The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-30
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
 GRADUATION IN
 OLD FAIRFIELD
Especial to Farmer.l

Fairfield, June 3O.-A brilliant and large audience filled Perry's hall last evening at the graduation exercises of the Fairfield Grammar school. The stage was hedged with bouquets of flowers with great punches of lilies at either end of the footlights The fourteen young ladies who graduated were each dressed in pretty white cos l tumes, and most of them had flowers. Nine young men had seats upon the platform, where also were Supt. Wheatley, Rev. Frank S. Child, Rev. Eiford F. Lounsbury and Rev. w. dr- wing Maurer of Bridgeport A piano solo was expected from Prof. H. J. Swann,. but he failed to appear. The graduates sang a chorus, 70 Beauti- full Violet" by Carl Reinecke, after pr. Child had made the invocation prayer. The graduation address was his theme: 'HThe Importance of Moral and Religious Training" He thought it rather a pretentious subject for grammar school, for he was far be- the words morality and religion meant to him what they should But it is time we began to learn the meaning of these words. There is a vast diff ference between life in school and out of school. In school we are taught how to do things; after leaving school we learn what to do. One of the great things to learn out of school is the ueceSSlly or loving men, lOV1ng yOuE neighbor. We should learn how to con- meet the concrete things we have been taught, with love for one another. You cannot have a true love for other people unless you love in an humble sense. The more experience we have in life the more humble we should be. We cannot learn humility too soon. We must include the good and success of other people Be tender hearted. The sweetest and noblest words in all llanOuAReS these Abraham T.n- coin was the great example of this. Be absolutely honest ard truthful; then you will do good in the world. Morality means custom; the thing which ought to be done
 MT. Maurer said: Love God. You must love that thought of God which comes to the hearts of men. How can you express it? Be loyal to those best Morality and religion will make you true men and women. He recom- mended the class to study the Bible. and said many of are in great ig- norance of the Bible. Before presenting the diplomas to the graduates Supt. Wheatley men, tioned a list of 'cDont's'' which he said would be useful. Don't go to High work. To do this will cripple you morally and is basely selfish. If there Is any one I despise it is one who dis graces his parents and his town, by
 
 ing. Don't waste your time in the High school. The poor old world does not need any more lazy people. It has as large load of such folks as 1t can carry now. Join ranks with the faith full workers; brace up and measure up to the best there is in you. Don't quit school unless your parents really need your small earnings. Do not rush into a business college until you have laid broad the foundations of a gen. eral knowledge. There are now too many poor stenographers. too many poor bookkeepers and clerks.
 Diplomas were presented to Lillian Edith Anderson, May Elizabeth Book, Olive H. Blamey. Rudolph Ernest Crist, Mary Francis Hawkins Marion Es- ford Floyd Lounsbury, George Leslie and Laura Agnes Mosier, Chester Rus sell, Etola Sandiford, Harold R. Setter lund, Dorothy B.. Smith, c. Elliott Smith, Marion B. Sherwood, Mary c. Sorenson and William Taylor. Also the following with honor: Wilhelmina T. Roger, Burton Judd, Samuel B. Og- den and Carrie F. Sherwood The prizes offered by the Eunice Donnie Burr Chapter of the D. A. R., for the best work in American History, Eng fish and Spelling, consisting of gold pieces, were awarded as follows: to C. Elliot Smith, for spelling, who attained a per cent of 991z; to Sherman Child for history, with a per cent of 9S; and to Samuel B. Ogden, for English, with evening were the young men of town who are in the Bridgeport High school. With the benediction by Rev. Elford F UIOunSbury the exercises closed