The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-21
M. S. GRADUATION.
Twenty Eight Diplomas Granted, Five
Certificates.

/ Graduating exercises were held al
Montpelier seminary yesterday morning
when twenty-eight diplomas and five
certificates were awarded. DIR. +. A.
! Bishop presided at the exercises for the
! last time, which brought feeling OF
sadness to participants and guests.
Prizes were awarded, a portrait Of DR..
| Bishop was presented to the school and
DIR. Bishop made a farewell speech.
The program OF the evening was; The
Conservation OF the Forests of the
United States" Elliott w. Bisbee; "The
Educational Value of Manual Training, "
Miss Gertrude l.. Bliss Wireless Teleg
raphy,n Leland NJ. Mckinley; piano duet,
Polka Brilliante,' Misses Annie Mes
ser and Murdena Smith; Our Converse
ton Miss Irene A. Dwinell; THE School
of the Future" 4. Lester Stanton;
Grows and Scarecrows,' Miss Winifred
l.. Jeiiords; song, 1T Is Not Raining
Rain to Me-" Miss Virginia Peter; Mo
sales" Alden G. Owen; Americana
ing the Immigrant" Miss Ethel C. Law
son; is the World Growing Better"
II. Chester Sargent; piano solo, ''Po-
lonaise,n L. j. Hathaway; Freedom and
Unity" Miss Eva Thompson; Political
Ministery," Eldon II. Martin; selection
by orchestra; presentation of diplomas.
Dr. Bishop then made the following
awards of merit:
Mid-winter prize speaking for
young women, Aida Turney, second,
Emma Fuller; first for young men, Vic
tor Smith. second, William Moore.
Prize debate, competed for by six men
representing the literary societiesSl5
in gold to H. Chester Sargent; $40 in
gold to Victor Smith.
Junior prize speaking for young
women, Blanche Uric, second, Aida Tur-
ney first for young men, Alden Owen,
second FRANKLIN Dwinell.
+. f. H. Gary prize for best thesis
of senior or student in the institution for
a two-vear term. Miss Gertrude Bliss.
Gary prize for best scholarship of a
senior, with highest general rank, Miss
Irene Dwinell.
II. Simpson prizes for best drawings
of his home ON College street-Ernest
F. LaValley first, Florence Taylor sec
ond. Jesse Foster third.
Those graduating with first honors
were Irene A. Dwinell Gertrude L. Bliss
and Winifred L. JeiFords; second honors,
Eldon H. Martin, Ethel c. Lawson and
Avis L. Pattrel
The senior class, through H. Chester
Sargent, presented the school portrait
of Rev DIR. L. A. Bishop. The latter,
in farewell address TO the students
and guests, stated that over $4,000
has been received by the treasurer of the
school in the last five years. Among
the improvements in the building to he
carried out before next fall are CON
templated the installing of steam
plant in the seminary building, hard
wood floors for the recitation rooms, a
furnace for the main boarding hall and
the addition of twenty cases of mineral
specimens, from the collection of New
Yorker who has just died.
The graduates are:
College preparatory Esthel Call. Irene
Almira Dwinell. Winifred Lille Jeffords,
Avis Lucille Pattrell Eldon Hubert Mar
tin, Alden George Owen, II. Chester Sar.
gent. Earl Lester Stanton.
Commercial high school course-J. Leo
Edison; modern course-Lucy Rose Bar
nard, Gertrude Laura Bliss, Minnie Swa-
sey Bliss, Ethel Clara Lawson, Addie
jackson Nichols. Eva Thompson, Elliott
Walter Bisbee, Philip Emerson Bisbee,
Jesse johnson Foster. ir., Lionel VIII
lard Merrill. Leland Murray Mckinley,
Rutherford Harold Moore
Shorthand-Emily Lucretia Paine, Mil
drcd Addie House, Mabel Esther Guern-