Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-06-18
wHlTcoMs HIGH SCHOOL.
Class of 1908 Passes Out From Its
Portals.

Portals.
The exercises in the town hall Wednes
day evening, June 10th, were more thar
. usually interesting and successful. TIL
stage was very lastly decorated. The mu
/ sic by Wilder's orchestra was widely com
mented on as being the best ever heard il
Bethel and was repeatedly encored. Tn,
credit for the stage decoration is due (
the members of the junior class. who de
voted much time and thought to it,
The following members had parts in the
exercises
Guy H. Cleveland, subject. ssThe Evolu.
tiOn Of Government Mr.. Cleveland said
n in part that a student finds this evolution
bewildering and stupendous. As popula-
tion increases, man becomes better fitted
for the duties of government The laws
of natural selection, as laid down by Oar
win, control the lives of governments
The governments of Greece and Rome
1 passed away to make room for higher
/ ideas. People are still experimenting in
government and even in this country the
different state governments are not the
same and the city governments are still
more diverse. Some city governments
are more powerful than state governments.
| The veto power given mayors of cities has
proved beneficial. State legislative con-
/ troll of cities has not proved successful.
/ This evolution OF government is one OF the
principal factors in the development of
our country.
Annie L. Lamson, subject, ''The Aim of
Public Schools" The early training is
everything in the individual. Public
schools aim to repress the evil tendencies
and to make better lives. The mind is ed
ucated to higher ideas and this reflects
upon the character. Schools aim to bring
out the talents for which the pupil is best
fitted and cultivate the love for the good
and the beautiful. The teacher should be
herself all that she seeks to inculcate in
the pupil. The primary school lays the
foundation, the intermediate supplements
the grammar broadens, and the high per.
fects the character.
Joseph p. Mccormack. Grafton, ssThe
Greek Conception of Beauty The Greeks
believed IN the best expression of the
good, and ranked beauty next to holiness.
Ii was asked how Socrates could be SO
good when he was so homely. The Greeks
were never surpassed in architecture and
sculpture. Appeiles painted horse so
liie-liSe that il was recognized by other
horses. The Greeks enjoyed the beauty OF
their country. Their life was a continual
discipline in culture and they were artists
even in the language. DemOsthenes' ora
tions rank first in forensic productions.
Although the power OF Greece has passed
away her works are immortal.
ahAhlN a. AtANA 1Ns N0EaA ne ~ OAllAA OF
Today The woman OF today can beanv-
thing from college president to a house
maid. In common with man, they now own
the motto, "Paddle Your Own Canoe. "
There are a quarter Of a million woman
teachers in the United States. They now
occupy every branch Of work. Women
lawyers are found in almost every state.
The first woman doctor was in 1895. Now
there are many. and many preachers and
editors. On the death Of her hus band.
Mrs. Frank Leslie took charge OF his pub
locations and brought them to a success
hitherto unknown. The Cambridge Daily
Press is gotten out entirely by women Of
the university city. They become inven-
tors and are the most capable government
clerks. There are now four million wom-
EN- wage earners in the United States.
Fred G. Putnam, Grafton, "Time's !
Changes When one looks over the |
achievements of the last century, there is |
wonder what the next 100 years will bring
forth. The first railroad was built in 4
1880. BY 1860, the American continent |
was spanned. In 1872 il took seven weeks /
to carry news across the ocean, but now /
the European news is published in the |
United States in many cases before il is at /
home. Prot Morse was thohght to have
discovered something Imaginable in his tel /
egraph. In 1872 the cannon were common i
iron castings. Now the gun in New York
carries a projectile weighing one half a
ION, piercing with accuracy a thirty inchl
plate at eight miles. The gun weighs 1885, I
100 lbs. Electricity will soon do the du-
les OF tilling the soil. Edison has prom
sed TO soon perfect a more practicable
battery. In medicine. important advances
ire noted. The use Of ether was discover
a in 1876. Vaccine has come into use.
rays have been discovered and
established for the cure OF
The past century has been
me Of wonderful enlightenment and is
emarkable for the substitution Of ma
'hine for hand labor. This vas especially
hown at the 1876 exposition. What will
he 1876 exposition show?
Claude A. Rogers, Grafton, Forest Pre- 4
ervation." Two centuries ago the land
vas covered with unbroken forests. The
Irst settlers cut down enough for tillage I
and and buildings and late years the
Mountains and more inaccessible locations +.
ave been denuded for the lumber and we |
re losing the safeguards OF our streams.
he cutting causes floods, changes of ch- /
nate and spells the beauty Of nature
he European governments have given :
luch thought to this subject and are pro-
Getting their forests. Besides the cutting !
I man, forests are damaged by fires and
y insects. Wise legislation can do much
Or their preservation. The United States !
eautIful locations for parks. Mr.. Rogers d
dyocated putting lumber on the free list
5 one of the possible methods of protect Z
lg our forests.
Ethel NJ. Twitchell, essay, "Frances
Willard and Her Work" There was
ever before a woman so universally loved !.
nd admired. Her early life was spent on
farm IN Illinois, but she soon moved
D things higher and was the first woman I
resident of a college. She Joined the i
emperance movement and became most
aaious worker. AT frst she was cramped L
Y lack Of funds and even had to proceed &
n foot, but means came. She aroused
Enthusiasm and won answering LOYALTY. +
. twelve years she spoke before four :
audiences and in every state in :
ne union. She sought TO organize a tenn
erance movement in every city Of 10000
opulation ana over and travelled 5000
tiles. One man has said that II Abraham
incoln should be called the grandest man
the country, Miss Willard should be
illed the grandest woman. .
Benjamin NJ. Washburn. Grafton. "The
estiny OF the Anglo-Saxon Race In iC
he sixth century. the AnglO-Saxons came