The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-06-26
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day nigh, when the Spring Term Re
ci,al Of the music department WAS helt
at the Gymnasium up TO the ending oi
the affairs with annual senior picnis
on Wednesday.
The recital was very enjoyable
event and all the numbers OF the Ions
program were carefully carried out
showing hard work on the part Of both
the pupils and the teacher Nine
Brooks.
On Friday night the Senior play
The Amazons." was very cleverly
rendered. IL is very hard TO take a
class Of young people whose minds are
all taken up with their intensive
school work, and train them in few
short weeks so that they can give, in
a eommendable manner, anything in
the way of serious work along lines
theatrical Still that il can be done
has once more been demonstrated by
the rendition Of the above named play.
The whole affair was success from
start to finish, financially and artis-
tically, and il was enthusiastically re-
eeived by an audience that completely
Oiled the Gymnasium, which has a
seating capacity Of over 400.
Perhaps the finest thing about 1t
was the ease with which the mem
bers of the cast took their parts, this
.compensating in large measure for
the difficulty experienced In some
parts of the room in hearing some Of
the different actors.
The work Of the whole east was very
commendabe, that of the ladies,
Rhoda Orvis as Lady Castlejordan, the
mother Of the three daughters, Edith
Pike, Jessie Bennett and Agnes CORN
ley, who were more inclined to mascul-
Unity than TO feminity, being particu-
larly well taken; also Warren Adams,
as Monsieur de Grival, should Ger
tainly be included among the stars,
while William Graham wholly forgot
himself in his reproduction of the con-
ceited Englishman, the Earl of Tween
ways. Basil Walsh as Lord Utterly,
assumed his part admirably, while the
others all had their parts well in hand.
Especial mention should be made of
Jessie Bennett, who by her able man
agement in preparation for the play as
we'll as BY her very able acting, con-
tributed much to the success of the
undertaking.
The school joins with the seniors in
expressing all due appreciation to
Messrs. c S. Robinson who so kindly
assisted Mr.. Bates in training the
cast, and to W. X Bennett, who assist
ed the actors on the evening of the
play.
Rev. George A. Buttrick, pastor of
the Congregational Church of Rutland,
delivered the baccalaureate sermon to
the class Of 1919 Sunday evening at
the Congregational Church before a
gathering of about 200 persons. Mr.
Buttrick used two lines from Tenny
son as his text
elf-reliance, self knowledge, self
control
These three alone lead life to SOW
ereign power"
He said in part: "We are living in
a changing world. The war has been
so vast as to beggar description, and
so terrible that it leaves every adjec-
tive limp and pale. The war is as a
mountain wall shutting out the past
and dominating the future. Could you
have believed il if anyone had said TO
you in 1914 that in five years the
worlds greatest autocracies would be
wiped from the map? Yet that has
happened and you graduate from high
school TO become the citizens of
new civilization. There is only one
type of character that will make you
equal TO the demands of the new age
in which you will live--that character
which grows to sovereign power by
self-reverence, self-knowledge, self
control
Reverence is holy wonder and
belongs to God alone, but If
you reverence God and view your
selves Alright you will discover so
many tokens Of Gods goodness to you
that you win begin to reverence your
selves. Reverence yourselves because
you are American born and heirs not
only TO Americas wealth and bounty,
bu, also 10 Americas spirit and priv
ilege OF freedom. Reverence your e
selves for the blessings conferred on
you and the sacrifices made for YOU by
your parents and teachers and friends.
Reverence yourselves because men
have died by millions across the sea d
10 that the generation to which you 9
belong might live in liberty and peace.
"Self-knowledgc is likewise an es-
sential 10 the attainment OF kingli- I
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