The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-14
.SPAULDING
CLASS DAY
Interesting Programme by
Class Of 1907
BEFORE LARGE AUDIENCE
Alumni Of School Held Annual Banquet
at Congregational yestry Last Even
ing With James F. Higgins as
Toastmaster.

A large audience enjoyed the class
day exercises Of the class Of '07 Of
Spaulding high school which was given
at the opera house yesterday afternoon.
The members Of the school were seated
In the front Of the auditorium which
was well filed, besides number Of peo-
pie in the balcony. The stage was decor.
ated with palms and ferns and the class
colors Of brown and gold and purple
and gold were draped over the top and
at the back. The members of the school
and the class were marshaled to their
seats by Arthur W. AyerilI
The programme was opened with a
piano solo BY Miss Coburn which was
followed by a short address Of welcome
by the class president, Howard H. Reid.
Next followed the class history by Miss
Lizzie White for the academic and Shell
don Brown for the commercial members
Of the class.
The next was an essay by Miss Will
iamina Walker, the subject being Work
and Character" Miss Walker referred
to some of the great men Of the world
and Of the amount Of effort and prcpara-
tion that they had put into preparing
themselves for their greatness by ac-
quiring educations She spoke of idle
ness, calling it an absolute crime and
not a mere fault and of the necessity
of having character Character, she said,
was one of the greatest powers ana char
acter is but the result Of hard work.
This was followed by vocal solo BY
Miss Nellie Slayton, after which came
the class prophecy. which was given in
the form Of a play with the following
cast: Misses Even, Brown, Howard,
Ahcrn and Messrs. Worthen. Bell, Miles
and McGowan, The scene was laid in
Barre, which had grown to an immense
size, and the time was 1927, Just twenty
years hence. The immediate scene used
was large employment office in charge
Of Miss Even and Bell who, by converse
tions, both in person and by telephone
managed to refer to all of the members
Of the class and their voeations at that
time.
The class will was next read by Hor-
ace Sowles and the bequest to the mem
bers Of the school ranged al through a
strong imagination. The viii was fol-
lowed by vocal trio by Misses Averill,
Brown and Slayton, which was heartily
applauded.
The address to the middle class was
delivered by John Carroll and the way
he handed out paternal advice and ridi-
eule was ably seconded in the Middlers'
reply which was made by James Riley,
/ i'0s.
The academic section of the class then
presented the school statute Of the
winged victory and the commercial sec
tion presented bust Of Abraham Lin
coin. The presentations were made in
fitting manner by Miss Alice Shorey
OF the academic and George Brown OF
the commercial sections
The presentations were followed BY the
address to the graduating class by Miss
Shirley Bradford, who spoke Of the mis-
takes that the class had made and OF
the place which it was leaving to be
/ filed BY the middlers; also OF the fact
that the graduation from school was
but the beginning Of another more sefi-
Gus school, the school Of life, and referred
to the class motto, HE Conquers Who
Endures,"
Miss Lizzie Brown then gave vocal
solo and the presentations TO the grad.
uating class from he midders were made
lby Misses Blanche Houston, Ethel
Speare, Loretta Miles and Ellis Williams
and Angus McAuley. In this part Of
the programme the seniors were present
ed with many absurd things, some Of
which were intended 20 strike some weak
SPOT in the receivers make up. The
seniors were enough for them, however,
and as each article was presented the
recipient responded by literally handing
the giSer a lemon.