The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-15

and their courses are as follows;
Academic Course.
LIZZIE BROWN.
JOHN FRANCIS CARROLL.
FLORENCE EDITH HOWARD.
FREDERICK JOSEPH NOEL
HOWARD HILL REID.
ENRiCO CELESTE S0LDINI.
HORACE KENNEDY S0gyLES.
JAMES 0RVlLI4E WALBRIDGE.
NlIlLIAMINA WALKER
English Course,
GEORGE HAROLD ADAMS.
KATHRYN JANE AHERN.
EGLA ELIZABETH AVERIII.
SHIRLEY HARRIET BRADFORD.
LOREN JOHN BELL
MAUD ELIZABETH COBURN.
JOHN EVERETT MILES.
ALICE KINNEY sHOREY.
MARTHA ELLEN SI4AYTON.
LIZZIE MAY WHITE.
RAY OWEN WORTHFN.
Commercial Course.
SHELDON JOSEPH BROWN.
GEORGE AINSW0RTH BROWN.
GRACE LILLIAN CHENEY.
LOUISE EDITH DEBRUNE.
MARY ELIZABETH DRUMG0ULD.
LUCILLE MARY EVEN.
JAMES LEVIE.
ROY GLADSTONE NrDONALD.
JOHN JAMES MCGOWAN.
JAMES SMART MILNE.
JESSIE DAVIDSON MITCHELL.
HAROLD MARSHALL. ROBBINS.
The exercises of the evening were Of
q very interesting nature and were fol.
lowed closely. The graduates and the
incoming seniors occupied seats reserved
for them in the front Of the hall. being
conducted to their places by the marshal
Arthur /. Ayerill, jusi prior to the open
ing Of the programme. The school com
missioners, Supt. Mathewson, Congress
man Foster and the Rev w. &. Mac.
lntyre occupied seats on the platform.
PRAYER was offered by the Rev. Mr..
MacTntyre and then Mr.. Mathewson in.
troduced the FIRST speaker, MIR. Soldini
(second honor). The part which the
speaker essayed was something novel. II
being the reading of an Italian poem,
Rapisardfs "Alla Natuaa." The Young
man recited the lines with great feeling
and although few in the audience could
understand the words all appreciated the
fine effort, according him hearty ap.
plsuse at the end Then came the first
honor student in the commercial class,
Miss Mitchell. who read an essay on
"Some Demands of Modern Business -
in which she outlined. necessarily in a
brief form. the requirements OF a sue
eessful or rather thoroughly modernized
business, first recalling, however, the
crude appliances of former days. Her
paper was very interesting
Following we'll rendered vocal duet
BY Misses Lizzie Brown and Martha I'll.
len Slayton Of the graduating class, Con.
gresham Foster was introduced.
Congressman Fosters Address.
He held tho close attention of the audi
ence for a half hour and more while be
drew a picture Of the compact relation
ship between the schools and the ma
tion. using the subject, Patriotism in
the Public Schools.
Congressman Foster called attention
TO the ever new interest centering about
these graduation exercises all over the
land and alluded TO the significance OF
that interest lie then spoke Of the
changed position of the college to the
nation, how closely the present college
life il allied with our national life. The
curriculum of old college days when
Greek Latin and mathematics were the
chief branches taken up was contrasted
with the branches taken up largely to-
day, science, engineering sociology, study
OF m8nkind and the causes which tend
TO uplift mankind. The speaker did not
attempt to say whether this was a
change for the better, but left il to his
heaters TO think about
Passing then down TO the public
schools, the speaker carried the audience
back 10 the period Of nation building
after the war for independence. The aim
OF the founders Of the nation was TO es.
tabiish a more perfect union, and one
OF the primary influences which they
decided upon for this end was the pub
lie schools. There must be first equality
as nearly as possible and they therefore
henam with the child IN the school. The
wolfaro Of the child must DO guarded
So they provided public schools. And
following the same wise plan, we main.
tain pu6lic schools, and, moreover, we
see 70 il that the children attend the
schools. In return for all this the child
owes deb. 70 the republic
10 keep them mindful Of that debt
there arc two things which must be
taught in the public schools, the first
how TO work, and the second, good cti.
zeuship. The speaker disagreed utterly
with Moses on the status Of work, say.
ing that il IL enobling and honorable
Congressman Foster at some length then
went on to characterize work as uplift-
ing and necessary to society, eondemning