Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-06-01
ACADEMY COMMENCEMENT
Brilliant Events of the Week Nov lin
Full Swing. State Superintendent OF
Education Speaks Thursday
Evening.


A large and interested audience as
sembled at the NJ. E. church Sunday
evening to listen to the baccaIaurate
exercises, and sermon which was de-
livered by Rev. w. B. Dukeshire.
The desk, altar and the orchestra were
decorated with the class colors and
flowers. Mr.. Dukeshire gave one OF
the mosts brilliant addresses which it
has been oul pleasure to hear for
long time. His greatest stress was
laid upon work" He impressed his
hearers with the necessity of hard, con-
tinuous untiring labor in order to come
to ones best and do ones best. No
| one should consider his education COM
ipleted when leaving school, it was but
| the beginning, and studious life
! should be cultivated. He said to the
graduates, ''You may all be excellent
| scholars, having done good work, but
| YOU know too little to close your
books here, be satisfied with present
attachments. Development should
go on and on. There is no room for
! lazy people. 1t is not the easy job
YOU should seek after, but the stren-
uous labor that strengthens body and
brain. He emphasized the moral part
of an education. The idea was that
brilliancy without integrity was ever a
/ failure. There should be harmonious
union of nobility with intelligence.
The highest success comes only, when
the heart and intellect both are des-
ciplined. and fully developed. Many
excellent ideas were advanced, much
sage advice given which space forbids
insertion here. Suffice it to say
the address was of very high order,
especially adapted to the occasion and
happily received. The choir had, pre-.
pared special music, and the solos, ane
anthems were finely executed. Miss
I Bessie Jerome presided at the organ
and Slayton Lang IN a very artlstiG
manner rendered charming solo on his
clarionet to the great pleasure OF al
lovers of good music.
Class day exercises of the gradual
! ing class of 1910 were held at the NJ
/ E. church yesterday afternoon. These
Z exercises were to have been held on thu
school grounds, but the rain prevented
The church was decorated with thu
class colors, green and gold. and tloW
ers and plants. The exercises opene'
2 with singing by the members of tn
q class and faculty, after which the fol
q lowing program was rendered. Salu
Y tatorys ay 1Ernestine Wilson, class his
: - pg Marion Bickford; president
ssSiisass, AniOry- Seaver, mt sici Clas
I, prophecy. Dean Corley; class viii
/, Waller Gllmour !; valedictsry, Mau
: ET'indlay. The exercises closed by tn
q singing of the class ode, the words
S which were written by Ernestlne Viii
q son. There was present good aud
> ence consisting of the graduatln
l. class, teachers, school board and other
n interested. Everyone of the number
: was finely executed.
o The Junior class gave reception
e the Seniors last evening at the Oo
n Fellows hall which was one of theplea
y ant events of commencement II
l. hall was ornamented with the cla'
% colors, crepe paper and plants, Pov
s ellis orchestra was present and fu
l. nished music for the occasion. SIa.
rs ton Lang also favored the compan
5. with a clarionet solo in his usual plea
n ng style. Besides the members OF I'll
~ classes the school board with the
IN wives, and the corps of teachers we
81 present. A general social time w
"a enioyed and refreshments served.
e. This afternoon graduation exercise
r, of the grammar school were held ar
10 tomorrow evening at Seaver's hall W
S take place the regular graduation e.
as ercises and Hon. Mason S. Stone, sta
C. superintendent of education will gi
an address. Everyone should ma
- an effort to hear this. Friday eve
nt ing is the Alumni banquet at the &c
he gregational church vestry, DR., j.
Pearson, POSTMASTER, closing t
events of commencement week.