Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-06-24
50 RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Another Class Graduated from
the Burlington High School.
Orutions md Essays nj Exercises In
The strong Thcntrc--Winuers Of
the six Prizes offered for Ex-
cclIcuce in Scholarship.

| strong theatre from TWO until 1Our cioch
Friday afternoon. a large number of
friends and parents were present. the
house being taxed to It's capacity.
: The class, headed by Marshal Bernard
G. Whalen, marched up the right aisle
to music by Waterman's orchestra. The
program was opened by an GRAFTON
entitled THE Administrations of Theodore
Roosevelt" by Edward Philip Zero. The
speaker told Of the conditions OF the
| republic when Roosevelt took up the
| duties Of president and cited examples Of
| the accomplishments OF his administra-
ton; the settlement of the coal strike.
the peace negotiations OF Russia AMI
Japan, the development OF the navy and
| the voyage Of the fleet around the world.
the enforcement of the law and the
| capable financial Management of national
affairs. In closing Mr.. Zero said that
Roosevelt takes n place beside Washing
ton and Lincoln. His administration
speaks for itself.
Miss Dorothy Hill then told Of Samuel
de Champlain and the lake. Champlaln's
greatest achievements were the founding
| of Quebec and the discovery Of the lake.
Miss Hill gave some OF the particulars II
his discovery as related In his diary, But
no act Of MS brought about such great
results as his battle with the Indians
who were deadly enemies Of the French
for years nftcrward. Champlnin was a
hero fearless. daring and coura geous
His two great achievements stand rs
eternal monuments to his fame
| The next subject was 1.-THE Spirit OF
Cooperation" by Martin r. Siliman Tho
tercentenarv and the Sicllan disaster are
two present examples OF cooperation The
tercontenary could never accomplish great
results # New York and Vermont worked
separately. The S!cilan disaster illus
tratod tho good of cooperation when the
. United states ana Europe worked together
to aid the sufferers. In It's ORIGINAL
sense" Mr. Silliinan said, cooperation
meant union. In Its modern sense It is
the union Of working mon In business
for the hottering of their own interests.
In It's proper sense cooperation is the
, golden rule applied 70 business lie told
of the application ~ cooperation 70 Ous,-
ness and It's tremendous results
The Girls t;lee club gave numb er
entitled Swing Song" by Ionr Tho
geo club was received THIS year after
Mr. Hull deserves much credit for the
organization and drilling OF the young
ladies'
The next speaker was Miss GLADYS
Smith, who took as the subject Of he:
essay "Self-Culture. The methods of
, se,f-cuture are observation. reading md
, Thinking AS examples Of men WIZ gained
Knowledge ny observation she nlsn'ioneo
I watt and Newton She said thai ralue
81 reading depended what one read
and how one read. Booker T Washinr-
ton shows the results Of seIf-culture.
Ralph Werner Simonds made plea
, for industrial education ) college prrel-
I derts definition Of education Is doing
things not knowing thiucs - 40 neeqi-s
. Of life are practical WHY should NOT edu-
T cation he practical Two centuries agc
( the youth wore well trained lndivdually
i at home and went into the world skilled
. lahor"rs Nowadays not so much man
g ual labor st homo Is necessary but CON
y ditcns Command more Skilled labor. There
, Is no better MEDIUM for ter ching manua
., :rairirg tNnn through The public school.
Il ard We stat" o" Nassa rhusetts whicf
g'yea IN Industrial education in MI ths
q schools shows what ran he accom- 7llsho[
IN this direction Furthermore 'ndustra
training. giving idlc boys something tc
q do. is stnp towards hotter citizenship
who Is Ny Ne'rhhor'' was the tito Of
an assev by Miss Marjorie Perry dealinq
= country The three greatest reasons foi
emigration are attraction. expulsion ant
. solicitation, the lat-er being carried or
~ particularly by agents Of steamship com
= panies. i tremendous task evolves upor
, the citizens in enlightcning the in1ln!
grants and tea hing them how to 1--we
, Miss Perry spoke - the settlemen
4 houses and other charities for the benc
n fl % Immigrants.
Following Q selection by the orchestra
y Frederick s Wheeler spoke on "Tho Gu
bar Renuhlic," After giving q story o
= Cuba's struggles Cor liberty ana the reign
OF terror under the Soanish reglme n,
told Of the timely intervention Of on
70 nation and the res1ilts which It ha
brought about cuba IL now free re
public. We should te proud Of the par
" which the United States has played IL
e giving freedom to cuba md in establish
y Ing new era for the island.
Fred"ric'l NJ. He'll rendered a solo. 9TH
Sword OF Ferrara." which received al
encore.
Miss Emily r Hulburd was the las
- speaker the title OF her essay bein
u Books as COMPANIONS" She said tina
y books may always he depended upon 70
advice, comfort and cheer It is muc
'' than many books specifically. Miss Hui
'' burd told Of the delights and benefit
&c received from the various forms Of III
ersture.
- The next number song by III
- chorus with Hearts OF Hope" Tn
graduating class was assisted by abou
y 40 young ladies Of the lower classes. VIII
" occupied elevated seats In the rear q
'e the stage,
After few appropriate words Super
intendent Fl. O. Wheeler presented tn
diplomas. The scholarship prizes wer
then awarded as follows:
PRIZE WINNERS
Howard educational fund przes-F'o
tho best four years work IS. Miss Haz.
q. Weeks; second prize, so Miss Doi
othy Hill; third prize, SIS Miss Marjori
Perry
n High school alumni prizes Of 81 eac
Latin scientific course, Miss Jane Ellie
- Rand. 90; classical course, David "
Howe. 10; English course, Miss Gem
Papllouse. IL
The singing of the school song, "Amici
closed the exercises, The class pctuI
was then taken on the steps Of tn
school building by X. E. Cutler.
THE GRADUATES.
Tho members Of the graduation ciaa
by courses follow:
Ia otn NJ. o-ix.