The herald., 1896-06-25
THE MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL
A Fashionable Audience Present at the
Friday Morning Club Rooms
An Able Address BY Mrs. caswel-Five Grad.
yates Receive Their Dlplomas-Awards
Of Merit Bestowed

| crowded yesterday morning with an au-
| dience made up of representative society
| people of this city, who were present fol
the enjoyment of the Marlborough
| school exercises. 1t would be safe to say
that no more interesting school program
| has been given in this month of gradu-
| ates. 1t was devoid of the usual drag
| that so often accompanies similar occa-
sions and the program was selected
rather to the view of excellence than
length and was as follows:
Marlborough Maidens-Chorus.
Violin solo. Gondoliera, Ries-Miss Mar
.Autumnal Gale. Grieg-Miss Katherine
Kimball.
Piano solo. ballade in A fiat. Chopin-Miss
Marlborough violets School Song-Mus-
ic by Miss NJ. M. Naftzger.
well.
Songs, (a) Chanson, vannuccini; (b)
Scene from Manon, Massenet-Miss kath-
crime kimball.
The fifth number was composed by one
of the pupils, and reflected much credit
upon the young lady's ability. Mrs.
Caswell took her place on the platform,
surrounded by the graduating class,
who formed a picturesque grouping in
their dainty gowns of white, with an
effective background of plants and bam-
boos. On the front of the platform was
and at the conclusion of Mrs.
Caswells address other fo-al
offerings from friends were added
to these by five of the graduates school
mates. Special mention should be made
of the violin solo by Miss Marion Jones,
who played with finished and true
artistic style. Each guest was given
with the Ininl1a nnStar de-
signed by Miss Juliet Carvell, one of the
pupils, which gave evidence of the ar
tistic talent that exists in the school.
The school book, Geppo and the Violet
Flag, is a clever edition compiled by
the young ladies and just published. 1t
Is full of handsome illustrations and
cuts and sparkling bits of thought con-
tributed by the different girls The ad-
dress to the graduates by Mrs. Caswell
was practical advice and so imbued with
everyday requirements of gentle wom-
anhood that all present could have
reaped a harvest of benefit from the
able remarks. The speaker said in
brief:
Another year has waxed and
waned and again the June air
thrills with good-byes and good
wishes. Commencement day ap-
pears with little less regularity than
Christmas or New Year; yet we come
with unflagging interest to see these
trig little ships go sailing away into the
future with their freight of joy and cour-
age. By the tender grace of day that
is dead we would, if we could. stow
away somewhere on board, in addition
to our good wishes, our experience, that
it might be of some avail when ruthless
winds shall have carried them beyond
our sight-out to sea. But they have
no room for it, and, alas! it is not trans
ferable.
1T is not an easy matter in this day
of good times to set oneself earnestly
about anything; not because you have
better times than we of an earlier gem
GRAFTON, but because matters in general
are so much more complicated"
There was no fear in the heart of the
speaker that the class would fall back
into social languor after their active
school days, nor did she think they
would develop into that mysterious an
omalous thing the new woman" the la t.
ter heaven forbid" The class were ad-
monished not to believe life to be all
prose, but cling to ideals of womanhood
and manhood such as we all reverence
on their appearance among US, but to
cling to their standards and understand
that they are not impracticabe.
Mrs. Caswell touched on all points of
life that were conducive for making a
successful woman. Courtesy in all things
was emphasized as an essential virtue.
one of the manifest duties in life being
to cultivate the power of conversation,
but not to study to make it brilliant as it
often falls into monologue or into saying
of good things at another's expense. Ac-
complishments should be turned into
companions rather than for display.
The speaker had little use for higher
mathematics, etc, for women through
life. but trusted that the young women
could handle fractions, calculate her own
interest, tell a check from a Dromis-
sorry note and know the importance of
reading papers before attaching their
signature; the interesting, helpless wo-
men are a thing of the past and are
pushed aside for those who are strong
and competent.
Charity should go hand in hand with
common sense. Sentiment of a kind is
not lacking, but sympathy is rare. IT is
to be hoped suffrage will be restricted
rather than extended. but if the ballot
is forced into the hands of women, meet
it fairly and honestly and with intelli-
gence. AT the conclusion of Mrs. Cas-
wells remarks the school honors and d.
plomas were awarded. The five gradu-
ates We're Misses Florence Silent Shank
land, Mabel Garnsey, Knight and
Sprague. The awards We're pretty little
violet enameled pins and We're bestowed
by the vote of the school as follows:
Miss Georgia Caswell for the best every
day English and manners, Miss Louise
Castro and Miss Mabel Garnsey ran a
close vote on uniform courtesy. the form
er carrying off the coveted prize The
singing by the school of Old Lang Syne