Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-06-24
TWENTY-THREE GRADUATE
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS RECEIVE
DIPLOMAS.
Address in Auditorium by Charles 3.
Gilbert Of New York-Reports Of
Glass Day Exercises and Baceaau.
reais Sarponn

, reate Sermon.
Before an audience which filled the
, auditorium last evening % members
, OF the senior class of the Brattleboro
nigh school received diplomas for hay-
ing successfully completed the pre-
scribed course of study The event
was signallzed by fitting exercises,
ana the auditorium was appropriately
decorated for the occasion. The
front of the stage was banked with
laurel while above was suspended the
class motto Eek Vita Scholae ad
Scholar Vitae" wrought in ox-eye
daisies, the class flower
The exercises began with the Poet
and Peasant overture BY I.eitsinser
orchestra, followed by the Spring
Song Waltz by the high school cho-
rus. Rev. III, r. Miles then offered
prayer and the boys glee club of the
school rendered the selection. Slum-
Der Soft This was followed by an
address by Charles b. Gilbert of New
York city on Some Problems of Edu-
cation.
Mr. Gilbert said in part: The
great educational problem is life IT.
sell FOR all life Is education and edu-
cation is life. The condition of So
ciety AT any time is the result of the
education OF individuals, and the edu-
Gators are the social forces that are
about us. School is very small fac
tor in education. Every influence that
is brought upon us, every action that
we engage In is an educational force. I
The school is merely a prepara- /
ton for the larger college of ex-
perience The test of the value of
education is ones ability to solve the
problems of life as they occur It is
not learning it especially Is not let
tiers, for some very initerate people .
are very we'll educated and often peo-
pie who know much are badly edu-
Gated, being unable to meet the situa- (
lions that arise, L
Mr.. Gilbert then discussed some OF (
The industrial and social problems i
that everybody must meet such as
civil government the relation Of la {
Dor and capital, ana simple problems
If wise and rational living and show
ed that whatever discouraging condi-
ions prevail to-day are due wholly TO a
wrong education. Problems never 3
an be rightly solved unless by proper \
'ducation. He spoke of the functions y
II school in general education. not J.
merely place to learn things but I
curse preparatory to the solving OF y
ifes problems. The school life must d
'e a rational wholesome life like that p
# the larger world Too frequently n
he school is a thing wholly different q
Il
erent that young people are not f
ualiiied TO cope with the problems of %
ne outer world, Verbal learning and fl
rtiiicial conduct do not qualify chill ei
rem TO live good wholesome lives. nj
In closing Mr.. Gilbert mentioned bi
)me Of the needs in the present edu- tr
ltional system laying especial stress 81
the practical application Of learn no
g. &c
At the close of Mr.. Gilbert's address 4:
lie girls glee club sang The Lonely NJ
ose, and Principal H. X. Whitaker ne
a brief address presented the class Is
the school board The diplomas
ere distributed by Rev T. @. S. Os- an
'od, and the exercises were brought eli
close by the singing of the class tn,
ng written by Miss Mai Spear. It's
Following are the members Of the he
ISIS who received diplomas: CLASH Mi
course, Luther Willis Hawley. Carl pa
hn Strand, Rollin Thomas White; yes
tin course Edward Samuel Clark. wit
I'm Putnam Helyar, May Clark ha,
odhue, Julia Dineen Brosnahan. Br;
ward Dewitt Leonard, Milton w. wei
cree Helen Augusta Nelson Frank son
lrren Roberts, Horatio EIwin que
nth, Frederick Asher Spencer; Mr.
glish course, Flora Macdonald Cat Mr..
ach, Marion Parnal Chaplin. Mary fiel(
zabeth Frost, Lucy Cutting Haynes. Ora
len Agnes Reyes Edith Marion Hue
light, May Cathryn Moylan. Char G.
e Goodrich Spaulding. Mai Ham Ora
nd Spear, Elizabeth Benton Tuthiu Y.