Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

CLIFFORD c. OAT
 Class President, 1919
 The graduating exercises Of the class of 1918 of the Norwich Free Academy was held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Slater Memorial. The hall and annex was filled to ca- pacity with friends. and parents of the graduating members. The class, eighty-tw was seated in the front of the hall. while on the platform were seated the members of the Academy orchestra the trustees Of the Academy corporation and Prin- cipal Henry A. Tirrell.
 After the class had marched into the hall and taken their places Rev. J. Eldred. Brown opened the exercises with prayer After the singing of America the graduation essays were read. They were as follows: Essay, The City of Van
 Helen Barrows Avery. Essay, Excerpts from Bolshevism
 Olive Elizabeth McKelvey. Hungarian Dance No. ,, Brahms Menuet, Paderewski
 The Academy Orchestra. Essay, Woman's Part in Medicine
 Josephine Clare. Canty. Essay, Woman and the Vote
 Eleanor Plant Norton. Essay, Life in Girls Camp
 Emily Latham.
 VaIedietory Address.
 Miss Helen Barrows Avery, daugh- foy- 0f A4.- frhf was valedictorian of the class and in her address expressed the appreeia- tion of the class for all the benefits they had received in the four years of high school training. She also spoke of the deep gratitude each mem Der of the class felt toward the par ents and friends who had made this possible. To MT. Tirrell and the fac uity Miss Avery spoke of the careful instruction which the class had re- ceived and again expressed the appre- citation of the class.
 Tn closing Miss Avery said: This last year has been an eventful one for us with its many changes in school and in the world in general Many of our classmates have left dur inf the course of the year to engage in work which will heln in the war
 
 make our lives count in this great war by bearing the burden and doins not our bit but our utmost. So, as we go out into the world. let us al ways remember our motto: Not tC live. but to do something" Principal TirreII Presents Diplomas
 In presenting the members of the graduating class with their diploma: Principal H. A. Tirrell spoke as fol | lows:
 Members of the Graduating Class We gather today to celeerate th' completion of your course. and to wisl l you Godspeed for the future. l What you will take from your course depends on what you have put int i it. Natural ability. a clear mind, apti tude for studies. are qualities mucl to he prized, but are not the mos | important factors in education. The. l are less imnortant than the solid vir i troe that form the foundation o character.
 We hone that you have receive, some training in accurate thinking 1 hut we hone even more that Vou hay gained right view of life. Just as sense of commercial values is essen l tial to success in business, so for sue i cess in life a sense of live values l needed
 The greatest teacher that ever live said. "The life is more than meat, an the body than raiment" This large view of life with all it's ideals wi make you of value to the world, what ever your occupation may be. You have had a lesson such as n other Academy class has had. To hn ideals.
 Honor, justice, purity, liberty, mea more to you because men and wome are dying to secure them for you l We send you forth to do your pal in the great crusade for right Class Gift to School.
 Clifford Colby Dat, president of tn class of 1918. made the presentatio of the class gift. which this year is ( patriotic nature a $50 Libert bond. The acceptance of the gift wa by President F. ]. Leavens of the Acs denny corporation.
 The prizes and awards for exec lence in various subjects were ar nounced as follows by Principal Til rell:
 Prizes and Medals. The announcements of prizes ar medals was as follows: Williams Prizes. Three prizes of S15 each, founde by Gen. William Williams and h wife, Mrs. Harriet Peck William l Awarded annually for excellence bookkeeping, letter writing and reat ing. Bookkeeping prize-Agnes Bresns han: honorable mention. Olive E. NJ Kelvey.
 Letter writing prize = Ethel Adams; q, honorable mention, Margar McGarry
 , Reading prize-I7leaner Morton honorable mention, Cipa Rosenberg. ], Perkins Medals, 3 By bequest Of the late J. Newtt ? Perkins, 10 bronze medals are annua i ly provided for excellence in Lati Greek, French. German, English con positions, chemistry, drawing. geom 5 try, ancient history Reclamation.
 Latin--Medal, Jennie Lowenberge
 honorable mention, Lillian Wycko 3 French-Medal. Harriet Haley; .hol l orable mention, Olive E. Mekeivey. German-Medal, 'Helen B. Avar 3 honorable mention, Helene R. Wnlf. English compositioh-Medal. Emi . Latham.
 Chemistry-Two medals, Evelyn