The Newtown bee., 1904-06-17
PRIZE DAY AT WYKEHAM RISE.

On Wednesday, June 8, Wykeham Rise observed it's annual Prize day. ex. ercises. The hours were arranged from 2 to o'clock, to suit the con- venience of out of town guests. The spacious halls and parlOrS were very prettily decorated with laurel, palms, ferns and cut flowers. A very large number of guests were present to en- joy the occasion. After all the guests gle file of teachers and pupils walked slowly down the broad stairway and took their places. Those who were college graduates among the teachers wore their caps and gowns. A pleas ing feature of the teachers procession was the faculty baby, little one year old Curtis Titus. The long procession of girls attired in white and carrying a chain of daisies connecting the lines, presented charming vision. Arthur c. Cotton, the we'll known author, of whom this town is so justly proud, Oc- cupied the chair. At the platform with MT Colton were seated the Rev Percy Robinson, rector of St Johns church, and Emerson Taylor, Ph. D.. MT Taylor, who was the speaker of the day, is the professor of rhetoric at Yale, and is the author of the recent novel, "A Daughter of Dale,' which has attracted great deal of attention. The exercises opened with prayer and then MT Cotton introduced the speak CT. Prof Taylor first distributed the prizes, and each announcement was greeted with hearty applause. The prizes were awarded as follows:
 Special prizes: Science, given by Miss Adams, to Nellie Elwell Irwin with honorable mention of Dorothy Brinsmade and Olive Mitchell.
 Sight Singing, given by Miss Mar garet Clark, to Dorothy 0. Brinsmade, with honorable mention of Alice Car ter.
 Field Sports, to Marion Seeley with honorable mention of Dorothy Averill.
 Prize for Courtesy, given by Mrs with honorable mention of Mary All len.
 Prize for best recitation of poem, given by Miss Fife Sexton to Avis Phtpps with honorable mention of Dorothy Averill.
 For Punctuality, ito Avis Phipps, with honorable mention of Justine Blackstone.
 For Order, Mary Norton Allen, with honorable mention of Alice Lucille Smith.
 | The school prizes were gwen TOT the best work in the regular course over an average of 75 per cent. The school prizes were awarded to the Second Form: Marion Seeley.
 Third Form: Dorothy Averill and Candace Seeley.
 Fourth Form: Mary Norton Allen, Arisue, given to the best all round girl, who must stand we'll in studies, athletics, school spirit and influence Mary Norton Allen.
 l After the prizes had been distribut. ed, Prof Taylor made some interesting remarks. He referred to the beauti- full spirit of the school, and it was ap- parent to all observers that those who did not receive prizes rejoiced witt those who did. When the remarks were concluded, ail adjourned to the front lawn, the pupils marching out and singing their pretty school songs as they twined the daisy chains around the pillars of the porch. The weathe was ideal for outdoor exercise. Al
 joined in singing America" at the conclusion of the exercises. Luncheon was then served to all present. Wyke ham Rise is growing school, as it successive Prize day observances vii testify without doubt, under the man agement of it's talented and estee met principal, Miss Davies.