Milford chronicle., 1912-05-31
MILFORD High SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT week

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Sunday morning, May 26th, at which
time the class with members of the
Board of Education, the faculty of the
High School and the entire corps of .
teachers, attended the Presbyterian
Church, where Rev. Henry L. Bunstein,
the pastor, who was formerly a member
of the Board of Education. preached the
baccalaureate sermon to the graduating
class of 1912.
In addition to the sermon of Rev.
Bunstein, which was scholarly, enter
tanning and instructive, a special musical
program had been prepared for the Oc-
casion which made the exercises de-
lightful and instructive.
On Tuesday evening the Class Day
exercises were held in the Assembly
Room of the High School Building. and
while it is the first time in the history
of the school that these exercises have
ever been held at the school building,
the program was successful in every de-
tail and much enjoyed by all who at
tended. Tickets to this event were given
out exclusively by the members of the
graduating class. The following was the
first part of the program of the evening;
Address of Welcome. ...... james K. Pettyjohn
Glass History. .................. Jessie Pleasanton
Advice to Juniors and Sophomores. Pearl Messick
James X. Pettyjohn.
Acceptance Of Mantle for Junior Glass.
Mary Hammond.
Ct A-.;. Wilson Sharp Vinyard
O'''9S ~ ''s'S '''''''' Dorothy p Philips
Glass Journal .............. Elizabeth G. Griffith
The play presented by the class en-
titled "Class Day Conspiracy, was an
enjoyable feature of the evenings pro
gram, and those who took part are to
hp oor,, Inn or,fad m, fboir. CrooJ vrro,.Ir
The caste Of~characters was as follows
Tom Vernon College Room James H. Saevan
DICK Eliot Mates James K PettyJohn
Mrs. Lee. Dick and Mollies aunt Hazel Chipman
Molle Eliot, Dick sister. Elizabeth Griffith
Edith Lewis Mollie friend .J essie Pleasanton
After the Glass play was given, the
Glass program continued as follows:
Class viii in....................H Hazel NJ Chipman
Glass Prophecy. Ida C. S. Harrington
C,l,.. e,,. Jessie Pleasanton
''''' Dorothy 2. Phillips
The Glass D-y program concluded
with the class yell.
The Milford High School Commence
ment exercises proper were held in
Armory Hall on Wednesday evening,
May 18th, and the large auditorium was
packed No tickets were issued this :
year for the commencement night, the
class reserving only few seats for their (
relatives and intimate friends, thus all =
who were interested in the work of the
Milford Public Schools made a special
effort to manifest more enthusiasm and
interest in this than any commencement
IF previous years.
The Board of Education, composed of
George B. Hynson, president, William
j. Abbott, secretary and treasurer,
William r. Aldred, William V. Sipple,
Sr., Darwin S. Collins, John M. White,
DR.. Walter l.. Grier, Charles J. Holz-
mueller, DR.. William Marshall, William ,
I. Banning, DR.. Charles W. Reid and
lanes F. Anderson occupied seats on 4
he platform with the graduating class.
The program of the evening was inter
sting, the reading of the essays and
he music being highly complimented
md applauded, and was as follows a
nvoeation........... Rev. W. K. Mowbray
Bird Lie dorothy Post Phillips
iusic.,...... ..................... Orchestra n
The Future Of the Aeropiane .
James Kinder Pettyjohn "
lusic, Violin Solo. Mrs. H. J. Derrickson
The Parcels Post Elizabeth Hallam Griffith
The Republic of China" James Henry salevan :
'aledictory. Education As a Means Of Culture"
Hazel Mary Chapman.
resentation Of Diplomas and Awarding Of Prizes.
Board Of Education.
lusc -.....-.... ....I IEchestfa
enediction. ......... .......R Rev W. r. Mowbray II
The prizes were awarded to Misses
Elizabeth Vaules Carlisle, who received I,
he Townsend Scholarship Prize; Susan
ohanne Kern receiving the Freshman
prize, and Hazel Mary Chip
nan, the Senior Prize in English. =
The Glass Roll was as follows; Hazel
lary Chipman, Elizabeth Hallam Grif-
tn, Ida S. C. Harrington, Pearl M. Mes =
ick, James Kinder Pettyjohn, Dorothy y
'ost Phillips, Jessie Pleasanton, James
Ienry Salevan, Wilson Sharp Vinyard.
The Honor Roll, composed of persons
Tho have received 245 points during the
rst three years in the High School, and
Tho have averaged over 80 per cent for
heir senior year are : Elizabeth Hallam -
rifflth, Hazel Mary Chipman, Dorothy
ost Phillips, Pearl NJ. Messick, James
Under Pettyjohn and James Henry
kbaea honovc