Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-18
BRATTLERORO HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATES
IT'S LARGEST CLASS

Brattleboro, June 16.--The Auditorium
theatre was packed this evening for the
graduating exercises of the class of 1914
of the Brattleboro high school, the larg-
est in the history of the school. The
class. members of the high school faculty
and President Alexander Meiklejohn Of
Amherst College, who delivered the ad-
dress, and the Rev. Delmar e. Trout,
pastor of the Universaist Church, wIo
offered prayer and invoked the benodic-
ton and the members of the school
board, were seated on the stage which
was banked with mountain laurel. The
diplomas were conferred by Judge j. L.
Martin of the school board.
The program opened with an overture
by Leitsingers orchestra and the high
school chorus sang two selections only
Dream of Summer" and THE FluteG
of Autumn" after which Mr.. Trout Of
| fered prayer. The senior girls sang
Song of Autumn and The Spring Has
Come" which We're followed by the adj
dress of the evening. The Boys Glee
club sang winter Song" and then Prin-
cipal f. 3. Smith made the announce
mont of the honors and the award of the
Austinc prizes of 800 each to the four
members of the senior class whose re-
cords for the entire four years of the
course were the best. These We're to
Clyde Walbridgc Horton, Leslie Carpen-
ter Wyman, Ralph Carpenter Root and
Ruth Anna Prentiss,
The diplomas were then conferred and
the class song, written by Ethel Pauline
Fisher. was sung, followed by the ben
! edction
The members of the class, the larces:
in the history of the school are: Lain
science courso-Maude winthrop Barrett.
Roger Arnold Bracket Raymond Ciie-
ford Brown. Paul Addison Chase, Jacob
Poor Estey. Ethel Pauline Fisher,
Gretchen Isabelle Goldsmith, Raymond
Judd Harris. Stewart Lafayette Hartwell,
Clyde Walbridge Horton, Ruth Anna
Prentiss, Gertrude Kathryn Robbins,
Calista Corsanda Roberts, Ralph Car
penter Root and Leslie Clarence Wyman.
General course-Harold Verne Adams,
Irene Mildred Atwood, Mabel Alice Babb,
Mildred Vivian Bancroft, Clifford Elmer
Chickering, Henry Ray Coburn, Edith
Margaret Eddy, Herbert Gilman Foster,
| Eleanor Josephine O'Connor. Sanford
Alva Smith, Florence Evelyn Wellman,
Gertrude Emily Yearly.
Commercial course-Robort Elmer An
gier John Michael Baker. Elisabeth
Brasor, Gertrude Ella Brown, Harry
Timothy Brown. Eleanor Jane Chamber
lain, Cless George Davis. Leslie William
Dimes, Raymond Wallace Geddis, Gustave
George Valdemar Hertzberg. Rachael
Irene Iverson, Lawrence Henry lizard,
Tnh ~
Knight Mildred Jewell Knowlton, Denny
James Leahy, Anna katherine Lewis,
Fred James Plimpton, Mason White
sharp, Ethel Atherton spauding, James
Walker and Paul WhittemOre
The annual class day exercises of the
Brattleboro high school We're held yes
terday afternoon at four o'clock on the
high school lawn in the presence of a
very large gathering. The class marched
from the school building to their places
on the lawn marshaled by Philip Bayard
Putnam and Harry Alexander Montgom-
cry of the junior class, music being fur
nished by the high school orchestra.
Paul Addison Chase delivered the pres
iden.'s address and was followed by
Ralph Carpenter Root with an address
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address, whats the Use Of Latin" BY
Miss Ruth Anna Prentiss was next given
Miss Ethel Pauline Fisher gave the class
poem and Clyde Walbridge Horton the
class history. Jacob Poor Estey gave
the class prophecy and Miss Mildred
Jewell Knowlton the ivy poem. The ivy
was then planted and the exercises con
cluded with the singing of the Ivy ode
by the class Miss Knowlton composed
the ODE.