Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-06-17
WOODBURY. HIGH SCHOOL.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.

The sixth annual commencement Of
Ethe Woodbury. High school was held
Hast Thursday evening in Green's OPP
sera House. As in past years the house
Twas filled to overfiowing "a testimony
to the interest taken by the citizens
in our public schools
The lower floor was tastefully dec
Grated with crimson and gold crepe
paper, and suspended above the stage
was the class motto. "Spectamur
Agendo-let us be seen by our acts, :"
entWined with crimson ramblers-the
class flower.
1t was an enthusiastic audience
/ that greeted the eighteen candidates
! for diplomas as they filed onto the
stage after selection by the orchestra
Every number on the program was
! vigorously applauded whether it was
a piano solo or an Grafton, and all
impartially, excepting when one of
the graduates spoke on the needs of
athletics in the High School, and then
the audience cheered for several min
utes, appreciating their Importance.
After the invocation by the Rev. c..
e. DeWoody, the High School chorus
rendered the Voice of Song"
Edna English was the first speaker,
her subject being the class motto
She said the aim of everybody should
be to do his own duty. Character is
formed by performing the trivial and
seemingly insignificant duties of life.
Only by taking part in the worlds
affairs can we do things of worth, and
in doing them we receive our reward,
even though it is not heralded about
for there is no failure for the good
and wise.
The President of the class, VIM
1 Storrie, spoke on the Importance of
Aeronautics in War" With the per-
fection of this flying machine" he
said, "the art of war will be stripped
of it's most powerful instruments.
The battleships will have become in
significant. The strategy and secrecy
in movements, SO important in present
military tactics for successful war
fare, will be impossible for the aeron-
ant, lowering above, can see every
movement of his opponent. If the
Russians at Mukden had had aero
planes, the Japs could not have per-
formed their highly successful flank
movements, for the Russians could
have overseen all the movements of
the troops of the Nlikado. An aero
plane could work havoc with an army
at night by dropping powerful ex-
j plosives into camp below, and owing
to the great height to which this ma
chine could ascend, it would be prac-
tically unhittable."
An intricate piano solo by Mary
4 Bilderback was much enjoyed after
which Laura Hannold spoke on Ma
IN + I,o r;1 II fI,o
j Virgil, was true lover of nature, and
the epic contains many beautiful
descriptions, many being taken from
the country near Naples, where the
book was written. Usually" she
said, "similes are used in his descrip-
tions of nature. The Trojans in their
wanderings, saw their future in ma
ture, according to Virgil His nature
descriptions have been initiated by
many of the later poets, among them
being Milton, Dryden and Spenser."
In speaking on the Separation of
Norway and Swedeh,' Signe Lysholm
4 gave a brief outline of the history of
tury. Norway" she said, twas given
| to Sweden at the congress of Vienna
without consulting the Norwegians,
i Finland. After this union, there was
constant international strife and war
has often threatened between the two
countries since. Commercial systems
are in conflict, Norway wanting a high
and Sweden a low tariff, and so it
goes. But lately a king has come to
the throne who seeks to establish
friendship and peace between the two
kingdoms"
Mabel Batten took "The Necessity
of Right Ideals for her subject. mo
man. she said, is better than his
4 best thoughts. The man or woman
who is satisfied with his work never
advances and consequently falls be-
hind in the onward march" Three
ideals were given in conclusion as
necessary: 1. One must cherish high
ideal of life and its meaning. 2. One
4 needs to cherish an ideal of truth. 8.
One must cherish the ideal of pro-
gress.
The Influence of Noble Women
was the theme of Gertrude Warren's
| paper, which followed a piano duet
by Ruth Kircher and Irving Cooper.
Joan of Arc was used as an example
4 of noble womanhood She came to
the aid of her country when it was
threatened with defeat by the English,
and after a time was handed over to
the English as a hereto to be killed.
Al woman like this, she said, cannot
4 help but be of great influence. The
rescue of shipwrecked passengers by
Grace Darling, at the peril of her own
life, was given as another example OF
noble womanhood.
Horace Robertson, in his oration
/ strongly advocated athletics in the
High School. Athletics, he said, were
treasured among the ancients and to-
day we are beginning to see benefits
of athletics. We have come to find
out that we cannot have brilliant
brains without healthy bodies. Ath-
letics in broadening the chest tend to
prevent tuberculosis. Boys are att
tracted from the public to private
schools by athletics and this may be
i why there are SO few boys as rule
among our High School graduates.