school by 
 gathering her children from the corners of the world and doing honor together to 
 her hundred years of gracious service. The 10th of August has been fixed upon as 
 the time for the formal and public observance of this anniversary. It is expected 
 that eminent graduates of the school will take part in these exercises and every per- 
 son who has ever been connected with the institution in any capacity is urged to be 
 present. 
 
 To those of us who are residents of Vermont, it is an added pride that the 
 school at Castleton is the oldest educational institution in continuous service in the 
 State, and it shall be our grateful and pleasant duty to make this celebration worthy 
 of our alma mater and of the Commonwealth. 
 
 All are requested to send us early notice of an intention to be present or, if to 
 come be impossible, a letter of greeting and good cheer. 
 
 It is also requested that all persons into whose hands this circular may fall will 
 send us names and addresses of school-mates and contemporaries, in order that the 
 notice of this celebration may be as widely circulated as possible. 
 
 Any one having catalogues of the school will confer a favor by f or svarding them 
 for our use. 
 
 Kespectfully, 
 
 WALTER E. HOWARD, 
 MARGARET K. ADAMS, 
 MARIE 0. NORTHROP, 
 
 Committee on Correspondence. 
 
THE DA T. 5 
 
 In response to this circular letter, many replies were received, some of which ap- 
 pear in the appendix. The circular was also published in all of the local newspapers 
 and many others in different sections of the country, and every effort was made to 
 reach with our invitation every person who had ever been a member of the school. 
 That some one whose heart was warm towards Oastleton might not receive a per- 
 sonal invitation to this celebration was our greatest fear ; that some did not is our 
 greatest regret. 
 
 THE DAY. 
 
 Fairer day never dawned than August 10, 1887. Of all the days of the century 
 it seemed the crown. Nature outdid herself and gave in August the beauty and 
 freshness of June. Oastleton had prepared herself for this jubilee. Even the streets, 
 with the overhanging branches of the stately trees, were swept and garnished. 
 National flags and banners and mottoes were everywhere. Private houses and places 
 of business were bright with color. The school buildings, renewed and gay with 
 bunting, and the grounds, ornamented with arches and wreaths of evergreen, made a 
 picture never seen before. 
 
 The village had dressed itself for a gala day. For several days families had 
 been welcoming specially invited friends and as the day drew near and upon the day 
 itself crowds of people came by every train. The entertainment committee, how- 
 ever, had done its work so well that every comer found not only shelter but 
 home and friends. The Seminary Park was the meeting ground. A book had been 
 prepared for a register and during the morning hundreds entered their names and 
 were given badges. At half past cen a procession was formed under the direction of 
 Oapt. A. E. Leavenworth, the marshal, and marched to the Oongregational church 
 which was soon filled to its utmost capacity. The walls of the old chm-ch had been hung 
 with the names of principals and the place was beautiful with evergreen and golden 
 rod— the flowers of the later Summer — and memories. Upon the platform were 
 seated former teachers, the oldest people, the trustees, invited guests, the ofiBcers 
 and speakers of the day. The executive committee had selected the Kev. George 
 N. Boardman, D. D., of Ohicago to preside over the public exercises and at 11 
 o'clock he called the meeting to order. The choir sang a song of welcome, and 
 prayer was offered by the Rev. F. W. Olmstead of Bridport. The other exercises at 
 the church followed in their proper order. 
 
CITIZENS' WELCOME, 
 
 BY THE HON. J. B. BROMLEY. 
 
 Teachers and Pupils of the Rutland County Grammar School, Castleton Seminary, 
 and Castleton State Normal School: 
 
 Although never having been in any way connected with this time-honored insti- 
 tution, except as one of the trustees of the corporation, I have been called upon to 
 address to you a few words of welcome. At the close of a century of continuous 
 work by this school (the oldest in the State), it was thought that we could in no 
 more appropriate manner celebrate the close of its first one hundred years than by 
 inviting you all to come to Castleton, the home of your alma mater, here to renew 
 old memories, scenes and acquaintances, to talk over the events of school days, and 
 once more to grasp the hands of teachers, schoolmates and friends, and for one day 
 at least, lay aside cares, anxieties and business, and give yourselves up to the en- 
 joyment of the society of the friends of days lang syne. Those scenes, incidents, 
 trials, pleasures, vicissitudes and fortunes of school life are now fresh and vivid in 
 your minds. All the minutia and details can be related with absolute correctness, 
 while the impressions of more recent events, to some of us at least, are but moment- 
 ary and fade with our declining years. Perhaps the century whose close we this 
 day celebrate is the most wonderful in the history of the world in the develop- 
 ment of the sciences, in the advancement of education, new discoveries, inventions 
 and progress ; and the subjects, branches of education, and course of study now 
 required to be taught in our schools had small place in the imagination even, of the 
 teachers of one hundred years ago. 
 
 The sturdy settlers of Vermont were quick to discover the importance of 
 schools, and next after a place of worship, provisions were made for the education 
 of the children. They soon, however, saw the necessity of more extended learn- 
 ing and knowledge of the higher branches of education than could be obtained in 
 the district schools of that day, and to that end application was made to the Legis- 
 lature of the then independent State of Vermont and in 1787, four years before she 
 was admitted into the Union, the Rutland County Grammar School was incor- 
 porated. However, it is not my place to give you a history of this dear old institu- 
 tion and its great and glorious work, but in behalf of the citizens of Castleton and 
 vicinity to bid you welcome. Therefore, we heartily welcome you all to Castleton, 
 to our homes, to the old Seminary, to the scenes of your early life and ambitions, 
 and while you are in Castleton during this reunion, *' Make yourselves at home." 
 
TRUSTEES' AA^ELCOME 
 
 BY HON. A. N. ADAMS, OF FAIR HAVEN", PRESIDENT. 
 
 Mr, President y Ladies and Gentlemen of the Alumni : 
 
 It is my pleasant duty, in behalf of the Trustees of the State Normal School, 
 to extend to you a hearty and cordial welcome on this occasion. 
 
 To you who have come up hither, after so many years, from out the long array 
 of those who have gone forth from this seat of learning, carrying with you into 
 other States the benign influences of your life and culture here — to you we say, we 
 bid you welcome ; welcome to our hearts and homes, to Castleton and the old Sem- 
 inary, to scenes made dear to you by early associations and friendships, and to the 
 pleasant remembrances, greetings and joys of this day and occasion. We wish it to 
 be to you a happy day. We have no city, but we may confer upon you the freedom 
 of our State, our grand and noble old Green Mountain State^ wherein we deem it a 
 pleasure and privilege to have been born and to dwell. 
 
 While we Join with you in recalling and commemorating the pleasant scenes of 
 by-gone years, we ask that you join with us in our work and interest in the present, 
 and in our faith and hopes for the future. 
 
 We recognize the greatness of the duty laid upon us and of the opportunity 
 which is open before us. Our wish is that your presence here and your interest in 
 our behalf, may inspire and help us in our work, and prove, at the same time, a 
 pleasure and joy to you, and an occasion which you will long delight to remember. 
 
 Response to the Addresses of Welcome, 
 
 BY THE REV. GEORGE N. BOARDMAN, D. D., OP CHICAGO, ILL. 
 
 In the name of the former pupils of this Seminary, and on their behalf, I thank 
 you. Sir, for the proffered hospitalities of the citizens of Castleton. These houses 
 have been before opened to those who are gathered here to-day. The good people 
 of this town have ever been friendly to the Seminary and have contributed much to 
 its prosperity. They have honored its teachers, they have cheered its pupils, they 
 have gathered with pleasure, and in thronging numbers, to attend its public exer- 
 
8 EESPONSE TO 2 HE ADDRESSES OF WELCOME. 
 
 cises and to mark the progress of those here pursuing their course of education. 
 And I thank the honored President of the Board of Trustees for the welcome he 
 gives us to these halls, so dear to memory. It gives us joy to know that our alma 
 mater has a warm heart and an open house on her hundredth birthday. 
 
 *' Little of all we value here, 
 
 •'Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year ; " 
 
 But while men die, institutions live, and ours, we are glad to know, preserves her 
 youth amid accumulating years — her eye not dim, her force not abated. We have 
 come up hither to congratulate her on the grace with which she bears her age and 
 on the kindly providences which have protected her while others have fallen. 
 
 Fellow pupils of the Seminary, we have met to-day to recall the memories of 
 the past and to recount the experiences of life since we parted long years ago, since 
 we turned each his appointed way to encounter the rougher and more sober realities 
 of an earthly existence. We have come to renew acquaintance and friendship and 
 to cheer each other for a new start in this earthly pilgrimage. We have come to 
 speak a word of affection and sorrow over those who cannot meet us, having been 
 called to enter that land '*from whose bourne no traveler returns.*' We have come 
 back to these scenes of early youth that early sentiments may be revived and that 
 we may live over, for a few hours at least, the dreams with which we first looked 
 oat upon the world. There is one point in life when dreams seem in place, when 
 imaginings go for realities. It is when childhood is just behind us, when all the 
 work of life is before us, when we become aware that the world of science is all un- 
 known nad the world of action is simply a scene of possibilities ; then our hopes 
 seem realities and opportunities seem success. It is then that things seem large 
 and we feel ourselves to be amid the wonders of creation. Let us re-awaken these 
 sentiments to-day, and God forbid that we should ever despise them. I would that 
 my feelings when I was eleven years of age could rise up with their old vividness. 
 I have seen some of the imposing architectural structures of the world, but none 
 that impressed me so powerfully as Oastleton Seminary when I first caught sight of 
 it while passing along this main street. Since that time I have looked up into the 
 dome of St. Peter's, but not with such awe as that which overwhelmed me when I 
 first climbed those front steps and stood beside the bell rope that used to hang be- 
 tween the pillars of that portico. And let us not forget the terrors that beset us 
 in those times, greatly to our good, no doubt, like that which almost took away my 
 breath when I stood nearly where I now am and " spoke my exhibition piece" before 
 a crowded house ; nor let us undervalue the commendations of those days, worth 
 more than the flattering words of later years, like that bestowed upon me by 
 my father's revered friend, Mr. Palmer, when he assured me he could hear every 
 word. 
 
 But our dreams must be mingled with realities. If we have come hither to 
 wake again the long dormant past we have come also to lay beside them the achieve- 
 ments of life's labors. We have come to compare what we are with what we hoped 
 to be. Some of us are gray and age has set its mark upon us ; for some of us the 
 sun has passed its zenith and is sinking in the west. We have come to compare the 
 rising with the setting sun, and to ask ourselves whether the richer and mellower 
 beams of the closing day are a compensation for the unflecked brilliancy of the 
 morning. If the radiance of the dayspring has been dimmed by the smoke of the 
 battle, may it be true of us all that the light of the evening mingles itself with the 
 softer light of worlds beyond. 
 

LIBRARY 
 OF THE 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 9 
 
 Only one word more : We come together to-day to hail the second century of 
 our alma mater* s life. We charge you, under whose care she has now fallen, to see 
 to it that her future is even more glorious than the past. May she be an honored 
 benefactor of this commonwealth so long as time shall last. And we extend our 
 welcome to the pupils to be gathered here in the years to come. We send them 
 our greeting as year after year and decade after decade they come to take the seats 
 which we have left vacant. And when the second centennial shall be celebrated, 
 may they remember us as kindly as we remember those whose names adorn these 
 walls to-day. 
 
 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS, 
 
 BY THE HO^ST. JOHiq" I. GILBERT, OF MALOI^[E, N. Y. 
 
 Since entering the church, I have been informed that nearly every one present 
 has been at some time a pupil of this institution, and that one person was a pupil 
 seventy-two years ago. As for myself, I came with five or six older brothers and 
 sisters, and, being a mere boy, was thrown in as a sort of supernumerary. 
 
 I do not forget that you have already listened to three good addresses, hence I 
 shall be brief and do little more than glance at the retrospect of one hundred years. 
 
 Here, in this country, one hundred years is a long time. It carries us back 
 beyond almost everything that is familiar to us now. During that period, nearly 
 everything that is changeable has changed ; our dwellings, our clothing, our im- 
 plements of industry on the farm, in the shop, in the factory, in the mines. Com- 
 mercial life has taken on new forms and methods, and it deals with new commodi- 
 ties. The entire outward aspect of life has undergone a complete transformation. 
 
 Political conditions have changed. In 1787 Vermont was not yet a part of the 
 United States ; she was an independent nation, but she showed that she could fight 
 and build schools. 
 
 The Eepublic itself had not then begun to be, under its matured, national form 
 of existence. The Constitution of the United States was a proposition, not an accom- 
 plished fact. Within this period falls the election of Washington as President of 
 the United States. In 1787 Napoleon Bonaparte was an obscure second lieutenant 
 in the French army. All that marvelous, kaleidoscopic succession of French king- 
 doms, republics and empires, when the man of genius began to be the man of des- 
 tiny, had not then passed before the astonished gaze of mankind. 
 
 During this period the map of the world has been recast. Every continent has 
 felt the touch of change. Our own country was then a narrow strip of civilization 
 along the Alantic coast, bounded on the north by Canada, on the south by Florida, 
 and on the west by an interrogation point. While it was believed to extend to the 
 Pacific Ocean, in fact it did not cross the Mississippi, the regions beyond being still 
 claimed by France. 
 
 2 
 
10 CENTENNIAL ADBMESS. 
 
 Nearly all the political lines in Europe have been changed. Nations have sunk 
 below the horizon, while others have risen above ifc. 
 
 One hundred years ago the German Empire was not. Italy, as a united nation, 
 was not. Poor Greece, to whom we owe so much, was an abject slave at the feet of 
 the Turk. European enterprise and greed and ambition and genius have startled 
 Asia from the slumber of ages, while the " Dark Continent " has been brought to 
 light by the noble spirit of divinely inspired philanthropy. The sea has opposed no 
 barriers to the spirit of change ; the islands have yielded to the new transforma- 
 tions. 
 
 One hundred years ago, how little the world knew about itself. How little the 
 different peoples of the earth knew about each other. How little any of them knew 
 about the earth they lived on. How little mastery they had over its forces. How 
 little they knew of the multitudinous servants that were ready to do their bidding 
 on land and sea. How slow and toilsome were the processes by which results were 
 brought to pass. 
 
 But among all the discoveries and developments of the century, it has not been 
 found that any force is comparable with that of free, rational spirit. It is as true 
 as ever that wisdom is the principal thing, and the logic which adds '^ therefore 
 get wisdom" is as good as ever. Kothing has disturbed the old answer to the old 
 question, " What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?" It is the changeable 
 that has changed ; the human mind with its sovereign capacities and urgent needs, 
 is now as it was then. And hence you need offer no apology for celebrating with 
 every demonstration of interest and joy the founding of a Grammar School among 
 the scattered but growing population of the County of Rutland, under the corporate 
 authority of the glorious little Commonwealth of Vermont. 
 
 "When I received the invitation to join with you in this celebration, I confess I 
 was surprised to learn of the antiquity of this School, (speaking after the manner of 
 Americans,) and of the changes through which it had passed, — naming itself at 
 different times after the County, the State, the Town, and back again to the State ; 
 Rutland County Grammar School, Vermont Classical High School, Castleton Sem- 
 inary, and State Normal School. It has been all these, — and. more. In a peculiar 
 degree it has belonged to Castleton, and yet it was by and for Rutland County and 
 the State of Vermont, while at the same time its pupils were drawn from every 
 State and from Canada, and from this school they have gone out to nearly every 
 State and Territory, and to many lands beyond the sea ; " their line is gone out 
 through all the earth." 
 
 As to the manner of its starting, my chief information is derived from the ex- 
 cellent address delivered *here at the anniversary in 1870. To that and such other 
 sources of information as are more accessible and familiar to you than to me, I 
 must refer you, simply saying that from that address it appears that its origin was 
 similar to that of many others in other States, especially New England. The peo- 
 ple felt that they needed and must have something above that which common 
 schools could furnish, and in preparation for the college course. 
 
 Colleges were then few in number, and the common schools were narrow in 
 their range. This school stands and has long stood midway between the common 
 school and the college or learned profession. The student of the college and the 
 teacher of the common school both came from here. 
 
 *Hon. Henry Clark. 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. 11 
 
 So, no matter by what name we call this institution, it has always been a step- 
 ping stone to those who wished to go higher, and a finishing school to those who 
 wished to enter at once upon practical life. It now prepares pupils for a profes- 
 sional course, and deservedly takes high rank in that special field. 
 
 The necessity for grammar schools seems to have been recognized from the 
 earliest days of colonial existence. Livingstone says that without good grammar 
 schools, colleges will be " thin and unprosperous." He recommended the passage 
 of an act providing for the establishment and maintenance of two grammar schools 
 in each county, to be under the management of the county and a county charge. 
 Nevertheless, these schools were for the most part, I believe, left to support them- 
 selves. The colony, or the State, often aided them, but, so far as I know, never 
 undertook to support them. Though fully impressed with the necessity of higher 
 education, the fathers seem to have adopted the theory that it was not right, or at 
 least not wise, to tax the people at large for education beyond the rudimentary studies. 
 And so the Kutland County Grammar School was created a legal entity, and then 
 left to itself. Well, I imagine that with it, as with the individual, the very effort 
 to thrive added to its thrift. 
 
 Many and great have been the changes in educational methods within a hun- 
 dred years. But it is not certain that all changes are improvements. Taylor Lewis 
 says that the first sentence he read in school, was ^' Man may not put by the law of 
 God." It has been said that children cannot understand such gravity. But they 
 do understand it. They were born to understand it. They recognize it as their 
 own father's voice. It was far better than to begin by reading, '* The cow is in the 
 barn." 
 
 The recent system of education seems to be upon the right track ; it considers 
 what are the faculties of man, and what is the order of their development, so that 
 it can appeal to those faculties intelligently. But it has as yet investigated chiefly 
 the understanding of man — only the intellectual faculties. The education of the 
 future will carry a similar investigation up through man's higher nature,— consid- 
 ering what are his reason and his spiritual faculties ; how these develop and in what 
 manner they can be best appealed to. 
 
 In the old times, schools to some extent and colleges certainly had in view the 
 training up of a body of religious teachers ; now they have in view the fitting of per- 
 sons to earn their living and to succeed in business or a profession : the latter looks 
 to this world ; the former, to the world to come. 
 
 The ideal way is to look to both,— subordinately to that which is subordinate, 
 supremely to that which is supreme. 
 
 There has been a long protest in recent years against sectarian schools, and it 
 has gone so far as to exclude religious instruction. This is all wrong. It is not 
 necessary to teach controverted points of doctrine, in order to teach religion and 
 morality. The Sermon on the Mount is not sectarian ; the Ten Commandments are 
 not sectarian ; the 119th Psalm is not sectarian. 
 
 There is a broad area of common religious ground which can be and ought to 
 be taken into the curriculum of all public instruction. I would accord full liberty 
 to all comers, but I believe that this continent was given by God for working out 
 higher problems of human existence than the older countries had proved equal to. 
 For my part, I will never consent to its being given over to a godless education. 
 
12 CENTENNIAL ADDRESS, 
 
 This is a Christian country and the education of its people should be radically and 
 broadly Christian. It should be neither heathen on the one hand nor denomina- 
 tional on the other. 
 
 Our fathers had few books ; we have a multitude of them. There are some 
 advantages in both conditions. If we can command our thoughts and concentrate 
 them upon a purpose, and at the same time take in the ever widening field of 
 science and discovery, we shall profit by increased opportunities. We must learn to 
 be discursive without being superficial ; to expatiate with the free step of the intel- 
 lect, and none the less to concentrate our mental energy. It is not the quantity so 
 much as the quality of learning which proves most helpful. We do not want in- 
 formation at the expense of power. The object of study and discipline is to develop 
 the man and to set him in right relations to his present and to his prospective 
 environments. Education is to clear the mind, to give it free vision, and, best of 
 all, true vision. 
 
 Make the school a place for patient, modest, earnest, candid search for the 
 truth. To get at the simple truth — that is the thing of first importance — not to 
 become adept in controversy, not to set up or pull down theories, but to find and to 
 embrace the truth, for that alone is real education and that alone will stand. Here 
 we may find the first conception of those often abused words — liberality, and large- 
 ness of view. 
 
 Some people think these consist in regarding one thing as about as true as 
 another. But that is narrowness and weakness. 
 
 Is liberality wanted ? It is the truth that makes men free. Do you want 
 largeness ? To the truth belongs the largeness of the universe. ^ 
 
 In these later days, and especially in politics, we have a great deal said about 
 reform. There is always need of it ; it began none too soon, and will go none too 
 far. But there is something better than reforming, and that is forming. Let there 
 be more care in forming, and then there will be less need of reforming. How 
 potent a factor in the forming of character a school like this may be. The students 
 are old enough to understand great thoughts and complex subjects, and young, 
 impressible and unspoiled enough to respond readily to a noble suggestion, and unsel- 
 fish outlook upon the world. And when the characters of men are rightly formed, 
 all problems are solved. The labor question, the tariff, civil service — all phases of 
 political economy will become clear and intelligible to right-minded men. 
 
 Ladies and gentlemen of the alumni, it is quite possible that nearly all of you 
 are more familiar with the events of school life in Castleton than I am, as the time 
 of my attendance here was but short. I will not attempt to entertain you with 
 reminiscences. But I cannot forbear to express on this occasion my gratitude to 
 Mrs. Winchester, who, many years ago, aided, with great skill and kindness, my 
 first studies in Latin. 
 
 Doubtless many present have in mind some similar favor from teachers either 
 present or now gone. 
 
 How shall we best act out our gratitude to this institution, and do something 
 to make it glorious ? How shall we make the past best subserve the present ? Let 
 us take the torch held out to us by loving hands in years gone by, and pass it on to 
 the years to come, with an even larger, clearer flame. Let us so deal with every 
 man and woman whom we meet, as to promote the best and highest and most endur- 
 ing welfare of each. We stand on a mount of vision. We are looking both ways. 
 
CENTENNIAL ADDEESS. 13 
 
 What shall be the education of the future ? The answer to this, when it comes, 
 will also give an answer to all the civil, political and social problems which have 
 arisen, and which will never cease to arise, until they are settled according to the 
 eternal fitness and law of things. 
 
 But, my friends, I feel how poor are any words of mine. This occasion cele- 
 brates itself. Nothing that can be said speaks so eloquently as that which can be 
 seen. The procession upon your streets today is the best celebration. It testifies 
 as hardly anything else could, to the estimate that is put upon education — upon 
 schools — upon the foundation and the founders of schools. As I saw it pass— a long 
 line of educated men and women, some of them distinguished in all the walks of 
 life, some old and gray, some leaning on staffs, some in the vigor of young life, I 
 said to myself, what if the founders of this school could look down upon this scene 
 today, and see whereunto this work of theirs, so modest in its apparent proportions, 
 has grown ? But the procession seen here is small compared to the invisible one 
 which marches upon the shadowy shore. 
 
 While nearly everything grows small as it recedes into the past, some things 
 grow large. The founding of an institution is one. I congratulate the descendants 
 of the founders who were impelled by so noble an impulse to do a work of such 
 beneficent results. I congratulate the trustees of the institution, past and present, 
 upon their wise and patient and public spirited service. It rises from all hearts to 
 thank and congratulate the teachers, living and dead, whose names not only hang 
 upon the walls today, but are written upon the tablets of our memories. I con- 
 gratulate the pupils who have converted the teachings received here into power for 
 good throughout the world. We send joyous greetings to the thousand upon thou- 
 sand homes blessed l)y this school directly and indirectly. 
 
 Now let us hope and adapt our action to the hope, that all which was best in 
 the life of this institution in the first century of its existence, will be garnered up 
 and made to bring forth fruit a hundred fold in the generations that are to come. 
 
POEM. 
 
 BY MISS EMILY Q. ALDEIST. 
 
 {Read hy Mrs. Charles H. Sheldon.) 
 
 A poem requested ! 'Tis easy said — 
 But rhymes don't sing in a poet's head 
 As anthems surge on an organ swell 
 When grand oratorio casts its spell 
 On the waiting ear of an august queen — 
 In Westminster, so lately seen. 
 
 As glide from their ''ways" the launching ships, 
 So pregnant hour is the hour that slips, 
 Before the stroke of a poet's pen 
 Can justify w^ays of God to men. 
 
 Then teach the birds of a hundred spheres. 
 To warble this tale of a hundred years. 
 (But birds, though dainty, are not divine — 
 Of moral values they give no sign.) 
 
 Then gather gems from a hundred mines, 
 To dash their brilliance along the lines, 
 Which tell the tale of the moral braves, 
 Who sleep in more than a hundred graves ; 
 W^hile Ave, who are living, their deeds relate. 
 Because of their patience to work and wait. 
 (But diamonds glisten and never speak, 
 While words are jewels to those who seek 
 The hidden meaning to quarry out 
 Of softest whisper or strident shout.) 
 
 Then cull the blooms from a hundred zones, 
 To paint the story in color tones. 
 Invite the daisies on tombs we pass. 
 To murmur requiems in the grass 
 For buried heroes who never knew 
 Inheritance they bequeathed to you. 
 (But flowers will wither and droop and die 
 E'en under reproach of a lover's eye, 
 Before their secrets are half revealed, 
 Or the flush is fled from the clover-field.) 
 
 Then cluster gleams of a hundred stars. 
 
 Of Saturn's rings, or of ruby Mars ; 
 
 Or clang the bells from a hundred spires ; 
 
POEM. 15 
 
 Or catch the flashes from beacon fires ; 
 Or coax the breakers which foam the shore, 
 To lend the chant of their rythmic roar ; 
 Or challenge Eecording AngeFs tears, 
 To make the rhyme of this hundred years. 
 
 But all in yain ! for a trenchant word 
 Outsings the carol of any bird ; 
 Outscintillates dazzle of brightest gem, 
 Tho' placed in a royal garment's hem ; 
 Is sweeter far than a flower's perfume, 
 Tho' tossed from a tuft of India's bloom ; 
 Outrides the planet of swiftest course ; 
 Outvies the bells in their crude resource ; 
 "Will warm more hearts than the beacon's flame, 
 And hush the tempest to sleep for shame ; 
 Will melt more wills than a seraph's tears 
 While breathing the ode of a hundred years. 
 
 A hundred years ! So that's the date 
 Which causes this pageant of higher state 
 Than any which marks the rule of kings. 
 Or triumph that stalwart victor brings. 
 Who aimeth not at the noblest things. 
 Beneath the rush of Heavenly wings. 
 
 A hundred years ! in this pillared shade 
 
 So long ago— a stone was laid 
 
 From whose foundation a temple rose, 
 
 Assuming proud, imperial pose. 
 
 Because a temple to learning reared. 
 
 The goddess of which the Greeks revered, 
 
 From which sweet time bright throngs of youth — 
 
 How many ? who knows ? not I forsooth ! 
 
 Have trodden these paths and walked these halls, 
 
 Have learned brave lessons within these walls, 
 
 Have measured the line of life since then, 
 
 As graceful women and polished men ; 
 
 While Oastleton school deserves the praise 
 
 In even more than a hundred ways : 
 
 So now salute the dear old Sem 
 
 As trump of the game, at least, pro tem. 
 
 Five years of the hundred, a woman's rule 
 Was the Golden Rose of this old-time school ; 
 With her keen blue eye and flaxen hair. 
 With her clean-cut speech and a smile so rare 
 It drifted sunshine everywhere ; 
 Her presence always so debonair 
 As she won with ease the hearts of boys, 
 For all their rough and shrewd decoys, 
 
16 POEM. 
 
 Made friends as well of the genus girl, 
 With her fervid love and her tossing curl ; 
 Till now, in her dreams of those bonny years, 
 The tones of those boys and girls she hears. 
 And tells me oft, in these later nights, 
 The vision of Oastleton's old delights ! 
 
 Bless God for the charm of a feminine touch, 
 
 For the world has been redeemed by such ; 
 
 As women to ruggedest hearts hold keys, 
 
 Madonnas of stately homes like these ! 
 
 'Tis little to render, this flying phrase, 
 
 To blithest of Oastleton's halcyon days ; 
 
 'Tis little to ask that this gracious sway 
 
 Be allotted one leaf of emerald bay ; 
 
 Forgetting not others who merit a psalm, 
 
 While we cast at their feet broad branches of palm. 
 
 Foot, Walker and Hallock, and Knowlton — (not Post, 
 
 Time fails us to summon the illustrious host, 
 
 Who, non-presidential, gave money or fame 
 
 To swell this high prestige of ven'rable name ;) 
 
 While Leavenworth stands sponsor this jubilee hour 
 
 For present possession of cumulose power. 
 
 Ah, well the hundred years are told 
 
 That would be marked with a shaft of gold. 
 
 If rewards were meted as man decrees. 
 
 Or deserts did audit as mortal please. 
 
 Not so ! that wisdom is keener far 
 
 Which knows just when to make or mar. 
 
 An aloe blooms in a hundred years. 
 
 And in that leisure there appears 
 
 No hurry of pert diviner's rod — 
 
 But shapely plan of a sovereign G-od ! 
 
 In a hundred years 'twill be "all the same," 
 
 So shallow thinkers oft declaim. 
 
 Forgetting meanwhile the aloe's cost. 
 
 By a century's light and shade embossed. 
 
 And so as the years in cycles pass. 
 The birds still chant their morning mass ; 
 Stalactites sparkle in darkened caves. 
 And toilers are buried in obscure graves. 
 The flowers bloom on in splendid Junes 
 And the stars encore their spheric tunes \ 
 While bells strike forth in sonorous chimes 
 In tall cathedrals of foreign climes ; 
 And breakers crown their clifls of jet 
 With rarer pearls than e'er were set 
 By human hand in regalia yet — 
 
POEM. IT 
 
 Or have curved a ducal coronefc ; 
 
 While beacons flame the far coast line, 
 
 With most beneficent design ; 
 
 And still the Recording Angel's tear 
 
 Blots the riddle of mundane sphere ! 
 
 Better than all, the poet's word 
 
 With resonance sweet, if rightly heard, 
 
 Tells not only the tale of years, 
 
 Striking its balance of fools and seers. 
 
 But even forecasts diviner gains 
 
 Than e'er were counted on eastern plains 
 
 During the hush of that wondrous morn. 
 
 In which the Monarch of Kings was born ; 
 
 For naught can ever, like human pen, 
 
 Pay fit homage to deeds of men ! 
 
 As action broadens — its poem refines : 
 
 May this lay of more than a hundred lines, 
 
 (Tho' not a matter of facts and dates, 
 
 ]^or record of personal human fates,) 
 
 Serve like a flutter of evening air 
 
 Which wafts to court a penitent's prayer, 
 
 To mark this day with a pure white stone 
 
 Engraven with name of the Crucified One, 
 
 Which hallows for us this festal scene 
 
 On Castleton's slope of living green ; 
 
 Has sanctified names at christ'ning font 
 
 That have jeweled the 'scutcheon of Old Vermont ! 
 
PRINCIPAL'S GREETING, 
 
 BY ABEL E. LEAVEN^WORTH, A M. 
 
 Ladies and Gentlemen of the Alumni of the venerable institution to which we 
 would do honor today : 
 
 For me silence would seem more fitting in this presence, for I stand at the foot 
 of a worthy line of faithful workers in one of the noblest professions. Yet I recog- 
 nize that mine is the post of duty as well as of honor, for I count it an honor to 
 stand here in this relation. To you, my friends, my greeting is most cordial. You 
 have been worthily welcomed to the town and its hospitality by others, in a manner 
 I cannot hope to equal. But as the guardian of the buildings and grounds that 
 have been for nearly sixty years the home of your beloved alma mater y I bid you 
 welcome to them. As you again, after the lapse of many years, tread these classic 
 halls, I bid you feel at home and to revive your sense of ownership therein. 
 
 When six years ago I, in this spot, pledged my fealty to the interests of this 
 school, it was to me a solemn vow, and I have endeavored to be faithful to the trust 
 and pledge. I desired to sustain the prestige the school had attained under my able 
 predecessors. Some of you may have sorrowed that Latin and Greek and the mod- 
 ern languages are no longer taught here, that music and painting no longer occupy 
 a front seat m the curriculum of study, and may have feared that a decline in the 
 spirit and thoroughness of the culture here given is the result. Some, no doubt, 
 have remained away through the influence of this feeling, and others have come as 
 to the grave of the old school they loved and were nurtured by. 
 
 Dry your tears of mourning, sorrowing children ! Your alma mater lives in 
 the freshness and vigor of j)erpetual youth. Children and youth still crowd her 
 portals for the instruction and the discipline that give strength to battle with life's 
 great problem. 
 
 October 15, 17S7, the General Assembly of the State of Vermont chartered 
 this school as a State institution. The constitution of the State provides for a uni- 
 versity, grammar school in each county and one or more common schools in each 
 town. This has been a State school continuously since, receiving State aid through 
 its grant of lands and in later years by direct appropriations. 
 
 It should be borne in mind that no school can cover all the field of training 
 now demanded by the researches and advancement in all lines of study. It is also 
 true that all wisdom and sources of discipline are not necessarily wrapped up in the 
 Greek and Latin tomes, and that the refinement and polish that the schools give 
 are not always acquired only by those who have struggled with the French verb, or 
 vainly tried to excel the productions of nature in the study of drawing and music. 
 
 These are counted of no less importance than formerly, but ratlior of so much 
 greater importance that special schools are now founded for better instruction in 
 them. This costs an expenditure of money and the employment of skilled teachers 
 entirely beyond the reach of the classical school, or academy, of fifty years ago. 
 Such a school can be no longer sustained by tuition, but requires large endowments. 
 
PEIJSrCIFArS GREETING. 19 
 
 Ifc is also an open question whether other lines of study do not give equal cul- 
 ture and discipline. This is an age of specialists. No person can cover all lines of 
 study, nor even hope to master the possibilities of one line. In recognition of this 
 fact our Legislature has limited the work of this school. We believe that this has 
 been wisely done and that the results fully attest the wisdom of the action. 
 
 The Normal schools of the State were first chartered in the fall of 1866 and 
 went into operation in February, 1867. This school was for some time shaded by 
 the old seminary and a class was not graduated until June, 1871. Since then it has 
 graduated 228 in the first course and 55 in the second. Most of them have taught 
 from one to five years. The most are still teaching and are generally successful, 
 and the demand for teachers trained in our Normal schools is increasing. 
 
 In conclusion Mr. Leavenworth reminded the alumni that in the natural course 
 of events he could not teach many years longer. He could not foresee what his 
 heirs might do with the buildings if he should leave them as his estate. It will be 
 best for the alumni to raise an ample fund for putting the institution upon a last- 
 ing foundation and then regain it. Tuitions cannot alone be depended upon for 
 support, and no individual ought to be the chief reliance of any institution. Now is 
 the time to make the past more secure, and perpetuate the influence, the hallowed 
 associations, the name and the unrivaled opportunity of this famous school. 
 
 The benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Henry P. Higley, D. D. 
 
 Procession Reformed. 
 
 The marshal then resumed charge of the vast audience and in a very few 
 moments, with military precision and strictness, withdrew the multitude from the 
 church in the following order : 
 
 1. The officers, speakers, former teachers and others occupying the platform. 
 
 2. The pupils who were in attendance previous to Mr. Hallock's principal- 
 ship, a venerable and goodly number. 
 
 3. Those who attended during Mr. Hallock's principalship, over one hundred 
 in number. 
 
 4. Those who were in attendance thereafter up to and including Miss Haskell's 
 regime^ a numerous company. 
 
 5. Those who were students from that time up to 1881. 
 
 6. Those who had been students under the present principal. 
 
 Preceded by the band in this order, the procession returned to the school park, 
 and, when the head of the line turned up Seminary street, the rear end had not 
 left the Church common. 
 
