Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-24

The graduating exercises ef she
Westerly High school were held Wed
nesday afternoon in the town hall
which were attended by over SEQ
friends of the school. In a semi circle
In the rear of the stage was the class
motto Esse Guam Vederi, in brow
and white the class Colors The order
of exercises was as follows:
Chorus Hail, Noble Hall, Wagner
Glee clubs; Prayer, Rev. Frederick c.
A. Jones; Salutatory, THE Pan
american Union. William Dana
Navy Since the Civil War. Elliott
Raymond Thorpe; Chorus, My Dream,
Waldteufel, GIee clubs; THE New At
t1tude of Society Toward the Crimi-
mar, Walter Alexander Kenyon: "The
Revival of the Pageant, Valedictory,
Esther Wiihelmina Peterson: Presen-
tatlon of Glass to School Committee.
A J. Maryott, Principal; Awarding
of Diplomas, DR.. Albert H Spicer
Chairman: Singing of Glass Ode. Glass
OF 1915; words by Leverett Asa Briggs
Jr., music by Raymond Henry Coon.
In compliance with the report of the
Judges, Superintendent William II.
Bacon, Mrs. Harry B. Agard and Prin-
c1pal A. J. Maryott, the Martha c.
Babcock Memorial Fund Prizes were
awarded as follows, for best ESSAYS:
First prize, $40, to Mary Cushing
Suffrage; second prize. $3.50, to Ger
| trude K. Gaffney, subject. Tlliterarv
Test for Foreigners; third prize. 1857.
to Foster NJ. Perry, subject, Lincoln
Highway.
The prize for excellence in Latin.
given by the Women's College club. of
westerly was awarded to Esther NJ
Peterson. The prize is $50 and is
given for an average of 80 or over in
the study fo1, a period of four years.
The exercises closed with singing
by the GIee cluos of Schubert's Life
All Victorious.
Glass Oficers-President. Howard
Preston Knight; vice president Eliz-
abeth Morrison Bisset: secretary, Al
bert Washington George Jr.; treas
urer. Gladys Gourlay McLaren.
Graduates - Bessie Irene Ahern
Elizabeth Morrison Bisset. Leverett
Asa Briggs, IT.. Carl Amos BurdicIl
Revere Elliott Clapp. Louis Bowman
Coon, Raymond Henry Coon. William
Dana Critcherson. Albert Washington
George Jr., Ruth Estelle Henroit
Gladys Viola HoIberton, Clarence Will
liam Hopkins, Walter Alexander Ken
yon. Howard Preston knight, Chris
tine Elizabeth Krebs, Mildred Ian
phear. Gladys GourIay McLaren,
Blanche Meadowcroft, Helen I,orise
Murray, Camelia Papalia, Ether Will
helmlna Peterson, Geraldine Campbell
Phillips. Alexander Barclay Robert
son, William Archibald Sawyers, Dor
othy Phillips StilIwel, Pauline Law
renee Sullivan, Elliott RAYMOND
Thorpe Roy Vaughn Wilcox Margera
Lenore Young, Marion Grace Zerbarini.
Honor studends for year 1914-1915-
Seniors, William D Critcherson. w.
Alexander Kenyon, Esther W. Peter
son; juniors, Edwin B. Allen Ida Nav
Barber, Clara. B. Black, Gertrude X.
Gaffney, Mary c. Jolly: sophorores
Margaret Crockett. Ruth Edwards. Al
fred Ravens, Mary c. Howard, Ella
Maggs, Francis NJ. Money, Russell
Potter. Selena G. Veal: freshmen.
Marjorie H. Andrews, Angelo NJ. Cen
carello, Louis L. Matthews, Dorothy
NJ. McVey, Ruth NJ. Peterson. Marjorie
E. Smith, Irene NJ. Stapleton. Eliza
beth H. Tillinghast, Ethel B. Turner.
In the qualifying round for the
Rhode Island golf championship over
the Rhode Island Country club links
at Nayatt Tuesday afternoon Roger
Hovey won the gold medal for the low
score and in leading home the field of
% entrants on 81 strokes. broke the
36-hole record of the course of 1873. |
which was also held by him. DR.
Louis Tetlow. of Westerly. was sixth
William Clark twelfth, Harry T.. Bur-
dick twenty-seVenth and Earl r. Gran |
dali fortieth.
Wednesday was promotion day in
the Elm street grammar school and |
the exercises included a professional |
hymn. the reading of scriptures, prav- |
er, and song by the eighth grade |
chorus. Hedge Roses, an address by |
Willard III. Bacon superintendent of |