The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-05
TOWNSHEND.
CLASS DAY AND CONCERT.
Delightful Features of Leland and
Gray Commencement Program.


nary was an interesting feature Of the
exercises, as always. 1t
was held in seminary hall and was very
largely attended, the hall was tasteful
ly decorated with evergreen, heavily
banked in front of the platform, and on
the walls above the stage artlstically
studded with snowballs. The chorus OF
20 voices sang May Day, led by Miss
Mary j Bane, Miss Jessie l.. Hawley pl-
anist In the singing of the chorus APP
peared to good advantage the work that
Miss Bane has done with the vocal de
partment of the school during the year,
which was highly appreciated, as was the
work Of Miss Hawley in Instrumental T
music
The class history was given by Pearl |
stark who made the running story OF the
four years interesting not only to the /
class and school, but to all present. The
class poem by Edith Landman was espe-
cially well written and impressiyely re-
cited. She playfully touched upon the
funny side Of the school life, much to the
merriment of both the students and their
friends. The second selection given by
the chorus, Dry Your Eyes. was well
rendered The class prophesy was given
by Peare Greenwood and abounded IN
witty thrusts at the members of the
class 1t was also well written and re-
cited with the charm of Unaffected sim
/ plicity
The class will was read by Addison
| Kidder. and notwithstanding the fact
/ that the ground Is covered every year
along the same line of thought, he had
a paper that was original and witty,
aiming some droll hits at his fellow
schoomates After a chorus number
Guy Railway gave the class grafton, TAX
ing for his subject Physical Develop
ment in which he dwelt upon the value
of exercise and sports in the school life.
and called again the attention of the
people to the need OF Il gymnasium for
the seminary. The class president pre-
scented for the class piano bench to the
seminary. Principal Guy W. Powers re
| sponded for the seminary, expressing
thanks fer the gift and hope that some
! friend of the seminary would IN the near
future make tie school a present OF a
new piano The exercises were closed
with another inspiring song by the cho-
rus. A noticeable feature of the eNer-
cises was the undertone of respect and
love for the school running through al
the addresses, which is refreshing Il
1 those who are sacrificing for the good OF
| the school
| 1t is no reflection on past entertain
ments to say that the concert given By
the Standish male quartet of Boston wa
! one of the finest presented in man.
| years, in connection with the commence
| ment exercises The quartet is made III
of w. {. Mooney, first tenor; Otto L
J Lewis, second tenor: r. L. Van Buskirk
baritone; and w. III. Corliss, basso. Mr.
Van Buskrk Is also a reader and humoI
OF anti
song by the quartet entitled, Wake Wit
the Early Dawn, which captured the au
dience at once and put everybody i
sympathy with the entertainers Tn
balance was remarkable, the four voice
blending as one, vet of great range fror
the deep bassoa Of Mr.. Corliss to tn
high and wonderfully clear tenor vote
of Mr. Mooney
They were equally interesting in eithe
sentimental or humorous pieces, as
Down Where My Love Lies Dreamiu
and the Negro melodies to the other e.
IRENE in The Little Piccaninny, an
The Cooling i'll Get Va if va Don
Watch Out. The solo work of Mr.. Co
liss in such songs as The Ship of Sta
and Nelly Gray revealed bass voice
deep rich tone under perfect contrc
The solos Of Mr. Lewis, Silver Theat
Among the Gold and Carry Me Back
Old Vagina. were of a high order al
much enjoyed Mr.. Van Buskirz Is a
= markable entertainer, his impersonatio
of the Negro, the Chinaman and t
Yankee were all OF the side-splitting
der. Many of his stories We're new al
extremely witty.
The entertainers had a clear sense
5 the fitness of things in the make up
their program, the fun was clean, al
the sentimental was not over done. 7
closing number rendered by the quart
| Am a Pilgrim, was very appropria
especially as the concert was held in t
church. The Townshend people will
glad to hear the Standish quartet aga