AFTER-DINNER EXERCISES. 
 
 Duriug the services at the church five tables, each a hundred feet in length, 
 had been bountifully spread at the foot of the park ; and at 2 o'clock the returning 
 procession took seats at the tables and entered upon the active duties of the hour. 
 Upon the conclusion of the material feast the flow of soul began under the direc- 
 tion of Hon. Charles E. Patterson, who had been selected to preside over these 
 exercises. No attempt is made here to reproduce the witty and graceful words of 
 the toastmaster introducing the various speakers. They are the spilled wine of 
 the feast that cannot be gathered up. 
 
 Introductory Address. 
 
 BY HOK. CHARLES E. PATTERSOK OF TROY, I^. Y. 
 
 An eminent American statesman, who had his birth in this State and had 
 attained high honors in others, once said that Vermont is a good place to emi- 
 grate from. If by this he meant to reflect upon Vermont as undesirable to be 
 selected for a dwelling place, you that are before me will take issue with the 
 sentiment. But if the idea he sought to convey was that the man, who has had 
 here his birth and training, reaches manhood well equipped in all that is manly, 
 to go forth into other fields to reap greater harvests than a stubborn soil may yield 
 at home, a world can testify to its truth. I know that all good New Englanders 
 are as fond of singing their own praises as if the Blarney Stone were located in the 
 quarries of Eutland County, but still I do not believe in that too great modesty 
 which would blind one to his own mother's beauties and virtues. And so I say 
 every good Vermonter has a right not only to feel proud, but to boast of the strength 
 and valor, inborn from his native soil, the possession of which has enabled himself 
 and his foster brothers to gather honors abroad as well as at home. 
 
 We meet here today as fellow centenarians. I know that there are a great 
 many young people of uncertain age and old people of uncertain youth, who will 
 feel a diffidence in acknowledging that they were here at the laying of the corner 
 stone of the Rutland County Grammar School, one hundred years ago today. But 
 they will not be permitted to escape by vain denials, and they should remember that 
 the hundred years just past are years for the Castleton school to be proud of. One 
 hundred years ago today the state of my present adoption did not acknowledge the 
 existence of Vermont as a separate, free and independent state. But New York 
 had not then more than the leaven of New England which has since aided in swell- 
 ing her dry meal to its present loaf of magnificent proportions. New York had 
 then Dutch, English and Indians — the Dutch for language, the English for beauty 
 
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INTRODTiaTORY ADDRESS, 21 
 
 and the Indians for intellect. When she wanted a diploma for education she sent 
 her surveyors to Vermont for Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain associate instruct- 
 ors to imprint upon their parchment the birch seal. Even then Vermont was tak- 
 ing rank as an educator, and here, upon this soil, was planted seed from which 
 has been added much to the fruit garnered within the century. 
 
 I do not belong to those who mourn for the good old times, and bemoan the 
 degeneracy of the present age. I believe the world grows wiser and better as it 
 grows older. So far as concerns material progress, no one can deny its existence. 
 In the past century corduroy roads have given way to iron pathways which bring 
 the extreme limits of the continent nearer together than at its commencement were 
 towns in the same state ; the genius of man has made slaves of vapors that work 
 vast machinery with a power that places in one man's hands the strength of thou- 
 sands ; the lightnings of heaven are held in human grasp and flash thought from 
 mind to mind through the limits of our globe without lapse of time ; the barren 
 wildernesses have been made to bloom, while implements of warfare have increased 
 in power and variety, and appliances of luxury and results of peace have multiplied 
 so that it would seem to need but the torch of strife or the balm of universal good 
 will to make the whole world a desert or a garden. Who shall say that the educa- 
 tion of the schools has not been a material factor in all this change? Who shall 
 say that the corner stone here laid one hundred years ago has not been one of the 
 chief foundation stones of the new structure? 
 
 And if there has been this material progress in the century just past, I ask you if 
 the facts do not justify a belief in a moral progress. As distances have been les- 
 sened, as men have drawn nearer to one another, as minds, from constant contact, 
 have grown familiar with other minds, a broader charity has grown up ; self respect 
 has found that it can assert itself with due regard for the rights of others ; self 
 assertion may exist with proper appreciation of the virtues of one's fellows ; man no 
 longer holds property in man ; divines no longer gloat over the most comforting 
 doctrine of eternal damnation ; heart and mind sustain one another in the enjoy- 
 ment of purer development, and we may joyously believe that in the first rays of 
 the rising sun of a new era, we have a right to hope for greater happiness to all 
 mankind than the world has seen since the gates of Eden were closed. But in our 
 joyous hopes for the future it will be well that we do not too greatly exaggerate the 
 present by confounding it with an anticipated future. In particular it will not do 
 for me to believe that toleration of the faults of others has grown to the extent of 
 extinguishing human impatience and just resentment against usurpers. 
 
 If Douglas was right in saying that Vermont was a good place to migrate from, 
 bear me witness that I speak a greater truth when I say that Vermont is a good 
 place for her emigrants to come back to. Now that we are back here, it would 
 please me much to occupy your time with a recital of reminiscences of the past^ 
 even to the extent of garrulity, but the times have not educated you to a degree of 
 tolerance and forbearance from which I could hope to have your respect and good 
 will, if I should thus usurp the province of others. I am not here to speak, but 
 merely to introduce speakers, and I now have the honor to propose as the first regu- 
 lar toast : 
 
 1. TJie State of Vermont : 
 
 The mother of men — the builder of schools. Her wandering sons, with hands 
 that touch, have stretched for her a broader boundary than the narrow rim of lake 
 and river, and made for her another realm unseen. 
 
22 AFTER-DINNER EXERCISES. 
 
 RESPONSE BY HON. F. D. DOUOLAS OP WHITING, VT. 
 
 The theme upon which I am called to speak is one which should be ever dear 
 to every native born citizen of our state. It is a subject which may properly give 
 inspiration to our best orators, or our most gifted poets. 
 
 The early history of Vermont is a history of which we may justly be proud. 
 Proud of her founders, her defenders, her statesmen, and her scholars. Prouder 
 still of that class whose names may not be found upon the pages of history, and 
 whose untiring fidelity and devotion have not been rewarded by those public demon- 
 strations of honor and renown with which the world is wont to crown its favorite 
 heroes. I refer to those mothers of Vermont who in her early history presided over 
 those homes from which emanated that unyielding integrity, so characteristic of the 
 early Vermonter. 
 
 Vermont's past record has been a glorious one. Glorious in her sons, who have 
 gone out from us to broader fields of honor and usefulness. Glorious also in those 
 who remained and built up those educational, moral, and social influences that 
 have developed Vermont's true men who have given her a reputation for those ster- 
 ling virtues which are the crowning glory of any people. 
 
 The problem for us to solve is, "How shall we preserve this noble heritage, and 
 hand it down untarnished to coming generations?" It is peculiarly fitting that we 
 consider this problem on occasions like this. 
 
 It is obviously a question of the development of the masses. It is conceded that 
 the individual works out his own destiny. That he is responsible for the moral, 
 intellectual and social character which he sustains. This destiny, under Providence, 
 is in his own keeping, for " character is destiny." That which is true of the indi- 
 vidual is also true of the state and nation. This generation will determine the char- 
 acter of that which is to follow. From the youths of today will be developed the 
 philanthropists, the scholars, the jurists, and the statesmen of the next generation, 
 and ah! too truly, too, from the present prattling throng of youthful innocence will 
 come the drunkard and his triplet brothers, the tramp and the train-wrecker, of the 
 near future. From the masses of to-day will come the state and the nation of 
 tomorrow. How, then, shall these masses be developed? How, and by what influ- 
 ences, can this work be most effectually accomplished? I hold that it must be, if 
 at all, through those influences and institutions which come down to the masses. 
 For their secular, and, to a great extent, their moral and social training we must 
 look to the common school and academy. The very salvation of our state depends 
 upon the character of these and the patronage which they receive. 
 
 What a power for good has not the institution whose centennial we today cele- 
 brate, been in the land ? Its influence has not been confined to the town, county, or 
 state of its birth ; it has been as broad as the nation. During its entire history it 
 has been the efficient educator of the thousands of pupils who have flocked to its 
 halls, and these, in turn, have educated untold thousands more. Today it is the 
 teacher of teachers as well as scholars. It is one of those nurseries which the state 
 has wisely provided and fostered for the fitting and multiplying of those devoted to 
 the common school department of educational work. The most pressing want of 
 the times is accomplished, energetic teachers in this department, those who can 
 successfully develop men and women worthy of the citizenship of a free, enlighten- 
 ed state, and to live in a progressive age. 
 
AFTER-DINNER EXERCISES, 23 
 
 Take oare of your common schools and academies, and the colleges, theological, 
 law, and medical schools will take care of themselves. Without this care of the 
 primaries, those, like the stream whose fountains are dry, will become contracted and 
 ruined. Then let these nurseries of teachers be sustained and multiplied. We need 
 the special education which they impart, not only for teachers, but for the future 
 parents, that they may know what constitutes good schools, and be prepared to 
 establish and maintain them. 
 
 What an impressive lesson has not Vermont's history of the recent past taught 
 with regard to the developing power of the common school and the academy? What 
 nobler sons can Vermont ask, what more accomplished statesmen can she expect 
 from any source than that noble trio who have so long represented her in the coun- 
 cils of the state and nation ? The names of Edmunds, Morrill, and the lamented 
 Poland are fitting examples for the present and future emulation of our young men, 
 all of whom came up, like the Franklins, the Henrys, the Lincolns, and the Gree- 
 leys ,to their high estate, not through the halls of classical learning, but through the 
 homes,the common schools, and academies of their time. Let us sustain those insti- 
 tutions which have developed such men, and which lie at the foundation of our edu_ 
 cational, and through this, of our social and political development. 
 
 Let the teachers present on this occasion re-dedicate themselves to their noble 
 work. Let the parents resolve that they will sustain them. Let every citizen of 
 Vermont resolve that he will do what he can by his influence and vote to strengthen 
 this mighty lever for the uplifting of the masses — the common school. If such 
 impulses and resolutions can be felt and put in practice throughout our state, we 
 need not fear that the future of Vermont will be less glorious than her early history. 
 
 Hoist. John" I. Gilbert, of Malone, IST. Y., also responded to this sentiment, on 
 behalf of "her wandering sons,'' in an eloquent speech. 
 
 2. The Rutland Goanty Grammar School : 
 
 The eldest child of poor but honest parents, it has borne the burden and heat 
 of the day ; and now, in its old age and in the evening of the century, trots the Nor- 
 mal School, its healthy grandchild, on its knee. 
 
 The Hon. Merritt Clark, a student seventy years before, and for fifty years a 
 trustee of the school, was called upon to respond to this sentiment. Mr. Clark 
 excused himself from making a speech, but read instead the following original 
 poem : 
 
 POETS OF VERMONT. 
 
 Poets quite oft like sheaves are seen. 
 Which separate broad fields of green, 
 Or like the stars with brilliant light 
 Which punctuate the shades of night. 
 The Druids dwell our groves among. 
 And sing perchance, as Sappho sung. 
 
 Do poets dream, aye, ever dream, 
 
 And are their teachings what they seem ? 
 
 To life they give a rosy hue, 
 
 Oft times the picture proves untrue. 
 
24 AFTER-BIWNER EXERCISES, 
 
 Our common life is quite the same 
 From day to day ! There is no flame 
 To warm, no hope, no chance to rise. 
 Oft without thrift or enterprise. 
 A luckless life will end the scene 
 Unless a change shall intervene. 
 
 Yet poets love their native land , 
 And ours have proved a stalwart band. 
 With pen and patriotic song, 
 Upholding right, denouncing wrong. 
 In battle oft and often where 
 Our country's greatest perils are. 
 
 The late war, note ! not waged for fame 
 Or conquest. It had higher aim. 
 A nation and the soldier brave 
 Sought freedom only for the slave ! 
 Accomplished that — his shackles fell ; 
 The sound was slavery's funeral knell. 
 The wide earth o'er, beneath the sun, 
 A greater victory ne'er was won. 
 Proclaim it till time shall end, 
 Freemen will the right defend. 
 
 Not all stalwarts ! some weak as men 
 Long past their three score years and ten. 
 
 I had a classmate — sad his fate ! 
 
 His rank was high and laureate, 
 
 ^' His words were silvern, thoughts of gold," 
 
 His mental structure, finest mould, 
 
 He had a faith that gave a hope. 
 
 Was flighty and inclined to grope, 
 
 He met the world and baffled fell, 
 
 His home loug years a madman's cell. 
 
 McDonald poor, to mem'ry dear. 
 
 Accept the tribute of a tear. 
 
 Others with greater force have told 
 
 The stories of the days of old. 
 
 Of Institutions founded here 
 
 By sturdy men as pioneer. 
 
 Prime schools they built, laid forests low, 
 
 'Tis now a hundred years ago. 
 
 Made here were " pitches '' — acres cleared, 
 
 The hovel and the cabin reared, 
 
 Ai)d here was built a '* picket-fort," 
 
 And ^'Justice Higley held a court;" 
 
 'Twas here they gave a '' pastor's call," 
 
 Also **an ordination ball;" 
 
 Here Arnold and brave Allen plan'd 
 
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AFTER-DINNER EXERCISES. 
 
 To capture Ti with ^' great demand." 
 I frolicked here, light-hearted boy, 
 With brimming cup of mirth and joy ; 
 Out up, and fell in love, you know. 
 But that was seyenty years ago. 
 Enough of this crank story's told, 
 Alas ! I'm garrulous and old. 
 
 In retrospect to-day I see 
 
 The changes of a century, 
 
 An evidence of yast increase 
 
 In commerce, wealth, arts, war and peace. 
 
 And yet God's laws haye never changed, 
 Both wise and just, it's so arranged. 
 The summer sun and winter snow 
 And varied seasons come and go. 
 Eolus' harp is now the same, 
 Fire warms and glows with upward flame. 
 
 In episode and contrasts e'en, 
 Allow to tell what I have seen. 
 
 I've seen a storm. In sable shroud 
 The wild winds rushed — the forests bowed, 
 An angry Grod spake from a cloud ! 
 Loud thunders roll, the storm fiends cry, 
 The lightnings flash athwart the sky. 
 I've seen a calm. The storm was o'er, 
 Still waters slept upon the shore, 
 The summer shade and golden light 
 Eeturned like harvest moon at night. 
 
 I've not seen peace, the golden age 
 
 Foretold so oft by ancient sage. 
 
 The picture which old Virgil drew 
 
 None ever saw or ever knew. 
 
 The halcyon day, quite free from strife. 
 
 Is not the gift of this brief life. 
 
 The poet, paint it as he may, 
 
 Can never paint the perfect day, 
 
 When rain, or cloud, or wind, or shower, 
 
 Shall not disturb the peaceful hour; 
 
 Or memory recall the wrong 
 
 And ills of life, a countless throng. 
 
 No perfect peace on earth is given, 
 
 That boon alone is found in heaven. 
 
 The world moves on ; men fill the marts 
 And stocks and sales and varied arts, 
 Commingle with defaults and wrong ; 
 The weak grow frail, the strong more strong. 
 
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 Our friends have told, and told us well. 
 
 What antedates this festival. 
 
 Assembled here to-day, we see 
 
 Oft branches of the parent tree, 
 
 In fruitage rich with gifted men, 
 
 Who wield the sword, the plough, the pen, 
 
 Known in the church, the state or art, 
 
 Where men are called to take a part. 
 
 Such is the record of the years, 
 
 O'ercast with trials oft and fears. 
 
 Arise, Alumni, and decree 
 
 Beneath this academic tree 
 
 What shall. its future hist'ry be. 
 
 I've wandered. Poet is our theme. 
 Perhaps I'm guilty of a dream. 
 Too weak is age to follow long 
 The thread that's woven into song. 
 
 A dream is what, and what the power 
 That greets us at the midnight hour ? 
 Kemembrance wakes of youth and home 
 And sweet reunions ne'er to come. 
 
 JVatus not fit, hath Horace said, 
 The bard of Troy and long since dead. 
 Poets, like stars, will ever shine, 
 Some more, some less, and some divine. 
 
 Our Eastman had a poet's birth, 
 Playful was Saxe and full of mirth, 
 Crisp Hunting, apt versifier, 
 Chaste Dorr and lover of the lyre, 
 Kendrick, refined, compact and terse, 
 And Post, excelled in sacred verse. 
 Great masters all, with gifted pow'r, 
 To cheer and gild the passing hour, 
 Uplift our hopes, our joys prolong, 
 In sweetest strains of varied song. 
 Passed on have some, and on their brow 
 To-day we place the myrtle bough ; 
 To those who live, we grant in^^brief. 
 In classic lore, the laurel leaf. 
 
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 Castleton Seminary : 
 
 The spring in the mountains, the fount of strength and inspiration, the shrine 
 of happy memories ; its strength endures, its charm lives on, its blessing deepens 
 with the passing years. 
 
 KESPONSE BY REV. GEO. N. BOARDMAN, D. D., 
 
 OF CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMIN^ARY. 
 
 Mr. President — I shall take the liberty of being somewhat free in the interpre- 
 tation of the sentiment on which I speak. My subject is Castleton Seminary. It 
 is a spring among the mountains. It has sent forth a refreshing and inyigorating 
 stream for generations. Its influence has been felt in almost every town in the 
 State, and largely felt in other States. The great work which this institution has 
 done is in its efficiency in moulding the homes of Vermont. She has sent out sons 
 and daughters who have occupied what are called high positions in the world, but 
 this is not her chief glory : her honor is, that she has helped to make the homes of 
 this State better ; has added to the intelligence of those who have labored on the 
 farm and in the workshop ; has made husbands and fathers more wise and consid- 
 erate ; has helped wives and mothers to make homes more attractive, families more 
 happy. 
 
 These results have flowed forth in blessings upon the State as if they came 
 from a living spring, but in fact they were the product of hard labor within the 
 institution itself. I prefer to call this school a well rather than a spring, and to 
 think of its streams as thrown out by a pump rather than as bubbling forth spon- 
 taneously. And I shall take the liberty of speaking of some of those who have had 
 their hands upon the pump-handle, and of some of the pupils who have been sent 
 forth by their impulsion. 
 
 I shall assume that the first five yeai-s of Mr. Hallock's administration were the 
 model years of this institution and confine my remarks mainly to that period. 
 
 Mr. Hallock was a strong man — physically and intellectually. He came to this 
 town in 1838 to supply the pulpit of the Congregational church for a few months 
 in the absence of the pastor, Rev. Mr. Steele. Though the Seminary at that 
 time was thoroughly run down, he had the sagacity to see the strength of the 
 position. He always considered it as good a place for an academy as any in the 
 State. He accepted the office of Principal and set himself to the duties of his 
 office. He had most wonderful powers of persuasion. He gathered in the sons and 
 daughters of the farmers and mechanics from all the neighboring counties ; he set 
 himself to improving the appearance of the building and grounds, and we owe to 
 him the paint upon those walls and the trees under whose shadow we are now gath- 
 ered. He always kept good teachers, especially in the main departments of the 
 school, while he could, in an emergency, take any position and fill it well. He was 
 a man of marked character, was too incautious as to his own reputation, and from 
 birth was predestined to the epithet *' old." I have heard him called *' old Hallock " 
 in Minnesota, and, I suppose, in every State between here and there. He was a 
 good man for boys to snowball when he was riding past in a sleigh, a good man for 
 those annoyed with him to assail behind the back, but he was about as well able to 
 take care of himself when opponents were before him as any one I have ever known. 
 He had defects of character, but if the present principal were to retire, as he has 
 
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 intimated may be the case (I trust he may long remain), and another E. J. Hallock 
 were to appear, for one I should say, do not look further, here is the man to be at 
 the head of our school. 
 
 Another who did yeoman's service in plying the pump-handle was Samuel 
 Hurlburt, Mr. Hallock's assistant, afterwards the Kev. Samuel Hurlburt of New 
 Haven, in this State. What a compound of pride and humility, of honesty and 
 shrewdness was he. He was the embodiment of sincerity, yet he ^had no idea ot 
 allowing himself to be imposed upon ; he seemed to have a childlike sim- 
 plicity, yet he would have deemed it an eternal disgrace to be outwitted by a 
 rogue. No one ran any risk in trusting him, but any one ran a good deal of risk in 
 attempting to get an advantage of him. He rejoiced generously in the success of 
 others, but hated terribly to be beaten himself. He was every inch a scholar, a cor- 
 dial helper of every one who tried to do well, and a friend as true as steel. To very 
 few have I ever been so strongly attached. He died all too early, to our human 
 thinking, soon after he had entered his fortieth year. 
 
 What shall I say of his successor in office, the all-accomplished Churchill? He 
 opened to us a new idea of scholarship. He seemed to know everything, he seemed 
 able to say anything in exactly the fittest and most accurate way, he never doubted, 
 he never hesitated, was never dull or weary. Everybody said he would make hi& 
 mark. It needed no prophet to say it ; he is probably a friend of our Chairman ; 
 both are in Nev\r York politics. One has been on the bench and in Congress ; we 
 expect soon to hear from the other at Washington. There are many other names 
 which ought to be mentioned to-day, but I must leave the teachers to others, and 
 turn to say a few words about pupils. 
 
 Kate Newell came here from Charlotte. Her intellectual face at once drew all 
 eyes. I perhaps never spoke with her during our school days — she was in the semi- 
 nary, I was a day scholar — but her reputation was a possession in which we all 
 shared. She was witty, I suspect at times sarcastic, scholarlike and ladylike. Her 
 loss was universally mourned when she went away. Her first marriage was unhappy, 
 but as Mrs. Daggett of Chicago she was idolized by her husband, the center of 
 admiring friends, a woman of wide information, a champion of the dignities of her 
 sex, the founder of a ladies' literary club, where great themes are ably discussed and 
 where her bust is lovingly gazed upon by friends who deplore her untimely death. 
 But why does time hasten on and forbid one to speak of many whose forms rise up 
 before me ? Fennel and Wilcox, who left the seminary about the time I entered it, 
 Jane Smith — now Mrs. Carr — easily a leader wherever she may be, the stately 
 Cooper, the elegant Lodge, the silent James Nash, Gridley Perkins, almost another 
 name for intellectual keenness, Daniel Gorham, Warren Winchester, John Lowth, 
 Hodges, Hawkins, Dake and the Hookers. Some of them are no more. Their for- 
 tunes have been varied, but they all deserve to be mentioned to-day. I must pause, 
 after bringing forward one name more. There stands my friend and classmate in 
 this institution — John Curtis — the incarnation of mathematics and mechanics, the 
 repairer of old clocks about as soon as he could walk alone. He shot through his 
 algebra before his classmates fairly knew what they were studying. Excused from 
 mathematics in college because his lessons would not keep him from mischief, as an 
 undergraduate he gave much of his time to mechanics, and in his later occupations 
 he has given his thoughts, among other things, to perfecting the steam engine. He 
 lives on his paternal acres, like old Grimes, *^in easy circumstances," and with the 
 haste for which he was famous in school days, he has for forty years intended to 
 bring his inventions before the world, when he gets ready. 
 
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 One closing word for the dear old seminary. We have been told to-day that 
 the classics have been dropiped from her curriculum of study. Institutions, like 
 men, must often do as they can, not as they would. We rejoice that there has been 
 no diminution here in the thoroughness of discipline. We have no fault to find. 
 But I believe in the dead languages. I would have a boy follow Latin roots quite 
 down to Cesar's coffin. I believe one draws life from familiarity with the old ora- 
 tors and statesmen. Classic schools in these days need endowments. Rutland 
 county is rich. Cannot our seminary have $100,000 as a classic foundation. Talk- 
 ing is vanity ; where is the rich man or woman among our graduates who will endow 
 the institution and revive its fame for classic learning ? 
 
 RESPONSE BY A. E. HIGLEY, 
 
 OF BENSON, VERMONT. 
 
 Dr. Boardman speaks of the years when he was at school here as the model 
 years of this institution. But it is not so. The days when I was a scholar here, 
 and serenaded the girls and climbed the balconies, were the golden days. To him 
 Mr. Hallock is philosopher, guide and friend. To me Miss Haskell is the ideal 
 teacher. The tree he planted in this park may be strong with deep roots and broad 
 branches, but my tree is deeper and higher and broader, with sturdier trunk and 
 richer leaf. And so, as the years come and go, to each scholar the palmy days of 
 this school will be Ms days, and the best and strongest teachers will be the teachers 
 of Ills time — and that is well. And ^' I will weary you no longer, then, with idle 
 talking." 
 
 RESPONSE BY REY. H. P. HIGLEY, D. D., 
 
 OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN". 
 
 I can at least mount this bench, and thus follow Prof. Boardman toward glory, 
 so far. I am not going to say much (not in value at least), but I think I can make 
 you all hear what I do say. You see I ow^e more than some who have preceded me 
 to Castleton schooling, for I took lessons in open-air elocution on yonder side-hill, 
 driving oxen. That picture to the southeast, framed between these two majDles,, 
 showing just where the wood-road enters the timber, reminds me what great shouts 
 it took to get safely down that hill. 
 
 We are all proud of Castleton to-day, of the heads that planned and the hands 
 that executed, and the skill and taste everywhere, in the royal welcome back to the 
 widely scattered sons and daughters of this old, long useful^ and still efficient 
 school. 
 
 Principal Leavenworth is quite right that there ought to be a provision for the 
 future by which this ground and all it contains should be consecrated to the cause 
 of education for all time to come. I share the conviction of the last speaker that 
 the best line of work for such a school as this must include thorough classical 
 training. T^here are colleges enough in New England, but for schools that stand 
 between the usual grade of town and village public school and the college, there is 
 still room. There is especially room at the top. It is the hest that, in the long 
 run, will be wanted, that ought to be wanted. I am old-fashioned enough 
 to believe that with the enlarging fields of scientific and literary knowledge, 
 there is nothing that can take the place, for healthful, varied mental dis- 
 cipline, of those old tongues, Latin and Greek. I would be glad to see 
 here a classical school of first rank — not to the exclusion of other things, 
 but with the rest. If there is one thing with which I associate the best 
 
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 progress I ever made in mental growth, it is with the shaking up and invigo- 
 rating which came to me in the study of Latin. That the principal of to-day has 
 acted wisely and met a present demand, I fully believe, and I would rather see such 
 thorough work as we learn is done here, than to have second-grade work in any line 
 of study. But my ideal of the lest cannot leave out — from a good large place — the 
 tonic and stimulus of classic study. 
 
 Now, looking back, the good work of the last hundred years has had three 
 things that I would like to name : 
 
 1. Good timber to work with — the boys and girls, young men and women of 
 Yermo]it. A New Hampshire speaker, responding to a toast for his State, spoke 
 of the custom for an artisan to show as a sign a specimen of the work he was ready 
 to do — a blacksmith, a horseshoe; a shoemaker, a boot, etc., *'so when the Almighty 
 made New Hampshire, He cut the profile of a man on the face of one of her moun- 
 tains, and left there his sign of the decreed purpose that New Hampshire should 
 make men.*' That was well said. But though the ''old man of the mountain " looks 
 down upon hills that are east of Connecticut river, we will let facts speak for Vermont. 
 Her men and women shall be her sign. Oood stuff, in vigor, and health, and 
 industry, and economy, and integrity has come up here from home and school, from 
 farm and village. Perhaps no one has mentioned it, but in my day there were very 
 pretty, bright, sweet girls in Castleton seminary. 
 
 A year or two after I had married, a college classmate cut out of a Chicago 
 paper, where he lives, a newspaper item. It said that Kate and John Jones, mar- 
 ried by Rev. H. P. H., at such a time and place, were divorced, etc., etc. My friend 
 wrote that his wife was very anxious to know if my work was turning out like that. 
 I answered that it all depended on the timber I had to work with. I would not 
 agree to make ox-bows out of basswood, but if he would furnish good hickory they 
 should bear the hardest pull.- 
 
 2. Then there have been good teachers at work here — many of them have been 
 named today — strong, manly men, and not less noble and worthy women. All 
 know what Garfield said of President Hopkins in the way of comparing colleges. 
 *'A slab bench for a seat, Mark Hopkins on one end and I at the other, and that 
 would be the college for me." Not fine buildings nor large equipment, but heads 
 and hearts of true, strong, noble, living men and women are the important aids to 
 education. 
 
 3. All truth leads up to God. The Bible and Christianity have not been left 
 out of the work here done. Try to bleach education so that the colors of the cross 
 will not show in it — the attempt sometimes made in the text-books and the State 
 schools of public education — and the fabric gets thin and rotten in the treatment. 
 
 Long may this school have, in the youth who gather here, good material to work 
 with ; in her teachers^ not mere encyclopedias of wisdom, but, first of all, men and 
 tuomen, alive and consecrated, good and strong. Then, true to Christ, and drawing 
 wisdom from his word and spirit, may her youth be trained for such living as the 
 world needs, and as will lead right onward to '' better worlds on high." 
 
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 4. Tlie State Normal School : 
 
 The evolution of tlie times, and as it looks to the future with steadfast heart, 
 may it prove to be the survival of the fittest. 
 
 RESPONSE BY PRINCIPAL LEAVENWORTH. 
 
 Mr. Chairman and Ladies and Gentlemen : — Had my own wishes been consulted 
 I should have been passed by on this most interesting occasion, for I am daily seen 
 and often heard on these classic grounds, so endeared to you by the associations of 
 the past. There are so many here whose voices you would like to hear, for by asso- 
 ciation they could not fail to revive the memories of the past, and I can only speak 
 of the near present. 
 
 But, my friends, I am glad, yes proud, to be here and to claim recognition as 
 the guardian of the rich heritage you have handed down to my charge. I am glad 
 to welcome you home again. These grounds, the cooling shade of these graceful 
 trees, many of which some of you helped to plant, yon venerable building, stand- 
 ing there as our fathers placed it, and well nigh as good as new, are today yours to 
 use and to enjoy. 
 
 Be at home again, then, and let happiness reign supreme in your breasts. I 
 knew Principal Hallock well by reputation. His niece. Miss Sparhawk, was the 
 playmate of my childhood, and for some years I taught among his kindred at New 
 Haven, so that his name was often kindly mentioned in my hearing. 
 
 And when today, at the church, I called for his students to rise and join the 
 procession, I was at first amazed at the enthusiastic numbers ; and when I saw the 
 look of loyal pride upon their countenances, I could but wish that he could have 
 seen what I saw. It would have been something of a reward for all his work in 
 their behalf. And the same feeling was strengthened as the students of other peri- 
 ods arose. After all, the chief reward of the faithful teacher is found in this recog- 
 nition by his pupils in after years of the esteem in which they hold his services. 
 
 Some who have spoken seem almost to fear that a decline has come to their 
 alma mater, because their interest centers in the period of their sojourn here. Latin 
 and Greek are no longer taught here, and they fear that the discipline found by 
 them in the study of these languages, which gave them strength to do and attain, 
 may not be secured by the present curriculum of study. But is not discipline the 
 outcome of experience, and may it not be found in other lines of study? Is it not 
 rather secured by the way in which a study is pursued than in the subject matter? 
 I was long a classical teacher, and I yield to none in my estimation of classical 
 instruction. But have not our old English authors. Bacon, Milton, Addison, Shake- 
 speare, and many others I might enumerate, become classic, and can we not obtain 
 from the right study of these nearly all the discipline in language that we need? 
 We claim that our training in these is classic, and the results shown by our gradu- 
 ates justify this claim. 
 
 But I must not weary you ; your time is too valuable. You desire to seek out 
 old school-mates, and to recall the scenes of auJd lang syne* As I have witnessed 
 these meetings today my breast has warmed in sympathetic response, and my heart 
 been made to leap for joy that I am permitted to have a little part in this celebra- 
 tion. And I have renewed my vow to be true to the institution you so love, as 
 strength and ability and means are given to me. 
 
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 Ten years more of labor may perhaps be vouchsafed to me. I know not, but 
 after that, what? I can but repeat what I said briefly at the church. The Alumni 
 should regain control of the property and place it under conditions that will make it 
 sure for the service of the school in the generations to come. This will be compar- 
 atively easy to accomplish while I am at the helm. 
 
 Again I bid you welcome, and may you carry to your homes only pleasant 
 memories of the day, and never have cause to regret your connection with this 
 school in the past, or that you participated in the festivities of its first centennial 
 celebration. 
 
 5. Castleton Village. 
 
 The home of faith and hospitality ; its shady streets have felt the tread of many 
 feet that wander far, and no one goes but longs to come again. 
 
 KESPONSE BY THE REV. C. N. THOMAS, 
 
 OF PORT HENRY, N. T. 
 
 Two thoughts suggest themselves to me as I think of Castleton and her schools. 
 One is that the people of this town so loved, and aided, and cherished the seminary 
 that to them must be accredited, in no small measure, the prosperity which the 
 school has attained. This tree of learning has grown and spread out its branches 
 so that it bears rich fruit in all this broad land, and even in other lands, because it 
 had good soil to grow in. The other thought is that Castleton has nourished another 
 institution of which she may well be proud. I refer to Castleton Medical College, 
 '^vhich for years was the best known and most highly reputed medical school outside 
 'Of the city of New York. So what village in Vermont has a better educational 
 record? In her work for the country she should be congratulated as second to no 
 other in all the region round about. 
 
 As the speaker concluded shouts of ^*Song !" ^* Song !" arose from all parts 
 of the grounds, from friends and contemporaries who remembered his singing of yore. 
 In response Mr. Thomas, with all his old-time sweetness and power, sang " Mine 
 eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord," the people joining in the 
 chorus. 
 
 RESPONSE BY THE REV. LEWIS FRANCIS, 
 
 OF BROOKLYIT, N. Y. 
 
 He began with playfully alluding to a scene which he had just witnessed in the 
 cars of a woman who rushed to the rear of a swiftly moving train, wildly shouting 
 to Tommy that she had left her bundle, and saying that he felt something as she 
 did, for his bundle of a speech was altogether left behind, and he had no way of 
 gathering one from the reminiscences of the day, as he had neither taught in the 
 seminary nor been a pupil there, as all the speakers who had preceded him had. 
 Mr. Francis continued : My earliest acquaintance with Castleton village began when 
 I was a college boy, when one winter's evening I was left with some fellow studentu 
 by a failure of the cars to make connection, and was obliged to spend the night 
 here. Mr. Hyde Wcstover very hospitably welcomed us to his hostlery at the foot 
 of Seminary street, but soon exhausting its resources my companions and I sallied 
 
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 out to find some amusement and discovered what probably is unknown to many 
 here, that Castleton Seminary had in those days a gymnasium ! I never heard of 
 it afterwards, but can testify to its existence then. Following the leadership of a 
 colored boy we were led to a place near the Seminary park where was a rickety old 
 building in which was a bowling alley. This was dimly lighted with tallow candles, 
 the boy holding one to show us where to bowl, and here I was first introduced to any 
 part of the curriculum of Castleton Seminary, and had my first and last training 
 under its fostering care. But even that old bowling alley has long ago departed, 
 and J wish it might in these latter days be succeeded by a gymnasium worthy the 
 name for the use of the students who gather for study within these Seminary halls. 
 But of Castleton village I can say that as today I walked up its streets I thought I 
 had never seen it look so beautiful and attractive, and I was reminded of the eight 
 happy years I had passed here, and of the many expressions of kindness, and the 
 generous manifestations of hospitality I have received. The trees have grown larger, 
 the arched avenues of bough and leaf — more beautiful than cathedral aisle — have 
 grown higher and richer with added beauty in the years since I went away, and in 
 them I find a symbol of increased strength and growth in the Seminary which 
 adorns the village, and a presage of what it is yet to be in the second century upon 
 which it is entering. I have been surprised today to hear its Principal speak as if 
 he was old, or that he had not many years before him still of usefulness. Mr. 
 Leavenworth was a member of my class when he graduated at college, though of 
 but a day's standing, and took his degree with me and was recorded in the college 
 catalogue as of my class. I certainly do not propose to consider myself an old man. 
 I am rather a young man, and my classmate is not old. He has energy and vigor 
 and pluck and ability, and for him I prophesy many years of increasing usefulness 
 in the old seminary, and for him and the school I can wish only the best things and 
 pray that the years to be may be better and richer than any of the years of the long 
 century just closed. 
 
