Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-06-27
CLASS. DAY EXERCISES
kT-L0CAL HIGH SCHOOL
Assembly Hall Filled to Over
flowing With Parents and
Friends Who Enjoy Address
SEES, History, Prophecy and
Poem by Members of the Class

TO use modern colloquialism, II was a
| very CLASSY" class day program that the
1918 graduating class of the Burlington
high school carried out Thursday In the
| assembly hall, before an audience so large
that every available seat was filled and
| several score stood in the corridors out
side the hall. 1t was a program that was
well-balanced and it's cvcnness together
with the subjects presented for approval
by the quintet Of graduates, gave de-
lightfu hour and half to many. A
musical program Of special features was
furnished by the high school orchestra
under the direction of Dewey KATE.
Walter W. Edlund, class president for
the last year and, reelected as president
for the class day exercises. delivered the
.onening address, lie took for his topic
s...War and ,Citizens." in brief, he said:
This war has and is working many
changes In the citizens of the country.
They are learning to sacrifice and to curb
desires for .luxuries. They are improving
their physical condition. They are fast
learning that the bond of health is just
as essential to the nation as Liberty bonds
are. They are learning to work for the
| sake of humanity and the lessor nations
and to make the world free. This war is
to create new world. and after the
| struggle, America is to lead the world
|. in creating, not in destroying"
The class history was given by Miss
Helen C. Mills. She gave n very descrip-
tive. and detailed account of the doings
of the class since its start, four years
ago. In part. she said: -Four years ago
| 260 members assembled here for the
first time. Since the United States entered
the great world war to be the savior of the
world, many of our class have entered
| the honor rolls of the army and navy.
Tho girls have devoted much of theif
spare time to the Red Cross work rooms
and at home to knitting comforts for the
soldiers and sailors. We have one hero
Fof special note. Corporal Raymond
Guyette, veteran of General Pershng
Our class bought a Liberty bond of the
second issue which will go to the school
as our class gift. We have sold more than
S2,S75 worth of the $1,000 worth of thrift
stamps that have been sold in the schools
! of the city"
THE Message of Old America to the
| New America" was the subject of the
| class Grafton, which was ably delivered
/ by George f. Howe. In part he said
1.-THE past of America shows US her UNI
falling unity to uphold the right of men
to be free, both from the Civil and the
| Spanish Wars. The present America
still shows that more strongly than ever
for America Is now ready to sacrifice
| her all on the altar of the worlds free
! dom for the liberty of the smaller and
| oppressed nations. For the future OF
| America no one can prophecy, but oui
| personal part in the future is to work
| daily for the speedy termination of the
| war and to prepare for the business com
petition between nations after the war
1t is UP to the young Americans, like
the class of 1918, to prepare themselves
for the reconstruction work to come
A very original and cleverly con
structed class poem was recited by Mis-.
Marion L. Kflam its author. The poem
dealt on the might of knowledge as &
power for the graduates to WELD. profit
ably and well whenever they had &
| chance.
class prophecy by Miss Fernando NJ
Ffchot won first honors. Its entire con.
straction from beginning to end showed
careful preparation, thought and genuin,
talent. Somewhere during the lengthy
epistle it touched each member of tn,
graduating class of ZIG in very humor
Gus and clean-out way. There was
laugh in every line.
The program concluded with the sing
ing of "Amici" by the school, led by tn,
graduating class. The ushers wer
Helena Black, Thdorah Blow, KATHERINE
Branch, Doris Broadbent, Gladys Butler
Cecilia. Clay, Helen Cobleigh, Evelyl
Gotta, Marjorie Gotta, Lois Percival. Mar
jorie Shufelt and Miriam Worthen.