St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-06-19
ACADEMY IS CLOSED
The Commencement Exercises Held
Last Thursday-SeniOr Reception
and Alumni Meetings.
The commencement exercises

The commencement exercises OF
the class of 1912, st. Johnsbury
Academy were held on Thursday
morning at the South church and
were attended by large number OF
PEOPLE, friends of the class and
school. After an organ voluntary by
Miss Elsye Sargent, prayer was offer
ed by Rev Alfred Poole Grint, Phi.
D, and the Girls Glee club sang two
selections.
Miss Mildred Hatch of Randolph
was the first speaker, subject "The
Rural Schools of Tomorrow" Miss
Hatch held the rank of salutatorian
of her class. The rural school of
tomorrow, according to Miss Hatch,
will be the centralized school with
fine equipment for equal development
OF mind and body and most modern
ia cilities for training the boys in
manual and the girls in domestic
arts. In such surroundings ambition
and diligence will replace indifference
and idleness and study will become
a pleasure.
! Arthur P. Little's address was en-
titled Wanted Men,. He showed
how different nations in turn have is
sued their call for to do the work
Of the nation and just SO long as
that call is answered does the power
OF the nation remain. When the cry
is unheeded the country is on the
decline. Thus with Greece and Italy.
And in our own land the calls of
1776 and 1851 were answered and
have been since, and while her sons
and donChforc rocnOnd RI haT II bar
glory shall not wane.
A selection by the Boys Glee club
was followed by an address by VII
liam A. Babcock, the valedictorian Of
the class, on Oxygen" His address
showed what a great quantity of oxy-
gen is found in all the things around
us, even in the composition of our
bodies Sc % is oxygen. He explain |
ed the three ways in which oxygen
combines with other substances and |
showed how important an element it |
is, for without it the rocks would |
Crumble and the mountains would be |
70 more; man would vanish and in
stead of awell developed planet there
would be nothing-nothing
The Motion Picture, it's Uses and |
Abuses" was the subject of an ora
ton by Walter Cleveland. He refer
theatre with it's melodramatic scenes,
its poor ventilation, and ordinarily |
bad location in the city. Such thea
ters have most influence upon the
young but they are also harmful be-
cause so much money is thus expend-
ed which should go for the necessi-
ties of life. The motion picture of
itself is of real educational value
and its use in the scientific world is
beyond estimation. Its use is evil
dent; its abuse is what should be cor
rected and controlled.
The address of the day was deliv-
cred by Rev. Paul Dwight Moody and
was enjoyed and appreciated by both
class and audience. DR.. Benedict
presented certificates of graduation
to those who had completed the bus
mess course and diplomas to the
graduates from the academic course.
Prof. Henry Fairbanks pronounced
the benediction.
Following is the list of graduates:
Russell S. Adams, William A. Bah
cock, Sidney ]. Borland, Albert L.
Carlton, Walter Cleveland, Lin
dol French, George G. Gam
rlell, Harold B. Gammell, Val
r Genge, George E. Hartshorn, Har-
old Hayden, Arthur P. Little, Joseph
W. Paige, Bruce x. Somers, Beatrice
B. Campion, Clara A. Carpenter, Ar
lene T. beware, Vera E. Goodrich,
Mildred R. Hatch, Edith L. Hurley,
Grace w Locke, Portia B. McGilI,
F. Irene Peck, Marion L. Spear, M.
Angelina Stenson, Madeline E.
Weeks, Ruth d. Wheeler.
The graduates from the business
department were, George Augustus
babcock, Jr., Joseph Theodore BecR,
Harry James Brown, Grace Amy
Clark, Clara Mae Drew, Lena Maria
HalIett, Agnes Wilhelmina Hawkin-
son, Cora Rosaline Howe, Edith Lou
ise Hurley, Jennie May Mcdonald,
Bertha Marion Salman, Paul Everett
Sargent, Mary Angelina Stenson.
The event of the week to the alum
nj and an innovation this year was
the banquet which was served in the
Academy hall at 1890 on Thurs
day. For many it was their first Wis
4 to the hall since the improvements
and their exclamations. of delight at
the beauty of the completely reno
waited room were heard on all sides.
The shades were drawn and the
soft green coloring of the walls in
the artificial light was most pleas
ing. The decorations were simple,
ferns and palms around and on the
stage and punches of buttercups on
all the tables except at the speakers
table where the flowers were roses
and carnations. There were ia \
people at the tables and everyone ap-
peared to be having a good time.
The Academy Boys Glee club was
present and their songs before and !
after the banquet and at intervals
during the post-prandial were
(Confinuad On mage 2 !