The Newtown bee., 1908-06-26
HOME NEWS. ; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING EX-
 ERCISES. TOWN HALL CROWDED, FRIDAY
 EVENING.


 es, Friday night, brought out an audi ence which crowded the Town hall, to the doors. Every seat was occupied and all the available standing room in the rear. Although the evening was intensely warm scarcely no one left the hall, all being anxious to hear the program to the conclusion. The High school and town school committees oc- cupied seats in the left of the stage, and Rev Patrick Fox, Rev J. H. George and Wayne M. Musgrave, post grad uate student at Yale, who gave the ad- dress of the evening. Principal Curtis E. Cook the assistant teachers. and the eight memt CTS of the grad uating class occupie1 seats in the center of the stage. The essays were all of high order and enthusia stically applauded. The diplomas were pre- sented by Allison P. Smith, chairman of the High school committee, who briefly addressed the graduating class. MT Smith also presented the prizes, as follows:
 First prize, $5 in gold, Miss Anna c. Murphy, given by H. N. Iiemann and A. P. Smith.
 Second prize, $2.5O in gold. Miss Nonnie Brennan, given by Dr F. J. Gale.
 Third prize, Crossley Wallace. given by Ross Jewell.
 Prizes for the greatest progress, Miss Catherine James and Michael Blake. S2.50 in gold. given by Curtis E. Cook.
 Library memberships were awarded as follows:
 Seniors, Anna c. Murphy, Nonnie Brennan, Crossley Wallace.
 Juniors, Florence Beecher, Ben jamin Smith, Helen Houlihan.
 Sophomores, Gertrude Bradley, An na Keane, Lena Blake.
 Freshmen, Mary Fairchild, Nora Blake, Catherine Farrell.
 Sub-freshmen, Helen Keane, Annie Murphy, Jessie Whitlock.
 On behalf of the graduating class, Crossley Wallace presented to the school piano chair. A brief speech of acceptance was made by Thomas Donohue.
 The program in detail was as fol- lows:
 Invocation, Rev Patrick Fox.
 Chorus, "Tis Our Postal Day."
 Salutatory, Elsie Clark Ferris.
 Essay, "The Maid of Orleans" Mar guerite R. Cavanaugh.
 Essay, "The Value of Good Maga- zine in the Home." Lottie M. Behn.
 Essay, "A Knight Errant-His Life e and Amusements," Vivian R. Wet p more.
 Oration, "The Destruction of Ameri- b can Forests" Crossley W. G. Wallace. p Song, Flower Song." u Essay, "A Brief History of Cur k Helen M. Blakeman. u Essay, Colonial New England" " h Nonnie A. Brennan. c, Valedictory, Anna Cecilia Murphy. is Presentation of Diplomas. hi Awarding of Prizes. ql Address to Graduates, Wayne M. bl Nusgrave. sl Chorus "Flag We Love-" re Benediction, Rev James H. George. pt The hall was very tastefully decorat- al d. Above the stage was the class SC notto, Onward, upward" a( The address of Mir Musgrave was inc effort, and was we'll received. He W poke substantially as follows: de MT Chairman, Members of the Grad bi ting Class, Ladies and Gentlemen: ye My remarks belong primarily to the tn members of this class who at this mo- du lent are standing in that enchanted W; and that lies between childhood on ca he one hand and manhood and woman sa cod on the other. Tonight, my young te friends, you are children still,-tO- jul lorrow the responsibilities of life will est with you. It is we'll therefore to pa ake brief retrospective view of that en pad over which you have already trav- err led and review again its pleasures and Fo s pains. re- Childhood began with your birth, Ar with your entrance into tn, ,hool, and then through youth you an ended your way until tonight you all we arrived at the end of your school he ay experiences and will thencefOrth chi gard them as memories sacred and he; veet. Thuse lessons you have str armed, those pranks committed, those shl iendsnips formed, all, ties that bind of u to happy past,-all, preparations Blu r useful future, are y"urs and yours fro love, to honor, and to cherish. he ,achers, schoolmates, school friends, his hool days, even the old rooms haunted ado tn sacred memories, all, farewell. Ro we are men and women, pri d tomorrow we will take m in real per