 RESPONSE BY PROF. DUNHAM ARNOLD, 
 
 OF "WASHIiq'GTON" UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS, MO. 
 
 Some wit has said that the tallest man he ever knew was named Short, the black- 
 est man he ever saw was named White ; and on the same principle of delightful con- 
 trast, I suppose, the best man to represent the village of Castleton is one who was 
 born in the State of Rhode Island. And there is reason in this. " Let another praise 
 thee and not thine own lips.'' Castleton can bear all the encomiums heaped upon it. 
 A lady and gentleman, who have traveled widely, told me, when passing through here 
 a few days ago, that it is the prettiest village they ever saw. Not only is it remark- 
 able for its beautiful streets, its shady maples, its pleasant homes, and the views from 
 the surrounding hills, but it is a great moral sanitarium. There are, at present, four 
 ex-ministers living here, to say nothing of those who make periodical and temporary 
 visits to gather oxygen and inspiration for future discourses. The returning sons and 
 daughters, who once called this home, and their many friends, find here a charming 
 retreat from the duties and pressing cares of the world's life. 
 
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 The geographies of the olden time used to give the characteristics of each State 
 in rhyme. Of Vermont they said : 
 
 " Vermont is famous for men 
 And women and horses and sugar. 
 The first are strong, the third are fleet, 
 The second and fourth exceedingly sweet, 
 And all exceedingly hard to beat." 
 What is true of the State is true in the superlative degree of this town. You are 
 all familiar with the process of preparing sugar. They get an enormous amount of 
 sap and boil it down for a long time, until the sweet crystals appear. Castletoa is 
 Vermont boiled down. And, Mr. President, as you seem to insinuate something in this 
 direction in calling upon me, I may say that this is especially true of Castleton women. 
 Ye returning gallants of an older generation, who learned, perhaps loved, to appre- 
 ciate the charms of maidens then young and frolicsome, tell your friends in your 
 widely scattered homes that the village girls are as lovely and sprightly as ever. And 
 if any worthy young men wish to " sugar off" the matrimonial caldron by placing 
 Cupid's fires beneath, they can find no sweeter, choicer crystals than in the valley sur- 
 rounded by the green hills of Castleton. 
 
 6. The Corporation: 
 
 The grave guardians of great interests, their labors have not been without fruit 
 nor their anxieties without reward. 
 
 RESPONSE BY PRESIDENT A. K ADAMS, 
 
 OF FAIR HAVEN", VT. 
 
 I am asked to respond to the double toast — " The Corporation *' and '^ The State Nor- 
 mal School" — the former, ^'The grave guardians of great interests," the latter, ^'The 
 evolution of the times." I can truly say that these are my sentiments ; and speaking 
 for the Board of Trustees, with which I happen to be officially connected, I can also say 
 that whether the interests of education here are committed to our care because we are 
 grave, or we are called grave because these great interests are committed to us, we 
 realize how great and serious these interests are. We are mindful that they are to be 
 treated in earnest, since they are vitally linked with the character, the life, and work, 
 and happiness of the hundreds of our young men and women who, all up and down 
 our many hills and valleys, are the pride and glory of Vermont. 
 
 This school has much to do with the kind of society which shall exist hereafter in 
 our beautiful towns and villages. To show that the members of the board have real- 
 ized the greatness of their trust in former years, needs but a reference to what the 
 Seminary and Normal School have done and to the names of some of the members. 
 As single illustrations, I may call to your minds our venerable friend and associate, 
 who is with us to-day, Hon. Merritt Clark of Poultney, 84 years of age and for over 
 fifty years a member of the board, who has read a poem prepared by himself; the 
 brothers A. W. and P. W. Hyde, B. F. Adams and C. S. Sherman, all of whom, with 
 others, the people of Castleton and friends of the school elsewhere will have occasion 
 long to remember for their benefactions and labors. 
 
 So far as the present work of the school is concerned, under the present able 
 corps of teachers and with the present appropriation from the State, we are sure we 
 
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 have cause for congi*atulation and satisfaction. Our concern and anxiety are as to 
 what will be done later on, if the State should fail to renew its support, and when 
 Prof. Leavenworth cannot give it his personal interest and attention. Verily, it becomes 
 the friends of education to consider seriously the problem. I trust the State will see the 
 propriety of taking a much larger interest in its Normal Schools, and do still more 
 than it has yet done, to prepare our young men and women to be the teachers of the 
 coming generations. Other States see and understand what is their interest in this 
 respect. Nearly all the States maintain one or more Normal Schools. 
 
 I am not opposed to classical learning. I believe most sincerely in its benefits, 
 and would gladly see every teacher equipped with a knowledge of more than one lan- 
 guage, but, as Prof. Leavenworth has so well said, the English is a classic as taught in 
 his school, and it is better to have this thoroughly and well learned than to have a part 
 of some other and not this. It is my conviction that the Republican State, in order to 
 be consistent, must furnish to its citizens opportunity for every measure and kind of educa- 
 tion, that is, with advanced, secondary and collegiate schools — as is done in Michi- 
 gan. Primary schools require the grammar school and college to make them what 
 they should be ; and it is not right for a government like ours to leave to individual or 
 denominational effort the broad, unsectarian training which the American youth and 
 citizen require. I believe that the general government, no less than the several States 
 may justly and fittingly serve the people in this function and way. What nobler ser- 
 vice can it render? 
 
 While I hold that every teacher should set a good example and teach the princi- 
 ples of right conduct, I am of the opinion that what is generally known as religious 
 teaching, or sectarianism, is out of place in the schools of the State, which belong of 
 right to all the people alike, many of whom have conscientious exceptions or objec- 
 tions to what others regard as essential. As all desire the best things and disavow 
 whatsoever tends to destroy or hurt the peace and happiness and good of society and 
 of individuals, there is substantial unity on the really great things of human life ; and it 
 is concerning those things which are abstract and not truly essential that difierences 
 actually exist. Hence I claim that sectarianism has no place or right in the public 
 school of the people. I refer to this now because I understood the principal speaker of 
 the morning to advocate '^sectarian" instruction in the public schools of the State, I 
 think, however, that he would hardly go so far as to advise that denominational schools 
 should supercede and displace the non-sectarian State schools. There is room for great 
 variety. It is our business to maintain the schools of the State, and to see that they 
 are what they can be, what they should be, for all, the poor as well as the rich, and as 
 good as any schools can be made. 
 7. The Press : 
 
 Ever foremost in advocating the cause of education, it has been the comrade of 
 the school in the battle against ignorance, and together they will educate the world. 
 
 It was expected that Ool. Albert Clarke, editor of the Eutland Herald, and 
 Rev. T. L. Drury, editor of the Rutland Telegram, who were present, would 
 respond to this toast, but both gentlemen were obliged to leave before this part of 
 the programme was reached. 
 
 At the conclusion of the regular toasts remarks were made by Rev. Samuel 
 Storrs Howe, the oldest living principal, full of humorous and pathetic reminis- 
 cences of his early life, and well-spiced with amusing anecdotes of student life in 
 the early history of the school. 
 
Extracts from Letters 
 
 Hon. Walter E. Howard, on behalf of the Committee on Correspondence, then 
 read extracts from a few of the many letters received from former teachers and 
 pupils. 
 
 Oswego, JST. Y., April 20, 1887. 
 
 I find your circular of March last, on my return home, and am gratified to know 
 that you propose to celebrate the centennial of your widely-known school. It is 
 a good many years since I have been in Castleton, but I have never lost my interest 
 in its school. At this distance of time I am unable to promise myself the pleas- 
 ure of being present, which certainly would be a great pleasure to me. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 JOHN C. CHUKOHILL. 
 
 Ray Brook, Essex Co., N. Y., Aug. 1, 1887. 
 
 Your letter addressed to me at Oswego arrived there after I had left home for 
 my summer vacation, and has followed me to this place. My wife and daughter are 
 with me here and our plans are such that I do not see how I can be in Castleton 
 on the 10th instant. I regret it very much, as it would be a great pleasure to me 
 to revisit the familiar scenes, and to meet again former pupils and friends, whom I 
 should be very glad to see. Should any change in our plans make it possible for me 
 to be there, I shall certainly come, but I do not anticipate it now. I shall be very 
 glad to receive the programme of your exercises, and the account, which will, of 
 course, be published, of the occurrences of the day. Please remember me to any 
 who may attend who were of my time at .the Seminary, and believe me. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 JOHN C. CHUECHILL. 
 
 WiLLiAMSTOWK, Mass., July 5, 1887. 
 
 I should be most glad to see you all August 10, but cannot now say positively that 
 I shall go. We had a very pleasant visit from Dr. Langdon. He has become a man 
 of wide culture. As to the old teachers — J. C. Churchill is lawyer or judge in Buf- 
 falo or Rochester, I am not positive which city. He was principal teacher about 
 '43. Rev. Wm. Tufts lives now, I think, in Monson, Mass. Miss Warren, also a 
 teacher, is now his wife. He taught in '45 and '46. Mr. Petty, who followed me 
 in 1849, is a professor in Burlington, Vt. Mary Ann Shattuck is, I think, in Cal- 
 ifornia. She taught primary classes while I was there in 1847-'49. Miss Hayden 
 you know about. Mr. Wainwright is somewhere west. Mr. Langdon can tell you. 
 Miss Lawrence, now Mrs. General Hopkins, is in Rutland. Prof. Daniel Gorham, 
 now of Northampton, Mass., taught classes to some extent. Jolin Curtis, now of 
 Dorset, Vt., was a successful teacher of mathematics, while we were fitting for col- 
 lege in 1842-43. Dr. George N. Boardman, now of Chicago, and Dr. Samuel 
 Boardman, now of New Jersey, were residents of Castleton, as you know, and 
 
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 students. Samuel was a principal teacher about 1850. 1 am glad you invite Hon. 
 John Gilbert to speak. There were seven of those Gilberts at once — brothers 
 and sisters — all noble ones ; Simeon Gilbert is editor of the Advance, Chicago. 
 Dr. Hooker, now of Winter Park, Florida, and his brother of Milwaukee, 
 were both excellent students and originated in Oastleton, as you know. Miss Jeff- 
 ries, teacher of French while I was teacher there, is dead, I think. Mr. Dean, 
 teacher of music, is gone, I know not where. Mr. Hope, teacher of painting, is dead, 
 I think. Mr. John Horr, a native of Oastleton, became an eminent teacher in 
 Brookline, near Boston, and I think did some teaching of classes in Oastleton. 
 He studied with me for sophomore year in college. So also of Maynard. These 
 items give you no information, probably, that you do not already have, but they 
 come into my mind and I jot them down. With many pleasant recollections of the 
 old Seminary and of the good people of Oastleton, we are, yours, 
 
 MR. AISTD MRS. W. W. WINCHESTER. 
 
 Parsoi^age 1st Presbyteriak Church, ) 
 Stanhope, N. J., August 8, 1887. [ 
 
 As a former pupil and teacher in Oastleton Seminary, I desire to send most 
 hearty congratulations on the one hundredth anniversary of its establishment. My 
 honored father, near the end of the first quarter of that century, as I suppose, my 
 three brothers and myself, within the third quarter of the century, received from 
 that honored institution an important part of our education. It is just fifty years 
 since our indulgent father removed to Oastleton for the purpose, chiefly, of giving 
 to his children such advantages. The school had then for a long time enjoyed a 
 high reputation under such excellent principals as Henry Howe, Solomon Foot, and 
 the Rev. Dr. Charles Walker. Many eminent men had received their academic educa- 
 tion in Oastleton. Six college valedictorians, as they afterwards became, at Middle- 
 bury, Yale, and perhaps elsewhere, were there, I think, at the same time — a little 
 after 1820. 
 
 The late distinguished professor and author, Rev. Edwin Hal), D. D., of 
 Auburn, N. Y., was accustomed to speak with great interest of the enthusiasm in 
 classical studies at Oastleton Academy under the able administration of that supe- 
 rior scholar and teacher, Principal Howe. 
 
 My first recollections of the seminary are associated with the work of Rev. 
 Edward J. Hallock, who first came to Oastleton to supply for a time, during the 
 illness of the pastor, the pulpit of the Congregational Church. 
 
 Mr. Hallock had valuable qualities, to which many, now scattered in all parts 
 of the country are indebted, and the writer among the number. He acquired the 
 epithet *' Old," before he was entitled to it by his years, but it was not altogether 
 without a certain respect, affection and good nature, on the part of his pupils. His 
 service, as principal, was, I think, the longest, and not the least effective, as seen 
 in the educated women and men whom he sent into the world. 
 
 Among the teachers at Oastleton, have been a distinguished United States 
 senator ; several members of congress, judges and other civil officers ; tutors and 
 professors in colleges ; and men and women useful and distinguished in almost 
 every walk of life. 
 
 Our brilliant young teacher, Capt. and Dr. Selah Qridley Perkin?, then only 
 twenty years of age, deserves a word of homage to his heroic memory. There was 
 
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 always to me a peculiar fascination in tlie exceeding brilliancy of his eye, and the 
 intelligent radiance of his countenance, from my earliest remembrance of him in 
 boyhood — the scholarly son of our greatly esteemed physician. We shall never for- 
 get his graceful and elegant geniality in the class-room, his literary aptness, his good 
 scholarship, and his pleasant friendliness at all times. With something of the 
 brilliant chivalry of Lord Byron in Greece, our patriotic teacher, who was himself 
 not without genius, gave his life for his country. He gave what President Lincoln 
 at Gettysburg called the last full measure of devotion, that this nation might 
 have a new birth of freedom, and popular government not perish from the earth. 
 Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. 
 
 From February to October, 1853, I was classical teacher in the seminary. The 
 catalogue which was published in the summer of that year contains 218 names. 
 Of these 85 were from Castleton. One of those pupils is now president of a college, 
 one is a doctor of divinity, and another a doctor of laws. One, Capt. M. P. S. 
 Cadwell, a graduate afterward from Middlebury College, was killed at the second 
 battle of Bull Run. I enjoyed very much the year spent there in teaching. I am as 
 grateful to-day as I was in October, 1853, for the generous tokens of kind 
 regard presented to me by the young ladies, and also by the young gentlemen, 
 separately, at evening prayers, on the last day of my connection with the seminary. 
 I have never witnessed just such an occasion. Time has not diminished in the 
 least degree the deep and kind feeling, and even tenderness, which seemed to 
 exist between us, though I have scarcely looked in many of those endeared faces, 
 then young, for a whole generation. To as many of my pupils as may be at 
 Castleton, I wish to send cordial, affectionate greetings, though we should meet no 
 more in this world. I would feel greatly obliged to any who would write to 
 me. As we used to look over, dear pupils, from the hills of Vermont, westward 
 upon the sunny Adirondacks, glorified in the rosy light of evening, so let us look 
 forward to the future as bright with immortal beauty, in the Christian life before 
 us both here and hereafter. 
 
 Kecurring to my own teachers, I desire to make grateful mention of the Hon. 
 John C. Churchill, LL. D., a member of congress, and judge of the supreme court 
 of New York, who gave me my first and most thorough lessons in Greek ; and of 
 Eev. James Tufts of Monson, Mass., a life-long teacher, who taught me Demos- 
 thenes and Shakespeare. Of Darius Maynard, John Steele, Samuel Langdon, Dan- 
 iel Howard, George Squier, M. P. S. Cadwell, Argalus Squier, and all as many as 
 have passed on before us from this mortal world, my cherished pupils at Castleton, 
 and some of them afterward in Middlebury College, I desire to express a sacred and 
 affectionate remembrance. There was one nearer than all others, who was a pupil 
 and teacher there, who also found Christ her Savior there, who with myself, and 
 with a multitude of others, will forever remember with sacred gratitude Castleton 
 Seminary. 
 
 Respectfully yours, etc., etc., 
 
 N SAMUEL W. BOARDMAK 
 
 Galesburg, hi., August 8, 1887. 
 
 I wish most heartily to congratulate you and other friends of the seminary on 
 the auspicious circumstances in which you are to celebrate its centennial. 
 
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 I very mucli regret that in the few minutes now allowed me, I am unable to 
 contribute anything of importance to the history of the institution. I was con- 
 nected with it but three years, while resting from pastoral work, and though in 
 that time I trust something was done to be counted among the incalculable benefits 
 it has conferred upon the community and the world, my part in its history and 
 great work was comparatively unimportant. I think the average number of students 
 while I had charge of it scarcely exceeded one hundred, though we sometimes had 
 one hundred and fifty or more. 
 
 My entrance upon the work of instruction and direction was much as if it had 
 been a new institution, as the more advanced pupils of previous years had either 
 graduated or otherwise finished their studies, so that for the first year I had no 
 graduating class and but a very small one the second. Of some of these however, 
 and of most or all of the ten graduates of the following year, I could confidently 
 predict, if life and health should be continued to them, what 1 am glad to know is 
 true, for they have already made their mark in the world ; and the same might be said 
 of hundreds of others who took a more limited course of study, or who remained to 
 complete their studies with my successors. I would like to mention the names of 
 some whom I shall ever hold in pleasant remembrance, but so many equally worthy 
 of honorable mention must be omitted that I leave them all to your own knowledge 
 and their report of themselves. 
 
 Trusting that in time to come, as in time past, the institution may be greatly 
 prospered in its good work of Christian education and with kind remembrances for 
 all the many personal friends who may remember me, 
 
 I remain very truly and sincerely yours, 
 
 AZAKIAH HYDE. 
 
 823 ISToRTH 4:0th Stkeet, ) 
 Philadelphia, May 13, 1887. j 
 
 I am always glad to be reminded of the seminary, as I enjoyed the year I taught 
 there very much. There was at that time in Castleton and its vicinity, as I pre- 
 sume there continues to be, a certain alertness of mind which made the work of the 
 teacher no toil, but a pleasure. 
 
 With a loving remembrance to former scholars and friends, and earnest good 
 wishes for the future prosperity of the school, 
 
 I am, yours sincerely, 
 
 ANJSTA S. EEED. 
 
 35 Waverly Place, \ 
 
 Grand Kapids, Mich., July 28, 1887. ] 
 
 Many thanks for the circular of invitation to be present at the " Centennial 
 Celebration," which came in due time, but which I delayed acknowledging, hoping 
 to be able to say, "I shall be with you." ]N"ow I find this to be impossible, and am 
 so disappointed that words cannot express my regret. 
 
 It has been the one great longing of my heart to visit once more that old and 
 cherished seminary — to look upon the lovely village of Castleton, and to meet 
 dearly-loved schoolmates, pupils, and friends. What time more befitting than the- 
 one hundredth anniversary ? 
 
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 But there is nothing for me save to send love and greetings to each and to all, 
 with many regrets that I cannot share the good times and good things of that event- 
 ful day. 
 
 Very truly and affectionately, 
 
 HARRIET S. NASH. 
 
 I wish you all the good things of this life ; a sustaining hope and a blessed 
 fruition of a promised home in the "Father's House." 
 
 R. a. WILLIAMS. 
 
 Iron" Springs Hotel, > 
 
 Manitou Spri]S"GS, Colo., Aug. 2, 1887. ( 
 
 How often our best laid plans come to naught, and this'naught has overtaken me. 
 I left Monticello with my plans all formed, and as I thought perfected, for a sojourn 
 in the Rockies during July and then the long journey over the plains and across the 
 states to good old Castleton for August 10th. To accomplish this I must leave 
 tomorrow, but my neice, Lizzie, has met with an unfortunate accident which for- 
 bids my leaving — a severe sprain of ankle and foot confining her in one position for 
 days and perhaps weeks. Miss Alden and myself regret these forbidding circum- 
 stances of distance and accident exceedingly, but cannot overcome them, 
 
 Castleton Seminary is very dear to me. The impressions there made upon my 
 brain in early youth (for I was but twelve years old and counted the baby in the 
 household when I entered) come vividly to me in my dreams these later years. 
 Rev. Mr. Hallock — I honor and count him, in his day, a king among helpers to 
 young women seeking an education somewhere within sight of that offered the 
 brothers. Miss Mary Warren, his able assistant at that time, I loved with all my 
 little heart and owe, now, much to her in gratitude and respect. If she is present 
 at the jubilation, give her the right hand of fellowship and love from White Hatly 
 Haskell. 
 
 Those days, forty years in the long ago, when I ran wild over the hills with 
 Prof. Wood for flowers and sat mute on the side of brooks, (fearing to drive away 
 the trout), with Prof. Goldsmith of the medical college, when from the rear fence 
 I filled my pillow-slip with delicious apples from B. F. Adams' orchard, or my 
 carpetbag with watermelons from good Father Spencer's patch, were not much 
 filled with study, but developed an energy and strength of body which has served 
 me without faltering nearly a half century. And the later years from 1861 to 1867, 
 when I held the principalship, are years never to be forgotten. I send good cheer 
 to all who may be with you and would lovingly bring a worthy tribute to our 
 sainted dead. Such names as Fanny Pendleton, Nelly Speed, Eliza Gracia, Emma 
 Willard, Frances Burt, should be spoken softly at this gathering of friends. The 
 many students and teachers of these hundred years, who have in their various 
 spheres uplifted human living and done most excellent service for the church, for 
 Christ, whether beyond the shadows, or in the resting places after battle, or in the 
 thick of the fight, should be reverently remembered at this centennial. 
 
 May the Lord bless all and cause His face to shine on all who gather at the- 
 feast. 
 
 Yours, with love, 
 
 (Miss) H. N. HASKELL. 
 

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 Ukderhill, Vt., Aug. 6, 1887. 
 
 Your card is received. Accept thanks for your cordial reminder and invitation. 
 I regret to say that it does not seem possible for me to be present next week. 
 That it would afford me great pleasure to be with you goes without saying. It 
 will be a joyful occasion, no doubt. For many reasons it would be such to me. 
 
 The old institution has had an honored place among the educational forces of 
 the State, and especially of Kutland county, and it has a large place in the regard 
 of its especial friends. I hope you will exert your influence, however, to moderate 
 the glorification of the institution and keep it within the limit of the facts, which 
 will be assumed to be grand enough when it is remembered who have been in the 
 honored line of instructors. 
 
 Sit hard on the valve and keep a firm grip on the throttle when those hot- 
 headed ones are on their feet, like the Higleys, Boardmans, Flaggs, etc. You will 
 have a grand time meeting the old friends. Say to any of them who will care to 
 remember me, that the years do not attenuate but strengthen the cords of these 
 early friendships. Age and maturity become interpreters of much that was mean- 
 ingless, because not understood in the rushing times of youth. When men put on 
 their glasses they read more between the lines of the early history than was con- 
 sciously writ or read in the making of it. I would be glad to renew the life I once 
 lived in the old Sem, even though but for a day, by grasping the hands once so 
 plump and juicy, but now growing sinewy like mine. The music of oldest and 
 dryest '* gut " is said to be most heavenly, is it not ? I reckon the friendships that 
 have lost their flabbiness and coarseness and materialism by an apparent shrinkage 
 in sound and expression, are all the tougher in fibre, the sweeter and richer. 
 If you meet any of this sort of friends, please put my thought into your own 
 graceful English while you shake their hands once extra for me. 
 Hoping for the best of times, I am 
 
 J. K. W. 
 
 Rock Falls, 111., April 12, 1887. 
 
 Your kind note of invitation to the centennial anniversary of the Castleton 
 School awakens the memories of forty years ago, when I was a student at the Sem- 
 inary. If I have met with any success in life, I attribute that success largely to the 
 •* bent" the " twig" received while at that institution. For earnest, effective teach- 
 ing, and thorough, persevering study, I have never seen a school that surpassed Cas- 
 tleton Seminary. But who could be dull under the management of E. J. Hallock ? 
 His enthusiasm awakened our sympathy ; his genial kindness won our respect, and 
 even his scathing rebukes commanded our admiration. Then no one would find it 
 pleasant to make a failure in recitation under the rigid discipline of Jonathan Lane. 
 The surprise which he manifested at any ignorance of the lesson was something to 
 be avoided. But the prizes which stimulated to still greater exertion were the 
 approving smile of W. W. Winchester and the charming personal friendship of Miss 
 Severance. If you will look on the yellow skirting of the old stairway, upper hall, 
 gentlemen's department, you will see diagrams for demonstration in geometry or 
 trigonometry, and vocabularies of Greek words we were obliged to commit to mem- 
 ory. These will attest to the diligence with which we improved our time. But 
 there were other lessons to be learned quite as valuable as those from books. Many 
 of us came directly from the farms and at that time there were not so many sources 
 
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 of refinement at the farmer's home as you will now find. In fact the farmer's boys 
 were awkward and diffident, and the girls had only their natural tact and winsome 
 faces to save them from the same fate. But how quickly the boys lost their verdancy 
 and the girls became " young ladies," under the gentle and refining tutelage of the 
 preceptress, Miss Hayden. Her pleasant conversations on social etiquette, and her 
 timely hints at "common parlor visits" were more valuable to each student than a 
 volume of Chesterfield or a season at Saratoga. How distinctly your circular recalls 
 the names and peculiarities of many students with whom I was associated. 0. E. 
 King Sherman was a king in appearance and manners. Deodatus D. Haskell was 
 the envy of all *' bumpkins." He was the universal favorite among the gentlemen 
 and the " ladies-man " par excellence* No one could have a truer friend or more 
 congenial companion than "Bill" Perkins. His drollery was only surpassed by that of 
 A. V. Colburn. I have heard Albert sing " Our old hen she crossed the road because 
 she crossed the road, sir ; and the reason why she crossed the road, was, 'cause she 
 crossed the road, sir," in front of the ladies' piazza at least a dozen times in succes- 
 sion, in response to calls from the ladies, and each time it would be sung with the 
 same earnest pathos. Poor fellow ! he was cut down at the beginning of a brilliant 
 career. Henry Edgerton was a jolly companion, and made a vast amount of trouble, 
 not only for the teachers but for the faculty, but his translations from Virgil would 
 be listened to with rapt attention by teacher and class, and Prof. Tufts would say: 
 " Very poetical, but the construction is altogether too liberal." And when I read 
 in the daily papers the report of an address of welcome to (xen. Grant, upon his 
 arrival from his foreign tour, I saw the same classical language, and could almost 
 hear the musical tones which gave such a charm to his recitations in the -^neid. 
 
 I have quite as pleasant recollections of my acquaintance with the ladies of the 
 " Sem," but as they are still young — in my memory — I do not feel at liberty to 
 mention names. The pleasant greetings at the table, the discussions in recitation, 
 the familiar conversations at the " common parlor visits," and the occasional stolen 
 walks, will all be remembered for a lifetime. 
 
 Although I shall not be able to attend the exercises at the anniversary, I thank 
 you for the circular of invitation, and trust I may receive the same tokens of your 
 kindly recognition in the distribution of the reports of the meeting. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 GROVE WRIGHT. 
 
 FAiiiriELD, Conn., May 17, 1887. 
 
 The circular announcing the celebration of the centennial of Castleton Semi- 
 nary, August 10th, has been received. As two very happy years of my school life 
 were passed in that institution, under Miss Haskell's successful as well as jolly 
 reign, it would give me great pleasure to be present at the re-union, although I 
 must confess that in the ups and downs of this topsy-turvy world I have lost sight 
 of nearly every one of my schoolmates, finding it difficult to even recall their 
 names. Hoping this one-hundredth anniversary will be a perfect success in every 
 way, 
 
 I am, yours truly, 
 
 MARY B. KIPPElSr, 
 
 Known to the friends of my school days as " Kipp.' 
 
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 Groton, Mass., July 20, 1887. 
 
 Ifc will not be possible for me to attend the centennial celebration on the tenth 
 of August. I sympathize fully with the purpose of the proposed gathering and 
 hope it may be a large one. I am sure it will be an enthusiastic one, if any con- 
 siderable number of those who are indebted to the school are present, and express 
 the sentiments of loyalty and affection which are shared in by the great company 
 who have been members of the institution. 
 
 I was a scholar at the seminary under the administrations of Mr. Hallock (dur- 
 ing his last year), Mr. Hyde and Mr. Knowlton. The teachers whom I recall with 
 especial gratitude and affection, are Mr. Knowlton and Mr. Watts. The latter died 
 in early manhood, but I trust the former will be present at the celebration. His 
 exact scholarship and personal interest in his pupils left an abiding influence on all 
 who enjoyed his instructions. 
 
 With congratulations upon the present prosperity of the school, and hearty 
 greetings. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 EDWra H. HIGLEY. 
 
 93 Mt. Vern-qn" Street, ) 
 
 Boston, July 24, 1887. j 
 
 I have delayed answering your kind invitation to the centennial celebration of 
 Castleton Seminary, hoping circumstances might admit of my accepting it. As it 
 turns out, however, that I shall not be able to be present, I must e'en despatch the 
 *' letter of greeting and good cheer " which you request as the alternative. 
 
 Our school had advanced but seventy years in her century, when it happened, 
 in rather an accidental manner, that I fell heir to the French classes, for the year 
 1857-8, under the regime of the Rev'd Mr. and Mrs. Hyde. 
 
 My rooms were on the landing of a side staircase at the end of a corridor, and 
 although it is probable they were comfortably furnished, I recall but one solitary 
 article in them, and that is a little, old-fashioned, iron box-stove for burning wood. 
 Either the pipe was too short to reach the hole in the wall, or the hole was too high 
 for the length of the pipe, or else the legs were not long enough to effect necessary 
 connection, at all events a leg-extension was furnished in the shape of four blocks of 
 wood, upon which the stove tilted dangerously or from which it tumbled ignomin- 
 iously, according to circumstances. Circumstances were so often favorable for the 
 tumbling act, that a fire brigade was organized to protect the treasures in that cor- 
 ridor. Whenever the stove upset, a concerted whistle brought the fire-women, 
 trained and eager, to secure each the oil painting assigned to her individual care. 
 These paintings — my own handiwork, supposed to be unique, — are, indeed, 
 still held in that estimation by the juvenile inmates of a public institution, near 
 Boston, where they serve as a part of the penal rewards for misconduct. The 
 frequent smokings to which these canvasses were thus subjected, imparted such a 
 rich venerableness of chiaro-oscuro that we always referred to them as the Old 
 Masters ! It is but just to add that these specimens of the fine arts once in 
 a place of safety, the brigade continued its efforts to a final extinction of the confla- 
 grations, as your building testifies. 
 
 How well I recall some of the students of that time— earnest, ambitious, faith- 
 ful, who have no doubt played well their parts in life. The Misses Ehle, Nellie 
 
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 Woodward, Mary Griswold, Nellie Beckwith, Augusta Busliee, and two sisters with 
 soft curls and dove-like eyes, whose names may not have been Sheldon, but some- 
 how so stick in my memory. They certainly were Mary and Julia. 
 
 At the commencement exercises that year, the "sweet girl graduates" wore 
 rather stiff muslin gowns, with aggressively puffed sleeves, according to the latest 
 fashion. A minister from a neighboring town prayed that they might eventually 
 go to heaven, and still wear white ! 
 
 Our own pastor was Dr. Willard Child,, a gentleman whose poetic nature and 
 uncommon culture exerted a wonderful influence over impressionable youth. His 
 figure is always tenderly associated with fliy memories of that year and place. Nor 
 do I cease to remember the natural beauty of Oastleton — how her snowy mountains 
 glowed like opaline ramparts in the rich sunsets, till the deep violet and blushing 
 rose tints appeared reflected in every line of valley and hillside. 
 
 As Mr. Beecher said of Amherst, more could be learned outside of that institu- 
 tion than in any other of the land. 
 
 Extending to all who remember me, and who suffered under my instructions, 
 the most cordial regards and apologies, I remain 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 AUGUSTA WARREN KELLOGG. 
 
 Dupage, 111., July 25th. 
 
 It is with pleasure I acknowledge the reception of your kind remembrance. 
 My inner self would rejoice to be with you, but my outward infirmities will pre- 
 vent. I well remember the months of pleasure spent in the old Seminary. I 
 remember in one of Mr. L. F. Clark's addresses to the school he said '* You will in 
 after years look back to the time spent here as the one bright spot in your lives," and 
 so it is. I will send a catalogue. God bless you all in this laudable work, is the 
 sincere wish of your friend, 
 
 EMILY R. HIGGINS. 
 
 Claymokt, Del., July 30, 1887. 
 
 Looking back through the mists of two score years, the faces and very voices 
 of the *' merrie companie" who welcomed me to Castleton Seminary are as present 
 to me as if the scene were but yesterday. All were kind, some were eager and 
 demonstrative, and a few — a very few of the gentlemen were a little distrustful in 
 manner, whilst all the ladies were pleasant and many of them charming. 
 
 But I cannot see them in my mind as I know they must be if living, gray and 
 wrinkled, but in the bloom and energy of youth, cherishing the resolve of great 
 purpose. 
 
 How many of us have failed and how many of us have gained the objects for 
 which we started will not count in my affectionate remembrance. Suffice it to 
 say that wherever I may be on the 10th day of August my spirit will be in Castle- 
 ton in communion with the dear old friends of other days, and I beg of you to bear 
 to them the messages of love and faith that I cannot speak. 
 
 With many thanks and many hopes I am yours. 
 
 Most sincerely, 
 
 Wm. 0. LODGE. 
 
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 St. Pat;l, Minn., July 31st, 1887. 
 
 It would be a great pleasure to me to walk through those shady, quiet streets 
 again and to renew old friendships and acquaintances. I must have something of 
 the old Indian in my nature, for after the lapse of so many years I find old feelings 
 still strong, and my old likes and dislikes — they were loves and hates in those days 
 — little changed. May I ask you to give my kindest remembrances to any of my 
 classmates of the Hoop, 1865, as well as to all my old associates. My beloved sister 
 Aba died more than a year ago, and lies at rest on a sunny hillside, with her second 
 son and an infant daughter beside her. We often talked of the old Castleton days, 
 and through her I occasionally learned of old friends. I recall my last visit to her at 
 the Seminary after I left New York, when I found her and the entire class sus- 
 pended for various misdemeanors ! We had always hoped to go East together with 
 our children. 
 
 I sent my centennial circular to Col. Dayton, who was in the Seminary under 
 Mr. Hallock, and should be glad if you could give me another. If anything of 
 interest upon the Centennial can be purchased, perhaps you will send me the address 
 so I may write. 
 
 Hoping I may have the pleasure of meeting you, believe me, I am 
 
 Most sincerely yours, 
 ELIZABETH WALBRIDGE CLEVELAND ALLEN. 
 
 Lawrence, Mass., August 1, 1887. 
 
 Your kind invitation, together with the picture of the buildings and park and the 
 familiar names among the committees, all conspire to give me a twinge of disappoint- 
 ment that I cannot be present. So with pleasant memories of the past and best 
 wishes for the prosperity of the school and its friends, 
 
 I am, yours sincerely, 
 
 IRENE CLARK DURRELL. 
 
 Pasadena, Cal., August 3, 1887. 
 
 I should have written sooner in acknowledgment of your kind invitation but for 
 the hope that we might share in the delightful reunion of the friends of Castleton 
 Seminary. 
 
