Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-06-18


Firstly:-We give our lives to the
world and our hearts to the cause of ed
ucatiOn.
Secondly:-All the estate whereof we
may be seized and possessed, both real
| and personal, of whatsoever name or ma.
ture and wheresoever situated, including
the reference library belonging in the
building, consisting of English. German
and Greek dictionaries and a set of en-
cyclOpedias, one silk flag, one micro.
scope, rOwboats used on the school foun-
tain, gymnasium apparatus and athletic
field and the elegant new piano, we here.
by give, grant, devise, and bequeAth to
our beloved friends, the class of 96 of
the Bennington High School aforesaid,
to be by them held in trust for and dur
ing the full term of their school lives.
MISUNDERSTANDING their youth and
utter lnexperlence and inability to cope
successfully with the vicissitudes of the
Senior year, and having full trust and
confidence in the competency of Arabele
Horton, Hattie Louise Haven and Anna
Desmond Rogers Of the Bennington High
School aforesaid, we hereby nominate.
constitute and appoint them the afore-
said Arabelle Horton, Hattie Louise Ha-
ven and Anna Desmond Rogers to be
joint guardians unto the said class of '96
during the remainder of their infancy, or
until otherwise discharged
FOurthly:-The uniforms of Lieuten.
ants Heminway and Partridge are here.
by given, devised, granted and be-
queathed to Privates Hawks and Hudson
OF the class of '96 aforesaid, respectively.
Fifthly:-We hereby nominate, consti.
tute and appoint John Scott of Benning-
ton aforesaid to be executor of this our
last will and testament with full powers
and authority to administer the same
and the estate herein before enumerated
according to law and the rules on the
last page OF the report book.
Dated at Bennington aforesaid this 18th
day OF June A. ID. 1885.
(Sgned) CLASS OF '95.
Signed, sealed, published and declared
TO be the last Will and testament of the
class of '9j of the Bennington High
School of Bennington aforesaid, by us
who hereunto sign our names at the re-
quest and in the presence of the said tes-
tator and in the presence of each other.
IL. w. Downs,
MAUD 5. CARPENTER,
CLAUDIA a. Ross.
Mr.. lie Grand Hyde then responded
for '0G, thanked '95 for its advice and as.
sistance and ended by inviting 0j to at.
tend class day next year.
Miss Miller read the prophecy. No ex-
tract can do it justice. 1t was elegantly
composed and in addition to the interest
ing future laid out for each member Cf
the class, it was full of literary merit.
These class day exercises really indi-
cate the literary and forensic ability of
our graduates quite as fully as the grad
uating exercises possibly can.
This was the first literary programme
which the members of the class ever pre-
pared and carried out without the aid
and assistance of teachers, and as such
it was an immense success. The parts
were all written by the students without
the criticism or aid of teachers and the
speaking was done without drill. The
parts had never been heard by the teach
erS and they were as new to them as to
the rest of the audience.
To-day the intermediate schools speak
in the Hall, tomorrow afternoon the pri.
mary schools, Wednesday will be de-
voted to union programme in the Hall,
Thursday afternoon programmes will be
given in all schools and in the evening
The graduating exercises will close the
commencement week.
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