The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-06-10
INTERESTING CLASS
DAY EXERCISES
Spaulding 1921 Entertained Large
Crowd at Opera House on
Thursday Afternoon.

Before a house overfiowing with stu
dents, alumni, parents and friends o
Spaulding, the class of 1921 departed
and dignifed spirit of commencement
and gave vent to their merriment O
four school years in the annual class
day exercises at the opera house Yes
terday afternoon. Nearly 400 students
including the present senior class, oe
cupied seats reserved for them in front
of the orchestra.
A pretty picture was created with
the march of the classes down the aisle
to the slow strSAns of the Spaulding
march as played by the high school or.
Marion Dorward, supervisoe of music
Color abounded in the afternoon gowns
worn by the young ladies of the three
underclasses, and in the class flowers
and colors worn by ali, each representa-
tive of his or her class. In direct con-
trast was the march of the seniors,
each young lady wearing white and
the young men attired in the plain
blue serge.
George Edmund Douglas, president
of the graduating class, opened the
ceremonies of the afternoon with a
word of welcome. Immediately he
called upon Miss Doris Genevieve
Burke for review of the class his
tory. Miss Burke had arranged her sub
iect carefully and delivered the history
of the all important, most wonderful
class of 1921 in terms of metaphor.
The different stages or classes in Miss
Burkes mind were made to take the
form of children of father Spaulding
with all their aunts and uncles in the
faculty.
To Louis Bldridge veale was sttrib.
uted the task OF reading the somewhat
long last will and testament OF the
class of 1921. Next the senior girls
chorus rendered musical selection in
the nature of "The Fairy Dance" by
Arditi.
In her essay entitled. with the Top
Down" Miss Bernice Mary Davis, win
ner of third honor, showed much effort
and time put 10 good advantage Her
subject referred to a hasty review of
the remarkable scenery of Vermont
and New Hampshire in due relation to
their historical associations. She
touched on the description of many of
the points OF interest in both states.
Having gained entrance to a dark
and strange cave through some unex
plainable manner, Miss Mary McLaren
Milne gazed into crystal ball held in
the hands of an idol, the Chinese sun
god. where was revealed to her the
status and actions of the members of
the 1921 class many years hence. To
Miss Doris Merle Davis had been given
the duty of presenting the class ode,
"The Open Way" and in it she found
plenty of opportunity for good sound
advice.
Miss Mary Josephine Locarno made
the presentation to the school in words
beftting the occasion.> and in closing
she gave to the school a sum of money
to be used for the purpose of buying |
and erecting lockers to be used by the
girls basketball squad. In the address
TO the graduating class John Wendell |
Smith brought to his classmates the |
real seriousness of this turning point |
in their young lives. The exercises were |
brought to a close with "A Song of the /
Sea-" by the senior boys chorus.
The stage. which had been the object /
of the class of '22s attention for the
past two or three days, was very plain
y but appropriately decorated in the
.Iass colors OF gold and white. On the
walls sort of panel effect was used
o good effect with white the predomi
lating color and gold for border work.
Above the entrance door al the rear of
he stage was reproduction in color
ng made to designate the gold and yt1
ring out plainly every little feature Of
he class pin of the 2l class. The class
MOTTO. knowledge Is Power" in shad
d letters of gold and white. stretched
cross the front of the stage.
Few pieces Of furniture, one or two
'alms. and bank of daisies and but
ercups strewn over the footlights just
dded enough TO the remainder of the
work as to make il appeal
ng to the eye. /,