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

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 November 5, June 7, 1943 The Acad emy Student 1943 ..- ■ ...IS3EH m.SfiE . - retires after having taught at the Academy for twenty-six years, the longest period of service of any instructor to this date. 1942 The addition with the tower of the new Colby Hall is dedicated. Commencement exercises are held for the Centennial Class with Dr. Ernest M. Hopkins, president of Dartmouth, as the speaker.

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July, 1896 1897 1900 April 12, 1902 1904 1917 June 13. 1921 January 11, 1926 January 28, 1927 September, 1927 1929 July 5, 1930 March, 1932 January, 1933 July, 1933 1934 The Academy Student 1943 j balance on each of the baseball and football accounts at the end of their respective seasons.” David Y. Comstock becomes principal and in this same year obtains a copyright on what is to become his classic edition of the Aeneid of Virgil. The house at 1 Main Street is purchased by the Academy to become the Principal’s Residence. Solomon Brackett, head of the science department, resigns, after the longest service to the Academy of any teacher up to this time, 25 years The Boston Alumni Association of Saint Johnsbury Academy is organized. Charlotte Fairbanks Cottage presented to the school by Lady Lucie MacMillan in memory of her mother. A school Dramatic Association is formed. Henry Clay Ide dies. Mr. Ide, a distinguished alumnus, has served the Academy as teacher, principal, trustee, and for three years until his death as president of the Board of Trustees. South Hall is destroyed by fire. Colby Hall, built to replace South Hall is dedicated. Student Government is inaugurated under the guidance of Principal Theodore Wilson. The athletic field is purchased which is later to be named Hazen Field in honor of Perley F. Hazen, who was connected with the school for twenty-six years, serving as trustee, secretary-treasurer, and, at his death, president of the Board of Trustees. The cornerstone of Fuller Hall is laid by Henry Fuller, who has donated the auditorium in memory of his father, former Principal Homer T. Fuller. Dormitory girls move into Brantview which has been presented to the Academy by Colonel Joseph Fairbanks. Stanley R. Oldham becomes principal. The first session of the Summer School for Boys opens. Improvements made at Hazen Field including the remodeling of the old grandstand into a Field House. Mrs. Carl Ranger (Bertha O. Stilson), teacher of Latin, 6 June, 1942

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The Academy Student 1943 SCRAPBOOK STORY The rain was beating against the windows of the Alumni Office. A . sleepy day and dreary. All was quiet, save the rain. The rain was beating a rhythm, nineteen forty-three, nineteen forty-three----------------- Today something musty and old permeated the whole building. Suddenly the rhythm changed. Eighteen eighty-three, eighteen eighty-three--------- A rustle of skirts, a soft murmur of voices. A bevy of girls in long dresses came gliding down the corridor of Academy Hall after leaving North 10 and passing Principal Putney’s office. Meeting a group of mustached young gentlemen, they nodded stiffly and went on. The boys were talking among themselves. A tall dark boy named Jack was speaking. “I say, did you fellows hear about Johnny Bean? They say that he went to the theatre last Tuesday night and was apprehended. They’re going to separate him from school. It’s his sixteenth demerit. Too bod, but he always was a trifle unsteady. Say, are you going to the Senior Exhibition, Bud?” “Of course, 1 have to speak. I’m going to give an oration on “Purposeless People.” “That’s an excellent subject for you. Bud.” Jack laughed. “Do you know what the discussion is going to be?” A younger, studious looking boy was speaking. He was very conscious of a small blond mustache on his upper lip, and kept stroking it to see if it was still there. “The discussion is going to be “Was England Justified in her attack upon Egypt?” And it’s going to be interesting. Your presence is needed to make it a success; so you had better come, Jeb.” “I rather think I shall, old man,” and with this parting remark he sauntered off to meet another boy coming down the stairs.......... Emma walked hurriedly home alone. Madame Marie had been severe in French class again today because Emma had not understood her verbs quite thoroughly enough. She thought about last night. She had had a splendid time at the Adelphian and Athenian exhibition. The programs had been lovely, pink and silver, green and gold. Her essay had gone off quite well. It started to snow. “How lovely!” she thought. “The sleigh ride to Littleton will be a happy occasion if there is enough snow.”.......... An odor of fresh paint in Academy Hall. Early spring vacation over. After school was dismissed one day, Emma and the other girls of the senior class went shopping. “We must keep our purpose secret, else there will be no jest in classes on the morrow,” said a tall, thin girl to the others in the group. 8