Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-06-21

Rev. John Russell Cow, d. D., pastor of
the First Baptist church, in the Congre-
gationa church at o'clock Sunday
evening. 1t a scholarly and deeply
impressive sermon, showing a large
grasp OF the principles of modern edu-
cation, and was delivered with much
forcefulness. When the service opened
the members of the prudential COM
mittee and the faculty entered from the
chapel and occupied front pews north
of the centre aisle. The members of the
class marched in single file from the
chapel up the north and south aises,
coming together at the vestibule doors
and marching down the centre aisle in
double file, occupying pews on the south
side.
Rev. Henry Lamb, pastor of the Con-
gregational church in West Brattleboro,
read from the sixth chapter of Deuter-
onomy for the scripture lesson and Rev.
Delmar E. Trout, pastor of the Univer
salist church, offered prayer. Besides
the hymns the choir sang an anthem
and Fred C. Adams sang a solo, THE
plains of peace" by Barnard. The choir
railing and front of the platform and
pulpit were decorated with mountain
laurel and green.
Modern education. said DR.. Cow, turns
about three great principles, the en-
tightening of the mind, the freeing of
the spirit and the unifyng of the self.
The last is least conspicuous in it's ap-
plication and by it's Importance in COM
pleting the workings of the other two
needs most to be empha sized. Coming
within the realm of religion it offers the
message for such a sermon as this
The text, Unite my heart to fear thy
name" proposes the necessity of bring
ing all the powers of body, mind and
spirit into harmonious and enthusiastic
effort toward the noblest objects and
ideas that the universe contains, in the
phrases of religion, God and His king
dom among men. In spite of the multi
piled distractions of current life such
concentration of attention is possible, as
is shown by many illustration from
the most varied calljngs in which men
are engaged.
&c. too, the idea of God. enlarged and
ennobled by all the revelations of beau
ty and truth and character which the
world of men and things may yield, not
only becomes authoritative as the sum of
ultimate facts and relations, but also
claims and obtains reverent and eXpec-
tant attention.
Prayer becomes, therefore, the final at
titude of the expectant and courageous
soul Life ought to be for all our youth
the opening of the entire nature Tor
fellowship with all the beauty and truth
and excellence within the compass of
their environment So shall they attain
that for which their education points the
way. And most of all do men need to
pray in this large fashion when the
making of character looms as the SUI
preme product of a life, the consumma-
ton of all endeavor and the permanent
residue of human conduct.
Class Day on the Lawn.
Glass day exercises were held on the
high school lawn Monday afternoon, be-
ginning at O'Clock. Preceding the pro-
gram the high school orchestra rendered
music being stationed on the front
porch. The platform from which the
program was given was decorated hand
somely with mountain laurel. The class
of 1912 marched to their places in twos
behind Marshals Robert G.. Chamber
lain and Lawrence c. Sherman of the
y class of 1918. to music by the orches-
ira.
julius Frederick Kuech gave the presi-
dents address He spoke of the years
so pleasantly and profitably spent in the
high school and Of the hope for the flu
ture with which the class crossed the
threshold to broader lives.
The class Grafton, THE Panama ca
nal,"( was delivered by Everett l.
wentworth, who told of the ambitions Of
men who had sought to make a short
en- route from the Atlantic to the Pacific
ahd of the unsuccessful attempts to dig
canal until the United States took up
men to handle the big undertaking were
not discovered until Col. Goethals was
appointed to have charge of the con-
struction, and since then 1t has pro-
crossed rapidly. The class poem was
read by Cecilia A. Johnson, the author.
1t was as follows:
Unto thee, o Alma Mater,
We will sing with loyal hearts;
May thy mem'ry live forever
Though we wander far apart.
May the ties we've formed ne'er sever
B. H. S. live on forever
Lead thy children unto honor
oh, thou guide of youthful hearts.
When today our bark unmooring
We shall give a parting hand.
Naught of courage are we lacking
AS we join lifes noble band.
May we strive thus ever onward
To attain a noble standard;
Then will joy quell all our sadness
In fond memry of our band.
Rosabel Miller and Marion F. Bart
: lett gave the class history, which was
filled with amusing "reminiscences OF
class life, In school and out, and con-
tained many pointed jokes. Miss Miller
covered the first two years in the high
school and Miss Bartlett the Junior and
senior years.
AS usual, the class prophecy was a