St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-22
Graduated.
Eighteen of Class of Thirty-five Will
Enter College or Professional
SchOOL-The Alumni
Reunion.

Commencement week at old ST. 7. A.
has come and gone and, as usual, every
one interested declares it the best ever"
The weather was not OF the best but
with the exception of a pouring rain on
Friday morning the exercises were
not seriously interfered with.
The Class Day exercises on the
Academy grounds Thursday afternoon
called out a large crowd of parents
friends, and the alumni, and the program
of poetry, essay and pure fun kept class
and audience happy tor an hour On
Thursday evening the graduating class
received their friends at the Museum.
In the receiving line were Horace Knapp,
Miss Beatrice Potts, Maurice Porter.
Miss Mildred Stanley, Lyman Gale,
Miss Sylvia Comstock, Charles Copp,
and Miss Elsye Sargent. Punch was
served by James Nelson, II, Misses
Lillian Eliason and Agnes Hawkinson,
II, and Russell Adams '12.
The graduating exercises on Friday
morning were of Il high order and differ
ed from those of previous years in that
they were much shorter. The hall was
decorated with quantities of ferns and
orange flowers and class banners.
Prayer was offered by Rev. c. H. Mer-
rill and the program as printed in last
weeks CALIFORNIAN was carried out
with the exception of Maurice Carr's
Grafton which was omitted as he was
too i'll to deliver it. Young's orchestra
furnished music. At the close of the
program the class assisted by the
glee club sang the school song, Hail to
st. 7. A." The benediction was pro-
nounced by Prof. Henry Fairb anks.
Diplomas were presented to the follow
ing: Vera A. Barrett, Florence M. Bean,
Maurice F. Carr, Sylvia Comstock,
Charles w. Copp. William A. Dinick,
Myra S. Duke, Donald Emery, Rowley
S. Flagg, ]. Collett Frost, Lyman H.
Gale, Harold B. Hale, David Harvey,
Raymond P. Johnson, Juanita Kilbourn,
Horace A. Knapp, Ethel M. McGill,
Maurice P. Porter, Beatrice NJ. Potts,
Walter H. Russell, Bertha M. Salmon,
Elsye L. Sargent. Raymond E. Shepherd,
Mabel G. Silsby, Paul E. Simanton,
Carrie B. Spencer, Mildred S. Stanley,
Edith L. Stone, Marion P Walker,
Elizabeth 6. Walter, Robert T. Ward,
Henry F. Warden, Helena M. WEIGH.
Certificates of graduation were award
ed to IL students in bookkeeping as
follows: Clayton o. Ball, Walter George
Farr Franklin o. Gaskel1, Frank E.
Spencer, Laura M. Burbank, Flora NJ.
Stanley, Mia E. Orcutt, Flora H. Day,
Ellen M. MacGregor, and to eight in
shorthand: Mildred ]. Cade, Mary L.
Clement, Clinton B. Cooper, Helen 1.
Dean, Gertrude M. Franklin, Rose A.
Mclaughlin, Gertrude 1. Severance,
Maude J. Stanley.
A pleasant event of the week came on
Wednesday morning when chapel exer-
cises were held at II o'clock to accom-
modate all students coming on the train.
~ I'll No ~
gate, as representative of the class of
1909, presented to the school the class
emblem, shaped like the class pin, the
class picture, and a sum of money to be
used toward replenishing the principals
office.
Although the might shirt parade"
took place in the "wee small hours of
the night" it was greatly enjoyed, es-
pecially by those participating. After
the usual parading and the bonfire at
Arnold Park, the crowd witnessed the
display of fireworks at the common.
The Academy students went to "the
Lewis" on Summer street, where they
were treated to punch. After serenad-
ing the teachers, the band broke up de-
claring it the best ever"
An unusually large number from the
1910 class are planning to enter college
in the fall. Of those whose plans are
made for the coming year Misses Sylvia
COmstock and Bertha Salmon, William
Dimick and Maurice Porter expect to
stay at home; Misses Margaret Nelson,
Beatrice Potts, and Myra Duke expect to
teach; Miss Mildred Stanley will take a
post graduate course at the Academy;
Miss Vera Barrett is already employed
in the {. H. Goss store; Charles Copp,
Raymond Shepherd, Misses Juanita and
Carrie kilbOurn will enter Oberlin Col
lege; Rowley Flagg will enter Vermont
University; Misses Elizabeth Peck,
Mabel Silsby and Winnifred Merrill, 'O9,
will enter Wellesley; Harold Hale and l.
Collett Frost will enter Wesleyan Uni
versitv; Robert Ward will go to Middle
bury College; Donald Emery will go to
the Boston Art School; Raymond John
son to Michigan University; Paul Siman-
ton to Trinity College. Hartford;
Miss Elizabeth Walter to Brown Uni
versity; Miss Marion Walker to Mt.
HolyOke; Miss Florence Bean will enter
Simmons College; Miss Elsye Sargent
will study music Maurice Carr expects
to go to Harvard College; Henry War
den expects to go into business in
Montana; Raymond Morrison, II, will
enter the Pratt School of Technology.
Such a happy time as the alumni of
the school had on Friday evening when
tISF HISl III reunion at the Onapel ne
old graduates were more in evidence
than the younger and their corner was
the Jolliest in the room. The hall was at
its prettiest with flowers and ferns.
This year the registering was done by
classes at different booths causing less
confusion than last year Madam
Brooks orchestra played during the
evening, and selections were given by the
girls glee club and by the BOYS glee
club. Short speeches by President Steele
of the Alumni Association, Governor
Prouty and DR.. Benedict were received
with great enthusiasm.