The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-06-19
Commencement

Commencem w
The closing week at Bro
was ushered III BY q Baccall
| TO the graduating class at
tional church, BY Rev. J. W. ~
evening, June 9TH. A large and e.
audience OF students and friends
school greeted the occasion The :
which was practical and helpful, wa
John TX, 4, and the theme was wv
| The pastor was assisted in the serviS
Rev. l.. r. Tucker. The church was TASTE
fully decorated, and appropriate music adj
ded to the pleasure and impressiveness.
The week of dreaded reviews and t0rtur
ing examinations, made more bitter by thu
c.fictiOn of sutfOcatiOn In OvercrOwded
rooms and unrelenting heat, at last drew te
a close and on Friday evening came the
lOng-sOught bOOn--graduatiOn.
| The exercises were held in Village Hall
The decorations of flowers and ferns form,
ed back ground for the entire platform
while the foreground was composed of the
ter in the setting of national flags. An
audience of friends from Bradford and adj.
jacent towns filling every available inch on
| fiOor and in gallery was early present.
| Among hOnOred visitors from out of town
were Gen. w. w. GrOut OF Barton, Mrs.
Gen. W. II. Gilmore OF Fairlee, MIR. and
Mrs. Chas. Doe of Newbury, E. Il. John.
son of Bradford, Pa, Miss Addie Ruckel,
Rev. Mr.. Converse of PiermOnt, N. Ii.
Upon the platform were seated the facul.
ty. Prof. ID. b. Locke, Miss M. Grace
Woodland and Miss Mary E. Jones, tOgeth.
er with the graduating class, which num-
bered fourteen members, six gentlemen and
eight ladies. Music was furnished by an
orchestra from Wells River
The exercises were opened by music by
the orchestra, followed with prayer by%ReI.
l.. p. Tucker.
Maude Estelle Harris delivered the
utatOry with becoming grace and imI
slveness. "All the world is stage. W.
have been playing the minor part the larg-
er part is now before us. We greet parents
and friends, and thank all for their tender
interest; we thank the trustees for their as
sistance, financial and personal; we thank
the teachers for their faithfulnesS, and have
a prayer for their future; we greet the alum
nj, and extend hearty salutatiOn to the sub
seniors, who are to be the recruits of the
future; we have a greeting for all the I'M
dergraduateS, whose presence reminds us
of our past experiences. For all our only
wish is that you may be amply rewarded
for your attendance and attention"
John Wilbert Chapman followed with an
Grafton, Not for Fame but for Character"
which displayed strength Of thought and of
principle. ''Stephen of COlOna said, when
oppressed, my fortress is my heart The
man of character strives tor honor at the
expense of fame. Character cannot be in
herited, but must be cultivated. Character
is the secret of greatness. To be truly hon
Orable is the greatest ambition. Fame is
not true character. Fame gives praise,
character esteem; fame perishes, character
endures; character comes from praise of
C,I TO-, T,p, ft,of nf Nlor
heart impulse. The man who lives for 9TH
ers not self, is the truly honorable"
Flora NJ. Warren gave an essay. ''Castles
among the AndirOns," word picture,
unique and artistic. She told beautifully
the history of the fireplace. In the flames
appeared the vision of an old cabin and a
group of boys. 1t was the loved Academy.
In the glowing flames appeared vision of
its successful future, in the sOmbre ashes
81.
George Melvin Slack delivered Theme,
''The Pillow, the Hand and the Brain"
which had the merit of setting forth old
truth in new and not weariSOme form.
Prefaced by an appropriate quotation from
Whittier he delivered a plea for the farmeraI
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