St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-05-31

Commencement Exercises at the
Academy-Town News.

D. m. following was the program:
March and overture; prayer, Rev. L.
A. Carlson; chorus, "Out On the
Deep; grafton, THE Promised Land"
Ellen Bayley; grafton, 1.-The Value of /
Play" Mildred E. Teller; grafton, |
Preparedness" E. Earl WEIGH; cho- |
rus, THE Old Folks at Home; ora
ton Manual Training in the Schools
Alice III. Fay; grafton. "A Challenge |
to the Voter" Nelson A. Hooper; ora
ton, 1.-THE Duty of Having an Opin- |
ion," Elsie L. Garvin; address to the
graduates, Some Values Of Education |
Which Are Measurable and Some |
Which are Not" Edward D. Collins, |
Ph.D., professor of pedagogy, Middle
bury college; presentation of diplo- |
mas; class roll, Ellen Bayley, Theresa
Cornelia Blain, Karen Elizabeth Carl
son, Alice Harriet Fay, Elsie Leila
Garvin, Nelson Amasa Hooper, Ella
Abbie McCascoe, Ruth McLachlin,
John Edward Metcalf, Mildred Eva
Teller, Edison Earl Welch. Friday
evening a reception was given the
graduating class and friends at Acad-
envy hall. About 800 were present
The drill and maypole dance by IL
girls of the undergraduates was es-
ed. Ice cream and cake were served
Tuesday evening the prize speaking
of the G. C. G. S. took place at Acad-
envy hall. The speakers who took
part were Vera Shields, Dana Carl
son, Theresa Blain, Earl WEIGH,
Gladys Gibson, Nelson Hooper. Each
speaker was required to write and
memorize an grafton. The prize of
$40 was won by Miss Gladys Gibson,
her subject being Alaska and Her
People" Miss Theresa G. Blain won
first honor. The judges were Rev. J.
K. Williams, Mrs. John Varnum and
Rev. Francis Laird. Miss Gibson is to
be congratulated on her success.
oliver Cowan has a new Oakland
automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Stevenson and
Arson Mcdonald were at st. Johns
bury Saturday. Mr.. Stevenson, it will
be remembered, had his foot amputat-
ed last spring and lately his other
foot has been giving him some trouble
and he went over to consult DR.. AL
len.
The graduating class was at ST.
Johnsbury Saturday to get a class
picture taken.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred McCasco of West
Danville were in town Friday
Mrs. John Chandler was at Cabot
Thursday to her fathers, Frank
Peck's.
Miss Hazel Lyster visited Mrs. Will
bur Blodgett over Sunday.
The church aid and mothers meet
ing will be held on Thursday after
noon at the vestry of the Congrega-
tional church. A little program will
ha eiU hQ nd 0osl
planned for the children. This is to
be little extra this time and all
mothers of very small children are es-
pecially invited. The meeting will be
at 2.30 and supper served at o'clock,
to which gentlemen are invited.
DR.. A. J. Mackay got his knee
quite badly hurt at st. Johnsbury last
week. He tripped over a wire and
fell, striking his knee a hard blow on
the pavement.
Another case of scarlet fever has
appeared in the family of James
Shields
There are a good many cases of
chicken pox at South Peacham.
Dana Carlson and Cephas Guthrie
have gone to the White Mountains to
work at one of the hotels this sum-
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gill of SPRING
field, Mass, were here for COM
mencement, also Mr.. and Mrs. N. c.
Mclean of St. Johnsbury.
Prescott Moultrop of Danville is
working for Conner Moore.
Miss Katie Archer, who has been
working for Mrs. N. c. Mclean of ST.
Johnsbury has finished work there.
George Richardson, who has been
sick for some time was worse Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Blanchard of
White River Junction were in town
the last of the week.
The remains of Miss Jane Elizabeth
Cowles, who died at Plymouth May
%, were brought here and the fun
eral held Sunday at the Congrega-
tional church.
Munroe Pedley and son, Scott, of Lyn-
don, Mrs. Alonzo Taisey and sons,
Luther and Philip of Lawrence,
Mass, are spending a week at w. S.
Sanborn's cottage at 1.-The Pondside."
Mr.. and Mrs. David Carruthers and
family were there Sunday.
F. G. Chandler put in a milking
machine last week.
Rev. Mr.. Kinney of Montpelier was
in town Friday and organized a Sun
day school at Ewells Hollow and
North Park, the first one to be held
at EwelPs school house Sunday. June
4, at $50.
(Mrs. w. s. Sanborn, Correspondent
Clarence Hatch, Ed Baylor and
George Willie, all army veterans, took
dinner Thursday, May rs with Arson
Mcdonald at George Chamberlains.
The combined ages of the four was
PCS years.
Thursday evening was class night at
Peacham Academy, the following pro-
gram was given: March and overture,
chorus, Sailing, address of welcome,
Nelson A. Hooper. president; class
history, z. Earl WEIGH; class motto,
Ella A. McCosco; class prophecy, Ka-
rem A Carlson; prophecy on prophet,
Ellen Bayley; class poem, Theresa
Blain; chorus, The Wandering Stud
emit; presentation, John z. Metcalf;
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