Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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14 THE PEAN 1904 Alumni Reunion MNH 5462 QAM the sixteenth of June, nineteen hundred and slat ji? n X , Q gave cheer after cheer of piling off the train. three, the usually quiet town of Exeter was alive with excitement. From all sides, the sons of The Phillips Exeter Academy were gathering to cele- brate her one hundred and twentieth anniversary. When the special train drew up at the station, all Exeter was assembled there to receive the ex- pected guests. It would be hard to say which were the more enthusiastic -the students, as they welcome, or the beaming ff old boys, as they came Exeter was a happy place that night. Old graduates renewed their prep- school days. Arm in arm, old friends strolled through the illuminated grounds, or gathered in groups around the band-stand. The fellows in Abbot Hall kept open house. There was scarcely a room in the building that was not visited and revisited by some jolly old gentleman, who claimed Qwhat an absurd idea ll to have occupied that very room some twenty or thirty or forty years ago. Early the next day the classes began to gather in the yard. It may have been one of the younger classes that started the cheering, but the old boys were not far behind. At last the procession was formed. The long line reached from Dunbar all the way around to the Academy Building. Somehow everybody was able to find room in Phillips Church and there listened to the following program : Prayer ..... . . REVEREND E. E. HALE, D. D. Address of Welcome . . . . PRINCIPAL HARLAN P. AMEN Oration ............. . . . HON. FRANCIS RAWLE Exeter Ode ............. . Prior. GEORGE E. Wooommnv Hymn.- Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds Benediction ' Dinner time came, and again the long procession formed. It needed both Alumni Hall and the Gymnasium to provide room for all. While the new hall

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I-I,tR1.,tx I',t1:1a AMRN, A.M. . . 1'1-imifm! Elected june, 1895 j,m1ss1 AR'r1111R 'lllllf'l'S, A.I5., Secretary Ofllin l'f'1yE,-.fmr If lilzgfllfh lilectetl October, 1878 W11.1,1,xx1 A1.1.11N FR,tNt:1s, A.M., l'rry2'.v.w1- fy'Jllnlh1,-11ml1'f.v lfllecterl SlfIlICIlIl!tbl', 1x37 -IOSICPII S111cRx1,tN IFQR11, A.M. l11.vl1'nrln1' in l'?'u11rh ami Gcrunru Elected June, 1894 tlmmzlc Ii1aN,1,tx11N ROGERS, AAI. . . . . . . l11.1n'1frfori11l.nlin Elected june, M95 IIow,tR11 ANIJRIQXV Ross, A.B. . - Dffwlvl' ff Mc G11'llllll7XfINII Elected June, 1395 GEORGE HENRY S1c1.l.RCK, A.l3. . lfz:lf'm'.fv1' in lllllfhL'lIIlIf2'CS Elected October, 181,11 jmm C01-1e1.AN11 K1R'1'1.,tr111, -IR., AAI. . . l'nW,1-.mmf Lnlill Elected October, ISQ7 liAl.I'Il II,tR'1'r Bowuis, A.M. . . ln.1lrln'm1'il1lflzgfixh Elected October, ISQ7 W1N'r11Ro11 E11w,xR11s F1sR1-:, AAI. . 1lISfl'Ill'llN'flI Ph'1'.l'iL'.V Elected October, 1899 AR'1'1111R GORDNER Lmcocx, A.M., I'h.I7. . l'1-of-:mar qf G1-gm Elected October, 1899 FRANCIS KINGSL1-:Y BALI., A.M., Ph.D. . lnsl1'm'h11' in Gracie lIll1fGtfl'lllII7l Elcctetl October, 1Sq13 W11.111c1.11 S1et:1aR111.ox1, A.B. . . ln.vf1'11rln1'in Cm-ff1i.vl111f Elected june, 11,00 C1mR1.1as llliRIlIER'I' CLARK, A.M., IJ.Sc. . . l.v.vn-nrlw' in Lazin 11.-nllllrrlhmfalm I-llectcd july, 11701 S. I'r:Rcv R. C11,t11w1cK, A.M. . . lum'm-for in fl1'.Tf0l j' Elected September, up: I..-x11R1aNc1a lllURRAY CROSBIIC . . f!1A'f1'l!t'f0l' in English Elected September, 1903 llICNNO HUM111LR'1' A1.1fR1a11 GRO'1'11, A.M. .. . 111.vlr11c!w'i11 ld-1-111-A mm' German Elected September, IQ03 DANIEL DOWNS CHASE, A.B. I1lS'fl'lll'f0I' in lllrlfhuzlzfzrics mm' Dfllfilflllgf Elected Jantmry, IQOQ

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1904 THE PEAN 15 was being dedicated the Gymnasium was filled with a jolly crowd from the younger classes. The dinner was often interrupted by songs, and was followed by scores of toasts and stories. But the real celebration was taking place in the new Dining Hall, after the tables were cleared. General W. A. Bancroft presided. Letters were read from Mr. George S. Morison, Dr. james, Master of Rugby, and Prof. G. A. Wentworth. Then followed speeches by S. Sidney Smith, President of the Trustees, President Tucker of Dartmouth, Lafayette G. Blair, Esq., '74 5 Camillus G. Kidder, Esq., '68g Prof. j. A. Tufts, ,745 judge Henry A. Shute, '75, and Rev. Dr. E. E. Hale. Alumni Hall was most fittingly dedicated. Another day, and the Alumni had scattered once more to their homes. Each and every one, however, departed with a heart touched by the remem- brances awakened during those two days, a heart more firmly and loyally de- voted than ever to dear old Exeter. We shall not attempt to give here a history of the Academy. The return of these sons of Exeter, many of them holding high positions in public life, is a history in itself. Nothing could better show what the spirit of Exeter has been in the past. What the Exeter spirit has been in the past, may it always be ! May it ever be, that,- Thy young sons are as true as their silver-haired sires That have blessed thee with prayers and with tears. 7 asa '9Qff1'5 J. -7 tfxiiiii ix ff Q, . . df ' X, 5 v',,V ' - 77 ,,Al -Fjtqxucfgsf few-N W9 if f NN' fifff '5NP : fs' by . 1 ,- :WX 5 gvk. , -' ,f ' Wlilty!