Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-06-23
BACCALAUREATE SERMON

The baccalaureate sermon was
preached by Rev. l. A Ranney of the
M. E. church Sunday evening, June 13,
to crowded house at the Congrega-
tional church.
Mr.. Ranney took for his text the
words from Ii Timothy AT, "I have
fought good fight. have finished
my course, have kept the faith"
Mr.. Ranney said that st. Paul was
true type of hero. That true heroism
was often exhibited in the common
walks of life where courage was exhib-
tied as truly as on the battlefield and
that to be true hero was to do the thing
which meant sacrifice but that was not
recorded upon the pages of history or
heralded before the public. The church
was decorated with the class colors,
green and whie, and the class motto:
"Fidelitas, "was prominently displayed.
The choir rendered special music.
JUNIOR RECEPTION
The annual junior reception rendered
the graduating class by the juniors
was held in the new school hall. It
may be we'll to mention here that the
new hall is in the old school building,
and has been made into very conven-
lent as well as an exceptionally at
tractive hall, for school functions.
The room was fttingly decorated in
green and white, the senior class
colors, with the class motto, "Fidel-
itas," done in green and white. The
members of the junior class received.
Sawyer.s orchestra furnished the
music. Ice cream and cake was served
and a special cake was presented the
senior class. Dancing was indulged in
until late hour.
CLASS DAY EXERCISES
AS is the usual custom, the class day
exercises were to have been held on
the school lawn, but unfortunately rain
prevented the outdoor program. The
exercises were therefore held in the
school hall. The program given by
the seniors showed careful preparation
and every number was well delivered
and enthusiastically received. The
opening number, a sextette. by senior
girls was followed by the address of
welcome, by John Thorp, president of
the class. Miss Lanou gave an essay
on the model kitchen. Class charac-
teristics by Miss Cameron was spicy
bit, which apparently shot true to the
mark from the smiles it elected. "In
Sugaring Time" poem composed by
a Vermont woman and given by Miss
Skinner was another especially good
number on the program. The class
prophecy, purporting to be an ex-
change of letters between Miss Thorp
and other members of the class few
years hence, gave the seniors an idea
of what they may expect in the near
future and we might easily note that
while there is preponderance of the
fair sex in the class, none Of them
intend to be left out of the big matri-
monial game. 'The Sugaring- Off, y
a recitation by Miss Gott. who by the
way. deserves especial mention fol
having persistently clung to the idea
of graduating from the academy, was
we'll handled The class ode this year
was especially good and Miss Uric
certainly showed much talent as its
class. The exercises closed with the
SPECIAL EVENTS.
With couple of drums, a lemonade
bucket and few lemons, the high
school boys, followed by several horns
and some good lungs on the part of the
lgirls, paraded from the schoolhouse
to the square and then to the bal
grounds Friday for the athletic event
of commencement week. It was {
good game of ball, too. and the tabula
ted score doesn't indicate how close
it really was. The academy boys pu,
up the best game of the season, ano
had the older chaps of the alumni
guessing all the time. There was. tc
be sure, disastrous inning or two fol
the younger fellows. but they showed
some real spirit and hit the ''pill'' in
good shape. In fact they had some OF
the heavy ex-hitters looking like
"bush'' leaguers. G. S. Webster, how
ever. has not lost his cunning and that
same "old dope" that has been the