The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-18
TEN WERE
GRADUATED
Annual Commencement o
High School.
HELD AT OPERA HOUSE
Students of Class Gave Bright
and Interesting Essays and
OratiOns.
HELD AT OPERA HOUSE

The twenty seventh annual COM
mencement of the Bennington high
school took place Friday night at the
opera house.
The stage looked prettier than it
ever did before. The prevailing
colors being those that the class had
chosen years ago, green and white.
Large boquets of white daisies and
white peonies were artistically arrang-
cd with ferns and potted plants on the
stage.
The junior class were the artists Of
this arrangement and deserve special
praise.
The overture was played by the
orchestra, during which the class
marched onto the stage and remained
standing until all had taken their
places, The invocation was by Rev
Philip Schuyler
"a Defense of Graduates, " by Hazel
Hart was one Of the brightest essays
of its kind, being wholly original and
most interesting.
"The Use of Time, " by Mary Eliza
Cutting was unusually instructive,
and it is safe to say that even the
wisest one in the audience learned
something.
"A Plea for Our Forests, " by Fred
erick Arthur Burt was received with
enthusiastic applause from the audi
ence and should be taken TO heart by
Vermont citizens.
''The Nights, " sextet, composed Of
six high school young ladies, Misses
Austin, Harbour, Hudson, Toomy,
Waldridge and Hart was one OF the
prettiest diversions possible in a COM
mencement program. The young la
dies did remarkably well and the di-
rector should be especially proud of
them.
Maud Mattison Galusha read an
essay on, THE Strenuous Life; A
Protest." in which she considered
some of President Roosevelt's favorite
theories, naively, and with pith and
point.
An essay which delighted the audi
ence and furnished food for intelligent
rejection was "The Opportunities of
Youth, by Mary Agatha Loughlin
Ethel Anna Cutler presented The
Children of Colonial Days" in such
a way that each and everyone could
see the brave little children fighting
for existence this then unknown and
stubborn country.
An Grafton, "The Value of a Pur-
pose" by Curtis Sidney Burt gave
some good ideas to the young men or
women who are continually changing
their occupation and who give for
their excuse of leaving thatthey didn't
like the, "boss, pay, or hours"
The sextette again sang in most |
pleasing manner, "Voice of the West
ern Wind"
Anessay, "The Heroism OF the Com
Fannie Fenton Fillmore,
showed an unusual amount of thought
and grasp of subject, coupled with
natural ability which will take her
with success and credit along any |
walk OF life she may choose to fol-
low.
Lucretia Margaret Edgerton told |
US in "The Enchanted Country" how
to become contented with our lot,
those who are not able to travel, to
take good book and leave behind |
the cares and troubles which surround |
US and travel with the author into
some faraway cline.
Robert Parkman Moore, president |
of the class, told us more about our
own school in "The Peoples College,"
than most of us knew. If some good |
is not derived by his theme, then a
audience cannot be called
Supt A. W. Varney made few well
chosen remarks and the diplomas we're
presented to each graduate.
This class is unusually bright hav-