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

undoing of many a hearty swinger,
worked again after "lo these many
years." and good part of the time
the academy boys were actually "eat-
ing from his hand," but a lot of
fellows have done it before so the
young chaps have nothing to regret.
Seriously it was good ball game.
Another event of Friday was the
exhibit of the domestic science stu.
dents under Miss Hazel Harris in their
room. Sandwiches and cocoa were
served the visitors to the room as
sample of the cooking of the students
and the walls were lined with needle
work and gowns made by the various
members of the needle classes This
exhibit was considered exceptionally
good and proves that this department
is one worthy of continued support.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXERCISES
The gold seal of approval. passing
grammar school students to the high
school. is second only to those future
honors in store for them. In the his
be of the unanimous opinion, that the
exercises in this department of our
| school, were, if such thing may be,
better than any previous year. The
clock like precision in the pageant given
| which was one of the best, as well as
the best-directed, programs which it
has ever been the pleasure of Barton
| audience to witness, mark Miss Rem
| frew and Mrs. Heath as leaders of
children and as teachers worthy of
| all the praise that can be offered them.
A full column Of space might easily be
devoted to this pageant and then fall
far short of doing justice to its COM
pleteness and rendition. 1t sounds
almost prosaic to simply say that it
was well done. It was much more
than that, and it showed close personal
direction on the part of the teachers
and ability to comprehend and portray
on the part of each and every pupil. It
was simply splendid. That the high
room is to receive large class, 20 in
number, of enthusiastic and adept
young people into its freshman class,
is perfectly apparent to all who at
tended these graduating exercises of
the grammar room.
GRADUATION
/ On Thursday evening. in Seaver's
4 hall, artistically decorated in green and
white. with stage setting resembling
a Roman villa and the stage itself
banked in ferns and cut flowers, the
graduating class of 1915. sixteen in
number, gave their names to the ever
growing list of Barton academy's 8
alumni. It was $50 p. m., when the
orchestra commenced the march and
the seniors filed through the aisles and
to the stage, there to present their
academy in which many of them had
spent the full four.year course and at
least two of the seniors had been in
the school here since their primary
days. A brief invocation was offered
by Rev. w. A. Warner. which was
followed by vocal duet by Misses
!, Lola Hawkins and Ruth Gleason,
. pleasantly rendered. The salutatory
, by Miss Mary Wilkinson, which was
!, followed by her essay on "Physcal
, Education in High Schools" showed
, painstaking work on her part and was
enthusiastically received by the very
large audience present. The class
history by Miss Chase, covered the
four-year period of the class through
!, it's high school work with it's loss and
, gains in pupils, and it's milestones o1
events. Miss Geneva Whitcher. one OF
, the graduates of the teacher training
! class, gave a systematic resume of the
years work in that course Orir
!. Carpenter handled the ''Maple Industry
in Vermont. in a methodical and
businesslike manner and there is much
: real logic in his conclusions. Miss
|, Vera Phillips gave a recitation,
woman and War;" which received
much applause and was particularly
appropriate. The class will by Miss
Leonie Wheeler bequeathed many and
., divers things to succeeding classes, as
we'll as number of personal bequests
from members within the class and
elected much merriment. and was well
and legally handled. The valedictory
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