St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-15
Commencement Week.
A Class of IS Closes It's Work at the
Academy.
Sermon to the Class by Pres. Thomas of
Middlebury Ollege.-C0ncert This
Evening. Exercises
at Colonial Friday Morning.

was preached by Rev. Dr. Thomas of
Middlebury college at the North church,
Sunday evening, the house being filled.
DIR. Martin G. Benedict read as the scrip
trre Romans 8, from which DIR. Thomas
took his text in the DIST verse, preaching
a strong sermon On Freedom" He en-
phasized the fact that it was strong
spiritual manhood which had made our
country a free country, similarly it was
lack of weakness and vice, and develop
ment of all the virtues which made for
true freedom everywhere.
In his farewell words to the graduating
class he urged the beauty and necessity
and satisfaction in hard conscientious
work, and asked the class to take for
their morning prayer:
Nov get me up to work,
pray the Lord l may not shirk,
If should die before the night
pray the Lord make my work right"
The senior promenade at Bertrand
Hall last evening was very enjoy able
affair. The patronesses were Mrs. c. w.
Steele, Mrs. H N. Wood, Mrs. H. A.
Stanley, Mrs. Robert Mackinnion, Mrs.
P. F. Hazen and Mrs. M. 6. Benedict.
The committee in charge was Emery,
Flagg, Porter, Warden and Hale, and
their special effort to make this festivity
of commencement week an unusual sue
cess was rewarded. Madam Brooks full
orchestra furnished music.
The annual concert will be given this
"wednesday evening at the South church
at 8 80. There will be a chorus of 40
voices under the direction of Mrs. Maud
Eklof, conductor, assisted by Ray Spaul-
ding as organist and the Misses Elsye
Sargent and Mildred Stanley as pianists.
The Aoo orchestra of T1iacec will
play. Miss Helen Boynton will play the
violin and Miss Juanita Kilbourn will
act as soprano soloist. There will be
selections by the Boys and the Girls Glee
Clubs. Following is the program:
The Heavens are Declaring, Beethoven
Chorus
Academy Orchestra
Fishing, Parks
Boys G1ee Club
In Heaven the Stars now are Shining,
Chorus
Berceuse, from 'tToce1vn,'' GODDARD
Miss Ju anita Ki1bourn
Miss Elizabeth Peck, violin ob1igato
Sullivan
a The Boatie Rows, Sleeper
b Kentucky Babe, Geibe1
Adagio, DeBeriot
Miss Helen Boynton
By Baby1on's Wave. Gounod
Overture, ''Lustspierl,' Keller Bella. op 7s
Orchestra
Carnival Act II, from LA Tarante11a,''
Jakobowski
a Humoreske, (By request), Dvorak
b Sons du Soir, Kriens
c Minuet Beethoven
Miss Helen Boynton
Until the Dawn, Parks
Costa
The class day exercises will be held in
Academy yard Thursday afternoon at 4
O'Clock.
Ode Miss Elizabeth Walter
History Miss Mildred Stanley
Presentation to presenter, Harold Hale
Essay, when the Aeroplane Shall Reign"
Grafton. PROBLEM of the High School
Graduate" Robert w ard
Prophecy, Miss Elizabeth Peck
Prophecy of prophecies, Miss E1sye Sargent
The senior class reception will be held
at the museum Thursday evening.
Program for graduating exercises at
The Colonial Friday morning at 9
o'clock:
Metropolitan March, Bea1
Orchestra.
overture, Franz shubert, suppe
Practical Idea OF the Class of 1910,
Ethel May McGill, Sa1utatory Honor.
Raymond Edwin sheperd;;
Rose Waltz, Peusche1
Girls G1ee Club.
Vermont's Contribution to Art,
Maurice Frederick Carr.
''Yesterthoughts,' Herbert
A Stranger in the Skies. Juanita Kilbourn.
Humbugging the American People,
Charles Winthrop Copp.
Entire Acte, The Ballet Girl, Cox
Orchestra.
Hunting for Royalty, Mabel Gaske1 snsby.
Joshua Collett Frost, Valedictory Honor.
Boys Glee Club.
Presentation of Certificates
Presentation of Diplomas.
BenedictiOn.
On the evening of Friday. June 10, Dr.
and Mrs. Benedict held a reception for
the senior class OF the Academy. Many
of the parents, and numerous friends of
the class and of the school were present.
During the evening, music, both vocal
and instrumental was furnished by mem
bers of the class, Miss Juanita Kilbourn,
Miss Elizabeth Peck, and RAYMOND
Shepherd.
After twelve years in st. Johnsbury
Academy, Mr.. Barbour sewers his con-
nection with the school, at the close of
this week, for the purpose of conducting
a commercial college at Nashua His
many friends in school circles and out,
regret to see him go. The commercial
department of the Academy will, how
ever, be maintained in the future with
the same high grades of efficiency, and
students contemplating the study of
bookkeeping, stenography, typewriting
and kindred subjects, will find experienced
and competent teachers in charge of the
work.