New Britain herald., 1916-06-22

{ bowman that there will be no need i Of war or strife.
 1 You may not have the privilege which is granted to the men of today 1 to bear arms for your country but you can so prepare yourselves that when your turn shall come you will be ready to say:
 we'll raise that starry banner, boys Where no power on earth can face it Ger all the land the flag must stand Where the peoples might shall
 place it.
 That flag was won through gloom and woe
 It has blessed the brave and awed
 the foe,
 We shall keep that flag where it always stood
 I1 front of the free, the wise, and the good.
 Yes, we'll raise that starry banner,
 boys,
 Where the stripes no hand can sever, Ger dome and spire like a flaming fire
 Those stars shall blaze forever' The papers read were as follows: Salutation.
 (Pres Harold Latham.)
 Parents and friends of the gradu- ating class, in behalf of the Class of 1916, l extend to you @ most hearty and cordial welcome.
 It is with regret that I speak these words, for it means that IUn n to enjoy, as pupils, it's privileges.
 The pleasures of the past two years have been many, but the moral and intellectual benefits derived, the friendships formed, the power of self control acquired have been far more. What one gets out of school is in proportion to what one puts into it. Opportunities are limited only by the ability to take advantage of them. Shakespeare has said: There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shadows and in miseries.'
 Our opportunities have been made possible by the generosity of the school board, the cooperation of the parents and untirfng efforts of the principal and the teachers, who have, with their eveready advice, helped to make our two years successful. If it. had not been for these efforts the pupils would not have shown such fine class spirit, nor would they have taken so deep an interest in the school nor have been enabled to complete the interesting and fine work designed for them. With this in mind the pu- pills were prompted to choose for their class motto: Loyalty Binds Us."
 We cannot leave without acknow- ledge a debt of gratitude to all those, who have made possible the Civic league, which will always be remem- bered by the class of 1916. It has been an important factor in prepar- ing us for the problems that face us.
 In closing, I must say that we leave this school, the principal and the teachers with a deep feeling of regret.
 Prevocational Grammar School.
 (Mabel Louise Hultgren)
 As time progresses inventions are being supplied to the people of the fort. Better educational methods are you know is extremely fortunate in having one of the best school sys- tems in the country. The school board has looked into the long avenue of the future and the members have been especially careful that the future men and women of the city shall have as good an education as pos- sible-and they have been generous. They have provided us with a school in which are taught the fundamentals of professional, commercial and in- dustrial vacations and through their efforts New Britain shall be a growing city noted not only for it's hardware but also for it's men and women that the New Britain schools turn out as their product
 We who are graduating this morn ing have an especial interest in the Prevocational at is was built during the time which we have spent in the school
 It is hardly necessary for me to state that there are four courses from which the pupils may select upon en- tering the school-the General Course for boys and girls; the Business and English Course for boys and girls; the Practical Arts Course for boys and the Practical Arts Course for girls.
 The General Course is the regular Grammar school course of long stand ing and is designed to prepare the pupils for the English Course of the High school.
 The essential subjects of this course are English, history, arithmetic and literature. Some time is also given to manual training, domestic science. penmanship, drawing, debating and dramatiZatiOn.
 The study of E,pp1jSh naturally cupies an important place in the program of the course and more time is devoted to it than to any other lhiact-thR tn tfcai ho