The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-17
HIG.'' SCHOOL HELD
COMMitSs@ @NENT
LAST EVENING
Hall Filled to Capacity When Grad
uatiOn Program is Given
EIGHTEEN RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Six More viii Receive Diplomas in
December-Music and Addresses
Meet Frequent Applause.

For eighteen local boys and girls,
high school is a thing of memory
Commencement-or the tinish-took
place in high school hall last evening.
Before an audience of proud parents
and interested friends which packed
the auditorium to the aisles, corridors
and steps, the graduating program
passed off without an incident to mar
the even tenor of its way
The exercises should have been held
in the opera house. The school hall
was aggrevatingly inadequate to
handle the large crowd. This was
realized almost a half hour before the
high school orchestra began the over
ture which opened the exercises.
The graduating class was composed
of Miss IIilda !. Hurley, Miss Mary
Elizabeth Hutton, Miss Abbie c. Lii
lie, Miss Julia Jane Lille, Miss Hazel
+. Levin, Miss Ruth ID. Mason, Miss
Marjorie f. Peckham, Miss Beatrice
l.. Randles, Miss Hida A. NJ. Wal
Quist, Miss Rose T.. Warren, Miss Mar
ion l.. Beecher, Miss Agnes NJ. Bentley,
Miss Donada A. Berard, Miss Irene
NJ. Berard, Miss Hildred II. Burnham,
Miss Velma G. Elwell, Miss Anna NJ.
Finlan, Miss Dorothy Il. Hathaway,
Miss Emily j. Hathaway, Miss Villa
NJ. Holmes, Edward B, Jenney, g.,
Spencer Lee, r. Kenneth Fauley and
Edward +. Horst.
They marched up the center aisle by
couples during the playing of the open
ing piece by the high school orchestra.
They separated in front of the stage,
one file going on to the platform at
the left side and one at the right.
Supt. A. w. Varney, Principal f. d.
Mabrey and Rev. w. G.. Towart also
took seats upon the platform. All Of
the girls were gowned in white and the
tableau of the stage arrangement of
the class on a platform banked with
daisies and swamp-flag and lighted by
the high school system of indirect
lighting, made an exceptional pretty
and unusual picture.
Following invocation by Rev. w. G..
TOwaIt, Miss Ruth Dean Mason opened
the program of commencement essays
and addresses by paper on "Glimpses
of Japanese Life She spoke very
distinctly and with excellent enuncia
tion. Her essay touched on various
phases of life in the land of the Chrys
anthemum, dress, family life and mar
riage. She was heavily applauded.
Thomas Kenneth Fauley next of
| fered a fifteen minute address on the
| opportunities Of Vermont, under the
caption, "Where Vermont Comes In.
Starting with a cursory history of tbs
state he discussed at length the in
dustries in which the commonwealth
| stands paramount The apple indus
try, the dairying industry, forestry ant
farming received brief attention, tn,
speaker emphasizing that the presen
graduating class would have thes
| problems before them and that tn
rising generation would be responsible
for their solution.
The speaking was interspersed wit
vocal and instrumental music, Mis-
Agnes May Bentley rendering a sole
Blossom Time" accompanied by tn
orchestra. She possesses a clear swee
soprano voice and she was enthusiast
cally applauded.
Miss Marion Lena Beecher read
paper on Folk We Touch in Passing
both in life and in books. She trace
various characters in classical fctlol
particularly in Stevensons books an
compared them to various character
found in real life. Her essay was
call to the appreciation of books an
was well recited.
"All for Two Cents" was the title
an essay on newspapers and new
paper.making given by Miss lreI
Mary Berard. She called attentiC
to the limited news facilities of n ce
tury ago as contrasted with those
today She mentioned the various (,
tors entering into the creation of d
: modern newspaper. Among them s.
recited the varous press association
feature writer's, highlypaid edltori
stats composed of specialists, of d
vertising men and advertising age
cies. Her contention was that [
, average person who pays two cents
a newspaper fails to appreciate t
value he is receiving for his money.
G. Spencer Lee, accompanied by I
orchestra, gave tenor solo "Ev,
= ing Brings Rest and You," which
ceived much applause. He was
lowed by Principal +. ID. Mabrey "
took the opportunity to explain
names on the programs which h
been distributed at the doors.
90 stated that Miss Mary h. llutt
. Miss Hazel +. Levin, Miss Ruth
Mason, Miss Beatrice l.. Handles, NJ
Marion l.. Beecher Miss Irene
.. Berard entered In December. 1915 q