The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-08
SO Young People Were Gradu-
ated From School Last Evening
BEFORE VERY LARGE CROWD
Chief Address Was by Prof +. K Lord
of Dartmouth College, Who Spoke On
"The Hope of Peace--Exercises
Were Well Carried Out.

Before an audience which taxed tn
auditorium and gallery of the oper'
house, the nineteenth annual commence
ment exercises of Spaulding high schoo
were carried TO a successful conclusion
, last night, when fifty-nine members o
the class of 1912 received the diplomas
4 which mark the close of their careers il
Barre's public schools The student:
who have finished their studies com
prise the largest class that has ever beer
graduated from the doors OF Spaulding
divided in numbers among the -four
courses offered by the school. as follows
Classical, 3; academic, 10; English II;
commercial, %.
The final exercises of Spaulding's com.
mencement week were especially notable
because they marked the elimination OF
twenty-five years of service in the city
schools by Superintendent O. d. Mathew
son, whose resignation to accept the prn-
cipalship Of the school at LyndonyiIle
took effect at the close of the school year
/ OF added interest also was the address
on "Fhe Hope OF Peace" by John King
Lord, Ph. d., LII. d., professor OF Latin
at Dartmouth college, Hanover, n. II.
/ Professor Lords address was n message of
/ hope in the veriest truth, message of
| hope for the comprising of arbitrary
methods in settling international differ
ences. His words voiced an inspiring ap.
I peal to the unlocking audience, as well as
to the youthful graduates to whom his
address was more especially directed To
the latter he sounded a ringing call to
service in the movement for world wide
peace and judicial settlements between
the nations.
Promptly at 7:30 o'clock, the members
of the senior class, marshaled BY Albert
Marr, filed slowly into the auditorium,
down the aisle, to the front, where spe-
cially reserved seats were ready for their
occupancy. Miss Josephine Hovey, dl.
rector of music in the city schools,
played the march Superintendent Math-
ewson presided during the exercises, and
seated with him on the stage were the
speaker Of the evening, Rev, J. w Bar
nett, pastor OF the Congregational
church, members Of the school board,
and Henry ii. jackson of the high school
faculty. The artistic stage decorations
OF the elass-day exercises were retained.
AT the opening OF the program, Rev. Mr.,
Barnett offered prayer.
The invocation was followed by an
essay by Miss Rosa Fontana second
honorl. She chose for the subject of her
commencement contribution the timely
topic, "Italy's Contribution to Civiliza- i
ton" Miss Fontana's essay was well
written and delivered in highly praise
worthy manner. She pointed out the
part which Italy played in the transit
tional movement in Europe between the
medieval and the modern world. Her
recitation of the circumstances surround
ing and leading up to the Renaissance
tended to show how the movement,
marked particularly by the revival of
classical design in art and letters, in the !
beginning was associated with PetrarcA
and other famous figures of fourteenth |
century life in Italy.
For the second number, Miss Glynora I
Belle Gould gave a pleasing rendering
of Mlynarski's "Mazur" on the violin.
She was accompanied on the piano by I
Miss Blanche Russell Miss Armida I
Kaufman Rossi first honor. commercial /
followed Miss Gould with an
essay on "The Ideal Secretary Her
contribution teemed with common sense
and was given with force and expression.
The standard of clerical service which
Miss Rossi extolled was elevated to
high plane, but never was it unpraeti-
cally ideal. When Miss Rossi had fin
ished her essay, the members of the glee
club marched to the stage and sang "The
Vikings" accompanied by Miss Hovey,
The work of the chorus during the even
ing was one of the most enjoyable fea
lures of the exercises.
Prof. Lords Plea for Peace.
Superintendent Mathewson then intro
iuced Professor Lord, whose interesting
address on the subject, "The Hope of
Peace" occupied little more than thir-
ty minutes. Professor Lord spoke in
part as follows:
"The period of youth has long been
'avorite theme with the poet. The years
lf youth witness visions of hope; youth
IS natures hope. The youth OF to-day
Ire living in an era that has become a
lart and parcel of the greatest period
n the history of the world. Improve
nents of the past fifty years have
brought about countless extraordinary
opportunities for the young mon and
women of this age and in the full tide
u progress it is the one sad regret tor Us
# the older generation that we may not
ec the results of these growing oppoi- !!
unities. !
"The establishment of worldwide
,eace is the greatest movement that has !
TIRED the world since the dawn of
he Christian era. 1t is a safe and sane
movement and in its inception at the c
Hague tribunal il has had a rational
'eginning. The prime object of judicial 9
ettlement by the nations, however, is
lot to secure peace, but to decide the l
ssue of justice to all; for justice is the
upreme foundation of human society. c
f war accomplished justice, / maintain
hat ii would still be wrong. War put 4
pom might the false name of right. The '
eace movement is not an evolution of 7
rar, but rather an effective and much t
referable substitute. t
"WOrldwide peace cannot be brought v
bout by gradual disarmament. for sta c
isties and past experience have taught [
s the fallacy of this contention We II
re apt to court the false notion that c
eace is preserved by war. when war is \
he very factor that undermines and n
ventually destroys peace. The standing n
rmy breeds the military spirit in the s
ldividual, and from the individual is the g
PURGE which furnishes power for the I