Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-06-26
Graduation Exercises at Grammar
School Carried Out in Pleasing Man
ner-Cantata Success-AnnuaI
School Meeting Friday evening.


The assembly hall Of the Greeneville
grammar school was filled Friday aft
ernoon with an audience of relatives
ana t1ends that witnessed with in
tereSk and appreciation the graduation
exercises of the class of 1909.
seated on the stage, which was at
tractively decorated with flowers. in
the class celors of yellow and white,
were the pupils Of the graduating
class, and a number from the next
lower classes, rounding out a school
chorus that sang with harmony and
erect under the direction of Frederick
w. Lester. who has been the able su-
pervisor of music during the year
Inc leading number coming in the
middle of varied literary programme
embracing selections Of both a serious
and humorous nature. was the cantata,
Buttercups and Daisies, words by Ed
ward Oxenfeld and music by Eaton
framing. Solos were given by Samuel
Grove and Hazel Ludenca Banield.
Mr.. Testers work in preparing his pu-
pills for this number was plainly to
be seen. Miss Rachel Jennings and
Miss Winifred U. Sicily had charge
OF the literary arrangements The
programme was thus rendered:
Recitation, The Pauper's Christmas
Tree, Carleton, Annie Moore Murphy:
recitation, The Boy to the Schoolmas-
ter, Wheeler, David Young Campbell:
grafton, A Vision of War, Charles
Downer Prentice; reading. Mr.. Win
kle Puts on Skates, Dickens. Kirk
Fletcher Ricketts,; recitation, The
Glove and the Lions, Hunt, Ruth Rob-
ertson Mckinley; grafton, Speech in
Virginia Convention, Henry. Harry
William Sabrowski; reading, School,
boys Essay on Corns, Anon, Clifford
Edward Wilson; recitation, To the
Knockers, Anon Catherine Rebecca
Mcintyre; recitation, The Sword of
Bunker Hill, Wallace, Lena Goldstein.
A witty, well written and amusing
paper was read by Miss Fannie Lydia
Grover, the class prophet, and was
followed by the valodictory address by
Miss Catherine Josephine Warrington,
in which she expressed the deep an
probation Of the graduationg class
TO all their relatives, friends and
teachers, and the board of education,
for their sacrifices and assistance.
Charles o. Murphy, president of the
board of education, then spoke briefly
remarking on the Importance of a good
and practical education, after which,
with congratulations, he presented the
diplomas to the graduating class.
Principal Hobson then awarded the
prizes for the pupils of highest stand.
the hrst SIC gold piece to Miss Cath
crime ]. Yerrington, and the second.
a IS gold piece, to Harry w. Sabrow-
SKI. Prizes were awarded to the fol-
lowing boys who have faithfully per-
formed various school duties during
the year: Louis Brown, Gustave Rvd-
holm, Kirk Ricketts, and Charles Prem
tice. The programme was concluded
with Hark the Evening Bells, by
Mendelssohn, song by the chorus, Miss
Mary Grove, soloist.
The members of the graduating
class, 26 in number, are as follows;
Clare Louise Coughlin, Mary Grove.
Sadie Grove. Agnes Louise Dawson.
Lena Goldstein, Helen Louise Greene.
Fanny Lydia Grover, Annie Moore
Murphy, Catherine Rebecca MCINTYRE.
Ruth Robertson Mckinley. Maud Vic
toria Pearson, Edith James Ringland
Annie Smigiel, Catherine Josephine
Warrington, Howard Page BENJAMIN.
Louis Brown, David Young Campbell.
Samuel Grove, John Thomas Gleason.
James William Hollingworth, William
Leonard McClimon, Kirk Fletcher
Ricketts,. Gustave Audolf, Rydholm.
Charles Downer Prentice. Harry VIII
liam Sabrowski, Clifford Edward Will
son.
The board Of education for the year
was Charles o. Murphy, president O.
Frank Durfey, John T. Sullivan. Shep-
ard B. Palmer secretary: William IL.
Collins, DIR. Edward j. Brophy.
A number OF the graduates are to
enter the Academy in the fall.