St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-24

your younger days, in your formative
days, than later.
All the great successes of this
world have been made by those who,
while acquiring knowledge and ex-
perience, have also accumulated by
savings at least the greater part of
the capital with which to start them
selves.
When you have demonstrated
your ability to save, and ability to
produce good work on a small scale.
you will find no difficulty in getting
assistance for larger work or ex-
tended efforts as fast as caution and
good sense will allow you to take it.
Neither ask or expect others to
bear the expense of getting your ex-
per1ence and knowledge. Every
mans position in this world dates
back to the practically unaided eff
forts of the individual, and, even If
part of it comes from his for
bears, is only maintained and can on
ly be maintained permanently by the
individual efforts of the possessor.
Dependence upon assistance from
others is apt to be like putting con-
centrated fertilizer on the hills of
corn planted in very poor soiI-it
makes a splendid start but a lamen-
table finish. 1t is the soil in which
it is planted and preparation and cul-
tivation that makes the crop.
Everything in this life worth hay
ing is dependent upon your own eff
forts, either in the getting, or in the
maintenance. Learning and exper-
fence you cannot inherit.
These truths or rules of guidance
which have laid down are not new
or original, they are but the sum-
mary of thousands of years of ex-
perience. Individuals have varied
characteristics and degrees of natural
capacity and ability, but within your
natural limitations your successes
will be measured by the complete
ness of your understanding and the
thoroughness of the application of
them to your daily life"
After presenting the diplomas he
gave the audience the rare opportun-
ity of hearing three distinguished New
England men: President A. Laurence
Lowell of Harvard University, Pres
ident Ernest Fox Nichols of Dart
mouth College and Major Henry L.
Higginson of Boston. All were graf
fed by the privilege of hearing these
men, each of whom addressed the
graduates in a short speech, each
witty, original and very much to the
point, but differing greatly from
each other. The program closed
with benediction offered by the Rev.
J. C. Stephenson.
The names of the graduates are
as follows: Classical course, Doris
Marguerite Jones, Ruth Eliza Nc
Dowell; Institute course, Ruth Aman-
da Barber, Clayton Robert Hoffman,
Dean Mcdowell; commercial course,
Edward Percy Borden, Cecil Allan
Burns, Elizabeth Eta Switzer; tea
cher training course, Dorothy Mary
Mcdonald, Alice Lorraine Parmalee,
Dora Mae Phillips, Julia Helen Ran
dali, Pearl Ruth Smith, Bertha May
Trefren; home economics course,
Lottie Belle Chayer, Florence Lucy
Cushman, Blanche Marie Cusson,
Lila Maude Gilman, Marion Janet
Gorham, Marjorie Lorena Post,
Laura Elizabeth Whipple, Charlotte
Edith HaZelton, Anna Grace HOff-
man, Georgianna Belle Macdonald,
Gladys Crane Mayo.
Graduates of Lyndon School of
Agriculture: Harold L. Adams, Harry
Botsford, Arr A. Brownson, Royal
A. Carman, Earl F. Carter, Wesley
G. Curtis, Ray M. Davis, Chesley L.
Deering, Ambrose II. Donaldson, J.
Leo Edison, Jacob H. Fink, Edward
r. Flint, Carl E. Fuller, Wyman Hub
bard, Arthur F. Johnson, Jr., Lloyd
w. Kendall, Raymond E. Kneeland,
Harley A. Leland, Carroll M. Lyon,
Henry w. Martin, Hilmer S. Nelson,
Edward r. Plant, Laurence E. Rous-
seau, Ralph G. Stearns, Harold G.
Webster, Elton j. Whitcomb, Gordon
A. White, Theodore F. Wilkins.
Most of the nonresident teachers
at the Institute left for their homes,
Miss Blake and Miss Packard for
Boston, Misses Clara and Evie East
man for Maine, Miss Cushman for
Burlington, Miss Wilson for Bethel,
Miss Dane and Miss Redmond start
ed Wednesday night for New York,
expecting to sail Saturday for Europe
where they will spend the summer.