Connecticut western news., 1918-06-27
GRADUATION
Continued from page l

Joan of Arc, leads the army
 Mrs. Stowe, making her pen the
 heaven appealing tongue of an out
 ragged race.-Florence Nightingale
 demanding supplies for the sick sol
 diers in the Crimea.-Jenny Lind
 enchanting the heart of nation.-
 Lucretia Mott bearing her testimony
 against the sin of slavery.-Francis
 E. Willard fighting the great sin of
 nation, and many other names
 might be added to those who not only
 cultivated the mind but beautified
 the character as we'll.
 Who made the first American flag?
 A woman of course, Betsy Ross.
 When it comes to getting right
 down to business and hustling for
 Bond subscriptions and Red Cross
 funds leave it to the women every
 time. They go into the byways and
 hedges and compel them to come in.
 One man, who was reported as having more,than an ordinary supply
 of money on hand, had his meals
 brought to his room for three days
 lest a woman canvasser get on his
 trail: but she found him in the end.
 The women, as a rule, had double the
 number of subscripters that the men.
 What work is being done by the
 women? They are taking hs lead
 in agriculture; large automobile fac tories are now employing women.
 4 troop of mounted girl Scouts is
 helping to patrol the Florida coast
 Over seven thousand women in the
 United States possess medical de-
 grees. A woman is CT the staff of
 the White House detectives. New
 York city alone has sent over twelve !. hundred women over seas as physi- clans, nurses and canteen workers.
 Montana boasts of her women as li- censed engineers.
 Our women of the twentieth cen
 tury are upholding the standard of service and sacrifice which their
 mothers and grandmothers establish ! ed in the days of '61 and '65. Self
 interest has given away to world
 wide interest. It has been found,
 that in all respects the women are as
 efficient as the men, and in work re- qairing unusual eXertion or continual
 physical labor, that the efficiency is
 fifty per cent greater than that of the men. In England, women have respon- ded to the call for help at the rate of fifteen thousand per week. They don's mind what t@sy da- Uours2 They work ten and one half to twelve hours a day, seven days week, and and if there is call for extra work they stay until it is completed. They never have holiday.
 They reason and they understand, And sometimes 'tis their joy and crown
 To lift with strong yet tender hands The burdens Men lay down. To the members of the School Board: We extend our sincere thanks and assure them that we ap- preciate what has been done to make it possible for us to be placed under the present circumstances. Our associations with you, MT. Chittenden, although confined to one year, has been long enough to assure { us of the personal interest you have { taken in each one of us. We thank you for the benefits derived from your interest and trust as we go out from school, that it will be possible for us to prove that you have not labored in vain.
 To the members of the Faculty: For our kind teachers we will al- ! ways hold a memory which will be ' dear to us. There will always re- . main memory of your kindness and ! long with you for a sadness which is s trust and how you have struggled \ for our benefits especially in the s past year. Words cannot express s our gratitude. We cannot remain . long with you for a sadness which is a too deep prevents us as we think of a bidding you farewell.
 \ Schoolmates:
 f As we look back we fear we have j not done all that we could, but we have all meant to Go we'll and we hope when the time comes for you > to stand where we are today, that yol will have no such a regret, but that you have made the most of J your opportunity. We wish you sue 2 cess as we bid you "Farewell". ? Dear Classmates:
 : The time has now come when it IS ' necessary for us, as class, to part, {: but we trust that nothing will weaken