The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-19
MONTPELIER
Graduation of st. Michaeps Eighth
Grade Held Last Evening.

| Grade Held Last Evening.
The graduating exercises of the
eighth grade of st. Michael's school
took place in the st. Augustines hall
in Montpelier Friday evening, when "a
children were presented diplomas by
Rev. P. ]. Long, pastor of the church,
and nice exercises were held. Rev. j..
B. McGarry of Winooski spoke to the
graduating class, giving chem some ex-
cellent advice, and then to the parents
upon their duty to their children along
religious lines. He urged the children
to select vocation early in life and
to follow that, not shifting from one
vocation to another, and he explained
the results if they should do SO and
said that all great men have become
great because they had specialized in
a single effort. He said the stumbling
blocks of some men are the stepping
stones of others. He told them that a
person whose mind runs to wealth is
losing the chief psrpose of life. The
students should ask themselves why
they are here and what they shall ac-
complish while here. He said the lesson
of the person who spends all his time
until middle life in building a big
business and a nice home, becoming
wealthy and then suddenly dying,
should be remembered; that God selects
the vocations of persons and that God
wanted man at that time. He referred
to the sacrifices the children must
make and then urged them to bear in
mind the need of priests and sisters
to take THE places of the present
forces and that there is need of them
in the foreign mission fields of China
and other nations. He was introduced
by Father Long, who referred to him
as a boy who answered mass at his
altar at one time. He told how Father
McGarry had been successful in the
priesthood and that as the man grad
uating with the highest honors in his
college course, he, Father Long, had
been proud of him. He also told his
audience that the graduating class go
ing out this 57th year of the school
was a fine one and that the school
had played a wonderful part in the
life of Montpelier. He was glad to tell
the parents that Of the six who took
honors in Montpelier high school this
week four had been graduated from
st. Michsel's school, showing that their
training was complete in the grades.
The children did exceedingly well in
presenting their program, which fol
lows: Chorus, "Song of Welcome"
Fischer IAN Incident of the War"
Dorothy noucette; piano trio (Sarto-
riol, Margaret Portal, Gladys Jewell,
Dorothy Doucette; "The Value of
knowledge" class group; select cho-
rus, Beautiful Moonlight" Glover
Jeanne Dare - Geographic Sketch,
Maurine Mclean; ia Marseillaise,'
French class; mo Room for Mother,
Esther Barrett; girls chorus, when
Life Is Brightest; presentation of di-
plomas, Rev. p. J. Long; address TO
graduates, Rev. J. b. McGarry; ma
tional hymn, America; pianist,
Miss A. Maloney; cornetist, A. Oligny,
The graduates are: Charles Louis
Coryea, Charles Wilson Chisholm, Leon |
Joseph Denis, Joseph John Doucette, !
Homer Joseph Granger, Frederick Her
bert Gasrow, Lawrence Joseph Desi |
lets, Thomas Joseph Halligan, Robert |
James Kane, Charles Augustine KERN, !
Rutherford Burchard Hayes, Archie Au- |
gustine Levesque, Hermon Baily Led
den, Raymond Joseph Poulin, Howard
Edward Sweeney, Frederick Theodore
Seguin, Elizabeth Helen Avery, Rhoda
Mary Benway, Blanche May Barber, /
Esther Elizabeth Barrett, Clellie lisa
bella Chisholm, Dorothy Mary Dou
cette, Florence Mary Desilets, Florence /
Alice Daley, Lillian Phyllis Daley, !
Helen Martha Flanagan. Aldea Mary
Hebert, Gladys Katherine Jewell, Ber /
tina Mary Lemay. Edith Msurine Me
Lean, Mary Winona Mack, Winnifred /
Agnes O'Grsdy, Margaret Mary Port
all, Lillian Mary Rogers.