The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-24
LONELY BOY GRADUATE
UNABLE TO ATTEND
His Presence ony Feature Lacking
In Success Of Exercises at
North Bennington.


The commencement exercises OF
the North Bennington high school,
which were held IN Bank hall Thurs
day evening, were attended by the
usual large and intensely interested
audience of relatives and friends of
the graduating class.
The decorations were unusually at
tractive, the class colors. gold and
white. being so easily obtained at this
season of profuse bloom and lending
themselves so readily to the decora-
tive ability of those in charge.
When the curtain was raised, the
class Of inc Young ladies', gowned in
white organdie, seated on the stage,
presented pretty picture with a
solid bank of ferns in front of them
and the rear wall mass of the same
green, with 1921 IN large figures
made of daises. above the class motto
"Spectamur Agendo', Let US be seen
by our deeds.
A vacant chair gave evidence of an
absent member, Carroll Wilson, the
only male member of the class, who
was not absent through fear OF the
Overwhelming majority of females,
but who was detained at his home by
a severe illness.
The program was carried out as
printed in Wednesdays Banner, the
high school orchestra discoursing
music throughout
The salutatory address was nre
sented in a unique way by Miss Mar
on Gaul following with 50 endd es
say on the higher education of wo-
men, embracing a comprehensive his
tory Of the circumstances leading UP
to the establishment of women's col
leges
Miss Gertrude Colv'n's essay on
"Banishment of Night followed, and
proved most interesting story Of
the manner in which night has been
turned into day by means of artificial
light, from the days Of crude lamps
and talow candles, to our glaring
electric lights.
The class history by Miss Phoebe
Mattison was Of course intereting
and was very well delivered citing
the principal events which had be-
fallen the class since entering the
high school with a membership OF
twenty-three to the present time.
Miss Helen Worthington's story of
Certain Table Furnishings, traced
the origin of some of the more com
mon utensils, knives forks and
spoons, etc, and closed by saying,
that "as we owe so much Of the pleas
ures of today to all proceeding gener-
ations, so it puts rs under great OBJ
legations to the future,
The Glass Prophecy by Miss
Ruth Lape was a "dream, which is
proved by the fact that she had a
very realistic vision of sending one
member to Holland to reform the eX.
Kaiser. Miss Lape waXed poetical
in closing saying,
Dreams have oftentimes come
true,
So, who knows, but this ny Wis,
ion,
Maye be realized by you
The class will by Carroll Wilson,
who was unable to be present, was
read by Miss Phoebe Mattison, and
was very bright and showed much
skill in arranging such documents. 1t
is to be regretted that the young man
could not have delivered his Grafton
in person and enjoyed the exercises
which he must have anticipated
through so many years Of hard study,
Miss Helen Mattison delivered the
last essay with valedictory. She pre-
sented q very clear idea of the prac-
tical use of the general education to
be obtained in a High school, to r.
one for good citizenship.
The diplomas were presented to
the class by Prof VIM X. Cook The
two 500 scholarships to the Univer-
s'ty of Vermont were won by Miss
Helen Mattison and Carroll Wilson
and the senior prize, a ten dollar gold
piece given by friend of the school
to the member of the class who was
Judged to have He best essay from
the standpoint of composition and de
livery, was awarded to Miss Helen
Mattison. The judges were Mrs. A.
S. Hathaway, Miss Marian Gaul and
Rev. j. c. Rawson.