Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-19
KNOWLEDGE is POWER. y
AXIOM ADOPTED BY THE BRATTLEB0R0
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1908.
Graduating Exercises at the Auditorium Very
Successful = Admirable Address by Rev
Charles o. Day-Brilliant Reception at the
Brooks House the Following Evening.

Even the down pour from the skies
could not spoil the ceremonies of the
High school graduation at the Audito-
rum Friday evening and the pro-
gram as announced was carried out in
an admirable manner. There was a
large audience and very courteous
young men acted as ushers. The front
of the stage was banked with laurel
and ferns and the class motto "Knowl-
edge is Power formed of blue and
white bunting. was suspended from
the proscenium arch The stage was
beautifully set with palms and white
daisies, the class flower. Principal
Whitaker of the High school presided
and on the stage, beside the members
of the graduating class, were seated
the teachers and the members of the
school board.
The program included music by
Leitsinger's orchestra, vocal march
by the High school chorus, invocation
by Rev. George B. Lawson, song,
"Out on the Deep" followed by an
address by President Charles o. Day
of the Andover theological seminary.
The chorus then sang The Miller's
Wooing," and Prof Hobart X. Whit
aker presented the class 10 the board,
James L. Martin comforting the diplo-
mas. This was followed by the sing
ing of the class song, words by Arthur
Thomas, and the benediction
The address of the evening was made
by Rev. Charles O. Day. president of
Andover theological seminary. He
was warmly greeted by the audience
and in his address he suggested these
thoughts:
This public school system is the start
ing of certain class spirit, careful
training of the thing which the pupil
is best able to do. He begins to see
things more particularly; begins to see
see that he is not in the world for him
self alone, but in a work for others.
He begins to see that there is a mean
ing in all this training: that he may
find the true meaning of his life, and
real success. 1t gives him new desires,
and interests, a desire for
better than he has.
Il once heard lecture on Ralph
Waldo Emerson as a philosopher. En-
erson stood on three great principles
nature is always speaking to us, free
dom is always speaking in us, and the
soul is always speaking through us.
Those were the three great principles
that Emerson built all his thoughts
upon.
~ do not know with just what feel
ipgs these graduates come from their |
school training. They have hardly
looked at the obligation. They may |
not see the usefulness of the life they |
are about to enter They see they |
must 'hustle:' they realize that If they |
10 not make the most of every oppor-
unity which affords somebody else |
will: they will know that they will |
earn to their sorrow later, if they have
lot already found it so, that the best
nan wins, the true woman carries the
palm wreath. There are no distinc-
ions in character, and the complete
whole is what the world recognizes,
udges and estimates as basis. If
'our character is good. well and good;
t you lower your character, beware.
The class is one of the largest ever
graduated at the High school, and
nuny of them will take a college
'ourse. Their names are Florence G.
'utnam, Nellie F. Lord, Edna NJ
Marcy, Ellen S. Marcy, Alberta E.
)rummond, John D. Kaine, Edith NJ.
'tearns, Edith B. Douglas, George H.
ngraham, Wayne H. Rice. Horace L.
Scott. Percy V. Crowell, Harold E. +:
Whitney, Marshall j. Moves. Edwina
|. Whitney, Anna NJ. O'Neil, Ella F. {
,anney, Zetta NJ. Weld, Arthur F.
'homas, Ernest S. Arnold, Stuart E.
'rost, Harry P. Greene, Raymond N. ]
White, Richard G. Averill.