 It is a very great deprivation to Dr. Carr and myself not to be able to 
 meet you, for to both of us every association with the place and its institutions 
 becomes more precious as we descend into the vale of years. 
 
 Be assured that no hearts will respond more warmly than ours to every 
 touch upon the chords of memory, A letter lately seat me by Frederick Lee of 
 Howell, Michigan, dated June 27, 1835, contains many of my childish impressions of 
 my first year in the Seminary. I entered the school in my ninth summer, and left in 
 my seventeenth year ; a period which covered the palmy days of the Seminary. Dur- 
 ing more than thirty succeeding years I have been familiar with the leading higher 
 institutions of learning ; have been able to compare the methods of instruction which 
 Principal Lucius Clark introduced so early at Castleton, and can truly say that I have 
 never known any institution of equal value in imparting what is better than learning, 
 viz., a love of learning. 
 
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 The system pursued was one of demand and supply. As a general rule all were 
 studying as their tastes and circumstances dictated — there were no honors to be con- 
 tended for, and no promotions to be reached. The average age of those who com- 
 pleted the course was eighteen. Many of the young women became teachers in the 
 South and West ; many of the young men distinguished themselves in the colleges, 
 and later in the professions. The question of ^' sex in education" had not then been 
 raised. Miss Hodges, who was both pupil and teacher at Castleton, had noted the 
 after history of her pupils and associates on the margin of one of the annual catalogues 
 for some twenty years, from which I gathered that the proportion of young men 
 whose nervous systems had ^' given ouf in the battle of life was greater than that of 
 the young women. 
 
 Life in the Seminary was very simple and earnest ; and it seems to me that charac- 
 ter was recognized as higher than scholarship. I remember Caroline Langdon (Mrs. 
 Mitchell) who was the best scholar and most conscientious pupil, and the uncon- 
 scious influence she exercised upon the younger girls. Later, Mary Hooker (Mrs. 
 Mann) occupied the same position. One of the best beloved of my early school- 
 mates was Emma Hoit of New York city, and Lavinia Palms of Peekskill was another 
 dear and lovely little maiden, who died early. Frederick Moulton was in school 
 about that time. The young ladies of Castleton ! I thought them peerless then — I 
 think so still. Miss Delia Hoyt, Miss Charlotte Moulton, Miss Lucy Goodwin — I can 
 remember the patterns of their pretty chintz dresses, and the fashions which they fol- 
 lowed in " doing their hair." It was a French twist then, as now. 
 
 What wonderful exercises were those in calisthenics, in the attic of the Seminary 
 building ! Dancing, which our mothers and foremothers had innocently enjoyed, had 
 been discountenanced as of the earth earthy, in those later days, and the neutral 
 ground was calisthenics ! The annual commencement ball, as a recognized college 
 privilege, lingered at Williams College longer than it did at Middlebury, so that I was 
 once or twice permitted to realize the full force of the temptation in my own experi- 
 ence, at that family home of the Smiths. 
 
 My great-grandfather. Col. Lee, usually took me to school in his carry-all during 
 ray earliest years at the Seminary. A portion of all his week-days was passed at 
 Hyde Westover's, where William Dunlap painted his portrait in '38. His valuable 
 historical papers and reminiscences gave me a life-long taste for historical studies, and 
 led to an intimate friendship and correspondence with Henry Stephens of Baruet, and 
 his illustrious son of the British Museum. 
 
 I owe my love of woods and walking to Lucius Clark, who encouraged our explo- 
 rations into the wonders of the natural world. Specimens of comparatively rare 
 plants in my herbarium were labelled by him, others by Prof. Tully of the Medical 
 College. I commenced the study of botany in '37, and still find in it the same 
 exhaustless pleasure. I grieve for the lost "lady shoes" in Dake's woods, and the 
 Indian pipes on the beech logs in woods long since laid waste, south of the Seminary. 
 
 Now and then I meet in the streets of Los Angeles, Frederick Moulton Shaw, a 
 hale and healthy Seminarian of Castleton, whose home in the Cahuenga mountains 
 overlooks the city and a vast expanse of orchards and vineyards, and a wide sweep of 
 the Pacific ocean. We invariably vindicate the fame of the Seminary, and mutually 
 lament our inability to enjoy the reunion. 
 
 With best wishes for the success of the commemorative festival, and greetings to 
 all the participants, I remain. Faithfully yours, 
 
 JEANNE C. CARR. 
 
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 1822 LiKDEjq" Ayenue, Baltimore, Md., ) 
 August, 3, 1887. ) 
 
 Upon receipt of your circular advising me of your contemplated centennial 
 celebration, bright anticipations of personal presence and enjoyment led me to plan 
 and arrange to attend these exercises of my alma mater ; as the days went by these 
 anticipations crystalized into the purpose to be present ; but 
 * ' The best laid schemes o' mice and men 
 Gang aft agley, " 
 
 and those of women also ; for an unexpected and little later trip preyents this one 
 of Aug. 10 ; my enjoyment, therefore, of your celebration must be found in the 
 reading and study of the exercises and addresses, which will undoubtedly be put 
 into permanent shape. 
 
 I send you, therefore, this letter of greeting and good cheer ; may your gather- 
 ing be large and enthusiastic ; may the business done be productive of eminent 
 advantage to the " Grand Old School ;" may the festivities be abundantly pleas- 
 urable; may there-union of the classes with each other, and of teachers with scholars, 
 be like that of a loving, trustful, happy family whose highest happiness and enjoy- 
 ment is in hearing and knowing of the true success of each and every member 
 thereof. With sincerest wishes and earnest hopes for the continued prosperity of 
 the Castleton School, with love to the faculty of the class of 1866, and to every mem- 
 ber of that class, with sincere regrets that I cannot be present on this Centennial 
 occasion, but with pledges of stronger loyalty than ever to my school, I sign myself, 
 
 Yours very sincerely, 
 
 MRS. W. L. KELLER, 
 
 On the roll of the class of 1866 as Miss Jeknie E. SiMOifTO]sr, Rockland, Me. 
 
 Sa]s- Frakcisco, Aug, 4, 1887. 
 
 I had promised myself the pleasure of being with you on the 10th of August 
 to celebrate the ** Centennial of Castleton Seminary," but in reply to your invitation 
 regret I shall not be able to meet the former teachers and pupils who will be present, 
 and revive the memories of school days, which in this far off land often come to me 
 like an echo from the past, yet bring to my mind scenes and friends as fresh and 
 distinct as the history of yesterday. 
 
 California stands far ahead of many of the older States in her system of com- 
 mon schools and higher institutions of learning, and many of the teachers who have 
 helped accomplish this educational work were former pupils of Castleton Seminary. 
 
 " The pioneers " who came here young and adventurous, do not forget the dear 
 land they left behind them — " The trembling pennant still flies back " to the home 
 of childhood that lies far away on the Eastern rim of the Continent, and they ever 
 cherish its friendships and kinships — and so, as one of these, I send greetings and 
 wishes of good cheer to all, whether absent or gathered together on this memorable 
 anniversary, and trust it may ever be kept as a green spot in the memory of future 
 generations. 
 
 MARY LAJSTGDON SHELDON. 
 
48 AFTER-DINNER EXERCISES, 
 
 Coventry, Vt., Aug. 6, 1887. 
 
 To our (prima) alma mater, this centennial hour, we send c ordial greeting and 
 to all her sons and daughters, gathered from far and near — W. N. Bacon and Mrs. 
 Harriet E. (Cutts) Bacon, former pupils. Mrs. Bacon was pupil in 1851 — I was (I 
 trust) 'One of her worthy sons from 1847, graduating in 1849. Thence to Middlebury 
 College, graduating in 1853. Thence, principal of North Granville Academy, 1854-5, 
 and Weedsport Academy (Cayuga county, N. Y.,) 1855-56. Thence to Auburn 
 Theological Seminary (Auburn, N. Y.,) 1856, graduating 1859. Installed pastor at 
 Pomfret, Vermont, 1859-1863. Thence, installed at Shoreham, Vermont, as pastor 
 from 1864 to near 1883, nearly twenty years. Thence to Coventry, Vermont, and 
 installed as pastor the last five years, where I am now laboring in one of the pleas- 
 ant parishes of Vermont. Am fifty-six years old and in perfect health, and keep 
 up fresh study on my line of work and in Latin, Greek and Hebrew. 
 
 The teachers in the old Seminary, while I was there were : ' E. J. Hallock, prin- 
 cipal ; W. W. Winchester and wife ; Gridley Perkins ; and the Misses Shattuck, one 
 the preceptress, the other having charge of the primary department. All are 
 remembered with great pleasure and gratitude for their noble work. 
 
 And as teacher in the classics, with whom I had so much to do, Eev. W. W. 
 Winchester excelled ; as did the others in their line of seminary work. We are 
 justly proud of our seminary alma mater. It would give us great joy to be with you 
 this day, to greet and welcome so many noble sons and daughters who have gone out 
 from these hallowed walls, an honor to this institution ; an honor to their respective 
 callings ; a blessing to the world. Alas, how many are not here, gone over to the 
 other shore. God help us fill out the little time space lef fc, well and in honor to 
 Him — for, ere another centennial, we shall have crossed over, and may it be with us 
 all, to the ''land of the blest." 
 
 W. N. BACON, 
 
 Pastor of Congregational Church, Coventry, Vermont. 
 
 EocHESTER, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1887. 
 
 I have but just given up all hope of being present at the centennial celebration 
 of Castleton Seminary. Please accept my thanks for your kind invitation to 
 attend. 
 
 While. I cannot be present in body, ray thoughts will be with you on that day. 
 And, while I cannot see you with my natural eye, in mind I can see the old Semi- 
 nary with its sloping lawn and green trees, with the beautiful village which it over- 
 looks, and the verdant hills rising as a wall of defense around about it. But dearer 
 to me than these are the faces of those I there used to meet, some of whom have 
 crossed to the other shore, and some of us a little longer wait. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 C. F. GOODWIN. 
 
 Marblehead Neck, Aug. 8, 1887. 
 
 Your circular was duly received, and I congratulate you on the happy thought, 
 of celebrating the centennial of so worthy a school as that in your lovely village of 
 Castleton. 
 
AFTER-DINNER EXERCISES. 49 
 
 It was while Dr, Steele was pastor of the Congregational church, Mr. Hallock 
 principal, and ray mother, Mrs. Barran, lady principal, or governess, that I, with 
 my dear friend, Mrs. John Howe, (now of Castleton), spent so many happy months, 
 or years, at the seminary. 
 
 My mother, Mrs. Barron, after a very useful Christian life, passed on to the 
 Better Land about eleven years ago. Although I shall not be able to join you at 
 the jubilee, I send you my greeting and the best of good cheer. Believe me. 
 Yours most sincerely, 
 
 MRS. MARIE THERESE VINCENT, 
 
 Evans House, Boston, Mass. 
 
 St. James' Rectory, ) 
 Bedford, Pa., Aug. 8, 1887. j 
 
 It has been my hope and, until lately, almost my expectation, that I would be 
 present during this week at Castleton Seminary, to unite with those who remain of 
 its former teachers and scholars, in commemorating the centennial anniversary of 
 its foundation, in its earlier form of a Rutland County Grrammar School. That I 
 cannot do so is a real disappointment to me. I am confident that few, if any, of 
 those who shall be privileged to meet there will more keenly joy in the pleasure 
 than would I have done. 
 
 Forty years ago this past spring I entered on my studies there. The Rev. E. 
 J. Hallock was then the principal. Mr. J. H. Lane was then the classical teacher 
 and Dr. S. Gr. Perkins the mathematical teacher. Miss Sophia C. Hayden was the 
 governess. Forty years ago this coming fall and winter, while I continued into my 
 second school year, Mr. Warren W. Winchester succeeded Mr, Lane, and Mr. J. H. 
 Wainwright, Dr. Perkins. 
 
 Mr. Hallock has now been dead many years. Four years after my entering the 
 Seminary, Mr. Lane was a chief examiner in the U. S. Patent Office at Washington 
 and I his assistant ; and, four years later still, his colleague there. In 1861, the 
 first year of the war, I saw Dr. Perkins in Baltimore, an officer in a regiment of 
 Vermont cavalry, in whose first engagement he was killed. Dr. Wainwright and I 
 are now fellow laborers in the same ministry. Within the last two years it has been 
 my great pleasure to visit and meet once more both Miss Hayden — now Mrs. Fogg 
 — and Mr. Winchester, and to tell them how gratefully I ever recall their former 
 kindnesses to me. Of my room-mates in those days, it was, in 1873, my sad privilege 
 to lay one — Chas. E. K. Sherman — to rest on the Island of Capri, where he died. 
 With the other two I have been able to preserve, or lately to renew my old rela- 
 tions of fellowship and friendship. But of the others how little have I known ; 
 how little do I know ! I had hoped, among those gathered in Castleton this week, I 
 might meet some, at least, who shared my school memories of 1847 and '48 ; 
 some, possibly, who have not forgotten me, and with whom I might have enjoyed, 
 perhaps, a hearty laugh over our school frolics, perhaps a sad tribute over an anec- 
 dote which recalls some who have gone before. Forty years can have left but few 
 of all the scholars of that day still living ; — fewer yet able to be in Castleton this 
 week. 
 
 To such of my old teachers of those days, if any there be present, I send my 
 most respectful and grateful salutations. To such of my former school-mates as still 
 
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50 AFTER-DINNER EXERCISES, 
 
 remember me, my heartiest and loving greetings. No obstacle within the controlling 
 power of my will would deprive me of offering these in person. 
 
 Faithfully, and with a heart full of old memories, 
 
 AYM. CHAUNOY LANGDON. 
 
 Boscawe:^, N. H., Aug., 1887. 
 
 The invitation to Castleton's school centennial (grammar, seminary or normal) 
 has been received. This may seem a tardy response, but I will spend no time in 
 excuses. Circumstances will not permit me to be with you for the centennial fes- 
 tivities, but I wish to extend greetings and congratulations to all wdio will gather 
 in the familiar places on Aug. 10. It is an honor and blessing to a town to have 
 been the seat of such a school for so many years. I am glad that I am one among 
 the pupils of Castleton Seminary. The faces of teachers and pupils come distinctly 
 before me as I write, and the impulse given there will never be forgotten by me. 
 The good such a school does is untold, for it reaches on down the ages. May we 
 not justly be proud of so aged and honored an institution? I hope the school 
 will flourish for another century. I am sure this anniversary day, with its glad 
 reunions, pleasant, perhaps tenderly sad reminiscences, and words of good cheer 
 will be an inspiration to all alumni. Sincerely hoping all your exercises will pass 
 successfully, I am. 
 
 Cordially and faithfully yours, 
 
 MRS. MARTHA P. WEBSTER, nee Pillsbury. 
 
 Sterling, Kansas, April 23, 1887. 
 
 The notice of centennial was forwarded to me. I shall endeavor to be present. 
 I am confident that the meeting will be fraught with great pleasure to all the 
 alumni of Castleton Seminary. My address is Oak Park, Cook Co., 111. With 
 kindest regards to your j)arents and the friends of my youth whom you may meet, 
 
 I am, yours sincerely, 
 
 E. L. HALLOCK. 
 
 White Cloud, Mich., June 27, 1887. 
 
 It is forty-five years since I entered " Cas. Sem." for the first time. I went there 
 at the age of 21, after being at " T. C. A." one and a half years. I had then taught 
 two three-months terms of winter school, one near Bird's Eye, the other on East 
 Hampton Flats. I was at Castleton three years, except that I w^ent out and taught 
 school in Whipple Hollow, and South Clarendon, each three months. I was for some 
 lime a teacher of writing in that school. When I entered into that school in August, 
 1842, our teachers were E. J. Ilallock, Mrs. Miner (a clergyman's widow and daugh- 
 ter of Mrs. Billings of Rutland, half sister of Mrs. John Cain, who started the manu- 
 facture of green slate pencils), and Rev. Samuel Hulburt. At the end of three months 
 Mr. H. left to pursue his theological studies, and John C. Churchill, from Middlebury 
 College, took his place and remained there as long as I did. Mr. Churchill taught, 
 kept up his college studies, went to Middlebury at Commencement and graduated, the 
 next summer. We had other teachers for a time, or at times — a Mr. Munger, Dr. 
 Cooke of Rutland and one other whose name is forgotten, but form and face remem- 
 
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 bered. Miss Anna Lawrence was teacher of painting and drawing. At the end of 
 the year she married Gen. Hopkins of Rutland, and, I suppose, survives him. The 
 faces ot the Boardmans, Farnams, Gorham, Winchesters, Olapps, Fishers, Perkins, 
 Blakelys, Carpenter, Spencers, Dake, Hawkins, Northrups, Ainsworths, Hawley, 
 Smiths, Lowes, Phelps, Lodges, Larkins, Robinsons, Edgertons, Vails, Wainwright^ 
 Smiths, Langdons, Townsends, Laphams, Sherman, Kelly, McAuleys, Rice, Newells, 
 Warner, and many others, are before me, but I have not time or space to say all I 
 would about them. No school ever had a better corps of teachers than Mr. Hallock 
 gathered around him ; none could have had' less difficulty with the students or been 
 more universally esteemed by them than they. A capable teacher, a good and true 
 woman, was Mrs. Miner. But I must close, lest I weary you '^with too much speak- 
 ing." 
 
 Yours most truly, 
 
 O. L. RAY. 
 
 Geinnell, Iowa, July 18, 1887. 
 
 On your campus I mark the trees which I brought from the mountains under 
 Mr. Hallock. Here I write in the shade of elms which I have cherished for 30 years 
 in association with Iowa College, now the oldest in Iowa. For Vermont moun- 
 tains in their beauty, and her manly statesmen at home and abroad, I have ever held 
 an admiration, and time will never sunder the ties of home which your grand anniver- 
 sary may strengthen. 
 
 Let me, with thanks, wish you a happy occasion. 
 
 Truly yours, 
 
 J. B. GRINNELL. 
 
 Milwaukee, 30th July. 
 Gladly would I join you at the old haunt of my young days, but it will be impos- 
 sible. I shall be with you in spirit on that day at the Seminary, and trust that all 
 will pass off happily, the old school take courage and go on and on, training the young 
 for life's journey. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 MARTHA (REED) MITCHELL. 
 
 Ames' Free Lihrahy, i 
 North Easton, Mass. S 
 
 I should be glad to meet you and all who will gather on the forthcoming [occa- 
 sion, but I cannot promise, as circumstances may stand in the way. But if I live 
 (and^why not if I don't?) I hope to be with you in spirit. Meanwhile I remain. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 C. R. BALLARD. 
 
52 AFTER-DINNER EXERCISES. 
 
 Providence, R. I., August 8, 1887. 
 
 Since the receipt of your circular postmarked July 21st, I have entertained with 
 much pleasure the anticipation that I might be able to accept your invitation to par- 
 ticipate in the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Castleton 
 Seminary. But as the 10th of August draws near I am obliged to face the fact that I 
 cannot be with you and must content myself with a simple expression of a deep interest 
 in the occasion and a sincere hope that it may afford the highest satisfaction to all 
 who may be able to be present, and may tend to enhance and perpetuate the blessings 
 of the Seminary to future generations. 
 
 Yours very cordially, 
 
 GEO. H. CORLISS. 
 
 Letters were also received from the 'following named persons, all of whom 
 expressed a strong attachment for their alma mater at Oastleton, and a longing 
 desire to be present at the celebration : 
 
 Mrs. Carrie Farwell Parker, Gardner, 111. Dr. R. G. Bogue, Chicago, 111. 
 Ohas. L. Merrill, St. Louis, Mo. E. B. Parmele, Rutland, Vt. 
 
 John Smart, Jr., Grand Lake, Col. L. W. Redington, Rutland, Vt. 
 
 Miss F. M. Barrows, Woodstock, Vt. Mrs. Anna M. Bristol, Vergennes, Vt. 
 Mrs. Hattie Bennett, Saratoga, N. Y. M. J. Davis, Darien, Conn. 
 Mrs. M. L. Merrill, Maiden, Mass. Chas. C. Bromley, Boulder, Col. 
 
 Mrs. Ann W. Hotchkiss, Hampton, N". Y. Mrs. C. M. Baker, Cambridge, N. Y. 
 Miss Helen Tower, Sacramento, Cal. Edwin Vallette, Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 0. A. Kenyon, McGregor, Iowa. Mrs. Maria Blanchard Bradley, Hailey, lo. 
 
 E. F. Arnold, Londonderry, Vt. Alice Clune Wheeler, Crown Pt., N. Y. 
 
 Miss Ada B. Callender, Middlebury, Vt. Mrs. M. C. Davis, Sioux City, Iowa. 
 Mrs. Elizabeth K. Cain, Warsaw, Mo. Harriet Brownell Mulford, Muscatine, la. 
 James H. Dolan, Troy, N. Y. Lizzie Brown Hutchinson, Winterset, la. 
 
 Miss Almira H. Perry, Rockford, 111. W. S. Eddy, Clarendon, Vt. 
 Mrs. Jennie W. Greene, Santa Cruz, Cal. Miss Fannie Hooker, Salem, Wis. 
 E. Noble, DeKalb, 111. Mrs. Willard Edson, Pittsford, Vt. 
 
 Hon. F. E. Woodbridge, Vergennes, Vt. Miss Georgia A. Draper, Mont Clair,N.J, 
 H. A. Ford, Detroit, Mich. Dr. H. A. Boland, Lawrenceville, N. Y. 
 
 Mrs. J. H. (Cooley)Hebert, Goshen, Ind. Mrs. W. H. Crane, Homer, N. Y^ 
 Mrs. S. N. Enright, Leavenworth, Kan. Mrs. Ella Gay Collins, Rockland, Me. 
 Miss Sarah P. White, Chicago, 111. Mrs. Julia Bassett Lyons, Tolono, 111. 
 
 Mrs. Simeon Rising, West Rupert, Vt. J. F, Clark, Whitehall, N. Y. 
 Mrs. Jennie U. Andrews, Adamsville, Pa. Mrs. J. M. Goodnough, Pittsford, Vt. 
 Miss Amanda Underwood, Adamsville, Pa. Miss Mary L. Jillson, Whitehall, N. Y. 
 Mrs. Ada II. Houghton, Readsboro, Vt. Mrs. A. H. Perry, Rockford, 111. 
 Chas. C. Larkin, Chester, Pa. R. Hitchcock, West Haven, Vt. 
 
 Mrs. Caroline W. Jamieson, Chicago, 111. Mrs. Sophia Moore Bailey, Rutland, Vt. 
 Miss Jennie E. Williams, Groton, N. Y. Daniel D. Gorliam, Northampton, Mass. 
 Wm. C. Langdon, Poultney, Vt. Frank B. Ellenwood, Rome, N. Y. 
 
 Hiram Ladd Spencer, St. John, N. B. Mr. and Mrs. S. Knowlton, Greensboro, 
 Dr. Frank C. Harrison, Lewisburgh, Pa. Miss Sarah N. Hooker, Boston, Mass. 
 Ellen (Billings) Lyon, SpringLield, Mass. Mrs. S. T. Bradley, Thetchum, Idaho. 
 A. L. Marsh, Underhill, Vt. Mary E. Mead, Davenport, la. 
 
 Ximena Johnson, Lincoln, Neb. Quincy Blakeley, Campton, N. II. 
 
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 Thus closed one of the most enjoyable festive occasions it was ever our privilege 
 to attend. The speaking was of a high order, pleasant, chaste, instructive, and 
 inspiring. But even a centennial anniversary must come to an end, and at sunset 
 the reluctant people went their way. 
 
 The Evening, 
 
 From eight to eleven o'clock Principal Leavenworth and his sister, Miss Louisa 
 M. Leavenworth, held a reception in the school parlors. The tables had been 
 removed from the park and the buildings and grounds were then open to the public. 
 Hundreds of Chinese lanterns of every color hung from the branches of the trees 
 and from the balconies, and the buildings were illuminated with lights in every 
 room and window. Over the main entrance, between the great pillars of the por- 
 tico, were hung mottoes in letters of light and the rooms within were beautifully 
 decorated with evergreen and flowers, while unlimited fireworks made beautiful the 
 world without. The orchestra was stationed on the front porch and to the beauty 
 of the scene added the harmony of sweet sounds. For three hours a constant 
 stream of people poured through the rooms, exchanging greetings with the friends 
 of other days and recalling the memories of the flying years. And while each one 
 for himself takes a farewell look at the old, familiar places, missing, each one, many 
 dear, familiar faces, the time for one more separation has come. The lights are 
 out. A new day dawns. Another century has begun. 
 
CENTENNIAL REGISTER, 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 EESIDEI!^CE. 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 E. T. Woodward, 
 
 Commander U. S. Navy. 
 
 1857. 
 
 James San ford, M. D. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1834, '36. 
 
 Miss Mamie Mace, 
 
 Keeseville, N. Y. 
 
 1883, '84. 
 
 D. a. Burt, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1856, '6L 
 
 Mamie 0. Burt, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1882, '87. 
 
 Olive 0. Cheney, 
 
 Charles City, Iowa. 
 
 1855, '56. 
 
 Frances Moore, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1860. 
 
 Josiah N. Nortlirop, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1816, '20. 
 
 Allen P. Northrop, 
 
 Flushing, N. Y. 
 
 1837, '47. 
 
 Russell M. Wright, 
 
 Easthampton, Mass. 
 
 1862, '63. 
 
 Olive (Branch) Maynard, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1815, '22. 
 
 Delia A. Whitlock, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1851, '54. 
 
 Zeruah H. Caswell, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1823, '25. 
 
 Mrs. Jane E.( Merrill) Foote, Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1827, '38. 
 
 Mrs. Alma (Rising) Allen, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 
 Wm. L. Farnam, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1849. 
 
 Julia E (Langdon) Arnold 
 
 , St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 1854. 
 
 M. Jane (K.) Farnam, 
 
 Poultney; Vt. 
 
 1854. 
 
 Lillie C. Langdon, 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 1881. 
 
 Helen C. Langdon, 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 1881. 
 
 Alice (Sherman) Cole, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1864. 
 
 Lora M. Clark, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1871. 
 
 Horace B. Ellis, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1865. 
 
 Eugenia(Perkins)Ainsworth, Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1867. 
 
 Martha (]Srorthrop)Bromley,Castleton,Vt. 
 
 1854, '59. 
 
 Persis IST. Andrews, 
 
 Paris, Me. 
 
 1866. 
 
 Emma (Soule) Ambrose, 
 
 Somerville, Mass. 
 
 1866. 
 
 Lena (Rawson) Smith, 
 
 Waldoboro, Me. 
 
 1865, '6Q. 
 
 Belle (Parker) Jackson, 
 
 Plainfield, N. J. 
 
 1852. 
 
 Nellie (Miller) Pearsall, 
 
 Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
 
 Under Hyde and Knowlton. 
 
 Jennie (Parker) Wilkins, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 Under Hallock. 
 
 Harriet K. Davy, 
 
 St. Paul, Minn. 
 
 Under Hallock. 
 
 Chas. C. Larkin, 
 
 Chester, Delaware Co., Pa. 
 
 , 1544, '45 
 
 Sarah E. Hyde, 
 
 Hyde villa, Vt. 
 
 Under Williams and Hyde, 
 
 Daniel E. Mason, 
 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 Under Hyde. 
 
 Hanora Harrison, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 Under Hallock. 
 
 Hervey Spencer, 
 
 Burlington, Vt. 
 
 Under Clark and Hallock. 
 
 Caroline K. (P.) Spencer, 
 
 Burlington, Vt. 
 
 Under Hallock. 
 
 Cora F. Bratton, 
 
 Stamford, Vt. 
 
 Under Dana. 
 
 Martha C. Underwood, 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 1851. 
 
 Mary (Cheney) Hand, 
 
 Charles City, Iowa. 
 
 1856. 
 
CENTENNIAL REGISTER. 
 
 55 
 
 KAMES. 
 
 Elroy A. Clayton, 
 Chas. E. Montague, 
 Mrs. M. E. Creech, 
 Miss S. N. Harrison, 
 
 EESIDEl^CE. 
 
 Weston, Vt. 
 Woodstock, Vt. 
 Valdosta, Ga. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 Octavia J.(Olapp) Griswold, Batavia, N.Y. 
 
 Mrs. M. M. Curtis, 
 James Tufts, 
 MarjE. (Warren) Tufts, 
 Fanny M. Warren, 
 Belle H. Howard, 
 Emma L. Higley, 
 Alfred E. Higley, 
 Mrs. A. E. Higley, 
 Miss M. L. Wilson, 
 Miss Sarah Hoit, 
 
 Galesburg, Knox Co., 111. 
 Monson, Mass. 
 Monson, Mass. 
 Great Barrington, Mass. 
 Hampton, N. Y. 
 Middlebury, Vt. 
 Hortonville, Vt. 
 Hortonyille, Vt. 
 Whitehall, N. Y. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 Stephen T. Byington, 
 Eebecca(Sherman)Jackman, Castleton, Vt. 
 Juliet E. Perkins, M. D., Castleton, Vt. 
 Charles E. Patterson, Troy, N. Y. 
 
 John M. Davison, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
 
 Charles A. Davison, New York. 
 
 Mattie(Jackman) Armstrong, Castleton, Vt. 
 Mary Gilchrist, Castleton, Vt. 
 
 Agnes G. Stowell, Cornwall, Vt. 
 
 Anna Rebecca Armstrong, Castleton, Vt. 
 Fannie C. Reed, 
 
 Nina C. Dutton, 
 
 Bert J. Armstrong, 
 
 Mary W. Hoyt, 
 
 Lucy J. (Phelps) Wood, 
 
 Nellie (Baxter) Langdon, 
 
 Lizzie (Baxter) Ferris, 
 
 Sarah (Harris) Rice, 
 
 Mary Augusta Rice, 
 
 W. C. Byington, 
 
 Carl S. Cole, 
 
 George L. Cole, 
 
 Florence M. Bixby, 
 
 M. E. (Dake) Goodale, 
 
 Reba Cole, 
 
 A. T. Woodward, 
 
 L. T. Woodward, 
 
 C. M. (Stone) Sherman, 
 
 Lotta Sherman, 
 
 Arthur L. Sherman, 
 
 A. L. Marsh, 
 
 A. M. Hoyt, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Boston, Mass. 
 Castleton, .Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vu. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Brandon, Vt. 
 Brandon, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Underbill, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 1885. 
 1884. 
 1860. 
 1852. 
 
 1842, '43. 
 
 1843, '45. 
 1846, '47. 
 
 1847, '51. 
 1851. 
 1883, '87. 
 
 1848, '52. 
 1860, '64. 
 Under Williams. 
 
 1844, '46. 
 Mack to Hallock. 
 1886. 
 
 1835, 37. 
 
 1845, '47. 
 
 1854, '55. 
 
 Under Clark. 
 
 Lender Walker. 
 
 1864, '67. 
 
 1850. 
 
 1885, '87. 
 
 1883, '87. 
 
 1883, '87. 
 
 1883, '87. 
 
 1881, '87. 
 
 1878, '80. 
 
 1870. 
 
 Under Miss Haskell. 
 
 Under Miss Haskell. 
 
 Under Howe andjFoote. 
 
 Under Miss Haskell. 
 
 1887. 
 
 1881, '85. 
 
 1881, '^^. 
 
 1881, '84. 
 
 1860, '64. 
 
 1881, '87. 
 Under Hallock. 
 Under Hallock. 
 1870, '73. 
 
 1882, '87. 
 
 1883, '87. 
 1856, '58. 
 1834, '38. 
 
56 
 
 CENTENNIAL REGISTER. 
 
 KAMES. 
 
 Fannie (Hall) Hoyt, 
 Ida 0. Hoyt, 
 Alma G. Wright, 
 Fred E. Kussell, 
 John Curtis, 
 Alice E. Dutton, 
 P. K. Leavenworth, 
 W. S. Leavenworth, 
 Abel E. Leavenworth, 
 Louisa M. Leavenworth, 
 Anna M. (Elithorp) Bristol, 
 Florence L. Eussell, 
 Abbie E. Leonard, 
 Melvina (Tomlinson)Parker 
 Viola E. Perkins, 
 Julia (Gruy) Wilson, 
 Marie 0. Northrop, 
 Emerette (R.) Ellenwood, 
 Sarah (Boyd) Camp, 
 
 E. L. Eipley, 
 S. E. Strong, 
 0. J. Hawkins, 
 
 Mary (Wright) Burdick, 
 Maria I. Oonant, 
 Mrs. S. Denison, 
 Anna F. Bell, 
 Mrs. G. A. Kimball, 
 Mr. E. D. Collins, 
 Fred D. Moulton, 
 Harry W. Eussell, 
 Edward T. Callahan, 
 Harry F. Eeed, 
 Zack C. Hinds, 
 J. B. Jackson, 
 Wm. H. Stevenson, 
 Ed. Hoyt, 
 
 Reno n. Hutchinson, 
 Alice M. Lincoln, 
 Mary C. Northrop, 
 Jane D. Adams, 
 Lyman Eogcrs, 
 
 F. F. Douglas, 
 Laura T. Farr, 
 Jane S. Jones, 
 J. P. Sheldon, 
 Gertrude (S.) Hutchinson, 
 Helen (Sherman) Jones, 
 
 RESIDENCE. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Easthampton, Mass. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 North Dorset, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Hamilton College, 
 State Normal. 
 State Normal. 
 Vergennes, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Woodstock, Vt. 
 ,Castleton, Vt. 
 Springfield, Vt. 
 Sandy Hill, N. Y. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 West Winsted, Conn, 
 Burlington, Vt. 
 North Pawlet, Vt. 
 West Pawlet, Vt. 
 West Pawlet, Vt. 
 Eagle Bridge, N. Y. 
 Granville, N. Y. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Orwell, Vt. 
 Shoreham, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Eandolph, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Pittsford, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Columbus, N. C. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Bennington, Vt. 
 Whiting, Vt. 
 Eutland, Vt. 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 Hull, Iowa. 
 Columbus, N. C. 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 1857. 
 1878, '81. 
 1872. 
 
 1881, '87. 
 1841, '43. 
 Under Knowlton. 
 
 1882, '83. 
 1882, '83. 
 1881, '87. 
 1881, '87. 
 1872. 
 1881. 
 
 1881, '87. 
 Under Clark. 
 1887. 
 
 1862, '63. 
 
 Under Miss Haskell. 
 
 Under Hallock. 
 
 1864. 
 
 1855. 
 
 1854, '59. 
 
 1853, 'm, 
 
 1853, '56. 
 
 1852, '56. 
 
 1873, '75. 
 1885, '87. 
 1876, '78. 
 
 1882, '%^, 
 
 1883, '86. 
 1883, '87. 
 1883, '87. 
 Under Dana. 
 
 1883, '87. 
 
 1874, '75. 
 1887. 
 
 1884, '87. 
 
 1885, '87. 
 1885, '87. 
 1870, '74. 
 1873, '83. 
 
 1853, '55. 
 1883, '84. 
 1873, '74. 
 1846. 
 1833, '39. 
 1868. 
 1881. 
 
CENTENNIAL REGISTER. 
 
 57 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 RESIDENCE. 
 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 Geo. D. Spencer, 
 
 Castleton, Yt. 
 
 1837, 
 
 '46. 
 
 Edward Norton, 
 
 Fair Haven,Yt. 
 
 1886, 
 
 '87. 
 
 W. H. Northrop, 
 
 Castleton, Vt 
 
 1837, 
 
 '54. 
 
 Walton Blakely, 
 
 Pawlet, Vt. 
 
 1840, 
 
 '44. 
 
 Angelette (Horr) Blakely, 
 
 Pawlet, Vt. 
 
 1846. 
 
 
 A. L. Tuttle, 
 
 Alford, Mass. 
 
