Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-06-12
Orleans News Page
News and Views from this
Hustling Village
High School Notes.


A perfect June day greeted the
graduates of Orleans high school,
class of 1913, on Tuesday afternoon.
the school lawn and opened by the
Golden Sun is Setting" by Bliss, fol-
lowed by the presidents address,
"How Orleans is Affected by the
War;" by Raymond Wiley Bartlett,
a theme that was taken up and we'll
handled by the other members of the
class under the various headings as
follows:
"Problems of Transportation"
Chester Arthur Clapper.
"The Farmer as a Winner of the
War;" Albert Francis Caron.
Responsibility of the Local Food
Administrator" David Harold Web
ster.
Wood Working Industry" Earl
Craig Hardy.
patriotism in Schools" Freda
Brown Stearns.
Clothing" Ralph Henry Harris.
"Chemistry," Harold Chaffee
Hawse.
"Class Prophecy" John Grant
"Class WILL" Harland Carroll
"Class History" Roland Wiley
Bartlett.
Reading, "Winning of Catherine"
Matte Arabella Gauvin.
Song, school chorus.
A service flag of "a stars was CIV
President Bartlett. James Francis
Smith, with the Y. M. C. A., R. w.
Cobb, athletic instructor, both "over
there" and Amory D. Seaver in
training on this side, were represent
ed by three large stars, they being
teachers. Lynn Sanborn, now lying
"under the peoples in France" was
honored by star of gold. Seats
were provided for the audience and a
platform built for the class One
member, Corp. Stannard Campbell,
being in the U. S. service was hon
ored by an empty chair, draped with
the Stars and Stripes.
"a Day in the Flower Garden"
was the name of the operetta given
Thursday evening in the opera hall
by the pupils of the first seven grades
The public is rarely given such
treat in the way of school enter
tainment. There were a hundred
children in costume, all of which were
made from crepe paper to represent
the different flowers and the elements
that nature has provided for their de-
velopment. In the beginning the
birds sang to awake the flowers, the
dews, sunbeams, dawn, fair weather
and little white clouds. The spiders
and the butterflies, followed by the
winds on1 CT ri 6rix tbo
little white clouds and fair weather
away. Then the rain and rainbow
tints, sunset and dusk, then the stage
was darkened and the frefies ap-
peared and the flowers and grasses
went to sleep again.
The grammar school held their
sa uazax exenns rn IN the oa
Stripes Jubilee The characters,
thirteen colonies, the island posses
sions, Uncle Sans boys and Uncle
SAM girls, were represented by
members of the class.
Following is the class roll: Pris-
ella Alden, Myrtle Allen, Lucy
Campbell, Irene Card, Fanny Dean,
Pearl Dudley, Lyndol French, Eliza
beth Glodgett, Eleanor Lyon, Dwight
Stafford, Gertrude Wheeler. Column
bia, Queen Of the Day, is escorted to
her throne by Uncle Sam, master of
ceremonies. Thirteen girls take the
part of the thirteen original colonies
and brief history of each is given
as they are introduced by Uncle
Sam. Patriotic songs and drills have
part and the whole entertainment
was very interesting. Diplomas were
presented by Superintendent Erwin.
Miss Blanche Berry, o. H. S. IT,
will work for Mrs. Vernon Akley
during vacation.
The ball game between o. H. S. and
picked team at Newport on Satur-
day afternoon resulted in a score of
3 to 2 in ten-inning game in favor
of Orleans.