Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-08-04
The purpose of this School

SCnOOl at NergenneS ana was uCHNeIeu
by him before the graduating class at
the exercises in Weeks chapel,
The purpose of this school is, and
, has been in the past, to give its boys
, and girls a different outlook on life and
{ so enable them to have bigger oppOr
tunity, higher ideals and to make them
better citizens in the outside COM
, munity.
The first purpose of this school is, to
get To get what? First, education
: We have here a six year graded school
and three years of Junior high. This
Junior high is a new department being
only three years old and we pride our
selves on being the first freshman class
to enter, making the three wears sue
cessfullv. The aim of this department
has been to bring our school nearer
standard, and each year has found us
a step closer to our goal
Our second aim is Health To aC-
complsh this we have a well equipped
hospital and a very fine nurse and when
we are sick or have any injuries we
are sent directly to the hospital where
.
a serious illness, such as appendicitis,
we are sent to Burlington hospital
where we receive the best of care.
! When a new commitment enters this
school he is sent to the hospital where
an examination is given him and he is
closely watched for any serious dis
ease. After ten days he is sent to one
of the family groups. Physical eXer-
cises are given daily to the children in
school and contests are held at which
time prizes are given to the class max
ing the most improvement. Another
way, and perhaps the most pleasant,
in which we work for health, is our
sports, These are baseball, basket
ball, track meets and all games which
tend to produce strong active and
clear thinking children.
Our second purpose is, to have. To.
have the opportunity for an advanced
education The boy or girl who has
the idea of school firmly fixed in his
mind and desires to 60 on is given
every help and encouragement by the
officers and teachers, for the door to
success is the school and if we are de-
serving we have been helped, even to
our seminaries and colleges
The school also affords the oppOr-
tunity of learning number of trades
such as printing, plumbing, carpenter
ing, tin-smithing dairying, the care OF
poultry and general farm work, and
since the school gives us these oppor-
tunities it is for Us to strive to the
best OF our ability to grasp these adj
yantages which prepare us for COM
murity life With these trades we
are also taught the value OF saving
both tools and materials that We will
be economizing Of our employers and
our own
Here also we have the chance of get
ting away from the things which have
been conquering us and are given the
opportunity of starting over again in
the right direction We are given new
ideals and a different view of life so
that when we come to a parting road
we do not hesitate which one to take,
for there is only one road which pays
and that is the right road.
Our third and perhaps the FREEDOM
inant purpose is, to give; to give ser
vice. to each other, to the officers and
20 the state We try to give service
to each other by fair play: | mean
that we try to be helpful in the cottage
! undertaking, to be helpful to the new
boys and to be fair in our sports to
play clean and to he good losers. To
our officers we give friendship and
obedience When an order is given
we try to fulfill it to the best of our
ability. To the state we try to be
LOYAL and grateful for its help and we
endeavor to become substantial citi-
zens, in keeping with Vermont ideals
To our State Officers and our Super
intendent, Mr. Wilson; You have
given us the example of lives devoted
to a noble purpose, allowing nothing
to prevent its fulfllment There Is a
saying that the most helpful study for
man is man because it is there that we
find the greatest lessons OF help and
inspiration These lessons you have
given us and we appreciate your kindly
interest in our welfare and leave YOU
with sincere regret.
Teachers and Officers, whose patience
we have so often tried, whose best laid
plans we have often spoiled by Our
heedlessness, yet whose labors have
powerful influences on our lives, how
can we voice our farewell to you?
We thank you for the sacrifices you
have made for us, we can NOT repay
YOU and promises are too often broken
but we trust, we hope that our lives
will be better for having come under
your influences
Classmates; We stand together, for
perhaps the last time Our farewell
must he spoken We knew this must
come but we have tried to place 1t 50
far ahead it would be next year, next
term, two weeks away, it couldn't be
so soon Now that the time is here
how we wish we had studied harder !
those Algebra lessons we neglected; |
the French lessons we forgot; how we
wish now that we had paid more atten- |
ton to choosing a career in Social Sci |
ence Oh, we are not ready yet; that |
word of advice that we threw so heed |
lessly away; that warning so often |
given how we wish we had them now.
We have not been perfect but we have
tried and it is for us to go on into the
future proiting by our failures. We
have andpavorpd IN carry mt the school |