New Britain herald., 1918-06-25
WAR GRADUATION
 AT NORMAL SCHOOL
Simplicity Marks Awarding Of
 Diplomas to Glass Of GA

Diplomas were presented to 94 normal school graduates at the grad uation exercises held this afternoon, at o'clock, in the auditorium. This is, without a doubt the largest class ever graduated from this school, in cluding St graduates of the normal training department and ten of the Kindergarten department, members coming from all parts of the state. Different from the elaborate pro- grams of previous years, tho gradua- ton exercises this year were very simple with a spirit of war. One in teresting feature was the songs ren- dered by the Liberty chorus, com posed of members of the class.
 The address was given by Professor James l.. McConaughy, of Dartmouth college, while Hon. H. C. Morrison, assistant secretary of the state board of education, presented the 9radu- ates With their diplomas.
 The program of exercises was as follows: Hymn, St. Ann's Some Old Favorites, grade eight chorus. ca Just Before the Battle, Mother; (b) Ben Bolt; (c) Isle of Beauty; (d) Roll on, Silver Moon; address by Professor James l.. McCOnaughy, of Dartmouth college: songs, by senior class (a) Lend Me Your Aid, from Queen of Sheba; (b) Ye Happy Birds, Speiser; (c) A Swallow Swift, Serra- del. Presentation of diplomas, by Hon. H. c. Morrison, assistant secre- tary of the state board of education; Sons of Liberty Chorus, Long, Long Trail" "Somewhere in France, Are We Downhearted ?" and "America'.
 The S4 young women graduating from the normal training department are as follows: Shirley Stanwood At wood, Josephine Austin, Bernice Ed ma Barber, Mary Bawn, Marion Char lotte Beach. Margaret Madelyn Beg ley, Anna Bengston, Jennie Brook, Marian Gertrude Brook, Ida Ruth Brown, Madeline Porter Bunnel, Margaret Elizabeth Burns. Esther Louise Case, Dorothy Dele Chandler, Rilla H. Child, Mary Agnes Connor, Helen Rita Corners, Olive Francis Corbley, Olive Kitty Croucher, Han nah Abigail Curtiss Elizabeth Agnes Dalton, Esther Edna Danekind.
 Mary Darlington, Florence Ruth Donnelly, Geraldine Ann Dowd, Mar garet M. Driscoll. Martha Isabel Ed dy. Laura Fenner, Anna Viola Fin ley Henrietta Augusta F'lagg, Ruth Edith Frye, Rosa Frances Gangloff, Ethel Edith Ginm, Ruth Marjorie Griffin, Dora Johnson. Esther Flor ence Johnson, Selma Nathalie John- son, Katherine May Kimberly, Daisy Grace Koplewitz, Elizabeth Elsa Kuntze, Carrie Lancaster, Jennies Anna Lapidos, Esther Elizabeth Lib- erty, Edith Lynn, Dorothy Marguer- ite Manion, Grace w. McCauley, Mar garet Anna Meehan, Mary Mieckow- swi, Natalie Miglori, Catherine Yer onica Miniter, Gladys Margaretta Moore, Helen Margaret Morhardt, Sara Germaine Mulcahy, Margaret Grace Mulhern, Nettie Mae Norris, Ruth Frances O'Brien, Anna Grace O'Hara, Nellie Mary Pallotti, Pauline May Partree, Mildred l.. Peterson, Marjorie Isabel Pomeroy, Doris Bab- bitt Powell, Anna Eugene Rakowsky, Anna Dorothea Reardon, Esther Ma rie Riley, Helen l.. Ringrose, Ger trude Henrietta Rudolph, Margaret Catherine Scully, Kathleen Esther Anna Jane Smart, Helen Gertrude Smith, Marion Ellerslie Smith, Mildred Bacon Stanton, Gladys May Stevens, Edith Swanson Esther Elizabeth Tappert, Mildred Esther Terry, Gladys Mary Hurley Irene Ada Van Almerk, Hazel Esther Vile, Mary Madeline Welch, Helen Jeannette Wilcox.
 The following ten were graduated from the kindergarten training de- partment: Evelyn Frances filling, Ruth Mary Armstrong, Marion Brown, Katherine Mansfield Bun nell, Helen Agnes Goodacre, Phyllis Barwald Katzenstein, Ruth Moore Keenan, Gertrude Elizabeth Tomp- kins, Marion Warner and Mildred Alice Whiting