Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-06-18

bread; though he did not fail to remind
them that one way to get money is to
marry it. Some, he SAID, ARE born to wear
white collars, and some overalls, and
there are many people whom overalls
never fit. He then described the fellow
members of his class and the stations
which he conceived them fitted to sdorn
and with which none of them could reas-
onably find fault.
GRADUATION.
The hall was completely filled Thurs
day night for the graduation exercises, at
which Rev. Mr.. Hamilton again offered
the invocation.
Miss Della P. Kendall of salutatory
rank took for the subject OF her carefully
written essay Vermont's blind author,
Rowland E. Robinson, in whose pages
live the quaint characters of Danvis
folks and all the wild charm OF that early
Vermont in which forest preservation
and fish and game laws were improbable
subjects of consideration. The country
| life of so years ago occupied the pen of
| this keen student of nature and of men,
and from it tripped in humorous phrase
the Canadian patois OF Antoine and the
curious speech of old New England folk.
In his blindness he gave back to the
world the brightness of the scenes upon
i which he no longer looked.
Arthur L. Galarneau had smoothly
worded and admirably constructed ora
/ tion on "Success." He considered first
4 the contributing influences of college
/ training that, though not essential, as
shown in the cases of such eminent men
as Washington and Lincoln, does un-
doubtedly bring the youth to the fullness
I of his powers, through the stimulus of
competent instruction, BY a shorter route
+ than that by which his own unaided
/ plodding would lead him. Statistics
show that the college-bred man at So
/ climbs to a point to which his less for
/ tunate brother does not attain until 45,
and so has ten added years of vigorous,
manly activity. Success means different
things to the statesman, he writer, the
I financier; but true success is using in the
/ best way the powers and opportunities of
/ life. In this day when so many things
are clamoring for attention, let us take
one thing and do it we'll. One talent
well developed is worth a hundred unde-
/ veloped. OF all the qualities to be culti-
waited none is more important than cheer
fulness; it brings us friendship and it is
a sign of the faith by which we conquer.
Let us be true to ourselves, true to our
Maker, and we shall be able to look back
with pride to success achieved by the
class of 1908.
ssFollies of Fashion, were entertain
ingly discussed by Miss Winnifred f.
Burridge, who found but one uncbange-
able thing to note-that the rich always
have the best clothes. There is fascina-
( ton in new customs of dress that appeals
even to the savages in the arrangement of
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resistible to the feminine nature. Man,
however. is not altogether immune from
the follies of fashion, and though he may
not change the style of his sleeves every
new moon or torture his hair into frizzes,
bangs, pompadours, rolls, puffs and
twists, has been so foolish in the matter
I of his shoes that the English parliament
/ had to limit the width of the toes of his
/ boots to six inches.
Howard A. Drew gave a stirring de-
scription of the capture of the Alamo, a
/ fort near San Antonio, Texas, in which,
/ Feb. %, 1886, Santa Anna with 1000
Mexicans shut in 140 Texans and men of
the United States under command of Col.
w. b. Travis. The commandment was
kept up "a hours and several assaults
were repulsed. AT last a hsnd-to- hand
/ conflict ensued and the Texans fought
until only six were left alive. A few
weeks later, Santa Anna was routed with
immense loss in the battle Of San Jacinto,
where the cry, Remember the Alamo"
excited the Texans to fight like heroes
and achieve the independence of their
state.
"The Message of the Flowers" was
given by Miss Ida E. Byam, who drew
many comparisons between the lives of
plants and men. As the flower of the
field so we flourish, and our provident
cares are duplicated in the vegetable
world around us. The four-o'clocks have
! the sense of time and need no watches to
! know when to close their sleepy eyes.
| The smaller plants prepare for winter by
| storing up starch and the more woody
shrubs by donning an undersuit of bark.
The study of flowers shows the close re-
] lation between the plant and human
| families and teaches many useful lessons.
ssThe vermonter's Inheritance" was
the subject of Charles s. Howard, who
sketched the history of this little COM
monwealth and showed that priceless in
heritance to be the rugged endurance, the
bravery, incorporating integrity and
love of freedom that conquered the will
derness, drove out the savage, withstood
the English, wrung independence from
/ NEW OTk anu VIEW anu duu-
ed bright star to the constellation Of
states.
A polished essay was that of Miss
I Maude l. Putnam on the "Nibelungen
Lied" This is a German epic OF the
middle ages regarded as fusion OF the
history of a mythical people called in the
poem the Nibelungen and incorporating
the adventures of some of the most uni
versally popular personages belonging to
the semi-historic myths Of medieval Ger
| man folklore. The essay was excellent
in composition and was read with good
deal Of expression in clear, distinct and
very pleasant voice.
| Sound logical thinking was displayed
| by Fred c. Fisk in his Grafton on the
"Confiict between Capital and Labor"
He took a broad view Of the subject
which embraced the mutual dependence
of capital and labor, the advantages and
disadvantages of unions and trusts and
the folly of strikes in which 1000
workmen lose ~, 600, 600 in wages alone.
J He believed that when mutual confidence