The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-25
Auditorium Filled at Gradu-
alton of High School
Glass of 1919
AWARD OF PRIZES
PLEASING FEATURE

President Marshall of Connecticut Col
lege for Women Delivers Especially
Strong Address Honor List and spe-
cial Prizes
Forty-one new names were added to
the membership list of the Brattleboro
High School Alumni association last
evening when the graduation exercises
in the Auditorium changed tho status
of = "bovs' and 2S '.girls'' from
seniors of the high school to young men
and young women of the alumni, the
transformation taking place before an
audience of parents, relatives and
friends, the magnitude of which de-
manded the entire seating capacity of
the house.
As usual, interest ccntered in the
award of the Austine prizes and the
University Of Vermont scholarships. and
there were additional awards of two
i special prizes of so each, offered by the
class of 1891, which is the 25-year class,
/ to the student in the commercial course
and the student in the general course
who had attained the highest average
| for four years work which came as a
surprise to the pupils and audience.
/ These were awarded to Ethelvn B. Tn
/ derwood of the commercial course and
Roy b. Switzer of the general course.
Presentation of the University of
! Vermont 500 scholarships for the girl
in the senior class who had maintained
the highest average for the four wears
was made to Beatrice y Scoven, whe
had an average of 90.5, and a similar
scholarship from the same institution
was awarded to Forrest G. Harmon a,
the boy in the senior class who hac
maintained the highest average Miss
Scovell and Mr. Harmon already hat
decided to enter other colleges, however
Although competition for the Austin,
prizes was not as keen as last year
when the third and fourth prizes wert
divided, it was found necessary to writ,
five checks for the winners When TIN
| t. V. Nj. winners were announced ther
remained no doubt in the minds of tn
audience as to the pupil who was t,
draw the first AuStine check, but thi
did not have the effect Of diminishin,
the applause as Miss Scoven steppe,
forward a second time when her nam
i was called by Principal Warren. TIL
n second check was given to Forrest G
= Harmon, the third to EVELYN L. Fisher
S and checks for $50 each were presente
S to Ernest w. Gibson and Dorothy |
5 Hubbard, who shared fourth hono
e Each winner was given hearty applaus
81 as his or her name was called and q
each stepped forward to receive a chccl
d These prizes are the income of fun
IS left for this purpose by the late Co
J. William Austine of Brattleboro.
e The front of the stage was banke
with laurel, and laurel bordered an in
provised walk leading from the sout
center aisle of the main floor to ii
platform and over which the graduatir
class marched to their places. Vas
of roses were placed on the piano and
large palm stood on each front corn
of the stage The only other decorate
q was the class fower-the red rose-wol
!, by the graduates.
= The first part of the program was q
: voted to the rendition by the hi,
:, school chorus and orchestra, under t
ho direction of Earl A. Braman, music
~ director of the schools, of Manney
- Shout Aloud in Triumph, and TRUMP
~ al March from Aida, by Verdi. WI
nd ~, the orchestra played march the pr
~ Dental committee and high school fa
ulty were escorted to their places
= the platform by the marshals, Fran,
NJ. Austin and Perry c. Maynard, w
returned for the graduates who pass
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