CLASS OF 1897

The following is taken from an editorial article in the Journal of Education of November 4: "The state superintendent of New Hampshire takes his place among the eminent state educational leaders of the country. His leadership is notably in evidence in the professional morale of the Granite State. Wc are guests of Schoolmasters' Clubs in all parts of the Union, and they are always a rare combination of fraternal and professional privilege, but the meeting at Laconia, October 21, had exceptional features. After four hours of feasting and the midnight hour already rung in, nearly 200 schoolmasters, not a man of whom had left the banqueting room, rose spontaneously in a memorable greeting to their educational chief. It is impossible to put into cold type the warmth which that ovation signified. New Hampshire has a long lead in the demonstration of a new public sentiment functioning in financial educational devotion, and the schoolmen appreciate the part Mr. Butterfield has had in the creation of a civic atmosphere which made it possible for the Legislature to assume that the citizens without regard to class or condition would welcome an opportunity to tax themselves for the pride of the state and the future of their children. To Mr. Butterfield credit is largely due for the condition, little short of miraculous, which made it easy to put over such a program without opposition, political or sectarian."

Secretary, J. Merrill Boyd, 32 Central it., Boston