The Newtown bee., 1906-06-29
Ten Pages.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
WASHINGTON.

THE HIGH SCHOOL EXERCISES. A large audience greeted the High school pupils at their first public exer- cises on Tuesday afternoon. The hall at the Depot was prettily decorated for the occasion with roses and daisies. The schools colors, blue and white, were usedin draperies.around the walls and flags were also part of the decora- tions. Burr Hollister, who started the school last fall, we'll deserves great credit for his work of the past year, and the success of this first year of the Washington High school is prophecy of what it may become in the future. Rev R. E. Carter gave very enter taining address and emphasized the importance of the great value of edu- cation in it's influence on the charac- ter and life. He told of an incident during his recent triplto Maine, where an old man got into the stage coach and pointing to long row. of beauti- full trees adorning village street, stated that he had set them out B years before. MT Carter compared the good to the community that the gen. tlemen's act in setting out the trees did to the good that the High school was doing. He trusted that in years to come MT Hollister could point to some noble men and women and take the same pride in them as the old gen. tlemen did in his trees saying 'I set them out 25 years ago." The essay on the "High School from the Pupils Standpoint" was very we'll written and read by Miss Mary Terrick. The reel tations from Kipling were we'll ren- dered by Arnold Thayer, George Pop pensick and Flora SeaburY. Rev Theo- dore Peck, in his interesting address, urged upon the pupils the necessity of a higher education so as to enable them to be so we'll equipped that in whatever walk ot life their paths led they could take the lead. He referred feelingly to this town being the home of the late Senator Platt .and how great a factor he became in the na- tion's welfare. The nation as repre- sented by the Senate and House of Representatives had this week done great honor to his name by setting apart a section of the country in Okla homa Territory as the Platt National Park. The town of Washington will yet do honor to his name in erecting fine Platt Memorial school. The prize for the best essay, given by Miss Davies of Wykeham Rise, was award ed Ellen Coll. Its subject was "Woods in Winter.' MT Hollister read it. MT Hollister at his morning exercises presented prizes to the fol- lowing pupils:
 For perfect attendance, Maud An derson, Eleanor Eckman, Mabel White head.
 Best botanical collection, Grace Sea- bury.
 Best department, Grace Seabury, Alice Ockford.
 Highest marks, May McGrath.
 Highest average, Lima Wyant, Jen- nie Schmiedel.
 General excellence, Annie Tereck. Ariste prize given to the best all- round girl, Lima Wyant.
 Honorable mention of Jennie Peter son, Miss Flaherty, Miss Connerty, Ellen Coll, Eleanor Eckman.
 The play was excellently performed, all taking their parts to perfection, but special mention should be made of the splendid acting and clear voice of May McGrath. Also Mabel White head, Mary Tereck, Catherine Sheehy and Agnes Crowther had interesting parts and carried them out finely. The play was farce, My Cousin Tim n.y." and represented incidents in girls boarding school. The caste was as follows:
 invocation, Rev T. s. Ockford Recitations from Kipling:
 Faeett Fansa R!n eeo4ae nenP{% PoppenseF masySk
 Recessional Flora Seabury Address, Rev Robert s. Carter Song.
 Essay.
 Address, Rev Theodore Peck Prize Essay.
 Play Farce, My Cousin Timmey"
 Caste.
 Miss Bertha Alderney,
 Mabel Whitehead Bonnie Holland, Mary Nc Grath Fudge Tootly, Agnes Crowther Stella Mayburn, Mary Tereck Rita Garland, Rena Northrop Millie Jones, Jennie Schmiedel Mollie Spooner, Lima Wyant Prof Timothy Addles,
 Catherine Sheehy Other pupils, Eleanor Eckman
 Maud Anderson
 Ella Bacon
 Mollie Poppensick Singing
 Benediction, Rev T. s. Ockford The High school dance was held in the evening. Charles Terrill and Miss Hendricks furnished the music. Refreshments were served. Louis Woodruff, member of the school, proved an efficient floor manager.
 Following is the prize essay by El- fen Cole:
 THE WOODS IN WINTER
 Tho woOdc in uintor orn h1noLoc%