 1879, 
 
 '80. 
 
 Frank Keenan, 
 
 Hydeville, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Fannie Hall, 
 
 Sudbury, Vt. 
 
 1886, 
 
 '87. 
 
 Minnie Eice, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1881, 
 
 '86. 
 
 W. C. Rice, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Jessie Eice, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1873, 
 
 '74. 
 
 Maggie J. Eyan, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1873, 
 
 '74. 
 
 E. D. Hall, 
 
 Orwell, Vt. 
 
 1847. 
 
 
 H. H. Young, 
 
 Orwell, Vt. 
 
 1847. 
 
 
 J. W. Wood, 
 
 Frey's Bush, K. Y. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Myron D. Mather, 
 
 Austin, Texas. 
 
 1856. 
 
 
 Osro E. Clayton, 
 
 Weston, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Leon B. Smith, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1886. 
 
 
 J. Frank Eowe, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1883, 
 
 '87. 
 
 Frank J. Preston, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1885. 
 
 
 Mary E. Giddings, 
 
 Hubbardton ,Vt. 
 
 1885. 
 
 
 Cornelia (Ellery) Clarke, 
 
 New York City. 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 Clara B. Hallock, 
 
 Chicago. 
 
 1857. 
 
 
 Delia Hoyt, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1832. 
 
 
 Laura E Brown son, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1827. 
 
 
 Eev.and Mrs. J. K. Williams,Underhill, Vfc. 
 
 1861, 
 
 '62. 
 
 Alma J. (Gates) Ober, 
 
 Sandy Hill, N. Y. 
 
 1870. 
 
 
 Alice B. Deuell, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1885. 
 
 
 Phebe E. Wood, 
 
 Fair Haven. 
 
 1841. 
 
 
 Sarah M. Griswold, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1858. 
 
 
 J. Ada Proctor, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1884, 
 
 '85. 
 
 Louise A. Doane, 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1851, 
 
 '52. 
 
 Susie (Sheldon) Gibson, 
 
 Greenwich, N. Y. 
 
 1850, 
 
 '53. 
 
 Phebe (Sheldon) Bailey, 
 
 Greenwich, N. Y. 
 
 1849, 
 
 '50, 
 
 Marion E. Lawrence, 
 
 East Hubbardton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Delia L. Parsons, 
 
 Hubbardton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Mrs. F. C. Gault, 
 
 East Hubbardton, Vt. 
 
 1847, 
 
 '51. 
 
 Charlotte (M. T.) Gibson, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1832. 
 
 
 Mary M. Tuttle, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1863. 
 
 
 Ann Pond Green, 
 
 East Poultney, Vfc. 
 
 18:33. 
 
 
 Lucy (Goodwin) Dewey, 
 
 East Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1833, 
 
 '36. 
 
 Helen B. Lawrence, 
 
 East Hubbardton, Vt. 
 
 1885. 
 
 
 Eliza J. Lamb, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1872. 
 
 
 Emily Williams, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1873. 
 
 
 Hattie H. Stevens, " 
 
 East Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1886. 
 
 
 Ella (Brown) Stevens, 
 8 
 
 East Poultney, Vfc. 
 
 1860. 
 
 
58 
 
 CENTENNIAL REGISTER. 
 
 N'AMES. 
 
 Mary E. (Burdick) Hay, 
 
 Minnie E. Streeter, 
 
 Mary D. Petty, 
 
 John I. Fennell, 
 
 Lizzie Smith, 
 
 L. B. Smith, 
 
 Mrs. L. B. Smith, 
 
 Alice E. Smith, 
 
 Addie E. Wescott, 
 
 Fred L. Lincoln, 
 
 George Sanford, 
 
 A. J. Ketcham, 
 
 Mrs. A. B. Buell, 
 
 Arabella (Dake) Spencer, 
 
 Emeline Gilbert, 
 
 Julia A. (Gilbert) Graves, 
 
 Mary E. Granger, 
 
 Mrs. J. Harris, 
 
 S. M. Dikeman, 
 
 Mrs. J. (N.) Hurlburt, 
 
 Lois W. Spaulding, 
 
 Beng. Parkin, 
 
 Lillian (Fulton) Hathorne, 
 
 S. E. Barnard, 
 
 Emma (Lee) Guernsey, 
 
 Mary (Marsh) Proctor, 
 
 William H. Proctor, 
 
 Sarah Proctor Gibbs, 
 
 Mrs. R. T. Ellis, 
 
 Mrs. Laura E. (Joy) Fisher, 
 
 Mrs. M. E. Johnson, 
 
 Mrs. Albert F. Williams, 
 
 Mrs. Mary (Ellis) Northrop, 
 
 Mrs. E. V. (Ellis) Flagg, 
 
 Mr. Will Radican, 
 
 Delia (Hawkins) Stewart, 
 
 W. E. Stewart, 
 
 Miss Elizabeth W. Wines, 
 
 Leonard P. Davis, 
 
 Mrs. M. E. (Brooks) Noble, 
 
 Lizzie Brearton, 
 
 Laura E. Shaw, 
 
 Marion New Ellis, 
 
 Mary (Parker) Hallowell, 
 
 Martha D. Byington, 
 
 Annie E. Adams, 
 
 L. W. Palmer, 
 
 RESIDENCE. 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 Hoosick Falls, N. Y. 
 
 1848. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1886. 
 
 North Dorset, Vt. 
 
 1882. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1886. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1885, '86. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 Under Hallock. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 
 (Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1872. 
 
 Burlington, Vt. 
 
 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 Castleton, Vt, 
 
 1883, '87. 
 
 Sudbury, Vt. 
 
 1832, '33, '34. 
 
 Orwell, Vt. 
 
 
 Washington, D. 0. 
 
 1843, '48. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1856, '61. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1858, '61. 
 
 East Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1868. 
 
 East Poultney, Vt. 
 
 
 Hubbardton, Vt. 
 
 1854. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1871, '76. 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1852, '55. 
 
 Cornwall, Vt. 
 
 1820. 
 
 Oneida, N. Y. 
 
 1875, '76. 
 
 Waldoboro, Me. 
 
 1865, '67. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1857, 'm. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1857, '67. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1857, '59. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1856, '58. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 Under Hallock, 
 
 Orange, N. J. 
 
 1858, '59. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1855, '69. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1885, '87. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1847, '48. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1827, '28. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1885, 'm. 
 
 Wallingford, Vt. 
 
 1861, '65. 
 
 Wallingford, Vt. 
 
 1861. 
 
 Ann Arbor, Mich. 
 
 1839. 
 
 Hydeville, Vt. 
 
 1882, '%^, 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1848, '49. 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1885, '87. 
 
 North Bennington, Vt. 
 
 1848, '60. 
 
 East Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1860, '61. 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Un. Knowltonand Haskell. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1883, '87. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 188i. 
 
 Providence, R. L 
 
 1858, 'GL 
 
CENTENNIAL REGISTER. 
 
 59 
 
 ITAMES. 
 
 Mrs. H. B. Ellis, 
 Mrs. J. D. Goodwin, 
 Mrs. Albert Tuttle, 
 Miss Edith Tuttle, 
 Miss Lucy F. Williams, 
 John 0. Davis, 
 W. H. Parkhurst, 
 Ohas. A. Lincoln, 
 Mrs. M. B. Dewey, 
 Gertrude A. Dewey, 
 Kuth (Skinner) Lee, 
 Libbie Alice Wrye, 
 Mrs. 0. (Heath) Ross, 
 Georgie A. Draper, 
 Francis 0. Lake, 
 Addie L. Pomeroy, 
 Rufus C. Flagg, 
 Lydia (Smith) Smith, 
 Franklin W Olmstead, 
 A. L. Ransom, 
 Lena E. Howard, 
 Samuel Evarts, 
 0. B. Goodrich, 
 Lizzie A. Miller, 
 Mis. F. Q. Day, 
 Mrs. J. H. Spencer, 
 Hattie E. Allen, 
 Mrs. W. Pitkin, 
 Mrs. R. K. Hamilton, 
 W. W. Pitkin, 
 Heman Stannard, Jr., 
 Ellen (Bromley) Harman, 
 Mrs. E. M. Cleveland, 
 Jennie E. Moloney, 
 Anna (Dwyer) Mullin, 
 Mrs. Anna Hopkins, 
 Mrs. Warren H. Smith, 
 Mrs. W. M. Oorbin, 
 Miss Alice M. Harrison, 
 Mrs. Merlin Clark, 
 Mrs. Sarah M. Reed, 
 Jennie M. Smith, 
 Morth Foot Reynolds, 
 Eva Reynolds Mead, 
 Emma Loveland, 
 Mary (Flowers) Mead, 
 Mrs. Martin Lee, 
 
 RESIDENCE. 
 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1873, 
 
 '74. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1836, 
 
 '40. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1885, 
 
 '86. 
 
 Hydeville, Vt. 
 
 1882, 
 
 '87. 
 
 Hydeville, Vt. 
 
 1882. 
 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1867, 
 
 '68. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1852. 
 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1880, 
 
 '81. 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1832. 
 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1886, 
 
 '87. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1859. 
 
 
 Mont Clair, IN". J. 
 
 1866, 
 
 '67. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1875. 
 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1867, 
 
 '68. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1848, 
 
 '50. 
 
 Bridport, Vt. 
 
 1833. 
 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 Low Hampton, N. Y. 
 
 1885. 
 
 
 Cornwall, Vt. 
 
 1822. 
 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1854. 
 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1884, 
 
 '87. 
 
 Ira, Vt. 
 
 1884, 
 
 '86. 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1857. 
 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1852. 
 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt* 
 
 1867. 
 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1852, 
 
 '53. 
 
 Hampton, IST. Y. 
 
 1884, 
 
 '86. 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1872, 
 
 '73. 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1884. 
 
 
 Vfest Rutland, Vt, 
 
 1882. 
 
 
 Rutland Vt. 
 
 1841, 
 
 '42, '43. 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1855, 
 
 '56. 
 
 Brandon, Vt. 
 
 1856. 
 
 
 Brandon, Vt 
 
 1863, 
 
 '67. 
 
 Middlebury, Vt. 
 
 1822, 
 
 '39. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1853, 
 
 '55. 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1848, 
 
 '50, 
 
 Proctor, Vt. 
 
 1849. 
 
 
 Proctor, Vt. 
 
 1858. 
 
 
 Proctor, Vt. 
 
 1858. 
 
 
 West Rutland, Vt 
 
 1867. 
 
 
 Castleton. Vt. 
 
 1875, 
 
 '77 
 
00 
 
 CENTENNIAL REGI8TEB, 
 
 KAMES. 
 
 Miss Libbie Whitlock, 
 
 Mrs. Oara Stiles. 
 
 Miss Laura Sani'ord, 
 
 Frank Stiles, 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Goss, 
 
 Mrs. A. Worcester, 
 
 Miss Jennie Cheeyer, 
 
 Miss Luly Clark, 
 
 Miss Frank McOollum, 
 
 Mrs. Ellen B. Mead, 
 
 S. M. (Freeman) Ranney, 
 
 Mrs. Geo. H. Yerder, 
 
 Mrs. Alice Houghton, 
 
 Mrs. W. H. Skeeles, 
 
 Jane A. l^ortlirop, 
 
 H. S. Howard, 
 
 Mrs. H. S. Howard, 
 
 Mrs. H. H. Ross, 
 
 Mrs. Emma J. Inman, 
 
 Mrs. Harriet E. Bibbins, 
 
 Mrs. Ella E. Bunce, 
 
 Laura L. Gaines, 
 
 Munson Barbour, 
 
 Herbert Freeman, 
 
 Farrand Parker, 
 
 W. C. Langdon, 
 
 A. H. Rice, 
 
 E. N. Northrop, 
 
 M. J. Harrington, 
 
 J. O. Phillips, 
 
 Mrs. 0. 0. Farwell, 
 
 0. 0. Farwell, 
 
 Mrs. C. S. Lewis, 
 
 Miss P. S. Fletcher, 
 
 Lucy 0. (Wood) Clark, 
 
 Marion (Ormsbee) Bascom, 
 
 Miss Addie 0. Royce, 
 
 Chloe J. (Wood) Potter, 
 
 John H. Hoyt, 
 
 Nina D. Clark, 
 
 Lillie T. Clark, 
 
 Frances McCoUum, 
 
 Mrs. Harvey Bishop, 
 
 Willie Evans, 
 
 P. W. Freeman, 
 
 S. L. Hazard, Jr., 
 
 Helen Hutchinson, 
 
 KESIDEHCE. 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 New York. 
 
 1876, '77. 
 
 Castleton, VL 
 
 1877. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1882, '87. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1853, '53. 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1852, '55. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1870, '75. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1870. 
 
 Lansingburgh, N. Y. 
 
 1870. 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1833. 
 
 Kalamazoo, Mich. 
 
 1846 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1855. 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1880. 
 
 Burlington, Vt. 
 
 1864 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1845. 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1860. 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1862. 
 
 Burlington, Vt. 
 
 1862. 
 
 Hampton, N. Y. 
 
 1852, '53. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 Under Hallock, 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1860. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1869. 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1871, '73. 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1850. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1822, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1862, '67, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1881. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1868, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1870. 
 
 Hubbardton, Vt. 
 
 1882, '85. 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1858, '60. 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1848, '51. 
 
 Poultney, Vt. * 
 
 1880, '81. 
 
 Bridport, Vt. 
 
 1849, '50. 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1873. 
 
 Orwell, Vt. 
 
 1860, '62. 
 
 Orwell, Vt. 
 
 Under Miss Haskell, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1862. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1882, '87. 
 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 1879, '82. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1873. 
 
 Lansingburg, N. Y. 
 
 1871. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1873. 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1886. 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1879, '80. 
 
 West Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1865, 'iS^, 
 
 Columbus, N. C. 
 
 1885, '87. 
 
CENTENNIAL REGISTER. 
 
 61 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 RESIDEJ^CB. 
 
 
 CLASS 
 
 Maurice Morairty, 
 
 Ira, Vt. 
 
 1879, 
 
 '80. 
 
 Carlie H. Witherell, 
 
 Oakeland, Me. 
 
 1877. 
 
 
 Lonisa Parkliurst Davis, 
 
 Hydeville, Vt. 
 
 1860. 
 
 
 0. S. (Dickinson) Norton. 
 
 , Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1848, 
 
 '49. 
 
 Mary K. Norton, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1882, 
 
 '83. 
 
 Lydia H. Fish, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1834. 
 
 
 Carlie J. Gid dings, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1885, 
 
 '87. 
 
 Everett A. Potter, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1884, 
 
 '87. 
 
 Hugh S. Sears, 
 
 Putnam, N. Y. 
 
 1881. 
 
 
 H. W. Buel, 
 
 Whitehall, N. Y. 
 
 1838, 
 
 '42. 
 
 H. G. Sheldon, 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1852, 
 
 '53. 
 
 Fred L. Pond, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1S86. 
 
 
 Helen M. Fish, 
 
 West Haven, Vt. 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 Lewis W. Francis, 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 1873. 
 
 
 Maggie A. Ryan, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Maggie A. Lyons, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1886. 
 
 
 Julie D. Clark, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1877. 
 
 
 Chas. H. Carl on, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1880. 
 
 
 S. B. Clark, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1836, 
 
 '38. 
 
 John H. Remington, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1833, 
 
 '39. 
 
 Patrick Kennedy, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1885. 
 
 
 Wm. La Quire, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1876. 
 
 
 Miss E. A. Iluntoon, 
 
 Oakland, Cal. 
 
 — — 
 
 
 Edith M. Jackson, 
 
 Pittsford, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 C. H. Brown, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1879. 
 
 
 Sarah H. Long, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1880. 
 
 
 Mrs. Minnie B. Tuttle, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1871, 
 
 '73. 
 
 Cad (Langdon) Knowlson, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1854. 
 
 
 D. R. Barker, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Walter Jones, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 J. Dwyer, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 H. S. Lockwood, 
 
 New York City. 
 
 1877. 
 
 
 Mrs. C. (W.) Eldridge, 
 
 Cambridge, N. Y. 
 
 1860. 
 
 
 E. S. Woodward, 
 
 Cambridge, N. Y. 
 
 1863. 
 
 
 Geo. H. Beaman, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1823. 
 
 
 Laura A. Westover, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 Mary L. Smith, 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 Ellen A. (Gorham) Mead, 
 
 Proctor, Vt. 
 
 1854. 
 
 
 Lucy E. Wadsworth, 
 
 Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 1862, 
 
 '63. 
 
 Ida M. Fosburgh, 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1886. 
 
 '87. 
 
 EdnaE.Phalen, 
 
 Pittsford, Vt. 
 
 1885, 
 
 '87. 
 
 Lerr Babbitt, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 H. G. Perry, 
 
 Kansas. 
 
 1870. 
 
 
 Fannie E. Brown, 
 
 Hubbard ton, Vt. 
 
 1880, 
 
 '81. 
 
 Matie Jakway, 
 
 West Haven, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Merritt Bresee, 
 
 Hub bard ton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Minnie (Fennell) Baldwin, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1875. 
 
 
CENTENNIAL REGISTER. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 EESIDENCE. 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 Kellie F. Dewey, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1875. 
 
 I. Y. Fuller, 
 
 New York City. 
 
 1887. 
 
 W. F. Barrett, 
 
 New York City. 
 
 1887. 
 
 Elma E. Carter, 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1882. 
 
 Mary McMahon, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 Annie McKeogb, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 Lilian Walker, 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 L. F. Hovey, 
 
 East Orange, N. J. 
 
 1862, '64. 
 
 Rebekali m'. Fish, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1831, '32. 
 
 BvaE. Shelton, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 
 Loiza (Barrett) Vail, 
 
 Middletown, Vt. 
 
 1840. 
 
 M. E. Vail, 
 
 Middletown, Vt. 
 
 Under Mr. Clark 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Barrett, 
 
 Middletown, Vt. 
 
 1838. 
 
 Miss E. H. Vail, 
 
 Middletown, Vt. 
 
 1840, '42. 
 
 Mrs. Josie B. Clarke, 
 
 Eutland, Vt. 
 
 1853. 
 
 Annie E. Newton, 
 
 Wallingford, Vt. 
 
 18S7. 
 
 Helena B. Smith, 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 Jennie M. Pratt, 
 
 Bridport, Vt. 
 
 Under Williams. 
 
 Hattie H. Eanney, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1879. 
 
 C. E. Ellis, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 Under Howard. 
 
 John H. Williams, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 Under Howard. 
 
 Mrs. E. A. (Winn) Cluff, 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 Under Hallock. 
 
 F. A. Morse, 
 
 West Eutland, Vt. 
 
 1848, '51. 
 
 E. L. Allen, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1853. 
 
 J. N. Hooker, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1880, '81. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Allen, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 Under Hallock. 
 
 Miss Julia L. Canton, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1876. 
 
 Arthur B. Ward, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1876, '78. 
 
 Cornelia (Allen) Dyer, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1850. 
 
 Lucretia R. Eedfield, 
 
 Troy, N. Y. 
 
 1860. 
 
 Clara E. Woodward, 
 
 West Eutland, Vt. 
 
 1881. 
 
 Lucy- (Mason) Young, 
 
 Fort Edward, N. Y. 
 
 1856. 
 
 Mrs. S. A. Goodnough, 
 
 Pittsford, Vt. 
 
 1837. 
 
 Mrs. Harriet K. Davy, 
 
 Eutland, Vt. 
 
 Under Hallock. 
 
 Mrs. Emma Griswold, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1856. 
 
 James Adams, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1832. 
 
 Margaret K. Adams, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1864. 
 
 C. N. Thomas, 
 
 Port Henry, N. Y. 
 
 1861, '62. 
 
 E. T. Ellis, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1849, '50. 
 
 Albert H. Smith, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1853, '62. 
 
 L. M. Carpenter, 
 
 Chester, Vt. 
 
 1843, '44, 45. 
 
 Anne H. Sherman, 
 
 Hydeville, Vt. 
 
 1871, '72. 
 
 A. J. Phelps, 
 
 Orwell, Vt. 
 
 1872. 
 
 D. E. Atwood, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1842. 
 
 Maud Moody, 
 
 Hydeville, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 Selina Ellis, 
 
 Greenfield, 111. 
 
 1S64. 
 
 Mrs. Jennie Comstock, 
 
 Hydeville, Vt. 
 
 1856. 
 
CENTENI^IAL REGISTER, 
 
 63 
 
 KAMES. 
 
 RESIDEi^CE. 
 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 Mrs. Maria Moody, 
 
 Hydeville, Vt. 
 
 1867. 
 
 
 Alice B. Delehant3% 
 
 Hydeville, Vt. 
 
 1884, 
 
 '85. 
 
 Kate H. Delehanty, 
 
 Hydeville, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Jessie L. Ward, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1880. 
 
 
 Katie Marshall, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1882, 
 
 '84. 
 
 A. J. Dickinson, 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1860, 
 
 '61. 
 
 James Brennan, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1845. 
 
 
 K. B. Westover, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1846. 
 
 
 Carlos Sanford, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1847, 
 
 '48, '49. 
 
 Jos. E. Manley, \ 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1851, 
 
 '54. 
 
 Electa (Porter) Manley, 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1852, 
 
 '55. 
 
 T. D. Dewey, 
 
 East Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1832. 
 
 
 James M. Ketcliam, 
 
 Sudbury, Vt. 
 
 1842, 
 
 '43. 
 
 Fred M. Langdon, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1881, 
 
 '87. 
 
 Miss M. A. Walker, 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 18i7. 
 
 
 Miss Elizabeth Perkins, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 Under Hallock. 
 
 Sarah (Perkins) Shepard, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 Under Hallock, 
 
 Mrs. Nancy Fish, 
 
 West Haven, Vt. 
 
 1835. 
 
 
 Mary L. Noyes, 
 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 1852. 
 
 
 Laura G. Noyes, 
 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 1879. 
 
 
 Mrs. Ida 0. Adams, 
 
 Danby, Vt. 
 
 1875. 
 
 
 Mrs. Weltha L. (0.) Todd 
 
 , East Wallingford, Vt. 
 
 1872. 
 
 
 E. E. McGovern, 
 
 Vergennes, Vt. 
 
 1871. 
 
 
 Amelia E. Brown, M. D., 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1861, 
 
 '62. 
 
 Mrs. Abbie (Mills) Warner 
 
 •, Brandon, Vt. 
 
 1872, 
 
 '74. 
 
 Mrs. Jennie (Oroft) Marsh 
 
 , Clarendon, Vt. 
 
 1874. 
 
 
 Mrs. Ella (Marsh) Spafford, Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1874. 
 
 
 Miss Julia Kelley, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1870. 
 
 
 Mrs. Agnes Davis, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1880, 
 
 '81. 
 
 Miss Ella B. Mills, 
 
 Pittsford, Vt. 
 
 1873. 
 
 
 Miss Florence Mills, 
 
 Pittsford, Vt. 
 
 1873, 
 
 '75. 
 
 Mrs. Ida (Squier) Perry, 
 
 Ira, Vt. 
 
 1874. 
 
 
 Mrs.Sarah(Buffum)Oolburn,Mt. Holly, Vt. 
 
 1884. 
 
 
 Minnie 0. Gorton, 
 
 North Clarendon, Vt. 
 
 1884. 
 
 
 William Gilmore, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1824. 
 
 
 Leonora E. Walker, 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1833. 
 
 
 Julia B. Clifford, 
 
 Minneapolis, la. 
 
 1881, 
 
 '85. 
 
 Delia L. Farwell, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1883. 
 
 
 Hattie E. Hunter, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1886. 
 
 
 Geo. H. Beaman, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1823. 
 
 
 Geo. A. Mietzke, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1858, 
 
 '59. 
 
 Mr. Franklin Sanford, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1848. 
 
 
 Mrs. James McMullen, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1860. 
 
 
 Henry P. Higley and wife. 
 
 Beloit, Wis. 
 
 1856. 
 
 
 P. G. Phalen, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1884. 
 
 
 Flora M. Barrows, 
 
 Woodstock, Vt. 
 
 1884, 
 
 '^^, 
 
 Mrs. Emma T. B. Eoss, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1874. 
 
 
64 
 
 CENTENNIAL REGISTER. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 RESIDENCE. 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 Laura (Brown) Oramton, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1374. 
 
 E. R. Sfc. John, 
 
 Hubbardton, Vt. 
 
 1861. 
 
 Mrs. E. M. Squier, 
 
 Swanton, Vt. 
 
 1833, '40. 
 
 Mary (Hawley) Woodward 
 
 , Saratoga, N. Y. 
 
 1861, '62. 
 
 W. H. Burke, 
 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 1874, '75. 
 
 0. H. Griswold, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 Under Miss Haskell 
 
 G. F. Parker, 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 1868. 
 
 H. H. Brown, 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 184L 
 
 E. W. French, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1834, '35. 
 
 L. D. Ross, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1846. 
 
 L. M. Walker, 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 1837. 
 
 Cyiil Carpenter, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1832. 
 
 Cornelius C. Pierce, 
 
 Clarendon, Vt. 
 
 1847. 
 
 J. Addie (Pierce) Fuller, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1882. 
 
 George N. Eayres, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1843. 
 
 R. Hitchcock, 
 
 West Haven, Vt. 
 
 1839. 
 
 Lewis Pritchard, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1886. 
 
 Wm. C. Moulton, Jr., 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1873. 
 
 Hale Tomlinson, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1859. 
 
 William H. Rowland, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1876. 
 
 Joseph Warner, M. D., 
 
 Crown Point, N. Y. 
 
 1849. 
 
 Pliny Adams, 
 
 Whitehall, N. Y. 
 
 1833. 
 
 K. J. Johnson, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1873. 
 
 Bertha Miller, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 G. W. Congdon, 
 
 Clarendon, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 J. A. Thornton, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1884. 
 
 Miss Carrie B. Griswold, 
 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1872, '83, '84. 
 
 Mary A. Hayes, 
 
 Cookville, Vt. 
 
 1879, '80, '81. 
 
 N. R. Nichols, 
 
 Norwich, Vt. 
 
 1866, '67. 
 
 Kate A. Farnham, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1870. 
 
 Helyn L. Fish, 
 
 West Rutland, Vt. 
 
 1884. 
 
 Anne L. Webb, 
 
 North Clarendon, Vt. 
 
 1884. 
 
 Julia E. Parsons, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1884. 
 
 Mabel K. Lake, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 Samuel Storrs Howe, 
 
 Iowa City, Iowa. 
 
 1822, '24, 1831, '32. 
 
 L. H. Sheldon, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1861. 
 
 W. C. Moulton, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1844. 
 
 C. R. E. (Vail) Ladd, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 
 
 Elmer E. Paul, 
 
 Wells, Vt. 
 
 1879. 
 
 Geo. D. Wheaton, 
 
 Pittsford, Vt. 
 
 1854, '56, '57. 
 
 Fannie Lewis Edson, 
 
 East Pittsford, Vt. 
 
 1873, '80. 
 
 Julia M. Sheldon, 
 
 Pawlet, Vt. 
 
 1859. 
 
 Mrs. C. E. Taylor, 
 
 Pawlet, Vt. 
 
 1857. 
 
 Mrs. H. Wescott, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1842. 
 
 M. Maynard, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1845. 
 
 Nell Clark, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1880, '81. 
 
 Maggie M. Phalen, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1884 
 
CENTENNIAL BEGI8TEE. 
 
 65 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 llESTDEKCE. 
 
 
 CLASS. 
 
 Chas. McLau2:liliii, 
 
 Putnam, N. Y. 
 
 1881. 
 
 
 Mrs. F. C. Eddy, 
 
 Faitland, Vt. 
 
 
 
 Mrs. G. Valiquette, 
 
 Eutland, Vt. 
 
 
 
 Mrs. A. Valiquette, 
 
 Eutland, Vt. 
 
 
 
 
 J. W. Williams, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 
 
 John Lyons, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Albert ¥. Lake, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1858. 
 
 
 M. Clark, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1817. 
 
 
 J. E. Dewey, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1846. 
 
 
 Mile Ingalsbe, 
 
 South Hartford, N. Y. 
 
 1837. 
 
 
 F. t). Douglas, 
 
 Whiting, Vt. 
 
 1846. 
 
 
 Mary A. (Eussegue) Douglas, Whiting, Vt. 
 
 1863. 
 
 
 C. H. Granger, 
 
 Eutland, Vt. 
 
 1863, 
 
 '64. 
 
 Mrs. C. H. Granger, 
 
 Eutland, Vt. 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 H. E. Armstrong, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1856, 
 
 '58, 
 
 Harry 0. Armstrong, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1885, 
 
 '86. 
 
 Maud Armstrong, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1886. 
 
 
 H. Ainsworth, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1840. 
 
 
 Eichard Evan, 
 
 Eutland, Vt. 
 
 1870, 
 
 '75. 
 
 Hattie K. Farnham, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Minnie A. Farnham, 
 
 Poultney, Vt. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 Clara E. Moore, 
 
 West Eupert, Vt. 
 
 1886. 
 
 
 A. W. Gardner, 
 
 Middletown Spa., Vt. 
 
 1880. 
 
 
 H. W. Hosford, 
 
 Poultney, Vt.' 
 
 1880. 
 
 
 Edwin J. Williams, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 187L 
 
 
 Eolland C. Eeed, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 Under Howard. 
 
 C. C. Nichols, 
 
 Castleton, Vt, 
 
 1843. 
 
 
 Emily (Spaulding) Nichols 
 
 5, Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1849. 
 
 
 Hattie Janes, 
 
 West Cornwall, Vt. 
 
 1855, 
 
 '56. 
 
 Eichard M. Spaulding, 
 
 Eutland, Vt. 
 
 1849. 
 
 
 Annie J. Bailey, 
 
 Benson, Vt. 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Henry Vf ilson. 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Under Hallock. 
 
 Elizabeth C. Langdon, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 Under Hallock. 
 
 F. H. Shepard, 
 
 Fair Haven, Vt. 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 S. G. Cooke, 
 
 Knoxville, Tenn. 
 
 1864, 
 
 '67. 
 
 Mrs. 0. H. Sheldon, 
 
 Eutland, Vt. 
 
 1862, 
 
 '67. 
 
 Lewis Francis, 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 Trustee. 
 
 Harry M. Brown, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1881, 
 
 '87. 
 
 Carrie Hutchinson, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1882. 
 
 
 Miss E. S. Spencer, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 William Sanford, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1885. 
 
 
 Henry C. Eumsey, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1861, 
 
 '62. 
 
 Dorleska (Bradley) Eumsey, Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1857. 
 
 
 Ella A. French, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1878. 
 
 
 Chester L. Clark, 
 
 Castleton, Vt. 
 
 1857, 
 
 '59. 
 
Subscribers to Centennial Pamphlet, 
 
 Hot Present at Celebration. 
 
 Allen, E. W. 0., Edgartown, Mass. 
 Andrews, Mrs. Jennie, Adamsville, Pa. 
 Allison, 0. E., Amherst, Mass. 
 Ballard, 0. R., North Easton, Mass. 
 Barber, Mrs. B. W., Gardner, 111. 
 Barney, G. H., Liberty, Miss. 
 Belden, E., Green Island, ]S[. Y. 
 Birchard, Jane F., Shoreham, Vt. 
 Blakeley, Quincy, Campton, N. H. 
 Boardman, Samuel W., Stanhope, N. J 
 Buel, J. W., Sudbury, Vt. 
 Bristol, Anna M.(Elithorp),Vergennes, Vt 
 Byington, Geo. P., Shoreham, Vt. 
 Casey, Carrie M.(Needham), Whiting, Vt. 
 Churchill, John 0., Oswego, N. Y. 
 Clark, J. F., Whitehall, N. Y. 
 Corliss, Geo. H., Providence, R I. 
 Davis, Ann E., Altamont, Dak. 
 Davis, Mrs. Miles, Sioux City, Iowa. 
 Dayton, L. M., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 Denison, Sarah A., Pittsford, Vt. 
 Dana, D. D., Boston, Mass. 
 Ellery, Madame, Castleton, Vt. 
 Fiske, Lizzie Heyer, Waldoborough, Me. 
 Fletcher, Miss P. S., Bridport, Vt. 
 Fogg, Mrs. Sophia C., Burrville, Conn. 
 Fox, Geo. H., M. D., Rutland, Vt. 
 Gilbert, Frank, Chicago, 111. 
 Goodwin, C. F.,Rochester, JST. Y. 
 Goldsmith, Mrs. M., Rutland, Vt. 
 Greene, Mrs. J., (Wright) St. Albans, Vt 
 Griswold. Octavia J., Batavia, N. Y. 
 Griswold, P. A., St. Louis, Mo. 
 Haskell, H. IN'. Godfrey, 111. 
 Harris, Mrs. Roswell, East Saginaw, Mich. 
 Harrison, Miss Alice M., Brandon, Vt. 
 Higgins, Emily R., Dupage, 111. 
 Hinman, Henry P., Battle Creek, Mich. 
 Hooker, E. P., Winter Park, Fla. 
 Hope, J. D., Watkins, N. Y. 
 Houghton, Mrs. M. M., Readsboro, Vt. 
 Hulburt, Mrs. C. S., Bennington, Vt. 
 Hunting, George F., Alma, Mich. 
 Hutchinson, Mrs. E. C, Winterset, Iowa. 
 Hvde, Azariah, Galesburgh, III. 
 Hyde, W. Pitt, Port Henry, N. Y. 
 Herrick, Mrs. Jane (Pond), Troy, N. Y. 
 Hallock, E. L., Oak Park, 111. 
 Hope, James, Watkins, N. Y. 
 
 Hubbard, L. D., Castleton, Vt. 
 Jillson, M. L., Whitehall, N. Y. 
 Johnson, Ximena (Huyck), Lincoln, Neb. 
 King, R. D., Benson, Vt. 
 Kenney, Minnie T., Rutland, Vt. 
 Leavenworth, S. E., Melville, Dak. 
 Leavenworth, C. G., Cleveland, Ohio. 
 Lindsay, Mrs. W. M., Warren, Va. 
 Love, Mrs. Lee, York, Neb. 
 Loveland, Mrs. Robert, Pittsford, Vt. 
 Maranville, R. E., Milford, Del. 
 Martin, Mrs. M. M., Three Oaks, Mich. 
 Mead, Mary E., Davenport, Iowa. 
 Merrill, Chas. L., St. Louis, Mo. 
 Merrill, Robert W., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 Merrill, Mrs. Charles, Maiden, Mass. 
 Miller, W. B., Cape May, N. J. 
 Morse, A., Nantucket, Mass. 
 McAllister, M. J., Whitehall, N. Y. 
 Nichols, H. P., May wood. 111. 
 Nichols, H. C, Pomona, Col. 
 Noble, M. B., Benson, Vt. 
 Noble, E., DeKalb, III. 
 Northrop, C.,B., New Madison, Ohio. 
 Noyes, Lucy A., Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
 Parker, Mrs. B. D., Gardner, 111. 
 Poole, Hester M. (Hunt), New York City. 
 Reed, S. M., Kalamazoo, Mich. 
 Reed, Anna S., Frazer, Pa. 
 Redington, L. W., Rutland, Vt. 
 Reynolds, T. B., Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
 Ross, Mrs. Aldis L., Rutland, Vt. 
 Russell, B. L., Melville, Dak. 
 Sanderson, Prof. C. W., Brandon, Vt. 
 Sheldon, Mary M., Clinton, Mich. 
 Spafford, A. Catlin, Rockford, 111. 
 Squire, Wm. L., New Haven, Conn. 
 Strong, Mrs. John, Washington, D. 0. 
 Smart, John, Grand Lake, Col. 
 Stevens, Henry J., Castleton, Vt. 
 Taylor, Fannie C, Ludlow, Vfc. 
 Titus, Frances Gracie, Woburn, Mass. 
 Ward, C. E., Cornwall, Vt. 
 Webster, Louise M., Omro, Wis. 
 Williams, Miss Mary, Orwell, Vt. 
 Wilson, Mrs. Dr. Ross, Sandy Hill, N. Y. 
 Willson, Mary L., Ilinesburgh, Vt. 
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HISTORICAL MEMORANDA, 
 
 ACTS OF INCORPORATION. 
 I. 
 
