Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-11

The commencement eXeTClSeS OI the class of 1909, Pawcatuck high school, were held in the West Broad street school lhall, Thursday evening, and there was large assemblage of friends of the school. There were three graduates, Miss Grace Marguer- ite Main, Miss Mae Gardner Babcock and Eugene Paul O'Neil.
 The interesting order of exercises included selections by the school or chestra, prayer by Rev. George w. Rigler, pastor of the First Baptist church of Westerly. and an address by former Governor Utter. Dr. James H. Weeks, secretary of the Stonington board of school visitors, presented the diplomas to the graduates.
 There were number of competitors for the three Peleg S. Barber memori- al prizes for the best essays. The judges were sAttorney George R. Me- Kenna, Mrs. William R. Chapman and Mrs. Harry B. Agard. MT. McKenna, following an address, presented the awards as follows:
 First prize to Mae G. Babcock; sec ond to D. Gerard Shea; third to Jesse w. Stillman.
 The prize for excellence in Latin was won by Russell R. Hemphill.
 The presentations were made by William A. Wilcox. member of the board of school visitors. The exer- cises closed with benediction by Rev. Clayton A. Burdick, pastor of the Sev- enth-day Baptist church.
 Milo M. Clarke, member of Calvary Baptist church, Westerly, was elected second vice president of the Rhode Island Baptist convention at the six ty-ninth annual meeting held Wednes- day in East Greenwich. In addition to the routine business of the morning session, Rev. Theodore s. Snow of Pawcatuck spoke on the subject, Is the Modern Sunday School Schismati- cal?
 The principal address of the after noon session was by Rev. Nathan Bai- ley of Providence, on the subject, The Contending Forces for the Life of That Boy.
 At the evening session Rev. Albert M. Hyde of Brockton gave an address on The Place, Power and Possibilities of Sunday School
 Charles T. Frey of Riverpoint, denceP secretary; Thomas E. Robinson of Westerly, treasurer: Ulysses S. Richards of Woonsocket and Christo- pher Horseman of Newport, compos- ing the state board of registration in veterinarian medicine, have complet- ed for the year the registration fea ture of their duties. Two classes of registration have been made up under the provisions of the new law, gradu- ates and non-Braduates. Hereafter, there will be no additions to the lat ter class, as the law provides that all persons in the state practicing vet erinary surgery who are graduates of some recognized college of veterinary medicine. must have been engaged in actual practice tr the state for at least two years previous to the passage of the act to be eligible to registration.
 The board considered sixty-nine ap- plications, for registrations in the two classes, of which sixty-one were pass ed and eight given leave to withdraw Drs. William D Critcherson and Thomas E. Robinson of Westerly are in the graduate class.
 State Secretary Charles ?. Bennett, former Westerly resident, is i'll at his home in Providence. He has not been in good health for several months, and the extra work occasioned by the long session of the general assembly resulted in e nervous breakdown. He spent a couple of weeks fishing in the Maine woods and felt much better, but upon returning to his office became IJfE Yphueiciape that nil