The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-06-18

"hV nave given me my start In
answer he said was to LIVE TIL
! AFFIRMATIVE LIFE.
1 Mr.. Bradford cited the lives O
Miss Helen Keller and the late Jaco
Riis; the one handicapped by more o
the Affections than almost any ordin
airy person has been called upon +
bear, but sightless and dumb she ha
conquered everything she has attempt
ed in the way Of educating hersel
and her senses; the other landing
poor emigrant carpenter and with n,
friends and dying recently probabl,
one of the most loved men in tn,
world.
The speaker then said that if W,
acknowledge that the Affirmative
Life is the most worth living and the
one Of real success and the gift
wherewith we can hest repay those
who have made sacrifices for us then
we may indeed be & ad Of heart be-
cause it is possible f5r everyone
In closing Mr.. Bradford said: Mem
bers of the graduating class, the hope
of your friends for YOU, am sure, is
that you make of life's routine your
opportunity for fashioning an ideal;
that you may not say "If only" but
I'm spite of; that you may neither
be negative nor Indifferent of spirit,
but positive, will all the power that in
you lies, in short, that you may live
the Affirmative Life whose motto is
do right! Be kind! Trust God"
Principal Brooks in few well chos-
en- words paid tribute to Miss Rice,
the faithful preceptress and w. II.
Shaw, both Of whom have been with
Mr.. Brooks since taking charge of the
Seminary and who have completed
their services here.
He also made announcement of the
exhibit of the Domestic Science class
and announced the winners in the ex-
hibition contest which was as follows:
Book keeping, first Charlotte Burns,
second Rose Batchelder; penmanship,
first Esther Niles, second Marcella
McDevitt; drawing, first Lille Brett
kopf, second Arthur Gilbert; maps,
first Sam Breitkopf, second Paul
Buck; note books, first Erald Benson,
n English Literature, second Marion
Bennett in Domestic Science; bread,
irst Loretta Wyman, second Rose
Stakeholder; cake, first Rose Batchel- |
ies, second Charlotte Burns; dress
making, first Alice Covey, general
sewing Blanche Nichols, ribbons were
lwarded to the various winners.
The awarding of the prizes for
scholarship and for the best essay was
IS follows: The Skinner prize of
5000 for the highest in scholarship
or the year went to Miss Florence E.
Wilcox and the principals prize of
1000 for the second highest went to
liss Erald Benson. The essay prize
t $500 went to Walter H. Beebe of
he senior class.
Music was furnished for the concert
i the afternoon by the Apollo Ladies
orchestra of Troy, who furnished the
lusic for the dance in the evening.
his dance was given by the members
the senior class and was largely
ttended.
The following list of scholars shows
le standing for the spring term.
Below appears the names of Burr e.
urton students, arranged alphabet
ally in A. B. c. and d. divisions, the
st including all those who have main $
lined an average of so per cent or
etter during the spring term and di- {
sion A representing 95 per cent or )
etter, division B. 80 per cent or bet
r, division C. So per cent or better !
nd divisioI d. so per cent or better.
A G
enson, Erald C.
'ilcox, Florence E.
reitkopf Samuel
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