 An Act for establishing a County Grammar School at Castleton, in the county of 
 Rutland, passed October 15, 1787. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the General Assembly of the State of Vermont : 
 
 That the place for keeping a county grammar school, in and for Rutland county, 
 shall be at the house commonly known, by the name of the New School House, near 
 Doctor William Woolcott's in said Castleton: provided, that the county of Rutland 
 shall not be at any cost or charge in completing, or repairing the same. 
 
 II. 
 
 Ai^ Act confirming a Grammar School in the County of Rutland. 
 
 Section 1. It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ver- 
 mont, that the Reverend Elihu Smith, the Honorable James Witherell, and Messieurs 
 Ohauncey Langdon, Aruna W. Hyde, Theopilus Flagg, Samuel Shaw, James Gil- 
 more, Amos Thompson, John Mason, Enos Merrill, and Isaac Clark, and such other 
 person, or persons, as shall be appointed, in the manner and to the number herein- 
 after directed, and their successors in office, shall at all times be the board of trus- 
 tees for the County Grammar School for the County of Rutland and State of 
 Vermont, and shall be known by the name and style of the Corporation of Rutland 
 Comity Grammar School : and by that name and style shall and may sue and be 
 sued, prosecute and defend, and have all the powers incident to, and be a body 
 politic for the purposes of promoting the interest of said grammar school ; and shall 
 have power to take, by gift, grant, purchase, or devise, and hold for the benefit of 
 said corporation, any estate, real or personal, that is, or may be, in any way, given, 
 granted, sold, bequeathed, or appropriated to, or for the use of the grammar school 
 aforesaid; and lease, rent and improve the same to the best advantage for said gram- 
 mar school; and shall also have power to elect, appoint, support and remove, from 
 time to time, all such preceptors and instructors as they shall judge necessary, and 
 make any contract whatever, consistent with the laws of this State, which they shall 
 deem beneficial to said corporation ; and shall have and exercise all the powers by 
 this, or any other law, vested in said corporation. 
 
 Sec. 3. And it is hereby further enacted, that so often as it shall appear 
 necessary for the benefit of said institution, that addition should be made to the 
 number of trustees, to supply vacancies, or otherwise, said trustees, or their succes- 
 sors, shall have power to elect, by ballot, such and so many as they shall think 
 proper, so that the number shall not exceed twelve, and the majority of the trustees 
 sh.all "be a quorum to act in all cases. 
 
Q8 HISTORICAL MEMORANDA. 
 
 Sec. 3. And it is hereby further enacted that the house in Castleton, in said 
 county, lately erected on the spot where stood the school house for said county, 
 which was lately consumed by jQre, be and is hereby established as a County G-ram- 
 mar School House, for said county, so long as the inhabitants of said Oastleton shall 
 keep the same, or any other house at the same place, in good repair for the purpose 
 aforesaid, to the acceptance of the county court for said county. 
 
 Passed October 29, 1805. 
 
 III. 
 
 An" Act in addition to an act passed October 29, 1805, entitled ''An Act confirming 
 a Grammar School in the county of Rutland." 
 
 Section 1. It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ver- 
 mont, that whenever any member of said corporation shall remove with his family 
 out of this State, to reside more than thirty miles from said grammar school, his 
 seat shall be considered vacant. 
 
 Sec. 2. It is hereby further enacted that a majority of the trustees who reside 
 in the town of Oastleton shall be a quorum to act in all cases, any law or usage to 
 the contrary notwithstanding : provided, nevertheless, that the number of the trus- 
 tees resident in said Oastleton, who may be present to transact any business shall not 
 be less than four. 
 
 Passed Nov. 8, 1814. 
 
 IV. 
 
 A^r Act in addition to and amendment of an act entitled '' An Act confirming a 
 
 Grammar School in the county of Rutland," passed October 29, 1805. 
 
 Sectiok 1. It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ver- 
 mont, that the name and style of the Rutland County Grammar School, established 
 at Oastleton, in the county of Rutland, be, and the same is, hereby altered to the 
 name and style of Tlu Vermont Classical High Scliooh 
 
 Sec. 2. It is hereby further enacted, that by and under the name and style of 
 the Vermont Classical High School, the corporation of said Grammar School may, 
 and shall, have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities to which they 
 are, or were, entitled, by and under their former name, by virtue of said act, passed 
 the 29th day of October, 1805, or otherwise. 
 
 Passed October 29, 1828. 
 
 V. 
 
 An Act repealing an act therein mentioned. 
 
 It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, that an 
 act passed the twenty-ninth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
 eight, altering the name and style of the Rutland County Grammar School, estab- 
 lished at Oastleton, in the county of Rutland, to the name and style of the Vermont 
 Classical High School, be, and the same is, Iicreby repealed. 
 
 Passed Nov. 1, 1830. 
 
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HISTORICAL MEMORANDA. 69 
 
 YI. 
 
 Aisr Act in addition to **' An Act confirming a Grrammar School in the county of 
 
 Eutland," passed October 29, 1805. 
 
 It is hereby enacted by the General x^ssembly of the State of Vermont, that the 
 second section of the act to which this is an addition, be, and the same is hereby so 
 altered as to enable said corporation to extend the board of trustees to any number 
 not exceeding twenty. 
 
 Passed Not. 4, 1835. 
 
 YII. 
 
 Ak Act to authorize the Trustees of the Eutland County Grammar School to 
 transfer their school building and other school property. 
 
 Sec. 1. The Trustees of the Rutland County Grammar School, an Institution 
 located at Castleton, in the County of Rutland, established by the Legislature of 
 this State, are hereby authorized to transfer, by deed, the said Grammar School 
 property, both real and personal, except the rents and reversions of lands granted to 
 grammar schools, and any moneys in their hands belonging to said Institution, to 
 any graded school district or other parties, whenever in the judgment of the Board 
 of Trustees it may be necessary or expedient so to do ; provided, that the avails of 
 such transfer, if any, after the payment of the just indebtedness of said corporation, 
 shall be devoted to educational purposes. 
 
 Sec. 2. The deed referred to in section one may, on the part and in behalf 
 of the said Board of Trustees, be executed by any one of the members of said Board 
 of Trustees, who may be authorized so to do by a vote of a majority of the said 
 Board of Trustees at any meeting duly called for that purpose, and notice of which 
 shall have been served upon each member of said Board of Trustees, either verbally 
 or by letter through the mails. 
 
 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage. 
 
 Passed November 24, 1874. 
 
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
 
 Rev. Elihu Smith, 1805. Zimri Howe, 1819. 
 
 Hon. James Witherell, 1805. John Meacham, 1819. 
 
 Chauncey Langdon, 1805. Henry Howe, 1822. 
 
 Aruna W. Hyde, 1805. Selah H. Merrill, 182G. 
 
 Theopilus Flagg, 1805. James Adams, 1827. 
 
 Samuel Shaw, 1805. Ezekiel Buel, 1827. 
 
 James Gilmore, T805. Ovid Miner, 1828. 
 
 Amos Thompson, 1805. Solomon Foote, 1828. 
 
 John Mason, 1805. Joseph Steele, 1830. 
 
 Enos Merrill, 1805. Joseph Perkins, 1831. 
 
 Isaac Clark, 1805. B. F. Langdon, 1835. 
 
 Rollin C, Mallary, 1807. Henry Hodges, 1835. 
 
 David Sanford, 1808. John Kellogg, 1835. 
 
 Leonard E. Lathrop, 1815. Wm, C. Kittredge, 1835. 
 
 Christopher M. Minot, 1815. Ambrose L. Brown, 1835. 
 
 Selah Gridley, 1815. Alanson Mitchell, 1835. 
 
70 
 
 HI8T0EI0AL MEMORANDA, 
 
 O. N. Dana, 1837. 
 Aruna W. Hyde, 1838. 
 Harvey O. Higley, 1839. 
 Almon Warner, 1840. 
 Aldace Walker, 1851. 
 Azariah Hyde, 1851. 
 Hyde Westover, 1851. 
 Timothy W. Eice, 1851. 
 Willard Child, 1855. 
 C. M. Willard, 1856. 
 Beni. F. Adams, 1856. 
 
 Lewis Francis, 1865. 
 John Howe, 1865. 
 Charles Langdon, 1869. 
 Wm. N. Batclielder, 1869. 
 Pitt W. Hyde, 1869. 
 Josiah N. Northrop, 1869. 
 Farrand Parker, 1869. 
 L. W. Preston, 1870. 
 Samuel Williams, 1873. 
 Jolm H. Langdon, 1873. 
 
 PRESENT BOARD. 
 
 Merritt Clark, 1835. 
 Carlos S. Sherman, 1856. 
 Charles Sheldon, 1863. 
 W. M. C. Guernsey, 1865. 
 James Adams, 1865. 
 Egbert H. Armstrong, 1869. 
 Andrew ]Sr. Adams, 1869. 
 Andrew Clark, 1869. 
 Hiram Ainsworth, 1869. 
 
 Jerome B. Bromley, 1872. 
 Henry Clark, 1872. 
 Abel E. Leavenworth, 1881. 
 Henry L, Clark, 1885. 
 Walter E. Howard, 1885. 
 Alfred E. Higley, 1885. 
 Dwighfc D. Cole, 1885. 
 Fred L. Eeed, 1885. 
 
 PRESIDENTS. 
 
 Elihu Smith, 1807. 
 Chauncey Langdon, 1829. 
 John Mason, 1831. 
 Enos Merrill, 1835. 
 Joseph Steele, 1849. 
 
 Willard Child, 1855. 
 Lewis Francis, 1865. 
 PittW. Hyde, 1873. 
 Andrew N". Adams, 1882. 
 
 SECRETARIES. 
 
 A. W. Hyde, 1807. 
 Robert Temple, 1807. 
 Rollin C. Mallary, 1815. 
 Selah Gridley, 1819. 
 Zimri Howe, 1822. 
 A. Warner, 1841. 
 
 Zimri Howe, 1842. 
 B. F. Langdon, 1845. 
 Zimri Howe, 1853. 
 
 B, F. Langdon, 1854. 
 
 C. M. Willard, 1857. 
 J. B. Bromley, 1873. 
 
 TREASURERS. 
 
 Enos Merrill, 1807. 
 Zimri Howe, 1828. 
 H. 0. Higley, 1846. 
 Timothy W. Rice, 1852. 
 
 John Howe, 1865. 
 
 B. F. Adams, 1869. 
 H. Ainsworth, 1877. 
 
 C. S. Sherman, 1884. 
 
HISTORICAL MEMORANDA, 71 
 
 SUxMMARY OF CATALOGUES. 
 
 October 5, 1826. 
 Printed at Oastleton, by Ovid Miner. Solomon Foot, A. B., principal. Lewis 
 M. Walker, assistant. Gentlemen, 46 ; ladies 8 ; tofcal 54. Tuition, $3, $3.50, $4. 
 Board, 11.25 to $1.50. 
 
 August 20, 1833. 
 Charles Walker and L. F. Clark, principals. Leonard Rawson, Catherine Sax- 
 ton, assistants. Gentlemen, 40; ladies, 30; total, 70. 
 
 November, 1833. 
 Rev. Charles Walker, Lucius F. Clark, A. M., principals. Alexander Buel, A. 
 M,, Miss Ruth S. Russell, Miss Mary Ann Ackley, Miss Charlotte H. Kitchell, Miss 
 Mary E. Jannes, Miss Mary W. Bentley, assistants. Gentlemen, 107; ladies, 73; 
 total 180. 
 
 November, 1834. 
 L. F. Clark, A. M., principal. A. W. Buel, A. M., H. D. Kitchell, H. W. 
 Fairfield, G. C. Ruggles, A, L. Bingham, Ruth S. Russell, Mary A. Ackley, Mary 
 B. Fairfield, assistants. Gentlemen, 157; ladies, 145; total 302. 
 
 November, 1835. 
 L. F. Clark, A. M., principal. J. B. Townsend, A. B., H. D. Kitchell, H. W. 
 Fairfield, G. C. Ruggles, Moses French, Miss R. S. Russell, Miss M. A. Ackley, 
 Miss Clarinda Lake, assistants. Gentlemen, 123 ; ladies, 133 ; total, 256. 
 
 November, 1836. 
 Rev. L. F. Clark, A. M., principal. Horatio Bryant, A. B., Augustus Morse, 
 A. Harlow, M. D., Mrs. L. C. Bryant, Miss S. G. Starr, Miss Clarinda Lake, assist- 
 ant teachers. Gentlemen, 110; ladies, 118; total 228. Had been under the present 
 management three years and a half with a total attendance of gentlemen, 335 ; ladies, 
 338 ; total, 673. Boarders, 396 ; classical scholars, 178 ; from out of town, 487 ;, 
 from out of the State, 149. 
 
 November, 1837. 
 Rev. L. F. Clark, A. M., Rev. E. T. Mack, A. M., principals. Anastasius- 
 Menaeus, Andrew J. Ketcham, Miss Almira Hodges, Miss Emeline Howe, Mrs. L. M. 
 G. Swaine, Miss Clarinda Lake, assistants. Gentlemen, 138; ladies, 112; total 250. 
 
 July 22, 1839. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M , principal. Samuel Hurlbut, Jr., A. B., Samuel 
 H. Root, Stamos S. Trickaliotes, Charles J. Kathrens, Miss Catharine Bent, Miss 
 Elizabeth M. A. Robinson, assistant teachers. Gentlemen, 88; ladies, ^^\ total, 154. 
 
 July 23, 1840. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. Samuel Hurlbut, Jr., A. B., Lewis 
 Warner, Miss Luna Miller, Miss Elizabeth M. A. Robinson, Miss Eliza Weeks, assis- 
 tants. Gentlemen, 114; ladies, 78; total, 192. 
 
72 HISTORICAL MEMORANDA. 
 
 July 20, 1842. 
 Eev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. Samuel Hurlbut, Jr., A. M., Ezra 
 S. Carr, M. D., Mrs. Nancy M. Miner, Miss Jane A. Andrews, Miss Anna E. Law- 
 rence, assistants. Gentlemen, 109; ladies, 76; total 185. 
 
 July 20, 1843. 
 Eev. Edward J. Hallock, principal. Samnel Hurlbut, Jr., h, M., John 0. 
 Churchill, A. B., Ezra S. Carr, M. D., M. Edouard Modeste Poisson, Nancy M. Miner, 
 Harriet S. Andrews, Caroline A. Branch, assistants. Gentlemen, 99; ladies, 53; 
 total, 152. 
 
 July 20, 1844. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. John C. Churchill, A. B., Eber D. 
 Hunger, A. B., Isaac Knapp, A. B., James Hope, Mrs. Nancy M. Miner, Miss Harriet 
 
 S. Andrews, assistants. Gentlemen, 111; ladies, 77 ; total, 188. 
 
 July 22, 1846. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. Rev. James Tufts, A. M., Eber D. 
 Munger, A.M., William Pease, M. B., E. S. Carr, A. M., Godfroi Beaudouin, Miss 
 Jane C. Kellogg, Miss Charlotte Moore, Miss Martha Wheeler, assistants. Gentle- 
 men, 78; ladies, 93 ; total, 171. 
 
 July 22, 1847. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. Jonathan Lane, A. B., William 
 Pease, M. B., E. 8. Carr, Selah G. Perkins, A. B., Mademoiselle Nancy Jefferies, Miss 
 Sophia C. Hayden, Miss Caroline S. Haven, assistants. Gentlemen, 80 ; ladies, 93 ; 
 total, 173. 
 
 July 22, 1848. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. Warren W. Winchester, A. B., 
 William Pease, M. B., E. 8. Carr, A. M., M. D., Jonathan A. Wainwright, A. B., 
 Miss Sophia C. Hayden, Mademoiselle Nancy J. Jefferies, Miss Catherine M. Sever- 
 ance, Miss Mary A. Shattuck, Miss Meliscent H. Shattuck, assistants. Gentlemen, 
 79; ladies, 114 ; total, 193. 
 
 July 19, 1849. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. Warren W. Winchester, A. B., E. 
 S. Carr, A. M., M. D., James Hope, William C. Benton, M. D., Lucius Squier, 
 Quincy Blakely, J. Emory Horr, Miss Sophia C. Hayden, Mrs. Catherine M. Win- 
 ohester, Mademoiselle Nancy J. Jefferies, Miss Mary A. Shattuck, assistants. Gen- 
 tlemen, 109 ; ladies, 133 ; total, 242. 
 
 July 16, 1851. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. McKendree Petty, A. B., Justin 
 E. Simonds, M. D., Miss Mary E. Warren, Miss Helen A. Perry, Miss Sybil N. Hib- 
 bard. Miss Harriette Kilbourn, Miss Harriette S. Nash, assistants. Gentlemen, 
 54 ; ladies, 151 ; total, 205, 
 
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HISTORICAL MEMORANDA. 73 
 
 July 19, 1850. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. McKendree Petty, A. B., E. S. 
 Carr, A. M., M. D., Mr. James Hope, Miss Mary E. Warren, Miss Rachel E. San- 
 derson, Mademoiselle Nancy J. Jefleries, Miss Frances S. Shaw, Miss Harriette S. 
 IsTash, Miss Harriette Kilbourn, assistants. Gentlemen, 101 ; ladies, 131 ; total, 232. 
 
 July 14, 1852. 
 Eey. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. Rev. Samuel M. Wood, A. M., 
 John Hawkins, Miss Mary E. Warren, Miss Lois 0. June, Miss Sybil N. Hibbard, 
 Miss Julia E. Bassett, Miss Elizabeth C. Rice, assistants. Gi-entlemen, 43 ; ladies, 
 139 ; total, 182. 
 
 July 14, 1853. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. Rev. Samuel M. Wood, A. M., 
 Samuel W. Boardman, A. B., Mrs. M. Barron, Miss Jane E. Haskell, Miss Harriet 
 Kilburn, Miss Hester M. Hunt, Miss Harriet Haskell, Miss Melinda Dyer, Miss 
 Eunice W. Butler, Miss Frances A. Haven, Miss Clara A. Kilburn, Miss Cornelia 
 J. Hawkins, assistants. Gentlemen, 72 ; ladies, 147 ; total, 219. 
 
 June 13, 1854. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. Rev. Samuel M. Wood, A. M-, 
 Samuel W. Boardman, A. M., Edward Aiken, A. M., Mrs. M. T. M. Barron, Mrs. 
 C. M. Johnson, Miss Frances A. Haven, Miss Alzina M. Churchill, Miss Mary H. 
 Wheeler, Miss Melinda Dyer, Miss Susan D. Cole, Miss Olive M. Eggleston, Miss 
 Amelia A. Lawrence, Miss Helen M, Smith, Miss Elizabeth S. Abernethy, Miss Abbie 
 S. Smith, Miss Helen J. Gray, assistants. Gentlemen, G7 ; ladies, 142 ; total, 209. 
 
 July 13, 1855. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A. M., principal. C. R. Ballarrd, A. B., Miss Alzina 
 M. Churchill, Miss Elizabeth S. Abernethy, Miss Frances A. Haven, Miss Mary E. 
 Hight, Miss Julia L. Chapman, Mr. R. 0. M. Griswold, Miss Charlotte Langdon, 
 Miss Amelia L. Marsh, Miss Sarah P. White, Miss Catherine H. Woodward, assis- 
 tants. Gentlemen, 63 ; ladies, 152 ; tot:il, 215. 
 
 July 16. 1856. 
 Rev. Edward J. Hallock, A, M., principal. C. R. Ballard, A. B., H. A. Scott, 
 Miss Sabra E. Strong, Miss Maria T. Conant, Miss Mary E. Hight, Miss Amelia L. 
 Marsh, Miss Harriette Janes, Miss Sarah L. Scott, Miss Eliza J. Gearn, Miss An- 
 nette Samson, James Eastwood, assistants. Gentlemen, 40 ; ladies, 125 ; total, 165. 
 
 July 23, 1857. 
 Rev. Azariah Hyde, A. M., principal. Mrs. Maria L. Hyde, associate principal. 
 Charles Rollin Ballard, A. M., Miss Sabra E. Strong, Miss Amelia L. Marsh, Miss 
 Sarah E. Everett, Miss Lucy M. Clough, Miss Mary A. Perkins, Miss L. Elizabeth 
 Smith, Miss Clara E. Ellery, Miss Harriet E. Johnson, assistants. Gentlemen, 74 ; 
 ladies, 124 ; total, 198. 
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74 HISTOEWAL MEMORANDA. 
 
 July 21, 1858. 
 Rev. Azariali Hyde, A. M., principal. Mrs. Maria L. Hyde, associate principal. 
 Stephen Knowlton, A. B., Miss Sabra E. Strong, G-eorge A. Mietzke, Miss Emily F. 
 Chipman, Miss Elizabeth M. Carpenter, Miss Adelia M. Hatch, Miss Mary H. 
 Hunter, Miss Amelia L. Marsh, Miss Mary A. Rockwell, Miss Augusta A. Warren,. 
 assistants. Gentlemen, 50 ; ladies, 105; total, 155. 
 
 July 20, 1859. 
 Rev. Azariah Hyde, A. M., principal. Mrs. Maria L. Hyde, associate principaL 
 Stephen Knowlton, A. B., Mrs. Frances L. Knowlton, Miss Louise M. Hulett, G-eorge 
 A. Mietzke, Miss Emma A. Lee, Miss Sabra E Strong, Miss Emily F. Chipman, Miss 
 H. Adelia Hatch, assistants. Gentlemen, 49; ladies, 91 ; total, 140. 
 
 Jaly 18, 1860. 
 Stephen Knowlton, A. M., principal. Mrs. Francos L. Knowlton, associate prin- 
 cipal. Lyman S. Watts, A. B., George A. Mietzke, S. L. Pfeiffer, Miss Frances G. 
 Mankin, Miss Emma A. Lee, Miss Lydia S. Mankin, Miss Harriet E. Johnson, assist- 
 ants. Gentlemen, 47; ladies, 93; total, 140. 
 
 July, 1861. 
 Rev. Stephen Knowlton, A. M., principal ; Mrs. Frances L. Knowlton, asso- 
 ciate principal. John K. Williams, Thomas E. Benedict, Emma A. Lee, Ellen 
 Strong, Helen M. Beckwith, Susan Sheldon, assistants. 
 
 July, 1862. 
 Rev. Stephen Knowlton, A. M., principal; Mrs. Frances L. Knowlton,. 
 associate principal. Chandler N. Thomas, Thomas E. Benedict, Emma A. Lee, 
 Mons. and Madame Commette, Helen M. Beckwith, Anna J. Roache, Louise K. 
 Bugbee, assistants. Gentlemen, 53 ; ladies, 87 ; total, 140. 
 
 July 15, 1863. 
 Miss Harriet K Haskell, principal. Russell M. Wright, A. M., Miss Emily G.. 
 Alden, Miss Hester M. Hunt, Mons. Commette, Mme. Commette, Miss Sarah H. 
 Hooker, Miss Emma A. Lee, Miss Susan J. Pendleton, Miss Mary E. Miller, Miss Delia 
 Stowe, assistants. Gentlemen, 59 ; ladies, 117 ; total, 176. 
 
 July 15, 1864. 
 Miss Harriet N. Haskell, principal. Miss Emily G. Alden, Charles Clark Harris, 
 A. M., Mary J. Thayer, Mons. Commette, Mme. Commette, Miss Ellen S. Russell^ 
 Miss Susan Sherman, Miss Lena Ehle, Miss Susan J. Pendleton, Miss Mary E. Nye^ 
 Miss Mary Russell, assistants. Gentlemen, 83 ; ladies, 166 ; total, 249. 
 
 July 15, 1865. 
 Miss Harriet N. Haskell, principal. Miss Emily G. Alden, Miss Susan J. Pendle- 
 ton, John Carrol Proctor, A. B., Miss Susan E. Gale, Mile. Louise Kuehl Seitz, Miss 
 Mary J. Thayer, Miss Susan A. Sherman, Miss Sara J. Crowley, Miss Lucy K. Her- 
 rill. Miss Mary Russell, Miss Emma L. Higley, Miss Sarah M. Boyd, assistants. Gen- 
 tlemen, 73 ; ladies, 150 ; total, 223. 
 
HISTOBICAL MEMORANDA. 75 
 
 July 15, 1863. 
 Miss Harriet K Haskell, principal. Miss Emily G. Alden, Miss Susan J. Pendle- 
 ton, John B. Dunbar, A. B., Geo. A. Stearns, A. B., Mons. Commette, Mile. Kuehl 
 Seitz, Miss Susan E. Gale, Miss Emma A. Lee, Miss Sarah Carlton, Miss Susan J. 
 Jordan, Miss Anna Carlton, assistants. Gentlemen, 79 ; ladies, 115 (?) ; total, 194. 
 
 July 17, 1867. 
 Miss Harriet N. Haskell, principal. Miss Emily G. Alden, Miss Susan J. Pen- 
 dleton, Nathan R. Nichols, A. B., Miss Jennie Hopkins, Miss Persia N. Andrews, 
 and others previously noted. Gentlemen, 82 ; ladies, 104 ; total, 186. 
 
 1867-1868. 
 Chas. R. Ballard, A. M., principal. Misses Wythe, Park, Bell, Lee, Whiting^ 
 and Phelps ; and Messrs. Oomstock, Feinthel and Fermand were assistants. No 
 catalogue was issued for this year. 
 
 1868-1869. 
 Eev. Eos well Harris, A. M., principal. Miss Emma L. Higley, assistant. 
 About seventy-five pupils. No catalogue was issued. 
 
 June, 1872. 
 Rev. R. G. Williams, principal. Mrs. M. E. Williams, associate principal. Tay- 
 lor B. Fletcher, M. D., Rev. Wm. T. Ross, Ira J. Willard, Miss Mary L. Grose, 
 Miss Helen E. Bissell, Miss Martha B. House, Miss Sarah A. Harrison, assistants. 
 Gentlemen, 54 ; ladies, 61 ; total, 115. 
 
 June, 1873. 
 Eev. E. G. Williams, principal. Mrs. M. E. Williams, assistant principal. Eev. 
 H. C. Farrar, Miss Anna E. Thomas, Miss Helen A. Bissell, Miss Martha R. House, 
 Miss Mary A. Moody, H. A, Hall, Mrs. 1>. G. Rice, assistants. Gentlemen, 54 ; 
 ladies, 68 ; total, 122. 
 
 November 20, 1827. 
 Henry Smith, A. B., principal; Albert Smith, assistant; Mrs. Blair, 
 preceptress. Gentlemen; 45 ; ladies, 33 ; total, 78. The year was divided into 
 two terms of twenty-four weeks each, and each term into two quarters of twelve 
 weeks each. — Press of Vermont Statesman, Miner's Print, 
 
 We find no report of the Seminary after June, 1873, when the last class was 
 graduat ed, though it was continued as a separate school until July, 1876, when it 
 beca me a question of the " survival of the fittest." The Normal School backed 
 by State aid won, and the Seminary was merged in the former by a unanimous 
 vote of the Board of Trustees. 
 
76 HISTOBIOAL MEMOEAIfDA. 
 
 ACTS RELATING TO STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS. 
 
 I. 
 
 Approved November 17, 1866 — an act authorizing tlie establishment of one 
 Normal School in each Congressional District, three in number, with two courses 
 of study. Graduates to receive certificates for five and fifteen years respect- 
 ively. 
 
 II. 
 
 Approved October 29, 1867 — *'An act to legalize certain proceedings of the town 
 of Castleton.'* 
 
 " Sec. 1. The proceedings of the town of Castleton, at a town meeting held 
 on the tenth day of September, A. D. 1867, authorizing the selectmen of said town 
 to draw two orders on the treasurer of said town for the sum of one thousand dollars 
 each, for the purpose of assisting the corporation of the Rutland County Grammar 
 School in preparing a suitable building or buildings for the Normal School recently 
 located in said town, are hereby declared legal and valid ; and all taxes to be assessed 
 upon the grand list of said Castleton, for the purpose of paying such orders, so 
 drawn as aforesaid, are hereby declared legal and valid. 
 
 Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage." 
 
 III. 
 
 Approved November 21, 3 867 — granting five hundred dollars to each Normal 
 School "for the purpose of assisting indigent young men and women, inhabitants of 
 this State, who may desire to more perfectly qualify themselves for the office of 
 teaching, by attending the Normal Schools within this State." Persons so aided 
 were required to teach at least two years subsequent to their graduation. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Approved Nov. 19, 1868 — directing the Board of Education to appoint one of 
 their members to act as examiner of the Normal Schools and grant certificates in 
 connection with the Secretary of the Board. Also to visit at other times. 
 
 V. 
 
 Approved November 20, 1868— appropriating five hundred dollars for the use 
 of each Normal School, as provided by law. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Approved November 16, 1869 — appropriating five hundred dollars for the use 
 of each Normal School * * provided that said school at Castleton shall not draw 
 from the treasury of the State any part of the one thousand dollars heretofore appro- 
 priated to that school. 
 
HISTORICAL MEMORANDA, 77 
 
 VII. 
 
 Approved November 22, 1870 — *'Seo. 1. The sum often hundred dollars per 
 annum is. hereby appropriated to each of the three Normal schools now established 
 in this State, for the purpose of assisting those young men and women, inhabitants 
 of this State, who may desire more perfectly to qualify themselves for teaching, by 
 attending said schools, and who shall give satisfactory assurances to the Board of 
 Education that they will hold themselves in readiness to teach in the common 
 schools of this State at least two years subsequent to their graduation.'' 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Approved November 22, 1870 — extending the existence of the State Normal 
 Schools until March 1, 1875, and making it the *' duty of the State Board of Edu- 
 cation to nominate and approve a principal teacher and a first-class assistant 
 teacher for the school, and to withdraw such approval whenever the interests of the 
 school demand, and no person, not so nominated, or the approval of whom shall 
 have been withdrawn by the board, shall be employed as such principal or first assist- 
 ant ; but the principal shall be allowed to select his other assistants, and to provide 
 for the discipline of the school." 
 
 IX. 
 
 Approved November 27, 1872 — **Sec. 1. The further sum of five hundred 
 dollars per annum is hereby appropriated to each of the three Normal Schools now 
 established in this State, to be expended by the trustees of each of said schools, with 
 the concurrence and under the direction of the Board of Education, in aiding and 
 assisting each of said schools.*' 
 
 X. 
 
 Approved November 23, 1874 — Extended charter to August 1, 1880. Also pro- 
 visions of act of November 22, 1870. 
 
 XL 
 
 Approved November 24, 1874 — Sec. 1. State Superintendent to nominate and 
 approve principal and first assistant teacher. 
 
 Sec. 2. Governor to appoint a practical teacher, who, with State Superintendent 
 and Principal, shall form a board of examiners for Normal Schools. 
 
 Sec. 3. Trustees to arrange two courses of study, and graduates to receive cer- 
 tificates for five and ten years respectively. 
 
 Sec. 4. Five hundred dollars appropriated for each school and one thousand for 
 scholarships to each school. 
 
 Sec. 5. Scholarships apportioned among counties according to population. 
 
 XII. 
 
 Approved November 28, 1876.— Appropriations to be paid semi annually, in 
 June and December. Each town entitled to one scholarship. Town superintendents 
 
78 HISTORICAL MEMORANDA. 
 
 to appoint. Vacancies may be assigned to other towns, but none to receive more 
 than ten. A second fiye hundred appropriated when the trustees furnish a like 
 sum. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Approved November 26, 1878. — The existence, privileges and powers of the Nor- 
 mal Schools extended to August, 1890. Foreign languages excluded from courses 
 of study, and all studies and subjects not named in the two courses of study. Towns 
 may send to either school. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Approved November 28, 1882 — appropriating an additional five hundred dollars a 
 year to each of the Normal Schools in the State, to be expended by the trustees there- 
 of, under the direction of the State Superintendent, in aiding such schools, to be paid 
 in the month of December, upon statement of superintendent that the law relating 
 toNormal schools has been complied with. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Approved November 26, 1888 — extending the charter of the Normal Schools 
 at Castleton, Johnson and Randolph until August, A. D. 1900. 
 
 NORMAL SCHOOL SUMMARY. 
 
 1867-1868. 
 
 0. R. Ballard, A. M., principal. Under date of Feb. 1, 1889, Mr. Ballard writes 
 as follows : ** I taught the j^r^^ class that ever graduated at Castleton Normal 
 School — a class of three young ladies. They took their examination at Rutland 
 l^efore A, E. Rankin, then State Superintendent, and one of the three failed. The 
 other two got certificates." 
 
 1868-1869. 
 
 Miss Higley, assistant to Roswell Harris, writes " I have an indefinite idea that 
 he (Mr. Harris) had a teacher's class." 
 
 1869-1874. 
 Rev. R. G. Williams, principal. Miss Fannie M. Bromley, first assistant ; Miss 
 Annie E. Thomas, L. A. Hall, J. N. Stockwell, J. B. Bromley, assistants. Winter, 
 1869, 8; 1870, spring, 15; summer, 15; gentlemen, 3; ladies, 17; total, 20. 
 1870-71 : fall and winter, 37 ; springs and summer, 35 ; gentlemen, 12 ; ladies, 87 ; 
 total, 49. 1871-72 : fall and winter, 31; spring and summer, 38 ; gentlemen, 5 ; 
 
HISTORICAL MEMOEAUDA, 79 
 
 ladies, 40 ; total, 45. 1872-73: fall, gentleman 1 ; ladies, 31 ; total, 32 ; winter, 
 gentleman, 1 ; ladies, 22 ; total 23 ; spring, gentlemen, 5 ; ladies, 33 ; total, 38 ; 
 summer, gentlemen, 4 ; ladies, 31 ; total, 35 ; for the year, gentlemen, 6 ; 
 ladies, 53; total, 59. 1873-74: fall, gentlemen, 5; ladies, 56; total, 61 ; winter, 
 gentlemen, 4 ; ladies, 48 ; total, 52 ; spring, gentlemen, 4 ; ladies, 48 ; total, 52 ; 
 summer, gentlemen, 4 ; ladies, 38 ; total, 42 ; total for year, 78. 
 
 1874-75. 
 
 Edward J. Hyde, A. M., principal. Miss F. M. Bromley, first assistant ; Miss 
 Mary Hastings and Miss Laura A. Brown, assistants. Fall, 44 ; winter, 49 ; spring, 
 61 ; summer, 42 ; total, 66. Average attendance, 49. 
 
 1875-76. 
 
 Eev. George A. Barrett, principal. Miss Ella Williams, first assistant ; Mr. 
 K. E. Maranville and Miss Cora F. Barker, assistants. Fall, 86 ; winter, 39 ; 
 spring, 46; summer, 27; total, 62. Average attendance, 37. Average attendance 
 since organization, 36. 
 
 1876-77. 
 
 Walter E. Howard, A. B. , principal. Miss Irene S. Clark, first assistant ; Miss 
 Mary C. JSTorthrop, assistant. Number of different pupils during the year, 64. 
 
 1877-78. 
 
 Walter E, Howard, A. B., principal. Miss Jennie E. Williams, first assistant ; 
 Miss Jennie L. Cheever, assistant. Number of different pupils during the year, 70 . 
 
