The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-08
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Commencement Week at High School
Opened with Baccalaureate Sermon.


Commencement Week at High Schoo
Opened with Baccalaureate Sermon.
The baccalaureate exercises were
held at Music hall on Sunday evening
with very large attendance. The
class entered the hall TO the music oil
the piano, played by Miss Carolyn
Wright, and took their places in the
seats which had been marked for them
A class song was sung and the scripture
reading was given by Rev. r, II.
Moore, after which he also offered
prayer Stanhope Brigham gave a
violin solo accompanied by his moth
er, Mrs. l.. S, Brigham. Rev. Fraser
Metzger followed with the address,
which was taken largely from the text,
in the morning SOW thy seed" 1t
was a very earnest appeal to the class
to improve the present hour. Near the
close. as he addressed the class, he
mentioned the fact that they had made
him an honorary member of the class,
for which he was grateful. Miss Lu-
Gle Grant gave vocal solo at the
close, accompanied by Miss Carolyn
Wright, after which tire march was
played by Miss Wright, and the class
marched out. This is the first of Sc
ries of exercises this week. which
closes on Thursday night with gradu
alton exercises, program OF which
follows: Music; prayer, Rev. r. ).
Tolman; music; salutatory, Mary J.
Hall; class history, Ramona Holden;
reading, Memorial Day Address at
Beaumont, France" Major Paul d.
Moody. with Our Dead Overseas, Ed
win Markham, Frances r. Hartshorn.
Music; class grafton, "To Provide for
the Common Defense" Oscar Cooley;
class gifts, Mildred McDerment; class
song, composed by Ida J. Macomber,
and sung by the class; reading, Jena
Duprez," Lorraine Walker vocal solo,
Twilight" Miss Ethel Slack; class
prophecy. Marjorie Morse; presenta
zion of class gift to the school; Don
aid L. Cook, president of the class of
1920; response, Leslie Morse, president
Of the class of 1921; music; valedic-
tory, Charles NJ Dixon; presentation
Of diplomas and certificates. The com
mencement ball will follow immediate
Iy after and exercises in the warehouse
of Salisbury Bros factory, with music
nv Stones orchestra of Claremont, n.
iH. There are 80 members of the class,
six of whom are in the Latin course,
II in the English course, nine in the
commercial course and nine in the
teacher training department, and one
in the special commercial course. Ger
tihcates in shorthand have been Civ
en- to Laura c. Douglas, Marian A.
Drew. Ramona Holden, Marjorie {. |
Morse, Arlene Rowe and Doris Stock |
well; a certificate in shorthand to Os
ear Cooley; = certificate in typewrit- |
ing to France f Trask
Miss Minnie Emerson of Boston, aft
err passing few days here with MIR. |
and Mrs. W. c. Emerson and other rel
atives, left Monday dernoon for
Grand Isle, where she is to pass the
summer.
Mrs. NJ. Z. Bowen returned on Mon
day from Montreal. where she had
been over Sunday and was accompa
MED by Miss Nellie Mahoney of New
foundand. who has come to pass the
summer here.
A son was born Friday to Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Farr, who live on Elm
street.
Mrs. Neff. who has been out of the
state for several weeks, arrived home
on Monday to pass some time with her
sister, Mrs. Bertha Seymour.
Miss Doris Reynolds has returned
from visit of a few DAYS in Barre,
to remain here till the REYNOLDS fam
lily leave here on Saturday for their
home in STAFFORD.
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Metcalf, after
a two weeks stay in lrasburg with
relatives and friends. arrived home on
and are now at the home of
the latter with her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. J. J. Stimets.
Mrs. Fred Chadwick, after three
weeks stay here with her father, F. Fl.
Packard, who is i'll, left on Monday
for her home in Detroit. Mich.