The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-06-17
Closing Exercises Of SpauId-
ing Commencement.
ADDRESS BY PROF. HORNE
Two Honor Winners Of Class Read Es-
says-opera House Well Filled
With Friends of School and
Graduates.

Seventeen pupils Of the spaulding
high school received diplomas from that
institution, at the graduation exercises
held at the opera house last evening.
marking the elimination of folu wears
Of study in the various courses. The
exercises were very successful and were
attended by a large number of people.
The speaker Of the evening was Prof.
II. Il. Horne OF the department of phil
| osophy IN Dartmouth College.
seated on the platform with the
speaker were Mayor Barclay, the mem-
'bers OF the school board, the Rev. r. "a.
Poole, and the school faculty. The grad
yates and the class next in order occu-
| pied seats at the front OF the hall.
marching to their places under the lead
ership Of the marshal, Ray Wofthen Of
the Middle class
The programme included essays bva
the two leaders Of the class. Nora Elsie2
Taylor and Lena Julia Carpenter. Tho
former who took second honor, had fof
her subject, "The Spirit of Literattre.h
and Miss Carpenter, who lead the clask.
spoke on Mature Study Both thts
efforts showed the result of muc&s
thought. The Senior chorus sang @DrifA
My Bark and Ethel M. Strong. alsb
a member Of the class, sang eDisnpl
pointnent," and "The DAYS Gone Bv.hk
PORT. Horne was introduced by su~k
pcrintendent Mathewson. He took for
his subject The Home and the School,
saying that it was chosen because Ii
represents youth, In opening the speak
81 said That there are five great instru-
ments OF civilization, the home, the
school, the business world, the state and
the church. At the basis Of each is
4 great idea. The basic principle Of
the nome Is loving obedience, OF the
school development by instruction, OF
the business world interdependence, Of
the state justice, ct the church right
eousness. The two first, said the speak
er. were those with which be should
deal.
The are two great pillars Of human
liberty. 1t is largely through home and
the school that man has been able ID
reach his present stage of civilization.
The hople stands first in time, it stands
first In Importance The home Ii the
unit OF human society. In the home
center all the elements of man making,
Wiz CD The influence of heredity.
which gives us capacity, (2) the inafi-
enee Of environment which gives us op-
portunity, (3) the influence Of will. hv
which We improve or reject our oppor-
tunities.
Il is in the home that We find tie
diyInely planted symbol of the infinite
being. The human home is the shrine
and the temple OF love. Debauch the
home and you debaueh human life. Ele-
yate the home and you elevate human
life
The school receives from the home
a potential man, potential woman.
II sends out into society realized
man, realized wonan. The school
cannot put in the elements of manhood.
but it can develop the latent clements
Of manhood The school makes progress
in civilization possible.
These two great institutions stand
side by side. The home says Take nv
enid and make Of him what nature iil-
tended.
In addressing the graduates, Prof.
Horne spoke briefly, urging them to
make the best use of the education they
had received. Become the best and tha
purest servants of human society. You
will hear the phrase make living
4 say concluded the speaker, amake
a life, make life worth living
Then the class, headed by their mar.
shal, marched to the stage and sang
the school hymn, Lead, Kindly Light
after which diplomas were presented 10
the sixteen young ladies and one Young
gentleman BY B. w. Hooker, Of the
school board. In presenting the diplo-
mas, Mr.. Hooker congratulated the class
IN having completed their courses In the
nigh school. He also expressed the wish
that more Of the pupils Of the public
schools Of Barre would complete their
courses instead Of dropping out before
sntering the high school.
Those who received the cherished al.
oiomas We're Blanche Lena Bradford.
Fanny Thompson Carleton, Lena Julia
Carpenter, William Scott Cordiner.
Reith Fraser, Julia Teresa
Hagan, Christina Clark Lowe, Mamie
Mnsterson Mckenzie, Monti Florence
Mudgett, Evelyn Zilpha Phelps, Clara
Ella Puryee, Alice Finette Richardson.
Ethel Mae Strong, Nora Elsie TAYLOR.
Allie Eta Trowe, Inez Winifred
T..xfs