Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-06-15
Graduation Week Notes.


E.. A. Thomas, West Randolph, Vt.
Graduation Week Notes.
Among the out-of-town graduates Of
| the W ifftcomb High school who were il
town last week to attend the graduating
exercises were DIR. H. W. Barfows o.
Stowe, Miss Abbie Whiteomb OF Barre
Mass, Miss Alice Sheldon of Stock bridge
John j. Wilson, Daniel L. Parker, g. W.
Whitney and c. L. Durham from the U.
V. NJ, DR.. ID. l.. Burnett of South Royal
ton, Prof. j. b. Sargent of Glasgow, Mo-.
and Miss Ida Rice of Fitchburg, Mass.
At the annual banquet OF the alumni oil
the Whitcomb High school at the Wilson
House last Friday evening, covers were
laid for sixty persons, and there were but
few delinquents. Landlord Brown fair
ly outdid himself in his efforts to feast
the eye and palate. The dining hall was
lastly decorated with ferns, plants and
festoons. At the annual meeting after
the banquet the following officers were
elected for the year ensuing: president,
DR.. Fl. w. Barrows, 's7; vice president,
Miss Lila c. Martin, 49, secretary ana
treasurer, Harry E. Adams, 80; banquet
committee, Mark Stanley, 81, George w.
Whitney, 800, andIAlice NJ. sSheldon, 's9.
The office of historian was created, and
Miss Fannie NJ. Fisher was elected to
serve during life or good behavior, with
the duty of keeping track of the grad
yates.
It is a peculiar fact that Of the eight
graduates this year not one lived within
the district.
The townhall was filled to overlooking
last Friday evening by those wishing to
hear the graduating exercises. Plentiful
~ interspersed among he literary efforts
Of he graduates was music by the Ideal
Male Quartet, and their frequent encores
testified to the favor with which their
songs were greeted BIZ the audience.
Miss Abbie f. Clark presided at the piano
for the entry OF the class, headed by the
marshal, Miss Anne +. kimball. After
prayer BY Rev. q. A. wilkins, the exer-
cises were gone through with in man
ner rejecting great credit upon Principal
Blaisdell and his assistants. But passing
notice can be given to the themes of the
speakers. Miss Martha J.. Gilbert, salu-
tatorian, chose as her subject ''fhe Social
Question: 1t is a question whether the
very poor are as poor as they were in ear
lier times. 1t will not do for the New
York millionaire 70 say, my wife runs
poor peoples sewing circle; | will give
900 fresh-air. children to the country
every year and will soon build a 100000
church on the East Side.n II that is all
that he does, he might as we'll turn the
Mississippi river into the cellar and at
tempt to bale il out again with his wife's
thimhle, while his laborer is getting a
bare $3.50 year, and he is getting S5O0,0e0
out of the labor Of his workmen. There
must be fairer division of the profits of
labor.
Miss Jessie Parker gave an agreeable
sketch OF some of the characteristics OF
the members of the class, which, of course,
was very remote from the truth. %
Ernest II. Wood spoke OF 'tThe Devel
opment OF Our Country" His delivery
was easy and pleasant, and his theme,
one 10 American ears.
In relation to early Hopes,n Ada l..
said that we must begin by do
ing what we think is right and do il
bravely, and it will help others, in addi-
ton to getting ourselves into the habit
Under the subject, Mastership in In.
dustry,n Leonard Whitcomb traced the
OF industry from the individual
exergions Of the savage to the multiple
branches Of modern industry, necessita-
Ting the division of labor and mastership
In industry.
In her essay, "The Inward Qualities Be- |
come Outward Characteristics Miss |
Maud f. Chedel said that our aims must I
De high that II one aimed at the barn 1
door. one would not hit the vane. Grant /
owed his success to his persistence that /
would not know defeat.
Leon II. Richardson, ia "Prophecies,n
accurately and completely detailed the 1
uture greatness OF the members Of the |
lass except his OWN
Then followed the reading of the class
poem, composed BY Miss Chedel and read
~ Miss Andree Clark Of the class OF 1914.
"Our Motto-'We Learn not for School I
,ut for Life, y was the title chosen by the
Miss Elizabeth w. Lyman,
Who said that education begins at the
radle and lasts till life is laid down. The
i'm Of education is to teach us what to
hiDk as well as how TO think. Miss I.y-
nan defined learning as what we get from
thers, and education as what We get our
elves. Learning may perish, but educa
ion is eternal.
The diplomas were presented to the
lass by DR.. Il. NJ. Chase, chairman of the
chool committee, who prefaeed the pres
ntation with a few words of commenda-
ion of the graduates.