 187S-79. 
 
 Judah Dana, A. M., principal. Miss Mary Dana, first assistant ; Richard Dana, 
 and Miss Lucy A. Noyes, assistants. Number of different pupils during the 
 year, 73. 
 
 1879-80. 
 
 Judah Dana, A. M., principal. Miss Mary Dana, first assistant ; Richard 
 Dana and Miss Lelia A. Stevens, assistants. Number of different pupils during the 
 year, 108. 
 
 1880-81. 
 
 Judah Dana, A. M. principal. Miss Mary Dana, first assistant ; Richard 
 Dana, until his death, March 1, 1881, Henry J. Stevens, the rest of the year, and 
 Henry H. Howe, assistants. Number of different pupils enrolled during the 
 year, 121. 
 
80 
 
 HISTORICAL MEMORANDA, 
 
 1881-89. 
 Abel E. Leavenworth, A. M., principal and proprietor. Miss Louisa M. Leaven- 
 worth, associate. Miss Abigail E. Leonard, first assistant ; Miss Lucy Wells, assistant ; 
 Miss Fannie 0. Taylor, assistant five years, 1881-86. Miss Emma L. Fuller, matron 
 and assistant, fall of 1881. Miss Kate M. Hyde, assistant from February, 1883, to 
 April, 1885. Miss Eleanor L. Manley, assistant from April, 1885, to July, 1886, 
 and from February, 1887 to 1889. Miss Ida M. Robbins, assistant from August, 
 1886, to January, 1887. Miss Anna F. Bell, assistant from August, 1886 to 1889. 
 Miss Harriet K. Farnham, assistant from August, 1887 to 1889. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ATTENDAlsTCB. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Year. 
 
 Fall. 
 
 87 
 
 Winter. 
 
 Term. 
 105 
 
 Spring. 
 
 Summer. 
 
 Term. 
 
 Year. 
 
 1881-2 
 
 96 
 
 102 
 
 84 
 
 107 
 
 126 
 
 1882-3 
 
 135 
 
 125 
 
 144 
 
 121 
 
 90 
 
 129 
 
 167 
 
 1883-4 
 
 107 
 
 108 
 
 133 
 
 115 
 
 100 
 
 119 
 
 162 
 
 1884-5 
 
 125 
 
 128 
 
 139 
 
 112 
 
 96 
 
 118 
 
 166 
 
 1885-6 
 
 123 
 
 130 
 
 138 
 
 140 
 
 114 
 
 147 
 
 185 
 
 1886-7 
 
 143 
 
 148 
 
 167 
 
 148 
 
 112 
 
 149 
 
 213 
 
 1887-8 
 
 130 
 
 135 
 
 148 
 
 138 
 
 107 
 
 142 
 
 18f 
 
 1888-9 
 
 156 
 
 163 
 
 177 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 GRADU. 
 
 A.TES. 
 
 
 
 Year. 
 
 First Coi 
 
 arse. 
 
 Secoi 
 
 id Course. 
 
 Year. 
 1880 
 
 First Course 
 
 Second Course 
 
 1870 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 
 4 
 
 1871 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 1881 
 
 18 
 
 
 6 
 
 1872 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 1882 
 
 11 
 
 
 5 
 
 1873 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 1883 
 
 7 
 
 
 8 
 
 1874 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 1884 
 
 14 
 
 
 2 
 
 1875 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 1885 
 
 25 
 
 
 4 
 
 1876 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 1886 
 
 16 
 
 
 5 
 
 1877 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 1887 
 
 37 
 
 
 2 
 
 1878 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 1888 
 
 21 
 
 
 3 
 
 1879 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total - - 
 
 285 
 
 
 
 73 
 
 The State Superintendent of Education in his report for 1888, makes the number 
 of graduates in the First Course, 295. The error of ten in the above table arises from 
 the fact that ten graduated in both courses at the same time and are counted in the 
 column of Second Course graduates only. Add two for 1868 and the number will be 
 297. 
 

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HISTORICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 The records are so incomplete it has been deemed impracticable to attempt the 
 writing of an extended history of the school. Most of the business of the corpora- 
 tion would appear to have been done through committees whose reports were put 
 on file, if written, and not made a matter of record. Hence we have printed on the 
 preceding pages the facts of which we felt assured. An attempt is now made to fill 
 up the gaps, or, at least, to bridge them over. The following statements have been 
 gleaned from the History of Castleton by Rev. Joseph Steele, a historical address 
 by Hon. Henry Clark, June 30, 1870, and from letters, old papers, and various conver- 
 sations with old residents, each having been corrected as to facts established by the 
 other. 
 
 It appears that as early as March, 1786, efforts were made to secure the erection 
 of a school building for purposes of higher instruction than the district, schools at 
 that time afforded. This was twenty-five years after the charter of the town was 
 granted and only twenty years subsequent to the first recorded meeting of the pro- 
 prietors. The funds were raised, a building was erected, and a school began. The 
 sturdy pioneers of that period treated school work as a business to be well followed. 
 The school year consisted of forty-eight weeks. 
 
 Mr. Steele states that "Rev. Oliver Hurlbert was the first preceptor. His term 
 of service was in the old gambrel roof school-house, and probably continued until 
 that school-house was burned. Very little is known respecting his administration ; 
 only this, that the school was well sustained, under the circumstances. Mr. Hurl- 
 bert subsequently entered the ministry and was settled in Ohio. R. 0. Moulton was 
 chosen preceptor soon after the new building was completed." This may have been 
 Rollin 0. Mallary. 
 
 On October 15, 1787, an act was passed by the General Assembly of Vermont, 
 establishing a County Grammar School in and for Rutland County, and naming the 
 " New School-House " at Castleton as the place -wherein it should be taught. The 
 records of Dec. 6, 1806, approve ^'the contract for furnishing an Instructor for the 
 Present Quarter." It was also " voted that there be two vacations in each year, that 
 is to say 2 weeks each, the 1st commencing the 2d Thursday in March ; 2d, the 2d 
 Thursday in September, annually." Also '^ voted that there shall be two Publick 
 Exhibitions in each year, semi-annually, that is to say the 1st on the 2nd Wednes- 
 day of March and the 2nd on the 2nd Wednesday in September, annually." 
 
 On July 2d, 1807, it was voted by the corporation "that John Mason, Elihu 
 Smith and Enos Merrill be a committee to consult Mr. Halbnrt, the present Precep- 
 tor, and see if he can be obtained as Instructor or Preceptor for any further time, 
 and to employ any other under Instructor or usher they may think expedient for the 
 present quarter." The teachers would appear to have been hired by the quarter. 
 
 The committee reported on July 20 ^' that they had engaged Mr. John Denison 
 as an usher for the remainder of the present quarter, at the sum of twenty dol- 
 lars ; whereupon Resolved^ that said Report be accepted." The gentlemen named 
 11 
 
82 HISTORICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 were made "a standing committee of the corporation, until the annual meeting in 
 March next/' and were "directed to employ a Preceptor." A very full code of 
 By-Laws for the government of the students was passed. This appears to have 
 been the first employment of an assistant. 
 
 Rev. Sam'l W. Boardman, D. D., contributes the following: ^' Hon. Rollin 0. 
 Mallary, graduate of Middlebury, 1805, member congress, etc., was" Preceptor of 
 Oastleton Academy, 1S06. 
 
 Ira Bascom, M. D., tutor in Middlebury College, 1810-11, was Preceptor of 
 Rutland County Grammar School at Castleton sometime between 1807, when he 
 probably commenced, and 1810. 
 
 Rev. Josiah Peet, graduate of Middlebury, 1808, was Preceptor 1808-9. 
 
 Hon. John Willard, LL. D., graduate of Middlebury College, 1813, judge of 
 the Supreme Court of New York, taught in Castleton 1813-14. 
 
 Henry Howe, Middlebury, 1817, taught 1820 to 1825, was among the best 
 scholars in his class and had an honor at commencement ; tutor at Middlebury Col- 
 lege 1818-20, and teacher at Onondaga 1826-50, where Hon. Stephen A. Doug- 
 las, LL. D., was among his pupils. He was one of the most useful teachers ever 
 engaged in Castleton. 
 
 Rev. Walter Follctt, Middlebury, 1825, was Preceptor Castleton Academy 1825, 
 1826. 
 
 Hon. Solomon Foot, LL. D., United States Senator, etc., was Preceptor 1826, 
 1827, and also 1828-29. He spent the summer of 1829 in founding and erecting 
 Castleton Seminary, of which he was Principal, 1829-31. 
 
 Rev. Henry Smith, D. D., LL. D., Middlebury, 1827, tutor 1828-30, President 
 at Marietta College and Professor in Lane Theological Seminary, was Preceptor of 
 Castleton Academy, 1827-28. 
 
 Rev. Sam'l Storrs Howe, Middlebury, 1829, tutor 1835-36, Preceptor of 
 Castleton Seminary, 1830-31. 
 
 Rev. Truman Marcellas Post, D. D., graduated Middlebury, 1829, with vale- 
 dictory, tutor 1830-32, Principal of Castleton Academy 1829-30. Dr. Post became 
 one of the most eminent preachers of his generation. 
 
 Hon. Alexander W. Buel, graduated Middlebury, 1830, member of congress 
 from Michigan, fitted at Castleton Seminary and taught there 1833-34. 
 
 Hon. James Meacham, Middlebury, 1832, tutor 1836-38, Professor of Rhet- 
 oric and English Literature, member of congress 1849-1856. [Mr. Meacham taught 
 herein 1832-33.— Ed.] 
 
 Rev. Edward Hallock, Middlebury, 1835. [Principal 1838-56.— Ed.] 
 
 Samuel Millington Wood, Middlebury, 1836, teacher at Castleton Seminary 
 1851-54. 
 
 Hon. William Warner, Middlebury, 1837, taught in Castleton Seminary, 1839, 
 1842. 
 
 Eber Douglas Munger, Middlebury, 1842, tutor 1846-47, teacher in Castleton 
 Seminary in 1845-46. 
 
 Hon. John Churchill, LL. D., member of congress and judaic of the Supreme 
 Court of New York, Middlebury, 1843, tutor 1845-46, taught classics in Castle- 
 ton Seminary 1842-44. 
 
 Rev. W. W. Winchester, 1847-49. Prof. McKendree Petty, U. V. M., 1849-51, 
 Prof. 1854. Rev. Sam'l Ward Boardman, D. D., 1853, Middlebury, 1851, Professor 
 
HISTORICAL SKETCHES, S3 
 
 of Rhetoric and English Literature, 1859-61. Selah Gridley Perkins, Union 
 College, 1847, Castleton 1847 and 1851-52. James Tufts, Yale ; Castleton 1845. 
 Jonathan Lane, Yale; Castleton 1846. 
 
 Eev. Edwin Hall, D. D., Middlebury, 1826, Professor of Systematic Theology 
 in Auburn Theological Seminary, fitted at Castleton Seminary [and taught there in 
 1822, and perhaps later]. 
 
 Leonard Rawson, Middlebury, 1833, tutor 1836-37. He was a teacher also in 
 Castleton for a short time. 
 
 Rev. Charles Walker, D. D., was in charge of the Seminary about 1832. A 
 Mr. Mack and Rev. Mr. Clark were teachers about 1837.^' 
 
 We print the foregoing in confirmation of much of the matter elsewhere given. 
 The high character of the early teachers is fully proven by the positions of honor 
 they afterwards attained. 
 
 Returning to the records of July 22, 1809, we find that William Dickinson was 
 elected Preceptor. Sept. 12, 1812, it was "Resolved that Eleazer Barrows, late 
 Preceptor of Castleton Academy, is justly entitled to our public thanks for the tal- 
 ent and fidelity he has manifested for nearly two years past in conducting the con- 
 cerns of this institution, for the propriety of his conduct as a Preceptor, and his 
 uninterrupted success in the improvement of those students entrusted to his care.*' 
 Hon. Henry Clark states that about 1812, *^ the institution passed under the 
 charge of Ebenezer Barnes, who was a popular teacher, and gave, both to the corpo- 
 ration and community, entire satisfaction." Mr. Steele states that John L. Cazier 
 and Horace Belknap were each of them preceptors, but it does not appear in what 
 years, or how long they continued." 
 
 In 1814-15, the expenses of the school were $2,169.12 ; the receipts, S2,000.85. 
 In 1815, the buildings were removed back from the street, chiefly through the 
 efforts of Hon. R. C. Maliary. Mrs. Olive Branch Maynard, now in her ninetieth 
 year, states that she began attending school at the Old Yellow Academy in 1814, at 
 the age of fourteen. She recalls that Rev. John Olancey was one of her teachers, 
 and that Henry Howe taught for a year about 1815, having left college to earn 
 money to go on with his studies. It appears from the foregoing statements that 
 many of the early teachers were either college students or young graduates. 
 
 In 1817-18, the expenses were $3,089.66; the receipts $2,942.87. Mr. Steele 
 states that Rev. John Clancey taught for one year about this time. In 1819-20, the 
 expenses were $1,082.41 ; the receipts, $1,007.44. 
 
 Since the foregoing statements were put in type, the treasurer's book, with 
 entries from August, 1806, to January, 1845, has come to light. We find in it en- 
 tries of payments made to the following named persons as instructors, including 
 galary and board : 
 
 Rollin C. Maliary, for the first quarter, ending August, 1806 ; Mr. 0. Hurlburd, 
 for six quarters, ending March, 1808; Mr. Josiah Peet, for five quarters, ending 
 June, 1809 ; Mr. Sheldon for the thirteenth quarter, ending September, 1809 ; Mr. 
 Hough, for fourteenth quarter, ending December, 18 10 ; Mr. Barrows, for the fif- 
 teenth quarter, ending March, 1811 ; Mr. Hitchkoke, for the sixteenth quarter, 
 ending June, 1811; Mr. Barrows, for five quarters, ending September, 1812 ; Mr. 
 Davis, for four quarters, ending August, 1813. A memorandum shoves the total 
 expense for the preceding quarter to have been $'^,184,31 ; the receipts, $2,121,56. 
 Further expenses to spring of 1816, 133.53, receipts, $118.01, leaving in the treasury 
 
84 HISTORICAL SKETCHES, 
 
 $21.73. (There is no entry of payments to teachers during nearly three years, so 
 that the teachers from August, 1813, to spring of 1816, if any, must have taught 
 for the tuitions.) Mr. H. Belknap, for the five quarters ending August, 1817 ; Mr. 
 Henry Howe, for the five quarters ending September, 1818. From other entries it 
 would appear that Rev. John Olancey, was principal in 1818-19, and J. L. Burnap, 
 in 1819-20. Payments were also made to Miss Christie. Mr. Henry Howe returned 
 in 1820. 
 
 July 5, 1820. Voted '' to employ Mr. Henry Howe, in the capacity of perma- 
 nent instructor, for the term of one year," and to increase his salary fifty dollars. 
 Tuition made 13.50 for languages, and $3.00 for Geography and Grammar. The 
 year was divided into two t^rms of twenty-two weeKs each. Oct. 17, discussed "the 
 subject of employing an assistant to Mr. Howe, to instruct the young ladies." Oct. 
 20, 1820, ordered that monitors be appointed by the preceptor, or usher, to keep 
 order records. July 15, 1821, "resolved that we employ Mr. Henry Howe for the 
 term of four years, to commence on the second Wednesday after the third Wednes- 
 day in August next, and that said corporation give him, the said Howe, as a com- 
 pensation for his services, two hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum, and one- 
 half of the sum arising from tuition in said R. 0. Grammar School. Voted that 
 0. Langdon. E. Merrill and S. Gridley be a committee to advertise the employment 
 of Mr. H. Howe, as above resolved, and that board may be obtained at one dollar 
 per week." 
 
 March, 1822. **Voted that Mr. Henry Howe be authorized to hire Mr. 
 Edwin Hall, of Middlebury College, to assist him in instructing the Rutland County 
 Grammar School." July 25, 1824, tuition raised to three and four dollars per 
 quarter. 
 
 April 17, 1825, voted to *'pay Mr. Henry Howe, after the expiration of the 
 present year, * * * three hundred dollars and one-half of the sum arising from 
 tuition." Aug. 8, 1825, '* resolved, unanimously, that the thanks of this corpora- 
 tion be presented to Mr. Henry Howe for the faithful and courteous manner in 
 which he has uniformly discharged the arduous duties of principal of the Rutland 
 County Grammar School and Castleton Academy, during the six years he has super- 
 intended the institution, and assure him that his government and able instruction 
 have always received our cordial approbation." Mr. Steele states that Mr. Hall suc- 
 ceeded Mr. Howe, but it was probably for a short time only, if at all. 
 
 From the notes furnished by Dr. Samuel W. Boardman, we learn that Rev. 
 Walter Follett was principal in 1825-26 ; Solomon Foot, in 1826-27 ; Henry Smith, 
 in 1827-28; Solomon Foot, in 1828-29; Rev. Truman M. Post, 1829-30; Rev. 
 Samuel Storrs Howe, 1830-31 ; also that Leonard Rawson was a teacher, date not 
 given. From other sources we learn that Geo. C.V. Eastman was a successful precep- 
 tor about 1831-32. James Meacham must have been preceptor about 1832-33, for we 
 learn from the records of Aug. 14, 1833, that *^it was voted to pay Alexander Buel 
 ten dollars for hearing recitations after Mr. Meacham left the school and previous to 
 Messrs. Walker and Clark taking charge of the same." From a'catalogue published 
 November, 1827, we learn that Henry Smith was then principal. From the cata- 
 logue of October, 1826, we learn that Mr. Foot was then principal, and May 23, 
 1828, it was *' resolved that Mr. Solomon Foot be, and hereby is, elected principal 
 of the Rutland County Grammar School, to commence on the duties of said office 
 after the expiration of the present quarter. Resolved, that to enable said Foot to 
 
HISTORICAL SKETCHES, 85 
 
 supply such assistants as he may deem necessary, and as a compensation for his ser- 
 vices, he be entitled to and receive all the fees paid by the students for tuition. 
 Resolved, that the secretary transmit to Mr. Foot copies of the foregoing resolutions.'* 
 Feb. 17, 1830, '* voted to pay Solomon Foot twelve dollars and sixty-seven cents, it 
 being the amount of rent he paid for the use of the Female Department of said 
 school the year past." It thus appears that Mr. Foot was principal up to this date. 
 It was also "resolved that Mr. Foot be a committee to revise the laws of 
 this institution, and to make a report thereof at the next meeting of the corpo- 
 ration." March 2, 1830, ^' after hearing Mr. Foot's report of laws proposed for 
 adoption, the corporation adjourned to the 8th inst." March 22, 1830, '* adopted a 
 code of laws for the government of the school, and the secretary was ordered to 
 procure four hundred copies thereof to be printed, for which reference may be had 
 to said by-laws, as printed." We find no further mention of Mr. Foot as an 
 active member of the corporation. By reference to the circulars of the ''Vermont 
 Classical Seminary," issued February, 1830, and publis hed herewith, it will be 
 learned that Mr. Foot was a party to the opening of a rival school, and Mr. Board- 
 man states that **he spent the summer of 1829 in founding and erecting Oastleton 
 Seminary, of which he was principal, 1829-31." From a copy of the '^Oastleton 
 Advertiser" of May 15, 1886, we learn that a copy of the Statesman, printed in 
 Oastleton by Houghton & Glynn, and bearing date of July 8, 1829, had been 
 found, in which it speaks of the celebration, the previous Saturday, of the 53d 
 anniversary of American independence, on which occasion the corner-stone of the 
 High School building, (the present Normal School building,) was put in place. The 
 report in the Statesman of the exercises is as follows : 
 
 ** The rising of the sun was announced by the firing of twenty-five guns and 
 the ringing of bells. At tioo o'clock p. m., a large number of the citizens of this 
 aod adjoining towns repaired to the eminence south of the street, where the High 
 School building is to be erected. After an invocation by the Rev. Joseph Steele, 
 the corner-stone was laid in proper shape under the superintendence of Col. Noah 
 Lee, a venerable patriot soldier of the Revolution, assisted by Lieut. Hall, another 
 Revolutionary worthy, and Gen. Clark of Middletown. The Declaration of Inde- 
 pendence was read by Z. Howe, Esq., when an appropriate and interesting address 
 on the subject of the progress of intellectual improvement and the influence of 
 a general diffusion of knowledge upon our social happiness and our national pros- 
 perity, was delivered by Solomon Foot, the principal of the school. The company 
 then repaired to the table of Mr. Westover, which was abundantly supplied. Hon. 
 R. C. Mallary presided at the table, assisted by Major 0. N. Dana, the marshal of 
 the day." The report continued with the regular toasts of the day, and the volun- 
 teer toasts by the following persons: G. F. Warren, Solomon Foot, Hon. R. 0. 
 Mallary, Hon. Mr. Moulton, A. W. Hyde, W. A. Branch, Gen. Clark, and Lewis 
 Miner. 
 
 It appears that Mr. Foot and his associates failed to realize their expectations in 
 establishing a boys' boarding school, and that they suffered great pecuniary loss. 
 Mr. Arunah W. Hyde, a man who knew not the word fail, came to the rescue, com- 
 pleted the building, and began negotiating to find some use for it, either as a hotel 
 or a school. On January 6, 1832, a committee of the corporation made the follow- 
 ing report : 
 
86 HISTORICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 " To the Corporation of the Rutland County Grammar School : 
 
 Your committee, appointed on the 19th day of December, 1831, 'to report a 
 plan for promoting the interests of the school,' having had the subject under consid- 
 eration, would respectfully report, that, in case the Baptist deuomiaation of Chris- 
 tians in this State should procure the building erected in this village for a high school, 
 and establish therein a primary literary institution, they would recommend to the cor- 
 poration to apply to the next General Assembly of this State for an act to be passed 
 authorizing the corporation to have the Rutland County G-ramniar School taught 
 in that building, and to constitute a branch of that institution, the corporation exer- 
 cising the right of nominating one of the instructors thereof ; and that the funds of the 
 Eutland County G-rammar School be appropriated, after paying the just debts now 
 against said corporation, for the support of the instructor by them nominated, or 
 for the support of that branch of the contemplated institution." " The foregoing 
 report was adopted, and Mr. Steele was appointed a delegate to meet the trustees 
 of the Baptist Seminary at Rutland on the Uth inst., and Z. Howe was appointed 
 substitute." 
 
 March 20, 1833, *' voted that Joseph Steele and Z. Howe be a committee to 
 confer with Mr. A. W. Hyde and ascertain on what terms he will let the building 
 called the High School for our Academy, and report to a future meeting." 
 
 April 8, 1833, the committee reported terms, and Mr. Meacham was added to 
 the committee aforesaid, and they were instructed to'* circulate a subscription paper 
 for the purpose of raising funds to procure maps, charts, globes and philosophical 
 apparatus for the academy, and also to make some alterations in the building above 
 alluded to, in case the corporation should procure the same." April 15, 1833, the 
 committee were " authorized to take a lease of the said building and to make all the 
 repairs and alterations to the same, which they may deem necessary for the accom- 
 modation of the academy ;. also to procure such maps, charts, globes and philosoph- 
 ical apparatus as may be requisite for the school." The committee were also author- 
 ized to contract with Messrs. Charles Walker and Lucius F. Clark to take charge of 
 the school, and to pay fifty dollars annually towards the rent, '' in aid of the said 
 Walker and Clark." 
 
 August 14, 1833, ''Voted that Messrs. Steele, Howe and S. H. Merrill be a 
 committee to devise ways and means to establish a Lyceum in connection with the 
 Academy." August 20, Voted to establish *' Castleton Seminary Lyceum," and 
 " that tickets of admission be furnished to the scholars at twelve an a half centsd 
 per quarter, to individuals not connected with the school at fifty cents a year 
 and to families at one dollar a year." May 6, 1831, " Resolved that the corporation 
 continue to occupy the building now in use for the school for the further term of 
 four years under the provisions of their lease, provided they can effect a contract for 
 instructing the school agreeably thereto." 
 
 March 23, 1835, accepted grant from the town and First Congregational Society 
 of the old Congregational meeting house for the use of the Rutland County Grammar 
 School and "Mr. Lucius P. Clark was authorized to circulate a subscription paper to 
 raise funds to purchase the building now occupied for said school." August 11, 1835, 
 Messrs. "John Meacham and James Adams were appointed a committee to make 
 terms for sale of old meeting house and old academy," and Aug. 24 were instructed 
 to sell the latter at auction. May 20, 183G, the corporation relinquished their rioht 
 
HISTORICAL SKETCHES. 87 
 
 and title to the old yellow academy, to the town. This building, with its enduring 
 yellow paint, now stands upon Railroad Street and is occupied as a residence by. Mr. 
 Charles Brown. 
 
 October 20, 1836, ''Hon. Z. Howe, member of the Senate, and Solomon Foot, 
 Esq., member of the House," were requested to present a memorial to the Legisla- 
 ture asking for pecuniary aid for the Rutland County Grammar School. July 14, 
 1867, "Voted to invite the Rev. Mr. Mack to take charge of the school as an assis- 
 tant principal with the Rev. L. F. Clark." September 3, 1838, " Rev. Edward J. 
 Hallock was duly elected principal of the institution." September 10, 1838, Messrs. 
 Howe, Perkins and Dana were appointed ''a committee to take a conveyance of the 
 building now occupied by said Seminary and that the business be done as soon as 
 may be." Nov. 19, 1841, voted the use of the buildings and grounds to Mr. Hallock 
 for five years, on condition that he raise five thousand dollars by subscription for 
 benefifc of the school. This subscription was accepted by the corporation on N"ov. 
 19, 1847, and a lease given to Mr. Hallock for five years from Sept. 1. 1846. This 
 subscription was passed over to Mr. Hyde in payment for balance due on building, 
 and a receipt taken in January, 1848. 
 
 High tribute is paid to Principal Hallock's successful service of eighteen years, 
 in the extracts from letters already quoted. Messrs. Clark and Mack had made 
 efforts to raise funds to buy the brick edifice of Mr. Hyde^ which was leased from 
 1833 to 1838, but had failed. Mr. Hallock, who was supplying the pulpit of the 
 Congregational church for a season, undertook the task, subscribing five hundred 
 dollars himself to start with. He succeeded in raising five thousand dollars and 
 was given in recognition of his services a lease of the seminary property for five 
 years. But we forbear and leave the tributes to his memory to his loving pupils. 
 
 Rev. Azariah Hyde succeeded him for three years, 1856-9, and Rev. Stephen 
 Knowlton, from 1859-62. Both are living and their pupils bear testimony to sin- 
 cere and faithful service. Miss Harriet Newell Haskell succeeded for five years, 
 1862-7. Our poet pays a fitting tribute to her reign, and hundreds of pupils never 
 cease to speak her praises. Phoenix-like, she even now rises from the ashes of 
 Monticello, undaunted by adversity. 
 
 A period of depression followed her departure from the school. The corpora- 
 tion leased the property of the seminary to Rev. Dr. John Newman, D. D., and 
 Prof. Richard H. Dutton, of '' Ripley Female College," for ten years. Mr. 0. R. 
 Ballard was employed as principal of two schools, '' Castleton Seminary and State 
 Normal School," as the circular for the year 1867-8 states. Three young ladies 
 graduated in the first Normal School course in the spring of 1868, and two in the 
 Seminary course in July. At the end of the first year the " Castleton Trustees '' 
 sought and obtained a surrender of the lease. 
 
 Rev, Roswell Harris was employed by the Trustees during a greater part of 
 1868-69. Miss Emma L. Higley taught with him, and, after he left, *^ had a select 
 school of twelve choice girls." 
 
 In the fall of 1869 Rev. R. G-. Williams was appointed principal. He conducted 
 two separate schools, *' Castleton Seminary " in the brick building, and the ** State 
 Normal School" in the Medical College building, now situated at the right of the 
 Seminary building proper. He labored earnestly to build up both schools. His 
 first Normal School class was graduated in the spring of 1870, and his last Seminary 
 class in June, 1873. We find no catalogue of his school for 1869-70, but we learn 
 
88 HISTORICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 from the State Superintendent's report that his assistants for that year were Mrs. 
 M. E. Williams, Miss Emily S. Sanford, Miss Emily W. Reed, Miss Annie Ree d, 
 and Kev. W. T. Ross. Mr. Williams left in the summer of 1874. The teachers 
 since that date may be learned from an examination of the Summary of Catalogues. 
 
 The Seminary course was discontinued in 1876. In May, 1881, the corpora- 
 tion, by authority of legislative enactment, sold the real estate and personal prop- 
 erty to Abel E. Leavenworth, who began to teach in 1846, and has taught ever 
 since, save three years in the army, 1862-5, and two of rest, 1879-81. 
 
 The known living principals are Rev. Samuel Storrs Howe, Perth Amboy, N. 
 J.; Rev. Azariah Hyde, Galesburg, Illinois ; Rev. Stephen Knowlton, Greensboro', 
 Vermont ; Miss Harriet Newell Haskell, Godfrey, Illinois ; Ohas. RoUin Ballard, 
 North Easton, Mass. ; Roswell Harris, East Saginaw, Mich. ; Rev. R. G. Williams, 
 Amherst, Mass.; Rev. Geo A. Barrett, Plattsburgh, N. Y.; Hon. Walter E. How- 
 ard, instructor in Middlebury (Vt.) College; Rev. Judah Dana, West Rutland, Vt.; 
 Abel E. Leavenworth, Castleton, Vt. 
 
 Milo Ingalsbee, of So. Hartford, N. Y., writes : Unexpectedly to myself I 
 was able to reach your place at a late hour on the lOth inst., though compelled to 
 leave before the close of proceedings. I was highly pleased with what I saw and 
 heard, though am not sure but I feel more aged for the trip, as I did not see a face 
 that I knew there in 1837. Mr. Boardman and Mr. Sandford were boys of the 
 vicinity and attended the Seminary. The boy Boardman was brought to mind 
 after hearing him talk. But death has made fearful havoc among the boys of '37. 
 Merrit of Sacramento, Cal., Reynolds of Saratoga, Corliss of Providence, R. I., and 
 F. Walker of Benson, Vt., are all with whose whereabouts I am familiar. Dec. 2d he 
 writes his surprise "- that so little was publicly said of my old preceptors, Messrs. 
 Clark and Mack. Mr. Mack was a thorough educator, giving his whole life to the 
 work, and was an estimable man. Mr. Clark, as I remember him, easy and faulty, 
 as he may have been in some respects, had the happy faculty of elucidating to his 
 students the practical and every day value of the subject matters and study under 
 review. Had I been a public speaker, should have been pleased to have made these 
 statements emphatic at your meeting." Under date of March 28, 1888, he men- 
 tions the recent death of William H. Ward, a student in the early thirties, and of 
 Geo. H. Corliss and Lewis T. McLean, fellows of his at the Seminary in 1837. 
 
 Others of Mr. Clark's pupils have spoken very highly of his methods of teach- 
 ing geography and the natural sciences. 
 
 The writer of this sketch has been amazed at the bright galaxy of men and 
 women that, like the milky way of the heavens, light up the circuit of the first 
 century of this school. It would be a delightful task, were it possible to obtain 
 authentic dates, to compile a history of them. Such a history would farnish 
 inspiring reading for those who with small faith tremblingly plant a new institution 
 of learning. The long array of persons distinguished in the learned professions, 
 the fourth profession of teaching included, is, to say the least, marvelous. Not a 
 few have achieved distinction in the halls of Congress, as senators and representa- 
 tives, and in different State Legislatures ; a goodly number have graced the bench 
 of the Supreme Court of New York and of other States ; others have served their 
 country well in the army and navy, while a long array have achieved success in the 
 business world. Like a living fountain, rising among the everlasting hills of this 
 beautiful State, this institution has, for a century, sent forth streams of iniiuence 
 that have refreshed and blessed State, country and the world. 
 
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 Since the foregoiog pages were printed, the following facts have come to our 
 notice : January 2, 1868, the first session of the Normal School was opened at Cas- 
 tleton. Four candidates presented themselves for^j admission, and were examined 
 by Principal Ballard and by Hon. M. Clark and D. D. Gorham, members of the Ver- 
 mont Board of Education. One ot the class writes as follows : " During the three 
 months that followed we accomplished all that the closest attention to study, intense 
 application and persistent determination could do in so short a time. Of course the work 
 was little else than review of previous studies. At the close of the term it was 
 thought best that we should take our examination at Rutland, where a teachers' insti- 
 tute was to be held just at that time. * * * Only three members of our class went 
 up to take the examination." This verifies Principal Ballard's statement, given on 
 page 78. Miss Rhoda E. Congdon, now Superintendent of Schools for Wallingtord, 
 and Miss Mary A. Willard, M. D., now practicing medicine in Detroit, Mich., passed 
 the examination and were given certificates bearing date of April 1, 1868. These cer- 
 tificates were signed by Lewis Francis, President of the Board of Trustees, C. R. Bal- 
 lard, Principal of the school, and A. E. Rankin, Secretary of the Board of Education. 
 This statement settles the fact of the beginning of the Normal School, though not any 
 of the State appropriation was used by this school during the first two years. 
 
 On page fifth of the Annual Report of the Vermont Board of Education, made 
 to the General Assembly in September, 1868, we find that they elected Miss E. O. 
 Patch, a graduate from one of the Massachusetts Normal Schools, Principal of the 
 State Normal School at Castleton, and that she began her school on September 23, 
 1868. We learn, also, from one of the ladies who attended the school, that a class of 
 about twenty-five entered the school by examination, and that the Seminary was not 
 in session at the time. Miss Patch has since achieved a reputation as one of Massa- 
 chusetts' most successful teachers. She remained here only a short time, and was 
 succeeded by Mr. Harris and Miss Higley as teachers in the Seminary proper. This 
 was evidently the year when the continuance of both Seminary and Normal School 
 hung in the balance. 
 
 On page 78, the paragraph under 1868 should read, *^Miss E. O. Patch, Princi- 
 pal. Number of pupils, about twenty-five." 
 
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 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 Rey. Geoege Nye Boardma^n, D. D. Born in Pittsford, Vt., December 23, 
 1825. Fitted for College at Castleton Seminary. Graduated at Middlebury Col- 
 lege in 1847. Tutor in Middlebury College from 1847 to 1849. Graduated at An- 
 dover Theological Seminary in 1852. Professor at Middlebury College from 1853 
 to 1859. Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church i»i Binghamton, N. Y., 1859 to 
 1871. Professor of Systematic Theology in Chicago Theological Seminary since 
 1871. Received degree of D. D. from the University of Vermont in 1867. 
 
 Charles Edward Patterso^^, speaker of the New York Assembly of 1882, 
 and representative of the First district of Rensselaer county, wiis born of American 
 parents of English descent, at Corinth, Vermont, May 3, 1842. Ho received a liberal 
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90 BIOGRAPHWAL SKETCHES. 
 
 preparatory education, and graduated from Union College with honors in the class 
 of 1860. Among his classmates were United States Senator Warner Miller and Neil 
 Gilmour, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. On leaving college, Mr. Pat- 
 terson applied himself to the study of law and in due time was admitted to the bar. 
 He settled in the practice of his profession at Troy, and has for many years been one 
 of the most active and successful practitioners at the bar of northern New York. In 
 politics Mr. Patterson is, and always has been, a Democrat. In 1878 he was the 
 Democratic candidate for Congress in his district against Walter A. Wood, but was 
 defeated, a Greenback candidate drawing largely from his vote. He was elected to 
 the Assembly without opposition in the fall of 1880, and that was the first public 
 position to which he was chosen. He was reelected in the fall of 1881 by a vote of 
 3,980 to 3,315 for George K. Brown, a labor reform candidate, whom the Kepubli- 
 cans also adopted and nominated. He was unanimously nominated for speaker, in 
 the Democratic assembly caucus, January 2, 1882, but the eight Tammany Demo- 
 crats withheld their votes from him and voted for James J. Costello of New York, 
 until February 2, when, on the twenty-eighth ballot, Mr. Patterson received all of 
 the Democratic votes and was elected speaker over Thomas G. Alvord, Eepublican. 
 Mr. Patterson is married and resides at Troy. 
 
