The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-22
PLOMAS GIVEN
TO CLASS Of 60
Auditorium Filled at High
School Graduation
Exercises
COMMISSIONER OF
EDUCATION SPEAKS
Elements of Success His Theme - List
of Honor Pupils and Austine Prize
Winners - Diplomas Distributed by
Judge SchwenI of School Board.


/ Judge Schwenls of School Board.
| Commencement for the Brattleboro
high school class of 1921 eliminated
last evening with graduation exer-
cises in the Auditorium, when the largest
class in the history of the school, class
of 50 members, graduated and received di-
plomas at the hands of Judge Anthony f.
Schwenk of the school board. As always,
the exercises We're of an impressive char
acter, and tins year, while no reference
was made to the fact. the thought that
this would be the last class to graduate
lunder the principalship of Julius E. War
rem gave to the program, in the minds of
some, an added touch of sentiment.
The school and the community were
glad to welcome as the speaker of the
occasion State Commissioner of Education
i Clarence III. Dempsey of Montpelier,
I'whom Principal Warren introduced as a
Vermonter by association and adoption
| and a distinguished scholar, educator and
man.
An audience that filled the Auditorium
to its capa.ity was present and showed its
lgenuine interest by frequent and sincere
. Applause. Because of the large number
IN the class new seating plan was
adopted. rows of chairs extending from
one end of the stage to the other and
each succeeding row back being elevated
above the level of the row in front of it.
Judge Schwenk and Chairman E. O. S.
EOsgood of the school board Rev Edwin
L. Wood the speaker and members of the
faculty occupied the front rows and the
class the remaining rows. DR.. A. /.
Miller of the school board was away
necessarily
In entering the stage new plan also
= was adopted for the class. the members in
Isingle file marching down the two central
aisies and up TO the stage by way of in
\ clined platforms.
Aside from the address and presenta-
Ition of diplomas. interest centered in the
announcement of honors award of Aus
: tine prizes, and presentation of the class
! to the prudential committee by the prin-
| cipal. the award of Austine prizes hold
ing first interest in this number of the
! program. following the address.
Principal Warren announced that the
income this year. which is the interest on
$4,000 willed to the school district by
! the late Col. William Austine of Brattle-
boro for the promotion of scholarship
i amounted to $3.50. The faculty, he said.
had voted to divide the income into five
parts, three of 500 each and two of SO
I each, to be given to those students main
4 tanning the highest average for the four
/ year course. The 500 prizes were
t awarded as follows: First. Julia AIaude
e SimondS: second, Elizabeth Mastin
: Crane: third, Lindley StearnS Hartwell.
: The SO prizes were awarded to Evelyn
Rosa Metcalf and Leone Snow Turner
al As preface to his announcement of
the honor roll Principal Warren said
that Alice Bridget Manning, Luella Ethel
Metcalf and John Lueien Dunham had
been neither absent nor tardy in their
\ four years in high school.
At this point he read the honor roll.
the list of students in the freshman, sophie
n more junior and senior classes who have
maintained an average of so or above in
every subject for the past year. This
list was as follows:
n FFeshmen-Archie Hurlbert Adams.
Y Mary Eleanor Carey. Ada Viola Felch,
/ Margaret Edith French, John AlonzO
S Russell.
Il Sophomores- Goodhue
d Schwenk. (Eleanor Esther Manley com
., Ipleted the years work in three subjects
An average of 50 or above for the year,
5 Ruth .Ieannette Reed.
e Juniors-Evelyn NJ Austin, Mary
Il Catherine Grady, Marion Esther Laugh
). ton. Frank Gordon Shlrmwav Philip
/ Henry Wheeler. Doris Lillian Winches-
:, ter. An average of 50 or above for the
I, tyear, Howard Crosby Rice. jr.
- ! Seniors-Martha Elizabeth Howe Olga
. Marguerite Seovell, Katharine Frances
i StockwelI. An average of 50 or above for
;. the year. Ethel Gladys Lawton.
4 medal offered by the National Society
of Colonial Daughters to the member
lwriting the best patriotic essay was pre-
lSented to PiersOn Frank Richardson. and
certificates of merit were given first, to
r Elsie Victoria Hammarlund and, second
Il to Lindley Stearns Hartwell. these being
as awarded by the judges. The writing of
- the essays was restricted by the faculty
to those having commencement parts and
lthaSe in the economics class
Two University of Vermont scholar
N ships one to the boy and one to the girl
i having the highest average for four years,
q valued at 100 each and to be applied on
-e tuition at the university, were awarded
: I4indleg StearnS Hartwell and Julia
10 AIaude Simonds
~ The graduation program opened with
d music, a waltz from Faust, by the high
Ie school chorus and orchestra under the
!, direction of Earl A. Braman, supervisor
of music in the school district. 1t was
especially well rendered Then came on
orchestral number, March of the Priests,
by MendelsSohn, while the class was tax
ing seats ON the stage Rev. Mr.. Wood
offered the Invocation. following which
Principal Warren presented the speaker
of the evening.
lel Elements of Success was the theme of
at Commissioner Dempsey's address. 1t
A. was clean-eut exposition of some of the
Essential qualifications for a successful
life. given in simple language that all
10 could understand. and it left a decidedly
{. favorable impression.
1t The speaker mentioned the cave man
m and beasts as two groups of beings which
lived thousands of years ago. Animals
are living the same kind of life that they
IN did then, but men have learned many les