Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-02-09
Barton Academy and
Graded School
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are miles and years away from the
teacher / do not say you have lost
your life if you have lost your taste
for work but you will ever have life
until you get that taste and you will
never have another opportunity to ac-
quire it as easily ss you can now.
To the juniors would say just what
have said to the under-classmen and
in addition that now is your last
chance. You can't decide next year
that you are going to be somebody you
have never been before, and come out
with a fighting chance. To those of
you who have and have long had that
Christian determination that makes
you say ~ will be something and
will be something worth while"
send my best wishes and I say I envy
you the satisfying pleasure that is
| before you.
To the seniors send my congratula-
tIons To those that have that deter
mination I say "You are indeed bless
ed, and come what will come, DOM
give way one inch from the mark
which your ideals have set for you"
To the others | say "You are fortunate
that there is so little distance between
you and the places where you will find
out your true value and the way in
which you will be compelled to make
the most of it."
To those of you who do not hope to
go to college be it said that you are
now where you can invest time more
advantageously than you will be able
to do ever again. The ideas that you
take with you from high school will
greatly determine your life for many
years, and the ideals that you take
will be your highest ideals.
J You others. who are my especial
| friends (and I hope that every red
bis ideals. and each good girl of you
place by ever so little will try to go to
college) you have big task before you.
| 1t is task that is worth every ounce
you have within you and the rewards
are immediate and adequate. Be con-
! tent with not one whit less than the
best there is in you and try to make
| that best one bit better. Begin this
very day and continue unwaveringly,
your rewards will follow fast.
The rewards Of the student land |
mean by "student" the man who seeks
to know do not all come from keeping
your nose in a book, talk in those
terms because that is what inter-
ests me and certain amount of that
kind of studiousness is required of US
all. The spirit of the true student
and the scholar are necessary to any
real success. Hiram Mcclellan told me
| he was going to write about that side
of college life and I am not the man
with the temerity to attempt to pick
kernels from field that has undergone
Hiram's keen and thorough eye.
With best wishes and kindest
thoughts for you. the younger members
of the family, am
go Yours very sincerely,
| II. r. Brahana, IL
B. A. NOTES
Jenness. Mrs. J. Blake. Miss Grace
Dow. Marjorie Bean. Miss Mary Will
kinson and Ralph King.
Improvement certificates for writing
have been awarded by the Palmer COM
pany to the following pupils of the
Grammar room: Roland Trip, Shirley
Hitchcock, and Geneva Hubbard.
For four days last week the Stone
Underhill Heating and Ventilating COM
pany of Boston had Mr.. Fabian, their
representative, here to inspect and
make necessary repairs to the heating
and ventilating sysetm at the school.
Mr.. Fabian installed the system at the
time the schoolhouse was built and was
able to offer valuable suggestions as
to how best results might be secured
during our severe weather when there
is difficulty in keeping the school COM
Portable. The furnaces have been
thoroughly cleaned. only minor repairs
were found necessary.
JUNIOR PLAY!
The juniors held the first rehearsal
for the play Friday afternoon. Every.
body knows what the Junior plays
have been. Be sure and watch for the
date.
TRAINING CLASS NOTES
We have a new member in the train
ing class. Miss Esther Eveleth Joined
US last Wednesday for the rest of the
year.
:: The training class reception to the
) high school and faculty will be hele
Monday, February fourteenth, in the
: school hall at seven thirty.
keep the corners of your mouth
turned up and you cannot frown.'
This is the motto of one of the girls
of the training class. See if you car
tell which one when you meet her.
! Leave my posy Alone" said Polly.
: "Why can't have it on my desk?'
: asked Dolly in an injured voice.
Teacher, can't have it. it doesn'
i belong to Polly alone?"
/ mo dear, let Polly have it, she j
e the youngest you know"
n And it was all about a hyacintl
# blossom.
:. The members of the training elias
$ were delighted Friday morning to fin
d lying on the table in their room beau
+ tiful fir bough which held perfec
robins nest. The nest in it's structur
> and position was an exceptionally goo