Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-06-28

awarded: The Howard educational fund
prizes Of SIS. so and SIS, for general high
standing during the entire four years Of
study, to Miss Irene McCuen, Frederick
s. Pease and Miss Ethel Robbins. re-
specuvely. The high school alumni
prizes Of S each. for the highest stand
ing during the year in the classical, SUBJ
classical and English courses. were
awarded to Frederick S. Pease, Miss
Irene McCuen and Miss Celia Levin. in
the respective courses. The University
of Vermont prize scholarships. which are
awarded to the girl and boy of the
graduating class whose standing during
the four years has been the highest Of
the girls and the boys Of the class. were
awarded to Miss Irene McCuen and to
Frederick S. Pease.
The reception given by the members
Of the high school faculty to the 1917
graduates and their immediate friends,
which was held last evening in the high
school assembly hall. was the final event
Of the graduation program.
CREATIONS AND ESSAYS.
Richard Clayton Mills. in, his price
winning grafton. States Rights" pleaded
for a national spirit, such as this coun-
try had never known before, and through
which the dogma of States rights might
be lost in a spirit Of national co-opera-
ton, in which all the States should work
together for the welfare Of humanity and
democracy. He declared that. although
the Civil War had established the fact
that the Union was indissoluble, the
States rights theory still menaced the
country in various ways. If America
councils at the end Of the war. then
a
truly national spirit.
Miss Irene McCuen in her essay.
"Aeneas AS a Hero" disputed the
critics Of Virgil's hero, who said that
he was not a true hero. because OF his
treatment of Dido. There is always an
explanation Of the deeds of a truly great
man. she declared. and Aeneas in his
actions was only doing his duty and fol-
| lowing the commands of his gods. She
traced the course of Aeneas' wanderings
from the time he left the fallen city Of
Troy until his death.
The principles of the Monroe Doctrine
| as means of knitting the other Ameri-
| can countries more closely to the United
| States by ties Of interest and friendship.
| SO that we might be aided in taking a
| leading part in the guidance Of popular
government throughout the world. was
| the use advocated by Torrey Allen. in
his grafton. THE Monroe Doctrine"
| The speaker outlined the conditions lead
| ing up to the declaration of the Monroe
Doctrine and told of its results. His
conclusions as to the United States re-
| sponsibility under the Monroe Doctrine
and the views Of the southern American
| countries regarding it. were logical de-
| auctions, showing a close study of his
subject.
Pierre Lott Julien viaud). not only
Frances greatest living author. but one
of her greatest patriots. declared Miss
Naomi D. Lanou. in her essay. telling
how this artist forgot the fame which
he achieved by his pen. forgot his Ct
years. forgot everything but his coun-
try's call when that came and offered
France once more his services as a naval
captain The speaker told of Lofts
life, first as a village boy, as college
student. In the navy. and after he had
achieved fame as one Of the Forty I'M
mortals'' of the French Academy. She
recited in French descriptive passages
from some Of his works.
Deep Waterways" was the subject of
the Grafton by Elbert Tower Kimball. in
which the speaker told particularly OF
the use of Lake Champlain as a water.
way. from the time the Indian first pad
died his canoe over it's waters The
second steamship to be built in the
world. the vermont" was built at Bur.
lington in 1908, and the works erected a,
Shelburne harbor for building boats. were
J the oldest in the world. Mr.. Kimbal
told Of some Of the difficulties of navi.
gHtion on the lake at the present time
i and also what their remedying woulG
mean to the Inhabitants of the Cham
plain valley.
A simple. scientific method Of chile
teaching is the result of the contribu
tons OF all ages of the world to educa
ton. said Miss Anne Mabel Samelson
in her essay. Education. Old and New.
The growth of educational methods sine,
the founding OF the first school. an Oren
: tai one in 400 B. c.. was outlined by thu
speaker. The various advances il
> methods during the different periods o
the worlds history were Interestingly!
| told. with particular reference to educa
. ton in the United States.
I The history Of the fort and the shrin,
/ Of st. Anne on Isle La Motto was charm
ingly told by Miss Bertha May Hin. II
, her essay st. Anne. the Fort and tn
} Shrine" The distinguished visitors wh'
, have stopped at this historic spot. an,
, something of the history of the surround
ing territory were told by the speaker
The erection by the late Bishop DeGoes
priahu OF the SHRINE OF 81. anne, ana IN
, annual pilgrimages there were also de
5 tailed.
, Frederick Salmon Pease, in a wei
. thought out Grafton, gave an interesting
outline of what might be Germany
] future after the war The speaker realized
v that her future depended largely upon tn
Y outcome of the war and hoped for a de
feat which would leave the German
I without any hope Of world dominion
+. The German Is not the frugal, machine
: made man, by nature. that most of US he
. lieve him to be. but a sensitive. impress
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