Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-24

Mary e. Austin
Harold e. Staples Maude A.
commencement Of a better and brighter
time, and it will not be otherwise with
these young people"
Prize Winners Announced.
Much of the interest in commencement
centred in the announcement of the win
ners of special prizes by members of the
senior class and in the announcement of
the honor roll of the lower classe Besides
the four Austine prizes of 500 each.
awarded to the pupils who had made
the best record in scholarship during the
four years course, a special prize OF
800 was given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles
r. Crosby in memory of their son.
Edward a member of the class, who
died two years ago. This prize was to
be given on the record for scholarship
and general achievement in the two
years since Edward Crosby's death and
it was won by Maud Anna Brown. daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred c. Brown of
Bullock street, who entered the high
school from the West Brattleboro
academy in the junior year and was
ineligible for the Austine prizes.
received with great enthusiasm by the
classmates and friends. Miriam A.
Howard, the only member of the class
to take the classical course, Harold f.
Staples and Harold F. Johnson. both
taking the Latin-Scientifc course, and
Mary f. Austin of the commercial course
were the winners of the Ausune prizes,
and they were greeted with applause,
as they came forward to take their
checks from Principal E Burr Smith.
1t was with particular pleasure that
the class applauded their president,
Harold F. Staples, the first prize winner
to be announced and the holder of the
best scholarship record for the four
years. He intends to enter Harvard in
the fall OF the other prize winners
Harold Johnson expects to go to college
after a year out of school, Maud Brown
will go to Mt Holyoke and Miriam
Howard will go to Smith college in the
fall. Other members of the class who
will go away to college are Arthur p.
Dewitt to the Massachusetts institute
of technology in Boston, Charles F..
Ramsdell to Columbia, Wells Miller to
the University of Pennsylvania, Zoe
Ward to Smith college, Weed X. Pierce
to the medical department of the Univer-
slty of Verpont, Eugene NJ. Berry to Col
gate university and William w. Wash
burn to Exeter.
Glass Day Exercises.
Commencement opened with class day
exercises Saturday afternoon. in the high
school room. On account of the threaten
ing weather throughout the morning the
plan to hold the exercises on the lawn in
front of the building was abandoned after
a platform had been erected and decor
ated The sun came out in time to allow
the planting of the ivy at the close of
the program The change in the plan
made It impossible to decorate the hall
as the pupils would have liked but
| potted plants and cut flowers were used
with fine effect. The exercises opened
with the presidents address by Harold
| Staples, who made a strong plea for
| higher education as a means OF enlarg-
| ing measure of usefulness OF either a
| man or woman, and earnest straight
| forward work. Charles F. Ramsdell' the
| class orator took for his subject The
| uplift of humanity" and Indicated IN q
| terse and forceful way the advance IN
education, in science and In morals
| which have taken place In this country
| as the direct result Of the nation beine
| founded on the principles of Christianity
| After the reading of the class poem by
| Charlena r. Hall. which was well con
| structed. and the singing of the pleasing
class song, written by Helen l.. Hopkins
Maude A. Brown gave the class prophecy
| and dealt out futures to her classmate!
which provoked much merriment. TIT
news from her old friends was gathered
| in a trip about the country in Raymond
| Halladay's aeroplane, starting out from
the new Boston & Maine railroad station
| in Brattleboro. The Ivy Grafton b!
| Harold F. johnson was an earnest pleS
that the young people make the most o
their lives and use their influence 10
the uplifting of whatever communitie
they found themselves in. Specialization
is the key to the age and the man o
woman who Yields the widest inhuenc
is the one who can do one thing the best
The ivy ode by Miriam A. Howard wa
received with great appreciation and IN
class history by Mary E. Austin was de
clared to be one OF the cleverest that ha
been given.
1aeeaIaureats Sermon.
The friends of the graduating elias
gathered in the c1ntre Congregations
church Sunday evening, when Rev e. {
s. Osgood, pastor of the Unitaria
church, preached the baccalaureate sci
mon. A section in the front of the churc
was reserved for the faculty and gradt
ating class, who marched in, led by IN
marshals. Onslow Thompson and Robel
Fits The devotional service was lie
bv Rev. Roy NJ. Houghton, pastor of III
church. and Rev. DR.. John r. Gov
pastor of the Baptist church, ofrere
prayer. The program included solos b
Fred C. Adams. Rev. Mr.. Osgood too
for his theme the constant renewal OF u
sea from the rivers and the return
the waters to the land, using the natur'