Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-06-21
r. II. S. COMMENCEMENT.
Graduation Exercises Of oath Class,
Followed by Alumni Banquet

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The 2lth class il the history Of the Ran
dOlph High school was graduated last
Thursday evening 10 Dubois & Gays hall,
which was filed by a large coneOurse OF
citizens, who have the interests OF the
7 school at heart aud take pride and pleas
ure in the commencement exercises that
mark the end OF each years faithful work
Hangings Of red and green, the school
| colors, draped the stage, which was
/ further beautifed with palms and ferns,
[ relieved BY touches OF white in daisies and
/ iieur-de lis. Across the front appeared
the class motto, Comma yincit labor, in
| gilt letters ON black background, aud at
the rear hung large portrait Of Prin. T..
/ q. Ham In a handsome gilt frame, the
/ picture Of this honored principal having
| been happily selected by the class as its
parting gift to the school.
The Randolph orchestra Of six pieces
| opened the program with the march,
| "Arabia," and the six graduates passed
slowly up the ceater aisle to the stage, on
which were seated with them Principal
/ Ham. the assistant teachers Of the school,
| Miss Mary S. Dubois and Miss Frances
Warner, and the little flower girl, Miss
/ Elaine Bass.
/ Prayer was offered by Rev. Homer White
and, after the overture, "Youth and
/ Riches,o by the orchestra, came the essay
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/ lisa Belle Banister. The story OF the Greek
/ hero, Ulysses, was first pleasingly told TO
show his courageous struggle with the adj
verse fate that attended his wanderings
and tried his soul with countless suffer
+ ings. Washington,the father OF his coun-
1 try, was then quoted as a shining exam
I pie OF the strength OF character that
wrings victory from seeming defeat and
/ triumphs over v hat TO weaker minds
would be insurmountab bic difficulties.
I Lincoln, also, in the dark days OF civil
E strife, faced with unfaltering courage al
most oyerw helming trials, and showed
i himself Of heroic mould in the emancipa-
4 ton proclamation. Other noble names
were called in the roll OF those the world
esteems as heroes, am )ng whom must also
/ be reckoned the men and women, un-
/ known and unsung, WHO in the discharge
/ Of daily duties have been equal to mo-
ments Of greatest heroism.
Harry Ernest Morton, Of salutatory
i rank, showed the power OF a reasoning
mind in an Grafton on college Education
and Business Men" lie took tie ground
/ that the young man fitting himself for a
| business career wants a liberal education
/ to broaden what ideas be may have, deep
en- his culture, enlarge his outlook and
give him the ability 10 grasp and control
great affairs. The youth with college
! training to back him may start on the
1 lowest rung OF the ladder when be enters
the business world, but he will climb
faster and higher than the man, who,
though having few yesrs the start OF
him, must, for the lack OF superior ad IAN
! tages, toll slowly upwards alid be content
to stop before the top is reached. The
self made men, whose cases are often cited
/ TO refute the idea that a college education
/ is essential TO success, are generally found
I TO have given themselves the equivalent OF
college education by deyOtlng what
/ spare time their busy lives afforded TO
| reading and conscientious study, Higher
| institutions OF learning have usually, too,
their support, and they see TO i that their
sons begin life with the educational
equipment that they themselves have
| learned BY hard experience 10 be needful
as well as desirable.
As historian and prophet, Miss Lulu
Abbie Blakely rehearsed the history OF the
past and drew aside the veil OF the future
The annals OF the class were told IN
bright and entertaining manner, and the
future destinies OF the SIX IN the Visions OF
the seer were bits Of graceful fancy.
Miss Eliza Mary Goodhart choose for
the subject OF her essay, Legends OF the
Holy Grail, supposed by some authori-
ties 10 be the cup from which our LORD
drank at the Last supper, and BY others 70
/ be the platter in which the paschal lamp
was served at the last Passover observed
bv Christ. II approached by one not pure
and holy, the Grail would Immediately
vanish from sight, and its quest could
only be undertaken by a knight chaste 10
thought and word and act. Miss Good.
harris treatment of her subject showed
careful preparation, and her essay was
well written.
Franklin Alonzo Salisbury was eloquent
in praise Of the Oregon country, explored
-. a. and TIarLp and secured TO the
United States by the Louisiana Purchase.
This tract has wonderful farms with soil
so fertile that a man and his wife found II
possible to make a living of from one
acre by raising vegetables. The wheat
crop is enormous and alfalfa is grown m
quantities to feed the cattle. There are
vast timber lands of white pine, yellow
nine. tamarack and birch, and there Is
also mineral wealth in gold, silver, lead
and copper. Flourishing cities nave
arisen in the Oregon country that Lewis
and Clarke first penetrated, and the Wis
dom Of the fathers OF the Republic IN this
much criticised purchase is now plainly
shown.
Al the close of his grafton Mr.. Sails.
bury presented the clss gift, which
Robert E. Sault, '0l, accepted Tor the
school, whose pupils, he said, would value
most highly the excellent likeness OF MT
Ham. -
Miss Helen Louise Wedgwood was the
yaledictorian and babe farewell in gentle
phrase to happy school days and their
associations. She acknowledged the in
dentedness OF the class TO the town for the
/ gift OF education, and expressed appre-
| citation for the efforts OF the school ooaru'
a body burdened with responsibilities ana
\ seldom spoiled with words OF praise Inc
/ sstisfaction OF the machinist in seeing has
/ engine run smoothly is felt by the trustees
when the school evenly and quietly per
I forms its work. that institution being the
hest which makes the least noise. she
took leave for '06 OF the teachers whom the
mem bers OF the class have held IN hohor,
I i5ygd always and obeyed when they mad
I 10 and assured their school mates tlsl
1 thew could not forget them II they would
and would not il they could.
/ principal Ham in presenting the
.;r,ia,nas addressed the graduates in
words that showed how close and pleas,
ami have been the relations OF pupils ana