Edmunds High School - Oread Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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'l'lIIE EDMUNDS HIGH SCHOOI I5

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MARTHA O. COFFIN, 404 Pearl Street. German and flistory, 1899. Private School, Eau Claire, 'Wisconsin, 1889-90. Graduated from Abbott Academy, 1883. Studied in University of Michigan, Radcliffe and in Germany. GEORGE MONROE BRETT, A. B., 88 South Willard Street. Physics, Clzemisiry ana' Jllalhemaiifs, 1899. Washington Academy, East Machias, Me., 1897-8, Perkins Institution, South Boston, Mass., 1898-9. Graduated from Bowdoin College, A. B. '97. AMP, QBK. . ALBERT W. VARNEY, A. B., 18 North Union Street. Lalin and Lileralure, 1900. Principal Browns Valley, Minn., 1886-8. Principal Ortonville, Minn., 1888-90 and 1892-7. Principal Bristol High School, Bristol, Vt., 1890-1. Superintendent City Schools, Mankato, Minn., 1897-99. Graduated from Middlebury College, A. B., 1886. AKE. Post Graduate Student, Harvard, 1891-2. JOSEPH DANA BARTLEY, A. M., 55 Buell Street. flisivry, English and Latin, 1900. Principal Female High School, Newburyport, Mass., 1866-8. Principal High School, Concord, N. H., 1868-75. Principal Burlington High School, 1875-81. Principal High School, Bridgeport, Conn., 1882-92. Graduated from Williams College, A. M., 1859. ELLA K. HERRICK, 31 North Willard Street. Teacher ry' Drawing. J. H. HUMPHREY, 433 South Willard Street. Insfrudor qf rllusic. 74

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George Franklin Edmunds. When the Hon. George F. Edmunds retired from his enviable position in the United States Senate he was hailed as one of America's ablest statesmeng and his place in popular estimation is shown by the fact that, though a decade has elapsed since he regained what he then termed the liberty of a private citizen, the ideas of few men outside the glare of public life are more eagerly sought in relation to questions affecting our national constitution and other important issues than are those of this distinguished son of the Green Mountain State. To have represented a small commonwealth like Vermont in the highest legislative body in the land and to have made its name synonymous with power in our national councils equal to that of almost any of the largest States, is a supreme test of statesmanship. The early life of this grand man who was destined to take so important a place in the political annals of Vermont, was well calculated to develop those qualities which contributed so materially to his success as a public servant. Born in Richmond, Vt., on February 1, 1828, the son of Ebenezer and Naomi fBrigg:-J Edmunds, and educated in the common schools and by private tutors, he began the study of law at the age of eighteen years, two years of his period of preparation being spent in the office of the famous legal firm of Smalley 8: Phelps, of Burlington. He was admitted to the bar in March, 1849, and he immediately formed a partnership with A. B. Maynard, Esq., of Richmond, his brother-in-law. Two years later he moved to Burlington, which remained his place of residence throughout his public career. Mr. Edmunds legislative experience began with his election as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1854, and he represented his city in that continuously until 1859, serving as Speaker of the House during the last three sessions of that period. He was a member of the Vermont Senate in 1861 and 1682, being honored by selection as president pro lempore and as chairman ofthe judiciary committee at both sessions. In his various positions in the State Legislature he demonstrated the possession of those qualifications which served to distinguish his career at the national capital. Upon the death of United States Senator Solomon Foote, in 1866, Mr. Edmunds was appointed his successor by Gov. Paul Dillingham, and in April of that year began that long period of senatorial service which was to secure for the Green Mountain State marked prestige in the affairs of the nation. At the conclusion of the term for which he was appointed he was re-elected to the United States Senate for the full term, and for a quarter of a century he continued to represent Vermont in the upper branch of Congress. For a number of years he was president pro tempore of the United States Senate and for a considerable period previous to his retirement he was generally recognized as the foremost member of that body. U 16