Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-03
B. H. s. CLASS DAY
Exercises by 1910 Graduates
school Assembly Hall

Assembly hall at the high school was
crowded and many stood outside at the
class day exercises of the class of 1919
Thursday evening. The president 5 address
was given by Lionel James Leary, was on
the value of military training. After
proving the falseness of the statement
| that military trining mixes the boys
bloodthirsty, Mr., Leary went on to
give the advantages of such training.
Making out military orders" said Mr..
Leary, helps the man to speak and
write English which is clear and concise.
while military training aids concentration.
quickens the mental processes and aids
correct thinking, stimulates mathematics
and provides for the proper discipline
needed a that particular time Of life II
given though military training should be
given properly, and when so. given it will
led to better health, prompt obedience
and coordination. of action in later life.
Miss Marion Charlotte Buffum was the
class historian. She told of the expert
ences of the class since it entered high
school in 1915 and then told something Of
the war service the class had rendered. In
| 1917 she said many of the boys of the
! class went over to Pittsburgh to work
| in the camp and during that summer and
the following summer many of the boys
/
farms to help TO provide more food during
the war. The boys who went TO war were
| Michael Cohen, Francis Mcdonnell. Ralph
wilkins and Harvey Simpson. the last
| having given his life for his country. AS
Miss Blum AIMED Simpson the class
rose as a tribute to his memory.
The class Grafton was given by Albert
Curtis Janke, who chose as his subject
| George Guynemer the French Aviator"
Mr.. Janke told the story of the life of this
famous man and showed how by overcom-
ing great difficulties and winning victories
for his beloved France when they were
most needed, he had given an example TO
the world which would always be an in
spiration.
Miss Marion Zottman read the class
poem. in which she lkened the entry of
the class of 1919 into the work of the world
to the entry of the Pilgrim fathers into a
strange untried land
Miss Elizabeth Hunt Booth gave Inc
class prophecy and she sent the members
into gales Of laughter or made them gasp
with astonishment at her clever predic-
tons Her essay was a description of a
trip in the year 1885 with Lorraine Monson,
then a young millonairess of California.
across the country here and there all
along the trip members of the class of
1919 all engaged in the sort of work they
had chosen,
AT the close of the program Edmund
Curtis Mower, Jr., presented TO the school,
in behalf of the class, picture of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. It was accepted by Prin-
cpal Colburn.
The program closed with America"
During the class day exercises several Sc.
lectons were given by an orchestra led
( by V, c. Taplin, A bouquet Of flowers
was presented to Colvn V, Harrington
captain of the basketball team and a
member of the class of 1919 by some OF his
| former classmates.
At 1880 O'Clock this mrning the grad
uating exercises of the class will be held
at the Majestic theatre and at eight
o'clock this evening there will be a recep,
ton for members OF the senior class and
| their friends at the high school.