The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-06-14
West RiUer TOUns
CONCERT BEGAN
AT TEN O'CLOCK
Schubert Quartet Delayed by Bad
Train Service Resume of Gradual
ing Exercises at Leland and
Gray Seminary.

9lay summary
On the evening OF June came the lie
land and Gray seminary commencement
concert. It is not often that an account
of such an affair needs a preamble but
when in the course of human events II
becomes necessary for the mixed tram
10 leave the track both at regular ana
irregular intervals thereby preventing the
evening passenger train from meeting IT'S
engagements, We hold it to be Just, nght
and proper that the cause which pre-
vented the Shubert quartet from appear
ing at the church until two hours aiter
the time appointed should be eNplalhea'
that the conduct OF the olhclals OF the
above mentioned railroad is most tyran-
nical and that they are passing the bounds
of common courtesy to expect an audi
ence TO pass the time in secular converse
ton, eating chocolates and peppermlnts,
gazing at watches and lnqulrng as 10
whether the livery teams sent to West
Dummerston or the belated train would
bring the long looked for singers; and that
all intelligent people living upon the line
are in duty bound to unite IN an eiiott
10 so arouse public opinion that the OF
fcials will not dare longer to furnish such
unsatisfactory means OF transportation.
In the course of human events, that Is
TO saw about 10 o'clock, the Shubeft
quartet and Miss Batting laughing at
their experiences, came Fastening INTO the
Baptist church amid the applause OF the
audience and presented a most excellent
program.
The audience was large and most APP
preciative in spite of the lateness of t he
hour. The quartet more than met he
expectations of the listeners, while the
solos called forth rounds of applause.
Miss Batting won all by her attractive
personality as well as by the excellent
rendering of her selections. Her original
monologue, At the Concert, was partlcu-
larly good as was also her impersonatlon
of the district school boy speaking The
Village Blacksmith.
The graduating exercises were held in
the Baptist church Friday morning. June
7, at 10 o'clock. The platform was pref
tily decorated with potted plants and How
ers. Leitsinger's orchestra occupied the
choir gallery, while the faculty OF the
seminary and members of the graduating
class occupied chairs on the platform. The
trustees sat in a body at the front of the
church. Hugh Phillips of the junior class
acted as marshall The body of the church
was well filled with friends of the school
who listened to the following program:
Scripture reading, Rev. Daniel Mcintyre
PRAYER. Rev Daniel Mcintyre
Music, Orchestra
Salutatory: Educational Horizons,
Beulah Minnie Timson
Some American Poets, Lottie Eliza Jones
The Preservation of Our Forests,
Edwin Roscoe Culver
Music, Orchestra
Some Phases of Railroad Management,
Elbridge Adm Culver
The jamestown Exposition,
Stella Rosetta Austin
The japanese School Question, -,
Warren Harrison Niles
The Integrity of American Character,
Sadie Florence Holden
Music. Orchestra
Valedictory; Through Labor to the Stars,
May MIRANDA Lyman
Presentation of Diplomas.
BenedictiOn.
Miss Timson, after delivering her salu-
tatory, in speaking of Educational Horn
IONS, said: The hills cut off the horizon
but the higher we climb the more extend
ed and beautiful the view, until, at the
summit, we find the broad circle of the
horizon opening up multitude OF uneX-
plored possibilities. So it is in hte-Our
horizon is stationary only when we are
inactive. Men are satisfied with different
horizons. One fixes his attention wholly
upon money making and becomes rich
but what a limited skyline is his! Then
there is the professional horizon which
opens up a broad field but not the eX-
tended view of the mountain top; but
best of all there is that education which
is the highest field of training from the
cradle to the grave and which fits us
for all that is best and highest in this
life and in the life to come"
Miss Jones, under the subject Some
American Poets. told how an American,
when asked by an Englishman to name
our poets began with Chaucer, Shakes
peare and Milton, claiming that they were
the poets of the founders of America and
that, though the political cords which
bound us to the mother country were
severed in l776 the ties of blood and
tongue and literature had never been brok-
en-. She explained how in pioneer days
life was too strenuous to produce poetry
since that is an emotion recollected in
tranquility but that when the more peace
full time came America produced her
Bryant and Emerson, Whittier and
Holmes, Lowell and Longfellow.
Edwin Culver handled his subject, The
Preservation of Our Forests in a logical
llduucl, slONlllS INV VIZ lt'bhiN w
of the nation is involved and how,
though in the early days of our history
no thought had been given to this sub
iect since the forests seemed ineXhaust-
able, now conditions have changed until
it is not only a duty but an imperative
obligation to seek some means Of preser-
walton.
Elbridge Culver chose the much talked
of subject of Railroad Management. tax
ing up the heads: ~ Shall railroads, be
controlled by few men? (2) Shall they
be managed for the safety of the travelling
public? (3) Shall rates be regulated? (Q
Is it expedient for the government to take
absolute control; and coming to the con,
clusion that although it would be well
for the government to regulate rates, 40
away with rebates and legislate fol, the
safety of the travelling public it would put
the chance for graft INTO the hands of
politicians were the government to take
absolute control and that it would be