Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-06-09
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be made the most profitable. She
said it was with regret and fond mem-
DRY that the class of 1909 left the acad-
envy. EA4E
Howard Randsom Dow of Barton
gave an Grafton on ''The History of
the Tariff in the United States"
The speaker told of the beginning of
the tariff here, how it had woke and
compared the United States with
other countries where there were no
tariffs. 1t dealt clearly with the
question and covered it thoroughly
but briefly.
'sThe Isthmian Canal" was the title
of the Grafton of Frank Parker Corley
of Barton. He spoke of the always
existing need of canal across the
sthmus here and told of the plans
and failures of other nations in trying
to do this tremendous work and how
the United States had finally deter
mined OH route and expected that in
1915 ships will pass from the Atlantic
to the Pacific by canal across the
isthmus.
The ''Class WHIP by Cordelia Bert
rand Page of Barton was full of good
humor and won the applause of the
audience. The undergraduates will
surely be we'll fitted for their work
another year with all the good will
and other things given them by the
outgoing class.
1.-The Conservation of Our Forests"
was the title of an Grafton by Clyde
Samuel Vance of West Glover and
dwelt upon the need and value of for
estry. This is live question at this
stage of the development of the nation
and one that should receive the at
tention and thought of every person
alive to the interests of his country
and himself.
The valedictory was given by Bruce
Robert Buchanan of West Glover. He
spoke very appropriately of the love
and aid of their instructors, again re-
ferred to the kindness and foresight
of the people in dedicating such hne
building to educational purposes and
wished the class of 1909 large sue
cess in practical life, to be gained
step by step as the motto of the class,
"Gradatim" indicated.
Prin. Stannard in presenting the di-
plomas gave good and wholesome ad
vice to the class, admonishing them
to be good citizens, true to their trust
striving ever for the best and never
tagging. The hall was prettily decor
ated with green and white crepe pa
per, the class colors, and the motto
''Gradatim" could be read over The
stage in large letters. The attend
ance was large.
Powelr5 orchestra furnished music
TO menade and dance after tn,
exercises, to which large number re
manned.
ALUMNI BANQUET
Nearly 80 attended the alumni ban
uuet held at Hotel Barton Friday eve
ming and listened to the post prandia
exercises. During the banquet Pow
ellis orchestra furnished music: thu
quotation at the head of the menu care
was most appropriate.
"Dire was the clang of plates, of knife an
fork,
That n lei ciless fell, like tomahawks, to work
Prof. G. l.. Erwin acted as toast
master and spoke a WORD of advic
and warning to the class just gradu
ating about the value of individuality
the quality of the individual being tn
making of good or bad whole.
Carl H. JEWELS response to tn
toast, "Ciass of 1902" given by tn
POSTMASTER was happy one and wa
well received. He said the elias
would strive to be worthy Of the con
hdence of their alma mater and tn
alumni. Miss Ferrin toasted 9TH
Boys" She repeated that most beau
tiful poem by Holmes. written and re
cited by him at meeting of his elias
when the members were aged an
white.
The most interesting toast was pos
sibly that of H. j. Stannard, "Barto
Academy" What made it doubly ir
teresting was theta that letter
had beer received and were read fror
different graduates of the school frol
all parts of North America. A larg
map was hung on the wall and bit {
paper stuck to the map wherever graz
yates OF the school were located VIII
had responded by letter to the invits
tion to the banquet. Many {
these letters and sentiments we,
read These lettoro and