New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-06-23
LARGE CLASS Will
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Thirty-FiVe Children to be Grad
uated from Local Schools
HOLD EXERCISES FRIDAY
Entertaining Program Arranged.
About Twenty Pupils Will Enter
High SchooI-Holy Name Society to
Give Smoker--Other Items.

Give Smoker--Other Items.
Thirty-five children, who have COM
pleted the course in the local schools,
will receive diplomas Friday after
noon In the Town hall when exercises.
appropriate for graduation day, will
pc held. The class is one of the larg-
est ever graduated from the schools
and plans have been made for excep-
uonally interesting exercises in con-
nect1on with the presentation of diolo-
mas to the members.
Principal O. L. Judd and his teach
ers are rehearsing a chorus of over
loo children which will sing with the
young graduates. The progra m is ex-
pected to prove very entertaining. The
children have been rehearsing faith
gully Tor several days and the progress
made Indicates that they will give a
good account of themselves Friday
The graduating class this year is SO
large that attendance at the exercises
VIII have to be limited almost entirely
to parents and friends of the young
people who are to get diplomas. On
this account children will not be adj
mitted to the hall without tickets. The
exercises will begin at 2:3O, half
hour earlier than usual.
The hall will be decorated with
daises and ferns and red roses the
latter having been selected by the
class as its favorite flower ON
ward IS the class motto and white
and gold will serve as it's colors.
OF the thirty five who will receive
graduation certificates, about twenty
have signified their intention of en-
tering the, high school in New Britain
In the fall, two will go to Bristol High,
some to business college while others
will seek employment.
The following is the program for
Fridays exercises
Priests March" from
Alfalfa
Georgiana Booth, Jane Corwin
Invocation
Rev. J. w. Denton.
March"
School Chorus
Salutatory-"Light House May"
Olive Rogers.
Recitation-"The Union and the
Flag"
George Nilsson.
Piano solo-"Entreaty," for left
hand only.
Georgtana Booth.
Reading-"Labor Day." from "Lovey
Mary"
Lena White.
Recitation-''A Voice of Peace.
Donald Freeman
Of Peace
School Chorus.
Recitation-'The Leak in the Dixie.
Elsie Dunbar
Piano soio-"P Polka de Concert"
Jane Corwin.
Class prophecy
Eldora Stoutenburgh
Battle Flag at
Shenandoah
Nelson Morgan
Selection-"In the Deep. Cold Sea-"
Boys Chorus.
Recitation-s"The Leap Of Roushan
Beg"
William Tierney.
Recitation-'The Ride of Jennie
Gertrude Smith.
Selection Merry June
School Chorus
Valedictory-"June," from .svision
of Sir Launfal''
Elizabeth Pike.
Presentation of diplomas
Rev. r. H. Burton,
Acting School Visitor
March OF Our Nation"
School Chorus.
Honors for excellence in school work
Turing the year have been conferred
N Elizabeth Amelia Pike, Olive Mae
Rogers, Elsie May Dunbar, Gertrude
dary McGibbon, Georgianna Ellen
Booth, Mary Frances Edwards and
George Hening Nilsson.
Other members Of the graduating
lass are; Emma Alphild Anderson,
florence Louise Carlson, Jane Ida Cor
vim. Eileen Frances Crowley Jennie
!. De Carli Viola Margaret Eichler,
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