Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-17
CLASS DAY TOMORROW.
Opening Feature Of High School Com
mencement Observation-Disclosures Next
Tuesday Evening.

tuesday Evening.
Commencement exercises of the Brat
tleboro high school, which will mean this
year the graduation of the largest class
in the history of the school. will begin
Friday night of this week with the junior
prom and will close Wednesday night,
June %, with the annual alumni reunion.
Contrary to the usual custom, class day
exercises will be held Saturday, but the
graduation exercises will be held as usual
Tuesday night in the Auditorium.
Because of the. unusually large class
which numbers between G5 and 40,
it has been pcrpexing problem to ar
range the matter of invitations equitably
among the graduates, and the number
allowed to each is the smallest ever issuct
only seven being issued to each member
of the senior class. In order to make
even this allotment possible it has been
necessary for Principal J. Il. Warren to
cut down materially the general list of
invitations which have been sent out
heretofore. step which could not be
avoided, because of lack of seating accom-
mOdations.
Another unavoidable change in the ar
rangcmcnt of the program of commence
ment exercises was the changing of class
day to Saturday. This is because of the
fact that several members of the class
who have parts on the program ncccs-
entrance examinations Monday and Tues
day.
The junior prom. the first of the series
of festivities for the senior class, will
be held at Lawton hall Friday night at
s o'clock. Doors will be open to MEM
bcrs of the school and the alumni. Music
will be furnished by Shows orchestra.
The class day exercises will begin at
$50 O'Clock Saturday afternoon on the
Otherwise they will be held in the assem-
bly, room of the high school building. The
program will include: Presidents adj
dress. Henry Lawton; class GRAFTON,
l.indey IIartwcl: class essay, Julia NJ.
Simonds; class history. Gladys NJ. Amcs
and Leone $. Turner: class poem, Evelyn
Mctcalf class prophecy. Olga NJ. Scovcll
beth NJ. Crane ivy ode, Ethel G. Law
ton
On Sunday evening Rev. w. C. Bcr-
nard. rector of st. Michacrs Episcopal
church, will preach the baccalaureatc
sermon in the Centre Congregational
church at S o'clock.
The usual graduation exercises will be
held in the Auditorium at s o'clock
Tuesday night. when Clarence ii. Demp-
scy of Montpelier, state commissioner of
education. will be the speaker. Follow
ing his address the Austine prizes and
the University of Vermont scholarships
will be awarded.
The 10Th annual alumni reunion will
be held Wednesday evening. the parade
starting promptly at 40 o'clock. The
classes are asked to meet at the high
school building at { o'clock to form in
line. Many of the classes will be in cos
tune and there will be several novel fca-
lures. After the parade there will be in
tcrcsting exercises in the high school. in
Guiding school singing and awarding of
trophy cups and short business session.
Refreshments will be served at the close
of the exercises and at 10 o'clock an
alumni dance will be held in Odd Follows
temple Admission to the dance will be
by ticket and the tickets will be distrib-
utcd by class secretaries the night of the
reunion.
On Thursday morning. June % the
graduating class will go to Spofford lake
for picnic.