The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-24
v. S. A. NOTES.
Fourth Annual Commencement Held the
Week of June IL.

Fourth Annual Commencement Held th'
Week of June IL.
! The fourth annual commencement al
V. s. A. opened with the junior banquet
to seniors, held at the Ma plewood the
evening of June TO- 1t was unanimously
agreed by all present that this banquet
was the most successful in every respect
of any junior to senior banquet ever held
at V. S. A. The committee in charge
are especially to be congratulated upon
| their floral decorations at the Maple
wood, and the program presented at Ag-
gle hall Immediately after the banquet
This program consisted of words OF vel
come by Abbott, NJ; response, Hubbard,
10 Rev. George Goodliffe gave short
address, taking Success" as a text. Al
though Mr. Goodliffe talked but short
time he managed to say great deal,
and there was not man present who
did not receive from this talk an inspira-
tion and desire to go out into the
world and make good. Messrs. Spar
hawk, Hedges and Goodliffe furnished
music. At the close of the program
Kent, 'l6, representing the gradua ting
class, presented to Principal and Mrs.
Green an oak rocker as a token of the
esteem and appreciation which the class
of 'l6 feel and shall always feel for them.
After singing a number of school songs
the meeting came to a close.
The next number on the commence
ment week program was the bacealau
reate sermon, by Rev. Mr.. Goodliffe at
the Congregational church Sunday even
ing, June II. Members of the gradual
ing class were marshalled in BY Ander-
son, II. Special music was rendered by
the choir of the White church. The sub
iect of the sermon was Citizenship"
and was listened to by large and APP
preciative audience.
Tuesday the class game between the
juniors and seniors was played on the
school field. Batteries were johnson {,
Esta brook and Farnsworth p, for SEN
ors; Abbott and Parsons p. for the |
juniors. The score, IS to Z, was largely |
Tue to poor fielding on the part of the
JUNIORS and poor pitching by Farnsworth |
Turing the eighth inning, when, because
II his inability to put the ball over the
,late, six runs were scored by the under
graduates.
Tuesday evening the juniors held a
bonfire on the hill between the old and
lew roads, leading from the Center to-
ward Randolph This is a new feature Of
he commencement week program and it
5 hoped that the classes 10 follow will
ontinue with this event, thus establish
ne a new custom at V. :. A.
Wednesday morning visitors began to
rive and bv noon Main street began to
ssume a Broadway appearance. At ?
. m these people, together with a good
y number from and about Randolph
enter. gathered on the campus in front
I Aggie hall, where they listened to the
GLOWING class day program: Overture;
residents address. Phillips Heath; class
Raymond Estabrook; agricul-
ural essay. Merrill Bsrrett class his
Dry. Nhitehurst Garner; kew grafton.
lartin Delaney; reply. Ruel Abbott
lusic; Junior Bible, Leon Going; class
rophecy. Aaron Wall; class will, Alvsh
filler: announcement Of v. 5. A. candi
ates, Mltrchison Williams. ~; class
rem. Mvron TAYLOR. tree grafton. Roy !
'o1d: class song Akron Wall music
Music was furnished by the Randolph )
.chestra and after 2 selection. follow
q the planting Of the class tree. the
ssemblv broke up. From then until 6 /,
m the time was taken Up by inspec !,
on Of the school grounds and buildings =
r visitors from away.
At 1880 p. N. the AVgies gathered On