 John Ingeesoll Gilbekt of Malone, Franklin county, N. Y. Mr. Gilbert was 
 born in Pittsford, Ptutland county, Vt., October 11, 1837. Both his grandfathers 
 were Revolutionary soldiers. He was educated at Castleton (Vt.) Seminary, North 
 Granville, N. Y., and Barre (Vt.) Academies, and the University of Vermont at 
 Burlington, graduating from the latter in 1859. He was formerly a teacher, and 
 was principal of the Eoyalton (Vt.) Academy, two years, and of the Franklin Acad- 
 emy at Malone six years. He is now a lawyer. In 1862 he delivered the Master's 
 oration at the University of Vermont Commencement. He was a member of the 
 New York Assembly in 1876, '77, '78, serving as Chairman of the Committees on 
 Engrossed Bills in 1876, and Railroads in 1877, Judiciary in 1878, and of the Special 
 Committee on Normal Schools in 1878, and also as member of Judiciary, Federal Rela- 
 tions, Indian Affairs and Joint Library. He was elected to the Senate in 1883, by a 
 majority of 7,150, in which he served as Chairman of the Committees on Litera- 
 ture and on Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties, and a member of the Commit- 
 tees on Judiciary and on Joint Library. Mr. G. took a leading part in the Assem- 
 bly in promoting the adoption of the Code of Civil Procedure, in pushing forward 
 temperance legislation, and in defense of the Normal Schools. He also took a 
 leading part in the debates on many of the bills before the Senate. He was dele- 
 gate-at-large from the State of New York to the National Republican Convention 
 at Chicago in 1884, and supported Senator Edmunds for nomination to the 
 Presidency. Mr. Gilbert is now a member of the Local Board of the State Normal 
 School at Potsdam, N. Y. ; a member of the Board of Education of Malone vil- 
 lage, N. Y.; and President of the Northern New York Institution for Deaf Mutes. 
 
 Hon. Merritt Clark. Mr. Clark was born in Middletown, Vt., February 
 11th, 1803. He fitted for college at Castleton, 1817-19, and was graduated from 
 Middlebury with honors in the class of '23. After his graduation he embarked in 
 business in his native town, where he remained until 1841. In that year he became 
 cashier of the Poultney Bank, which had been organized chiefly through his efforts, 
 and retained that place for more than a quarter of a century. Mr. Clark was also 
 one of the principal promoters of the Rutland and Washington railroad, and was 
 
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 President of the company '' from its organization in 1847, until the completion of 
 Ihe road to Albany, during which time he performed almost unparalleled labors, 
 and with the firm cooperation of his indefatigable brother, triumphed over the mosfc 
 formidable difficulties." In civil life Mr. Clark has borne, worthily, many honors. 
 He represented Middletown in the General Assembly in 1832-3-9, and Poultney in 
 1865-6. He was a State Senator in 1863-4, and 1868-9. In 1850 he was the Dem- 
 ocratic candidate for Congress, and was twice the Democratic candidate for Gover- 
 nor. He was a member of the last Constitutional Convention of Vermont. Under 
 the administration of President Polk he was United States Pension Agent, and was 
 postmaster in Middletown and Poultney for many years. He has also served as a 
 member of the Vermont Board of Education, and has been a trustee of the Eutland 
 County Grammar School for more than fifty years. He has also proved himself a 
 devoted friend of the Troy Conference Academy at Poultney, in some important 
 crises in its history. In 1852 he was a delegate to the National Democratic Con- 
 vention at Baltimore. For many years he was a director of the Vermont Mutual 
 Fire Insurance Company, was a Justice of the Peace for half a century, and has 
 held important town offices with the same ability and devotion with which he has 
 discharged all his public trusts. In 1828 Mr. Clark married Laura L. Langdon, of 
 Castleton, a lady of the rarest and most lovely character, whose memory, fragrant 
 with the sweetness of hearthstone love and kindly deed, is still cherished by all who 
 knew her. She died in 1869, at the age of sixty-five years. Of Mr. Clark, the 
 National Magazine, published in 1856, says : 
 
 " A clear^ far-reaching, comprehensive, vigorous intellect, and a bold, decisive, 
 tenacious will may command respect, but the qualities of the heart only secure our 
 love. The highest tribute is due to his sensibilities. It is occasionally our blessing 
 to meet a man with a soul — a soul that extends its influence out so far as to light 
 up the eye with kindness, imprint on the face a cheering smile, and give signifi- 
 cance to the friendly and warm-hearted grasp. One of such men is Mr. Clark. 
 The success of his mercantile enterprise, the prosperity of the Bank of Poultney, 
 and the triumphant success of all his plans for getting a railroad from Rutland to 
 Albany are the very best exponent of his financial skill and managing ability. In 
 his own town he is a noble citizen. There is no enterprise of public spirit 
 demanded by the interests of the community in which he is not ready to take an 
 active part. In a cheerful and happy old age, may he reap the rewards of useful 
 and virtuous living." 
 
 Much of the foregoing sketch is condensed from the '* History of Poultney," 
 published in 1874. 
 
 Key. Hei!TRY P. Higley, D. D. Born at Castleton, Feb. 1, 1839. Fitted for 
 college at Castleton Seminary, graduating in 1856. Graduated at Middlebury 
 College, 1860. Graduated at Auburn Theological Seminary, 1865. Pastor at Vevay, 
 Ind., 1865-6 ; at Beloit, Wis , 1866 to present time. Received degree of D. D. at 
 Middlebury College, 1886. 
 
 Hok. Andrew N. Adams of Fair Haven was born in Fair Haven, January 6, 
 1830. fie was educated at the Divinity school of Harvard University, graduating in 
 June, 1855. He is now a marble dealer and merchant, and began business in 1861. 
 He has been treasurer of the town and village of Fair Haven, trustee and president 
 of the State Normal School at Castleton, director of the First National Bank of Fair 
 Haven, and Justice of the Peace. He was a member of the House of Representa- 
 
92 BIOGBAFHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 tives in 1884, serving on the Committee on Manufactures. He was a member of 
 the Senate in 1888, serving as Chairman of the Joint Committee on House of Cor- 
 rection, and as member of the Committees on Education and of Elections. His 
 religious preference is Unitarian, and in politics he is a Republican. 
 
 F. D. Douglas was born in Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont, August 
 21st, 1828. His father died when he was quite young, leaving a large family, of 
 which he was the youngest member. 
 
 In his boyhood he attended the common and select schools in his neighborhood 
 and also one term at Brandon Academy. At seventeen years of age he became a 
 student of Castleton Seminary and commenced preparation for a collegiate course 
 under Prin. Hallock. He was soon after compelled, temporarily, as he supposed, 
 to discontinue his studies, in consequence of a severe attack of inflammation of the 
 eyes. But his eyesight was so seriously impaired by the disease that he was com- 
 pelled to relinquish his studies. 
 
 Having been born and reared upon a farm, and enjoying the occupation, he 
 finally decided to enter upon agricultural pursuits. Though compelled to relin- 
 quish an academic course, he has, nevertheless, been a thorough student in the vari- 
 ous departments of his chosen calling. He has followed agriculture as an intellec- 
 tual, as well as a physical occupation, and his writings upon various agricultural 
 subjects have had a wide circulation. 
 
 In the dairy department he has been especially successful, his investigations in 
 this direction having resulted in a complete revolution in the general dairy practice 
 of the country. He was the first to demonstrate the practicability of the deep set- 
 . ting of milk for cream raising purposes, and to explain many of the phenomena 
 observed in dairy practice, not previously understood. Although his ideas, in many 
 respects, were directly opposed to the preconceived opinions and prejudices of the 
 time, they have at last been adopted into the practice of the most intelligent and 
 progressive dairymen of the country. 
 
 He was the first to discover the true character of the globular structure of the 
 butter particles in milk, and to advance the true theory with regard to the ripening 
 process in cream, the true philosophy of churning, etc., etc. His demonstration of 
 the incorrectness of prevailing scientific opinions upon these subjects, in an address 
 delivered before the Connecticut Board of Agriculture in 1873, was pronounced un- 
 answerable by the leading scientists of Yale College, and other prominent scientists 
 who were present. His theories upon these subjects are now the prevailing scien- 
 tific theories of our time. 
 
 Mr. Douglas is an accepted authority in dairy science and practice, and pos. 
 sesses a superior reputation as a writer and speaker upon general agriculture. 
 
 While he has held several official positions he has never sought political promo- 
 tion. He has twice been a member of the State Legislature, each time holding the 
 position of chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. He was for several years a 
 member of the State Board of Agriculture ; has served as lecturer at the State Agri- 
 cultural College ; been employed in that capacity by most of the state boards of agri- 
 culture in New England, and also by the State Agricultural Society of New York. He 
 has for a long time been connected with the Vermont Dairymen's Association, as its 
 president, etc., and has been commissioned by several governors of the state as del- 
 egate to various national agricultural conventions. 
 
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 Mr. Douglas' life has been an active one, and it is not improbable that his work 
 in the promotion of the material interests of the country has been quite as benefi- 
 cial to the world as his services would have been had he secured, as he intended, a 
 classical education and adopted the legal profession, which would have been the 
 profession of his choice. 
 
 Arukah Waterman Hyde was born at Hyde Park, Vermont, July 14, 1799. 
 His father, Pitt W. Hyde, was one of the pioneer settlers of that part of the 
 state and through his exertions for the public interest earned the right of naming 
 the county seat of Lamoille county. He removed to Sudbury in 1802, where Aru- 
 nah's boyhood was spent upon his father's farm. At sixteen or seventeen years of 
 age he became a student at Castle ton Seminary. Soon after he obtained a position 
 in the store of James Adams. After five years he purchased the business and 
 formed a partnership with his brother, Oliver M. Hyde. In 1829, learning that the 
 funds raised by Solomon Foot were insufficient for the completion of the building 
 for the Vermont Classical Seminary, Mr. Hyde completed the building at a cost 
 of more than thirty thousand dollars. Indeed, he is claimed to have been 
 both projector and architect. He was deeply interested in the prosperity of the 
 town, and erected the Mansion House, three brick houses on Seminary street, the 
 marble block, corner of Main and Seminary streets, and a number of frame houses 
 in other parts of the village, opening up new streets for that purpose. In 1831: he 
 closed his mercantile business, and in 1837 purchased the lines of mail stages from 
 Oastleton to Salem, from Rutland to Whitehall, and from West Rutland via Clar- 
 endon Springs to Salem. Ln 1839 ho formed a partnership with his brother, Pitt 
 W. Hyde, and purchased the lines of stages from Middlebury to Burlington, Mid- 
 dlebury to Rutland, via Woodstock to Hanover, N. H., and from Fort Ticon- 
 deroga to Lake George, with a winter line extending to Montreal, and from Albany 
 to New York City. In 1844 this stage property was sold. In 1842 A. W. Hyde 
 purchased a water power and mill site at Castleton Mills, afterwards named Hyde- 
 ville in his honor, and built the second marble mill of any size in Rutland county. 
 He purchased a marble quarry at West Rutland, and in 1844, with P. W. Hyde, 
 formed a partnership with D. B Fuller, under the firm name of Hyde, Fuller & 
 Hyde. This company owned most of the property about Hydeville. In 1850 the 
 business was sold to the Hydeville Co. and A. W. Hyde was made president, a posi- 
 tion he held until his death. He was also deeply interested in the quarrying and 
 manufacture of roofing slate, as also in the building of the Rutland and Whitehall 
 railroad. He filled large contracts for constructing portions of it and was made 
 president, holding the office for twenty years. He was a man of public spirit, 
 interested in everything pertaining to the prosperity of his town and state, yet lie 
 persistently refused every public office tendered him, saying that ho had no time 
 for such service. He was killed in October, 1874, by an engine, while crossing the 
 track of the railroad to the construction of which he had freely given time and 
 money, near the site of Fort Castleton, but the memory of his many good deeds sur- 
 vives him. 
 
 Pitt William Hyde was born at Sudbury, Vt., March 3, 1817. He was one 
 of the sixteen pupils who attended Mr. Foot's first term in the new building in 1830. 
 He early settled at Castleton, and was a stage owner and mail contractor from 1839 
 to 1845. He then settled with his half brother, Arunah W. Hyde, at what is now 
 Hydeville, and was the postmaster there many years. The brothers established here 
 
94 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 
 
 extensive mills and built up a large business. He was active in society work, educa- 
 tional and political. He was Town Eepresentative from Castleton in 1862, '63 and 
 '64 ; Senator from Eutland county in 1865, ^QQ^ and served upon important com- 
 mittees in the General Assembly during these five years ; Selectman from 1862 to 
 1873, save 1870 ; President of Eutland County Agricultural Society, 1865, '66 ; of 
 the State Agricultural Society, 1866, '67 and '68 ; Justice of the Peace, 1865 to 1872 ; 
 Treasurer of Eutland and Whitehall E. E., 1869; member of the Constitutional 
 convention, 1870 ; director of the State prison, 1863, '64 ; director National Bank of 
 Pair Haven, 1865 to 1872; member of the State Board of Agriculture and Mining, 
 1870 to 1873. In business he was very methodical, and the large scrap-books devoted 
 each to some particular line of interest and the very full diaries he kept will in the 
 coming years be of great interest and value to the historian of this vicinity. As 
 president of the corporation of Eutland County Grammar School, he was very active 
 in promoting its prosperity, giving of his money and time liberally. He died at 
 his home in Hydeville, June 23, 1881, not an old man in years, but having lived 
 long because he lived well. 
 
 Miss Harriet N. Haskell was born in Waldoboro, Me., January 14, 1835. 
 Entered Castleton Seminary as student at twelve years old. The Seminary was 
 then in the charge of Eev. Edward Hallock. In 1850 she entered Mt. Holyoke 
 Seminary and was graduated in 1855. She held the Principalship of Waldoboro 
 High school many years ; was " Lady Principal" of Pranklin Grammar School, 
 Boston, Mass. ; accepted the Principalship of Castleton Seminary in 1862 ; left July, 
 1867, to accept the Principal's chair at Monticello Seminary, Godfrey, 111. , at which 
 place she is now serving her twenty-second year. 
 
 AJ3EL Edgar Leavej^worth was born at Charlotte, Vt., September 3, 1828. 
 He was reared upon a farm, attending Hinesburgh Academy a short time each fall 
 and spring, teaching winters and working upon the farm summers, after his seven- 
 teenth year, and at twenty-one he entered the University of Vermont. He taught 
 winters and worked summers to pay his way through college. In April, 1852, he 
 accepted the principalship of Bolivar (Mo.) Academy. In August, 1855, he became 
 principal of Hinesburgh (Vt.) Academy. In August, 1856, ho took the degree of 
 A. B. at the U. V. M., and in 1860 that of A. M. In 1859 he was appointed by 
 the State Teachers' Association Chairman of the Committee to establish a School 
 Journal, and continued editor-in-chief and principal proprietor until entering the 
 army. In 1860 he became principal of Brattleboro Academy, from which he also 
 retired to enter the army. 
 
 He enlisted as private, May 21, 1862; w^as appointed First Sergeant of Co. K, 
 9th Vt. Vols., July 9, 1862; promoted First Lieutenant Nov. 17, 1862, and Captain 
 December 1, 1864. Was appointed A. A. Inspector General of VVisfcar's Brigade at 
 Suffolk, Va., by Maj. Gen. Dix, June 10, 1863. From June, 1863, until December, 
 1864, he served in the Inspector General's Department, and from September, 1864, 
 until April, 1865, in the Adjutant General's Department, as Adjutant General of an 
 important command immediately in front of Eichmond. On April 3, 1865, he com- 
 manded the skirmish line that led the advance into Eichmond ; April 5, 1865, was 
 detailed by Maj. Gen. Weitzel as Assistant Provost Marshal, with orders to report to 
 the Provost Marshal General of the Department of Virginia, and was placed on duty 
 in the principal office at Eichmond. He served later in the same capacity under 
 Brigadier General John Patrick, Provost Marshal General of the Army of the 
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 95 
 
 Potomac, and later still as Adjutant General of the District of the Appomattox. 
 He was mustered out of service at Richmond, Va., Jnne 13, 1865, at the expiration 
 of his term of service, and was discharged at Burlington, Yt., one week later. 
 
 In August, 1885, he again became principal of Hinesburgh Academy for three 
 years ; then of New Haven Academy, and of Beeman Academy, at New Haven, from 
 1868 to 1875, leaving it with a fund of twelve thousand dollars ; then of Randolph 
 State Normal School from December, 1874, until July, 1879, during which period 
 he had over six hundred pupils and signed over two hundred and fifty graduation 
 diplomas, leaving the school with the capacity of its building doubled and a perma- 
 nent fund of twelve thousand dollars. In May, 1881, he became proprietor of the 
 real estate and personal property of the Rutland County Grammar School, and in 
 August of that year becanje Principal of the State Normal School at Castleton. 
 His work in connection with this school may be gathered from other portions of 
 this report. He has ever been actively identified with the educational interests of 
 the State of Vermont. Since 1856 he has been a member of the State Teachers^ 
 Association, most of the time an officer in it, and its President in 1882-3. In 1871-2 
 he was one of the six teachers appointed to select text books for use in all the 
 schools of the State for five years. 
 
 Ever active in promoting the well-being of the communities where he has 
 resided, he has filled many offices in various societies and organizations, and in the 
 church of his childhood's faith. As the last probable work of his life, he has under- 
 taken to lift the school of revered memory at Castleton from its burden of debt and 
 to establish it again upon a firm and, it is to be hoped^ an enduring basis. Com. 
 
 CONCLUSION 
 
 This pamphlet is the offspring of the desire of about four score of the former 
 pupils expressed in a subscription for about twice that number of copies. Once 
 started, it has grown to its present proportions, out of a desire to search out and 
 preserve for future generations valuable historical data. It is not simply a sketch 
 of the Centennial Celebration, but has reached out to gather up facts in the early 
 history of the school that would soon have passed beyond the reach of the historian. 
 For nearly two years the search has been unremittingly prosecuted and not a month 
 has passed by without witnessing the unearthing of some interesting fact. The 
 Summary of Catalogues has been collated with great care. The Historical Sketch 
 could now be written better, but both are full of rich and abiding interest to all 
 ever connected with the school. The Biographical Sketches have been almost nec- 
 essarily confined to such as could be obtained of those who took part in the pro- 
 ceedings and of others prominently identified with the school in the past. The 
 preparation of this book has been a work of labor, but also of love. As such we 
 submit it to the just criticism of the former pupils, teachers and friends of the 
 school. Letters of criticism, corrections and additional information sent to the 
 Principal, or to any member of the Committee on Correspondence, will be thank- 
 fully received and carefully treasured in the archives of the school for future use. 
 Copies of missing catalogues are especially desired . 
 
ADDENDA. 
 
 OASTLETON SCHOOL CENTENNIAL, 1787-1887. 
 
 Public Exercises at the Congregational Church at 10 o'clock a. m., 
 
 Wednesday, August 10th, 
 
 REV. GEOKGE N. BOARDMAN, Presiding. 
 
 Capt. a. B. Leavenworth, Marshal. 
 
 SONG, 
 PRAYER, 
 
 MUSIC. 
 'VWelcome," 
 
 MUSIC. 
 
 '' Banquet," 
 
 OVERTURE, 
 
 CITIZENS' WELCOME, - . . . 
 
 TRUSTEES' WELCOME, 
 
 Response by the President. 
 MUSIC. 
 
 Double Quartette. 
 Rev. F. W. Olmsted. 
 
 - Schlepegrel. 
 
 Hon. J. B. Bromley. 
 
 A. N. Adams, Esq. 
 
 SELECTION, 
 ADDRESS, 
 
 GAVOTTE, 
 POEM, 
 
 COLLEGE SONGS, 
 PRINCIPAL'S GREETING, 
 
 WALTZER, 
 BENEDICTION, 
 
 GALOP, 
 
 *' Grand Medley," 
 
 MUSIC. 
 
 *' Etta." 
 
 MUSIC. 
 
 MUSIC. 
 **Lagunen," - 
 
 MUSIC. 
 '' Brilliant," 
 
 Boettger. 
 Hon. John I. Gilbert. 
 
 King. 
 - Emily G. Alden. 
 
 - Theo. Tobani. 
 Capt. A. E. Leavenworth. 
 
 J. Strauss. 
 Rev. H. p. Higley, D. D. 
 
 Gautzberg. 
 
 Dinner at 2 p. m. in the Seminary Park. Reception in the School Parlors from 
 8 to 10 p. M. Fireworks and music in the evening. The music for the day and 
 evening by Estabrook's Military Band and Orchestra. 
 
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JSoRMAL Hall. 
 
 1868. 
 
 Seminary. 
 
 CiiAriiL. 
 
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 Mbrohaht of Veis"ioe, Act J, Scene 1. 
 
 1787 1887. 
 
 Castleton School Centennial. 
 
 DINNER 
 
 Served in the Seminary Park at 2 o'clock p. m., August 10th. 
 
 HON. CHARLES E. PATTERSON, Presidikg. 
 Horace B. Ellis, Chairman Dinner Committee. 
 
 If it please you to dine with us. 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene 3. 
 
 Noiv good digestion loait on appetite, 
 And health on loth. 
 
 Macbeth, Act III, Scene 4. 
 
 MENU 
 
 REMOVES. 
 
 Roast Beef of Ribs. Roast Beef of Sirloin. 
 
 Roast Lamb. Roast Chicken. Roast Mutton. Roast Veal. 
 
 BOILED. 
 
 Ham. Lamb. Mutton. Corned Beef. Tongue. 
 
 ENTREES. 
 
 Chicken Pie. Veal Pie. Lamb Pie. Baked Pork and Beans. 
 
 DESSERT, 
 
 Apple Pie. Mince Pie. Squash Pie. Pumpkin Pie. 
 
 Custard Pie. Lemon Pie. Blackberry Pie. Rice Pudding. 
 
 Angel Cake. Golden Cake. Sponge Cake. Chocolate Cake. 
 
 Cream Cake. Cocoanut Cake. 
 
 RELISHES. 
 
 Pickled Beets. Pickled Cucumbers. Worcestershire Sauce. 
 
 Wheat Bread. Brown Bread. Cream Biscuits. Crackers. 
 
 FRUITS. 
 
 Apples. Watermelons. Pears. Musk Melons. 
 
 Almonds. English Walnuts. Pecan Nuts. Brazil Nuts. 
 
 COFFEE. TEA. MILK. 
 
 Thon shalt not gormandize. 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene 5. 
 
Before we proceed any farther, hear me speak. 
 
 CoRiOLANUS, Act ly Scene 1. 
 
 TOASTS. 
 
 1. The State of Vermont: 
 
 The mother of men — the builder of schools. Her wandering sons, with 
 hands that touch, have stretched for her a broader boundary than the narrow rim 
 of lake and river, and made for her another realm unseen. 
 
 2. The Rutland County Grammar School: 
 
 The eldest child of poor but honest parents, it has borne the burden and heat 
 of the day ; and now, in its old age and in the evening of the century, trots the 
 Normal School, its healthy grandchild, on its knee. 
 
 3. Castleton Seminary : 
 
 The spring in the mountains, the fount of strength and inspiration, the 
 shrine of happy memories ; its strength endures, its charm lives on, its blessing 
 deepens with the passing years. 
 
 4. The State ISformal School: 
 
 The evolution of the times, and as it looks to the future with steadfast 
 heart, may it prove to be the survival of the fittest. 
 
 5. Castleton Village: 
 
 The home of faith and hospitality ; its shady streets have felt the tread of 
 many feet that wander far, and no one goes but longs to come again. 
 
 6. The Corporation: 
 
 The grave guardians of great interests, their labors have not been without 
 fruit, nor their anxieties without reward. 
 
 7. The Press: 
 
 Ever foremost in advocating the cause of education, it has been the comrade 
 of the school in the battle against ignorance, and together they will educate the 
 world. 
 
 I luill weary yott no longer^ then, with idle talking. 
 
 As You Like It, Act V, Scene 2. 
 
 He that outlives this day and comes safe home 
 Will stand a tiptoe lohen this day is named. 
 
 King Henry V, Act IV, Scene 3. 
 
COPY OF CIRCULAE ISSUED IN 1830. 
 (First page.) 
 Wood Cut of Building: 
 (Title.) 
 Vermokt Classical Semhstart. 
 (Second page blank.) 
 (Third page.) 
 
 PROSPECTUS. 
 
 This Institution, located in the village of Castleton,* Vermont, will be opened 
 for the reception of students, under the superintendence of the subscribers, on the 
 12th of May next. 
 
 The building erected for the purpose is situated on an eminence south of the 
 village, and commands an extensive view of a rich and beautiful country. It is 160 
 feet in length, and 40 in breadth, with projections in the centre and ends of 46 and 
 55 feet, and is three stories high, exclusive of a basement. The basement contains 
 a large dining hall, kitchens, wash-rooms, domestics* rooms, &c. In the second story 
 
 (Fourth page.) 
 
 are Professors' rooms, a Laboratory, Chapel, a public School-room, four private Recita- 
 tion rooms, a Library and Business room. The two upper stories contain Instructors' 
 rooms and fifty dormitories, about 13 feet square, exclusive of a closet, which 
 are provided with stoves, beds, tables, desks, chairs, &c. To the building is attached 
 a play ground of about six acres, a part of which is to be devoted to a Garden. 
 
 The course of instruction in this Institution will be arranged under five divisions, 
 to wit : 
 
 1. Chemistry and Natural History. 
 
 2. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. 
 
 3. Ancient Languages. 
 
 4. Modern Languages. 
 
 5. English Literature. 
 
 Each of these divisions will be under the charge of competent Instructors. 
 Where the course of study is left discretionary with the Superintendents, they will 
 prescribe that which, in their opinion, is best calculated to render the pupil an 
 accomplished scholar ; but a parent or guardian may select any particular branches, 
 to which the attention of the pupil will be exclusively directed. 
 
 Chemistry, Natural History, and Natural Philosophy, will be taught by lectures 
 and recitations. 
 
 (Fifth page.) 
 
 During appointed hours of the day the other studies will be pursued in a 
 school-room, under the eye of a teacher. The exercises of each day will open from 
 5 to 7 o'clock a. m., (varying with the season,) with prayer by the Chaplain of the 
 Seminary ; and there will be from two to three recitations during the day. 
 
 * Castleton village is situated fourteen miles east of Whitehall, or the head of Lake Cham- 
 plain, on the great stage road from Albany to Montreal, which is intersected at this place by 
 the Boston road, via Rutland and Keene. The village contains a flourishing Medical College 
 and Grammar School, and is justly admired for its salubrious and elegant location. 
 
The recreations of tke pupils will consist, in the summer, in collecting speci- 
 mens in botany, mineralogy, &c.; during the winter, exercises of various kinds will 
 be conducted in the large hall in the Seminary. A certain number of the more 
 advanced students will, in rotation, act as assistants in the lectures on Chemistry, 
 Natural Philosophy, Botany, &c. 
 
 On the Sabbath, all the students will be required to attend church, or the 
 religious exercises of the Chaplain in the Chapel. Recitations will also be had upon 
 Ecclesiastical History, Evidences of Christianity, &c. The gre atest attention will at 
 all times be paid to the moral deportment of the youth who may be placed in this 
 Institution. They will in no case be permitted to leave the grounds attached to it, 
 without permission. There will be two vacations ; one from the third Wednesday 
 in April, of three weeks; and one from the second Wednesday of August, of five 
 weeks. 
 
 (Sixth page.) 
 
 Terms, $200 a year, including tuition, board, room, furniture, washing, mend- 
 ing, firewood, lights, etc., payable senii-anually in advance. No student to be ad- 
 mitted for less than a year. The financial concerns of the Institution will be con- 
 ducted by Mr. G. F. Warner, with whom all business in that department should be 
 done. 
 
 The superintendents are aware of the responsible duties which they have assumed ; 
 but with some experience in the management of youth, and with the determination 
 to devote their best efforts to the scientific and moral education of those committed 
 to their charge, thev respectfully solicit the patronage of the public. 
 
 LEWIS C. BECK, 
 SOLOMON FOOT, 
 CxsTLETON, Vt., February^ 1830. Superintendents. 
 
 (Seventh page.) 
 
 BEFEEENCES. 
 
 Hon. R. C. Mallary, Poultney, Vt. Hon. Hoeatio Seymoue, Middlebury, Vt. 
 Hon. William Jarvis, Weathersfield,Vt. Hon. Hekey Shaw, Lanesborough, Mass. 
 Rev. JoHK Bristed, Bristol, R. I. T. Romeyn Beck, M. D., Albany, N. Y. 
 
 Rev. Nathan S. S. Beman, Troy, N. Y., Rev. Dr. RowAif, New York City. 
 Israel Smith, Esq., Albany, N. Y. Hon. Jesse Clarke, Waterloo, N. Y. 
 
 John B. Beck, M. D., New York City. Rev. J. P. K. Henshaw, Baltimore, Md. 
 Rev. Ben J. B. Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. Horatio Gates, Esq., Montreal. 
 Rev. Reuben Post, Washington City. 
 
 (Eighth Page.) 
 
 1 sheet. 
 
 121 
 
 JOHN R. LANDON, Esq., 
 Litchfield, 
 
 Con. 
 
Vermont State Normal School, 
 
 castleton, a. d. 1889. 
 
 BOAEDS OF CONTROL. 
 
 MANAGERS. 
 
 Abel E. Leavenworth, Proprietor. Miss Louisa M. Leavenworth, Associate. 
 
 THE corporation. 
 
 Hon. Andrew N. Adams, President. Hon. Jerome B. Bromley, Secretary. 
 
 Carlos S. Sherman, Treasurer. 
 
 committee on scholarships. 
 A. E. Leavenworth, E. H. Armstrong, D. D. Cole. 
 
 examiners. 
 Hon. Edwin F. Palmer, State Superintendent of Education. 
 Abel E. Leavenworth, A. M., Principal of SchooL 
 Chas. H. Dunton, a. M., D, D., Principal Troy Conference Seminary. - 
 
 instructors. 
 
 Abel E. Leavenworth, 
 
 Algebra, Constitutions, Psychology, 
 
 Pedagogy. 
 
 Abigail E. Leonard, 
 Arithmetic, Physiology, Sciences, Liter- 
 ature, General History. 
 
 Lucy Wells, 
 
 Grammar, Authors, Reading, History, 
 
 Algebra. 
 
 Eleanor L. Manley, 
 Reading, Geography. 
 
 Annie F. Bell, 
 
 Arithmetic, Grammar, Drawing, 
 
 Geometry. 
 
 Harriet K. Farnham, 
 Primary Work, Bookkeeping, Miner- 
 alogy, Constitutions. 
 
 This Normal School was authorized by the General Assembly Nov. 17, 
 1866, located by the State Board of Education Feb. 18, 1867, and put into opera- 
 tion Jan. 2, 1868. Since that time it has graduated two hundred and ninety-seven 
 in the First Course of study and seventy-three in the Second Course of study. A 
 large majority of these have been employed since graduation in all grades of schools 
 and have been with few exceptions successful as teachers, and by their thorough 
 work and widespread reputation, in connection with the graduates from the Ran- 
 dolph and Johnson schools, have vindicated the wisdom of the establishment of 
 normal schools and secured their perpetuation by a practically unanimous vote of 
 the General Assembly at its last session. 
 
 Two Courses of Stu dy are adopted, as required by law. The First Course 
 extends through two years, or four terms of twenty weeks each, and embraces the 
 following studies : 
 
 First Year. — Reading, including Phonic Spelling^ Word Analysis, Accent, 
 Emphasis and Expressio7i ; Penmanship, with special attention to iir«7z^-i/(9y5we/i^5, 
 Formation and Relative Proportion of the Letters, and Position at the Desk ; 
 
Grammar, including Paraphrasing, Analysis and Composition ; Geography, Mathe- 
 matical, Physical, Descriptive and Political ; Arithmetic, including Decimals, Per- 
 centage and its Applications, Interest, Powers, and Roots ; Book-keeping, Accounts 
 and Business Forms ; Natural Science, Elements of Mineralogy and Botany ; Draw- 
 ing, Orthographic J Geometry, Elements of Plane. 
 
 Second Year. — Language, Reading, Grammatical Analysis ; Physiology, illus- 
 trated by a Fine set of Plates and Manikin ; Geography, Completed and Reviewed ; 
 History, Vermont and U^iited States ; Constitutions, Vermont and United States ; 
 Drawing, Perspective ; Arithmetic, Mensuration and Review ; Methods, Theory and 
 Practice^ History of Education, Economy of the Sohool Room, Vermont School Laws. 
 
 Khetorical Exercises, weekly ; Calisthenics, in connection with Reading. 
 
 The Second Course of Study embraces one year and a half, or three terms 
 of twenty weeks each. The studies are : — First term, Plane Geometry or Algebra, 
 Physics, Authors, Geology or Zoology. Second Term, Algebra, Chemistry, 
 Astronomy, English Literature, General History. Third Term, Quadratics, Solid 
 Geometry, English Classics, Psychology, Moral Philosophy, Pedagogy. 
 
 Graduates must be seventeen years of age. Teachers of experience and persons 
 who have taken a course of study at other schools may complete the First Course 
 in less than two years, and the Second Course in one year. 
 
 Graduates from the First Course receive a State License to teach in any public 
 school of the State for a term of five years ; those from the Second Course, receive 
 a License for ten years. 
 
 A preparatory department of two grades is maintained for the instruction of 
 those not prepared by age and attainments to enter upon the First Course. A 
 school for primary instruction is also maintained. The instruction is largely by 
 topics. In each recitation the best methods will be sought and illustrated. The 
 aim of the school is, fi,rst, to secure the knowledge of the subject ; second, to itistruct 
 171 the lest method of impartifig that knowledge to others. 
 
 Over eighty free scholarships may be had by members of this school, and for 
 the first time in its history the full number has this year been filled. Appoint- 
 ments may be made from any town in the State. The number of students the 
 past year reaches 250, with an average per term of nearly 200, and an average per 
 quarter of over 150. Tuition is six dollars per quarter of ten weeks. Board 
 is thi^ee dollars and fifty cents per week, two to occupy one room. This 
 includes oil for lamp, furnished room, fuel and washing of twelve pieces per week, 
 exclusive of garments requiring extra time and labor in the laundry. Boarders 
 will furnish their napkins, articles for toilet use, bed covering and pillows. One 
 hall is set apart for self -boarders. For this purpose rooms are furnished with wood 
 closets, cupboards, tables, chairs, and bedsteads with straw bed. Soft water is sup- 
 plied in abundance on this hall, and wood is supplied at two dollars per stove cord. 
 Single rooms to one person, six dollars per quarter ; two persons, eight dollars* 
 Double rooms, ttuelve dollars per quarter. A reading table, supplied with papers 
 and magazines, is maintained. Each pupil pays twenty-five cents per term towards 
 its maintenance. 
 
 During the past eight years the building has been remodeled at an expense of 
 over six thousand dollars, and it is now well furnished throughout for school pur- 
 poses. The fall term begins on the third Tuesday in August ; the Spring term, on 
 the third Tuesday in February. Year by year the number and average age of the 
 pupils have steadily increased, and the school appears to have taken a new lease of 
 life as it enters upon its second century. 
 
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