The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-12
SPAULDING SENIORS
ON FESTIVE DAY
Class Day Exercises Were Heard by Au-
dience That Crowded the Barre
Opera House and Were
Much Enjoyed.

When Spaulding high schools annual
class day exercises opened yesterday aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock about 100 peo-
pie, including the student body, many
Younger school children, fathers, mothers
and other relatives near and far of the
graduates be, crowded into the opera
house and occupied every available seat
upstairs and down. That wasn't all, for
the overflow had to content itself with
standing room only in the aisles and to
the rear
Painstaking efforts had been made to
arrange the stage in a manner fitting to
the occasion and as a result of those
efforts the exercises were carried out
against a background that has not been
excelled in good many Spaulding class
days. The decorations were done in Il
color scheme OF blue and gold, the class
color combination. Across the procenium
bearing the motto, Per Augusta ad
Augusta" Flowers and colored bunting
contributed TO the pleasing effect which
the decorations lent TO the occasion.
1t was while the school orchestra was
playing an original march composed by
Miss Hovey of the music department
IIlHI the ELuQeHIH, mar SfldliS~l uN ublLi
Sector of the Junior class, marcSed from
city park into the house, where ticks OF
seats were reserved for them near tie
orchestra. There were 800 students in
| the line that filed slowly down the aisle.
A conspicuous feature OF the procession
| al march was the uniformity which
marked the gowns of the girl graduates.
! Following out a praiseworthy custom es-
! 4 L L J I. L. v,rIa va
sought to employ simplicity in the mat
ter of dress and in consequence each one
| is wearing at the commencement week
| festivities, effective gowns that cost less
than SO apiece, Barring a change in the
color Of sashes. the girls will wear the
same gowns this evening at the gradua.
tion exercises.
William Arthur Blackmore. the class
| president, delivered a stirring address of
welcome and then acted as chairman of
the exercises. Following Mr.. Black
more's contribution came the class his
tory by Margaret HOWE Brown, whose
review of the lights and shadows of the
| 1914 class teemed with much that made
merriment. Her exhaustive account of
the class doings in four years was fol-
lowed by the class ode, in which Miss
| Katherine Esther Nichols bequeathed to
those who are to follow a eulogy in
verse of what 1914 had left to posterity.
| The first musical number of the after
noon came when the Girls Glee club
sang, "HarB, the Lily Bells Are Ringing
! (Spence). Miss Blanche Russell acted as
accompanist and the chorus was directed
| by Miss Hovey. More satisfactory re-
suits from group of young singers
has seldom been noted in Barre. To
| Henry William Biork fell the honor of
reading the class will. From a scroll
! that was measured in yards rather than
| feet, the administrator kept the audi
ence laughing constantly as the various
! requests were made. The class prophecy
| by Miss Lillian Evelyn Flanders offered
an unusual opportunity for speculation
as to what the future of the class is to
| be. Needless to say, the prophecy was
entirely original and into it was inject
ed enough of humor to make it altogeth-
err wholesome. The only essay on the
program was given by Miss Ruth kath-
crime Robinson, the third honor student.
/ Miss Robinson handled well her subject,
"Some Gentle Artists" and gained the
closest attention of her auditors.
/ Twenty-Five volumes of "Everyman's'
! library constituted the gift which 1914
chose to leave as a heritage to Spauld-
/ ing. The presentation speech was deliv-
cred appropriately by Miss Abbe Cecilia
| Monkey. Next to the closing number
came the address to the graduates,
which was delivered by Miss Nadine
johnson Rogers. A message of timely
advice which Miss Rogers carried to the
graduates was sprinkled with plenty of
| droll merriment. The Boys Glee club
outdid themselves in the final number,
when they sang, "Good Night, Little Girl,
Good Night" Macy. The solo part was
well carried by Newell Parker.