The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-25
M. S. GRADUATES TEACHERS.
Rev. A. w. Hewitt of Plainfeld Was the
Speaker.

Spedhtf,
The graduating exercises Of the teacher
training class of Montpelier seminary
took place Tuesday afternoon in the
chapel Of the institution, attended by
the student body, many friends and rela
tives. Rev. A. W Hewitt delivered the
address TO the class He took as his
theme "The Little Red Schoolhouse and
the Little Green Boy He told the part
which the schoolhouse played in the
game 30 wears ago and the changes that
have taken place in that time in educa-
tional work and then he related the part
which the little red sehoolhouse has to-
day in the education of the great men
of the nation and the place it will as
sumo in the coming years. His was
very interesting topic, giving many
points of information. Miss Clara Rob-
inson, who has taught the class for the
last two years, will not return to the
school owing to her health. She had
influenza and will spend year, expecting
to recover her health.
The chapel was very lastly decorated
in the class colors of gold, while the
class flower, the field daisy, was also used
in the ornamentations. The class motto
is "A place in the ranks awaits us" The
officers are: President, Nella Perry Til
lotson; vice president, Josie Evelyn Da =
Wis; secretary, Vera Elizabeth Rogers
treasurer, Dorothy Harriet Newman.
The other members of the class are Cora
May Chamberlain, Doris Annie Gallagher,
Mabel Ruth Goodwin, Rutk Ernestine
Norton, Hazel Grace Pierce, Dorothy
Julia Smith. Each girl has been engaged
to teach this fall
The program was; Invocation, Rev,
John W Hatch, D. D.; chorus, "on
Wings of Song" lMendelssohn) reading,
"The House by the Side of the Road
(Sam w. Fossl, Miss Tillotson; class
history, Miss Newman; applied quota
tons, Miss Rogers essay. Changed
Views Miss Davis; chorus, "Sleep Lit
tie Treasure" Lithuanian folk songl
Faith in Spring" Schubert; class
poem, Miss Goodwin; class prophecy,
Miss Gallagher; presentations, Misses
Norton and Pierce; class will, Miss
Chamberlain; reading, "The Source"
Henry Van Dyke, Miss Smith; cho-
rus, National Hymn" (Horatio Parker !;
address, Rev Arthur w. Hewitt, who
also awarded the certificates.
Prize Speaking at Montpelier Seminary.
The annual prize speaking of Mont
pelier seminary took place Tuesday even.
ing in the chapel of the institution, with
large number of the relatives and
friends of the contestants attending the
affair as well as many townspeople who
are interested in the seminary commence
ment. This year, owing to the shortage
of boy speakers, only one boys prize
was awarded and that went to Warren
p. Waldo, who spoke, "Two Pair of
Shoes" while the girls prizes were
awarded thus; First, Miss Annie L. Kill
lam, who recited THE Angels of Buena
VISTA; second Miss Eunice M. Stew
ems, who gave "The Hundred and 0neth."
The other speakers were: Miss Velma
NJ. Connal, who spoke "The Coward y
and Henry Fuller, who recited "The
Death of Garfield" All of those taking
part spoke well and the judges had close
work in making their decisions.
During the program musical selections
were rendered. These included an organ
solo, "Andantino" tLemare), by Miss
Pearl Bliss; piano duet, "Danse Macabre"
saint Saensl, Misses Jessie Sweet and
Martha Morse.