Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-24

orchestral number, March of the Priests,
by McndelsSohn, 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.
Elements of Success was the theme of
Commissioner Dempscy's address. 1t
was a clcan-cut exposition of some of the
essential qualifications for a successful
life. given in simple language that all
could understand and it left decidedly
favorable impression.
The speaker mentioned the cave man
and beasts as two groups OF beings when
lived thousands of years ago. Animals
are living the same kind of life that they
did then. but men have learned many lcs-
sons and have advanced step by step as
the result of continual study. Human
life has been the tale of one success after
another Man is the only creature on the
face of the earth that has the power to
take things and by the exercise of mental
ability create new things out of them.
This is the secret of human progress This
gathering here has a very deep slgniii-
canoe. being closely related to the essen
tial history of mankind.
There are several elements which enter
into the successful life. First the speaker
mentioned deep seated and persistent pur-
pose on the part of the individual. The
person who drifts will always be the fol-
lower. His life will not be spelled in
terms of success. DR. Marion Burton,
president of the University of Michigan,
determined when in school that he would
be college president and devoted his
life to that end. He became president of
Smith college. and when called to the
University of Michigan he was offered a
salary SO large that he refused to accept
it,
The second element of success is good
honest labor The aristocracy of America
is the aristocracy of labor that produces
results for our fellow men, The first
thing after determining our purpose is to
devote ourselves to its accomplishment
The work that is most richly rewarded is
the overplus of work done through oul
own volition. The man who is absorbed
in his work, like Thomas A. Edison. is
the type of man who makes distinguished
success.
/ Thirdly, if we would achieve success We
must conserve the powers we have within
us, particularly our physical powers
! Theodore Roosevelt was puny child, {
promising subject for an early grave. bu
with a gymnasium in his own home he
! tackled the problem of building up {
strong physical body with a result tina
/ the world knows. Commissioner Dempsey
said he was glad that teachers had come
to see the importance of physical educa
ton.
The world rewards two classes of per
sons. those who do the ordinary tasks il
n superior way and those VINO follow tn,
path of knowledge until they come to
point beyond which no one has Travelled
and who do not stop there but pass int,
the unknown and add to the worlds stor
of knowledge Nine. Curie and PaSteu
were mentioned as types of the latte
class.
Many persons have possessed a dee
seated and persistent purpose. hav
worked hard and have been PHYSICAL
strong but yet have failed. They hav
not buildcd on sound and stable charaC
ter We must not omit the development
of the soul and character. We must lin
up to eternal righteousness or fail
one does not build on righteousness an
Further, our lives must be measure
in terms of service We must bend tc
ward that which is permanently goot
Life in its highest sense is service
At the close of the address Principe
Warren announced the awards and spok
} briefly to the class, expressing the hop
that the members would take places G
g distinction among that larger body {
= men and women whose interests are eel
, tered in the ivy covered high schoC
building that their interest and lOyalt
might not wane and that they might Sc
Y lcarly, think honestly and do cOurageousl
. Tor the welfare of others. He then pr
D scented the class to the prudential commi
tee
e Judge Schwcnk in presenting the dplc
mas said the fact that the class was til
a largest to graduate from the school den
81 onStrated realization of the value an
+ Importance of a high school cducatio
lie admoniShed the members that throuG
Y faithful work the success that seems in
+ possible might be their reward, and |
= expressed the hope that the diploma
d might be incentives to noble deeds al
o high achievements for the honor of Il
|. school. lie mentioned the fact that Oh
g of the members. Miles Stanley Newto
# who would receive his diploma, was u
y able to be present, as he was taking @
d trance examinations for the United Stat
naval academy at Annapolis.
: Following is the complete roll of Il
Il class Of 1921:
5, College Preparatory Coursc-Ma
n | Adele Baker, Elizabeth AIastin era
q with honor), John Lucian Durham Ea
a Edward Falby, Doris Gibson, Evel,
, Mllureu hamilton, llndley StearnS Iinl
h well with honor, Helen Miriam Hugh,
h James Calvin Irish with honor. Ric
e ard Adams Lane, Ethel Gladys Lawt,
n with honor, Henry Cole Lawton, Luel
Ethel Metcalf, Kenneth Edward Nor,
Elva Belle Robbins, Olga Marguerite Sc
veil with honor. Julia Maude Simon
with hOnOr), Thomas Ncdelco Stern
COVE" katherine Frances Stockwcll.
'r General Course-~Muriel Gretch
y Barr, Fanny Sarah Burton, Carroll FIR
" Cobb, Waldo Lowell Crawford,+ ia
$, Dorothy Daley. Edward Larkin Davis
lie Lawrence Everett Day, Margaret Swat
&c Iounklec. William Henry Haywood, Estl
/. Elmira Hoadley, Martha Elizabeth IIo'
with honor. Howard Batchcldcr Low
il George Hamilton Lynch, Carl Berna
p Manley, Evelyn Rosa Metcalf (wi
ct honorl, Harold Aubrey Morrill,, Eric V,
" ner Nelson, Miles Stanley Newton Sy
ney Thomas Nixon,* Helen BaldW
Parmelee Merton Herhert Piarca No.