Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-15

5 IN, stage itself was bordered with laurel.
ne members OF the class occupied seats
S IN tne Ilght OF the stage and the school
"., Dne teachers and the speaker were
S se,.I on the left. The program opened
followed by a chorus, INFORMING Invita-
tlon, by Veasie. Rev. f. E. Marble then
asked the invocation, which was followed
Dy another selection by the orchestra
Principal Whitaker said It had been a
disappointment to him to receive from
MRS Alice Freeman Palmer, who had
oeen announced as the speaker of the
evening, telegram stating that on ac-
count OF sudden illness she would be I'M
aole 10 De present, but his disappointment
was turned to pleasure in being able to in
troduce Prof. George II. Palmer of Har-
ward University, who had come to make
the address in place of his wife. Prof.
Palmer, after few felctous Introductory
remarks, gave very able address upon
the formation of interests. or the signs that
indicate growing up or maturity on the
part of young graduates. The signs to
which he called special attention were the
more superficial characteristics, those east
lY dlscernable, like the acquiring of DOS
sessions and the more marked indication.
the possession of increased knowledge,
Foresight is also an indication of maturity.
a quality by which one acquires self control
But the strongest mark of maturity is the
acquisition OF interests. These interests
are the ends toward which one directs his
efforts. Whatever effort is spent upon
ones interests is not irksome, but is a
labor of love, and therein is the distinc-
| ton between the labor of the young and
that In
wolves much work; in maturity work be-
comes play. To have character is to have
| interests.
Following Prof. Palmer's address Prin-
| cipal Whitaker presented the class to the
! school board, congratulating them that
| they had reached the goal for which they
had been striving, when he could dismiss
! them to larger, better and happier life.
| Z. ID. Thompson, chairman of the school
J board, conferred the diplomas, admonsh-
! ing the members of the class to do their
| full duty in the positions in life which
have been set apart for them. The exer-
cises closed with the singing of the class
ode by the members of the class and the
pronouncing of the benediction by Rev.
! DR.. Marble.
Following are the members of the grad
uating class in the three courses:
Classical Gertrude Wolcott Croker,
Mabel Glare Hunt, Sarah Powers Ford,
Fred Emerson Gilbert, Hugh Garfield
Lynde, Sadie Louise Nina Streeter.
Latin-Mary Elizabeth Austin, Mary
Amalda Cundff, Alice Bertha Colt, Laura
Manette Cutler, Dorothy Lucy Deane,
Winifred Maud Douglas, Lucy Buffum
Jennings, Annie Mable Lamb, Bernice Rae
Pike, Annie Rebecca Thomas, Eva Guy
Goodale, James Frederic Morse Pear
Gray Gibson.
English-Fannie Margaret Scott, Alvena
Mae Walker, George Edward Adams
Charles Edward Boyle, Harlan Edgar
Goodell Charles William Long, Julius
Henry Parkess, Edgar Earl Mellen, Harold
Leslie Smith, Howard Starkey Wellman
The class officers are: President, Juliu:
II. Parkess; vice president, Annie NJ
La b; secretary, Mabel c. Hunt; treasur
err gorge E. Adams; executive committee
Fred f. Gilbert, Howard S. Wellman
Charles Z. Boyle, Annie n. Lamb anC
MabelC. Hunt. The class colors are greer
and white and the class flower is climbing
rose.