Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-06-08

Ell, Grace Brown; music, orchestra;
"We Are What We Are, We May Be
What We WILL" Clara Bennett; "The
Riches ofAlaska, Preston Conner ;class
prophecy, Hazel burrows; "Airships
of the Past, Present and Future"
Gordon Joslyn; recitation, 1.-THE
Slaves of Martinique, Orene Wedge;
class history, with essay, 1.-THE Ideals
and ambitions of boy" George Row
ell; valedictory, with essay, Natural
Beauties of Vermont, Mildred Ord
way ; presentation of diplomas by the
superintendent, G. L. Shaeffer; bene-
diction.
After the opening services on Friday
morning Prof. Fletcher sprung a sur
prise on the high school especially on
the athletic association of the school
by presenting it a case containing the
trophies won in football and baseball.
These are to be properly inscribed in
the near future. Appropriate remarks
were made by M. M. Taplin, L. M.
Kinsley, Harry Dickens and G. L.
Shaeffer. The gift was very highly
appreciated.
Friday and Saturday the various
school rooms exhibited the artistic
and manual work done by the pupils
during the year. Considerable skill
was displayed by the pupils along the
line of fancy needlewerk, drawing
and manual labor.
Sunday morning at 10 80 very
large audience filled the opera hall to
hear the baccalaureate sermon deliv-
cred by DR.. Thomas, president of Mid
dlebury college. The order of services
was: cello solo by Karl S. Webster,
'09; hymn, go God, our Help in Ages
Past; scripture reading by Rev. Grant
L. Shaeffer; prayer by Rev. Burke;
notices offering with offertory by the
Orleans trio; anthem by the choir
sermon by DR.. John M. Thomas;
hymn, Onward Christian Soldiers,
benediction. In his sermon DR.. Thorn
as took as his theme the failure of
commercialism as an ideal. He traced
the development Of Phoenician com.
mercial power as typifed by the an
cient city of Tyre whose "wise men.
were her pilots" With the greed for
gain as their guiding star the Tyrians
rose to heights of greatness but only
of an ephemeral kind, because of it's
inadequacy and it's failure to spur the
soul on to higher and better things.
Such fate as befell Tyre, now
sleepy remnant of former greatness,
he said was in store for any city, be it
Paris or London or New York, if it's
sole reason for existence was the
single mad rush for money. DR..
Thomas pointed the way which leads
to true greatness of a people. It's
guide posts are genuine service of all,
high ideals, lofty purposes and hard
grinding work for righteousness. In
his charge to the graduating class
president Thomas urged them on to a
place in the world where they should
find real work, work which strains
nerves and muscles and brains to the
breaking point. He besought them
to live truly, purely and righteously,
to have big ideals and to assume re-
sponsibilities cheerfully and manfully.
Such a sermon and such charge has
probably never before been given in
this village. It was message full of
meaning for the present day and it
opened with challenge to all that is
best and truest in mankind, and the
exercises of week long to be remem-
bered.
Monday afternoon the class day ex-
ercises which were to have been held
on the school grounds were, on account
of the threatening weather, held in
the opera hall. The hall was very
tastefully decorated with ferns,
plants, and cut flowers. The follow
ing program was rendered to an appre-
ciative audience: music, high school
orchestra, prayer, Rev. Burke; ad-
dress of welcome, Harold H. Bassett /;
class history, Miss Glenn Adams mu-
sic, orchestra; class poem, Roscoe
Smith; class prophecy, Harold A.
Gardyne class will, Miss Vera E.
Churchill; music, orchestra.
On Monday evening the Junior class
gave the seniors a reception, Powell
orchestra of Barton furnished the
music. The Juniors had tastefully
decorated the hall with the senior
class colors, which are garnet and
white, a beautiful booth made OF
ferns containing the punch bowl. A
splendid company of young people
with parents and friends made a most
beautiful and animated scene. Prom
enades and dances were the order
of the program and was most heartily
enjoyed by all. The regular gradua-
tion exercises took place Tuesday
evening at o'clock. The opera hall
was entirely filled and Powells orches-
ira of Barton again furnished the mu-
sic. The stage was occupied by Prof.
Fletcher, Miss Eva Sherman, assist.
ant, Rev. E. G. French of Lyndonville
the speaker of the evening, G. L.
Shaeffer, superintendent and the grad
uating class. The following program
was rendered: music, orchestra
Prayer, Rev. E. G. French; salutatory
with Essay, "Why?" Ebert Charles
Cole; essay, "Tne Value of higher
Education Charles Rogers Taplin
| music, orchestra; essay, "Wha