St Johnsbury Academy - Lamp Yearbook (St Johnsbury, VT)

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THE ACADEMY STUDENT 3 THE ACADEMY STUDENT Published by the Students of St. Johnsbury Academy TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Valedictory 5 Salutatory 8 Class History 10 Class Will 12 Class Prophecy 17 Class Grinds 22 Class Song 35 Class Poem 35 Editorial 38 Literary 39 School Notes 46 Alumni Notes 49 Athletics 52 Jokes 58 Exchange 62

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VALEDICTORY ESSAY A MAN FOR THIS AGE Three months ago our country was made poorer by the passing of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, for many years a judge in the Supreme Court of the United States. It is probable, however, that to multitudes of Americans Justice Holmes meant little except a long-familiar name, until there came the announcement of his unusual will, bequeathing to the United States of America the sum of $250,000. In its financial value, in relation to the enormous sums which Congress is spending every day, this sum is insignificant indeed, but in what it symbolizes, such a gift is immeasurable in its worth, for it is typical of the entire life of a man who believed in his government and in the obligation of a citizen to support it, a man whose whole life was one of loyal service to his country. The Justice had much to give to his country, for his ideals of service and citizenship were a fundamental part of him, inherited through several generations. TTis father had been a physician and a writer, while his grandfather. Abiel Holmes, was a Congregational minister, a man of strong convictions and Christian ideals. Throughout the Civil War Oliver gave his utmost in active service on the field of battle. Tie was seriously wounded several times. At Antietam he was shot through the neck and was believed dead when he was taken from the field. Nevertheless. as soon as it was physically possible, he returned to the field of battle, and when the war ended he had attained the rank of captain. When the army was demobilized. Oliver determined to study law, and it has been said that “from the moment Holmes entered the law school he never once scattered his fire. As a writer, as a speaker, as a lawyer, teacher, jurist, every movement and every outgiving was the product of a considered and concentrated attention.”