This quarterly, published 1982, discusses the original settlers of Rutland. Beginning in the 18th century, they migrated to Rutland and surrounding areas because of “oppression, poor economic conditions”, present in their homelands. These immigrants looked forward to having “more political, social, religious, and economic freedom[s]” that offered them greater opportunities. They were willing to grasp the opportunity to work for cheap, which benefited the entire Rutland area. Rutland had a large and varied number of ethnicities of immigrants who migrated to Rutland. For example, there were Swedish, French Canadian, Irish and so forth. The quarterly recounts an academy that was created for French Canadian girls. The reason for this was because the district schools were in English, and French was their primary language. Also, the quarterly discussed the St. John Baptist Society, which was noted as the first “attempt to organize the French Canadians living in Rutland into a society”.