Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-07-03
Montpelier Union School.

OF Misses Sumner, Stone and Sweet were we
sustained and evinced faithful work on the pai
Of teachers and scholars. The exercises wer
fairly attended By the friends Of the school,
though certainly not to a greater extent than al
corded with the wishes of the teachers Paren,
Hnde nmrclthah they think by taking deep IN
tercst 10 the affairs Of tho school and visiting III
schoolroom ms often as possible iIlt|I
The closing exercises Of this institution occurre,
on Thursday evening last, when the large hall wa
well filed by those directly or indirectly intel
osted in the welfare OF tho school, The hall WI,
as handsomely decorated as usual with the ad
dition Of tie words Welcome. 1873" neatl,
arranged over the center window on one side
The evenings programme was begun by thu
chorus, " See the conquering hero comes, SUM
| by the full school. This was excellently DONE
and In fact, the entire singing by fife schoo
throughout the evening, under the direction o.
MIR, Al. Phillips, evinced much progress in THU
pleasant feature Of the exercises and was a do
cided improvement over similar efforts in pre-
vious years. We hope the school committee will
decide to have music taken up again in the com.
ing year, and give the younger scholars a chance
TO learn the rudiments, thus fitting them 10 fur
| nish good music when they reach the upper grades
After prayer by Rev. Mr.. Glnzer, and the rem
dering Of tho chorus, Far away the camp fires
burn" came the first defamation, British blum
dering in America" by N c. king; this was well
devered-with distinct utterance and easy man
ner. Miss Josie Robnson's essay on Beauty .
was fnely-written and read. Miss Carrie 1.
Horne recited THE Salt in the Sea" and did it
well, too. The essay on "Homes," by Miss
Alice N Hatch, abounded in pleasing illusions to
that spot like which, as the song says, "there is
no place, Throwing out many suggestions as to
how we may make our home influence lasting for
good. Miss Abbott's school won hearty applause
in singing the two little songs allotted to them
their young voices made good music The ora
ton on Character" by Charlie Bennett, was
well conceived and gave evidence Of considerable
ability; its delivery also was very well done.
Miss Mary Jacobs read a historical essay on
" Mary Queen Of Scots" which showed care in
its preparation--giying an interesting sketch Of
the life of this illustrious but unhappy woman.
c, c. King acclaimed concerning Oliver Crom-
well in creditable manner, though we think
his attitude was little too " fixed" he will bet
ter 1t next time. The essay on Dreams" by
Miss Belle Putnam, was good one, and the CO.
oryios "a' Wiuc-aWahc III tno pItrouLhtiOn OI
her thoughts on this subject; slight hoarseness
affected her utterance, but she did well in spite
OF it. The trio, Give me cup of the grapes
bright dew was well sung by Miss Kittie"
Bailey and Messrs. Bailey and King. +. J. Dieter
delivered good Grafton on NAPOLEON Bona
parte;' this young man has improved much in ora
tory since last year, and promises well for the fu-
ture Miss Hattie Fisher exceed in the recitation Of
Alice Careys beautiful poem, An Order for a
Pcture;' she was in good voice, was sclf-pos-
sessed, and her conception of the poem was such
that she did it justice and held the close atten-
ton OF the audience. Miss Dora Wells essay
treated OF " Ready -made Opinions 3" in pleas
ing way, advocating the forming of opinions for
ones SELF and pointing out the folly OF depend
ing wholly on other peoples ideas. Tim Merrill
gave a humorous defamation entitled Strong
Doctrine" and was "himself again" we think,
however, that he would have done better with a
selection possessing different style of htmor
Romeo G. Brown, in an Grafton on "Commu-
nism," spoke earnestly against this troublesome
spirit which threatens to agitate our land, and
pictured the communist In his true aspect-a dis
turber of the lawful institutions Of society; the
speakers tone Of voice and gestures were good
and he appeared perfectly at ease on the platform
more SO than any other speaker, we think he
lei''ihiy oiu HIS part up orowh- Miss jessie
ouiisonS essay on PICTURES ala her credit,
anu was very wei read ihueedi she touched upon
ne ui'ierence Ill te popular TASTE Ill tlls respect,
Ieierrihg Pleasantly TO the pictures which mem
Dry brings up for our inspection. Miss Lizzie Cum
hinss reau carefully written essay on the SUD
leo' ncyohu the APPS nc'h iu'iyi the MAN
-"oush' III her essay WAS 'na' only through per-
'e'er'hce III crossing tie rough places IN NE are
we ehaoied 10 reach the Italy oil our desire, j.
w. roster inc iast speaker OF the evening" had
5oou Grafton on Inc Nineteenth century,
'halactcri]lns IL US "e century Oh uhe In respect
% discoveries ana progression IN the arts ana
'''ehoes' ware mas oech pelore our people
many 'iihes' anu Always carfies out MS part Oh
ne programme III soou siape' .....
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10 niSH cummings anu .. w. fos'er-py
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very 81, oioSeu ny 'nes'nsins VI tue rnsIihl ohofus
ne eNi'oi''oh as " "i'o'e passed OH very satls-
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'V""oiais see'neu "ha'e hlaue HAPPY MT III the
'no'.o Vi supJeo's' anu .ne aosence oi AL uag-
,uS ,nu a''eo'A.ion was uu'y appreciated "