Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-06-15
GRADUATING EXERCISES
AT LELAND AND GRAY SEMINARY, AT
TowssHEsD.


Owing 10 the threatening appearance Of
the sly aud the dampness OF the grass
The class day exercises which were TO nave
,.ken plaee ON the common, were trans
nlanted 10 the seminary hall, where hey
aourished as II In their native soil ihe
nan was decorated with eVergreens, ferns
ana aeur dc lis. After the audience had
assembled aud the students had taken their
plaees by classes In the seats reserved Tor
them. the seniors hed In 90 the accom-
paniment Of q march played by Miss s'od
dard and took their places In seml'elre'e
nnon The plaiforn, Miss Dale wore gown
az white organdic dotted with pink rose
buds over pink; Miss Adams delicate blue
Miss Pierce lovely green, and MISS foI'
lett a white muslin over pink inc bright
faces aud dainty dresses made pretty PFC
ture against the dark background OF ever
green. - ..i.a
when the music ceased the class carried
out the following program; Class history,
Gerald Allhee, class will. Olive Pierce; class
nnonhery Ned wyman; class flower, Alice
D.Ie, address 20 undergraduates, Abbie
Adams. presentation Of gifts, Ethel Fohet'.
In his history Mr. Allbec gave an IN
,sres,ins account Of the four years which
The class had passed together, the yells
heInr illustrated BY the class In unison. Inc
raves, we'll being a record Of the various
and numerous teachers whom they had had'
was given with great rest as follows;
.,Har,horne. Pettingill. Royal too,
Lindsey Hopkins, and sellew
Greenleaf. Perkins Smith and Lane,
Lane and smith but not the same.
Always loyal to Miss Plumb,
And 10 Lewis, two In one.
These the teachers we have had;
Some Of EN- good and some OF EN- bad.
Mr. Allbee accounted for the unusual
ouiet which had reigned in all OF their
class meetings by the fact that the boys
were In the minority and so had gracefully
and peacefully submitted TO the rule OF
the fairer sex
In the class will Miss Pierce bequeathed
In truly legal style all the property ana
belongings of the class TO the Undergrad
yates. appointing Professor Lewis executor,
Her points were well made and appreciated
by the audience. a..
Mr. Wyman foretold the future OF his
classmates in truly witty way whleh
prophesies well for his own future which
he failed to foretell.
Miss Dale told the beautiful legend OF
the yestal virgin who, doomed to be buried
alive because she had, when over weary
fallen asleep and allowed the sacred hre
TO 20 out, called upon the gods and god
desses for help while fleeing from her pur'
suers and was changed by them to a beauti'
full white rose, the emblem Of purity-the
class flower.
Miss Adams's advice to undergraduates
scanned 10 be appreciated by them as well
as by the members of her own class vi
course such sage advice will be needed
II
nendenee in which she showed that be-
cause of many wrongs inflicted with view
to forcing the graduation of her class II
had become necessary for them to sever their
connection with Leland and Gray seminary
and be from henceforth free and independ-
ent. Among the wrongs mentioned were
tbe facts that Professor Lewis had com
PEELED them to plant flower beds when there
was no agricultural course in the catalogue
that Miss Lane had persisted in marking
their note books above IS and that Miss
Plumb had endangered their lives by com
Melting them to perform experiments wheu
she knew that little carelessness IN mix
ing ingredients might result in an explosion
which would blow the class to atoms
result particularly dangerous now tnat tne
atomic theory is exploded. The class Il
TO be congratulated upon their WORK ana
upon the success of the exercises.
On Thursday evening came the commence
ment recital at the Baptist church. Owing
to the death of his child and the illness OF
his wife Mr. Poland, the impersonator, was
unable to be present, but sent as a SUP
stitute Mr.. Kendall. The audience had
no occasion to be disappointed, for MT
Kendall proved to be all that had beer
promised of Mr.. Poland. The program con
sisted Of short stories in dialect; Our Dan
one of James Whitcomb Riley's poems; The
Silent Man Sewing on Button; The Mys
terious Postal Card; and An Important De
bate by Mr. Kendall and four selections
on the harp by Miss Phinney, among them
Mazurka (Schuecker) and March for thu