St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-06-14

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Johnsbury Academy and in the school
life OF the class of 1911 the greatest
for at this time they receive their
diplomas and the majority of them
begin to think of the work they will
choose. The exercises of the week
began on Sunday evening when the
baecalaureate sermon was preached
to the class at the South church. The
order of service consisted Of a prayer
by DR.. Benedict; anthem by the
school glee club; responsive read
ing from Proverbs; prayer by DIR.
Barnes; hymn, "The Son of God
Goes Forth to War; reading,
First Corinthians 13; hymn, 20
Mother Dear JerusaIem;;" and the
sermon by Rev. Donald Fraser of
Wells River. Mr.. Fraser's text was
the last verse of the chapter of First
Corinthians and his talk was an
earnest plea to the boys and girls to
cultivate that greatest of qualities
charity. He told them that their
education should be to them an equip
ment for service and They should
carry out into the world with them
three things: order, taste for good
literature and the power to think.
His plea was for the highest moral
and spiritual attainmenJs and his
words particularly those addressed
to the class were helpful and inspir-
ing. The service closed with a
hymn and benediction.
Commencement Program.
The 68th commencement will be
held at the North church Thursday
morning at $50. Following is the
program: War March of the Priest,
Mendelssohn, the Academy orches-
ira; prayer, Rev. Frank S. Tolman;
Star Of India, Bratton, the Academy
orchestra; A Glimpse of Mexico,
Ruth Brown Adams; The Language
of Hope, Jennie May Macdonald;
(al Fairy Lullaby, (b) Song of the
Dinah Dolls, Josephine Sherwood,
the Girls glee club; Vermont, James
America, Edith Rebecca Gates; Amo,
Halzky, the Academy orchestra; adj
dress, Business Demands Quality,
Hon. Joseph A. DeBoer; The Star
of Peace. Abt, Miss Helen Sylvester
and the Boys Glee club; presentation
of certificates and diplomas; bene-
'd1ction.
The Graduates.
There are 81 graduates in the
class of 1911 as follows:
Theodore Aldrich Carr, Samuel
Perham Mills, James Fremont Nell
son, Frank Edwin Plumley, Charles
Floyd Seymour, Lisle George Spauld-
ing. Roland Beckwith Spencer, Ralph
Stevens Spooner, Ruth Brown Adams,
Grace Cobleigh Braley, Laura May
Burbank. Mary Blunt Carr, Lillian
Josephine Eliason, Marguerite Es-
don, Isabel Frances Follensby, Edith
Rebecca Gates, Clarissa Gibson, Hell
en- Mary Gibson, Freda Jane Gilfllan,
Mildred May Greenwood, Abby Moore
Hall, Agnes Wilhelmina Hawkinson,
Adine Louise Lawler, Jennie May
Mcdonald, Marjorie Nelson, Helen
May Peterson, Helen Emily Reed,
Britomarte Somers, Helen Maria Syl-
vester, Marjorie Lucille Wells, Eta
Florence Wright
These students will be graduated
from the shorthand course: Julia
Ada Brown, Grace Elizabeth Going,
Eta Maude Hawley, Laura May Bur-
bank, Susie Clara Perowne, Emma
Laura Cole, Vida Julia Wells, Flora
May Olive Stanley, Frank Edwin
Plumley, Arthur William Hawkin-
son, Roland Beckwith Spencer.
Reception by the Principal.
On Saturday evening Dr. and Mrs
Benedict entertained the members of /
the senior class, the faculty, trustees
and other guests at their home. The
president OF the class, James Nelson,
the yaledictorian, Miss Edith Gates,
and the salutatorian, Miss Ruth |
received with DR.. and Mrs. |
Benedict. Misses Helen Sylvester
and Ruth Duke met the guests at the |
door. A program was given by mem
befs OF the senior class, as follows: I
Two violin solos, Arthur Hawkinson:
piano solo, Miss Marjorie Wells;
mandolin duet, Misses Agnes Hawk
lnson and F'reda Gilfllan; two read
lngs, Miss Helen Sylvester. Refresh
ments were served in the dining
room. Mrs. Henry Fairbanks and
Mrs. P. +. Hazen We're at the table
and Misses Portia McGill, Mildred
Hatch, Dorothy Porter and Ruth
Wheeler acted as mattresses. Punch
Was served by Mrs. L. J. Nickerson
assisted by Miss Grace Going.
Fine Arts Department.
The work of the students of the +
Fine Arts department will be on ex-
1ibiti0n in the Studio, South Hall,
during Wednesday and Thursday,
Tune ii and Is. All those inter-
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